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Pro All Stars Series Ready to Open Thunder Road with Saturday Special May 6th

by Lou ModestinoMay 3, 2023

Barre, VT — As part of a reimagined opening weekend for the 64th season of stock car racing at Thunder Road International Speedbowl, the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) invades the Green Mountain State for an opening weekend spectacular. The PASS Super Late Model 150 headlines the Saturday night program on May 6th along with the Kennebec Equipment PASS Modifieds and the R&R Race Parts Open Street Stock Series to bring a host of New England invaders into Thunder Road prior to Sunday’s 25th Annual Community Bank N.A. 150 for the American-Canadian Tour.

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2023 Rookies at Thunder Road – Mix of Established Names and New Faces

by Lou ModestinoApril 26, 2023

Barre, VT — It’s time for another year’s installment of Rookies at The Road and 2023 is once again looking bright for new teams and new cars ready to take on the challenge of Thunder Road’s 64-year-old highbanks. Between the established stars moving up to the next division and a strong showing of new faces and names ready to grace the Barre, Vermont asphalt, the future looks bright and so do the upcoming battles for Rookie of the Year.

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R&R Street Stocks Back at Thunder Road Alongside PASS for May 6th Lid-Lifter

by Lou ModestinoApril 20, 2023

Barre, VT — After a stellar 30-car-field opening field at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on April 15th, the R&R Street Stock Open Series makes its return to Thunder Road as part of a revamped opening weekend on the Barre highbanks. Thunder Road officials have released the Entry Form for the $8,800 R&R Race Parts Street Stock Open as they race alongside the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Models and PASS Modifieds to begin the 64th season of stock car racing in Barre, Vermont on Saturday, May 6th. (more…)

The SMART Modified Tour Paid a Visit to Hickory Speedway

by Lou ModestinoApril 17, 2023April 17, 2023

The SMART Modified Tour paid a visit to Hickory Speedway in North Carolina. The speedway surface had more cracks on its face than a 90 year old farmer.

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Great Fields, Great Crowds, Fantastic Racing Makes for Epic Northeast Classic at NHMS

by Lou ModestinoApril 17, 2023

Loudon, NH — For the third consecutive year, the Northeast Classic at New Hampshire Motor Speedway has started the season off in style. Great fields in all five divisions graced the storied asphalt of the Magic Mile with five deserving winners standing proud in victory lane for the fans in the stands and those at home watching on Racing America. (more…)

Chris Pasteryak Optimistic About Chances in Stafford’s NAPA Spring Sizzler

by Lou ModestinoApril 17, 2023

(Stafford Springs, CT)—For Chris Pasteryak and the #75 Dawley’s Collision and Custom Open Modified team, the NAPA Spring Sizzler® at Stafford has proven to be a tough race. In 6 career Sizzler® starts, Pasteryak has five finishes of 16^th or worse to go along with his career best 5^th place finish in 2009. But with 2 career MRS wins at Stafford and fresh off a 6^th place finish in his first race of the 2023 season, Pasteryak is feeling good about his chances at running up front at Stafford in the NAPA Spring Sizzler®.

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Talent in Numbers Floods Northeast Classic Roster for $7,000-to-win Modified Showdown

by Lou ModestinoApril 14, 2023

Barre, VT & Naples, ME — Pro All Stars Series (PASS) and American-Canadian Tour (ACT) officials are proud to announce the most exciting and talent filled roster of Open Tour-type Modifieds to join the Northeast Classic at New Hampshire Motor Speedway since the event’s inception in 2021. Based on the tire orders through Hoosier Tire East, over twenty of New England’s best tour-type modified drivers are slated to take on the Magic Mile all looking to join a who’s-who of modified winners at New England’s biggest stage. (more…)

Pictures From PASS Super Late Models at the Thompson Icebreaker on Sat. April 2, 2023

by Lou ModestinoApril 11, 2023

Here are some pictures from the PASS Super Late Models at the Thompson Icebreaker on Sat. April 2, 2023. (more…)

Ellington’s Ronnie Williams Claims Thrilling $10,000 Icebreaker 125 Win at Thompson

by Lou ModestinoApril 10, 2023

Thompson, CT — With the weather conditions cooperating one week later than expected, the 49th Icebreaker Weekend at Thompson Speedway successfully opened the 2023 New England racing season with plenty of heart-pounding thrills to set up the summer to come at the Big-T. The Thompson Outlaw Open Modified Icebreaker 125 came down to a stunning green-white-checker in one of the most spectacular open wheeled races in recent memory while winners in the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Models and the Thompson local divisions proved themselves as the class of the field.

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Icebreaker Friday Kick-Starts New England Racing Season – Full Results

by Lou ModestinoApril 10, 2023

Thompson, CT — The 49th Icebreaker Weekend at Thompson Speedway began the 2023 New England racing season in style on a frigid Friday night in northeast Connecticut. For some powerhouse teams it was a successful and steady start to the new season, for others Icebreaker Friday spelled redemption and a fresh start for the new season.

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