Friday Night Dirt Duels Presented by New England Racing Fuel will kick off the Ambetter 301 NASCAR weekend on July 15. (more…)
Lou Modestino’s Track Talk
Bouvrette Overcomes Start-Less Streak to $5,000 Victory at Chaudiere
Vallee-Jonction, QC — For the first time in two years the American-Canadian Tour returned to the Canadian Province of Quebec and for the first time in that same stretch, a Canadian stood victorious. Following a three-peat of mechanical woes and devastating wrecks, Blainville Quebec’s Jonathan Bouvrette battled hard with defending Autodrome Chaudiere and Quebec NASCAR Champion Dany Trepanier to take the Claude Leclerc 150 presented by Larue win and the $5,000 payday. (more…)
ESPN Will Keep Formula 1 Rights Through 2025, And They’re Paying A Lot More To Do So
ESPN will be retaining the American broadcast rights to Formula 1 after all. (more…)
Fox Interested In Moving NASCAR All-Star Race
[Bill Wanger, Fox Sports’ executive vice president and head of programming and scheduling] said Fox is particularly keen on continuing to work with NASCAR on schedule innovation. On top of the Busch Light Clash at the L.A. Coliseum, Fox got to air the second edition of the Bristol dirt race and the inaugural Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis. (more…)
Preece Holds Off Smith to Defend NASCAR Truck Series Win at Nashville
LEBANON, Tenn. – His tires chattering with age over the final few laps, Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT held off charging Zane Smith and Carson Hocevar to win Friday night’s Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville Superspeedway.
Donahue and Bouchard Dominate Double Late Model Features At Thunder Road
The fireworks started off early with the rain-postponed Casella Waste Management 50-lapper for the Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Models. From the pole position hard-luck driver Scott Coburn led the early war but was overtaken by Memorial Day Classic winner Stephen Donahue on lap 15. Donahue continued to dominate through a lap-22 scramble in turn four between the 94VT of Brendan Moodie and the 0VT of Scott Dragon that took out contenders Brooks Clark and Bobby Therrien. (more…)
Hydar Wins Midstate Site Development Street Stock 30 at Stafford; Williams, Gray, Debbis, & Patnode Also Score Feature Wins
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway’s Street Stock division took center stage on Friday, June 24 with their lone extra distance feature event of the 2022 season, the Midstate Site Development 30. Travis Hydar was the big winner of the night, scoring his third win of the season in the Midstate Site Development Street Stock 30. (more…)
72nd Year Celebration To Feature Fireworks & Demolition Derby Saturday July 2nd At Riverhead Raceway
Saturday July 2nd will be a time to celebrate at Riverhead Raceway as the track marks it’s 72nd anniversary with a full blown celebration is planned by track owners Connie Partridge and Tom Gatz. A spectacular Fireworks show will be presented and the night will conclude with a bone jarring Demolition Derby. The NASCAR Modifieds will run the second leg of their Crown Jewel Series for the Ted Christopher Cup with a 72-lap main event. (more…)
Houle, White Repeat; Bly Stays Red Hot Friday At Claremont
CLAREMONT, N.H. – Making sure nobody had the wrong impression that their first wins a week earlier may have been flukes, rookies Nick Houle and Aiden White both scored back-to-back feature wins Friday night at Claremont. (more…)
Justin Bonsignore Grabs Second Place Finish at Riverhead Raceway
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – Justin Bonsignore captured a second-place finish in the Buzz Chew 200 at Riverhead Raceway on Saturday night. The three-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion was out front of the seventh race of the season in the final stages, but Riverhead weekly regular Kyle Soper found his way around, capturing his first Whelen Modified Tour win.