Concussion for USAC racer Billy Aton Billy Aton, a Benicia race car driver with two track championships to his credit, had planned to race this season in the United States Auto Club West Coast non-wing division. He had a new car, trailer and tow vehicle ready for this year’s competition and was leading the first […]
‘A good car is good anywhere’: NASCAR behind the scenes
LONG BEFORE RICHARD PETTY WAS NICKNAMED “THE KING” OF STOCK CAR RACING, his cars were built in a dirt-floor building that might remind some of the barn depicted in “Days of Thunder,” a barn that still stands in Mooresville, N.C. But those days are long past. These days a NASCAR Sprint Cup car is crafted […]