Read the Track and Race to the Front… On the Outside
The Indoor racing surface was a story last season. Changes made after Friday night’s feature in Allentown made the outside groove on the flat concrete surfaces much more competitive. In the races that followed in Atlantic City and Syracuse, the race leader began to choose the outside lane on restarts because it had so much tack. Drivers like Anthony Sesely and Briggs Danner were among those that used the outside to make many of their passes. Track prep director Davey Sammons is...
Erick Rudolph – Back to his Winning Ways
Erick Rudolph of Ransomville, N.Y., is the all-time leading TQ Midget Indoor series winner with nine victories. In three feature starts last year, however, Rudolph failed to win a race in Mark Laffler’s No. 22. It wasn’t a lack of speed nor talent, but luck. In a position to win both, in Atlantic City and at the 2022 series finale in Syracuse, N.Y., Rudolph’s good luck that had followed him for so many years left him, and he got spun around...
ATQMRA Champs Look for Indoor Auto Racing Success
Joey Bailey aboard the Boyd No. 1B Veteran TQ Midget car owners Lenny and Donna Boyd proved they had found their driver last year when Joey Bailey got comfortable in his yellow No. 1B. After going to the rear late in the series finale, the multi-time champion of the outdoor ATQMRA series impressively marched back forward to finish fifth, rewarding him with fourth in the final series point standings. The 25-year-old Monroe Township, N.J. driver is now comfortable in the close action of...
SCOTT KREUTTER AIMS FOR BACK-TO-BACK INDOOR SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS
ALLENTOWN, PA -- Scott Kreutter of Cowlesville, N.Y., and car owner Trey Hoddick won their first-ever series championship last year – and they scored the championship without claiming a single race win. Kreutter has just one series win to his credit, and it came at Allentown on January 6, 2018. Can they end the five-year winless drought this weekend and get a jump start on defending their championship? They think so, but only time will tell. When the Indoor Auto Racing Series fueled...
Keep Your Eyes on Tommy Catalano
Tommy Catalano With Indoor Win in his Sights Tommy Catalano comes to Allentown from Ontario, N.Y. loaded for bear. Catalano, a proven top contender on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, really stepped up his game last year on the Indoor series. During the series final 40-lapper in Syracuse, N.Y., in March of 2022, he waged a torrid early race battle for the lead with series champion Scott Kruetter. In the hunt for his first series win, he ended the year with a...
Keep An Eye On Stephen Kemery, Kyle Lick, Tyler Wagner for Indoor Auto Racing Series Wins
ALLENTOWN, PA -- The Indoor Auto Racing Championship Fueled by VP Race Fuels kicks off it's 2023 season this Friday and Saturday night at Allentown, Pennsylvania's PPL Center. There are nearly 50 pre-entries in the headline TQ Midget division and this year's class is deeper in talent than almost any in years past. So, who are this year's dark horses on the Indoor Series? Dirt Sportsman racer Stephen Kemery of Sicklerville, N.J. continues to race his family-owned No. 69 with a 600cc...
2020 Champ, Andy Jankowiak, Wants that Championship Back
Andy Jankowiak lives in Tonawanda, N.Y., not far from Buffalo. Despite being saddled with two large snowstorms in December, his eye has remained focused on getting back to victory lane and being crowned champion in front of a huge Saturday night crowd inside Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. In dramatic fashion, Jankowiak won the NAPA KNOW HOW weekend Atlantic City finale in both 2019 and 2020. The excitement of ‘Andy J’ in victory lane was memorable. With his most recent series win...
Lehigh Valley Drivers, Matt Janisch and Briggs Danner Look to Impress a Hometown Crowd this Weekend
Allentown, PA – When the Indoor Auto Racing Series fueled by VP takes the green flag this weekend inside the PPL Center in downtown Allentown, many lingering off-season questions will be answered. The Ironton Global sponsored two-day event on Friday and Saturday, January 6 and 7 is just one of two race weekends that make up the BELFOR Property Restoration series this year. It leaves little time for mistakes, mechanical failure, or bad luck. Two local drivers have their eyes set on...
