It’s a highly-anticipated trip to upstate New York for 19-year-old JR Motorsports rookie Connor Zilisch. He returns to Watkins Glen International as the defending winner of Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Mission 200 at The Glen (3 p.m. ET on The CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) – claiming the very first NASCAR victory of his career in his first ever NASCAR national series start there last summer.
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Rhode Island Man Began At Seekonk Speedway, Now Makes NASCAR Debut
by Nancy Hall, FUN107
NASCAR remains one of the most popular sports in America these days.
With an incredibly loyal fan base and nearly three million viewers per race, NASCAR often beats out other sports like hockey and baseball when it comes to television ratings.
Now local race watchers will have one of their own to cheer for on the track, when a Rhode Island driver makes his racing debut in Virginia this weekend. (more…)
Where It All Began: Modifieds Continue To Thrive In NASCAR After 75 Years
The year 1985 was monumental for grassroots racing in NASCAR.
The Modified series, standing as the sanctioning body’s oldest division having existed since Red Byron took the first NASCAR points-paying victory on the beach course in Daytona Beach on Feb. 15, 1948, was consolidated into what was then called the Winston Modified Tour. It featured a 29-race schedule rather than a massive, unorganized program of events. (more…)