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Sands Captures Haunted at Seekonk for Second Straight Year; Lessard Clinches First ACT Title, Returning Crown to Canada

Derry, New Hampshire’s Erick Sands carries the checkered flag after winning his second straight Milton CAT Haunted Hundred at Seekonk Speedway. (Mark A. Cote photo)

Seekonk, MA — Derry, New Hampshire’s Erick Sands earned another season-ending treat in the Milton CAT Haunted Hundred at Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway on Saturday, October 25, winning the event for the second year in a row. Sands took the lead from Quebec City, Quebec’s William Larue on lap 61 and motored away down the stretch. Behind him, Larue’s teammate Raphael Lessard of Vallée-Jct., Quebec put a bow on the 2025 Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour (ACT) championship, bringing the title to Canada for the first time since 2008.

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Brenden “Butterbean” Queen Named First RAM 1500 Driver for Kaulig Racing

by MikeOctober 17, 2025

LEXINGTON, N.C. (October 16, 2025) – Kaulig Racing announced today that newly crowned ARCA Menards Series (AMS) Champion, Brenden “Butterbean” Queen, has been named the team’s first RAM 1500 driver for the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) season.

Kaulig Racing, the anchor team for RAM’s return to NASCAR, revealed it would field five trucks in the NCTS beginning in 2026. Queen is the first of five spots to be announced.

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Tim Carroll Earns First CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Victory of 2025 at Thunderhill, Ken Sutherland Extends Points Lead with TA Cup Win

by MikeOctober 13, 2025

WILLOWS, Calif. (October 11, 2025) – The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s Western Championship Race 1 at Thunderhill Raceway Park was a tale of two races, with completely different conditions between TA Cup and CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series competition. While TA Cup points leader Ken Sutherland went on to smoothly dominate, leading every lap on his way to his fourth-consecutive victory, TA2 championship contender Brody Goble experienced engine issues, which led to hard, close racing among the top-four for the win. Tim Carroll was ultimately victorious, earning his first victory of the 2025 season.

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First Race Winners Crowned at Inaugural HSR Road Atlanta Classic 10 Hour Presented by Mission Foods

by MikeSeptember 30, 2025

BRASELTON, Georgia (September 29, 2025) – The first race winners in the inaugural running of the HSR Road Atlanta Classic 10 Hour presented by Mission Foods were crowned Sunday afternoon after four days of outstanding HSR competition at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta (MRRA) this past weekend. The highlight of the full event – that also included the HSR Fall Historics – was the debut HSR Road Atlanta Classic 10 Hour that took its place alongside the HSR Classic races at Daytona International Speedway, Sebring International Raceway and Watkins Glen International as part of the first-year HSR Classic Endurance Cup presented by Mission Foods series.

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AE Victory Racing Captures Historic First Win at Burt Brothers Motorpark

by MikeSeptember 30, 2025

Grantsville, UT – September 29, 2025 — AE Victory Racing (AEVR) celebrated a milestone weekend at Burt Brothers Motorpark, taking home their first-ever World Racing League (WRL) victory and becoming the first all-female lineup to win the GTO class.

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Chris Dyson Drives From Last to First to Win at VIR, Scores 29th-Career Victory to Tie Mark Donohue in TA Wins

by MikeSeptember 22, 2025

Chris Dyson Drives From Last to First to Win at VIR, Scores 29th-Career Victory to Tie Mark Donohue in TA Wins

Billy Griffin Scores First XGT Victory, Patrick Paul Earns First-Career SGT Win, Chris Coffey Tops GT, Jon DeGaynor First in GT1 Challenge

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2026 HSR Schedule Features First Overseas Race at the Le Mans Classic Legend and a Return to America’s Top Road Courses

by MikeSeptember 16, 2025

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (September 15, 2025) – The 2026 Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) schedule of events marks another milestone with the first overseas race in HSR’s nearly 50-year history and return engagements at America’s most legendary road courses with full race-weekend schedules offering competitors the maximum track time they have grown to expect at HSR events.

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Sarah Fisher’s Son Danny O’Gara Claims First Formula Car Win

by MikeSeptember 12, 2025

Double-podium weekend in Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway; Danny O’Gara closes gap to championship rivals at a track rich with family history

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — September 11, 2025 — Danny O’Gara scored his first-ever formula car victory today at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series, capping a career-first double-podium weekend and gaining ground on his championship rivals.

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Wall Of Fame + First Responders Night, Sunoco Drive For The Cup Continues This Weekend At Seekonk Speedway

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 12, 2025

SEEKONK, Mass. — Seekonk Speedway has a packed weekend of excitement planned September 12-13, with drivers continuing their battle for the championship on both Fast Friday and NASCAR Saturday. On top of that, Saturday night is First Responders Night, with free admission for First Responders courtesy of IBEW Local 99, along with the annual Wall of Fame induction. This year, Ronnie Pond, a “Master of Speed” and Johnny Tripp, a multiple-division winner and a former track champion, will both be inducted at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday night.

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Sheldon Creed Optimistic For First Victory

by MikeSeptember 12, 2025September 12, 2025

Sheldon Creed is not only eager to get the Playoffs going in his pursuit of an Xfinity Series title. He’s eager to raise his first career race trophy in the series.

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