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Parent Sprints Through The Valley

Parent Sprints Through The Valley

Quebec’s Michael Parent and Massachusetts’s Andy Bachetti shared victory lane at the Lebanon Valley Speedway Saturday night, with Parent celebrating his first ever Empire Super Sprints win and Bachetti basking in the glory of his fourth consecutive DIRT modified victory

Tremont Stops Hearn At Albany-Saratoga

Tremont Stops Hearn At Albany-Saratoga

Kenny Tremont Jr. claimed his second win of the season Friday night at Albany-Saratoga Speedway, edging archrival Brett Hearn by half a car length in the 37-lap Mike Ronca Memorial for DIRT modifieds

HEDGER: The Long Look

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We were just entering the pit area at New York’s Lebanon Valley Speedway a few years ago when former driver and longtime modified owner Bob Devine began hollering at me from his trailer. Then in his early 80s, Devine was obviously wound tight about something

Bachetti Powers To Valley Victory

Bachetti Powers To Valley Victory

Andy Bachetti notched his second consecutive win in Saturday night’s 30-lap DIRT Modified feature at the Lebanon Valley Speedway, moving the Massachusetts star to within two of arch rival Brett Hearn’s 2013 total

HEDGER: The Long Look

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We had the pleasure this week of participating in the voting for NASCAR’s prestigious Hall of Fame as the representative of the Eastern Motorsport Press Ass’n

Johnson Rides Low Groove To Glory

Johnson Rides Low Groove To Glory

Marc Johnson snared the 35-lap modified feature at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway Friday night with a low-groove run from seventh that saw him sneak under rim-riding front row starter Mike Perrotte for the lead on lap 15, then hold off 12th starting Matt DeLorenzo and Brett Hearn, up from 14th, to the checkered flag

HEDGER: The Long Look

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As our time in cooler than usual but still sunny Florida nears an end, it seems to be an appropriate time for some observations

HEDGER: The Long Look

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With pro and overall SuperFans champion Eddie Reichert and amateur titlist Kevin Babcock finishing up their victory lane photos with SuperFans sponsor Tim Frost of the National Speedway Directory, it’s time to wind down the ticket buyers’ finishing order.

HEDGER: The Long Look

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Longtime participant Kevin Babcock, of Des Moines, went to 133 races last year to earn a spot on the podium next to overall champion Reichert, who caught an amazing 169 races around the nation

HEDGER: The Long Look

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The AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series put on three great shows at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., winding down promoter “Bubba the Love Sponge” Clem’s ambitious Speedweeks schedule that brought area fans and visiting Yankees the All-Star sprint cars and WoO late models prior to the invasion of the non-winged sprinters.

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