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As a Former High School Wrestler, Cody Ware is Ready for the Cook Out 400 At Martinsville

by MikeMarch 25, 2025

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 25, 2025) – Wrestling a racecar for 400 laps around Martinsville (Va.) Speedway necessitates a strong upper-body and powerful legs, connected with a tight core. The flat, paperclip-shaped .526-mile oval makes for a physical race where drivers have to pull their steering wheel hard to the left 800 times while stabbing their brake pedal at the end of each, 800-foot-long straightaway. Whether one’s car is lightning quick or could use a jolt of lightning, Martinsville pushes the boundaries of human performance as much as a car’s mechanical limits.

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Jonathan McKennedy Announces Busy 2025 Schedule Between Tour-Type Modifieds, Supermodifieds

by Kyle SouzaMarch 14, 2025

Modified and Supermodified winner Jon McKennedy announced Thursday a busy schedule for the 2025 racing season. Again for 2025, McKennedy will compete in both the Tour-Type Modifieds and the Supermodifieds, mixed between multiple different divisions with both classes.

Between all divisions, McKennedy has roughly 35 races planned.

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Patrick Emerling, Fleetworks Racing To Honor Geoffrey Bodine, Dick Armstrong at Thompson

by Kyle SouzaMarch 12, 2025

No. 1 Will Carry a Tribute Scheme To The Big Red Machine For Three NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Events

When the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour visits Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in 2025, race fans will have the opportunity to see a special tribute scheme hit the track. Patrick Emerling, driver of the No. 1 Fleetworks Inc. Modified, will carry a special tribute scheme, throwing back to Geoffrey Bodine’s No. 1 Big Red Machine owned by Dick Armstrong. The scheme will be on the track for all three NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races.

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Teddy Hodgdon Racing Announces Stout 2025 Schedule

by Lou ModestinoMarch 11, 2025

Teddy Hodgdon Racing announced today their schedule for the 2025 season in the No. 55 Tour-Type Modified – one that will bring the team up and down the East Coast. For the first time in his career, driver Teddy Hodgdon will make five NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) starts. His debut will take place at the Icebreaker, March 30, at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. (more…)

Luke Baldwin Makes His NASCAR Truck Series Debut With Thorsport Racing In The No. 66 Mohawk Northeast, Inc. Ford F-150

by Kyle SouzaMarch 7, 2025

SANDUSKY, OHIO (March 4, 2025) – ThorSport Racing announces a three-race venture with Luke Baldwin for his debut in the 2025 NASCAR Truck Series, driving the No. 66 Mohawk Northeast, Inc. Ford F-150 with veteran Crew Chief Doug George.

Baldwin is set to compete in his first race of the year in the Long John Silver 200 at Martinsville Speedway on Friday, March 28, 2025, at 7:30 PM ET. His debut will be followed by two additional races at Kansas Speedway and North Wilkesboro Speedway.

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Grandview Speedway And Astound Broadband Release Dates For ATVN-TV To Televise Select Race Events During The 2025 Racing Season

by MikeFebruary 24, 2025

VP RACING FUELS BRUCE ROGERS MEMORIAL MONEY MAKER TO OPEN SEASON SATURDAY APRIL 5

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Grandview Speedway along with Astound Broadband are announcing the release of several race dates that will see select Saturday Night race programs televised during the upcoming 2025 racing season. (more…)

NY-Area Short-Track Racers Heading South for Daytona Season Openers

by MikeFebruary 7, 2025

By Dick O’Brien, New York Upstate

Daytona, Fla. — When the 67th annual Daytona Speed Week gets flagged away next week, it marks the unofficial start of the 2025 racing season.

For Central New York short-track modified racers, it also marks the start of their satellite racing programs at the New Smyrna, Volusia and All-Tech Speedways in the Daytona area.

Brett Deyo’s Short Track Super Series Modified Tour got the ball rolling with the 6th annual Sunshine Swing series at the All-Tech Speedway in Lake City, Florida from Wednesday through Saturday.

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Justin Bonsignore To Open Chase For Fifth NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Title at New Smyrna

by Kyle SouzaFebruary 6, 2025

Reigning NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Justin Bonsignore will open his chase for a fifth series championship this Saturday at New Smyrna Speedway. As the traditional World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing kicks-off, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will compete in the New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 at 7:30 p.m., live on FloRacing.TV.

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Luke Baldwin To Chase NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Rookie of the Year Honors in 2025

by Kyle SouzaJanuary 30, 2025

Tommy Baldwin Racing announced today that Luke Baldwin will pilot the historic No. 7NY to compete for Rookie of the Year honors on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 2025. Baldwin will compete in at least 12 of the 16 events on the circuit, beginning with the season opener at New Smyrna Speedway’s World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing on February 8.

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Luke Baldwin Driven in Quest To Repeat as SMART Modified Tour Champion

by Kyle SouzaJanuary 28, 2025January 28, 2025

After a rookie season that ended with a championship, Luke Baldwin is ready for the challenge of a repeat in 2025. Baldwin will return to Sadler-Stanley Racing in their PSR Chassis, Pace-O-Matic No. 7VA to contest the full 14 race SMART Modified Tour schedule.

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