Mike Adaskaveg

3 weeks ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

Coleby Frye gave his car owner Tim Borror a reason to smile last weekend at Bridgeport Motorsports Park, with a win. The week earlier, however, Borror’s partner at the Sound Talent Group, Dave Shapiro, among five others, perished in a private plane crash approaching a San Diego airport. The Sound Talent Group, who Borror, Shapiro and Matt Andersen founded, represents music acts such as Bush, Gwar , Hanson, Hinder, Sum 41 and Vanessa Carlton. Its Summer Of Loud Tour sponsors Frye’s modified.

1 month ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

Last Sunday, Solomon Bennett was in hog heaven. Not only did the low-budget racer found some crew members from the stands, he got to kiss a hog. That’s a good thing, because it meant he won the Whole Hog 50 at Stuart International Speedway.

1 month ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

Mike and Becky Hurley have taken over West Virginia Motor Speedway. The husband-and-wife team plan to create a 3/8-mile oval within the large, prexisting 5/8-mile. “I met with a dirt company last Tuesday and we are building a brand-new racetrack,” Mike said. “It will be a 3/8-mile oval with progressive banking. Everything will be different, except we will use a small part of the old track, the front straight, where the scoring loop is.”The Hurleys have been involved in the sport since 1988.

1 month ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

Oliver Sackett may be just 13 years old, but he didn’t think about that last Friday. He started seventh in the B-modified feature and passed racers many more years older. His efforts earned him his first win in a full-sized car, coming at Rapid Speedway. “The majority of the racers I passed were a lot older than me, but they didn’t worry me at all,” Oliver, of Pierson, Iowa, said. “I trust my own driving ability. There were a lot of drivers shaking my hand when the race was over.

1 month ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

After a devastating flood last year, Rapid Speedway reopened last Friday, thanks to overwhelming community support. Darrin and Michelle Korthals took over the promotional reins of the Rock Rapids, Iowa, dirt oval in 2023. Then the Rock River overflowed last June. (For more on the Korthals, read “Rapid Speedway: New Promoters Debut.”)“[The floodwaters] came in faster than we have ever seen before,” Darrin said.