SELINSGROVE — Dalton Bachman was four years old when he was featured in a story in The Daily Item on April 18, 2014, as he turned his first laps in a caged go-kart at Selinsgrove Raceway Park.
Now, 12 years later, the multi-time SRP track champion is taking his first laps at Selinsgrove Speedway in the limited late model division.
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