Tony Smith had a different hobby before hopping into a race car nearly a decade ago: bull riding. “I loved it. I was really good at that,” said the Jamestown resident. “I’m an adrenaline junkie.” He gave up bull riding in his early 20s, and a torn groin ended his comeback years later. His need for an adrenaline rush led him to stock-car racing; he started in the Bomber class at Jamestown in 2017. Smith started out in the Bombers at Jamestown in 2017 and moved into the

Jamestown Speedway held action on Saturday night as part of July 4, with a fireworks show set after the races. If you read this blog, you know I can’t stand longer-than-necessary race programs. But to be fair I need recognize when shows are done in a quick time, too – and Jamestown was done in less than three hours on Saturday, a great job by track officials and drivers. And it set up perfect for the folks who were driving up to the fairgrounds to check out the fireworks (I

Fiesta City Speedway in Montevideo hosted the Structural Buildings Wissota Late Model Challenge Series on Saturday night with a solid 32 late models on hand. Fiesta City Speedway’s Friday show was rained out, but at least they were able to get one night of their doubleheader in. I was a little worried about the late model car counts at Fiesta City; there just aren’t many local late models lef