With the 2023 regular season finally in the record books at Riverhead Raceway, the track management team has turned their full attention to the Islip 300 Tour Type Modified event Saturday November 11th. General manager John Ellwood announced the 7th annual Islip 300 would feature infield pitting for teams vying for the $7.000 victory, allowing fans to look on as talented race teams ply their craft.
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Recently Crowned Track Champion Kade Brown Ready for First ValleyStar Credit Union 300
MARTINSVILLE, Va.: Fresh off capturing this year’s Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway Late Model track championship, teenager Kade Brown invades Saturday night’s ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway eager to continue his winning ways. (more…)
Islip 300 Entries Swell To 33, “Big Money” Matt Hirschman To Drive For New Local Combination Seeking $7,000 Victory
With the 6th annual Islip 300 just days away at Riverhead Raceway interest for the race peaked Monday evening when it was announced that “Big Money” Matt Hirschman of Northampton, Pa. would be among those chasing the $7,000 victory at the historic quarter mile oval.
JB Fortin Ready To Defend 2021 Islip 300 Victory Against Tough Field Saturday At Riverhead Raceway
As the laps dwindled down on a chilly Sunday in November last year during the Islip 300 at Riverhead Raceway, a caution flag waved on lap 276 setting up a double file restart that would go a long way in determining who would win the race.
Riverhead Raceway Readying For 6th Annual Islip 300 Saturday November 12th, Tour Type Modified Winner To Earn $7,000
The Riverhead Raceway management team has been busy since the regular season ended the final weekend of September preparing for the 6th annual Islip 300 Saturday November 12th. In just five years the Islip 300 quickly has become a signature Tour Type Modified event paying the winner $7,000 from a total purse of $32,650. JB Fortin of Holtsville the 2021 Islip 300 victor announced this week he’ll defend his race win.
Rookie Austin Hill Captures NASCAR Xfinity Series Victory – the Beef. It’s What For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 19, 2022) – Austin Hill nosed ahead of AJ Allmendinger moments before a last-lap caution period at Daytona International Speedway to earn his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in Saturday’s Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300.
JB Fortin Nails Late Race Restart For East-West Marine Supply Islip 300 Victory Sunday At Riverhead
If one of many on-line gambling sites were to list odds for the 5th annual East-West Marine Supply Islip 300 at Riverhead Raceway, JB Fortin’s name may have been somewhere in the middle of favorites to score the win. Sunday Fortin, 27 bet on himself during a late restart, making an impressive move to wrestle the lead away from Ryan Preece of Berlin, Ct. Fortin would survive two more restarts to score what some consider an upset win. The 300 was run one day later than scheduled due to severe weather Saturday that included a tornado to the southwest of the track. (more…)
Keith Rocco Heading To Islip 300 Hoping To Keep Big Race Win Streak Intact
Over his career Keith Rocco of Berlin, Ct. has accomplished plenty. Winning the 2021 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly series title, over a dozen track championships in the SK Modified/Sunoco Modified ranks at the three Connecticut ovals while winning well over 200 races in the process. However it may be the recent performance of Rocco in the big fall Modified events that is catching the attention of many. Keith will ride a two major event win streak into the Islip 300 Saturday at Riverhead Raceway.
Justin Bonsignore Looks For Winning Gold In Islip 300 At Riverhead
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. — Justin Bonsignore is ready for one more race to wrap the 2021 season. (more…)
Patrick Emerling & Timmy Solomito Latest Entries For Islip 300 Saturday At Riverhead Raceway
2021 WMT championship runner-up Patrick Emerling of Orchard Park, NY and Timmy Solomito of Islip, a 20-time career Tour Type Modified winner at Riverhead Raceway are the latest drivers to confirm their intentions on racing for the Islip 300 victory Saturday. With the Emerling and Solomito entries, 29 Tour Type Modified teams have expressed their intentions of racing in the $32,650 event that pays $7,000 to the race winner. (more…)
Popular Crate Modifieds And INEX Legend Race Cars Compliment Islip 300 Program Saturday At Riverhead Raceway
Among competitors and spectators alike, the Eagle Auto Mall Crate Modified and INEX Legend Race Car divisions of the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series of Riverhead Raceway are extremely successful and popular. Saturday afternoon during the Islip 300 for the Tour type Modifieds teams in both classes will showcase their talents with the Crate Modifieds set for a 50-lap event while the INEX Legend Race Cars race a 40-lap feature. (more…)
Three Iconic Modified Names To Collaborate For Islip 300 November 13th At Riverhead Raceway
Three second generation racing personalities bearing iconic names will collaborate for a two car effort at the Islip 300 Tour Type Modified event Saturday November 13th at Riverhead Raceway. In the waning days of October Tommy Baldwin Jr. announced he’ll field two cars for the $7,000 to win race, naming Jimmy Blewett of Howell, NJ and Michael Christopher Jr. of Wolcott, Ct. as his drivers. The racing lineage among the three families runs deep in the Northeast. (more…)
Kyle Soper Looks Toward Second Islip 300 Victory November 13th
No matter what he drives, Kyle Soper of Manorville knows how to do two things with a race car, win races and championships. For the third time in the past four seasons Kyle Soper brought home the Buzz Chew Chevrolet NASCAR Modified championship honors at Riverhead Raceway for car owner Wayne Anderson. The tandem hope to ride that championship momentum to a second victory in the Islip 300 Saturday November 13th. Kyle won the 2019 edition of the $7,000 to win Tour Type Modified extravaganza. (more…)
Ryan Preece to Defend Riverhead Raceway Islip 300 on November 13th
When defending Islip 300 race winner Ryan Preece of Berlin, Ct. walks through the gates of Riverhead Raceway Saturday November 13th to defend his 2020 race victory, a flood of emotions are bound to come over the popular driver. It will mark the first time that Ryan has strapped back into the Eddie & Connie Partridge owned Tour Type Modified since that fateful Friday night in Richmond, Virginia. Shortly after Preece’s win in the Virginia Is For Racing Lovers 150 WMT event, triumph turned to tragedy when car owner Eddie Partridge was stricken with a fatal heart attack after leaving the race track for the trip home. (more…)
Rocco Plays His Cards Right for Thompson 300 Win
Thompson, CT — Berlin, CT’s Keith Rocco played a winning hand worth more than $20,000 by making a late charge to win the Thompson 300 on Sunday, October 10 at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. Rocco bounced back from a spin to take the lead from Jon McKennedy with 18 laps remaining in the event’s first edition since 2005 as part of the Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing. (more…)
Doug Coby Heads To Thompson Speedway For Return Of Thompson 300
MILFORD, Conn. — For the first time this year, Doug Coby is heading to the high-banks of Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park for the return of a special event. The Thompson 300 lap race will be back in action this Sunday, October 10, as the headliner of the 59th annual Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing. (more…)
Justin Bonsignore Heads To Thompson Speedway Looking For 300 Glory
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. — While the celebration of his third NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship continues, Justin Bonsignore is going to be back behind the wheel this weekend. (more…)
Justin Bonsignore Eyes Islip 300 Success November 13th At Riverhead Raceway
The 2021 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship trophy had barely found it’s place in the trophy case at Ken Massa Motorsports on Sunday when the team indicated they’d like to add another piece of hardware to the display…. the Islip 300 winners trophy and the $7,000 that goes along with it. (more…)
Return of Historic Thompson 300 Drawing Top Names to World Series
Waterbury, VT & Naples, ME — The debut season for the Outlaw Open Modified Series will end in style next weekend at the 59th annual Sunoco World Series at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park from October 8-10. The historic Thompson 300 returns with a minimum $20,000 on the line for the winner and a total posted purse booming over $100,000. (more…)
Motor Racing Network & TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold to Broadcast ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (Sept. 21, 2021) – The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold will broadcast the nation’s biggest, richest and most prestigious NASCAR Late Model Stock Car race, ValleyStar Credit Union 300 on Saturday, Sept. 25.