Bonsignore and Silk Bring Contentious Championship Rivalry to NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Finale

Bonsignore and Silk Bring Contentious Championship Rivalry to NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Finale

Friends now foes to settle title bout under the lights at Martinsville Speedway this Saturday

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 22, 2024) – In a contentious championship battle that began in the first race of the season at New Smyrna Speedway only miles from the birthplace of NASCAR, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour title will once again be decided in the final race of the season at one of NASCAR’s most historic tracks as Justin Bonsignore and Ron Silk enter the finale at Martinsville Speedway separated by 10 points.

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Matt Hirschman Dominates To Win Second Annual Granite State Derby at Lee

Matt  Hirschman Dominates To Win Second Annual Granite State Derby at Lee

LEE, N.H. – In the inaugural Granite State Derby at Lee USA Speedway, Matt Hirschman dominated early but came up short in the stretch. This time around, Hirschman would not be denied.

“Big Money Matt” took charge on the third lap and never looked back en route to his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win of the year and his first at “New Hampshire’s Center of Speed.”

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60th Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 125 Starts King of the Road Championship Hunt

60th Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 125 Starts King of the Road Championship Hunt

Barre, VT — Since 1961, following Thunder Road’s popular inaugural season, the Memorial Day Classic has been a staple event on the calendar of many Vermont and New England racing fans. Such bonafide Northeast legends as Jean-Paul Cabana, Joey Kourafas, Ralph Nason, Robbie Crouch and Dave Dion have stood in Memorial Day Classic victory lane. (more…)

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Tight Early Season Whelen Modified Tour Title Chase Moves To Riverhead Raceway Saturday For Buzz Chew Chevrolet 200

Tight Early Season Whelen Modified Tour Title Chase Moves To Riverhead Raceway Saturday For Buzz Chew Chevrolet 200
Three races into the 2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship chase four drivers are separated by just five points heading into the Buzz Chew Chevrolet 200 Saturday at Riverhead Raceway. By the time the 50-mile event is in the books, the early season WMT title hunt could look quite a bit different.

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Third-Place Result for Coby and Mayhew Tools 7NY in Prestigious 51st Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler

Third-Place Result for Coby and Mayhew Tools 7NY in Prestigious 51st Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler

STAFFORD, Conn. – Doug Coby wrapped a busy two days at his home track, Stafford Motor Speedway, with a strong third-place finish in the 51st annual NAPA Spring Sizzler on Saturday evening, May 13. Coby finished sixth in Friday’s NAPA Duel qualifying race, placing him just outside the top-10 for the drop of the green flag in Saturday’s 100-lap, $20,000 to win race.

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Stafford Speedway 51st Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler Driver Preview

Stafford Speedway 51st Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler Driver Preview

(Stafford Springs, CT)—This Friday and Saturday, May 12th and 13th, will see Stafford Speedway host the 51st Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler®, the first of 5 Open Modified events scheduled during the 2023 racing season.  Here we take a look at each of the 44 drivers currently entered into the NAPA Spring Sizzler® and offer their driving stats at Stafford along with car number, sponsor, and chassis. (more…)

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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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Doug Coby Heads To North-South Shootout with Tommy Baldwin Racing

Doug Coby Heads To North-South Shootout with Tommy Baldwin Racing

MILFORD, Conn. – Doug Coby is heading back to Caraway Speedway for the first time in seven years this weekend, looking to bring a trophy back to New England. Coby will drive one of three Tommy Baldwin Racing entries in the North-South Shootout at Caraway – an event that brings the best of the North, and the South, together for one Tour-Type Modified 125-lap main event.

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Tommy Baldwin Racing On Top of Whelen Modified Tour Owners Standings With Two Races Remaining

Tommy Baldwin Racing On Top of Whelen Modified Tour Owners Standings With Two Races Remaining

A dream season is nearly complete for Tommy Baldwin Racing on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. With three different drivers behind the wheel through the first 14 races of the season, Baldwin’s No. 7NY team leads the Whelen Modified Tour owner’s championship standings by 38 points with just two races remaining.

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Justin Bonsignore Scores Ninth Riverhead Raceway WMT Win In Eddie Partridge 256 Saturday

Justin Bonsignore Scores Ninth Riverhead Raceway WMT Win In Eddie Partridge 256 Saturday

Justin Bonsignore of Holtsville took the lead with 25-laps remaining in the Eddie Partridge 256 Saturday night and drove off his his ninth career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory. The win is the second in as many WMT races in the month of September for Bonsignore who won the September 3rd event at the Oswego Speedway and the late season hot streak has entrenched Justin into the tussle for the 2022 WMT drivers championship. (more…)

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NASCAR and Riverhead Raceway Announce Fall Race Format Change in Tribute to Eddie Partridge

NASCAR and Riverhead Raceway Announce  Fall Race Format Change in Tribute to Eddie Partridge

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 30, 2022) – NASCAR and Riverhead Raceway today announced the September NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race will now be known as the Eddie Partridge 256 and will feature a format change in tribute to the late Eddie Partridge, the long-time Riverhead Raceway and team owner who passed away last year.

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Doug Coby Heads To Langley Speedway To Compete For Tommy Baldwin Racing

Doug Coby Heads To Langley Speedway To Compete For Tommy Baldwin Racing

MILFORD, Conn. – For the seventh time this season, six-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Doug Coby will strap in behind the wheel for Tommy Baldwin Racing this weekend. Coby will compete in the Checkeredflag.com 150 at Langley Speedway on Saturday, August 27, as the Whelen Modified Tour hits the stretch run of the season with Baldwin’s team showing the way in the owner points with just five races to go in the season.

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Jon McKennedy Rockets To Clash at Claremont Win in Whelen Modified Tour 150

Jon McKennedy Rockets To Clash at Claremont Win in Whelen Modified Tour 150

CLAREMONT, N.H. – Jon McKennedy picked a perfect time to return to NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Victory Lane. For the first time since 2018, the Massachusetts racer parked in Victory Lane at Claremont Motorsports Park on Friday night in the Tour return to Claremont for the first time in 15 years.

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Doug Coby Grabs 9th Place Finish in Clash at Claremont Motorsports Park

Doug Coby Grabs 9th Place Finish in Clash at Claremont Motorsports Park

CLAREMONT, N.H. – Following 150 laps at Claremont Motorsports Park, Doug Coby scored a ninth-place finish in the 10th NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race of the season. Driving the famed No. 7NY for Tommy Baldwin Racing, Coby qualified 17th, but worked his way through the field during the Clash at Claremont to score a top-10 finish.

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