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Shane Hammond Memorial Race Recap / Thanks

by Lou ModestinoOctober 20, 2022October 20, 2022

Hello to my NEMA family, friends and fans,

Congratulations to Mike Horn, Jake Trainor and all the Shane Hammond Memorial Race competitors. A shout out to the hard chargers, Chase Locke and Jim Chambers. I want to begin by saying thank you all who participated in the SHMR. I hope you understand how much it means to me to keep not just Shane Hammond’s name involved with NEMA but his attitude of being a true good sport who offered a helping hand to all. NEMA was like an extended family that he loved representing.

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All American 400 Weekend Info For Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Oct 28-30

by MikeOctober 20, 2022

(Nashville, TN) One of the biggest short track racing weekends in the country makes its return to Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, October 28th-30th for the 38th running of the US Tank All American 400 in memory of Jonathan and Jillian Brown. (more…)

Caleb Heady, Tommy Baldwin Racing Lead SMART Modified Tour Points Heading For Season Finale

by Lou ModestinoOctober 20, 2022October 20, 2022

Fresh off a top-five finish with the SMART Modified Tour at Tri-County Speedway last weekend, Tommy Baldwin Racing and driver Caleb Heady are set to race for the championship this Saturday. As the series heads to Motor Mile Speedway – a place both Heady and Baldwin Racing feel confident about – Heady leads by 37 points over NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Labonte, and 44 over Brandon Ward.

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Track Enterprises Announces New Partnership With Southern Super Series

by MikeOctober 19, 2022October 19, 2022

Macon, IL (October 19, 2022) – Officials from Track Enterprises and the Southern Super Series announced earlier today they have formed a strategic partnership for the future. Together, the two groups will help manage the Super Late Model pavement racing tour that has operated in the Southeastern part of the U.S. since 2013. (more…)

Haunted Hundred To Showcase Championship Event For Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series

by Lou ModestinoOctober 18, 2022

SEEKONK, Mass. – Seekonk Speedway will roar to life for the final time in 2022 this weekend, as the Action Track of the East is set to host the championship event for the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series in the annual Haunted Hundred. On top of 100 laps for the ground-pounding Modifieds worth $6,000 to win, the American-Canadian Tour also returns to Seekonk for their penultimate race of the season, and the INEX Legends Cars join the card for a $2,000 to win, 30-lap race.

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Seekonk’s Haunted Hundred Serves as Penultimate ACT Tour Race of 2022

by Lou ModestinoOctober 18, 2022

Barre, VT — The next leg of the Southern New England Swing Triple Crown for the American-Canadian Tour comes down to Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway this Saturday, October 22nd with the Haunted Hundred. Once again alongside the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series, the ACT Haunted Hundred is expected to be yet another legendary showdown between the Touring stars of Quebec and New England against a stout field of hometown favorites with the 2022 season quickly coming to a close. (more…)

Caleb Heady, Tommy Baldwin Racing Lead SMART Modified Tour Point Standings With Two Races Remaining

by Lou ModestinoOctober 14, 2022October 14, 2022

With just two races left in the SMART Modified Tour season, Tommy Baldwin Racing and rising star driver Caleb Heady sit on top of the championship standings. Heady holds a small advantage over Matt Hirschman heading to the next race on the series schedule, this Saturday, October 15 at Tri-County Speedway. With the lead on the driver’s side, Tommy Baldwin Racing is also leading the owner’s championship battle.

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New Hampshire Motor Speedway to Host U.S. Legend Cars International Road Course World Finals

by Lou ModestinoOctober 14, 2022

LOUDON, N.H. – U.S. Legend Cars International (USLCI) is bringing the Road Course World Finals to New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) Oct. 14-16. Eighty-six competitors from four countries will compete on the 1.6-mile full road course in pursuit of the 2022 world championship. (more…)

Hirschman Scores Hickory Hundred Victory

by Lou ModestinoOctober 13, 2022

Matt Hirschman claimed his fifth SMART trophy Saturday Oct. 8th in the running of the Hickory Hundred presented by Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet at the famed Hickory Motor Speedway.

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Tommy Baldwin Racing Unofficially Clinches NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Owner’s Championship

by Lou ModestinoOctober 13, 2022

THOMPSON, Conn. – After 150 laps of nearly non-stop action Sunday at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Tommy Baldwin Racing was celebrating. With a second-place finish by Mike Christopher Jr. in the No. 7NY, Baldwin’s team unofficially clinched the series owner’s championship with still one race left on the schedule.

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