Malta, NY – Now, that was worth the wait. After four consecutive rainouts, Albany-Saratoga Speedway finally kicked off its 2019 season Friday night, with 2017 track champion Peter Britten winning the 35-lap modified feature. Britten won the first heat, putting … Continue reading →
MALTA – What’s the difference between a fourth-place car and a first-place car? The sweet spot. Ronnie Johnson found that sweet spot Friday night, rocketing out of his seventh starting spot to win the 40-lap King of Dirt 358 Series … Continue reading →
MALTA, NY – If you like rooting for underdogs, you would have loved Friday night’s 100-lap King of Dirt Sportsman Series 602 Northeast Crate Nationals at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. Brian Calabrese of Johnstown, driving a 10-year-old Bicknell chassis and wearing an … Continue reading →
MALTA – Leave it to Stewart Friesen to steal the spotlight from “Championship Night” at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. Friesen, left with a Friday night with nothing to do because his primary circuit, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, is on a … Continue reading →
MALTA, NY – I’ll see you one Tremont, and raise you two Johnsons. After Ken Tremont Jr. got a huge monkey off his back with a victory in the “Stan Da Man” Memorial race to open a full-moon-bathed racing card … Continue reading →
MALTA – No one likes a racing card that gets interrupted by rain, but Chad Edwards probably isn’t complaining. The driver out of Gloversville started on the pole and led all 25 laps to record his first sportsman victory of … Continue reading →
MALTA, NY – If you’re going to wait over a year to get a win, might as well make it a big one. Marc Johnson, the 2016 modified champion at Albany-Saratoga Apeedway, got to hoist the big check Wednesday night … Continue reading →
MALTA, NY – When opportunity knocks, the smart thing to do is answer the darn door. That’s what Ronnie Johnson did Friday night at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. After recording just one top-five finish in a rain-plagued month of July, Johnson parlayed … Continue reading →
MALTA, NY – Although rain washed out the scheduled “Stan Da Man” modified feature Friday night, history was still made at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. Derrick McGrew Jr,, the 11-year-old phenom from Ballston Spa who is in his first season in an … Continue reading →
MALTA, NY – Since winning his first modified feature at Albany-Saratoga Speedway in 2006, Matt DeLorenzo has had an up-and-down career at the tricky 4/10ths mile Malta track. There have been years when he sat in victory lane after big … Continue reading →