Racing’s Big Dog, Penske, Acquires Grand Prix Of Long Beach, Nation’s Top Street Race

Racing’s Big Dog, Penske, Acquires Grand Prix Of Long Beach, Nation’s Top Street Race

The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, one of the premier and most-beloved street races in North America, has been acquired by Penske Entertainment, officials announced on Thursday, Nov. 14 — with representatives from both organizations describing the purchase as a way to further invest in the motorsports event.

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Doug Coby Becomes Champion of NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Duel at the Dog at Monadnock Speedway

Doug Coby Becomes Champion of NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Duel at the Dog at Monadnock Speedway

WINCHESTER, N.H. – Doug Coby took the Tommy Baldwin Racing No. 7NY to NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Victory Lane on Saturday evening at Monadnock Speedway. Driving the historic Modified entry, Coby dominated the majority of the second annual Duel at the Dog 200, earning a special bulldog trophy and the right to be called a champion of competition at New Hampshire’s high-banked oval.

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Duel at the Dog Set For This Weekend at Monadnock Speedway

Duel at the Dog Set For This Weekend at Monadnock Speedway

New England race fans have endured back-to-back weekends of wet weather. This weekend’s promise of thunder in the hills of western New Hampshire, however, is far more welcome.

Monadnock Speedway opens its gates and grandstands on Saturday for the second Duel at the Dog Weekend, with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour anchoring an action-packed lidlifter at the Winchester, N.H. oval on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7.

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Justin Bonsignore Makes Late Move To Win Duel at the Dog 200 at Monadnock Speedway

Justin Bonsignore Makes Late Move To Win Duel at the Dog 200 at Monadnock Speedway

WINCHESTER, N.H. — With just a few laps to go, Justin Bonsignore was in the right place to make a move in Sunday’s Duel at the Dog 200 at Monadnock Speedway. Bonsignore, a three-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion, pounced when Matt Hirschman got together with lapped traffic and scored his 33rd career Whelen Modified Tour win and fourth on the high-banks of Monadnock.

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Justin Bonsignore Heads For Duel at the Dog at Monadnock Speedway

Justin Bonsignore Heads For Duel at the Dog at Monadnock Speedway

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. – After a few weeks off, Justin Bonsignore and the rest of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour drivers are heading to Monadnock Speedway this Saturday, June 18, for the Duel at the Dog 200. As the sixth race of the season for the Whelen Modified Tour, Monadnock will mark the beginning of a two-week stretch of races for the Tour – which will also include a return to Riverhead Raceway on June 25.

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Former NASCAR New Hampshire State Champion Brian Robie Enters Duel at the Dog 200

Former NASCAR New Hampshire State Champion Brian Robie Enters Duel at the Dog 200

WINCHESTER, N.H. – Former NASCAR New Hampshire state champion Brian Robie will make his NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour debut at Monadnock Speedway on Saturday, June 18. Robie will put his local track talent to the ultimate test by competing with New England’s top Modified stars in the Duel at the Dog 200, the sixth race of the Whelen Modified Tour season, and third in a row promoted by JDV Productions.

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Duel at the Dog 200 To Bring Whelen Modified Tour Back to Monadnock on June 18

Duel at the Dog 200 To Bring Whelen Modified Tour Back to Monadnock on June 18

WINCHESTER, N.H. – The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour may have one more weekend off before they return to racing at Monadnock Speedway on June 18, but the momentum coming off a busy month of May isn’t going anywhere. The Whelen Modified Tour is filled with storylines from top to bottom – from a substitute driver entering Victory Lane two races in a row, to a first-time winner, a shake-up at the top of the point standings, and a few surprises along the way.

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Winged Mad Dog IV Returns to Daytona Where It Shattered Speed Record

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Bob Osiecki’s winged wonder Mad Dog IV, which shattered the international closed-course speed record at Daytona International Speedway in 1961, now calls the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America home.

The unusual looking machine was designed (with a little help from Georgia Tech) and built by Bob Osiecki, who hired drag racer Art Malone to wheel it to a record lap of 181.561 mph. (more…)

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