Just weeks after celebrating his third consecutive Riverhead Raceway NASCAR Modified championship John Beatty Jr. of Merrick disclosed on social media that he along with car owner Mark S. Mina had their entire operation available for purchase. The whispers and rumors began to swell, what’s the story? Are they changing chassis types? Are they splitting? Monday afternoon John Beatty Jr. made it official when he announced he would retire from driving after he and the MSM Elite Motorsports teams historic three straight championships. Beatty’s retirement leaves the chase for the 2026 Riverhead NASCAR Modified title wide open.
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John Maybury of Maybury Material Handling Named Grand Marshal of 54th Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler at Stafford Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway has announced that John Maybury, longtime supporter of Stafford Speedway and head of Maybury Material Handling, has been named Grand Marshal for the 54th Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler®, set for April 25–26. Maybury will send the field of open modified cars on their way for 100-laps of ground pounding excitement with the most famous words in motorsports, ‘Drivers start your engines.’
John Beatty Jr. Honored For Third Straight Riverhead Raceway Modified Title Friday At Sold-Out Awards Ceremony
Riverhead Raceway race teams, staff and their family members filled the banquet room at Giorgio’s of Baiting Hollow to honor the 2025 Riverhead Raceway NASCAR Weekly Series and INEX champions Friday evening. The affair hosted by track owners Connie Partridge, Tom Gatz and GM John Ellwood honored the twelve drivers who earned 2025 championships at the popular quarter mile facility, along with the top five from each division and the 2025 Rookie of the Year winners were feted.
Three Time NASCAR Modified Champion John Beatty Jr. To Lead Riverhead Raceway 2025 Parade Of Champions At Awards Celebration
On any level of racing winning consecutive championships is a difficult task, earning three in a row while not impossible is as impressive as it is rare. During the 75th Anniversary season at Riverhead Raceway in 2025, John Beatty Jr. of Merrick accomplished something that had not been done in thirty years, and just twice over 75-years when he earned his third straight NASCAR Modified championship. Beatty will be feted along with eleven other Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series divisional champions at the Riverhead Raceway awards celebration Friday January 23rd at Giorgio’s Premier Caterers of Baiting Hollow.
Kyle Ellwood Scores Second Riverhead Raceway NASCAR Modified Triumph, John Beatty Jr. Three-Peats As Modified Champion
Kyle Ellwood of Riverhead notched his second NASCAR Modified victory of 2025 when he passed John Beatty Jr. of Merrick with twenty laps remaining in Saturday’s 50-lap feature event at Riverhead Raceway. Beatty would have the last laugh though when he sewed-up his third consecutive NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Modified championship with his runner-up finish. Beatty joins Charlie Jarzombek (1976-1978) and Don Howe (1993-1995) as the only drivers to earn three Modified championships in succession.
Front Row Motorsports: Richmond Raceway Competition Notes – Zane Smith and the No. 38 Long John Silver’s Ford Team
Front Row Motorsports – Cook Out 400
- Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025
- Event: Race 27 of 38
- Series: NASCAR Cup Series
- Location: Richmond Raceway (0.75-miles)
- # of Laps: 400
- Time/TV/Radio: 7:30 PM ET on USA/MRN/SiriusXM channel 90
Front Row Motorsports: Watkins Glen International Competition Notes – Zane Smith and the No. 38 Long John Silver’s Ford Team
Front Row Motorsports / Zane Smith – Go Bowling at The Glen
Date: Sunday, August 10, 2025
Event: Race 26 of 38
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Watkins Glen International (2.45-miles)
# of Laps: 90
Time/TV/Radio: 2:00 PM ET on USA/MRN/SiriusXM channel 90
Tom Baldwin Sr., Tom Baldwin Jr., Tom Ryan And Long John Silver Announced As 2025 Riverhead Raceway Cromarty Wall Of Champions Inductees
Riverhead Raceway owners Connie Partridge and Tom Gatz are honored to announce the 2025 inductees onto the Cromarty Wall of Champions which include a first since the inception of the wall with the induction of Tom Baldwin Sr. and Tom Baldwin Jr. The Baldwin inductions are groundbreaking in that they become the first father and son enshrined in the same ceremony. Former Figure Eight standout Tom Ryan and popular “Long” John Silver join the Baldwin’s as the class of 2025, Silver has the distinction of being the first Demolition Derby/Car Rollover inductee.
Large Crowd Watches John Beatty Jr. Pad Riverhead Raceway NASCAR Modified Championship Lead With Saturday Victory
Two-time and defending Riverhead Raceway NASCAR Modified champion John Beatty Jr. of Merrick scored his first victory of the 2025 Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Saturday before a packed house at Riverhead Raceway. Beatty, who came to Saturday’s race with a 28-point cushion in the championship chase furthered that advantage with his 14th career win, becoming the fifth winner in as many NASCAR Modified races at Riverhead this season.
John Willman Takes Modified Win, Addison Meitzler & Jesse Landis Score In Sportsman Twin 20’s Saturday At Grandview Speedway
- NO STOPPING THE ULTIMATE UNDERDOG – JOHN WILLMAN CAPTURES GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY NASCAR MODIFIED FEATURE AFTER BATTLES WITH CODY MANMILLER & EDDIE STRADA
- ADDISON MEITZLER & JESSE LANDIS ARE VICTORIOUS IN FIRST EVER GRANDVIEW SPORTSMAN TWIN 20’s FEATURE PROGRAM
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Known to area race fans as the “Ultimate Underdog”, John Willman of Birdsboro, Pa. scored the win in the non-stop 30-lap T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modified feature Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.
Addison Meitzler of Kempton, Pa. and Jesse Landis of Gilbertsville, Pa. were also winners on Saturday night in the first ever Twin 20-lap feature program for the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman division, as Grandview Speedway finally returned to racing after battling weather issues the last three weeks.