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2025 Supercross Season Draws Fourth Highest Attendance

by Mike
2025 Supercross Season Draws Fourth Highest Attendance

PALA, Calif., (May 23, 2025) – The 17-Round Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship and indoor stadium season of the SMX World ChampionshipTM series concluded on Saturday, May 10 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Cooper Webb won the title and joined a very short list of athletes (seven) to earn three or more premier class championships. At 29, Webb becomes the oldest champion in the sport’s history, besting 2-Time Champion Eli Tomac by just one week. Webb finished the season with five wins and thirteen podium appearances.

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Supercross Series Delivers a Season of Groundbreaking Firsts

by Lou Modestino

ELLENTON, Fla., (May 4, 2021) – The 2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship was supposed to be a step back to normalcy after 2020’s incredible Responsible Return to Racing protocol that saw the racers and teams concluding the season – all seven remaining rounds – at a single venue. With new protocols, the 2021 season promised more venues, more traditional track variances, and a limited number of fans in attendance. The season delivered all that, but the racing wasn’t back to normal. It was extraordinary.
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Massive Field Turns Out for ThunderRoad Practice Day

by Lou Modestino

Barre, VT — A huge field of cars filed through the pits for the Thunder Road Car Show and Practice Day on Saturday, May 1. When all was said and done, 119 drivers across 4 divisions took to the track in preparation for the Community Bank N.A. 150 on FloRacing this Sunday, May 2. The speeds were as big as the fields with racers storming out of the gates after a long, cold Vermont winter. (more…)

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Entries Continue to Arrive for Community Bank NA 150 at Thunder Road Speedbowl

by Lou Modestino
Entries Continue to Arrive for Community Bank NA 150 at Thunder Road Speedbowl

Barre, VT — The 23rd Community Bank N.A. 150 at Barre’s Thunder Road this Sunday, May 2 has gotten a little bigger for Vermont racing fans. The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) entry list swelled even further this week with six more top Thunder Road racers throwing their hats into the ring for an event being broadcast worldwide on FloRacing.

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Local Late Models Ready to Shine Again at Community Bank N.A. 150 at Thunder Road

by Lou Modestino
Local Late Models Ready to Shine Again at Community Bank N.A. 150 at Thunder Road

Barre, VT — The Thunder Road stock car racing season opens this Sunday, May 2 with the 23rd Community Bank N.A. 150. For the 76th time, the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Models are coming to town for an ACT Tour championship event. However, just as much focus will be on the local Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Model racers who are more than ready to defend their stomping ground live worldwide on FloRacing. (more…)

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Indy 500 Attendance Capped at 40 Percent Capacity

by Lou Modestino
Indy 500 Attendance Capped at 40 Percent Capacity

The Indianapolis 500 will not take place behind closed doors this year, nor will it take place far removed from its traditional Memorial Day Weekend slot.

The state of Indiana and Marion County will permit the Greatest Spectacle in Racing up to 40 percent capacity next month, meaning a maximum of 135,000 fans will be allowed to attend the May 30 race, as confirmed by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday. (more…)

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Overflow Pit Area Greets First Riverhead Raceway Practice Day Saturday, John Beatty Jr. Quickest In Nascar Modifieds

by Lou Modestino
Overflow Pit Area Greets First Riverhead Raceway Practice Day Saturday, John Beatty Jr. Quickest In Nascar Modifieds

The sun was shining, spirits were high and the pit area was overflowing Saturday afternoon at Riverhead Raceway as Eddie & Connie Partridge and Tom Gatz hosted the first of two practice days leading up to the 2021 opening weekend Saturday May 1st and Sunday May 2nd.
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Thompson Speedway’s Icebreaker Sunday Schedule Moved to Saturday Night Due to Forecast

by Lou Modestino

Waterbury, VT & Naples, ME — The Sunday program of the annual Icebreaker at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 10 at approximately 5:30pm. American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials made the decision due to an inclement weather forecast for Sunday, April 11. The Saturday night forecast is far more favorable with clear skies highs in the low-60s.  (more…)

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