About Tony

I have my grandparents Alan and Cathy Crook to thank for getting me involved in racing as they began taking me to Knoxville Raceway and many other tracks and races in the United States at a very young age. From there on I got the urge to want to race myself so at the age of  4 my parents bought me my first go-kart where I raced at the winter dome at the fairgrounds, they then bought me a kage-kart at the age of 7 where I raced at newtons track. I then got involved with outlaw dirt karts while Shilling Excavating Inc. was building English Creek Speedway for Dan Ebright. I ran the open class for a few years around the midwest. At the end of my 2005 season I met Freddy Kane one night in the infield at Knoxville Raceway. We got to talking about how I would like to race sprintcars and thats all it took as the next week he was on the phone with my parents trying to convince them to let us race. He succeded and we were to begin the 2006 season running in the 410 division at Knoxville Raceway where we placed 21st in points are rookie season. In 2007 we ran the 410 division again where we finished 16th in points. In 2008 we ran the 410 division and were 20th in points. We then took the 2009 season off from Knoxville running a limited schedule at various tracks with a 410. We returned to Knoxville in 2010 with a 360 and had great success in the division so we continued into the 2011 season in the 360 division. In 2012 we are planning on running a full 360 schedule at Knoxville and hitting as many sprint invaders, ascs, and othe events as possible.