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Christopher Bell To Run First Two Nights of Eldora’s Kings Royal

by MikeJuly 9, 2025July 10, 2025

Interstate Batteries Joins Bell for July 16 Double Down Duels and July 17 Joker’s Jackpot
NASCAR Cup Series Driver Christopher Bell Tackling Three Racing Disciplines in One Week Between Road Course at Sonoma, Half-Mile Dirt Oval at Eldora, and High-Banked Mile Oval at Dover

DALLAS (July 9, 2025) – The NASCAR Cup Series goes coast-to-coast next week, competing in Northern California on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway and then traveling 2,900 miles eastward to the shores of Delaware for next Sunday’s race at Dover Motor Speedway.

In between, Christopher Bell, driver of the No. 20 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing, will spend Wednesday and Thursday, July 16-17, in Rossburg, Ohio, at the famed Eldora Speedway where he will compete in the first two nights of the 42nd annual Kings Royal, one of sprint car racing’s crown-jewel events.

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Joe Harriman Captures First Career Victory at Wiscasset Speedway

by Lou ModestinoJuly 7, 2025

By: Amy Worrey – Chasing the Checkered

After another unfortunate rainout last weekend, Wiscasset Speedway was able to get the ball rolling again on Saturday with an action-packed group 2 program featuring the T&L Automotive Modifieds, Portland Glass Strictly Streets, Dale’s Cash Fuel Roadrunners and the visiting Wicked Good Vintage Racers.

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Thomas Annunziata Perseveres To Score His First ARCA Win In A Wild Lime Rock Park 100

by MikeJuly 2, 2025

LAKEVILLE, Conn. — Thomas Annunziata would have preferred his first ARCA Menards Series start of 2025 to play out in a fashion that was much less eventful than Saturday’s Lime Rock Park 100 at Lime Rock Park. The mashed-in fenders and tire marks on his No. 70 Nitro Motorsports Toyota told the tale of a wild 68 laps around the 1.53-mile road course.

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Upsets at EchoPark Dominate First Round Of In-Season Challenge

by MikeJuly 1, 2025

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

It didn’t take long to bust every bracket in NASCAR’s inaugural In-Season Challenge.

The first two stages of Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway took care of that. A seven-car wreck on Lap 57 and a colossal 22-car incident 12 laps later wiped out most of the top choices to win the $1-million top prize in the five-race tournament.

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NASCAR Canada Heads East to Riverside International Speedway for the Season’s First Oval

by MikeJune 27, 2025

(Antigonish, NS), June 26, 2025 – The NASCAR Canada Series resumes this Saturday, June 28, with the Riverside 300, marking the second event of the 2025 season. The event will feature 300 laps of racing on the high-banked 1/3-mile asphalt oval.

Last year’s winner Kevin Lacroix, in the No. 74 Adaptive One Calipers / NAPA Racing Chevrolet, returns to Riverside International Speedway aiming for another strong performance.

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Gluchacki First Bay Stater to Win Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Event at Seekonk Speedway in 50th Spring Green 125

by Lou ModestinoJune 27, 2025

Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Victory Lane for the 50th Spring Green 125 at Seekonk Speedway (L-R) Kasey Beattie (3rd), winner Derek Gluchacki and D.J. Shaw (2nd). (Mark A. Cote photo)

Seekonk, MA — At breakneck speed with just two divisions on tap for Wednesday night’s showdown at Seekonk Speedway, the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour thrilled at the Action Track of the East with many of the touring faithful going for their second event in four days at two facilities separated by a seven-hour ride! Through it all, one of the best battles for the lead occurred on the tricky third-mile Bay State oval for all the honors that go with the 50th Spring Green 125.

With time of the essence, one round of heat race qualifying set the field for the second round of the Brookside Equipment Sales Triple Crown on Wednesday evening with Joey Polewarczyk, Brandon Lambert and Derek Gluchacki taking the heat race wins. After driving from dead last to fourth in heat two, D.J. Shaw earned the pole position with a +5 alongside St. Paul, Quebec’s Remi Perreault and his +3 to bring the twenty-six car field to green.

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Jason Raymond Seeking First Stafford Victory in Midstate Site Development Street Stock 30 at Stafford Speedway

by MikeJune 26, 2025

(Stafford Springs, CT)—In the midst of his third full-time season of Street Stock racing at Stafford Speedway, Somers, CT native Jason Raymond is still searching for his first victory. Raymond and his #49 Barn Package Store team have been steadily closing in on the top spot of the NAPA Victory Lane podium, recording a best finish of third during his rookie season in 2023 and two runner-up efforts last season. Raymond’s on-track performances suggest that it’s only a matter of time before he breaks through and takes home a winner’s trophy. What better opportunity than the biggest Street Stock race of the season—the Midstate Site Development Street Stock 30, set for this Friday, June 27—for Raymond to capture his first victory?

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First Look: Chase Elliott’s 2025 ‘DESI9N TO DRIVE’ Paint Scheme

by MikeJune 25, 2025

Chase Elliott returns to EchoPark Speedway (formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway) with another “DESI9N TO DRIVE” paint scheme, an initiative taken by the Chase Elliott Foundation in partnership with NAPA Auto Parts and Hendrick Motorsports to feature a design by a pediatric cancer patient for Elliott’s No. 9 Chevrolet and his fire suit.

See the design for his 2025 edition before it hits the track in Saturday’s Quaker State 400 (7 p.m. ET, TNT Sports/truTV, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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Andy Jankowiak, Eldon King, Tim Welshans And Trisha Connolly All Score First 2025 Series Victories In Sealmaster 100 At Holland Speedway

by MikeJune 24, 2025June 24, 2025

Jankowiak (Sportsman Modified), King (Late Model), Welshans (Street Stock), Connolly (Four Cylinder Dash) Visit Victory Lane in Action-Packed Holland Opener

Top Three Sportsman Holland Timmerman Jankowiak Lewis 6 21 25

HOLLAND, NY (June 21, 2025) – The Race of Champions “Family of Series” stormed back into Holland International Speedway for the SealMaster 100 this past Saturday, where four drivers celebrated their first wins of the 2025 season in front of a packed house on the high banks.

Andy Jankowiak, of Buffalo, N.Y., made the most of a return to Race of Champions Sportsman Modified Series action, holding off his protégé Mason Hanel of Clarence, N.Y., to capture the 40-lap feature win.

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Tristan McKee Earns First CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Win at Mid-Ohio, Becomes Second-Youngest Winner in Trans Am History

by MikeJune 23, 2025

Odrick Tallies Second Pro/Am Challenge Victory of 2025

LEXINGTON, Ohio (June 22, 2025) – Tristan McKee (No. 28 Spire/Gainbridge/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro) earned his first-career CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series victory in style, leading every lap on his way to Victory Lane at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. After claiming the point position when his teammate Corey Day (No. 17 HendrickCars.com/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro) went off course in the first turn of the race, the second-place starter put on a display of pure dominance, driving away from his competitors and repeating the feat for multiple restarts.

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