DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 17, 2023) – NASCAR and NBC Sports announced today broadcast coverage for the 2023 slate of grassroots races on CNBC, including events in the ARCA Menards Series East and West, and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
CNBC will air tape-delayed coverage of every race from the ARCA Menards Series East and West – except those that are combined events. (more…)
BECHTELSVILLE, PA FEBRUARY 17, 2023 The NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series at the Grandview Speedway is pleased to announce the return of the Pioneer Pole Buildings first time Modified feature winners bonus. Pioneer Pole Buildings located on PA 183 in Schuylkill Haven, PA will again post a $2,000 bonus to any first time ever Thunder on the Hill 30 lap Modified feature winner. That will make the win worth $5,000 to win for just thirty laps. (more…)
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — Veteran Ron Silk endured the entire 2022 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season without visiting Victory Lane.
It took Silk just one race in 2023 to end his dry spell, as he held off Justin Bonsignore in an enthralling late-race battle to claim the New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 at New Smyrna Speedway on Saturday night. (more…)
Barre, VT — After recently announcing their inaugural visit to New Hampshire’s White Mountain Motorsports Park just three weeks ago, Thunder Road officials are excited to announce yet another addition to the 2023 schedule. The highly acclaimed 350 Super Modified Atlantic Charter (SMAC) Tour is making its debut at Thunder Road as part of the newly-announced Super Saturday on August 12th. Alongside big-money showdowns for all four Thunder Road weekly divisions, the ultra-fast 350 SMAC Tour Supermodifieds are ready to tear around the Barre Highbanks for the first time ever!
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Grandview Speedway, is proud to announce that T.P. Trailers and T.P. Truck Equipment of Limerick, Pa. will be returning as a major sponsor to the one-third-mile high banked clay raceway for the 12th consecutive year.
T.P. Trailers and Truck Equipment owned and operated by the Perkins family, feels that their business has gained great exposure through their relationship with Grandview Speedway, with the result being increased support for their business by the racers and fans. (more…)
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway has released a 54-piece trading card set featuring drivers from Stafford’s 5 weekly racing divisions. Cards come in packs of 13 with 12 base and 1 foil card. The trading cards feature the top-10 finishers in the 2022 points standings in the SK Modified®, Late Model, Limited Late Model, SK Light Modified, and Street Stock divisions that have registered to compete in the 2023 season.
NEW SMYRNA, Fla. – Justin Bonsignore and the Kenneth Massa Motorsports team opened the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season on a high note Saturday night in Florida.
The driver of the Phoenix Communications No. 51 started from the fifth spot after qualifying washed out due to rain, and crossed the line after 200 laps in second-place. (more…)
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After three seasons in Stafford’s Street Stock division, Chaplin, CT native Nickolas Hovey will move to the SK Light division for the 2023 season. Hovey has 3 career wins at Stafford with a career best finish of third in the standings. Hovey was also the Street Stock Rookie of the Year in 2020 and will be shooting for a second Rookie of the Year title with his #16 Busy Bees Learning Center modified.
MILFORD, Conn. – Six-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Doug Coby will begin the season when the series hits the track at New Smyrna Speedway this Saturday night, February 11. Coby will strap behind the wheel of the historic 7NY for Tommy Baldwin Racing with sponsorship from Massachusetts-based company Mayhew Tools.
The year 1985 was monumental for grassroots racing in NASCAR.
The Modified series, standing as the sanctioning body’s oldest division having existed since Red Byron took the first NASCAR points-paying victory on the beach course in Daytona Beach on Feb. 15, 1948, was consolidated into what was then called the Winston Modified Tour. It featured a 29-race schedule rather than a massive, unorganized program of events. (more…)
