Travis Barrett

1 day ago | lancasterfarming.com | Travis Barrett

YORK SPRINGS, Pa. — When Sandy Kline calls with an offer, it’s best not to turn it down. “I don’t know what I would do without her, honestly,” Doug Hammaker said. Last October, the 34-year-old Hammaker contemplated his future in racing. He’d won multiple 358 Sprint Car championships, including the 2024 track title at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, but he wasn’t equipped to make a move up the ladder to the 410 Sprint Car ranks.

1 week ago | lancasterfarming.com | Travis Barrett

SWEDESBORO, N.J. — The oldest touring Sprint Car series in the nation doesn’t belong to USAC or the World of Outlaws. An often-overlooked staple of central Pennsylvania racing owns that honor. “We’ve been here for 70 years,” said Dave McGough, president of the United Racing Club. The URC has been touring since its inaugural season in 1948. Today, the series features 360 Sprint Cars of the winged variety competing at tracks in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Delaware.

2 weeks ago | lancasterfarming.com | Travis Barrett

ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. — It’s unclear whether Matt Campbell followed his father’s advice. “I’m just thankful that all these years after we lost him, we still keep racing,” said Campbell, who currently sits third in the 410 Sprint Car standings at Lincoln Speedway. “At the end of the day, I can sit here and say I would hope this is something he would want to see me do. My dad always told me every year, ‘Do this for you, don’t do it for me.’”Campbell’s father, Ron, died in 2018.

2 weeks ago | lancasterfarming.com | Travis Barrett

JONESTOWN, Pa. — Jim Bernheisel didn’t see anyone stepping up to the plate to keep tradition alive, so he decided to do it himself. The longtime racer, chassis builder and owner of Bernheisel Race Cars brought Appalachian Mountain Speedweek back to life in 2023, resurrecting the dormant Late Model miniseries following a five-year hiatus. “As a racer, as a team owner, I always enjoyed those races,” Bernheisel said Monday, a scheduled off day for the series slated to race June 6-15.

3 weeks ago | lancasterfarming.com | Travis Barrett

MINERSVILLE, Pa. — The biggest race of Louden Reimert’s career had everything, and yet nothing, to do with money. “That night was actually really special because it’s two things I never thought I’d see,” Reimert recalled of his victory in the Money in the Mountains 50 on April 18. “I never thought I’d win 20 grand in a race, and I never thought I would see my dad get back in a race car. He raced that night, too, and it was really neat.”kAmkDA2?m#6:>6CE’D 72E96C[ $92H? #6:>6CE[ 925?’E A=2??65 @?