Brighton, Ontario, Canada – (September 29, 2025) – Cody McPherson (St. Catherines, Ont.) and Dylan Kirkland (Maitland, Ont.) each found victory lane during the annual AppleFest Shootout Weekend at Brighton Speedway. McPherson opened the weekend with his third consecutive Race of Champions 602 Dirt Sportsman Modified Series win on “Apple Eve,” while Kirkland closed it out on Saturday night with his first career Race of Champions and AppleFest Shootout triumph.
Kyle Ellwood of Riverhead notched his second NASCAR Modified victory of 2025 when he passed John Beatty Jr. of Merrick with twenty laps remaining in Saturday’s 50-lap feature event at Riverhead Raceway. Beatty would have the last laugh though when he sewed-up his third consecutive NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Modified championship with his runner-up finish. Beatty joins Charlie Jarzombek (1976-1978) and Don Howe (1993-1995) as the only drivers to earn three Modified championships in succession.
N. Woodstock, NH — With two features on the finale weekend at White Mountain, the Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers started off feature racing on Saturday with Kyle Willis and Todd Derrington duking it out side-by-side. Rookie Derrington took off with the early lead before the lap 9 caution for a stalled Mike Clark. Matt Potter would find himself in the top spot following the restart with top point chaser Luke Peters and Shane Sicard in tow on the inside line. Potter would lose the lead with a spin cycle in turn four to set up a fight between championship hopefuls Sicard and Peters over the final eight laps. It was Shane Sicard who went back-to-back for the win over Peters and Owen Cheney at the line.
(Stafford Springs, CT)— Stafford Speedway hosted Maybury Back to SKool Kids night with Kids Big Wheel Races on Friday, September 26th. Michael Christopher, Jr. was the SK Modified® feature winner, Bryan Narducci won the Late Model feature, Nick Anglace took the SK Light feature, Jeremy Lavoie won the Limited Late Model feature, and Jason Raymond was a first time career winner in the Street Stock feature. The kids big wheel races were won by Levi Aszklar and Maisy Washburn.
(Stafford Springs, CT)— Stafford Speedway hosted the NAPA Fall Final on Saturday, September 27th with its SK Modifieds® and SK Lights joining the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series in feature action. Keith Rocco picked up his third win of the season in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature and Robert Bloxsom used a crossover pass for the lead coming to the white flag to pick up the win in the 20-lap SK Light Invitational.
Barre, VT & Naples, ME — It was announced Friday morning that NASCAR has increased the purse for the Sunoco World Series 150 by over $15,000 through the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour field in the annual autumn classic! Along with the previously announced FloRacing Connecticut Challenge for new and returning competitors in all three NWMT events at Thompson Speedway this summer, the Sunoco World Series 150 has become one of the highest paying Modified shows of the year!
For the seventh time this season, Justin Bonsignore will return to NASCAR Xfinity Series competition this Saturday at Kansas Speedway.
Back behind the wheel of the No. 19 Toyota GR Supra with Joe Gibbs Racing, Bonsignore looks to build on a solid run at Iowa Speedway in August, 12th, his best career result in seven career NASCAR Xfinity Series starts.
LINCOLN, IL (Sept. 25, 2025) – The DIRTcar Fall Nationals return to Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, IL, on Thursday-Saturday, October 16-18, 2025, as the nation’s best dirt track racers converge to close out the season in style. Once again, national and regional points champions will be celebrated during this fall classic at the Logan County Fairgrounds.
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For Jake Johnson and the #15 Lin’s Propane Trucks Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series team, racing at Stafford Speedway has been a mixed bag of results. Prior to the 2025 season, Johnson had made five career starts at Stafford with a best finish of second in the 2022 NAPA Fall Final, but also three finishes outside the top-20. Although Johnson and the #15 team have only made two starts in 2025, they seemed to have put their Stafford troubles behind them. Johnson led almost half of the NAPA Spring Sizzler® in April before a crash on a restart left him with a 22nd place finish and they won the GAF Modified Masters 80 in July. With their newfound success, Johnson and his team are looking forward to returning to Stafford on Saturday, September 27 for the NAPA Fall Final.
The race for the 2025 NASCAR Modifieds championship will feature three main players for the 50-lap regular season finale Saturday at Riverhead Raceway, a mere ten points separating first through third. Additionally, three other 2025 track champions will celebrate a championship by the end of the program. Originally the 2025 champions for all seven divisions of the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series were to be feted, however the September 6th WMT rain out moved the Eagle Chevrolet Crate Modifieds, Blunderbusts and INEX Legend Race Cars championship final to October 4th.
