After 749, The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Comes Home for 750 with Thompson 150

Whelen Modified Tour
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to where it all began 40 years ago for the 750th race in Tour history at Thompson Speedway for the Thompson 150 this Wednesday, August 6. (Tom Morris photo)

Barre, VT & Naples, ME — The Thompson Speedway oval is back in action this Wednesday, August 6 with a big-time showdown on the line for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Amidst their 40th anniversary season celebrations, this Wednesday’s 150 lapper also serves as the 750th event in the open-wheeled Tour’s history after first debuting on the Thompson highbanks back in 1985.

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Race Of Champions Modified Series Tradition Continues With The Night Before The Glen Rod Spalding Classic At Chemung

Race Of Champions Modified Series Tradition Continues With The Night Before The Glen Rod Spalding Classic At Chemung

“KIDS RoC” to Conduct Second Consecutive Backpack Give Away as Part of Saturday Night Festivities at Chemung

Chemung, N.Y. – (August 4, 2025) – The Race of Champions Modified Series will continue one of the Southern Tier’s most treasured traditions with the running of “The Night Before The Glen – Rod Spalding Classic” at Chemung Speedrome on Saturday, August 9.

Kids ROC

The event will include another “Backpack” giveaway including school for youngsters. The first “Kids RoC” backpack giveaway was ultra successful this past Friday at Spencer Speedway in Williamson, NY and another round of nearly 70 backpacks will be handed out Saturday at Chemung as part of the traditional night.

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Chase Grennan Prevails In Wild Oval Speed Unlimited Bubba 150 Becoming First Repeat Riverhead Raceway Modified Winner Of 2025

Riverhead RacewayChase Grennan of Glen Cove is quickly gaining a reputation among the NASCAR Modified ranks at Riverhead Raceway, and it’s one the 18-year-old second generation driver is proud to bear. After Chase survived a wild Oval Speed Unlimited Bubba 150 Saturday earning his third career win, he again sat in victory lane after another signature race at the historic bullring. Grennan started things off by winning the Islip 300 last November, then earlier in June won the 75th Anniversary Flying Dutchman Tribute before his $7,166 triumph in the Bubba 150.

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Grandview Speedway To Host Forrest Rogers Memorial Race This Saturday Night

Grandview SpeedwayBECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The Forrest Rogers Memorial, Grandview Speedway’s midsummer Modified classic paying $10,000 to the race winner, is the next top rated race program on the schedule this Saturday night at the one-third-of-a-mile high banked speedway.

Since 1971, Grandview Speedway management has been paying tribute to Forrest Rogers, the man who had the dream of building his own racetrack, then with the help of his son Bruce and the rest of the family, made the dream come true in building and operating the racetrack on the hill in Bechtelsville, Pa. known to everyone as Grandview Speedway!

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Matt O’Brien Scores First Wiscasset Feature Win of 35-Year Racing Career

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Matt O’ Brien sailed into his first career feature win on Saturday at Wiscasset Speedway. (Jasen Dickey Photography)

Wiscasset Speedway returned to action on Saturday night with an action-packed Group 2 program that included the lightning-fast NEMA Midgets and NEMA Lites.

The racing action kicked off with the first of two 30-lap features for the Portland Glass Strictly Streets. Brady Romano took off with the early lead, but trouble was on the horizon as Scott Eck and Landon Tapley collided, resulting in a caution. Romano remained strong on the restart but Ben Burgess was on the move, overtaking the lead on lap 10 as Joe Harriman followed in succession. Burgess maintained command following a mid-race restart, picking up his second win of the season in the division. Joe Harriman and Chuck Wagstaff (1st career podium) followed, completing the top 3.

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Max Zachem Wins 12th Annual NAPA Auto Parts SK 5k at Stafford Speedway

Max Zachem, Stafford Speedway winner
Max Zachem Wins 12th Annual NAPA Auto Parts SK 5k at Stafford

Coury, Fuller, Hydar, & Warren Score Stafford Speedway Aug. 1st Weekly Feature Wins

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway hosted the biggest and richest SK Modified® race of the 2025 season on Friday, August 1st with the 12th Annual NAPA Auto Parts SK 5k.  Max Zachem was the big winner of the night, taking the checkered flag in the NAPA SK 5k to score his first career feature victory at Stafford Speedway in any division.

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Mike Leaty And Cody McPherson Score Spencer Speedway Race Of Champions Wins On Friday Night

  • Leaty Claims Sportsman Modified Victory at Spencer; McPherson Masters Ohsweken with Flat Tire Finish
  • Mancuso, Patterson, Catalano, and Schoonmaker Also Victorious During Fan Appreciation Night
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Mike Leaty and crew, victorious at Spencer Speedway

Williamson, N.Y. – (August 3, 2025) – Mike Leaty of Williamson, N.Y., delivered a commanding performance Friday night at his home track, Spencer Speedway, driving past Andrew Lewis, Jr., of Ontario, N.Y., to claim another Race of Champions Sportsman Modified Series victory.

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Justin Grim Captures Career First Grandview Speedway NASCAR Modified Win

Grandview SpeedwayBrett Gilmore Takes Grandview Speedway Sportsman Win In Another Action-Packed Saturday Night Of Racing

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – It was another story of years of work and effort finally paying off, as Justin Grim of Orefield, Pa. was able to reach victory Lane for the first time in his career with a win in the 30-lap T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modified feature on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.

Brett Gilmore of Kutztown, Pa., who has been very fast in recent weeks but has not had any good racing luck, put everything together to out duel Alex Bartorillo of Limerick, Pa. to score the victory in the evening’s 25-lap T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman feature event.

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August Signals Start Of Big Race Season For The Race Of Champions Series

Austin Beers, Race of ChampionsRace of Champions – Big Money and Prestigious Wins on the Line Across Multiple Divisions

Elma, N.Y. – (August 1, 2025) – The Race of Champions “Family of Series” is set to enter one of the most important stretches of the season, as August marks the beginning of a championship-defining run filled with marquee events, major payouts, and the pursuit of legacy-defining victories.

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