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Mark Stewart Battles Family & Foe To Earn First Career NASCAR Modified Victory At Riverhead Raceway

by Bob FinanMay 19, 2025

Another exciting night of family fun was planned at Riverhead Raceway Saturday evening, what unfolded however during the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series program looked more like an episode of Family Feud. All that was missing was Steve Harvey. During three of the feature events contested, family members went toe-to-toe during their main events. When the dust settled after the 50-lap NASCAR Modified event, “The Real Deal” Mark Stewart of Riverhead earned his first career victory after battling among others his uncle Roger Turbush of Calverton.

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Christopher Bell Outduels Joey Logano For First Career NASCAR All-Star Win

by MikeMay 19, 2025

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — Fireworks lit up the sky, and smoke billowed from the tires of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota as Christopher Bell celebrated his first victory in the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

On Sunday night, Bell climbed from his car to a standing ovation. Scratch that—virtually everyone in the packed grandstands already had been standing for the final 28 lap green-flag run, as Bell battled Joey Logano side-by-side and finally cleared last year’s winner for the lead on Lap 241 of 250.

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FOX Sports Takes the Pole for Network’s First Indianapolis 500 With 60 Hours of Live Coverage Highlighted by an Impressive Lineup of Talent and Dignitaries

by MikeMay 15, 2025

Will Buxton, James Hinchcliffe, Townsend Bell Lead Race Coverage; Jamie Little, Kevin Lee and Georgia Henneberry Report from the Pits, as Racer and FOX INDYCAR Reporter Jack Harvey Prepares to Compete
1997 INDYCAR SERIES Champion Tony Stewart, Former INDYCAR SERIES Racer Danica Patrick and Host Chris Myers Join Inaugural FOX Broadcast Lineup
The ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’ Draws the Biggest FOX Stars as Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and Michael Strahan Join the Party

LOS ANGELES – FOX Sports, America’s new home for INDYCAR, announces the “Greatest Spectacle of Racing” – on FOX. The network’s first Indianapolis 500 flanks the airwaves with a whopping 60 hours of live coverage featuring an impressive lineup of talent and dignitaries.

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Stewart Friesen Still Relishes First Outlaw Win at Ohsweken Speedway, Eager for Another

by MikeMay 13, 2025

OHSWEKEN, ON (May 12, 2025) – If you traded slide jobs with Donny Schatz and Logan Schuchart to earn your first World of Outlaws win, you’d probably never forget it. Stewart Friesen hasn’t, and he’s ready to do it again.

Ten years after scoring his first World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series win at Ohsweken Speedway, Friesen, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver and Big Block Modified star from Niagara-on-the-lake, ON, will be back in a Sprint Car for the Series’ return to Ohsweken, Wednesday-Thursday, May 14-15.

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Roxy Rawrs to Victory at Laguna Seca: AO Racing’s Prehistoric Pink Porsche Claims First Win on Mother’s Day

by MikeMay 13, 2025

Prehistoric Pink Porsche Claims First Win on Mother’s Day

MONTEREY, Cali. (May 12, 2025) – AO Racing’s beloved pink dinosaur, Roxy, made a triumphant return to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship by clinching her first-ever GTD PRO class victory at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The win comes exactly one year after her green sibling, Rexy, secured AO Racing’s inaugural IMSA triumph at the same track exactly one year ago, adding another chapter to the ongoing sibling rivalry.

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Brett Kressley & Chris Esposito Capture Thrilling Wins In Grandview Speedway Modified Twin 25’s – Lawson Szerencits Scores First Ever Sportsman Win

by MikeMay 12, 2025

GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY T.P. TRAILER MODIFIED TWIN 25’s – TWO DYNAMITE FEATURES!
BRETT KRESSLEY SPECTACULAR IN RUN FROM 16th TO VICTORY OVER EDDIE STRADA
CHRIS ESPOSITO OUTDUELS TIM BUCKWALTER TO SCORE FIRST MODIFIED WIN SINCE 2008
LAWSON SZERENCITS IS YET ANOTHER FIRST TIME CAREER SPORTSMAN WINNER

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – On a race night that finally had nice weather, it was double the racing, double the action, and double the excitement from start to finish with Twin 25-lap T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modified features Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.

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IMSA Insider: First Look at New Genesis GTP; Another Look at Long Beach Broadcast

by MikeApril 17, 2025

NEW YORK – Genesis Magma Racing (GMR) today unveiled its full-scale GMR-001 GTP and team identity, including livery and race suits, marking a bold step in the brand’s global motorsport ambitions. The global reveal of the GMR-001 Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) ahead of the New York International Auto Show lays the groundwork for the team’s 2026 WEC debut.

Building on Genesis’ signature “Athletic Elegance” design philosophy, the GMR-001 GTP and its striking livery embody the brands’ commitment to blending Korean heritage with motorsport innovation, setting a new standard for creativity on the global racing stage.

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‘I about lost it’: Tony Stewart says his first NHRA win is special for personal, professional reasons

by MikeApril 17, 2025

by Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star

Tony Stewart ticked off another career accomplishment last weekend, winning an NHRA Top Fuel race. But for the winner of so many karting, USAC, World of Outlaws, IROC, NASCAR and IndyCar races through the decades, this win really struck home.

It was the first one attended by his son, 5-month-old Dominic.

“There’s (Stewart’s wife) Leah (Pritchett) coming up the steps with Dominic, and I am not gonna lie, I about lost it. That was the cherry on top. And by the end of the day, it was the two scoops of ice cream,” he said. “That’s a sentimental moment.” (more…)

World Supercross Returns To Australia With First Ever Gold Coast Race In 2025

by MikeApril 9, 2025

World Supercross is set to race on the Gold Coast for the first time, adding another world-class destination to the 2025 championship calendar
Supercross meets paradise as the world’s top riders take on the adrenaline-fueled showdown in one of Australia’s most iconic sporting locations
Fans can register now for early access to tickets

GOLD COAST, 9th APRIL 2025: World Supercross is heading back to Australia in 2025, and for the first time ever, the action is heading to the Gold Coast. Following last year’s epic double-header in Perth, the world championship is heading back down under to a brand-new location, as the world’s best supercross riders once again battle for supremacy at the Cbus Super Stadium.

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Kris Wright Survives Bizarre Martinsville Xfinity Series Race for First Career Top-10

by Lou ModestinoApril 1, 2025

by Chris Knight, Catchfence

MARTINSVILLE, Va.: When the chaos finally cleared at the end of Saturday’s unpredictable Marine Corps 250 at Martinsville Speedway, Kris Wright and the No. 5 Our Motorsports team emerged as one of the unexpected beneficiaries.

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