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Race Of Champions Modified Series Tradition Continues With The Night Before The Glen Rod Spalding Classic At Chemung

by MikeAugust 5, 2025August 5, 2025

“KIDS RoC” to Conduct Second Consecutive Backpack Give Away as Part of Saturday Night Festivities at Chemung

Chemung, N.Y. – (August 4, 2025) – The Race of Champions Modified Series will continue one of the Southern Tier’s most treasured traditions with the running of “The Night Before The Glen – Rod Spalding Classic” at Chemung Speedrome on Saturday, August 9.

The event will include another “Backpack” giveaway including school for youngsters. The first “Kids RoC” backpack giveaway was ultra successful this past Friday at Spencer Speedway in Williamson, NY and another round of nearly 70 backpacks will be handed out Saturday at Chemung as part of the traditional night.

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Chase Grennan Prevails In Wild Oval Speed Unlimited Bubba 150 Becoming First Repeat Riverhead Raceway Modified Winner Of 2025

by Bob FinanAugust 5, 2025

Chase Grennan of Glen Cove is quickly gaining a reputation among the NASCAR Modified ranks at Riverhead Raceway, and it’s one the 18-year-old second generation driver is proud to bear. After Chase survived a wild Oval Speed Unlimited Bubba 150 Saturday earning his third career win, he again sat in victory lane after another signature race at the historic bullring. Grennan started things off by winning the Islip 300 last November, then earlier in June won the 75th Anniversary Flying Dutchman Tribute before his $7,166 triumph in the Bubba 150.

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Mike Leaty And Cody McPherson Score Spencer Speedway Race Of Champions Wins On Friday Night

by MikeAugust 4, 2025

Leaty Claims Sportsman Modified Victory at Spencer; McPherson Masters Ohsweken with Flat Tire Finish
Mancuso, Patterson, Catalano, and Schoonmaker Also Victorious During Fan Appreciation Night

Williamson, N.Y. – (August 3, 2025) – Mike Leaty of Williamson, N.Y., delivered a commanding performance Friday night at his home track, Spencer Speedway, driving past Andrew Lewis, Jr., of Ontario, N.Y., to claim another Race of Champions Sportsman Modified Series victory.

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Justin Grim Captures Career First Grandview Speedway NASCAR Modified Win

by MikeAugust 4, 2025

Brett Gilmore Takes Grandview Speedway Sportsman Win In Another Action-Packed Saturday Night Of Racing

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – It was another story of years of work and effort finally paying off, as Justin Grim of Orefield, Pa. was able to reach victory Lane for the first time in his career with a win in the 30-lap T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modified feature on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.

Brett Gilmore of Kutztown, Pa., who has been very fast in recent weeks but has not had any good racing luck, put everything together to out duel Alex Bartorillo of Limerick, Pa. to score the victory in the evening’s 25-lap T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman feature event.

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August Signals Start Of Big Race Season For The Race Of Champions Series

by MikeAugust 4, 2025

Race of Champions – Big Money and Prestigious Wins on the Line Across Multiple Divisions

Elma, N.Y. – (August 1, 2025) – The Race of Champions “Family of Series” is set to enter one of the most important stretches of the season, as August marks the beginning of a championship-defining run filled with marquee events, major payouts, and the pursuit of legacy-defining victories.

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Justin Bonsignore Set For Iowa Speedway With Joe Gibbs Racing

by Kyle SouzaAugust 1, 2025

USNEPower Inc. Partners With Justin Bonsignore For NASCAR Xfinity Series Event

Four-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Justin Bonsignore continues his 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series slate with Joe Gibbs Racing this weekend.

Bonsignore will drive the No. 19 USNEPower Toyota GR Supra at Iowa Speedway on Saturday. It will mark Bonsignore’s seventh career NASCAR Xfinity Series start and sixth of the season. Following Iowa, he will compete in three more events at Kansas Speedway, Martinsville Speedway and Phoenix Raceway to wrap the ‘25 campaign with JGR.

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Stafford Speedway Hosts Their Biggest SK Modified Race of the Year

by Lou ModestinoAugust 1, 2025

Stafford Speedway – Biggest SK Modified Race of the Year
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Friday, August 1st
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Owen Grennan Schools Riverhead Raceway NASCAR Modified Field With Flag To Flag Victory

by Bob FinanJuly 29, 2025

Owen Grennan of Glen Cove, a schoolteacher by day doesn’t return to work in the East Meadow school district for a few weeks, however Saturday night at Riverhead Raceway he taught his fellow NASCAR Modified competitors a lesson when he won the 50-lap Advance Auto Parts Night feature. Owen led all 50-circuits and became the 7th different winner in seven starts for the Modifieds in 2025.

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Stewart Friesen Suffers Open-Book Pelvic Fracture in Violent Dirt Modified Wreck

by MikeJuly 29, 2025

Joseph Srigley of TobyChristie reports that Stewart Friesen, a full-time competitor in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, has been transported to a local hospital following an accident in a Super DIRTcar Series event at Autodrome Drummond on Monday.

The incident occurred during a feature event at the Drummondville, Quebec-based racetrack when Friesen was in a three-wide battle and went wide on the straightaway, sending his Halmar International-sponsored machine up the racetrack and towards the barrier.

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Race Of Champions Modified Series Tradition Continues With The Night Before The Glen Rod Spalding Classic

by MikeJuly 29, 2025

Race of Champions Late Models, FOAR SCORE Four Cylinder Dash Series, and Chemung Hobby Stocks Set for Full Card on Saturday, August 9, 2025

Chemung, N.Y. – (July 28, 2025) – The Race of Champions Modified Series will continue one of the Southern Tier’s most treasured traditions with the running of “The Night Before The Glen – Rod Spalding Classic” at Chemung Speedrome on Saturday, August 9.

The event honors Rod Spalding, a respected Modified driver who received the Sportsmanship of the Year award at Shangri-La Speedway in Tioga, N.Y., before suffering serious injuries at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, N.C. His legacy lives on through the work of the Spalding Foundation for Injured Drivers, which continues to support racers throughout the region.

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