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Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America Announces 30th Anniversary Ride Start and End Locations and 2026 Dates

The 30^th Anniversary Ride will take place from May 1 – May 9, 2026, starting at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, and ending at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 15, 2025 – The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America today officially announced the start and end locations, as well as the dates, for the 30^th Anniversary Ride. For the milestone edition, the 30^th Anniversary Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America will truly cross the United States, starting in Sonoma, California, on May 1, 2026, and concluding in Concord, North Carolina, on May 9, 2026.

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Hot Start Has Jon Puleo Primed For Stafford’s Casella Waste SK 80

June 5, 2025

(Stafford Springs, CT)—One of the hottest drivers at Stafford Speedway in 2025 has been SK Modified® driver Jon Puleo. Puleo and his #7 Mr. Rooter Plumbing / Sign Pro team kicked off the year with a victory in the NAPA Spring Sizzler® and followed that up with a second place effort. Puleo was fighting for the victory when he spun with 4 laps to go in the most recent SK Modified® feature event last Friday night, May 30^th. Puleo’s hot start to the year combined with his love for extra distance racing has him primed for the Casella Waste SK 80, set for this Friday, June 6th at the Connecticut half-mile facility.

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Trackhouse Celebrates 300th Start Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway

May 28, 2025

There is no more fitting racetrack for Trackhouse Racing to celebrate its 300th start this weekend than Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway.

Just six days after Ross Chastain registered his sixth win, the Trackhouse team comes home to Nashville, where founder and owner Justin Marks resides and where Trackhouse’s corporate offices are located.

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62nd Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic to Start Thunder Road Season on Sunday

May 23, 2025

The Maplefields/Irving Late Models rule the roost in Thunder Road’s season opener this Sunday for the 62nd Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic with Barre’s Cody Blake going for his third win in the iconic holiday event! (Alan Ward photo)

Barre, VT – Following the rain postponement of the Community Bank 150 to June 1, the Thunder Road faithful are ready to return to the Nation’s Site of Excitement this Sunday, May 25 to kick off the 2025 season with the 62nd Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic! The Maplefields/Irving Late Models will go for 125 laps to see whose name is added to the granite monument and who will lead off the second annual Squier Cup Triple Crown presented by Milton CAT!

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Jason Kitzmiller Prioritizes Family, Taps Grant Enfinger for Charlotte ARCA Start

May 21, 2025

CONCORD, N.C.: Family first, always.

Despite being in contention for the ARCA Menards Series championship lead, veteran driver Jason Kitzmiller will skip Friday night’s General Tire 150 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway to attend his daughter’s high school graduation.

Addison Kitzmiller will graduate on May 23, 2025, from Petersburg High School, earning the school’s highest academic honor as valedictorian.

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Grandview Speedway Hosts 96 Race Cars At Open Practice To Kick Start Season – VP Racing Fuels Bruce Rogers Memorial Opener Is April 5

March 31, 2025

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Off to a great start!

Grandview Speedway hosted an open test and tune practice session on Saturday afternoon, setting the stage for Opening Night next Saturday, April 5. (more…)

RFK Racing’s New Team Making a Powerful Statement With Strong Start to 2025 Season

March 28, 2025

Concord, NC (March 27, 2025) – It is one of the best stories of the year: a brand-new team, formed only months ago, outrunning some of NASCAR’s most established cars. That’s what’s happening right now with Ryan Preece and Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing’s No. 60 team.

Although they’ve spent only six races together, RFK’s newest team has consistently been among the top competitors. Preece has led in three of the season’s first six races and has now strung together consecutive top-10 finishes.

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Doubleheader Weekend To Kick Start 75th Anniversary Celebration Of Riverhead Raceway May 3rd & May 4th

March 10, 2025

The 2025 season at Riverhead Raceway will celebrate a milestone anniversary of the Route 58 oval as the track enters its 75th year of providing stock car racing thrills and family entertainment events. Track owners Connie Partridge and Tom Gatz will get the 75th Anniversary party started with a doubleheader weekend May 3rd and May 4th. Saturday evening the NASCAR Pack the Track opener will unfold for the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series racers, while Sunday afternoon the Enduro & INEX Bandolero stars take to the track for the May Meltdown program.

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Can Anyone Catch Christopher Bell’s Fast Start?

March 7, 2025

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

AVONDALE – Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell undoubtedly starts the NASCAR Cup Series two-race Western Swing as the driver to beat. The 30-year-old is the defending winner of Sunday’s Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway (3:30 p.m. ET on FS1, FOX Deportes, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) and has won two of the first three series races this year, including the last two.

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