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Chase Elliott Breaks Drought With Electrifying Victory At Echopark Speedway

by MikeJune 30, 2025

By Reid Spencer

HAMPTON, Ga. – Timing his pass on the last lap to perfection, Georgia native Chase Elliott charged past Brad Keselowski and held off the driver of the No. 6 Ford to win Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at Echo Park Speedway.

The popular victory in the first event of the NASCAR Cup Series’ In-Season Challenge broke a 44-race drought for Elliott dating to last year’s win at Texas Motor Speedway. The win was the second at EchoPark for the driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and the 20th of his career.

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NASCAR Cup Series In-Season Challenge Adds Spice To Return To EchoPark Speedway

by MikeJune 27, 2025

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

The final weekend of June will be one of “firsts” when it comes to NASCAR racing.

For the first time this season, the NASCAR Cup Series will race at a venue for the second time, though in the interim, Atlanta Motor Speedway has acquired new entitlement as EchoPark Speedway.

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Can Anyone Break Austin Hill’s Xfinity Series Stranglehold on EchoPark Speedway?

by MikeJune 27, 2025June 27, 2025

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

Jesse Love has won the pole position for the last three races at recently-christened EchoPark Speedway but hasn’t won a race there.

In fact, Love has been an excellent stalking horse for teammate Austin Hill, who has underscored Richard Childress Racing’s absolute dominance at the 1.54-mile track by winning the last three races and five of the last six—all since the repaving and reconfiguration was completed in 2022.

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NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Debuts at Lime Rock Park Road Course

by MikeJune 27, 2025June 27, 2025

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

The addition of Lime Rock Park to the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series schedule doubtless was welcome news to series leader Corey Heim.

With proven ability to succeed at any type of race track, Heim has claimed two of his 15 victories on road courses—from the pole at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2023 and from the second starting position at Circuit of the Americas last year.

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NASCAR Canada Heads East to Riverside International Speedway for the Season’s First Oval

by MikeJune 27, 2025

(Antigonish, NS), June 26, 2025 – The NASCAR Canada Series resumes this Saturday, June 28, with the Riverside 300, marking the second event of the 2025 season. The event will feature 300 laps of racing on the high-banked 1/3-mile asphalt oval.

Last year’s winner Kevin Lacroix, in the No. 74 Adaptive One Calipers / NAPA Racing Chevrolet, returns to Riverside International Speedway aiming for another strong performance.

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Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series at EchoPark Speedway

by MikeJune 27, 2025

In 167 NASCAR Cup Series starts at EchoPark Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has earned nine wins and three pole awards, including Kevin Harvick’s emotional victory in 2001. Dale Earnhardt won eight times at the Hampton, Ga., track under the RCR banner (1984-fall, 1986-fall, 1988-spring, 1989-fall, 1990-spring, 1995-fall, 1996-spring, 2000-spring). The Welcome, N.C., team has 31 top-five and 64 top-10 finishes at Atlanta and has led a total of 3,045 laps at the 1.54-mile oval.

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Fast Friday, NASCAR Racing Return To Seekonk Speedway This Weekend

by Lou ModestinoJune 27, 2025

by Ed St Germain

SEEKONK, Mass. — The month of June at Seekonk Speedway will end with a doubleheader weekend of racing, with both Fast Friday and NASCAR Saturday on the track June 27 & 28.

Fast Friday includes five divisions of racing, with three special event Everett’s Auto Parts Triple Crown Series races. On NASCAR Saturday, four divisions roar back to the third-mile with a special Triple Crown event in the Pro Stocks, two 40-lap races in the Seekonk Speedway 80th Anniversary Series for the Sport Trucks and Sportsman, and the Late Models.

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75th Anniversary Celebration Fireworks, NASCAR Modified Flying Dutchman Tribute 75 Highlight Riverhead Program Saturday

by Bob FinanJune 27, 2025

Over time many special nights, planned or spontaneous have evolved at Riverhead Raceway creating lifetime memories for competitors and spectators alike. Saturday evening, those memories will be feted during the 75th Anniversary Celebration complete with a Fireworks extravaganza to mark the milestone. On track action features the “Flying Dutchman” tribute 75 for the NASCAR Modifieds, honoring and celebrating the racing career and life of Fred Harbach, one of the most popular figures ever to race Riverhead Raceway.

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ARCA Preview: Lime Rock Park 100 at Lime Rock

by Lou ModestinoJune 27, 2025

by Josh Calloni, FrontStretch

It’s a week of firsts for the ARCA Menards Series, as teams will head to the first road course race of the season at Lime Rock Park.

The ARCA Menards Series East ran races there, with a few notable winners, including Dale Quarterley, from Hanover, MA, who is entered in this race.

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Justin Bonsignore Leading The Charge To White Mountain Motorsports Park

by Kyle SouzaJune 27, 2025

Four-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Justin Bonsignore leads NASCAR’s oldest touring series back to White Mountain Motorsports Park this Sunday afternoon. Originally set for Saturday, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour White Mountain 200 will now be run on Sunday at 2:30 p.m., due to Mother Nature.

The Tour only has two prior stops at White Mountain, both during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Bonsignore picked up the win in the inaugural series stop at the track, and followed it up by finishing fifth in the second one.

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