Preston Peltier got his quest for a record fourth Easter Bunny 150 win off to a flying start Saturday afternoon, topping qualifying for the PASS South Super Late Model Series at Hickory Motor Speedway.
Just six weeks into Tony Stewart’s much-publicized and long-awaited ‘Return to Dirt’, the former three-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion is a sprint car winner once more.
After Brian Gerster closed his 2016 season with a vicious crash at Owosso Speedway last August, destroying one of the most productive winged asphalt sprint cars to ever hit the race track, the two-time Must See Racing Sprint Car Series champion is hoping to erase those bad memories this year.
If dirt track open wheel racing lost its definition of a badass when Bryan Clauson tragically lost his life last August at the Belleville Midget Nationals in Kansas, then pavement open wheel racing suffered the same loss Saturday night with the passing of Dave Steele in a sprint car crash at Desoto Speedway.
Long-time racing veteran and asphalt sprint car kingpin David Steele was killed in a crash on the opening lap of Saturday night’s Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series race at Desoto Speedway.