UMP Nationals – An Exciting Way To Close-out 2010

The pits were full at the 2010 UMP Nationals @ Eldora

There is absolutely no place on earth like Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, and when it comes to the Big E there is no such thing as a normal Saturday night racing program. The action on the big high-banked half-mile is always intense and this past weekend (October 8-9th) was on-the-edge of your seat exciting as the track closed out the 2010 season with the UMP Nationals. Continue reading “UMP Nationals – An Exciting Way To Close-out 2010”

Leo “Chief” Pego – Entertaining fans for 25-Years

Leo Pego @ the R.E. Olds Museum in Lansing

For Leo Pego racing isn’t just a good way to spend a summer weekend, nor could you call it a hobby; instead for the man most call simply “Chief” it is his life’s passion. Continue reading “Leo “Chief” Pego – Entertaining fans for 25-Years”

SJO Super Cross Racing

Gunnar Buhr on his #206 KTM

For most of my life when I thought of racing it was always centered on the four-wheeled variety…but then five years ago all that changed.   It wasn’t an amazing race that got me tuned into Super-Cross racing instead it was little Gunnar Buhr who at the age of two introduced me to his first vocabulary words of “Ahhhmaha” (Yamaha) and “Suzuki” and colors like “KTM Orange”.  Continue reading “SJO Super Cross Racing”