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Riverhead Raceway Clarifies Chase Van Houten Penalty

by Bob FinanJune 2, 2025

Saturday evening May 24th, Chase Van Houten of Wading River was penalized after his victory in the 20-lap INEX Legend Race Car feature event. On Friday afternoon Riverhead Raceway officials clarified the penalty.

Chase Van Houten was disqualified for Unsportsmanlike Conduct post-race, not verbal abuse of a NASCAR official. No additional penalties will be forthcoming when the INEX Legend Race Cars return to action Saturday June 7th, 2025, for a 20-lap event.

The complete calendar of events can be found at http://www.riverheadracewasy.com emails reach the track at offic@riverheadraceway.com.

Rocco, Coury, Matthews, Surdell, & Ouellette Score AZ Roofing Kids Night Feature Wins at Stafford Speedway

by Lou ModestinoJune 2, 2025

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway hosted AZ Roofing Kids Night on Friday, May 30th, the first of three kids nights scheduled for the 2025 season. Keith Rocco was a SK Modified® winner for a second consecutive race, while Wayne Coury, Jr. won the Late Model feature, Chris Matthews won the SK Light feature, RJ Surdell won the Limited Late Model feature, and Bert Ouellette was a winner for the second time in 2025 in the Street Stock feature. There were two kids big wheel races with Memphis Genereux and Evan DaRos the winners.

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Race at Seekonk Speedway Postponed to Sunday Due to Weather

by Lou ModestinoMay 30, 2025

J&R Precast 150 Moved to Sunday, June 1, at 3 p.m. ET

SEEKONK, Mass. — Due to forecasted inclement weather, Seekonk Speedway and NASCAR officials announced today that the J&R Precast 150 & NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series divisions will now race on Sunday, June 1 at 3 p.m.

The event will begin with NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour qualifying at 2:30 p.m., followed by qualifying heats for the Seekonk Late Models, Helger’s Sportsman and Sport Trucks.

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Gloomy Forecast Forces Riverhead Raceway To Move Saturday Program To Sunday Implementing New Rain Date Policy

by Bob FinanMay 30, 2025

Entering the final weekend of what is one of the wettest months of May on record, Riverhead Raceway had been able to skirt the wet stuff, until now. Friday morning track management announced with a highly unfavorable forecast projected; they were moving the Saturday evening NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series program to Sunday afternoon June 1st. The Local Sports League Team Night that was schedules for Sunday will also move to Sunday afternoon as well.

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Thunder Road Ready For 27th Community Bank 150 This Sunday With Thursday’s Right Around The Corner!

by Lou ModestinoMay 30, 2025

The Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour returns to Thunder Road for the rain-delayed Community Bank 150 this Sunday, June 1st! Will it be one of the Maplefields/Irving Late Models that calls the Nation’s Site of Excitement home on Thursday nights or a regional touring star standing in Community Bank victory lane?! (Alan Ward photo)

Barre, VT – After officially kicking off the 2025 season last Sunday, Thunder Road is back in action this Sunday with the rain-delayed 27th Community Bank 150 for the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour. The Nation’s Site of Excitement is once again poised to welcome race fans teams from across New England and Quebec as the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour continues their 2025 season.

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Justin Bonsignore Set For Return to Seekonk Speedway

by Kyle SouzaMay 30, 2025

The Action Track of the East will host the fourth race of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season this Saturday, May 31. The series returns to Seekonk Speedway for the J&R Precast 150 – under the lights in Massachusetts.

Justin Bonsignore heads back to Seekonk looking to visit Victory Lane at the third-mile for the first time since 2018. That season, Bonsignore won at Seekonk en route to his first series championship. In six career Seekonk Whelen Modified Tour starts, Bonsignore has finished sixth or better in all of them, including three podium runs.

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Third Consecutive NAPA Spring Sizzler Victory Sees Matt Clement Leading Stafford’s Limited Late Model Division

by Lou ModestinoMay 30, 2025

(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the saying goes, the only two things in life that are certain are death and taxes. With a third consecutive NAPA Spring Sizzler victory to kick off the 2025 season, Matt Clement and the #59 Utility Services New England Limited Late Model team could be added to that cliché as perpetual winners of the season opening event. Clement’s third consecutive NAPA Spring Sizzler victory was his fourth overall Sizzler victory, meaning that nearly 25% of his 21 career feature wins have come in that event.

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour To Invade Seekonk Speedway on May 31 for J&R Precast 150

by Lou ModestinoMay 29, 2025

SEEKONK, Mass. — With three events in the books for their 2025 season, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is heading for Massachusetts next. NASCAR’s oldest touring series, celebrating the 40th anniversary this season, returns to Seekonk Speedway on Saturday, May 31, for the J&R Precast 150. The fourth race of the season brings the Tour to the Action Track of the East in the midst of Seekonk’s 80th season of short-track racing.

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The Cement Palace of Seekonk Speedway Awaits NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Drivers

by Lou ModestinoMay 29, 2025

By Brandon White, NASCAR.com

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to the northeast this weekend for a trip to the famed Cement Palace of Seekonk Speedway.

Open to the public since 1946, the Venditti family have overseen a proud, vibrant racing culture at Seekonk that includes Modified competition. The list of names who have won a weekly Modified Seekonk includes many of the discipline’s greatest drivers like Bugsy Stevens, Ron Bouchard and Geoff Bodine, among others.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Driver Justin Bonsignore To Pilot USNEPower Toyota GR Supra at Iowa Speedway in August

by Kyle SouzaMay 29, 2025

USNE POWER ANNOUNCES EXPANSION TO MIDWEST OPERATIONS IN IOWA

WEST DES MOINES – USNEPower (USNE Inc.), based in Westfield, Massachusetts, a leader in electrical apparatus repair and service in the Northeast, announced today they have expanded to the Midwest. The new USNEPower Mid-West Operations will support Medium Voltage and Low Voltage Electrical Apparatus Repairs from a fully equipped service center in West Des Moines, Iowa, beginning in July 2025.

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