Day: August 12, 2022

23XI Racing Renews Agreement with Bubba Wallace

Mike

Mooresville, N.C. (Aug. 12, 2022) — 23XI Racing announced today that Bubba Wallace has signed a multi-year extension to remain with the team. Wallace joined 23XI in September of 2020 as the team’s inaugural driver, earning 23XI its first NASCAR Cup Series win at Talladega Superspeedway in 2021 and first pole award at Michigan International Speedway in 2022. Wallace, driver of the No. 23 Toyota Camry TRD, has played an integral role in the team’s growth and will continue to do so going forward.

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Scott Borchetta Drives M1 Racecars-Built TA2 Machine to Podium Finish in Nashville

Mike

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Aug. 12, 2022) – In his 28th race since joining the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli in 2020, Scott Borchetta earned his first podium finish. His third-place run couldn’t have come at a better time or place – last Saturday’s TA2-class race that was part of the second annual Big Machine Music City Grand Prix weekend on the streets of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, headlined by the NTT IndyCar Series main event on Sunday.

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IMG Acquires Majority Stake in Barrett-Jackson

Mike

NEW YORK – AUGUST 11, 2022 – IMG, an Endeavor company and global leader in events, media, sports and fashion, has acquired a majority stake in Barrett-Jackson, the premier collector car auction and live events company.

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Stafford Speedway Championship Contenders Emerging From Pack

Lou Modestino

(Stafford Springs, CT)—With the 2022 racing season at Stafford Motor Speedway heading into its final 2 months, contenders have started to separate themselves from the pretenders in the race for the championship in each of Stafford’s five weekly divisions.  Here we take a look at how the season has transpired in each division and highlight the contenders.

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Top Granite State Stars Ready To Chase $7,500 Prize at Claremont Motorsports Park

Lou Modestino

WALPOLE, N.H. – As the Granite State Pro Stock Series season closes in on the finish line, Claremont Motorsports Park is primed to host one final home bout for the season for the fast fendered cars.

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Woody Pitkat Set For Return To Stan Mertz Racing Friday at Claremont

Lou Modestino

WHITINSVILLE, Mass. – Veteran Modified driver Woody Pitkat will return to the seat of the Koopman Lumber No. 6 on Friday night for Stan Mertz Racing. The team will be competing in the $15,000 to win Racers Honoring Racers 100 at Claremont Motorsports Park, promoted by The Racing Guys. The event was originally scheduled to take place in May, but was postponed twice due to weather.

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J.P. Sicard Championship Night Signals the Beginning of the End at WMMP

Lou Modestino

N. Woodstock, NH — As Saturday approaches, so does the beginning of the end of the 2022 season with the closing of the first championship. After two stellar rounds already this season, the J.P. Sicard Flying Tiger Triple Crown Series will be determined by the final event this Saturday, August 13th. After simply dominating the last five, yes five, extra-distance Wells River Chevrolet Flying Tiger events at White Mountain, it’s Shane Sicard’s championship to lose, and that isn’t entirely out of the question.

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Skip’s Notes: High Quality Entries for Historic Festival 40 Presented by Corvette

Lou Modestino

The Historic Festival 40 presented by Corvette (Sept. 1-5) is revving up to be the best Historic Festival yet with a superb race car entry set for Labor Day weekend.

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Grandview Speedway To Host Forrest Rogers Memorial This Saturday Night

Mike

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The Forrest Rogers Memorial means so much, to so many people in so many different ways, that it is not just another Memorial event. Since 1971, Grandview Speedway management has been paying tribute to Forrest Rogers, the man who had the dream of building his own racetrack, then with the help of his son Bruce and the rest of the family, made the dream come true in building and operating the one-third-of-a-mile high-banked racetrack on the hill in Bechtelsville, Pa. known to all as Grandview Speedway.

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