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NASCAR Sportsman Twin 20’s Plus NASCAR Modifieds Headline Saturday Action At Grandview Speedway

by MikeJune 16, 2025

NON WING USAC NATIONAL SPRINTS START BUSY WEEK ON TUESDAY JUNE 17 IN DOUBLE HEADER WITH NASCAR MODIFIEDS

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – It will be a busy week, with two different and exciting race programs scheduled for this week at Grandview Speedway!

The action packed week begins with the second Thunder on the Hill Racing Series event on Tuesday, June 17, as Levan Machine & Truck Equipment presents the 18^th annual Jesse Hockett Classic, the opening event for the non-wing USAC National Sprint Car Series.

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O Canada! Treyten Lapcevich Secures Dominant First ARCA Menards Series Victory at Berlin

by MikeJune 16, 2025

By: Brandon White, ARCA

MARNE, Mich. — When the 2025 season began for Treyten Lapcevich, he knew it was important to capitalize on every available opportunity.

A third-place showing for the Canadian driver at Phoenix Raceway earlier this year reinforced his belief that he could excel in the United States. The ride with Venturini Motorsports that evening was only for one race, which left Lapcevich waiting for the next moment to showcase his talent in the ARCA Menards Series.

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Consistency Puts Tristan McKee, 14, Atop Trans Am TA2 Standings After First Five Races

by MikeJune 16, 2025

14-Year-Old Rookie TeamSLR Driver Shows Work Ethic, Discipline That Belies His Youth

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (June 16, 2025) – At 14 years of age, Tristan McKee is the youngest driver in the Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series. But just five races into his official rookie season competing in “America’s Road Racing Series,” and with just seven points-paying TA2 events in all on his resume dating back to last fall, the driver of the No. 28 Spire/Gainbridge/SLR-M1 Racecars Chevrolet Camaro for TeamSLR sits atop the championship standings.

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Justin Bonsignore Scores Record-Breaking 12th Riverhead Victory On Whelen Modified Tour

by MikeJune 16, 2025

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Growing up a race fan on Long Island, Justin Bonsignore was drawn to fellow Long Islander Mike Ewanitsko.

Ewanitsko was a dominant force at Riverhead Raceway, now the only race track on Long Island, winning 11 times with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at the quarter-mile bullring.

For years, no one could claim to be on the same level as Ewanitsko in Modified Tour competition at Riverhead. Now Bonsignore can say he’s surpassed him.

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Race Winners Crowned at the HSR Watkins Glen Classic 6 Hour Presented by Mission Foods Races

by MikeJune 16, 2025

Third Annual HSR Watkins Glen Classic 6 Hour presented by Mission Foods Comes to a Competitive Conclusion Saturday at Watkins Glen International

WATKINS GLEN, New York (June 15, 2025) – A trio of overnight Run Group leaders continued to roll through Saturday’s fourth and final race segments to secure the overall victories in the third annual HSR Watkins Glen Classic 6 Hour presented by Mission Foods at Watkins Glen International. All were first time HSR Classic 6 Hour race winners but two of three have been victorious in the recent past in HSR Classic Mission Foods races at Daytona and Sebring.

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Last-Lap Pass Secures Second HSR Prototype Challenge Presented by Michelin Race Win of The Season for Matador Motorsports at The Glen

by MikeJune 16, 2025

Pierce Marshall and Eric Foss Score HSR Prototype Challenge Presented by Michelin Overall and P1 Class Victories Thursday in the Matador Motorsports 2017 No. 02 Cadillac DPi
Matt Graham and Jake Latham Third Overall and P3 Class Winners in HSR Prototype Challenge Debut in the 2020 No. 31 Ligier JS P320
Robert Tornello Makes a Winning Return to HSR Competition with the P2 Class Victory in the Hudson Historics 2014 No. 90 Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype

WATKINS GLEN, New York (June 14, 2025) – A rivalry renewed delivered a thriller of a finish at Watkins Glen International where Pierce Marshall and Eric Foss co-drove the Matador Motorsports 2017 No. 02 Cadillac DPi to their second-straight HSR Prototype Challenge presented by Michelin victory of the season late Thursday afternoon at the third annual HSR Watkins Glen Classic 6 Hour presented by Mission Foods.

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Same Old Story – Rain On Saturday Again Causes Grandview Speedway Races To Be Cancelled

by MikeJune 16, 2025

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – For the third consecutive week, rain is the winner Saturday at Grandview Speedway.

With rain all morning, and more predicted to continue until very late in the day, Grandview Speedway was once again forced to cancel the scheduled racing program for Saturday, June 14.

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Shane Van Gisbergen Dominates First-Ever Cup Series Race At Historic Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez

by MikeJune 16, 2025

By HOLLY CAIN, NASCAR Wire Service

MEXICO CITY – An overcast ski and early afternoon drizzle could not dampen the enthusiasm or energy of the huge crowd at Mexico City’s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez Sunday for the first points-paying NASCAR Cup Series race outside the United States in half a century.

And they were not disappointed.

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Race Of Champions Adds Modified Racing Series To “Punch Your Ticket To Thompson” Qualifier Program

by MikeJune 13, 2025

Joins Monaco Modified Series Events as Qualifiers for the 2025 Race of Champions 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park

Elma, NY – (June 2025) – A long-standing tradition within the Race of Champions Modified Series returns in 2025 with the revitalized “Punch Your Ticket to Thompson” program. Race of Champions management is proud to expand this exciting initiative to now include the Modified Racing Series alongside the Monaco Modified Series.

Each Race of Champions Modified Series event, Monaco Modified Series event, and now each Modified Racing Series event will serve as a “Qualifying” race for the 2025 Race of Champions 150, scheduled for Saturday, October 11 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, Connecticut.

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With Support From e.l.f., Katherine Legge Aims To Make Her Mark In NASCAR

by MikeJune 13, 2025

By Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch sbnation

Katherine Legge will compete in her second NASCAR Cup Series race this weekend in Mexico City, a place where she’s won before, albeit in a different car.

In a career in racing that spans more than 25 years, Katherine Legge has driven in dozens of races in all types of different machines.

Pick a car, any car, and the 44-year-old native of Surrey, England, has probably pressed her foot on that pedal as hard as she can. She’s maneuvered it around speedways and short tracks and road courses at dizzying speeds.

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