By Kasey Kreider The dangling carrot hanging out in front of Hyper Racing 600 competitors had been growing larger and larger prior to Saturday night’s Race Chasing Night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. The rollover bonus put up by race director Mike Knappenberger through his Race Chasing Award program…
By Kasey Kreider For so many racers, it was their fathers who ingrained them into the sport of racing and helped them develop into the men and women that they are today. The Father’s Day Eve Special at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway gives us an opportunity to spend time…
By Kasey Kreider After a week off to relax and recharge, the stars and cars of Lanco’s Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway returned to the Newmanstown eighth-mile for another fast and frantic night of racing. After all active and former military members in attendance were honored and recognized at intermission, the…
By Kasey Kreider Memorial Day Weekend always provides our country with an opportunity to remember those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in defense of the freedoms that we as a nation get to enjoy. It is important every day, but particularly on this weekend, to honor those brave men…
By Kasey Kreider A three-week hiatus from racing finally gave way to a night full of hot and heavy action at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, in both a literal and figurative sense. On an afternoon in Newmanstown which saw temperatures in excess of 90 degrees, drivers would have to…
By Kasey Kreider To finish first, you must first finish. That’s how the old racing saying goes, and it applied particularly well for the majority of the features that took place Saturday night at the Clyde. Issues for some of the front runners led to some surprising and dramatic victories…
By Kasey Kreider It took three tries to get the opening points race of the 2022 Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway racing season in the books. But the wait proved to be well worth it, as thrilling action was plentiful in all five divisions, with the last race of the evening…
By Kasey Kreider Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway kicked off its 2022 campaign in style on Saturday night with the sixth annual running of the No Wing Spring Fling. The annual season-opening event never fails to provide a fair share of thrills and spills, with this year providing a large amount…
By Kasey Kreider The final night of the 2021 racing season at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway was a busy one to say the least. The four weekly divisions of racing would compete in their final races of the 2021 season, with the 270s “playing two,” as they would make…
By Kasey Kreider After a points season spanning over five months at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, you would have a hard time believing that two of the four championship battles would not only come down to the final race, but that the two championship contenders in each class would…
By Kasey Kreider It was a special and significant night of racing at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, as first responders and victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks were honored on First Responders Night Presented by Glick Fire Equipment, a night which just so happened to fall on the 20th…
By Kasey Kreider The wingless portion of the Labor Day Shootout at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway never fails to produce thrills, spills, and plenty of drama. The 2021 edition of the race would check all of those boxes, and as the clock struck midnight, signifying the end of the…
By Kasey Kreider Labor Day Weekend annually brings about the biggest racing weekend of the year at Lanco’s Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. And with 149 entries signed in across the four divisions of Saturday’s opening night of the Labor Day Shootout, it became abundantly clear that the action would live…
By Kasey Kreider Summer Sizzler Night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway saw humid and overcast conditions as race teams and fans descended upon Newmanstown on the final Saturday of August. The weather was warm, but the on-track action would be what was sizzling on this evening. Excellent racing throughout…
By Kasey Kreider With seven features on the docket for Boyer’s Tavern of Rexmont Luau Night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, there was bound to be a little bit of just about everything throughout the course of the evening. When the smoke cleared and the dust settled, there was…
By Kasey Kreider Pink Out Night Presented by KDM Skunkworks Race Engines annually serves as one of the most special nights of the year at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. Organized by Kim Glass of the Kim’s Kreations Novelty Stand and TT’s Troops, the night raises funds for breast cancer…
By Kasey Kreider As USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Tour veteran Justin Grant and rising 600 Micro Sprint star Steven Snyder, Jr. descended upon Newmanstown’s Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway on Saturday night, both drivers entered looking to get a proverbial monkey off of their backs. For Grant, a consistent…
By Kasey Kreider Every year, the Clyde Martin Memorial serves as one of the most prestigious and biggest races of the season, while also serving as one of the most crucial in the championship battle. The 2021 edition of the Clyde Martin Memorial Presented by Gold Rush Trailer Sales would…
By Kasey Kreider If you had watched Daison Pursley compete on Friday and Saturday at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway without knowing any of his background, you would think that he was a seasoned veteran, with thousands upon thousands of laps around the progressively banked bullring. You never would have…
By Kasey Kreider At a fast, tight bullring such as the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, it oftentimes takes a driver who is willing to straddle the edge between control and chaos in order to pick up a victory. On a racetrack that featured a big cushion and produced even bigger…
By Kasey Kreider It was a night of racing at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway which saw drivers be forced to race more than just their competitors, as inclement weather threatened the area for most of the early evening. But not even Mother Nature could move as fast as Jason…
By Kasey Kreider Any fan knows that racing, particularly at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, is a game of inches. However, it may have come down to even less than that to decide the victor of Saturday night’s Skeet Craft Collision Sportsman feature. As Bret Cronrath pulled alongside of Clinton…
By Kasey Kreider On 4th-of-July-weekend races, it’s always easy to say that the fireworks going off above the racetrack will correlate to fireworks on the racetrack. Sometimes that proves to be true, while other times the racing doesn’t always live up to the excitement of the atmosphere. But ask just…
By Kasey Kreider Sometimes all it takes is one night to serve as a reminder that the old guard is still capable of getting the job done. For multiple-time track champions Mike Miller and Heath Hehnly in particular, it would be this night that they would find themselves back to…
By Kasey Kreider It’s a simple rule in racing. If you keep putting yourself in position to win races, then sooner or later, wins will start coming your way. Jason Swavely entered Saturday night as one of the most consistent drivers of the 2021 season so far, holding down the…