Deane Mercier interviewing Dale Earnhardt Jr. last month
(Karen Miller Photo)
(Above image is "thumb-nailed" Click photo to enlarge.)

Deane Mercier, Host Broadcaster at Stafford Motor Speedway, and Editor In Chief/Senior Columnist of Long Island Motorsports News, was found dead of an apparent heart attack yesterday evening. All of us here at www.LongIslandMotorsports.com are stunned and mourn his loss.

Services will be held Friday, October 10, 7 PM at:

      Magner Funeral Home Inc.
      12 Mott Ave.
      Norwalk, CT  06850
      203.866.5553

Deane's family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 5 PM until services begin. Interment will be private.

More info can be had by going to our blog below.

   September 6--- We'd like to thank Judy Champion, who supplied her husband Kirby's photo collection to Long Island Motorsports News. Also a big thanks to Walter Johnston who took on the very tedious job of scanning all of the photos in the Vintage Race Car Collection. WJ, you certainly earned your exorbitant salary on this one!

   September 6--- Still can't rid of Hanna, which means we had more time to upload Vintage photos from the Champion Collection, this time from Riverhead Raceway during pre-season warm-ups in 1969. These pix may be viewed [ HERE ].  

   September 6--- With Hard Hearted Hanna working its way up the East Coast today, it felt like a good time to put up several pages of our Vintage Race Car Collection. The first page of Islip action from 1969 has already been uploaded, and may be viewed [ HERE ].  

   If you see a photo without a description, and know who the driver is, where it was taken, and/or when, OR if you believe that any of the info we have is incorrect in the Vintage Race Car Collection, please let us know by contacting Walter Johnston at wizgrand@gmail.com.

    

    September 13--- We've added photos from Thompson Speedway's Modified Mania from Keith Moon/RaceSpot.com photography. To view photos, click [ HERE ].

     We also appreciate photos sent by Meredith Images, which may be viewed [ HERE ].

 

Oct 07	Deane Mercier Dead of Apparent Heart Attack	Mike Fields		Sep 06	TS Hanna Wreaks Havoc With Saturday Race Schedules	Mike Fields
Sep 20	NASCAR Makes "New" Drug Announcement	Mike Fields		Aug 30	BREAKING NEWS! Wall To Open For Turkey Derby '08!	Mike Fields
Sep 13	Stewart Says Logano "Has Talent"	Deane Mercier		Aug 24	"Usual Suspects" & Many More Show for Annual Old-Timers Day	Mike Fields

 

Sep 14	Sprint Cup Series
Sep 13	Riverhead Raceway
Sep 13	Whelen Southern Modified Tour
Sep 13	Waterford Speedbowl
Sep 13	Craftsman Truck Series
Sep 13	Camping World Series East
Sep 07	Nationwide Series
Sep 07	Thompson International Speedway
Sep 07	Whelen Modified Tour
Sep 05	Stafford Motor Speedway
Aug 30	Monadnock Speedway
Aug 29	Lee USA Speedway
Aug 23	Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
Feb 16	New Smyrna Speedway (World Series of Asphalt Racing)