Bruce Cohen

A media personality and historian, he began his career in motorsports as a car owner for the
Jewish Lightning race team fielding the dirt modifieds that were driven primarily by Lew Boyd and Dick Berggren at numerous tracks in the northeast. That trio would go on to create the Spring Sizzler
race at Stafford Speedway in 1972, unique at the time for being a marquee event early in the season
instead of the fall. The rights to the event were bought by Stafford track owner Jack Arute the following year and continues today as one of the biggest traditions in modified racing. He was a columnist for Area Auto Racing News and author of Yankees Flipping’s Column in NSSN, National Speed Sport News for over a decade. He wrote numerous articles for Stock Car Magazine and Open Wheel Magazine, and wrote a chapter in the book about “Steady Eddie Flemke” Racing’s Professor.

He was the founding member of NEDOC, the New England Drivers and Owners Club. and co-hosted the popular radio show “Speedline” with John Spence Sr., Bruce has been involved with NEAR for decades, this is not his first trip to the stage, having over the years Inducted Rene Charland, Fats Caruso, Don MacTavish, Don McLaren, and Fred Schulz.

He was involved in the foundation of the NEAR Hall of Fame and its selection process. He earned the NEAR Frank Maratta Award 2011.

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