Speedway, the fast dirt-track motorcycle sport, is racing into the digital age. What once depended on roaring engines and gritty oval tracks now pairs with buzzing servers and bright screens.

A North Carolina speedway will soon be a virtual track on an online racing game with the help of Dale Earnhardt Jr. The star race-car driver and a crew helped clean up the North Wilkesboro Speedway on ...

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