DRYDEN, Mich. (Sept. 13, 2021) – Even at 5’1”, 14-year-old Katie Hettinger will walk into Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway a little taller this Saturday. That’s because on Sept. 4 at the .363-mile oval, Hettinger won the 50-lap Limited Late Model feature as part of the Bobby Isaac Memorial event.
Barre, VT — The Thunder Road weekly racing season nears its apex this Friday, September 10 at WDEV Radio/Calkins Portable Toilets Night. The special Friday night event on FloRacing, which was originally scheduled for late July, is the next to last point-counting event of Thunder Road’s 62nd season.
N. Woodstock, NH — Conway, NH’s Gabe Brown remained on fire at North Woodstock, NH’s White Mountain Motorsports Park by triumphing in the Leaf Peepers 100 on Saturday, September 4. Brown took the lead from Foley Oil & Propane Late Model point leader Jimmy Renfrew Jr. with 12 laps remaining and then beat out Graniteville, VT’s Stephen Donahue in a wild and wooly finish to earn his second win in a row.
Lee, NH – The final races to decide the championships for the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series closed out the regular season at Lee USA Speedway on Friday night.
WINCHESTER, N.H. – Modified ace Todd Patnode inched closer to copping the 2021 championship Saturday at Monadnock Speedway. And, while the Swanzey star was busy winning his fifth victory lap of the summer, both Austin Brehio and Hillary Renaud earned their first, Brehio to stay atop the Late Model Sportsman points chase. (more…)
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR weekly racing action with the Late Model division taking center stage with their extra distance Paradiso Insurance Late Model 50 feature event. Wayne Coury, Jr. took the lead on lap-20 and then led the rest of the way to win the Paradiso Insurance Late Model 50. (more…)
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. Sept. 5, 2021 . . . Ryan Lilick, behind the wheel of the Dennis and Debbie Becker-owned No. 49, avoided all accidents in the caution filled 30-lap 358 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series T.P. Trailers Modified feature on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway to score his first career victory in the division. Prior to switching to the Modified division a few years ago, he had won seven Sportsman features. (more…)
Waterbury, VT — After going back and forth for much of the summer, the ACT New England Late Model Challenge Cup (NELMCC) now has a clear frontrunner. Barre, VT’s Jason Corliss has asserted himself as the leader for the $5,000 top prize, putting some distance between himself and the pack over the past two weeks.
Barre, VT — The 43rd Optical Expressions Berlin Labor Day Classic comes to Thunder Road this Sunday, September 5. A jam-packed card includes the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) plus all local divisions in an important holiday racing weekend that can be watched live on FloRacing.
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Over a nearly 30 year career at Stafford Speedway, Tom Fearn has become one of the track’s winningest drivers with 74 career wins. Fearn is the winningest driver in 2 different divisions at Stafford, with 57 wins in the Late Model division and 17 wins in the ProStock division. Fearn’s 74 career wins ranks fourth on the all-time list and places him behind Ted Christopher with 131 wins, and currently active drivers Woody Pitkat with 78 wins and Keith Rocco with 76 wins.
