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35th Annual Tribute To Tommy Druar And Tony Jankowiak Rescheduled To Sunday, October 13 At Lancaster Motorplex

by MikeSeptember 17, 2024

Lancaster N.Y. – (September 16, 2024) – Lancaster (NY) Motorplex and Race of Champions Modified Series management have agreed to a reschedule date for the 35^th Annual Tribute to Tommy Druar and Tony Jankowiak, which will now take place on Sunday, October 13.

Pit gates will open for race teams at 9:00am, practice will begin at 12:00pm (Noon) and qualifying will begin at 1:15pm, in an attempt to run an efficient program to give race fans one last opportunity to see the Modifieds run in an season ending event that highlights a great Western New York family tradition.

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Wenzel Is Modified Champion, Two First Timers Win Friday At Claremont

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 16, 2024

CLAREMONT, N.H. – Bay State hot shoe Nate Wenzel was crowned the 2024 Sportsman Modified champion Friday night at Claremont Motorsports Park, earning his second open-wheel title in a row while, on the same event card, two drivers earned their first career victory at the Thrasher Road speedplant.

Both first-timers Kyle Kenny and Bradey Lamotte topped their Friday night feature event. Tyler Leary won the night’s Sportsman Modified feature, Super Street ace Chris Riendeau romped to an easy $1,000 win on Frazer’s Place Night, and Seth Drown won a thriller in the Ridge Runners. (more…)

Noah Korner Wins TC 13 Shootout; Hines Wins SK Modified Feature at Stafford; Gambacorta, Bloxsom, Cormier, & Warren Also Score Sept. 13 Feature Wins

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 16, 2024

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway hosted First Responder Friday on September 13th with the TC 13 Shootout joining Stafford’s five weekly divisions in feature action. The SK Modified® division ran their regularly scheduled 40-lap feature as well as the 3rd Annual TC 13 Shootout, a 13 lap race contested between the top-13 finishers from the 40-lap feature. Noah Korner was the big winner of the night, scoring his first SK Modified® victory of any kind in the 13-lap, $1,313 to win TC 13 Shootout. Also as part of the TC 13 Shootout festivities, the Ted Christopher Safety Initiative, orchestrated by Quinn Christopher, donated a Leaf Racewear firesuit that SK Modified® drivers would vote on as to who would win and Michael Gervais, Jr. was the winner of the vote.

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Eddie Partridge 256 at Riverhead Raceway Unofficial Race Results

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 16, 2024

Please see past the jump for unofficial results from the recent NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Eddie Partridge 256 at Riverhead Raceway. (more…)

Stafford SK Light Graduates Top Premier SK Modified® Division

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 13, 2024

(Stafford Springs, CT)—When Stafford Speedway created the SK Light division prior to the start of the 2006 season, the intent of the division was to provide not only a less expensive open wheel alternative to the track’s premier SK Modified® division, but to serve as a stepping stone to the premier division. Fast forward 18 years and one look at the 2024 SK Modified® standings will show that the stepping stone vision has been realized and then some. The top-5 drivers in the 2024 standings are all SK Light graduates, and going even further, 8 of the top-10 drivers in the standings got their open wheel starts in the SK Light division.

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Sadler-Stanley Racing Marches Forward To Dominion Raceway

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 12, 2024

Three Pace-O-Matic Entries Ready For Battle in The Flying VA Classic

The Sadler-Stanley Racing, Pace-O-Matic team heads for the next SMART Modified Tour event this Saturday evening. At Dominion Raceway, the team will bring three entries – Luke Baldwin, Jonathan Cash and Bobby Labonte – to chase the checkered flag in the Flying VA Classic.

With just four races remaining in the championship battle for 2024, the Dominion event will mark the final cutoff for the SMART Modified Tour playoff field. The SMART playoff field after this event will include the top-five drivers in the championship standings. At this point, Pace-O-Matic team driver Luke Baldwin is third in the standings and in position to qualify. If he can seal the deal, the Racing Electronics Rookie of the Year contender and one-time feature winner (South Boston) will chase the championship.

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Justin Bonsignore Looks For Third Straight Ed Partridge 256 Win at Riverhead

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 11, 2024

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.

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Six Different Winners Highlight Race Of Champions Modified Series Heading Toward Race Of Champions Weekend & The VP Racing Fuels Race Of Champions 250

by MikeSeptember 10, 2024

North East, Pa. – (September 9, 2024) – The Race of Champions Modified Series has had one of it’s most competitive seasons in history. Six different drivers have won races and 62 different driver’s have earned points as the Series heads into the biggest event of the season, the VP Racing Fuels 250 at Lake Erie Speedway in North East, PA.

Matt Hirschman of Northampton, PA; Jack Ely of Northampton, PA; Austin Kochenash of Danielsville, PA; Jake Lutz of Hamburg, NY; Ron Silk of Norwalk, CT; and Zane Zeiner of Bath, PA, who is the current series championship leader have all earned victories this season. Only Hirschman and Zeiner have visited victory lane multiple times. Hirschman’s victories came at Evans Mills (NY) Speedway and Mahoning Valley Speedway in Lehighton, PA, while Zeiner has swept the races at Chemung (NY) Speedrome.

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Race Of Champions Modified Series Heads To Chemung Speedrome This Saturday For The Continuing Tradition Of “The Night Before The Glen”

by MikeSeptember 10, 2024

Chemung, NY – (September 9, 2024) – The Race of Champions Sportsman Modified Series will play the headline role this Saturday at the Chemung (NY) Speedrome, September 14 for the traditional running of the “Night before the Glen”. The event is always one of the most anticipated events of the racing season in the Southern Tier region of the state.

Kevin Timmerman of Ontario, NY, is the most recent winner in Series competition and is one of six winners this season in a very competitive season. Timmerman won the last Series race at Spencer Speedway in Williamson, NY, his home track.

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The Race Of Champions Dirt 602 Sportsman Modified Series Heads To Ohsweken Speedway This Thursday, September 12, 2024 To Settle Championship

by MikeSeptember 10, 2024

Ohsweken, Ontario-Canada – (September 9, 2024) – Brad Rouse of St. Catherines, Ontario-Canada based off his victory this past Sunday at Humberstone Speedway in Port Colborne, Ontario will lead the Race of Champions Dirt 602 Sportsman Modified Series to Ohsweken (Ontario-Canada) Speedway Thursday for a championship battle as part of their “Canadian Nationals” weekend.

Rouse captured Sunday night’s race at Humberstone and is looking to capture another championship in Series competition.

“It would be a real nice way to close out the Series,” stated Rouse. “We are proud to have won the last Sunday race at Humberstone and we will be ready to go when we go to Ohsweken on Thursday.”

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