(Stafford Springs, CT)—After a hiatus of nearly 10 years, Pro Stock racing will once again hit the Stafford Speedway half-mile. The Granite State Pro Stock Series will make their Stafford Speedway debut Saturday, April 24th as part of NAPA Auto Parts Opening Day. The stars of the Series will hit the track for 75 laps presented by Casagrande Builders. (more…)
Waterbury, VT and Naples, ME — Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park is just over three weeks away from opening the 2021 Northeast Auto Racing season with the annual Icebreaker. The headlining $10,000-to-win Icebreaker 125 on Sunday, April 11 continues to draw buzz and big names as the entry list grows leading up to the event. (more…)
(Mooresville, N.C.) – When the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to Darlington Raceway on May 7th, Austin Hill will pay tribute to nine-time NASCAR champion and future Hall of Famer Mike Stefanik of Exeter, RI . Hill’s No. 16 United Rentals Toyota Tundra will carry colors reminiscent of Stefanik’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) entry from 2010-2011, the final seasons he piloted the No. 16. (more…)
MOORESVILLE – N.C. (March 18, 2021) – Tufco Flooring returns to partner with Jesse Little and BJ McLeod Motorsports at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway. (more…)
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 18, 2021): Spencer Davis Motorsports (SDM) announced today that Bubba Wallace has thrown his hat in the ring to contest the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS) on Saturday, March 27th, 2021. (more…)
Originally called Atlanta International Raceway, the track was then a 1.5-mile paved speedway, located in Hampton Georgia. The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta was on July 31, 1960 and won by Fireball Roberts from the pole position.
Over the years the track underwent several changes. It was re-measured to 1.522 miles in the spring of 1970. It was renamed Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1990. And then the track layout was reversed, and the track was re-configured to 1.54 miles between the two races in 1997. (more…)
Of the six different race winners at Atlanta since the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returned to the 1.5-mile circuit in 2015 after a two-year break, five are in the field for Saturday’s Fr8Auctions 200 (2:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Grant Enfinger (2020), Kyle Busch (2019), Brett Moffitt (2018), John Hunter Nemechek (2016) and Matt Crafton (2015) are all looking to capture the checkered flag once again in Georgia. The only winner from that span not in the race is Christopher Bell (2017 winner).
The traditional season-opening event of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series was bumped out of the leadoff spot and into April because of fan restrictions at Pomona (Calif.) Raceway.
Well, the event is moving once again. (more…)
Waterbury, VT — The 30th season of the ACT Late Model Tour will be one of the most lucrative in the series’ history. American-Canadian Tour (ACT) officials and its contingency partners have to post just under $50,000 in point fund money, free product, and merchandise certificates to be handed out at the conclusion of the 12-event point-counting schedule. The chase for these awards begins at the inaugural $5,000-to-win Northeast Classic on Saturday, April 17 at Loudon’s New Hampshire Motor Speedway. (more…)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (March 18th) – The Promoter of the 2021 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix has today revealed the layout of the newest circuit in F1 – the Jeddah Street Circuit. The first ever Formula 1 race to take place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will make its debut as the penultimate round of this year’s 23-race FIA Formula 1 World Championship on the weekend of December 3rd – 5th. (more…)
