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Race Of Champions Weekend At Lake Erie Speedway To Host Final 250-Lap Event

by MikeSeptember 4, 2025September 4, 2025

Lake Erie / Andy Jankowiak — Andy Jankowiak

North East, Pa. – (September 5, 2025) – When the checkered flag waves on Saturday, September 13, it will mark the final running of the Race of Champions 250 in its traditional 250-lap format at Lake Erie Speedway in North East, Pa.

Modeled after the long-distance Modified classics once held at Pocono Raceway, the Lake Erie edition has quickly earned a place among asphalt racing’s crown jewels. Champions such as Matt Hirschman (Northampton, Pa.), Patrick Emerling (Orchard Park, N.Y.), and Andy Jankowiak (Buffalo, N.Y.) have conquered the event, each adding their name to the history books.

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Chemung Speedrome Hobby Stocks Added To Race Of Champions Weekend At Lake Erie Speedway

by MikeSeptember 4, 2025

North East, Pa. – (September 5, 2025) – The Chemung Speedrome Hobby Stocks will be part of the action during Race of Champions Weekend, September 12–14, 2025, at Lake Erie Speedway in North East, Pa., adding even more excitement to one of the biggest weekends in short track racing.

The Chemung (N.Y.) Speedrome Hobby Stocks have quickly established themselves as a competitive and entertaining division, providing an entry-level opportunity for racers in the Southern Tier region. After requests from competitors and discussions with Chemung Speedrome promoter Ray Hodge, the decision was made to include the division in the prestigious Lake Erie event.

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Advance Auto Parts Presents USAC East Coast Sprints Plus NASCAR Modified And Sportsman For A Triple-Header This Saturday At Grandview Speedway

by MikeSeptember 1, 2025

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series will join the weekly stock car action to kick off a busy month of September this Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.

Grandview Speedway will be presenting another NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series program this Saturday featuring the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds, the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman, and the only visit of the season by the USAC East Coast Wingless Sprint Cars.

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Brian Robie Wins Modified Racing Series 75 Sunday At Claremont

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 1, 2025

CLAREMONT – Modified racing star Brian Robie, just two weeks shy of wrapping up another championship in Claremont Motorsports Park’s weekly Asetex Tire & Auto 604 Modified division, stuck yet another feather in his cap Sunday at the storied Thrasher Road speedplant.

The Sunapee speedster dominated the MDP Motorsports Productions presents 75-lap Modified Racing Series main event to earn the top prize in the Labor Day Weekend classic.

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Spencer Speedway Fans Invited To Watch Conclusion Of The Maynard Troyer Classic VI — FOR FREE Grandstand Admission Free on Friday, September 5, 2025

by MikeSeptember 1, 2025

Williamson, N.Y. – (August 31, 2025) – The conclusion of the Maynard Troyer Classic VI, presented by F/A Products and Planter Box Direct, is set for this Friday, September 5 at Spencer Speedway in Williamson, N.Y. Fans are invited to attend with free grandstand admission as the Race of Champions Sportsman Modified Series and Rocket Performance 602 Sportsman Modified Series settle unfinished business from last weekend.

The fields for each feature were already determined through redraws before inclement weather forced an early conclusion to Friday’s program. Now, fans will enjoy a pair of high-stakes feature events to officially close out Spencer Speedway’s 2025 season.

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Owen Grennan Powers To Second Riverhead Raceway NASCAR Modified Victory Of 2025 Saturday

by Bob FinanSeptember 1, 2025

Coming into the Newsday Salutes First Responders NASCAR Modified feature Saturday at Riverhead Raceway, Owen Grennan of Glen Cove formulated a game plan upon finding out he’d start outside of the front row. Grennan, a schoolteacher by day executed his plan to perfection winning the 50-lap main event, his second of 2025 and third of his career. Prior to racing Connie Partridge & Tom Gatz in conjunction with Newsday presented a moving salute to all 1st responders during opening ceremonies, complete with a flyover by the Suffolk County Police Department.

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Late Pit Stop Propels Ron Silk To Third Oswego Speedway Victory

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 1, 2025

Ron Silk, VIctory Lane, Oswego Speedway — (Photo: Bryan Bennett/NASCAR)

OSWEGO, N.Y. – Despite now being a part-time competitor on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Ron Silk now has more victories than any other driver on the 2025 season.

The two-time champion earned his third checkered flag of the year at Oswego Speedway on Saturday evening after cycling to the front after a sequence of late pit stops. The triumph was Silk’s third at Oswego and 29^th overall with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, moving him into sole possession of eighth on the all-time win list.

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No More Seconds – Eddie Strada Is A NASCAR Modified Winner Saturday At Grandview Speedway

by MikeSeptember 1, 2025

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Following a series of second place finishes and nights when it looked like he might have won, Eddie Strada of Lake Ariel, Pa. stormed to his first career T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modified win, in another thrilling night of racing Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.

Joey Vaccaro of Reading, Pa. was able to maintain the lead after a three lap side-by-side duel with Teague MIller of Barto, Pa., and late race pressure from Addison Meitzler of Kempton, Pa. to score his second win of the season in the 25-lap T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman thriller.

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Matt Hirschman Captures His Third Victory In The Maynard Troyer Classic VI

by MikeSeptember 1, 2025

Top three MTC, Lutz Kailyn Beers, Hirschman, Emerling
Matt Hirschman Wins Maynard Troyer Classic VI, Race of Champions Sportsman Modified and Rocket Performance 602 Sportsman Modified Series Features Rescheduled for Friday, September 5 to Conclude Spencer Speedway Season

Williamson, N.Y. – (August 30, 2025) – For the third time in the six-year history of the Maynard Troyer Classic, Matt Hirschman of Northampton, Pa., drove to victory lane at Spencer Speedway in Williamson, N.Y. The win came under unusual circumstances as the 2025 edition of the event became the first rain-shortened race in the history of the Classic, declared official after 43 laps were completed when persistent lake-effect drizzle forced an early conclusion.

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PIT BOX: The Steel Palace Awaits As The NASCAR Modified Tour Championship Battle Rolls Into Oswego

by MikeAugust 29, 2025

Just five races remain in the 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season as the series returns to historic Oswego Speedway in New York for the running of the Toyota Mod Classic 150 this Saturday night (8 p.m. ET on FloRacing).

Saturday’s race marks the Modified Tour’s 18th visit to Oswego, with the first four visits occuring in 1988. Brian Ross captured the first two checkered flags at the track, with Mike McLaughlin and George Kent Jr. capturing the next two at the 0.625-mile oval.

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