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Six Different Winners Highlight Race Of Champions Modified Series Heading Toward Race Of Champions Weekend & The VP Racing Fuels Race Of Champions 250

by MikeSeptember 10, 2024

North East, Pa. – (September 9, 2024) – The Race of Champions Modified Series has had one of it’s most competitive seasons in history. Six different drivers have won races and 62 different driver’s have earned points as the Series heads into the biggest event of the season, the VP Racing Fuels 250 at Lake Erie Speedway in North East, PA.

Matt Hirschman of Northampton, PA; Jack Ely of Northampton, PA; Austin Kochenash of Danielsville, PA; Jake Lutz of Hamburg, NY; Ron Silk of Norwalk, CT; and Zane Zeiner of Bath, PA, who is the current series championship leader have all earned victories this season. Only Hirschman and Zeiner have visited victory lane multiple times. Hirschman’s victories came at Evans Mills (NY) Speedway and Mahoning Valley Speedway in Lehighton, PA, while Zeiner has swept the races at Chemung (NY) Speedrome.

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NASCAR Playoff Standings Take Intriguing Twist Heading Into Indianapolis

by WebmasterJuly 17, 2024July 17, 2024

With this week’s Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Sunday, 2:20 p.m. ET on NBC, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) marking the last race before a two-week sporting layoff during the Summer Olympics, most of the NASCAR Cup Series competitors can now fully concede, it is officially “go time” to secure one of the 16 Playoff positions. (more…)

Andrew Lewis, Jr. Leads The Race Of Champions Sportsman Modified Series Championship Standings Heading Into Kid’s Night At Spencer Speedway, Friday July 12

by MikeJuly 9, 2024

Williamson, N.Y. – (July 8, 2024) – One of the most anticipated race nights of the year is rapidly approaching at Spencer Speedway in Williamson, NY with the annual “Kid’s Night” at the track on Friday, July 12, 2024 and young Race of Champions star, Andrew Lewis, Jr., of Ontario, NY will lead the Race of Champions Sportsman Modified Series championship standings into the event night.

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Modifieds Of Mayhem Heading To Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Saturday

by MikeJune 6, 2024

(Nashville, TN) The Modifieds of Mayhem tour makes its way to Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway this coming Saturday, June 8 for its only visit of the 2024 season. The Music City 50 will race alongside the 100-lapper for the Pro Late Models in addition to Crown Vics on the 5/8-mile plus the ¼-mile classes. (more…)

Wright Motorsports Leads Points Charge Heading into Sebring International Raceway

by WebmasterApril 30, 2024

SEBRING, Fla., (April 30, 2024) – Following consecutive victories in the first two rounds of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS, Wright Motorsports enters the upcoming double header weekend at Sebring International Raceway as the current overall points leader. The No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R, piloted by Adam Adelson and Elliott Skeer, will defend its point lead in a pair of 90-minute races this Saturday and Sunday, May 4 – 5 at the legendary Sebring, Florida race circuit. (more…)

ACT Heading to Maine’s Northeast Motorsports Expo – SRX Tickets Available

by Lou ModestinoJanuary 4, 2024

Barre, VT — Officials with the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today that the historic Tour and its sanctioned tracks, Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl and White Mountain Motorsports Park will be represented at the 35th annual Northeast Motorsports Expo at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta, Maine from Friday, January 12 through Sunday, January 14.

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Grandview Speedway Releases More Rule Updates For Competitors Heading Into 2024 Race Season

by MikeOctober 27, 2023

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The management of Grandview Speedway has recently completed their yearly rules meeting with track technical officials, which has resulted in several changes for weekly competitors at the one-third-of-a-mile high banked raceway. (more…)

Granite State Pro Stock Series Heading To Speedway 95 Saturday

by Lou ModestinoAugust 18, 2023

After a one-year vacation from the Pine Tree State, the Granite State Pro Stock Series is going back-to-back in Vacationland this summer at Speedway 95.

With July’s Go FAS Racing 100 still fresh in racers’ minds, this weekend’s Coastal Auto Parts 100 is a quick return for the series to the third-mile bullring in Hermon, Maine.

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Woody Pitkat Heading For Thompson With Tribute Paint Scheme Chasing $10,000 Prize

by Lou ModestinoApril 5, 2023

HOMPSON, Conn. – As Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park prepares to roar to life this weekend with the 49th annual Icebreaker on Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8, the Outlaw Open Modified Series will help headline the show with a $10,000 prize on the line on Saturday evening.

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Joey Logano Is On A Familiar Path Heading To Championship 4 Race

by Lou ModestinoOctober 31, 2022

During his 2018 championship season, Joey Logano won the first race in the Round of 8 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs and benefitted from an immediate shift to focus to Homestead-Miami Speedway, then the site of the season finale. (more…)