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Motorcycle Week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

by Lou ModestinoApril 16, 2022

Saturday, June 11 – Sunday, June 19, 2022

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a top destination for riders visiting the area during Laconia Motorcycle Week, June 11-19, with on- and off-track events throughout nine days of motorcycle mayhem. The Laconia Short Track and inaugural Musket Dirt Shootout, both at The Flat Track, will bookend the week-long motorcycle celebration that also features racing, highlighted by the 99th Annual Loudon Classic, on NHMS’s 1.6-mile full road course, vendors, demo rides, camping and more.

Jimmy Blewett Has High Hopes for Double Duty Effort in Stafford’s NAPA Spring Sizzler

by Lou ModestinoApril 16, 2022

(Stafford Springs, CT)—The pride of Howell, NJ, “Showtime” Jimmy Blewett is set for a big weekend of racing at the NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler April 23rd and 24th. Blewett has not only entered the 50^th Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler® but will also get behind the wheel of a Keith Rocco owned SK Modified® and battle with Stafford’s best in the 40-lap SK Modified feature. (more…)

Ken Schrader to Race with the Lucas Oil Great American Stocks at Salem Speedway April 24

by MikeApril 16, 2022

Salem, IN (April 15, 2022) – Former NASCAR star Ken Schrader will compete with the Salem Speedway Lucas Oil Great American Stocks in their 50-lap event with the upcoming Lucas Oil Midwest 250 on the famous High Banks of Salem Speedway Fueled by the Hoosier Lottery, located in Salem, Indiana on Sunday, April 24^th. The event will be promoted by Track Enterprises and will also include 100 lap features for the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS and the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance.

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Inaugural Granite State Derby at Lee USA Speedway To Showcase Variety of Race Cars, Headlined by NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

by Lou ModestinoApril 15, 2022

When the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Lee USA Speedway for the first time in over two decades next month, race fans are going to be in one for quite the treat in the inaugural Granite State Derby, promoted by JDV Productions.

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Grandview Presents First Point Race In Triple-Header Program Saturday, 602 Sportsman Join Program

by MikeApril 15, 2022

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – This Saturday, April 16, Grandview Speedway will present the first three division show of the brand-new season.

The T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds and T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman will be joined by the 602 crate Sportsman on Saturday starting at 6 pm. Pit gates will open at 3 pm. with grandstand gates opening at 4 pm. Adult grandstand admission is $20, while children under age 12 are admitted free of charge. (more…)

NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt

by MikeApril 14, 2022

For the first time in its existence the NASCAR Cup Series will compete with the Next Gen car on the dirt surface of Bristol Motor Speedway for an Easter Weekend spectacular, the Food City Dirt Race, this Sunday, April 17 at 7 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series News & Notes – Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt

by MikeApril 14, 2022

This weekend’s Pinty’s Truck Race on Dirt at the Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt track (8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) marks the first of two races on the special surface this season for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The series will also visit Knoxville Raceway in Iowa on June 18.

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Truly Hard Seltzer Joins Whitcomb 5 Series Sponsorship Program

by Lou ModestinoApril 14, 2022

GW Promotional Group – promoters of the Whitcomb 5 Series – announced today the addition of Truly Hard Seltzer to the sponsorship program for the 2022 season. Truly Hard Seltzer will become the official sponsor of the on-site podcast and the hospitality suites at all five events. They will also be on the front cover of the Whitcomb Classic programs at the season-opener at Monadnock Speedway on Sunday, May 1. (more…)

Dick Berggren, Lew Boyd, and Bruce Cohen to Serve as Grand Marshals at the 50th NAPA Spring Sizzler at Stafford

by Lou ModestinoApril 14, 2022

(Stafford Springs, CT)—It all started back in the Fall of 1971 when three racing friends got together looking for a way to fund their race teams, and just like that the Spring Sizzler® was born. 50 years and 50 Spring Sizzlers later the founding trio of Dick Berggren, Lew Boyd, and Bruce Cohen will serve as the grand marshals for the 50th running of the “Greatest Race in the History of Spring” Sunday April 24th.

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R.A.D. Auto Machine Providing Rookie of the Year Bonus and Weekly Contingency Bonuses at Stafford

by Lou ModestinoApril 13, 2022

(Stafford Springs, CT)—For the 10th consecutive season, rookie drivers in Stafford Speedway’s SK Light, Limited Late Model, and Street Stock divisions will all be racing for a $500 end of season bonus that will be provided by R.A.D. Auto Machine of Ludlow, MA. The highest finishing rookie drivers in each division will receive a $500 bonus and all drivers who have made less than 5 division starts in previous seasons are eligible to compete in the R.A.D. Rookie of the Year program.

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