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Granite State Pro Stock Series To Kick-Off 2023 at Star Speedway

Lou Modestino

Plenty of novelty awaits the Granite State Pro Stock Series entering its twelfth year on the road. And to get it all started, the New Hampshire-based touring circuit is returning to where last year’s championship chase wrapped up. Saturday’s Hedges Excavating 100 at Star Speedway kicks off an eight-race schedule that introduces two new venues to the series’ repertoire and visits the Empire State for the second time in series history.

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Stan Mertz Racing Set For NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Debut at Monadnock Speedway

Lou Modestino

WHITINSVILLE, Mass. – After many years of racing across different disciplines, Stan Mertz Racing will make their NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour debut this Saturday, May 6 at Monadnock Speedway. With Woody Pitkat behind the wheel of the Koopman Lumber No. 6, the team feels confident going into the event.

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Stan Mertz Racing, Woody Pitkat Set To Head Back To Work at Stafford Motor Speedway

Lou Modestino

WHITINSVILLE, Mass. — Stan Mertz Racing and driver Woody Pitkat will look to recreate some Stafford Motor Speedway magic this Friday night, May 14, in the Call Before You Dig Modified Classic 81. Last year, the team celebrated victory in the Twisted Tea Open Modified 80 at Stafford, a track where Pitkat is no stranger to Victory Lane.

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Justin Bonsignore Looks To Continue Historic Streak at Riverhead Raceway

Lou Modestino

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. — Justin Bonsignore looks to get his quest for a third NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship steered back on the right track this Saturday, May 15, at Riverhead Raceway. Set to return to competition at his home track, Bonsignore looks to add a fifth consecutive win at the New York oval in Whelen Modified Tour action.

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Barry Shaw Gets Back-to-Back Wins in Seekonk Speedway’s Sport Trucks Division

Lou Modestino

SEEKONK, Mass. — It took six caution flags and 10 extra laps, but the second race of the season saw a familiar finish, as Barry Shaw Jr. once again took the checkered flag for back-to-back victories in the Chaz Auto Body Sport Trucks.

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Granite State Pro Stock Series Returns To Star Speedway This Saturday

Lou Modestino

WALPOLE, N.H. — Granite State Pro Stock Series race teams are heading to Star Speedway in Epping, New Hampshire, for the third race of the season on Saturday, May 8. Coming off successful events at Stafford Motor Speedway and Monadnock Speedway — won by Joey Pole and Angelo Belsito — the series hits the New Hampshire oval for the Hedges Excavating 100 for the first of two visits in 2021. The second visit will come on Friday, September 17, as part of the annual Star Classic.

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Rameau, Kimball Shine At May 1 Monadnock 2021 Opener

Lou Modestino

WINCHESTER, N.H. – Anyone still clinging to the belief that rising star Sammy Rameau’s Tri-Track Open Modified Series win last season at Monadnock Speedway might have been a fluke, can now put that notion away. Far away!

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Sam Rameau Goes Back-To-Back With Tri Track At Monadnock Speedway

Lou Modestino

WINCHESTER, N.H. — Sam Rameau dominated early, restarted deep in the field after a pit stop, drove to the front, made a pass for the lead, and rolled to Victory Lane. The Westminster, Massachusetts, native, and driver for Rameau Family Motorsports, was victorious in the season-opener for the Tri Track Open Modified Series presented by All Phases Renovations at Monadnock Speedway on Saturday, May 1. By Souza Media/Kyle Souza In the Wonder Casino 100, Rameau made a late pass on Ron Silk to score the $6,000 winning check — besting more…

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Justin Bonsignore Finishes 13th in Rain Shortened Spring Sizzler at Stafford Speedway

Lou Modestino

STAFFORD, Conn. — Justin Bonsignore finished 13th in the rain-shortened NAPA Spring Sizzler at Stafford Motor Speedway on Friday, April 30. The race was deemed official after just 130 of the 150 lap distance due to persistent rain in the area. It was the second of 14 races on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour calendar and first of three at the Connecticut oval in 2021.

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Doug Coby Finishes 12th in Rain Shortened Spring Sizzler at Staffod Speedway

Lou Modestino

STAFFORD, Conn. — Doug Coby wrapped the 49th annual NAPA Spring Sizzler at Stafford Motor Speedway with a 12th place finish in the rain-shortened event on Friday, April 30. Coby qualified the Mayhew Tools No. 10 in the fourth position and ran inside the top-five for the first portion of the race, taking the lead from Matt Swanson just after lap 50.

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