Riverhead Raceway race teams, staff and their family members filled the banquet room at Giorgio’s of Baiting Hollow to honor the 2025 Riverhead Raceway NASCAR Weekly Series and INEX champions Friday evening. The affair hosted by track owners Connie Partridge, Tom Gatz and GM John Ellwood honored the twelve drivers who earned 2025 championships at the popular quarter mile facility, along with the top five from each division and the 2025 Rookie of the Year winners were feted.
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Race Of Champions Management Continues To Announce “Save-The-Date” Opportunities As Fans Build Their 2026 Race Calendar
Williamson, NY (January 26, 2026) — Race of Champions management is pleased to announce it will once again lease Spencer Speedway for six (6) events during the 2026 season at the Route 104, half-mile speedplant.
Opening night is scheduled for Friday, May 22, followed by additional events on Friday, June 5; Friday, July 10; Friday, July 31; Friday, August 14; and Friday, September 4, 2026. An open practice is tentatively planned for Friday, May 15.
Teddy Hodgdon To Chase NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Rookie of the Year
Hodgdon Also Pairing With JMA Motorsports For Full-Time Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series Effort
A minimum of 25 races are on the calendar for Teddy Hodgdon for the 2026 short-track Modified racing season.
Hodgdon plans to compete full-time on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in search of the Rookie of the Year award in the familiar No. 55 entry, for all 16 events.
Levan Machine & Truck Equipment Takes Lead Role As Thunder On The Hill Series Sponsor
BECHTELSVILLE, PA January 22, 2026 . . . . . . . . . . . . . We are thrilled and proud to announce that Levan Machine & Truck Equipment has taken the lead sponsor role of the Thunder on the Hill Racing Series for the 2026 season at the Grandview Speedway. Levan Machine & Truck Equipment President and CEO Brian Levan first joined the Thunder on the Hill Racing Series in 2017 sponsoring the first Smoke on the Hill event that featured Tony Stewart in a 410 Sprint Car at Grandview. Since that time, Levan Machine & Truck Equipment has been a huge part of the Thunder Series including being the sponsor of the first High Limit Sprint event at Grandview in 2023.
Luke Baldwin To Chase Unprecedented Third Straight SMART Modified Tour Championship With Sadler-Stanley Racing
Sadler-Stanley Racing announced Wednesday that Luke Baldwin will return to the Pace-O-Matic No. 7VA for another season of SMART Modified Tour racing in 2026.
Baldwin will be searching for an unprecedented third straight championship on the SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic, after capturing the title in his rookie season in 2024, and following it up with another crown in 2025.
SK Light Champion Meg Fuller Moves Up to Stafford’s Premier SK Modified® Division in 2026
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After capturing the 2025 SK Light championship, second-generation driver Meg Fuller of Auburn, MA will move up the Stafford Speedway ladder into the track’s premier SK Modified® division for the 2026 season. Fuller will join forces with Dan Avery and Keith Rocco Racing to pilot an Avery Construction car adorned with her familiar #2 and support from longtime partners Propane Plus, P.T. Watts, Wally and Jason Koza, Rob from TFR, Interstate Transmission, RaceChoice, Metro Door, Gary Rice Shop Equipment, Renee and Ed Bennett, Avery Construction, and VR Wraps, while welcoming P.J. Ladola and Sons as a new sponsor for 2026.
Sign Pro Named Title Sponsor for $20,000 SK Modified Triple Crown
(Stafford Springs, CT)— Stafford Motor Speedway has announced that Sign Pro will serve as the title sponsor of the SK Modified® Triple Crown for the 2026 season. The popular Triple Crown will continue with the same three-race format that has helped make it one of the most anticipated storylines on the Stafford calendar.
2026 Oxford Plains Speedway Schedule Announced
The 2026 Oxford Plains Speedway schedule is now official! A 22-event calendar is slated, beginning with the OCS season opener on Sunday, April 26 and concluding with PASS 400 Weekend on September 26-27. In between, we’ll have the 53rd Oxford 250, the return of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, the Celebration of America 300, and more!
ACT and PASS Release 2026 Lee USA Speedway Schedule
Lee, NH — After receiving approval from the Town of Lee Select Board during a public hearing on Monday evening, officials with the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) are excited to announce the 18-event schedule that will make the 2026 season at Lee USA Speedway.
Jonathan Cash Joins Hillbilly Racing For SMART Modified Tour Full-Time 2026 Season
Jonathan Cash announced today he will compete full-time on the SMART Modified Tour for the 2026 season with a new team.
Cash will join Hillbilly Racing to compete in the No. 79, teaming with one of the most historic car numbers in southern modified racing history and the entire Hill family, led by David Hill.