Mike Adaskaveg

Los Angeles

Photojournalist, writer, reporter, and editor with New England and Maritime Canada roots now planted in California. Director of Photography at @outsidegroove

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Lawson Szerencits: Luck Is Only Part of the Story

2 days ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

Some say Lawson Szerencits won his first sportsman race only because of luck. Well, he’d argue the old adage that luck is where preparation meets opportunity held true. “In the garage, we have a maintenance program that is top notch,” Szerencits, of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, said. “Every week we strip the car down to its bare chassis. All the shocks come off. We go over everything 100%.
Chris Esposito: His First Win in 17 Years

3 days ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

Grandview Speedway’s final race of 2008 — that’s the last time Chris Esposito visited victory lane. That is, until last Saturday, when he won the modified feature. “Man, it was such an absolute grind,” Esposito, of Telford, Pennsylvania, said. “I know what it takes to win — money and the right pieces of the puzzle. For 17 years, I was lacking this or lacking that.
Trevor Sise Enjoys Success by Racing a Stinger

1 week ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

In a dirt late model world increasingly becoming dominated by two brands, Trevor Sise races (and wins) with a chassis from a smaller company — Stinger Racecars. With his brand-new Stinger, he hopes to contend for another championship with the Dirt Rich TV American All-Star Series Presented by PPM Racing Products. “It has its disadvantages at times,” said Sise, of Knoxville, Tennessee. “I don’t have a lot of guys to lean on.
Joes Racing Products First Late Model Chassis Gets First Win

1 week ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

Haley Constance drove the Joes Racing Products late model chassis No. 1 to a P1 finish at Evergreen Speedway in Washington. Joes developed the new car by using technology they have applied to building its successful micro sprint chassis. Joes drew up the car in CAD. Then they fed that design into a plasma cutter that precisely notches and bends the chromoly tubing.
New Egypt Speedway: Watch Races Live on YouTube for Free

1 week ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

New Egypt Speedway decided to take streaming into its own hands. You can now view the races at the New Jersey dirt oval live on YouTube, for free. “I felt the streaming was better under our control,” Chris Moore, New Egypt Speedway Executive Vice President of Operations, said. “I want New Egypt Speedway to be accessible to people who are not race fans. We love our fans, but we need to have people who don’t know about of us discover us.
Dylan Yoder, Nathan Long Take Hard Hits in Pileup

1 week ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

Super late model drivers Dylan Yoder (24) and Nathan Long (63) may have caught the worst of this pileup. It occurred during the feature at Selinsgrove Speedway. “All I could remember is that someone hit the inside wall on the backstretch and spun across the track,” Yoder, of Middleburg, Pennsylvania, said. “Then I remember hitting someone sideways in front of me. Cars just piled in. Two or three others hit me from behind.”One the hardest hits from Yoder’s car came from Nathan Long’s car.
Hunter Ploski, from the Famed Racing Family, Earns First Win

1 week ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

Despite coming from a racing family, Hunter Ploski never competed in a race. That is, until this year, at age 29. And, despite the inexperience, he just won his first feature. The triumph came in the rookie sportsman class at New Egypt Speedway. Ploski’s great-grandfather Stan Ploski; grandfather Stan Ploski Jr.; father, Stan Ploski III; and cousin Ryan Godown all have competed behind the wheel of race cars.
Jim Childers Wins at Age 82

1 week ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

The big story may be that Jim Childers won at age 82 last Saturday at Showtime Speedway. However, the bigger story may be that Childers returned to racing last year after stepping away in 2002. Jim and his wife, Charmaine Riddle Childers, crisscrossed the country for years chasing races. “We had a really good time going to the races,” Charmaine said.
Paradise Speedway Maui: No Signs Allowed, So How About a Car?

1 week ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

County laws ban permanent signs along the highway where Paradise Speedway Maui is. So, the Hawaiian dirt oval got creative. “Our welder, Jeff Volker, and I built a unique mobile billboard on a homemade trailer,” said Tim Nay, president of Paradise Speedway Maui. “We used the front end of our old, retired water truck for the trailer’s axle. Then we used a big Maui pineapple box, a shipping crate we reinforced by boxing it out with channel iron and welding in some uprights.
Andrew Yoder: From Modest Beginnings to Sweeping a Weekend

2 weeks ago | outsidegroove.com | Mike Adaskaveg

This past weekend, limited late model driver Andrew Yoder went two for two. He won at Selinsgrove Speedway on Saturday and then Port Royal Speedway on Sunday. Yoder did so with his family-owned 2018 Swartz chassis. He said the road to that 2018 winning Swartz chassis didn’t come easy. Yoder started in econo late models in 2014, with a 1998 car. He later cut off the front clip of that car and swapped in a 2007 one. He then did the same with the rear, inserting a clip from a 2008 chassis.