Brian Carter is the owner and CEO of the World Racing Group that just completed a successful Super DIRT Week 52 at the Oswego Speedway last week.
“It was by far our most successful Super DIRT Week in the nine years the event has been run at Oswego,” said Carter. “The racing was good, attendance was great, track conditions were smooth and fast and we had a record car count of 313.
Justin Bonsignore is heading for the final five NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races at the top of the championship standings. The chase for his fourth championship continues this Saturday night, September 14, as the Whelen Modified Tour rolls to Riverhead Raceway for the Ed Partridge 256.
In honor of the late Partridge, who operated the track for many years, the Whelen Modified Tour runs this special event each September, with extra laps, and a special pit road set up in the infield for pit stops. In the two-year history of the race, Bonsignore went to Victory Lane both times. The New York native has 11 career Riverhead Raceway Tour wins, tied with Mike Ewanitsko for the most all-time. Bonsignore leads all active drivers in the category.
With the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season down to the final six events, Justin Bonsignore and the Kenneth Massa Motorsports team will head to Oswego Speedway this Saturday night. Race 11 of the season brings the team to New York, as the Whelen Modified Tour will run 150 laps as part of the Bud Classic weekend. The event will take place on Saturday, August 31 at 8 p.m.
Bonsignore leads the Whelen Modified Tour point standings by four markers over Ron Silk and is coming off two straight podium finishes. Bonsignore has finished inside the top-five in all but two races this season in the No. 51 Phoenix Communications Inc. Modified.
BROOKLYN, Mich: Last month, ARCA Menards Series veteran Gus Dean returned to one of his favorite short tracks on the tour at Salem (Ind.) Speedway. This weekend, Dean returns to his favorite non-superspeedway tracks hiding in the Irish Hills of Michigan for Friday evening’s Henry Ford Health 100 at Michigan International Speedway. (more…)
ELKO, Minn: Approaching the end of a four-race short track stretch in the ARCA Menards Series, Greg Van Alst eyes Saturday night’s Shore Lunch 250 presented by Dutch Boy Paints at Elko (Minn.) Speedway as a massive opportunity to rebound following a disappointing race last weekend at Salem Speedway. (more…)
The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series has one more week off to regroup and go over strategy before heading to Nashville Superspeedway for the Rackley Roofing 200, the final race of the 2024 Triple Truck Challenge (Friday, June 28, at 8:00 p.m. ET on FS2, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
LOUDON, N.H. – NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) driver Martin Truex Jr. earned his first Loudon the Lobster at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) in 2023, and he’s looking to capture another on June 23 at the USA TODAY 301. Truex, who finally landed in victory lane last year after his 30th start at “The Magic Mile,” spoke to media Wednesday in advance of New England’s only NASCAR weekend. (more…)
Justin Bonsignore has the opportunity to make more history on Saturday night at Riverhead Raceway.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.: No matter what happens, it’s already been a good week for Gus Dean.
On Sunday, February 11, 2024, while most of the world was engaged in the Super Bowl in Las Vegas, Dean participated in night three of the World Series of Asphalt competition at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway. (more…)
For the 13th time in NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series history, the competitors will head to Pocono Raceway next week for the CRC Brakleen 150 (Saturday, July 22 at 12:00 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM Radio).
Known as the “Tricky Triangle” for its triangular 2.5-mile layout, Pocono Raceway has held national series events since the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race in 1974 where Richard Petty captured the checkered flag, piloting the No. 35 Dodge.
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Fresh off of winning R.A.D. Auto Machine 2022 Rookie of the Year honors in Stafford Speedway’s Limited Late Model division, Agawam, MA native Kevin Cormier and the #14 Gendon Auto Parts / Garrett’s Carpentry team have continued the hot streak that they began towards the end of his rookie season.
MILFORD, Conn. – Doug Coby grew up racing at Stafford Motor Speedway, and as a two-time track champion, he also has four NAPA Spring Sizzler wins. As one of the most prestigious races in all of Modified racing, the Sizzler still stands tall today.
MILFORD, Conn. – Six-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Doug Coby will return to Modified competition this Friday, March 31, when Coby competes with Tommy Baldwin Racing at Richmond Raceway. Coby will drive the Mayhew Tools No. 7NY in the Virginia is For Racing Lovers 150 – the second race of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season.
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. – After just over a month off from the first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race of the season at New Smyrna Speedway, Justin Bonsignore and the Ken Massa Motorsports team are ready to get back to work for round two.
MILFORD, Conn. – Earlier in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season, Doug Coby parked the Tommy Baldwin Racing No. 7NY in Victory Lane at Riverhead Raceway. The six-time Whelen Modified Tour champion’s victory in May was his third career at the New York quarter-mile, all coming within his last five starts.
MILFORD, Conn. – Fresh off his third NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win of the season, all with Tommy Baldwin Racing, Doug Coby will look to carry momentum to Oswego Speedway this Saturday. Set to drive the No. 7NY again for Baldwin, Coby will look to help the team extend their owners championship points lead with just four races to go in the season.
MILFORD, Conn. – For the first time in over one month, Doug Coby will strap in behind the wheel of the Mayhew Tools No. 10 Modified this Wednesday night. Coby will be competing in the Phoenix Communications 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, as the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to the high-banks for the first time in just under two years on August 17.
MILFORD, Conn. – Doug Coby will return to the seat of the No. 10 Mayhew Tools Modified this Wednesday night, June 29, for a mid-week show in Massachusetts. The six-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion will compete with the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series in the $10,000 to win Open Wheel Wednesday at Seekonk Speedway, where he is a three-time winner.
