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Ron Silk Looking to Continue Stafford Success in NAPA Fall Final

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 20, 2024

(Stafford Springs, CT)—After winning the NAPA Spring Sizzler® in April and the GAF Mod Masters in July at Stafford, Ron Silk and the #16 Blue Mountain Machine / Future Homes team owned by Tyler Haydt and Joe Yannone will head into Saturday, September 28 NAPA Fall Final looking for their third consecutive 2024 victory at the Connecticut half-mile. Silk has been the hottest Open/Monaco Modified driver at Stafford, not named Woody Pitkat, as he has 4 wins and 6 podium finishes in his last 7 starts at Stafford dating back to the 2022 NAPA Spring Sizzler®. Despite Silk not being a regular weekly racer at Stafford, he has a high level of confidence each time he comes through the Stafford gates to race and he is eager to continue his winning ways when he takes to the track on Sept. 28.

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NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Elimination Race From Bristol Motor Speedway, Supermotocross World Championship Final, And IMSA From Indianapolis Motor Speedway Presented Across NBC, USA NETWORK, PEACOCK, And CNBC This Weekend

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024September 19, 2024

Live Pre-Race Coverage of NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Elimination Race from Bristol Motor Speedway Begins Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on USA Network

Winner-Take-All SuperMotocross World Championship Final Between Jett Lawrence, Hunter Lawrence, and Chase Sexton Starts Saturday at 9:30 p.m. ET Live on Peacock from Las Vegas Motor Speedway

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from Famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway Begins This Sunday with Peacock-Exclusive Live Coverage at 11:30 a.m. ET followed by NBC and Peacock Live at 3 p.m. ET

STAMFORD, Conn. – Sept. 19, 2024 – NBC Sports’ motorsports coverage this weekend is headlined by the NASCAR Cup Series’ Round of 16 playoff elimination race from Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday on USA Network, the SuperMotocross World Championship Final on Saturday on Peacock from Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and the penultimate race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway on NBC and Peacock this Sunday.

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Freedom 76 Weekend Is This Friday & Saturday At Grandview Speedway – $5 Grandstand Admission Friday & Possible $32,062 To Win Freedom 76 On Saturday Highlite Event

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024September 19, 2024

54^th ANNUAL GRANDVIEW FREEDOM 76 MODIFIED CHAMPIONSHIP & FREEDOM 38 SPORTSMAN CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WEEKEND

FREEDOM 76 RACE WINNERS LIST IS FILLED WITH THE TOP NAMES IN MODIFIED RACING HISTORY

FANS FOR FIVE FRIDAY $5 GRANDSTAND ADMISSION KICK-STARTS WEEKEND ACTION

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The 62^ndanniversary season of auto racing action at Grandview Speedway moves into the 54^th annual Freedom 76 race weekend, the biggest, most prestigious, and most lucrative racing of the year for competitors.

The Freedom 76 weekend begins this Friday, September 20 with the 11^th annual Freedom 38 Sportsman Championship race, along with qualifying events, plus practice time for Modified drivers wishing to participate in the Freedom 76.

Friday’s program will be known as Fans for Five Friday as the grandstand admission is just $5, while children ages 9 and under will be free of charge. Pit admission on Friday is $40, and no license is required. (more…)

Seekonk Championship Final Four Fields To Be Set, Wall Of Fame Inductions Help Headline Racing Weekend

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 19, 2024

As Seekonk Speedway hits the final two weekends of the short-track racing season for Fast Friday and NASCAR Saturday, September 20-21 will determine the Final Four who will compete for the title in each division. As the Sunoco Drive For The Cup revs up, after feature event racing on both nights, four drivers will have the right to contend for the title, while two in each division will go home hoping for another shot next year. (more…)

Flex Schedule To Be In Play For Race Of Champions Weekend At Lake Erie Speedway

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

– Always a Part of Race of Champions Weekend to Accommodate Fans and Participants –

– GATE TIMES; Saturday, September 21 Grandstands Open @12:00pm (NOON) / Qualifying Begins @ 2:30pm; Sunday, September 22 Grandstands Open @ 11:00am / Qualifying Begins @ 1:15pm –

North East, Pa. – (September 19, 2024) – Lake Erie Speedway and Race of Champions management are prepared to offer fans a “flex” schedule Race of Champions Weekend at Lake Erie Speedway including the VP Racing Fuels Race of Champions 250, “The Greatest Tradition in Modified racing”.

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Young’s Motorsports Bristol Motor Speedway Team Preview

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

Welcome To The Team: For Thursday night’s UNOH 200 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, Young’s Motorsports welcomes Justin Mondeik to command the team’s flagship No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado RST for his inaugural NASCAR CRAFTSMAN® Truck Series debut in Thunder Valley.

About Justin: Hailing from Gleason, Wisc. Mondeik has earned success in the Midwest in Late Model competition. (more…)

Greg Van Alst Returns to ARCA Menards Series Scene Ahead of Double Duty Bristol Motor Speedway Weekend

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

BRISTOL, Tenn: Set to return to the ARCA Menards Series for the first time in more than a month, veteran driver Greg Van Alst is hoping for a strong weekend at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway starting with Thursday night’s Bush’s Beans 200.

Since his last ARCA Menards Series race at Michigan International Speedway, Van Alst has focused on the future of his Greg Van Alst Motorsports program inside and outside the ARCA Menards Series garage. (more…)

Stafford Speedway Championship Battles Coming Into Focus

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 19, 2024

(Stafford Springs, CT)—With the 2024 season at Stafford Speedway making its final turn and heading down the homestretch, the races for track championships are coming into focus with contenders emerging from the pack in each weekly division. Here we take a division by division look at the contenders from each division and how they raced themselves into position to be a 2024 championship contender.

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Todd Gilliland Debuts New Frontline Enterprises Scheme at the Bristol Motor Speedway

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (September 18, 2024) – The Bristol Night Race is next on the NASCAR Cup Series calendar with Todd Gilliland and the No. 38 team making their second visit of the season to the Last Great Colosseum.

Coming off of a Top-20 finish at Watkins Glens International, Gilliland and the No. 38 team look to bounce back with a strong result at the 0.5-mile track. Frontline Enterprises will debut a new, all-white scheme for the No. 38 Ford Mustang Dark Horse. (more…)

Ryan Truex / No. 20 Gazoo Racing Toyota GR Supra Preview – Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

TRUEX AT BRISTOL: Ryan Truex and the No. 20 Toyota Certified Collision Center GR Supra crew head to Bristol this weekend for the Food City 300. Truex has four prior NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the high-banked, half-mile short track, which includes, two top-10s and an average finish of 15.5. Truex has a best finish of 10^th at Bristol which he scored twice, with one in 2012 and the second coming in 2018.
LAST TIME OUT: Truex’s last start at Atlanta has its ups and downs. After starting seventh, Truex got in the wall early and fell out of the front-running pack for most of the race. Despite the setback, Truex slowly worked his way back through the field and managed to sneak back into the top-10 to come home with a 10^th place finish on the day.

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