By Danny Burton

Danny Burton’s Hoosier Race Report appears courtesy of OpenWheelRacers.com

It’s the age old debate, shall youth or veterans prevail? Sometimes it’s one; other times it’s the other. And as one gets older and reaches milestones, one will be fortunate enough to watch yesterday’s youth become today’s veterans. So this weekend here in the Hoosier state, it was two of yesterday’s youngsters who took home both the money and the prestige. Jon Stanbrough, certainly not an old racer, was the victor in the inaugural Midwest Sprint Car Series appearance at the Bloomington Speedway. And A.J. Anderson, not a youngster any more either, made the trip south to the Lawrenceburg Speedway to capture the $3000 in winning the Dick Gaines Memorial.   read more »

And now, there I am… in the latest issue of Racer Magazine! Well, um, sort of, er, kinda anyway.   read more »

By Danny Burton

Danny Burton’s Hoosier Race Report appears courtesy of OpenWheelRacers.com

Only in Indiana can a Hoosier race fan, raised by Kentuckians, go to an Indiana bull ring, enjoy a picnic with friends, most of whom are Buckeyes, and watch a fellow Hoosier win the sprint feature on his second visit to the track. In other words, the main story was Matt Hardin’s surprise win at the world famous Lawrenceburg Speedway last night. The Polish Luau, sponsored by the Buckeye Auto Racefan Club, was the icing on the cake, as it were.   read more »

By Danny Burton

Danny Burton’s Hoosier Race Report appears courtesy of OpenWheelRacers.com

On a weekend when open wheel racing here held its annual salute to a couple of its long gone fraternity, we saw a young racer hold off two of the best in two different races at the Salem Speedway. The youngster is surely enjoying the present, and is riding the wave. But his potential future is nearly mind-boggling in the racing world. Whether it is to be in Indy cars or in NASCAR, Bryan Clauson is quite possibly going to be the next area racer to make his mark on racing at its national level. And by the way, we saw yet another first time winner on Friday night at Bloomington, namely Hunter Schuerenberg.   read more »

By Danny Burton

Danny Burton’s Hoosier Race Report appears courtesy of OpenWheelRacers.com

Not always is our hard work rewarded at least not when we’d like it to be. But like many cliches, the one about good things coming to those who wait (and work) is often true. And this past weekend the efforts of Brady Short, Tony Beaber, and their respective teams, paid off. Both won hard fought features at Bloomington and Lawrenceburg. Both earned their wins. So what if only one is a Hoosier. For my money, Tony Beaber is an honorary Hoosier, seeing that he’s a regular the da ‘burg and is one of the newest members of the Hoosier Auto Race Fans club.   read more »