About Me

Hi, I’m Dylan. I am currently 28 years old and reside in Upstate New York. After being a NASCAR fan throughout my entire life, I discovered the world of dirt racing back in 2018 after attending a race at the Utica-Rome Speedway. From that point on, I was hooked.

Throughout the past eight years, my journey into the world of racing has been on an upward trajectory. In 2022, I went to Morgan Cup Weekend at the Williams Grove Speedway and borrowed one of my best friend’s cameras. I had a blast taking photos that weekend, and went out and purchased a camera setup as soon as I arrived back home.

During the rest of 2022, I traveled to a bunch of different tracks throughout Upstate New York and Pennsylvania shooting photos at facilities that allowed me to, as I still was not part of an recognized media outlet at the time. Throughout the year, I kept practicing and honing my craft, continuing to improve my photography skills, as I had no idea what I was doing at the time.

2023 eventually rolled around, and that was a HUGE year for me. I had seen an advertisement that the media outlet RaceProWeekly.com was looking to add more members to their team, and I was looking for an outlet to call home. I sent the founder Bobby Chalmers an email inquiring, and the rest was history. Bobby immediately welcomed me aboard the team, and I began shooting for RPW as an official credentialed media member during that summer.

In 2024, I continued as a photographer with RPW and also started to dabble into assisting Bobby with some of the other tasks related to the website when he needed some help and/or was unavailable. I began posting articles, designing some graphics once in awhile, etc.

This led to 2025, and that was the year everything changed. Following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer, Bobby tragically passed away that summer, leaving the RPW site in limbo. I took over as the editor of the site until the conclusion of the season, determined to finish out the year for our leader who had poured his heart and soul into building Race Pro Weekly into one of the most reputable media outlets in all of racing.

In June, I also met and quickly became acquainted with the Jessica Power Racing team, and started maintaining their social media accounts. I had a blast doing this throughout the summer, getting to interact with the team and their audience on a weekly basis. This lead to me spending more time editing graphics and posting on social media, and less time behind the camera.

In early 2026, I received a phone call that I’ll never forget. It was NE modified legend Jimmy Phelps, and he was interested in hiring me to handle the social media accounts for Heinke-Baldwin Racing, which is one of the most recognizable teams in all of NE Big-Block Modified racing. I graciously said yes