Lou Modestino’s Track Talk
Cars and Coffee Darien – August is MOPAR Month
This month Cars and Coffee Darien is all about Mopars: Chrysler, Lebaron, Ram Trucks, Dodge, DeSoto, Chrysler Australia, Plymouth, Eagle, Cunningham, Imperial and Jeep.
As usual, ALL MAKE AND MODELS ARE WELCOME.
Lotus Legacy Lives On At The TOYO TIRES Turn of the Century World Challenge At HF43 At Lime Rock
After turning heads at Lime Rock HF42, the 1992 Lotus Esprit X180R is back for Historic Festival 43. Presented and driven by David Nagler, this factory-built race car is one of just five produced for competition in the SCCA World Challenge and IMSA Bridgestone Supercar Championship.
Chassis Type 105/106 was a front-runner from the start, campaigned by Doc Bundy, Scott Lagasse, and even Paul Newman, whose deep ties to Lime Rock make this car’s return all the more special. It helped deliver Lotus the 1992 IMSA Manufacturer’s Championship.
Rain Halts Riverhead Raceway Sunday Action
The final weekend of July was to be a doubleheader at Riverhead Raceway, led by the Advance Auto Parts Night at the Races Saturday night followed the make-up of the June 7th program Sunday afternoon. However, mother nature had other ideas with a weather system moving over Long Island late Saturday into Sunday forcing track management to postpone Sunday action.
Owen Grennan Schools Riverhead Raceway NASCAR Modified Field With Flag To Flag Victory
Owen Grennan of Glen Cove, a schoolteacher by day doesn’t return to work in the East Meadow school district for a few weeks, however Saturday night at Riverhead Raceway he taught his fellow NASCAR Modified competitors a lesson when he won the 50-lap Advance Auto Parts Night feature. Owen led all 50-circuits and became the 7th different winner in seven starts for the Modifieds in 2025.Thunder Road Crowns 1st Champion of 2025 with Squier Cup Championship 100 on Thursday
Thunder Road World Famous Port-a-Potty Grand Prix Pits Championship Hopefuls for the Golden Toilet Seat!
Barre, VT – Thursday night’s showcase at Thunder Road kicks off an important stretch of racing to both round out the month of July and kick-off an exciting month of August. The annual WDEV Radio/Calkins Portable Toilets Night on Thursday, July 31 is headlined by both the Squier Cup Championship 100 presented by Milton CAT and the late, great Ken Squier’s World Famous Port-a-Potty Grand Prix!
Rain Pushes White Mountain PASS Spectacular Back Once Again, Now September 20 Showdown
N. Woodstock, NH — After waiting patiently for a break in the rain that unfortunately never came, Pro All Stars Series and White Mountain Motorsports Park officials agreed to pull the plug on Sunday’s three division showcase just before 1pm. Officials have moved the three division PASS Spectacular to Saturday, September 20th with a 7:00pm Post Time and ask that all participants keep their Pit Passes from July 27 for the make-up event.
Midweek Madness Wednesday Night Featuring School Bus Demolition Derby At Riverhead Raceway
Riverhead Raceway has a unique way to break up your work week this Wednesday when they present an earth-shaking School Bus Demolition Derby and stock car racing program Wednesday evening July 30th. Joining the midweek madness are the INEX Legend Race Cars, INEX Bandoleros plus three exciting Enduro events who’ll add wall-to-wall excitement of their own variety.
Lou Modestino’s Track Talk: How Did Northeast Drivers Do At The Brickyard And Monterey?
Here’s Lou Modestino’s Track Talk column for this past weekend’s racing at Indianapolis, IN and Monterey, CA.
Bubba Wallace won the Cup Series race at the Brickyard. Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT came in 4th. Joey Logano of Middletown, CT ended up 32nd.
Connor Zillisch won the Xfinity race while Anthony Alfredo of Ridgefield, CT came in 23rd.
Across town at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, the Craftsman Truck race was won Layne Riggs with Gio Ruggiero of Seekonk, MA having a tough day and ending up 28th.
Over on the west coast at Monterey, CA it was another Indycar win for Spain’s Alex Palou while Santino Ferrucci of Woodbury, CT had an off day and finished 22nd
Motorsports TV Listings For July 29 – August 3, 2025
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