After a red-hot finish to the 2019 Whelen Modified Tour season, Matt Swanson was pumped up.
The season had started slow for Swanson and the BRE Racing No. 3 team from E. Freetown with just one top-10 in the first five races.
Then, Swanson and the No. 3 team returned to form, finishing outside the top-10 just three times the rest of the season. (more…)
Despite six NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championships, you are unlikely to see Doug Coby grace the big stage of a NASCAR national series any time soon. In fact, he says has never fielded an offer for such a ride during his career. (more…)
EPPING, N.H. — Star Speedway announced on Wednesday the addition of the Star Classic to Speed51’s Short Track America lineup on MAVTV for the 2021 season. The prestigious three-day weekend, scheduled for September 17-19, will include 14 different divisions, with some of the most intense short-track action New Hampshire will see all season.
The Classic will once again air live to viewers on Speed51.TV, and the enhanced MAVTV broadcast of the ISMA Supermodifieds will be tape-delayed and air at a later date. The broadcast will include multiple camera angles, a pit reporter, on-board cameras and more. (more…)
Taking a look at the confirmed entries for the 2021 Daytona 500 in mid-February reveals some five drivers from New England. (more…)
(Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 28, 2021) Speedway Motors announced today it will celebrate and kick-off the upcoming race season with Racer Appreciation Week, Feb. 1-7, which will include giveaways and special promotions.
Started in 2013, as a way to celebrate their customers who live for racing, Racer Appreciation Week is now in its 8th year. “We are more than a speed shop or parts supplier,” said Clay Smith President and Owner of Speedway Motors. “Just like our customers, our technicians are racing on the weekends and building projects too. Racer Appreciation Week is a way to celebrate all things racing and show our support of the sport.” (more…)
Waterbury, VT and Naples, ME — American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials have announced the slate of racing for the 46th Thompson Icebreaker on Saturday, April 10 and Sunday April 11. The 82nd season opener at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park currently consists of a nine-division card highlighted by the $10,000-to-win Icebreaker 125 for the Thompson Outlaw Open Modified Series. (more…)
N. Woodstock, NH – The final weekend of the 2021 season at White Mountain Motorsports Park has gotten even bigger. White Mountain officials and R&R Race Parts NH have announced that the second annual 75-lap, $5,000-to-win New Hampshire Street Stock Open will be held at the North Woodstock, NH high banks on Saturday, September 25. (more…)
New Smyrna Speedway is accepting entries for the 2021 World Series of Asphalt, and also has posted results from the last several months of competition…
BECHTELSVILLE, PA January 23, 2021 . . . The battle for the 2021 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Modified title at Grandview Speedway will feature some of best dirt track racers in action each Saturday night and six time champion Duane Howard is optimistic about his chances to win a seventh title. The NASCAR sanctioned track will be entering their 59th consecutive season of weekly racing under the promotion of the Rogers family. (more…)
Barre, VT – One of the most iconic cars of the past two decades at Barre’s Thunder Road has a new pilot. Richard Green Racing has announced that Morrisville’s Brandon Lanphear will drive the #16VT Chevolet with sponsorship from Richard Green Trucking, Green’s Ace Hardware, and Pro Driver Training during the upcoming Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Model season. (more…)
