Top 40 Most Viewed Dirt Stories On Race Pro Weekly From 2019: #35 – #31

STORIES FROM 2019 – With the 2019 season almost behind us, we’ve come to the realization that we love that you guys read the stories in Race Pro Weekly. So we decided to look back at the most viewed stories of the season on the dirt portion of RPW, and are going to count down the top 40 stories you guys read the most this year, now through New Year’s Day!

Here’s #35-#31.

#35: Bill Pascual Hires Tyler Dippel & Mike Mahaney; Dippel To Race At OCFS;
Mahaney On Short Track Super Series
December 23, 2019

Information By: ORANGE COUNTY FAIR SPEEDWAY – MIDDLETOWN, NY – Car owner Bill Pascual and driver Tyler Dippel have announced they will be racing at Orange County Fair Speedway on Saturday nights for the 2020 season. In addition to Dippel’s OCFS championship quest, Pascual announced that he has signed Mike Mahaney to drive one of his cars on both the north and south STSS series. Read More

34: RPW Column: Kenny Tremont Builds On Legacy On Legends Night At Lebanon Valley
August 4, 2019

RPW Column By: BOBBY CHALMERS / RPW – WEST LEBANON, NY – Legends Night. Lebanon Valley. Kenny Tremont. Enough said? Tremont, the all-time winningest driver at the Valley, put another notch in the belt of his legacy with a dominating performance Saturday night on Legends Night. Read More

#33: RPW Column: LJ Lombardo Making Major Switch In Modified Program For 2019
January 9, 2019

RPW Column By: BOBBY CHALMERS / RPW – DANBURY, CT – As the dominoes begin to fall in the dirt racing world, another has been knocked down in a small Connecticut town. In an announcement on the Jeff & Marty Internet racing show Tuesday evening, LJ Lombardo talked about his Chili Bowl program for 2019 but also his plans for racing at the Lebanon Valley Speedway, and maybe a little time at the “Great Race Place” in Malta, NY as well. Read More

#32: RPW Column: Early Accident Leads To Hot Tempers In The Valley Pits Between
Andy Bachetti & LJ Lombardo
June 30, 2019

RPW Column By: DYLAN FRIEBEL / RPW – WEST LEBANON, NY – Early in the Modified feature Saturday night at Lebanon Valley was a war of attrition. The beginning laps of the event were marred by the yellow silk. While the 4th of July is only a couple days away, due to one of those yellow flags, there were fireworks in the pits once the race was over between Andy Bachetti and LJ Lombardo.. Read More

#31: RPW Column: Remembering Lebanon Valley Champion Kenny Coon; Simply Put,
A Natural Behind The Wheel
January 27, 2019

RPW Column By: BOBBY CHALMERS / RPW – TROY, NY – Ability. It’s what every racer strives to have. Raw. Natural. God-given. You either have “it” or you have to “work” for “it.” Today, when talking about having “it” behind the wheel of a racecar, most think of Stewart Friesen or Matt Sheppard or even Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart. However, for a brief but exciting time in our sport, two-time Lebanon Valley Speedway Modified Champion Kenny Coon had “it.” Unfortunately, Coon passed away this past week just a few days shy of his 68th birthday, but his talents behind the wheel will be talked about for ages. Read More