Stock car racing

Longtime Caraway Speedway driver AJ Sanders enjoys a postrace moment with crew and friends after winning the track’s season-opening Mini Stocks race. (Caraway Speedway photo)   SOPHIA — Dylan Ward finished with more than a three-second victory on runner-up Lanie Buice in the Limited Late Models on the season-opening race card Sunday at Caraway Speedway. […]

SOPHIA — The 61st season of stock car racing at Caraway Speedway is scheduled to begin Sunday. Now back as a NASCAR-sanctioned track, the season’s opening day will include a 75-lap feature in Limited Late Models. There’s also racing scheduled in Chargers, 602 Modifieds, Mini Stocks, UCARs, Crown Vics, Legends and Bandoleros. The .455-mile asphalt […]

Matt Hirschman was the winner again in the North-South Shootout at Caraway Speedway. (Caraway Speedway photo) SOPHIA — Matt Hirschman maintained his dominance with another victory in the North-South Shootout at Caraway Speedway. Hirschman held off Paulie Hartwig III to one by more than one second Saturday night, capturing the event’s most high-profile race for […]

Michael Bumgarner drove the No. 97 car to victory in Limited Late Models. (Caraway Speedway photo)   SOPHIA — Michael Bumgarner won the Limited Late Models race across 125 laps in a controversial finish Saturday night at Caraway Speedway. Mason Walters was the runner-up, followed by Kyle Dudley, Coy Beard and Riley Neal in the […]

Matthew Smith won another feature at Caraway Speedway. (Courtesy of Caraway Speedway) SOPHIA — Bryce Applegate and Michael Fose were the winners in Limited Late Models on Saturday at Caraway Speedway. Applegate claimed the first of the two 40-lap features, winning for the second time this year at the track. Fose was the runner-up. In […]

Matthew Smith holds the checkered flag after one of his victories in the Chargers division Saturday at Caraway Speedway. (Courtesy of Caraway Speedway)   SOPHIA — Matthew Smith created more distance in the standings of the Chargers division at Caraway Speedway by winning two features Saturday at the track. Smith, the points leader in the […]

SOPHIA — An unapproved part on the car of Carson Loftin resulted in his postrace disqualification from the SMART Tour’s feature Sunday at Caraway Speedway. So Luke Baldwin, who was the runner-up on the track, inherited the victory. Loftin had controlled the tempo with comfortable margins in the 99-lap race, which was dubbed the Robert […]

SOPHIA — Racing is scheduled to resume at Caraway Speedway on Saturday after a pair of scheduled idle weekends at the stock-car track. The time off for drivers gave speedway officials a chance to see some construction projects in the works. It’s also the lone 2025 stop at the speedway for the Grand National Super […]

SOPHIA — Cody Griffin mostly cruised to victory in the Chargers division during racing Saturday night at Caraway Speedway. Griffin became among the headliners on the annual “Night of Destruction” at the track. Griffin passed fast qualifier Richard Shoffner early in the 35-lap race. Nathan Quella was the runner-up, followed by Shoffner, Thomas Harris and […]