By Danny Burton

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

At this holiday season, it’s time to be even more thankful than we normally are. One of many ways to express that is to list a few reasons why. And here are just a few.   read more »

By Danny Burton

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

(The following is pure fiction and is based on no one in particular.)

It had been a little over 12 years now since his life was turned upside down, inside out, you name it. He was on top of the world, at least his world. A promising teen age short track racer who was starting to turn heads, he had it made. He was on the verge of moving on to the next level of racing sprint cars, and after that? The sky seemed to be the limit. But then came the accident and all of that disappeared into thin air. What was he to do now?   read more »

By Danny Burton

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

About 35 years ago, give or take a couple, I recall going to the Salem Speedway and seeing a brash young man named Darrell Waltrip hustle a stock car around the high banks as well or better than anyone I’ve ever seen there. Darrell was originally from a mid-sized city in western Kentucky called Owensboro. And another young man from Owensboro, namely Beau Mitchell, negotiated the old track on Sunday better than anyone else as he edged Chuck Barnes Sr. to win the wild and crazy Halloween 200.   read more »