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McKinney Construction Continuing to Build Excitement in Stafford Speedway’s SK Lights

by Lou ModestinoMarch 28, 2025

(Stafford Springs, CT)—For the 2025 season at Stafford Speedway, hometown company McKinney Construction will return to the track’s contingency program. McKinney will provide a weekly $100 bonus to each 2^nd place finisher from Stafford’s SK Light Modified feature events. During the 2024 season 12 different drivers earned a contingency bonus from McKinney Construction.

“We’re happy to once again be a contingency sponsor for the SK Light division,” said Larry McKinney, owner and operator of McKinney Construction. “We’re looking forward to another exciting season on track at Stafford with some new competitors.”

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Grandview Speedway Hosts Open Practice This Saturday, March 29 – Season Opener April 5

by MikeMarch 27, 2025

ON TRACK ACTION CONTINUES WITH FREE-TO-THE-PUBLIC PRACTICE THIS SATURDAY MARCH 29 AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY

VP RACING FUELS BRUCE ROGERS MEMORIAL MONEY MAKER SEASON OPENER IS APRIL 5

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Grandview Speedway continues to prepare for a brand-new race season this Saturday, March 29 by holding an open practice to help kick start the 2025 season.

Saturday, March 29 will be the traditional free-to-the-public practice session open to all racing divisions. Drivers will have the opportunity to test their reworked or brand-new equipment for the new season before competition officially begins next week. Race fans will have the opportunity to come out and see their favorite drivers for the first time and check out their new cars for the new campaign. (more…)

Luke Baldwin Set For Triple Duty Weekend at Martinsville, Thompson

by Kyle SouzaMarch 27, 2025

A busy three-race weekend for rising driver Luke Baldwin will bring him over 700 miles across the East Coast – nevermind over 400 laps on the track. Baldwin will compete in three different events at two different tracks – Martinsville Speedway and Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park – in both a Truck and a Modified.

Baldwin will drive three different cars in the three events.

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Entry list: Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park

by MikeMarch 26, 2025March 26, 2025

Here’s the entry list for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Icebreaker 150 from Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, Connecticut.

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PIT BOX: Whelen Modified Tour ready to break the ice Sunday at Thompson

by MikeMarch 26, 2025

By Adam Fenwick, NASCAR.com

After a month off, the 40th anniversary season of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour roars back to life Sunday afternoon at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park with the running of the Icebreaker 150 (4:30 p.m. ET on FloRacing).

The race marks the 156th time since the creation of the Modified Tour in 1985 the series has visited the historic oval. In fact, the first Modified Tour race was held at Thompson on March 31, 1985 and won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Richie Evans. (more…)

Justin Bonsignore Looks For Record Tying Day at Thompson Speedway

by Kyle SouzaMarch 26, 2025

Thompson Speedway has always been one of Justin Bonsignore’s best tracks.

As the four-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion heads back north this weekend for the Icebreaker 150 on Sunday, he has the opportunity to continue to add to his already stout Thompson legacy.

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Race of Champions Street Stock, FOAR SCORE Four Cylinder Dash and WNY Mighty TQ Midigets set to join the Modifieds at Lake Erie Speedway

by MikeMarch 25, 2025

North East, PA – (March 24, 2025) – The final countdown is on to the “the Greatest Tradition in Modified Racing” at Lake Erie Speedway in Northeast, Pennsylvania for both fans and participants for the biggest opening event in the history of racing in the region on Saturday, April 12, 2025.

The Race of Champions Modified Series will open its season with a 250-lap event paying $15,000-to-win.

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Grandview Speedway To Host Autism Awareness & Acceptance Night On April 19

by MikeMarch 24, 2025

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Grandview Speedway will be hosting a special night at the races with Autism Awareness and Acceptance Night on Saturday, April 19.

This special event is being organized by Mark Hamm, father of Sportsman driver Nicholas Hamm, and representatives of the Collaborative Autism Movement as a means of raising awareness to Autism, and also as a fundraiser. (more…)

Crate Modifieds Join Open-Wheel Lineup At Wiscasset Speedway in 2025

by Amy WorreyMarch 21, 2025

Written By: Amy Worrey – Chasing the Checkered

Wiscasset Speedway has a knack for making racing bigger and better with each and every passing year. This off-season was no exception with the addition of the Davis Erector Group Crate Modifieds to the already action-packed Group 1 lineup.

The division has been a work in progress for some time now, as track owner Richard Jordan manifested the idea with the purchase of a fleet of Crate Modifieds a handful of years back. Fans got their first taste of the cars at last season’s Fall Fury event with a 25-lap exhibition race full of exciting twists and turns.

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Race Of Champions And Sunoco Race Fuels Reunite For Exclusive Fueling Rights

by MikeMarch 20, 2025

– Sunoco Race Fuels becomes Marketing Partner with all aspects of 1670 Sports & Entertainment, LLC including Racing Promotion Monthly (RPM) Newsletter and Workshops –

Elma, NY – (March 20, 2025) – Sunoco Race Fuels and Race of Champions management are pleased to announce that Sunoco Race Fuels will become “the Official Fuel of the Race of Champions Family of Series” as well as being a marketing partner with the Racing Promotion Monthly (RPM) Workshops and the RPM Newsletter.

Sunoco, through its CAM2 brand, was an original fuel provider for the Race of Champions Series and “The Greatest Tradition in Modified Racing”, “the Race of Champions”, supporting races at various locations including Langhorne, PA; Trenton, NJ; Pocono, PA; Oswego, NY; and Lake Erie Speedway in Northeast, PA.

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