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Brookside Equipment Triple Crown Set for a Haunting End at the Cement Palace

by Lou ModestinoOctober 29, 2024

The American-Canadian Tour roars back into Seekonk Speedway on Saturday, November 2nd to settle the score in the Brookside Equipment Sales Southern New England Triple Crown! (Kevin King photo)

Barre, VT — The third season for the Brookside Equipment Sales Southern New England Triple Crown is set to be one of the most exciting in series’ history. Each earning one win, Tom Carey III and ACT Rookie of the Year Kasey Beattie lead the standings with Carey’s dominant win at the Thompson Sunoco World Series giving him a twenty-point buffer over the young star. One thing is sure to separate the men from the boys, the tricky Seekonk 1/3-mile with changing autumn weather set to put crew chiefs on notice! (more…)

Motorsports TV Listings for the Week of October 28 – November 3, 2024

by Lou ModestinoOctober 28, 2024

All listings are from TV Guides through RacingTVSchedule, and are subject to change. Times are ET. (more…)

Whelen Engineering Inc. Returns as NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Entitlement Partner

by Lou ModestinoOctober 28, 2024October 28, 2024

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 26, 2024) – NASCAR today announced an extension of the entitlement partnership of its original series as Whelen Engineering, Inc. returns to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour through 2029 in a partnership that guarantees increased team payouts starting with the 2025 season. In conjunction with the announcement, NASCAR released the 16-race 2025 Whelen Modified Tour schedule.

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Returns to White Mountain Motorsports Park in 2025

by Lou ModestinoOctober 28, 2024

N. Woodstock, NH — White Mountain Motorsports Park Officials are excited to announce, in conjunction with today’s schedule release, that the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is returning to the North Woodstock, New Hampshire highbanks on Saturday, June 28. The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is NASCAR’s oldest division, debuting in 1948, with June’s 200-lap affair marking the Tour’s third visit to New Hampshire’s White Mountain region. (more…)

Justin Bonsignore Dominates Season Finale to Capture 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Championship

by Lou ModestinoOctober 28, 2024

Photo: Tom Morris Racing Photography

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (Oct. 26, 2024) – Justin Bonsignore wasn’t going to be denied his fourth NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship, as he dominated the season finale Virginia is for Racing Lovers 300 at Martinsville Speedway to take home the Grandfather Clock and the year-end title.

The championship marks Bonsignore’s fourth title (2018, 2020, 2021, 2024), and the win – his first at Martinsville Speedway – gave him sole possession of second on the all-time Whelen Modified Tour wins list with 45.

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Motorcar Cavalcade | For the Love of the Automobile

by Lou ModestinoOctober 24, 2024

For the love of the automobile. That’s why we drive, that’s why we admire, that’s why we convene and converse… for the love of and to celebrate the art and evolution of the automobile.

To put it simply, it is that pure and untainted premise and the passion behind it that drew me to learn of, attend, become a believer in, and ultimately become a judge at the Motorcar Cavalcade Concours d’Elegance. (more…)

Will Seekonk Produce Another Rookie Rumble or Will the ACT Tour Veterans Shine at the Cement Palace?

by Lou ModestinoOctober 24, 2024

When the American-Canadian Tour last ventured to Seekonk Speedway (MA) in June, it was a battle between the Rookie hot-shoes and the wily veterans. Will the Concrete Palace again favor the Freshman or is it a Senior Spotlight on November 2nd? (Kevin King photo)

Barre, VT — The American-Canadian Tour is set to return to Massachusetts’s lone paved oval, the Seekonk Speedway, for the second time this year next Saturday, November 2. The Haunted Hundred marks the final event of the 2024 season with both the international championship on the line as well as the Brookside Equipment Sales Southern New England Triple Crown, Saturday’s showcase has plenty of pressure for the invading ACT Tour stars. (more…)

POINTS UPDATE: Gravel Rebounds, Haudenschild Closes on Top Five

by Lou ModestinoOctober 24, 2024

Trent Gower Photo

CURRENT POINTS LEADER: The pressure was on David Gravel of Watertown, CT heading to Dirt Oval 66 after Carson Macedo took a chunk out of his lead the week before, and Gravel stepped up to the challenge. A runner-up on Friday before a third on Saturday allowed Gravel and the Big Game Motorsports team to pad their lead with five races to go in 2024.

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Capeway Rovers Annual 3D Racing Motobash 10-26 & 27

by Lou ModestinoOctober 24, 2024

ANNUAL 3D RACING
MOTO BASH
NCSC

Fall Championship
NCSC Fall Race 9 & 10

NEMX

Fall Series Race 8 & 9 (more…)

Stafford Speedway Releases 2025 Racing Schedule, Season Passes Now Available

by Lou ModestinoOctober 24, 2024

(Stafford Springs, CT)—The 2025 Stafford Speedway racing schedule has been set. The 24-race schedule kicks off April 26th and 27th with the 53rd annual NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler® weekend and ends with NAPA Auto Parts Champions Night Friday, October 3rd.

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