By Jeff Birchfield
Tri-Cities area racers have made quite the impact on motorsports at the national level.
Jerry Caldwell, who has overseen some of the largest events in Bristol Motor Speedway history since taking over as the facility’s GM in 2010, …
Kingsport Speedway is looking for some dirt racing fans to make their way over to the “Concrete Jungle” in March.
Eight is a number closely associated with three generations of racing Earnhardts.
The top sports story for the Kingsport Times News in 2020 was an easy selection. The coronavirus pandemic dominated the headlines throughout the year.
Bristol Motor Speedway hosted two of the largest crowds for any sporting event in North America after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
National Sports
Jimmie Johnson retired from full-time NASCAR competition in 2020, leaving the question of whether he is the sport’s greatest driver. Johnson, …
Volunteer Speedway has plenty of action for dirt-track racing fans scheduled in 2021 featuring Super Late Models, Crate Late Models, Open Whee…
Bristol Motor Speedway and the city of Nashville are in talks to bring major NASCAR racing back to the Nashville Fairgrounds as early as the 2…
The World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and Late Models will take to the Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track on separate weekends in April, track offic…
Chad Finchum lived a dream by racing in the NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona in 2020. Then he had even more fun, racing go-karts on the Kingsport …
It was a tie between Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt when the Associated Press named its Driver of the Century in 1999.
The biggest changes come with the schedule itself.
Chris Madden captured the “Grinch at the Gap” Super Late Model feature and took home the green in Saturday's $5,000-to-win race at Volunteer Speedway.
Super Late Model cars will take to the high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway as the headline event for the Bristol Dirt Nationals, set for March 15-20.
Volunteer Speedway is scheduled to host the Drydene Xtreme Dirtcar Series with the second annual Grinch at the Gap on Saturday afternoon.
Michael Jordan isn’t the first sports star to become a NASCAR team owner, but he is the highest-profile former athlete. The six-time NBA champ…
The Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the culprits who stole a small modified race car that a 71-year-old man had built for his g…
Rusty Clendenin capped off a memorable 2020 season by being crowned Modified Street champion at Lonesome Pine Raceway on Saturday night.
The trucks will be the primary support series for NASCAR's Cup Series as part of next spring's Food City Dirt Race weekend at BMS, which also …
Jimmy Owens, aka the “Newport Nightmare,” took the checkered flag in Saturday’s $15,000-to-win Crate Late Model National Championship on the f…
Ricky Weiss created nightmares for his opposition on Friday the 13th, the opening night of the Crate Late Model national championships at Volu…
Matt Kenseth and Clint Bowyer were overshadowed Sunday with the spotlight understandably on Chase Elliott and Jimmie Johnson.
There will be plenty of slide jobs and kicking up dust when Volunteer Speedway hosts the three-day Crate Late Model national championship even…
The last three years of Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR career were unremarkable as far as on-track performance, but the seven-time champion made an i…
Jason Welshan couldn’t help looking ahead. The Maryville driver had just beaten a star-studded field to win Saturday’s Crate Late Model featur…
Kirby Gobble ran out front from the fall of the green flag to the checkered in the Mod 4 race, switched cars and did the same thing in the fea…