USAC Silver Crown Racing To Return To Springfield, IL August 16

Illinois State FairgroundsUSAC Big Cars Heading for Springfield

Springfield, IL August 6, 2025- It’s less than two weeks until the rumble of USAC’s Silver Crown dirt championship will bounce off the massive Illinois State Fair grandstand, as the 62nd Bettenhausen 100 takes center stage Saturday, August 16.  The Bettenhausen continues a tradition of championship dirt car racing on the last Saturday of the fair that goes back to 1934.  A full field of the mighty uprights is expected to enter the grounds on August 16.

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Stafford Speedway TickMike.com Triple Crown to Be Decided In NAPA SK 5k

Stafford Speedway(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway is set to host the biggest SK Modified® race of the 2025 season this Friday, August 1st with the NAPA SK 5k.  The 12th edition of the $5,000 to win race boasts over $35,000 in purse and contingency money, but that won’t be the only money getting paid out to SK Modified® drivers this Friday.  The NAPA SK 5k will serve as the third and final race of the TickMike.com Triple Crown with $20,000 to be paid out to Stafford Speedway SK Modified® drivers.  Combined with the NAPA SK 5k total posted awards, SK Modified® drivers will be chasing their share of over $55,000 in prizes this Friday night.

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Canada’s National Superbike Championship To Crown Champions August 8-10

Canada’s National Superbike Championship To Crown Champions August 8-10

Canada’s National Superbike Championship will crown its 2025 champions at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park August 8-10 when the series wraps up the season with a doubleheader on legendary Grand Prix circuit. Headlining the weekend, the Pro Superbike class will arrive at CTMP with just five point separating defending Champion Ben Young from points leader and 2021 CSBK Champion Alex Dumas.

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Ryan Preece Wins Cleetus McFarland New England 900 at Stafford Speedway

Ryan Preece Wins Cleetus McFarland New England 900 at Stafford Speedway

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway hosted the Cleetus McFarland New England 900 on Friday, July 18 with a 90-lap feature event featuring nitrous infused Crown Victorias and a Van Prix feature event with minivans.  NASCAR Cup Series driver Ryan Preece was the big winner of the night after outdueling former NASCAR Cup Series driver Greg Biffle over the final 13 laps after a late race restart.

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Ryan Preece Delivers Popular Victory to Home Track Crowd in New England 900

Ryan Preece Delivers Popular Victory to Home Track Crowd  in New England 900

STAFFORD SPRINGS, CT (July 18, 2025) – Ryan Preece put on a show for his hometown crowd as he returned to Stafford Motor Speedway victorious in Friday’s New England 900. Preece raced his way from the 15th starting position to claim a thrilling victory in the exhibition event organized by Cleetus McFarland and the Freedom Factory.

“That was the most fun I’ve had in a race car in a very long time,” said Preece.

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Jon McKennedy Goes Two-for-Two in Twisted Tea Dash for Cash Showdowns At Thompson

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Jon McKennedy kept the #79 out front all throughout the Twisted Tea Midsummer 50 to claim his second $5,000 Dash for Cash win over Matt Swanson on Wednesday at Thompson Speedway. (Jim DuPont photo)

Thompson, CT — Following two qualifying heat races, Jon McKennedy and Matt Swanson faced-off at the head of the Outlaw Open Modifieds in the Twisted Tea Midsummer 50. Ronnie Williams motored under Swanson to take second on lap ten but otherwise the top five remained in line to conserve to the end. The conservation came into play with the lap 39 spin and flat left-front tire for Glen Steger in turn four, with Williams and Chris Pasteryak electing to jump pitside to swap tires, front to rear on the right side.

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Can Powers Go Two-for-Two in Myers Triple Crown Competition on VT Construction Night?

Middlesex’s Logan Powers is looking for his second Myers Container Service Triple Crown win on Vermont Construction Night to maintain the point lead and put himself solidly in the running for the championship. (Alan Ward photo)

Barre, VT – The Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers are set to headline the Thursday Night action at Thunder Road once again this week on Vermont Construction Night at The Road! The second round in the Myers Container Service Triple Crown will send ‘North America’s #1 Support Division’ into a 75-lap frenzy alongside the Maplefields/Irving Late Models, rk Miles Street Stocks and Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors for a full card of weekly racing action!

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20-Year-Old Jonathan Shafer To Contest Virginia Late Model Triple Crown With Hettinger Racing

20-Year-Old Jonathan Shafer To Contest  Virginia Late Model Triple Crown With Hettinger Racing
  • Three-Race Miniseries Begins This Weekend at South Boston Speedway

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (June 25, 2025) – The Virginia Late Model Triple Crown features three of the East Coast’s biggest Late Model Stock races, and 20-year-old Jonathan Shafer has cast his lot with Hettinger Racing for the popular grassroots miniseries that begins this weekend at South Boston Speedway.

Shafer will drive the No. 5 Chevrolet in Saturday night’s Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 at the .4-mile oval before tackling the July 19 Hampton Heat at Larry King Law’s Langley Speedway in Hampton and the Sept. 27 ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway.

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McKennedy Uses Late Race Pass to Topple Christopher Jr. for $5K Nutmeg State 50 Honors

McKennedy Uses Late Race Pass to Topple Christopher Jr. for $5K Nutmeg State 50 Honors

Thompson, CT — A great night of weather and talented fields greeted the crowd that entered Thompson Speedway on Wednesday night with a pit area containing nearly one hundred competitors for the Nutmeg State 50 program presented by Twisted Tea.

The Mini Stocks started off feature racing with Dave Trudeau and Sean Olden both holding out after their spins for the caution flag to rejoin the field. Under green flag conditions, though, rookie Bill Porter and returning high-marker Ryan Pomposelli put on a clean side-by-side race out front before Pomposelli broke through with five to go and motored to his first win of the season followed by Porter and Tim Dorr.

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