Penalty Report: Whelen Modified Tour Driver Stephen Kopcik Suspended One Race

Penalty Report: Whelen Modified Tour Driver Stephen Kopcik Suspended One Race

On Wednesday, NASCAR announced the following penalties have been issued coming out of the event at North Wilkesboro Speedway:

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver Stephen Kopcik has been suspended for one race and fined $1,500. He will be suspended from NASCAR until the fine is paid and is on probation until December 31, 2025.

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Seekonk Speedway – It’s Thrill Show Time – Let’s Get Summer Started

Seekonk Speedway – It’s Thrill Show Time – Let’s Get Summer Started

SEEKONK, Mass. — For the first time in 2025, Seekonk Speedway will welcome Thrill Show racing to the Action Track of the East this Saturday, May 24. Celebrating Memorial Day weekend, the first Thrill Show racing of the season includes the thrills and spills of the East Coast Towing & Recovery Spectator Drags, Enduro Racing, the debut of the One Way Recycling Crown Vic Cruisers and more. 

All of the action on Saturday begins at 5 p.m. 

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Rick Martin ‘just kept at it,’ and now he’s entering Year 51 at Seekonk Speedway

Rick Martin ‘just kept at it,’ and now he’s entering Year 51 at Seekonk Speedway

By Cara Cooper, NASCAR.com

Rick Martin never had grand ambitions when it came to racing. After watching his dad compete for 21 years, the sport was just something he wanted to try.

“Me and one of my friends bought a $50 car and went out there,” Martin said. “The other cars went by us so fast, I thought to myself, ‘I ain’t never gonna go that fast, I’m going to just quit now.’

“But I just kept at it, kept at it, and I guess it was the challenge that I enjoyed.”

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Advance Auto Parts and NASCAR Partner for “Advance Auto Parts Night at the Races”

Advance Auto Parts and NASCAR Partner for  “Advance Auto Parts Night at the Races”
  • Program to bolster local support in 17 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series track markets throughout the year

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 15, 2025) – As the start of the 2025 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series heats up across the country, Advance Auto Parts and NASCAR announced today they are teaming up to accelerate support for local short track racing through new “Advance Auto Parts Night at the Races” in 17 track markets.

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Rhode Island Man Began At Seekonk Speedway, Now Makes NASCAR Debut

Rhode Island Man Began At Seekonk Speedway, Now Makes NASCAR Debut

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NASCAR remains one of the most popular sports in America these days.

With an incredibly loyal fan base and nearly three million viewers per race, NASCAR often beats out other sports like hockey and baseball when it comes to television ratings.

Now local race watchers will have one of their own to cheer for on the track, when a Rhode Island driver makes his racing debut in Virginia this weekend. (more…)

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