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20-Year-Old Jonathan Shafer To Contest Virginia Late Model Triple Crown With Hettinger Racing

by MikeJune 25, 2025

Three-Race Miniseries Begins This Weekend at South Boston Speedway

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (June 25, 2025) – The Virginia Late Model Triple Crown features three of the East Coast’s biggest Late Model Stock races, and 20-year-old Jonathan Shafer has cast his lot with Hettinger Racing for the popular grassroots miniseries that begins this weekend at South Boston Speedway.

Shafer will drive the No. 5 Chevrolet in Saturday night’s Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 at the .4-mile oval before tackling the July 19 Hampton Heat at Larry King Law’s Langley Speedway in Hampton and the Sept. 27 ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway.

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FloSports, NASCAR Add $50k To Purse For Virginia Triple Crown Continuing Unprecedented Investment In Regional Racing

by MikeJune 10, 2025

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 10, 2025) – One of the most iconic titles in Late Model Stock Car racing just got a major upgrade. FloSports and NASCAR today announced that they will contribute $50,000 to the purse for the Virginia Triple Crown raising the overall champion purse to $20,000 – making it the richest prize in the event’s storied history. FloRacing will now also be the presenting partner of the Virginia Triple Crown.

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

by MikeApril 16, 2025

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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Sadler-Stanley Racing Heads For King of the Modifieds at South Boston Speedway

by Kyle SouzaMarch 18, 2025

Sadler-Stanley Racing looks to defend the king crown this Saturday at South Boston Speedway.

Last year, driver Luke Baldwin captured the King of the Modifieds race win with the SMART Modified Tour, hoisting the trophy, wearing the robe and putting on the crown as King of the Modifieds, his first career Tour-Type Modified win.

This week, it’s the second annual King of the Modifieds. Baldwin will look to make it back-to-back crowns, while team driver Jonathan Cash will also look to take it away from him and keep it inside the Sadler-Stanley Racing stable.

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Aaron Donnelly Gets Early Jump on 2025 Late Model Season With Hettinger Racing

by MikeFebruary 5, 2025February 5, 2025

25-Year-Old Racer To Drive No. 71 Chevrolet in 125-Lap ‘Icebreaker’ Saturday at Florence Motor Speedway Ahead of Full zMAX CARS Tour Schedule

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 5, 2025) – Aaron Donnelly embarks on his most aggressive racing season yet when he climbs behind the wheel of the No. 71 Chevrolet for Hettinger Racing this Saturday at Florence Motor Speedway in Timmonsville, South Carolina.

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Luke Baldwin Driven in Quest To Repeat as SMART Modified Tour Champion

by Kyle SouzaJanuary 28, 2025January 28, 2025

After a rookie season that ended with a championship, Luke Baldwin is ready for the challenge of a repeat in 2025. Baldwin will return to Sadler-Stanley Racing in their PSR Chassis, Pace-O-Matic No. 7VA to contest the full 14 race SMART Modified Tour schedule.

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Jack Baldwin To Compete in Full SMART Modified Tour Season For Tommy Baldwin Racing in 2025

by Kyle SouzaJanuary 23, 2025

New Smyrna World Series; Additional Modified Events Also Announced in Historic 7NY

Tommy Baldwin Racing announced Wednesday that Jack Baldwin will pilot the historic 7NY in over 20 Tour-Type Modified events during the 2025 season.

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Sadler- Stanley Racing to Honor the Hendrick Racing Legacy in SMART Modified Tour Race at South Boston

by Kyle SouzaOctober 7, 2024

Sadler-Stanley Racing, co-owned by Virginia attorney and State Senator Bill Stanley, and former NASCAR driver Hermie Sadler, will honor Roy Hendrick and the entire Hendrick family at the next SMART Modified Tour race this weekend.

The team will honor Hendrick by carrying the “Flying 11” number on the entry driven by Jonathan Cash. The Pace-O-Matic machine will compete at South Boston Speedway on Saturday, October 12.

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Luke Baldwin Becomes King of the Modifieds at South Boston Speedway

by Lou ModestinoMarch 27, 2024

SOUTH BOSTON, Va. – Talk about a way to score your first career win.

Luke Baldwin drove the No. 7VA to the front of the field and held off the best of the best in Matt Hirschman over the final laps to become King of the Modifieds on Sunday at South Boston Speedway.

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King of the Modifieds at South Boston Up Next For Sadler-Stanley Racing

by Lou ModestinoMarch 22, 2024

Sadler-Stanley Racing will return to the track this Sunday for the third race of the SMART Modified Tour season at South Boston Speedway.

Along with the prestige of winning a race on the SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic, this event, titled the King of the Modifieds, is worth $20,000 to win – set to take place on Sunday, March 24. The event was originally scheduled for Saturday, but moved to Sunday due to poor weather forecasts.

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