(Stafford Springs, CT)—Over the years at Stafford Motor Speedway, Matt Galko has proved to be a race-winning driver. Galko scored back to back SK Light championships in his first 2 seasons of competition at Stafford in 2010 and 2011, winning 8 races between those championship seasons. Galko added two more wins in the SK Modified® division from 2012-2019 before going Open Modified racing in 2020.
Thompson, CT — A much nicer day awaited fans on day two of the 50th Icebreaker at Thompson Speedway. Six star-studded features took to the 0.625-mile oval on Sunday, as did the peaks of sunshine to greet the fans in the stands. While the Street Stocks were able to start their 2024 track championship season on Saturday, the rest of the track championship line-up got their year started with plenty of action on Sunday along with the roar of the mighty NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour with their return to Icebreaker weekend. (more…)
North East, Pa. – (April 8, 2024) – With the solar eclipse now behind everyone in the region is time to start the region’s race season in “totality”.
The Race of Champions Modified Series is set to begin it’s 2024 campaign this coming Saturday, April 13 with the a 250-lap, $15,000-to-win event at one of the nicest tracks in the region in North East, Pa., at Lake Erie Speedway. (more…)
(Nashville, TN) After weeks of anticipation for Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway’s Opening Day, the checkered flag waved on a successful event. Many racers showed up as the grandstands were packed full of fans cheering on their favorite driver.
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – After an exciting and competitive opening last Saturday, Grandview Speedway is ready to present the second weekend of racing for the new season.
This Saturday, April 13 will see a two-division program of racing under the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series banner for the T.P. Trailer Modifieds and the T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman. Each division will run qualifying races leading to the 30-lap Modified and 25-lap Sportsman main events. (more…)
Thompson, CT — A partly cloudy day was had at Thompson Speedway’s Saturday opener to the 50th Icebreaker weekend with plenty of rain to darken the spirits on an exciting opening day schedule of events. The crew at Thompson Speedway kept the track dry enough to get in full feature events for both the Thompson Street Stocks and the PASS Super Late Models but the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series was a casualty to the rain and will be postponed to the Friday of World Series weekend on October 11. (more…)
(Stafford Springs, CT)—New for the 2024 racing season at Stafford Motor Speedway, Call Before You Dig will serve as the title sponsor of the June 21 CBYD Senator’s Cup event. The 50-lap extra distance SK Modified® feature event will be the first of two extra distance races for Stafford’s premier SK Modified® division in 2024 with the 11th Annual NAPA SK 5k set to take place on August 2nd. The CBYD Senator’s Cup will feature a purse of over $10,000 with the race winner guaranteed to go home with at least $1,550.
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Mike Mahaney of Elizabethtown, N.Y. utilized a well prepared and strong running race car along with some good racing luck, to score the Opening Night win in the VP Racing Fuels Bruce Rogers Memorial T.P. Trailer 50-lap Modified feature Saturday night at Grandview Speedway. (more…)
Barre, VT and Naples, ME — When the roar of the mighty NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Connecticut’s quiet corner this Sunday afternoon, it’ll be the 153rd time the series has tackled the iconic highbanks of Thompson Speedway and the first time in four years that the Tour has competed on Icebreaker weekend. The Icebreaker 150 for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is set as the first homebase battle for the Northeast teams who regularly compete on the fan-favorite Tour. (more…)
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – After all the weeks of anticipation and preparation, Grandview Speedway is set to officially open the 2024 racing season this Saturday night.
This Saturday, April 6 will see the track gates swing open for the first official race meet of the 62nd anniversary season as Big Block/Small Block Modified competitors compete for top honors in the season opening VP Racing Fuels Bruce Rogers Memorial Money Maker, the seventh consecutive year that the season opening event is run in honor of long-time track owner and promoter Bruce Rogers. (more…)
