Q: Did a MOPAR-powered car ever win an IndyCar race and, if so, who drove it? I am told one did win, but I can’t ever recall a MOPAR-powered IndyCar. -- John, retired and living in New England
It was a beautiful sunny day for the Ridgewood Homecoming Parade Saturday morning, Oct. 8, in downtown Cambridge. This year’s theme was “Survivor.”
Kurt Busch took the lead from Jimmie Johnson with 41 laps remaining to win the AAA 400 at the Dover International Speedway Sunday afternoon.
Cambridge area residents competed in the Quick Bix on Saturday, July 30, in Davenport.
Cambridge area residents competed in the Bix 7 road race on Saturday, July 30, in Davenport.
Marcos Ambrose, the 34-year-old Australian who’s been blazing fast on the road courses since moving halfway across the planet five years ago to try his skill in NASCAR, passed the top two cars with two laps to go for his first Sprint Cup Series victory in Monday’s postponed Heluva Good Sour Cream Dips at The Glen.
Last week was a very exciting time for the Troy Schnowske family. They spent Monday, July 25, through Friday, July 29, in DuQuoin, watching their son, Kash, compete in the 36th Annual AMA Racing Dirt Track Grand Championships. Kash was named the National Grand Champion overall for age seven to eight, with a 50cc bike.
Derek Foley earned a back-to-back Galva Freedom Fest 5K title Monday, July 4, winning the race in a time of 16:11.
Road course racing goes a long way towards minimizing that wait-and-see approach. The effect is not always pretty, but it is undeniably entertaining. That fact shouldn’t be lost on a sport that has seen a drop in attendance and overall popularity over the last several years as the economy limps along.
I’ve been watching some soccer and enjoy the game overall, but I just don’t understand the offsides rule. What is offsides in soccer?
Ten-year-old Austin Reed of Cambridge is very passionate about his hobby, ice hockey, and has just recently completed his first year with a full travel team. Reed, son of Blake and Angie Reed, started skating at the age of three.
Actions sometimes speak louder than words, especially if you’re Chris Brown. Brown made news last week for throwing a chair at a window in his dressing room at the studios of “Good Morning America.”
CAMBRIDGE—Tickets are on sale Monday for the J. Kyle Braid Golf Play Day to be held Saturday, June 4, at Kewanee Dunes. Last year the youth leadership organization which has chapters in six Henry County high schools, dropped golf balls from a helicopter at The Dunes with the one coming closest — or landing in — the hole declared the winner. This year, the event has been expanded to include a golf play day.
CAMBRIDGE—What are Ridgewood and Cambridge teams up to?
CAMBRIDGE—What are Ridgewood and Cambridge teams up to?
CAMBRIDGE—Several Cambridge area residents competed in the Quad Cities Marathon and other races on Sunday, Sept. 26.
CAMBRIDGE—A golf tournament in memory of Haley Harp of Cambridge was held Sunday, Aug. 15, at Valley View Country Club, Cambridge. The event was sponsored by the country club and Cerno’s Bar & Grill, Kewanee.
