Articles by Michael Heilman

Every day, hundreds of people travel on Moss Mill Road heading to work, school, or just traveling for fun. But, did you know that hidden in the words was a former town and a racetrack? That’s right, it was known {…}

Since its opening in 2008, New Jersey Motorsports has held major racing events at its signature Thunderbolt Raceway. Series like NASCAR, ARCA, Rolex 24 Series (Now IMSA Series), AMA, Trans-Am Series, F1600 Series, F2000 Series, KSR Motorsports, Atlantic Championship Series, {…}

Over the weekend, Wildwood, New Jersey held its annual Wildwood Monster Truck Show from Wildwood, NJ. This was a fun event to attend. I’ve been to many monster truck events in Wildwood for years but this was the first time {…}

When NASCAR first announced they would race at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2016, the buzz surrounding the news was cool for racing fans. There were a ton of people who came to watch Noah Gragson win the inaugural Just {…}

North Wilkesboro Speedway is located in Wilkesboro Township, Wilkes County near North Wilkesboro, NC. The track opened on May 18, 1947, and was one of NASCAR’s original racetracks. The seating capacity at NWS was 40,000. NASCAR’s first race at North {…}

Over the weekend, New Jersey Motorsports Park held its annual Monster Truck Show for the third year in a row. that monster trucks invaded New Jersey Motorsports Park. The show featured 4 monster trucks like Bigfoot, Thrasher, Xtreme Diesel, and {…}

Nazareth Speedway was located in Lower Nazareth Township, Northampton County in the Lehigh Valley region. The track opened in 1910 with two dirt oval race tracks, one was a 1/2 mile oval and the other was a 1 1/8 mile {…}

Ontario Motor Speedway broke ground in September of 1968 at the cost of $25.5 million dollars and opened 2 years later in August of 1970. Ontario Motor Speedway’s seating capacity was 180,000. This track to best describes it as the {…}

Bigfoot vs Grave Digger was one the best rivalry in monster truck history. You could watch Bigfoot and Grave Digger battle it out on television networks like ESPN, ESPN2, TNT Motorsports, and more. This rivalry spanned for over 3 decades, {…}

Last month at the Indianapolis 500, Fernando Alonso made his Verizon Indycar Series debut with McLaren/Honda Andretti team, where he led a handful of laps in the race before blowing an engine with a few laps to go. But what {…}