Written By: Amy Worrey – Chasing the Checkered
Over 1,800 fans made the voyage to Wiscasset Speedway on Saturday for the track’s Group 1 Opening Day, the first of two to kick off the 2025 season.
Lou Modestino’s Track Talk
Chase Sexton Takes Giant Win at East Rutherford Supercross
East Rutherford, N.J., (April 19, 2025) Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Chase Sexton took the Holeshot and left the field in his dust at Round 14 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross season inside MetLife Stadium. Sexton stretched the lead past 18 seconds at one point. The win moved Sexton within nine points of the championship lead; a win in each of the three remaining rounds would assure Sexton the title.
Brad Lafontaine Joins New London Waterford Speedbowl as Race Director
The New London Waterford Speedbowl announces the appointment of Brad Lafontaine as Race Director for the 2025 season.
Brad, a New England Racing Hall of Frame member, built his first race car at the age of 16 and became a racer for ever.
Stafford Speedway’s NAPA Spring Sizzler Entry List Approaching 40 Cars
(Stafford Springs, CT)—The NAPA Spring Sizzler® takes the green flag on Sunday April 27th, less than two weeks away. The entry list for now stands at 37 cars strong for “The Greatest Race in the History of Spring”, and it is a top-notch field of cars that includes 8 former Stafford track champions and 3 former NAPA Spring Sizzler® race winners.
This Week in SMX Round 14
This Week in SMX Round 14…. MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ. Saturday, April 19, 2025
Silk Doubles Down on Mighty Icebreaker Modified Wins with NASCAR Triumph (Full Results)
Thompson, CT — A cool spring breeze complemented the hot, on-track action Wednesday night at Thompson Speedway as the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour finally returned to Connecticut to finish off the 51st Icebreaker festivities.
The SK Light Modifieds started off feature racing on Wednesday night with the #45 of rookie competitor TJ Tomasi climbing the #6 of veteran Todd Douillard under the initial green flag start. Righted after a quick debris clean-up, Nick Hovey and Sami Anderson went head-to-head with Hovey getting the jump off turn two. Veteran John O’Sullivan also slid under Anderson to chase after Hovey as Gerard Giordano entered the picture in fourth. A quick spin caution for rookie Sophya Papp saw O’Sullivan rocket to the restart lead around an ailing Nick Hovey but it was Hovey who powered back with a slingshot move to claim the lead and the win in the final corner. John O’Sullivan settled for second with Sami Anderson taking third after Giordano was disqualified for an unsealed engine.
NASCAR Modified Tour at Thompson Speedway on Wednesday, 4/16/25 – Results
From FloRacing
After Mother Nature washed out two previous attempts to hold the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Icebreaker 150, the third time was the charm Wednesday night at Thompson Speedway. Ron Silk topped a field of 29 Modifieds to claim his eighth career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory at the Thompson, CT oval.
Wiscasset Speedway Ready to Kick Off Action-Packed 2025 Race Season
Written By: Amy Worrey – Chasing the Checkered
After a long 6 months of hibernation, Wiscasset Speedway is prepared to open their gates once again for an exciting 26-event race season.
The most significant change made during the off-season was a new addition to the Group 1 lineup in the Davis Erector Group Crate Modifieds. The division, spearheaded by track owner Richard Jordan, features the first tour-type Modified cars to race weekly in Maine in almost 35 years.
Cars & Coffee Darien (CT) 2025 Season Opener Photos
If you were one of the people who ignored the early morning drizzle and the clouds to come out to this past Sunday’s 2025 Season Opener, THANK YOU! We really appreciate your effort and we hope you’ll continue to support our event through the rest of the season.
If you didn’t make it, you missed a great show. Nearly 200 cars showed up (they weren’t all German) and about 300 spectators. Thanks to our friends Ed Hyman and Adam Goldstein, we have lots and lots of photos:
Riverhead Raceway Introducing Monthly Sunday Rain Dates In 2025
Anytime rain interrupts a Saturday night NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series event at Riverhead Raceway, one of the first thoughts among competitors and fans alike turns to, “why not race Sunday”. Thinking outside the box, Riverhead Raceway owners Connie Partridge and Tom Gatz announced during their 2025 schedule release they’ll set aside one Sunday per month for potential rain dates, as well a Saturday in October.