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Justin Bonsignore Set For Return to Seekonk Speedway

by Kyle SouzaMay 30, 2025

The Action Track of the East will host the fourth race of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season this Saturday, May 31. The series returns to Seekonk Speedway for the J&R Precast 150 – under the lights in Massachusetts.

Justin Bonsignore heads back to Seekonk looking to visit Victory Lane at the third-mile for the first time since 2018. That season, Bonsignore won at Seekonk en route to his first series championship. In six career Seekonk Whelen Modified Tour starts, Bonsignore has finished sixth or better in all of them, including three podium runs.

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Third Consecutive NAPA Spring Sizzler Victory Sees Matt Clement Leading Stafford’s Limited Late Model Division

by Lou ModestinoMay 30, 2025

(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the saying goes, the only two things in life that are certain are death and taxes. With a third consecutive NAPA Spring Sizzler victory to kick off the 2025 season, Matt Clement and the #59 Utility Services New England Limited Late Model team could be added to that cliché as perpetual winners of the season opening event. Clement’s third consecutive NAPA Spring Sizzler victory was his fourth overall Sizzler victory, meaning that nearly 25% of his 21 career feature wins have come in that event.

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour To Invade Seekonk Speedway on May 31 for J&R Precast 150

by Lou ModestinoMay 29, 2025

SEEKONK, Mass. — With three events in the books for their 2025 season, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is heading for Massachusetts next. NASCAR’s oldest touring series, celebrating the 40th anniversary this season, returns to Seekonk Speedway on Saturday, May 31, for the J&R Precast 150. The fourth race of the season brings the Tour to the Action Track of the East in the midst of Seekonk’s 80th season of short-track racing.

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NASCAR Modified & Sportsman Plus Pro 4 Racing Series This Saturday At Grandview Speedway

by MikeMay 29, 2025

URC SPRINTS RETURN ON JUNE 7 TO GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY
USAC NATIONAL SPRINT SERIES JESSE HOCKET CLASSIC EASTERN STORM TUESDAY JUNE 17

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Grandview Speedway will present a special three-division race card this weekend, as the Pro 4 Racing Series joins the program on Saturday, May 31.

This Saturday night’s show will be a NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series program featuring the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds, the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman, along with the Pro 4 Racing Series Four Cylinder stock cars.

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The Cement Palace of Seekonk Speedway Awaits NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Drivers

by Lou ModestinoMay 29, 2025

By Brandon White, NASCAR.com

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to the northeast this weekend for a trip to the famed Cement Palace of Seekonk Speedway.

Open to the public since 1946, the Venditti family have overseen a proud, vibrant racing culture at Seekonk that includes Modified competition. The list of names who have won a weekly Modified Seekonk includes many of the discipline’s greatest drivers like Bugsy Stevens, Ron Bouchard and Geoff Bodine, among others.

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Casella SK Modified 80 Kicks Off $20,000 SK Triple Crown at Stafford, June 6th

by Lou ModestinoMay 28, 2025

(Stafford Springs, CT)— All eyes turn to Stafford Speedway Friday, June 6th for one of the season’s most anticipated events: the Casella Waste Systems SK Modified® 80. This marquee event not only features an extra distance 80-lap event with a $3,475 winner’s prize and $20,000 in total prize money but also serves as Race 1 of the TickMike.com SK Modified® Triple Crown — a three-race mini-series offering a $20,000 point fund to participating drivers.

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Joey Doiron Dominates Inaugural Memorial Day Clash 200 at Oxford Plains

by Lou ModestinoMay 28, 2025

By Zach Evans, Racing America

Joey Doiron’s Oxford Plains Speedway dominance continued on Tuesday, as he led nearly wire to wire in the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Memorial Day Clash 200.

The Berwick, Maine driver started on the pole, but Brandon Barker led the first two laps of the event after starting on the outside of the front row. Those would be the only laps not led by Doiron, as he moved in front of Barker in turn two of the third lap and never relinquished the lead afterwards.

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Take Two; Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Back in Barre for 27th Community Bank 150

by Lou ModestinoMay 28, 2025

The Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour prepares for an action-packed return to the Nation’s Site of Excitement this Sunday for the rain-postponed 27th annual Community Bank 150. (Mark A. Cote Photo)

Barre, VT — With rain continuing to hinder the efforts of race tracks across the region, the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour is set to put the spring showers behind them with a return to Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl this Sunday afternoon for the 27th Community Bank, n.a. 150. Originally scheduled for the beginning of May, the 27th Bank Race is now set this Sunday, June 1 with a 2:00pm Post Time as the invading Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour teamsters take on the local Maplefields/Irving Late Model talent!

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Local Sports League Night Set For Saturday At Riverhead Raceway Featuring NASCAR Modifieds & Demolition Derby

by Bob FinanMay 28, 2025

Riverhead Raceway invites all those involved with youth sports across Long Island to come out and enjoy a night at the races celebrating Local Sports League Night with this Saturday May 31st. All kids in their league sports jersey will enjoy free grandstand admission to enjoy a 50-lap NASCAR Modified event and a Demolition Derby among the seven events planned.

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J&R Precast NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Event Update For May 31st Event

by Lou ModestinoMay 28, 2025

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Seekonk Speedway this weekend for their first and only visit of the year, the J&R Precast 150. The event is currently on schedule for Saturday night, May 31, at 5:30 p.m., when the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will hit the track for qualifying.

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