Tag: New Smyrna Speedway

Eric Goodale Heads To Riverhead Raceway With Early Season Championship Lead After Hot Start

Lou Modestino

In the previous 64 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races contested at Riverhead Raceway there was perhaps no more a popular winner then Eric Goodale of Riverhead when he topped the late Ted Christopher for the win June 28th, 2014. Eric who grew up roughly three miles from the historic quarter mile bullring was swarmed by family and friends after his first career WMT triumph. Saturday May 15th the 35-year old Goodale will come to the Miller Lite 200 at Riverhead as the early season WMT championship leader and is hopeful…

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Crosley Record Pressing Named Title Sponsor for May 8th Tripleheader at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

Mike

(Nashville, Tennessee) Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway and motorsports promotion company Track Enterprises are proud to announce Crosley Brands’ continued support for Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. Crosley Record Pressing will be the title sponsor for the May 8th ARCA Menards Series East race at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

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Derek Griffith to Make Stafford Speedway Debut in the Casagrande Builders 75

Lou Modestino

When the Granite State Pro Stock Series shifts the 2021 season into gear at Stafford Speedway on April 24 as part of NAPA Opening Day, one of the favorites among the “outsiders” would be Derek Griffith. 

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CT’s Ryan Preece Going Modified Racing at South Boston This Weekend

Lou Modestino

NASCAR Cup Series competitor Ryan Preece will be climbing back into a Modified this weekend, competing with the SMART Modified Tour at South Boston Speedway on Saturday. South Boston Speedway announced Berlin, CT’s Ryan Preece’s entry into the event on social media on Wednesday evening.

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Modified Roar Returns to Thompson Speedway at Icebreaker

Lou Modestino

Waterbury, VT — When Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park comes alive for the Icebreaker April 10-11, the roar of Modified engines will once again hit the high-banks. The Sunoco Modifieds and SK Light Modifieds, Thompson’s two local open-wheel divisions, are back for another year and will compete at all six events during the 2021 season.

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Berlin, CT’s Ryan Preece “All Smiles” Following Modified Test at Martinsville Speedway

Lou Modestino

The trip down to Florida in February typically sets the tone for the rest of each series’ seasons in regards to car count and the competition level. If World Series Speedweeks was any indication, it could be a very good year to be behind the wheel of a modified.

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5 Flags Speedway Provides Another Dose Of Short Track Action

Mike

ARCA Menards Series East racing on a Floridian half-mile paved oval provided an epic finish in the 2021 season-opener at New Smyrna Speedway on Feb. 8. Your move, Pensacola’s 5 Flags Speedway. The Pensacola 200 Presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions is here.

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Hudson, NH’s Derek Griffith Winning World Series Championships “The Hard Way”

Lou Modestino

The world of Super Late Models is undoubtedly centered in the South, with drivers like Bubba Pollard and Stephen Nasse gobbling up the big prizes. But for the last two years, it’s been New Englander Derek Griffith who’s been on top of the division at the World Series of Asphalt at New Smyrna.

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New Smyrna Speedway World Series ’21 Wrap-Up

Lou Modestino

The World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing came to a close Saturday, bringing a conclusion to the latest edition of the Florida Speedweeks tradition.  We now look back on this year’s World Series with this installment of “By the Numbers.”

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GRANDVIEW RACERS TO BE PART OF NASCAR ADVANCE AUTO PARTS WEEKLY SERIES REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Lou Modestino

BECHTELSVILLE, PA February 12, 2021 . . . With the recent announcement by NASCAR, weekly racers at Grandview Speedway will have something more to race for in 2021 as part of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series when the season gets started officially on Saturday, April 10th for the T.P.Trailers Modifieds and T.P.Truck Equipment Sportsman. The sanctioning body is re-introducing regional championships to its weekly racing format.

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