William Byron won the Cup race with Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT placed 15th, Joey Logano of Middletown, CT ended up 18th while Corey Lajoie finished 24th. Corey is the son of two-time Xfinity Champion Randy LaJoie who grew up in Norwalk, CT.
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How Did Drivers With New England Connections Do In Darlington’s Cup Race…
Martin Truex Jr. won the Cup series race at Darlington this past weekend. He’s originally from Stafford Township, NJ.
How New England NASCAR Cup Drivers Fared at Kansas
No surprise here with Kyle Busch able to pull off another NASCAR Cup win this time at Kansas international Speedway on Sunday. (more…)
How New England Drivers did at Talladega Over the Weekend!
On Saturday Jeb Burton won the Xfinity race at the 2.6 mile Superspeedway. Brett Moffit, now committed in the point race in that division finished 17th in the Chris Our entry. Our lives and runs a construction business on Cape Cod and resides in W. Harwich, MA. (more…)
How New Englanders Did At Richmond Over the Weekend
In Sunday’s afternoon’s NASCAR Cup race at RIR Alex Bowman’s late race surge brought him into Victory Lane at Richmond International Raceway in VA. Middletown, CT’s ended his day in third place after being in the hunt all day long. Corey LaJoie finished his day in 21st and is the son of two-time Xfinity Champion Randy Lajoie a native of Norwalk, CT. Berlin, CT’s Ryan Preece finished 29th while Anthony Alfredo of Ridgefield, CT wound up 31st.
iRacing Partners with Anthony Alfredo at Martinsville Speedway
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (April 6, 2021) – A familiar company returns to partner with Ridgefield, CT’s Anthony Alfredo this weekend at the Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. iRacing will be the primary partner of Alfredo and the No. 38 Ford Mustang team during Saturday night’s 500-lap event. The world’s most popular racing simulation has supported Alfredo in his NASCAR career the past several seasons, but this will be their first supporting Alfredo in the NASCAR Cup Series. (more…)
New England Connections At The Bristol Dirt Colosseum – How Did They Fare?
Sunday’s washout at the Bristol Circus Maximus resulted in NASCAR rescheduling both the NASCAR Pinty Truck race and the Cup event to Monday. Martin Truex, Jr. ended up the winner in the Trucks while Parker Kligerman of Stamford, CT ended the day in 18th place with Brett Moffit driving Cape Cod’s Chris Hour entry, who resides in Harwich, MA, to a disappointing 24th.
Track Talk – How New England Drivers and Teams Fared at Atlanta
Kyle Busch dominated the Camping World Truck Series race at Atlanta leading 102 laps of 130. Brett Moffit ended up 9th. Brett also drives a Xfinity entry for Cape Cod’s Chris Our. Parker Kligerman of Westport, Ct ended the afternoon in 14th. (more…)
Connecticut and Massachusetts Are Well-Represented on the NASCAR Racing Scene
The MotorSportsNews.Net(work) would like to welcome back columnist Lou Modestino, who will be writing a a weekly motor sports column with a New England focus of competitors in NASCAR’s top four series, NHRA, World of Outlaws, DIRT, Flat Track and Supercross, National MX, No. American Rally Series and the like. Lou last contributed to the site with his “TV Times” columns in 2015. Welcome back, Lou! (more…)