Coming into the Newsday Salutes First Responders NASCAR Modified feature Saturday at Riverhead Raceway, Owen Grennan of Glen Cove formulated a game plan upon finding out he’d start outside of the front row. Grennan, a schoolteacher by day executed his plan to perfection winning the 50-lap main event, his second of 2025 and third of his career. Prior to racing Connie Partridge & Tom Gatz in conjunction with Newsday presented a moving salute to all 1st responders during opening ceremonies, complete with a flyover by the Suffolk County Police Department.
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Late Pit Stop Propels Ron Silk To Third Oswego Speedway Victory
OSWEGO, N.Y. – Despite now being a part-time competitor on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Ron Silk now has more victories than any other driver on the 2025 season.
The two-time champion earned his third checkered flag of the year at Oswego Speedway on Saturday evening after cycling to the front after a sequence of late pit stops. The triumph was Silk’s third at Oswego and 29th overall with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, moving him into sole possession of eighth on the all-time win list.
No More Seconds – Eddie Strada Is A NASCAR Modified Winner Saturday At Grandview Speedway
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Following a series of second place finishes and nights when it looked like he might have won, Eddie Strada of Lake Ariel, Pa. stormed to his first career T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modified win, in another thrilling night of racing Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.
Joey Vaccaro of Reading, Pa. was able to maintain the lead after a three lap side-by-side duel with Teague MIller of Barto, Pa., and late race pressure from Addison Meitzler of Kempton, Pa. to score his second win of the season in the 25-lap T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman thriller.
Matt Hirschman Captures His Third Victory In The Maynard Troyer Classic VI
Top three MTC, Lutz Kailyn Beers, Hirschman, Emerling Matt Hirschman Wins Maynard Troyer Classic VI, Race of Champions Sportsman Modified and Rocket Performance 602 Sportsman Modified Series Features Rescheduled for Friday, September 5 to Conclude Spencer Speedway Season
Williamson, N.Y. – (August 30, 2025) – For the third time in the six-year history of the Maynard Troyer Classic, Matt Hirschman of Northampton, Pa., drove to victory lane at Spencer Speedway in Williamson, N.Y. The win came under unusual circumstances as the 2025 edition of the event became the first rain-shortened race in the history of the Classic, declared official after 43 laps were completed when persistent lake-effect drizzle forced an early conclusion.
Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Headlines Stacked EastRise Credit Union Labor Day Classic Showdown this Sunday
Barre, VT – Coming off a successful doubleheader weekend at Oxford Plains Speedway just one week ago, the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour returns to Thunder Road International Speedbowl for the 47th EastRise Credit Union Labor Day Classic 200! The annual holiday special will bring the top Late Model pilots from across New England and Quebec to compete in the 200-lap affair while the New England Pro-4 Modifieds also invade for a five-division card complete with the Flying Tigers, Street Stocks and Road Warriors!
PIT BOX: The Steel Palace Awaits As The NASCAR Modified Tour Championship Battle Rolls Into Oswego
Just five races remain in the 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season as the series returns to historic Oswego Speedway in New York for the running of the Toyota Mod Classic 150 this Saturday night (8 p.m. ET on FloRacing).
Saturday’s race marks the Modified Tour’s 18th visit to Oswego, with the first four visits occuring in 1988. Brian Ross captured the first two checkered flags at the track, with Mike McLaughlin and George Kent Jr. capturing the next two at the 0.625-mile oval.
Stafford Speedway Race Day Rundown – Friday, August 29th
The Stafford Speedway SK Modifieds, Late Models, SK Light Modifieds, Limited Late Models and Street Stocks are back in action tonight part of Maybury Back to SKool Kids Night featuring Big Wheel racing, plus much more, past the jump.
Next Generation’s Streeter and Morris Take First Wins at Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Twenty one street legal cars, and a pair of golf cars, took to the highbanks for the annual Run-What-U-Brung festivities on Thursday at Thunder Road. Over fifteen rounds of head-to-head matches finally whittled the field down to two; Street Stock standout Tyler Wheatley and third generation stalwart Howard Stockwell. The tow truck driver went toe-to-toe with the windshield extraordinaire in a finale for the ages with Wheatley taking the overall and Stockwell earning the top four-cylinder honors.
Joey Braun Finds Victory Lane In Riverhead Raceway NASCAR Modified Debut Wednesday
When Joey Braun of Manorville rolled into the pit area Wednesday afternoon to make his NASCAR Modified debut with car owner Rich Gerbe, not even Joey, who exudes confidence could have predicted what was about to happen a few hours later. Executing a last lap pass coming to the checker flag, Joey Braun making his NASCAR Tour Type Modified debut at his home track put the new formed team in victory lane before a large midweek crowd. Braun’s win makes it eight different winners in ten 2025 NASCAR Modified events run to date.
Justin Bonsignore in Search of Momentum at Oswego Speedway
Just five races remain in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2025 season.
Four-time series champion Justin Bonsignore is heading to Oswego Speedway this Saturday, August 30, for the 9th annual Mod Classic 150 as part of the prestigious Bud Classic weekend at the New York oval.