Eastern Iowa Sports and Rec

According to sources with Go Green Racing, Cedar Rapids native Joey Gase will be the full-time driver of the team’s No. 39 NASCAR Nationwide Series car for 2012. Gase, 18, ran select races for Go Green Racing and owner Archie St. Hillaire in 2011. He started five races, finishing 29th or better in all of [...]

Doug Fritz watched Iowa Speedway’s progress from afar, and now he is thrilled to be ushering the track into a new era. Fritz took over as Iowa Speedway’s Chief Executive Officer on Oct. 1, and is in charge of the track’s strategic initiatives, events and facilities development and capital reinvestments. He is anxious to make [...]

Less than a month ago, Dan Wheldon sat in Iowa Speedway’s infield. After British auto racer talked to media about work on a prototype for next year’s IZOD IndyCar, he exposed his personal side, reminiscing about one of his more special achievements during about a decade of IZOD IndyCar Series racing. He showed he was much more than a talent [...]

Joey Gase makes a habit of driving fast, but his auto racing career has accelerated quicker than he expected. Just two months after making his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut with Go Green Racing, Gase will make his fourth Nationwide start Friday night in the Dollar General 300 Miles of Courage at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. It will [...]

BOONE – The family that races together places together. Brothers, Brad, Dallas and Nathan Chandler, along with their father, Merv, proved that to be true. All four placed in the top 10 in the inaugural sport compact division of the IMCA Supernationals at Boone Speedway last week. Nathan Chandler won the feature with Brad Chandler placing [...]

According to a news release Tuesday from a member of his team, Cedar Rapids teenager Joey Gase will participate in his second NASCAR Nationwide Series race when he drives a car for Go Green Racing this weekend for the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. The race will be televised on ESPN2, starting [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – Matt Petrzelka just bought his first house, and now he has something he can display on his mantle. The country home outside Amana will also hold his new trophy. The 20-year-old race car driver claimed his first season points championship, winning the hobby stocks division at Hawkeye Downs Speedway. He was one [...]