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Here’s How The Northeast Drivers And Others With Connections To The Six State New England Area Fared At Kansas

by Lou Modestino
Here’s How The Northeast Drivers And Others With Connections To The Six State New England Area Fared At Kansas
Ross Chastain won the Cup race with Middletown, CT’s Joey Logano coming in  14th followed by Corey LaJoie and Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT while Boston’s Kaz Grala was awarded 31st place.    Corey Lajoie is the son of two-time Xfinity Champion Randy Lajoie who resided in Norwalk, CT before moving south to NC.
Aric Almirola won the Xfinity race while Parker Kligerman of Westport, CT finished 12th with Anthony Alfredo of Ridgefield, CT came in 15th.  Kyle Weatherman placed 26th with Blain Perkins 28th and Long island’s Patrick Emerling of Long Island, NY got 30th place.  Weatherman and Perkins both drive team cars for Cape Cod’s Chris and Mary Our who call Chatham, MA home.
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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway Postponed

by Lou Modestino
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway Postponed

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 30, 2024) – NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports have postponed this weekend’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

The decision was made in cooperation with local authorities to ensure all local emergency resources remain dedicated to clean-up and recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s impact on the area. Starting Tuesday, North Wilkesboro Speedway will become a designated collection site for hurricane relief donations. (more…)

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Grenier, Miller Sr., Osborne, Beecher, and Leary Capture Hudson Championships!

by Lou Modestino
Grenier, Miller Sr., Osborne, Beecher, and Leary Capture Hudson Championships!

Hudson, NH- While the racing season isn’t over yet the points racing season ended this past Sunday on a beautiful fall New England day. While Tyler Leary entered the day with the MacMulkin Chevrolet Sportsman Modified Championship all wrapped up, the same couldn’t be said for the rest of the divisions. Justin Beecher entered the day with a 26-point lead in the Northeast Auto Imports Super Streets; while Callie Osborne had a 10-point lead in the RaceDayTV Ridge Runners, Steve Miller Sr. was 18 points up in the Granite State Indoor Range Six Shooters points standings, and Carlos Grenier had the smallest points lead in the MLM Diagnostic Services Pure Stocks with a 2 point advantage.

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ARCA Menards Series Joins NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Weekend at Lime Rock Park

by Lou Modestino
ARCA Menards Series Joins NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Weekend at Lime Rock Park

First-ever Connecticut event for ARCA as LRP NASCAR event gains even more traction

LAKEVILLE, Conn. (27 September 2024) — Lime Rock Park is thrilled to announce that the ARCA Menards Series will join the highly anticipated NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series weekend slated for June 27-28, 2025, amplifying the excitement for motorsports fans as Lime Rock Park becomes the ultimate destination for stock car racing in the Northeast next summer.

For the first time in the series’ history, Lime Rock Park will host the ARCA Menards Series, which was first formed in 1953. The ARCA Menards Series has a long history of developing rising stars in the sport, but the Lime Rock Park event will mark the first-ever time that the championship has staged a race in Connecticut. (more…)

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Puleo, Gray, Chapman, Hammann, & Hydar Score Sept. 27 Weekly Racing Wins at Stafford; Tyler Chapman Clinches SK Light Track Championship

by Lou Modestino
Puleo, Gray, Chapman, Hammann, & Hydar Score Sept. 27 Weekly Racing Wins at Stafford; Tyler Chapman Clinches SK Light Track Championship

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway hosted its penultimate Weekly Racing event of the 2024 season on Friday, Sept. 27.  Taking down feature wins on the night were Jon Puleo in the SK Modified® feature, Adam Gray in the Late Model feature, Tyler Chapman in the SK Light feature, Rich Hammann in the Limited Late Model feature, and Travis Hydar in the Street Stock feature.  Champan’s SK Light victory, his ninth of the season, enabled him to clinch the 2024 SK Light track championship.

In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, Anthony Flannery led the field to green and he took the early lead but the field was only able to complete one lap before the caution flew for Ethan Durocher, who came to a stop on the frontstretch grass with damage to his right front suspension. (more…)

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Outlaw Open Modified Dash for Cash Returns to Sunoco World Series Friday, October 11th

by Lou Modestino
Outlaw Open Modified Dash for Cash Returns to Sunoco World Series Friday, October 11th

Naples, ME & Barre, VT — Back by popular demand, American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials announced today that the Outlaw Open Modified Series will make it’s grand return to Thompson Speedway as part of the Friday night opener to the 62nd Sunoco World Series on October 11th. The $5,000-to-win Dash for Cash will once again feature a $5,000 winner’s share with just a four-tire limit for their 50-lap sprint around the 0.625-mile oval!

With the addition of the Sunoco World Series Dash for Cash on Friday, all three days of the 62n Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing will feature Tour-type Modified competition. Following Friday’s 50-lap, $5,000-to-win sprint, Saturday includes the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series in their Constantine Paving & Sealing 75 before Sunday wraps up with the Sunoco World Series 150 presented by FloRacing for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour! (more…)

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Jason Gray Sweeps the DIRTcar Sabil & Sons Sportsman Modifieds and DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes at Bear Ridge

by Lou Modestino
Jason Gray Sweeps the DIRTcar Sabil & Sons Sportsman Modifieds and DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes at Bear Ridge
Week twenty-one New England Dirt Track Championships feature winners of the 57th consecutive season sponsored by General Auto Salvage were Jason Gray in the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds; Jason Gray in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes; Xtreme DIRTcar DMA Midgets overall Brandon Piastka, Dana Carter in the LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks, and Kevin LaForest in the Woodsville Power Equipment Ridge Runners.

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2024 Champions Crowned at Monadnock Speedway

by Lou Modestino
2024 Champions Crowned at Monadnock Speedway

WINCHESTER, N.H. – Monadnock Speedway crowned its 2024 season champions Friday on the first day of a huge two-event weekend at the storied high-banked oval.

Mad Dog Modified ace Tyler Leary wrapped up his second speedway championship by winning Friday’s 40-lap main event. It was the Bay State pilot’s fourth win of the season. (more…)

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White Mountain Drivers Get One Last Shot at the Gold on 2024 Championship Night!

by Lou Modestino
White Mountain Drivers Get One Last Shot at the Gold on 2024 Championship Night!

N. Woodstock, NH — It has all come down to one last Saturday night in the Pemigewasset Valley of New Hampshire. Thunder is ready to roar across the peaks for the final time in 2024 during Championship Night at White Mountain Motorsports Park as five track champions are officially crowned for their season-long efforts on the North Woodstock highbanks along with a special King of the Kids showdown for the Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kid’s Division on Saturday!

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JCR Motorsports Continuing Enduro & Bandolero Championship Awards Tradition Sunday At Riverhead Raceway

by Bob Finan
JCR Motorsports Continuing Enduro & Bandolero Championship Awards Tradition Sunday At Riverhead Raceway
Since 2020 Jimmy & Angela Rennick of JCR Motorsports have provided championship awards involving the Enduro racing at Riverhead Raceway. That tradition will continue on Championship Sunday with the Rennick’s JCR Motorsports presenting championship trophies for the three Enduro divisions of Riverhead Raceway along with the three classifications of Bock Auto INEX Bandolero racing. Second through fifth place drivers also receive JCR Motorsports awards in a post-race presentation.

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D.A.V. Championship Weekend To Crown 2024 Seekonk Speedway Champions September 27-28

by Lou Modestino
D.A.V. Championship Weekend To Crown 2024 Seekonk Speedway Champions September 27-28
Pro Stock Final Four: Dylan Estrella, Bobby Pelland III, Vinnie Arrenegado, Mike Brightman

With 11 playoff points after the first two weeks, Dylan Estrella leads the Pro Stock Final Four. The Everett’s Auto Parts Racing driver of the No. 46 stormed to the front of the pack often throughout the season, visiting Victory Lane multiple times and always being a threat for the podium. Bobby Pelland III is another former Late Model champion looking to add a Pro Stock title to his resume. Pelland has multiple victories this season and always finds himself around the podium at the end of the night. After making the Final Four last year and coming up just short, Pelland looks to rebound and seal the deal this year. Vinnie Arrenegado is one driver who has put together a season filled with second-place finishes. To be exact, Arrenegado finished second SEVEN times. He will lock up the Rookie of the Year award in the Pro Stocks, but the former Late Model champion wants Pro Stock title gold.

And no one can count out Mike Brightman either. Another Final Four run for him will come down to the wire, with Brightman also looking to add to a previous Late Model Seekonk title. Brightman ended the regular season with his first victory of the season and seems ready to chase the crown. The Pro Stock championship event is 50 laps.

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Entries Flying in for $100,000 Northfield Savings Bank Vermont Milk Bowl

by Lou Modestino
Entries Flying in for $100,000 Northfield Savings Bank Vermont Milk Bowl

Barre, VT — The Thunder Road Speedbowl office in Barre has been buzzing with preparation for the 62nd running of the Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank on October 5th and 6th at the Nation’s Site of Excitement. Over thirty American-Canadian Tour Late Model teams have thrown their respective hats in the running for ‘The Toughest Short Track Stock Car Race in North America’ with an exciting $104,000 purse awaiting the two-day pinnacle of racing in the Green Mountain State!

It all starts with Booth Bros/Hood Milk Bowl Qualifying Day on Saturday, October 5th with the once-a-year Time Trials for the Maplefield/Irving Late Models! Each driver will take on the highbanks for two laps at speed in a fight for the $1,000 Booth Bros/Hood Milk Bowl Pole Award with $500 going to the second-fastest driver to lock in Sunday’s front row! Time trials also set up Saturday’s ‘Triple 50’ heat race qualifiers with the top-ten in each heat receiving a piece of the $4,300 individual heat race purse! (more…)

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Here’s How The New England Drivers And Those With Connections With Others In The Six State Area At Bristol Did

by Lou Modestino
Here’s How The New England Drivers And Those With Connections With Others In The Six State Area At Bristol Did
Kyle Larson won the Cup race while Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT came in seventh. Not so fortunate was Joey Logano of Middletown, CT came in 28th with Corey LaJoie 36th and Boston’s Kaz Grala ending his day in 37th.  Corey LaJoie is the son of Two-Time Xfinity Titleist Randy LaJoie who grew up in Norwalk, CT before moving to Charlotte, NC to be closer to the NASCAR Hub.
Cole Custer won the Xfinity race with Anthony Alfredo of Ridgefield, CT ending up 11th while Parker Kligerman of Westport, CT finished 16th,  Blain Perkins ended his day in 22nd with Kyle Weatherman was awarded 26th place. Perkins and Weatherman both drive team cars for Cape Cod’s Chris Our and his daughter Mary Our who reside in Chatham, MA.
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2024 Track Champions Crowned Friday At Claremont

by Lou Modestino
2024 Track Champions Crowned Friday At Claremont

CLAREMONT, N.H. – Brian Robie dominated Friday’s Nights 75-lap Modified Racing Series main event at Claremont Motorsports Park, blasting to victory lane as he has many times in the past during his championship summers at the Thrasher Road speedplant.

And while Robie led all the way en route to victory in the Key Auto Group and O’Reilly Auto Parts main event, there were many other important victories scored on the busy September 20 conclusion of the oval’s 2024 Weekly Racing Series season. (more…)

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Chris Rogers Rides Outside Lane To Riverhead Raceway Modified Victory Lane

by Bob Finan
Chris Rogers Rides Outside Lane To Riverhead Raceway Modified Victory Lane
By Bob Finan
On a bust night of Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series racing at Riverhead Raceway Saturday night, Chris Rogers of Patchogue won his second career NASCAR Modified feature the hard way driving to victory lane riding the outside groove. In the 2024 Sara Sylvester INEX Legend Race Car National Qualifier 50, Kyle Ellwood of Riverhead marched to his fifth win of 2024, his first ever in this event. Ten feature events kept the fans busy on the last evening of summer.

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