The memory of former driver, official, and lifetime Lanco Micro Midget Club member Jeff Widders was honored and remembered on Saturday night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. With several cash prizes being given out courtesy of Jeff’s family and close friends, there was an extra special meaning and incentive to the opening points night of the 2024 season.

For the first time in 203 days, the thunderous noise of race cars brought life to the eighth-mile Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, as the 67th season of Lanco Micro Midget Club racing kicked off with the seventh edition of the No Wing Spring Fling for the Hyper Racing Wingless 600s, Border Magic Wingless 270s, and Offroad Motorsports Wingless 125/4 Strokes.

To win a championship at Lanco’s Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, a driver and team have to be on their game for all six months of the season. Flashes of dominance, remarkable consistency, and sometimes a good amount of luck are all crucial toward holding the championship trophy at season’s end. This season’s four different track champions had all triumphed in Lanco points chases before, and executed that same winning formula to perfection once again throughout the 2023 season.

It’s one thing for a driver to attempt to repeat in one of the biggest and most prestigious races of the season at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. Against a loaded field of competitors, it’s a completely different thing to actually do it. But all three previous winners of the Wingless Labor Day Shootout who showed up for competition on Sunday successfully defended their crowns, as Steven Snyder, Jr. made it a three-peat in the Hyper Racing Wingless 600s, while Chris Dolan and Jason Swavely went back-to-back in their respective divisions as well.

The greatest racing weekend of the year never fails to provide some of the best racing you’ll see all year – anywhere – in the northeast. The festivities kicked off with Germania Band Club Winged Night of the Labor Day Shootout. A couple of down-to-the-wire finishes highlighted the night’s A-Main events. And when all was said and done, Jason Swavely – who doubled up on wins – along with Pat Bealer and Michael Hoffmaster found themselves in the winner’s circle in one of Lanco’s crown jewels.

The month of August at the Clyde came to a close with another busy racing program, as the final two makeup features were contested prior to a full show of regular racing. There were plenty of fresh faces who found their way into the winner’s circle by night’s end. Some drivers even claimed their very first wins in any division at the speedway. And as points battles continued throughout some of the classes, one driver put not one, but two championships to rest as he accumulated enough points to wrap both of them up before Labor Day Weekend.

If you were a fan of racing – and a lot of it – Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway was the place to be on Saturday night. With mother nature washing out the racing from the weekend prior, three makeup features were on the slate in addition to the regularly-scheduled program of racing to make for a night that included a whopping eight A-Main events. But the racing action delivered in terms of both quantity and quality, as several drivers found victory lane while a few others took big steps toward a championship.

Unfortunately, mother nature put an early end to Back to School Night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. The rains came with just five laps completed in the night’s first feature for the Hyper Racing Winged 600s.

For the first time in two years, national midget racing returned to Pennsylvania and the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, as a special Tuesday night of racing served as the kickoff for the inaugural Appalachian Midget Week for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota. The ground-pounding midgets put on a spectacular show in their return voyage to the 1/8th-mile in Newmanstown, and it was Springfield, IL’s Chase McDermand who took advantage of early misfortune for Jade Avedisian and then held off Zach Daum to score the win.

The Clyde Martin Memorial once again provided the annual opportunity to remember all former members of the Lanco Micro Midget Club who are no longer with us. With 35-lap, double points-paying features and the big trophies to the winners, it once again served as the most prestigious race of the season. And as drivers competed with all of those factors in the back of their minds, the race known as “the granddaddy of them all” once again put on some spectacular on-track action.

Electric. Exhilarating. Unbelievable. Unimaginable. All of the previous words and many more could have been used to describe Saturday night’s Dirt2Media Finale of Hyper Racing 600 Speedweek presented by Performance Electronics. The Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway was the setting for wild thrills, crazy spills (which, thankfully, everyone walked away from), and simply put, insane racing. At the end of Saturday night’s 50-lap A-Main, it was one of Lanco’s biggest and brightest young stars who bested a field of 96 entrants for a $10,000 payday, while the son of an “Icon” continued to make a name all for himself, wheeling a car with much Lanco success in its history to a Speedweek championship.

With East Coast Transponders putting up an extra $2,000 spread across all five divisions – as well as random prize giveaways to drivers in each class – there was a little extra “oomph” to the final regular points show in four weeks at the speedway. Another hot and humid night saw fast and frenetic action throughout the evening. And five drivers found their way to the winner’s circle in the last tune-ups before Hyper Racing 600 Speedweek and the Clyde Martin Memorial.

For the first time ever, the Mason Dixon 270 Racing Series descended upon the high banks of the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. A field of 33 entries meant that the A-Main would be tough to make, let alone compete for the win in. But the 25-lap nightcap saw the return of a familiar face to victory lane, putting the exclamation point on a wild night of racing.

Independence Day Weekend at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway has grown a reputation for providing some of the most thrilling racing you’ll see all year within the tight confines of the 1/8th-mile Newmanstown bullring. Not even Mother Nature could put a damper on the action, despite the 90-minute delay that the heavy rain shower put on the start of the night. But one driver rose above the rest of an extremely competitive field of stars and cars. After charging from 11th to win Friday night at Linda’s Speedway, Jason Swavely came from outside the top 10 not once, but twice to sweep the micro sprint features in dramatic fashion on Sunday night.

In front of a packed house full of fathers and fans of all things fast, the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway provided thrilling action from start to finish on Father’s Day Eve. A fast and furious quarter midget exhibition for the future stars of the Clyde set the tone for the rest of the night, as the Hyper Racing 600 divisions stole the show with two wild finishes, and all five classes featured a driver making their first trip of the season to victory lane.

The return from the annual off week at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway signifies the first foray into the heart of the season, with several prestigious and big-money races on the docket for the coming weeks. On Veterans Night at the Clyde, where all veterans and active members of the armed services received free grandstand admission into the speedway, fans were treated to some of the best on-track action of the year so far.

In the final race prior to the first scheduled off week of the season, it was a busy night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. Bike giveaways were had for the kids in attendance, prior to the annual bike races at intermission. The night’s five features saw exciting racing and another new mix of winners. And all of the action took place in the midst of Memorial Day weekend, a time to reflect and remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in order to uphold the freedoms that allow for all of those previously mentioned events to occur.

It took valiant efforts from track crew and officials as well as patience from fans and competitors alike as two separate rain delays caused a combined hiatus of roughly two and a half hours, but against all odds, the complete show got in on another Saturday night at the Clyde. After the lengthy wait, five drivers all made their first trips of the season to the Lanco winner’s circle.

It was a fast and furious night of racing at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway on the eve of Mother’s Day, as all moms in attendance got into the speedway for just $5 of general grandstand admission. Impressive performances were the theme as the cream rose to the top in the five 25-lap A-Mains.

April showers finally turned to May flowers on Saturday night, and racing returned to the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway after a four-week hiatus. Fast, action-packed, and largely clean racing was the theme of the night, and several former champions and past race winners took their first trips of the season to victory lane.