When I was visiting with Scott Hillig on the phone last week, I had a lot of flashbacks to my teen years as a race fan. My dad and I, and sometimes my broth...

The COVID-19 virus has dominated our world for the last few weeks, and probably will for the foreseeable future. I won’t talk about the projections, or use a...

One common thing I hear from drivers and fans alike is the desire to see racetracks host more specials. This could include a special night with an expanded p...

There are not a lot of schedules out for the area’s tracks; one track that did announce its 2020 schedule was Sheyenne Speedway in Lisbon. I’ll do a longer s...

One of the topics of discussion I’ve had with various individuals since starting this blog is how to get more people involved in dirt-track racing — whether ...

The Queensland family has owned and operated the track since 2002, according to the Deer Creek Speedway website. The Post Bulletin reported that the Queensla...

I’ve written about this before, but one thing that irritates me is when people make sexist comments — whether blatant or subtle — about female race car drive...

Wissota announced on Thursday that the 2020 Wissota 100 will be held at the I-94 Speedway in Fergus Falls. It will be the third straight year the event will ...

I was talking to my best friend Bryan at the USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway in Wisconsin last summer, and I was thinking out loud — could it be the las...

It's time for Thanksgiving week, and many of us have plenty to be thankful for beyond racing, whether it’s family, health, good job, roof over our heads, etc...

A while back I wrote about some of the drivers who stood out to me in 2019. So this blog will focus more on the tracks themselves. I “cover” eight tracks pri...

It’s time to reflect on some of the on-track successes this season in the RaceChaser area. So I’ve highlighted some drivers who stood out this season. This a...

I get asked this question a lot from non-race fans, like family members — why are you a race fan? I don’t think there is one clear answer to that, so it’s a ...

If I go to a racetrack and make my “rounds” during the night, one guy I look for in the pits is Jonny Carter, who drives the No. 46 Wissota Street Stock out ...

I debated hard between heading to the Jamestown Stampede and the Viking Fall Classic on Saturday, since I had to work at MSU Moorhead earlier in the afternoo...

As a far, I have a lot of choices this weekend for late model racing within a couple hour drive of Fargo-Moorhead this weekend, and I’m thinking it’s maybe s...

First, I want to commend all of those involved – workers at I-94, Wissota officials, volunteers, whoever – for getting the Wissota 100 in. I admit after the ...

The Wissota 100 is back at I-94 Speedway this week. Action starts Tuesday as the Wissota Hornets and Pure Stocks will make their first-ever appearance at the...

I’ve got a couple of things on my mind racing-wise that I feel like writing about. One is that racing shows are taking too long. The other is we have too man...

RaceChaser was back at I-94 Speedway for the Dick Johanneck Memorial. There was a nice tribute to the late track owner, who died in Oct. 2018, prior to the r...