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Top Five: Storylines to Watch as the NASCAR Playoffs Make a Pit Stop in New England

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 16, 2025

NASCAR racing at NHMS — Christopher Bell, driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series race and completing the weekend sweep at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on June 23, 2024. Photo Credit: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images

LOUDON, N.H. – Fans headed to New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) for New England’s only NASCAR Playoffs weekend are in for a wicked good time at “The Magic Mile” as drivers take to the track for three full days of action-packed racing this Friday through Sunday, Sept. 19-21. From one driver’s chance to go back-to-back and be the first to lock in to the NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) Playoffs Round of 8 to the majority of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) field racing at NHMS for the very first time during a cutoff race, there will be no shortage of thrilling, white-knuckled excitement for fans to enjoy. Here are five must-watch storylines headed into the weekend:

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Eight 2025 Champions Crowned Friday At Claremont Motorsports Park

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 16, 2025

CLAREMONT, N.H. – Claremont Motorsports Park closed out the Weekly Racing Series portion of its ambitious 78th season of oval track competition Friday, crowning eight different drivers as champions of their 2025 divisions, no fewer than four of them first timers atop their classes at the historic third-mile speedplant.

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Grandview Speedway’s Freedom 76 Is This Weekend September 19 & 20

by MikeSeptember 15, 2025

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The 63^rd anniversary season of auto racing action at Grandview Speedway moves into the final weekend of competition for Modified and Sportsman competitors, and it is the biggest weekend of the season with the running of the 55^thannual Freedom 76!

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Chase Grennan Continues Signature Race Prowess Scoring Clean Sweep Of Cecil Palm Tree 66 At Riverhead Raceway

by Bob FinanSeptember 15, 2025

One thing is becoming abundantly clear with the budding driving career of 18-year-old Chase Grennan of Glen Cove, the bright spotlight of signature NASCAR Modified events at Riverhead Raceway doesn’t intimidate him at all. In fact, he thrives on them and has been dubbed with the moniker “Big Time”. Saturday, the college freshman set fast time and led all but the first lap of the Cecil Palm Tree 66 for his third win of the season, all Crown Jewel Series events for the Ted Christopher Cup. Add his upset win in the 2024 Islip 300 and the only left for “Big Time” Chase to accomplish is to win a 50-lap weekly event.

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Michael Christopher, Jr. Wins TC 13 Shootout; DiMatteo Wins SK Modified Feature at Stafford; Meyer, Matthews, Hammann, & Plemons Also Score Sept. 12 Feature Wins

by MikeSeptember 15, 2025

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway hosted USNE First Responder Friday on September 12th with the TC 13 Shootout joining Stafford’s five weekly divisions in feature action. The SK Modified® division ran their regularly scheduled 40-lap feature as well as the 3rd Annual TC 13 Shootout, a 13 lap race contested between the top-13 finishers from the 40-lap feature. Michael Christopher, Jr. was the big winner of the night taking home the TC 13 Shootout trophy and the $1,313 to win TC 13 Shootout.

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Months of Track Prep Have New Hampshire Motor Speedway Ready for Race Fans

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 15, 2025

The NHMS Operations and Maintenance teams have worked tirelessly for months to ensure New Hampshire Motor Speedway is ready to welcome race fans starting this Saturday when campgrounds open for New England’s only NASCAR Playoffs weekend next weekend.

LOUDON, N.H. – This Saturday, Sept. 13 marks the start of nine days of NASCAR in New England with campgrounds opening at 8 a.m. to welcome thousands of campers from all over who make New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) their home-away-from-home while their favorite drivers battle it out on “The Magic Mile.” The NHMS Operations and Maintenance teams have worked tirelessly for months preparing the 1,200-acre property, from the campgrounds to the racetrack, to shine its brightest.

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Ryan Watt Defeats Son Logan Watt In Grandview NASCAR Modified Thriller, Mike Loney, Gage Phillips & Sven Olson Are Also Winners – Duane Howard & Colin Cox Are 2025 Track Champions

by MikeSeptember 15, 2025

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – It was a wildly exciting night of racing action on Advance Auto Parts Championship Night Saturday night at Grandview Speedway, and when the final checkered flag waved, the night featured a repeat feature winner, a first time ever winner, a repeat champion, and a first time ever champion, in a night that will be remembered for a long time to come!

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Saturday’s Cecil Palm Tree 66 Pivotal Race Towards Riverhead Raceway NASCAR Modified & Crown Jewel Series Championships

by Bob FinanSeptember 12, 2025

The annual Cecil Palm Tree 66 NASCAR Modified event is presented to honor memory of the late Eddie Partridge, a lover of the open wheel machines and the excitement they provided wherever they raced, especially Riverhead Raceway which he, his wife Connie and nephew Tom Gatz purchased in 2015. Saturday when the green flag waves over the field to begin the Cecil Palm Tree 66, the usual open wheel excitement will be ramped up with the 2025 NASCAR Modified and Crown Jewel Series Ted Christopher Cup championships hanging in the balance, just the way Eddie Partridge the Modified fan would have loved.

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Flex Schedule To Be In Play For Race Of Champions Weekend At Lake Erie Speedway

by MikeSeptember 12, 2025

Always a Part of Race of Champions Weekend to Accommodate Fans and Participants Race of Champions Late Model and Street Stock Series Champions to be Crowned This Weekend

North East, Pa. – (September 11, 2025) – Lake Erie Speedway and Race of Champions management are prepared to utilize a “flex schedule” during this weekend’s Race of Champions Weekend in North East, Pa., including the prestigious Race of Champions 250, “The Greatest Tradition in Modified Racing.”

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Advance Auto Parts Championship Night This Saturday At Grandview Speedway – Freedom 76 Weekend Is September 19 & 20

by MikeSeptember 12, 2025

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – This Saturday night the 2025 track champions will be crowned at Grandview Speedway!

This Saturday, September 13 Grandview Speedway will be presenting the last NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series point racing event of the season featuring the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds, the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman, and the Outlaw Racing Series Vintage cars, in a program that will be sponsored by Advance Auto Parts, the title sponsor of NASCAR’s Weekly Series.

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