Top 40 Most Viewed Dirt Stories On Race Pro Weekly From 2020: #5 – #1
STORIES FROM 2020 – With the 2020 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 #5-#1.
#5: RPW Column: Big Changes Coming To Madsen Motorsports; Team Adds Mark Flach Jr. & Dylan Madsen To Driver Line-Up
January 13, 2020
RPW Column By: LUCAS BALLARD / RPW – SPENCERTOWN, NY – With a new decade of racing right around the corner, Madsen Motorsports, who’s enjoyed more than a decade of success with future hall of fame driver Brett Hearn, will be changing things up quite a bit for the 2020 racing season. For the 2020 season, the Madsen team will have a new driver in their Big Block Modified program as former Lebanon Valley Modified Champion Mark Flach Jr. comes on board to drive for the team. Read More
#4: Veteran Modified Racer Mike Colsten Passes Away
January 3, 2020
It is with great sadness that we pass along the news that veteran Modified campaigner Mike Colsten has passed away. Read More
#3: Plattsburgh Airborne To Remain Open In 2020; Howard Commander To Take The Helm
January 23, 2020
Story By: JO ANN DAVIES / AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY – PLATTSBURGH, NY – Howard Commander, owner of Lebanon Valley and Albany-Saratoga Speedways, announced today that he has reached a one-year letter of intent agreement with Jamie Atkins and Steve Fuller, co-owners of the Plattsburgh Airborne Speedway (PAS), to manage the Plattsburgh, NY speedway for the 2020 season. Read More
#2: Young Derrick McGrew Jr. Moving Up To Big Block Modifieds At Albany-Saratoga In 2020
January 14, 2020
Story By: TOM BOGGIE / ALBANY-SARATOGA SPEEDWAY – MALTA, NY – No one is really sure who came up with the proverb “Patience is a virtue.” But whoever it was obviously never met Derrick McGrew Jr. The 12-year-old from Ballston Spa, who made history two years ago when he became the youngest driver to win a feature at Albany-Saratoga Speedway, will be moving up to the big block modified ranks for the 2020 season. Read More
#1: RPW & The Racing Community Mourn The Passing Of Former Racer
& Crew Member Jared Petruska
February 28, 2020
All of us at Race Pro Weekly send our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Jared Petruska who passed away in a workplace-related accident on Thursday. Read More
