Tag: Matt Swanson

Ron Silk Wins 51st Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler At Stafford Speedway

Lou Modestino

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway kicked off its 2023 season with “The Greatest Race in the History of Spring,” the 51st Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler® with Open Modified cars.  Ron Silk picked up where he left off in modified competition at Stafford by following up his NAPA Fall Final victory last September with a victory in his NAPA Duel Qualifying Race along with taking the checkered flag in the 51st Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler.

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Stafford Speedway 51st Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler Driver Preview

Lou Modestino

(Stafford Springs, CT)—This Friday and Saturday, May 12th and 13th, will see Stafford Speedway host the 51st Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler®, the first of 5 Open Modified events scheduled during the 2023 racing season.  Here we take a look at each of the 44 drivers currently entered into the NAPA Spring Sizzler® and offer their driving stats at Stafford along with car number, sponsor, and chassis.

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Talent in Numbers Floods Northeast Classic Roster for $7,000-to-win Modified Showdown

Lou Modestino

Barre, VT & Naples, ME — Pro All Stars Series (PASS) and American-Canadian Tour (ACT) officials are proud to announce the most exciting and talent filled roster of Open Tour-type Modifieds to join the Northeast Classic at New Hampshire Motor Speedway since the event’s inception in 2021. Based on the tire orders through Hoosier Tire East, over twenty of New England’s best tour-type modified drivers are slated to take on the Magic Mile all looking to join a who’s-who of modified winners at New England’s biggest stage.

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Haunted Hundred To Showcase Championship Event For Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series

Lou Modestino

SEEKONK, Mass. – Seekonk Speedway will roar to life for the final time in 2022 this weekend, as the Action Track of the East is set to host the championship event for the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series in the annual Haunted Hundred. On top of 100 laps for the ground-pounding Modifieds worth $6,000 to win, the American-Canadian Tour also returns to Seekonk for their penultimate race of the season, and the INEX Legends Cars join the card for a $2,000 to win, 30-lap race.

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50 Cars Attempting to Qualify for Stafford Speedway’s NAPA Fall Final

Lou Modestino

(Stafford Springs, CT)—When the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series comes to Stafford Motor Speedway this Saturday, September 24, there will be a robust field of 50 cars trying to qualify for the 80-lap, $15,000 to win feature event.  Among the 50 entrants is a wealth of driving talent.

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Results From Modified Racing Series at Star Speedway, Epping NH on Sunday, 9/18/22

Lou Modestino

Here are results from the Modified Racing Series at Star Speedway, Epping NH on Sunday, 9/18/22.

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Star-Studded Lineup Coming Out For Monaco Modified Tri-Track Return To Speedbowl

Lou Modestino

WATERFORD, Conn. – When the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series heads to New London-Waterford Speedbowl for the first time since 2016, many of the top stars in Modified racing are planning to compete for the big prize.

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Big $10,000 Prize on the Line As Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series Heads To Seekonk

Lou Modestino

SEEKONK, Mass. – For the third time this season, the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series is ready to light up the track this Wednesday, June 29, at Seekonk Speedway. The 17th annual Open Wheel Wednesday will mark the third of seven events on the 2022 Tri-Track calendar, and the first of two at the Massachusetts third-mile oval.

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Coby, Hirschman & Silk Part of Monaco Modified Tri-Track Entry List For Open Wheel Wednesday at Seekonk Speedway

Lou Modestino

SEEKONK, Mass. – With just one week left to go before the annual $10,000 to win Open Wheel Wednesday returns to Seekonk Speedway on June 29, the stars are lining up to compete for the big prize.

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Swanson Shows Poise in Early Season, Wins First-Career Pole Award at Stafford

Lou Modestino

Acton, MA (May 4, 2021): On Friday night, April 30, Matt Swanson of Acton, MA, earned his first career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour pole award during qualifying for the prestigious Spring Sizzler.  Swanson, driver of the famed Ole Blue for Mike Boehler Racing Enterprises of E. Freetown, MA, turned a lap of 18.008 seconds, nearly eclipsing an average speed of 100 (99.956) mph, to earn the Mayhew Tools Dominator Pole Award.

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