It wasn’t a full moon night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway on Saturday, but at times, it sure did feel like it. Hard racing, wild action, a little bit of calamity were all themes of the evening as seven features were contested around the Newmanstown bullring – a regularly-scheduled show for all five weekly divisions, plus makeup features for both the Border Magic 270s and the 125/4 Strokes.

An on point track surface led to a thrilling night of competition, and six different drivers all took checkered flags during the A-Main action. James Roselli added his name to the list of Lanco winners by taking a chaotic Hyper Racing Wingless 600 feature, while Jason Swavely scored win number two of the year in the EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600s. Brent Shearer backed up his Pistol Pete Duel triumph with a makeup feature win in the Border Magic 270s, while Billy Logeman claimed the regularly scheduled show. Brandon Heist made it back-to-back Step Brothers Concrete & Fence Sportsman wins, and John Maurer continued his dominant start to the season by sweeping the races in the 125/4 Strokes.

“The one that got away.”

It’s a phrase that applies to every great race car driver and team at some point over the course of their racing journey. It’s what happens when a driver comes so close to triumph, so close to a crown-jewel, career-defining victory, only for it to slip out of their grasp. In most ordinary circumstances, “the one that got away” from a driver never comes back to them. And even more rarely does the opportunity present itself to make amends for the devastating loss on the very next night.

But there was nothing ordinary about this weekend, this race, and this Saturday night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. A tribute race nine months in the making came to fruition on Memorial Day weekend in honor of one of the best to ever strap into a micro sprint, “Pistol” Pete Skias. Thanks to incredible efforts by the Skias family, friends, and several sponsors and supporters, both nights of the inaugural Pistol Pete Duels featured massive purses – with a hefty $3,008 prize going to the winner. The drivers showed up as well, with over 70 entries competing each night of the two-day event. And after coming dramatically close to scoring the win on Friday night at the Linda’s Speedway, it was Manheim’s Brent Shearer rising above the rest to claim victory at the Clyde, capturing the emotional win that had cruelly eluded him less than 24 hours prior.

The stars and cars of the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway roared back to life on Saturday night, kicking off the month of May – albeit one week later than originally planned – with a thrilling night of action.

On an evening that saw several twists and turns for contending drivers in the five 25-lap feature events, every single A-Main saw a new 2025 Lanco winner. The Hyper Racing Wingless 600s witnessed James Fries pick up his first-ever win at the Clyde, while defending champion Bradley Brown finally cashed in in the EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600s. Billy Logeman triumphed in the Border Magic 270 A-Main, while Brandon Heist made up for a heartbreak in that event to later claim the Step Brothers Concrete & Fence Sportsman feature. And Brent Shearer put an end to John Maurer’s three-peat bid with a dominant drive in the 125/4 Strokes.

On a chilly and blustery night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, early morning downpours cleared out in time for a fast and frantic night of racing at the Newmanstown bullring. Saturday morning’s rain led to a heavier racing surface that produced multi-groove action for the 600 classes, while presenting a more technical challenge to the 270, Sportsman, and 125/4 Stroke competitors.

The 600 features bookended the night, with Marty Brian running the catfish line to score a Hyper Racing Wingless 600 victory, while Chris Gerhart ripped the lip to beat Bradley Brown in the EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 A-Main. Nick Skias scored an impactful victory in the Border Magic 270 division, taking uncle Chuck Skias’ No. 3 into the winner’s circle. Dylan Pennypacker made the pass on Max Fasnacht with two laps to go to grab his first Lanco win in the Step Brothers Concrete & Fence Sportsman class. And John Maurer came out on top of a mid-race battle with Brent Shearer and Rilynn Hannula to make it back-to-back wins in the 125/4 Strokes.

After two weeks of battling Mother Nature, the third time was the charm to officially kick off the 68th season of Lanco Micro Midget Club racing at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. Checkered Flag Fan Club Night served as the season-opener of the 16-race “Chase for the Championship,” and the action kicked off in earnest across all five divisions on Saturday night.

Jason Swavely began his quest for both an EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 and Border Magic 270 track championship by sweeping the season openers in those divisions. Christian Bruno bested Trevor Gach and the rest of the field to score a $750 payday in Hyper Racing Wingless 600 action. Josh Stoyer took advantage of late-race misfortune to Corey Schmuck, Jr. and snapped a 20-month winless drought in the Step Brothers Concrete & Fence Sportsman division. And John Maurer kicked off his 2025 campaign with a dominating win in the 125/4 Stroke class.

A six-month gauntlet of racing at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway came to a thrilling conclusion on Saturday evening. With Championship Night providing the opportunity for the track’s newest title-holders to be crowned, Bradley Brown, Ryan Groff, Nick Skias, Brandon Heist, and Chris Dolan engraved their names into the history books as Lanco’s 2024 track champions.

Opportunity came knocking for a few of the drivers in the championship fights on Saturday night at the Clyde. With next weekend’s season finale looming, some of the points contenders ran into troubles that dashed their hopes for a title, while others either kept their chances alive or strengthened their grip on a championship trophy with much-needed victories or strong runs. One driver even wrapped up a championship a week early, with four classes still set to determine their title-holder next Saturday night.

With just three races remaining in the 2024 season entering Saturday night, drivers across all five weekly divisions at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway were hungry to earn at least one more trip to Brubacher Victory Lane, with several of those drivers also in the hunt for at least one of the season-long championships. Dominic Schmidt, Michael Hoffmaster, Brandon Heist, Masen Stapleton, and Holden Eckman all grabbed victories on the first Saturday of September, while some of those aforementioned points battles got turned upside down.

It was a late start and an even later finish to the first on-track event of the annual Labor Day Shootout at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway – the Winged Night presented by Germania Band Club of Manheim. But despite mother nature’s best efforts, the track crew’s persistence was rewarded as the show was able to be completed. When the checkered flags flew at the end of a long night, Jason Swavely and Bradley Brown picked up the two $1,000 paydays that were on offer, while Brent Shearer and Chris Dolan also put themselves into Labor Day Shootout victory lane.

Back to School Night at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway was more like "School's Out", as the Clyde's pupils (drivers) created a wild night of non-stop excitement on Saturday.

With the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series unable to make the trek to Pennsylvania due to Hurricane Debby, the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway called an audible in order to still give fans an exciting and worthwhile card of racing on what turned out to be a beautiful Saturday night. For the first time in the track’s history, all four classes ran wingless events on the same night, and the result was jaw-dropping action and entertainment. Toby Blumenshine swept the Border Magic Wingless 270 and Skeet Craft Collision Wingless Sportsman races, Christian Bruno picked up the $1,000 payday for winning in the Hyper Racing Wingless 600s, and John Maurer turned in one of the most dominant performances in a long time to claim victory in the Offroad Motorsports Wingless 125/4 Strokes.

To win the Clyde Martin Memorial race one time is an honor that most drivers who race at the track on a weekly basis spend a career chasing. To win the race three times in one division – an accomplishment that is rewarded by getting to keep the race winner’s trophy permanently – is an achievement that immortalizes a driver in history among the best to ever wheel a race car around the high-banked Newmanstown bullring.

On Saturday night, three drivers put themselves in rarified air, as Chris Dolan, Jason Swavely, and Toby Blumenshine all claimed victory in their respective divisions for the third time in the Clyde Martin Memorial. Meanwhile, Mike Boyer and Dominic Schmidt also added their names onto the trophies as well, scoring their first Lanco wins in the biggest race of them all.

After winning the Hyper Racing 600 Speedweek event Thursday night at the Linda’s Speedway, Alex Ruppert described his 2024 season to date as “straight motivation.” A good chunk of that motivation came from a near-miss in the Speedweek Finale two years ago, a lost Speedweek championship in 2023, and a jump-start that took him out of the lead of the $7,500-to-win East Coast Transponders Race just seven days prior to this year’s Speedweek Finale.

But on Saturday night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, after another thrilling Speedweek Finale, the close calls and agonizing defeats were finally avenged. Ruppert rocketed up from the eighth-starting spot in the feature, passed eventual Speedweek champion Christian Bruno for the lead with 15 laps to go, and ripped the lip all the way to the checkered flag throughout a remarkable 42-lap green-flag run to the finish.

On the eve of Hyper Racing 600 Speedweek, many of the best drivers of the Wingless 600 division descended upon the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway in pursuit of another high-profile and high-paying event. East Coast Transponders sponsored a lucrative $7,500 prize to go the winner of Saturday night’s Wingless 600 A-Main. After picking up a $10,000 check earlier in the year at the KKM Challenge, Steven Snyder, Jr. once again showed up at his best with the big money on the line. Meanwhile, Mike Skias claimed victory in the Mason Dixon 270 Racing Series’ Backroads Brawl, doing so in a car owned by his brother, Nick. And John Maurer, Brandon Heist, and Bradley Brown all found victory lane as well on the final points night before the Clyde Martin Memorial Race.

As the annual kickoff to what has become dubbed as “the month of money” at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, the 4th of July Spectacular never fails to provide some of the most jaw-dropping racing of the entire season at the Newmanstown bullring. While all three winners had a different journey to Brubacher Victory Lane, the constant that remained was high doses of drama and excitement, which forced the drivers who triumphed to fight all the way to the finish line in order to take the checkered flag.

To say that the weather wasn’t exactly friendly on Saturday night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway would be an understatement. Despite that, competitors and fans alike braved the excessive heat and stuck it out through an hour-long rain delay to take part in another exciting show of competition. Masen Stapleton, Gunnar Pio, Toby Blumenshine, Mike Coen, and Jason Swavely beat the heat – and their competitors – to pick up Saturday’s feature victories.

Another loaded night of racing action awaited both competitors and race fans Saturday night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. A doubleheader for the Border Magic 270s along with a regular show for the other four weekly divisions saw six different drivers make the trip to Brubacher Victory Lane on the eve of Father’s Day.

After dealing with frustrating weather all throughout the month of May, Mother Nature couldn’t have given a more picturesque day for racing Saturday at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. The blue skies provided the backdrop to an exciting duo of makeup features, and the on-track action only continued to increase as the sun went down and the regular card of racing commenced.

After a battle for victory fit for a $10,000 payday, only one driver could stand alone as winner of the inaugural KKM Challenge event at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. When the dust settled and the roar of 24 Non-Wing Outlaw Micro Sprints quieted, Rising Sun, MD’s Steven Snyder, Jr. rose above the rest and put another prestigious feather in his cap, with this one coming on his home turf.

If racing is like riding a bike in the sense that once you learn, you never forget, then Collegeville, PA’s Alex Bright put that on full display during the second night of the POWRi-sanctioned KKM Challenge at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway.

Despite limited races in a micro over the past couple of years, Bright proved that readapting to his old stomping grounds would be no challenge whatsoever, as he kept Christian Bruno at bay and led all 25 laps of Friday night’s A-Main event.