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NASCAR Modified Feature Decided By A Car Length In A Photo Finish With Duane Howard Edging Ryan Watt In Grandview Speedway Thriller

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – It was another night of competitive racing for the history books on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway, with the T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment NASCAR Modified feature coming down to the final lap and the final turn for the second consecutive week.

Scoring the exciting and dramatic victory was defending track champion Duane Howard of Oley, Pa., who was able to stave off challenges from Ryan Watt of Boyertown, Pa. over the final five laps of the 30-lap feature, to score the win by a car’s length at the checkered flag.

This dramatic and exciting feature was one week after Jared Umbenhauer of Richland, Pa. held off several late race challenges last week from Justin Grim of Orefield, Pa. to score the win by about a car’s length at the finish.

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Ryan Watt Defeats Son Logan Watt In Grandview NASCAR Modified Thriller, Mike Loney, Gage Phillips & Sven Olson Are Also Winners – Duane Howard & Colin Cox Are 2025 Track Champions

by MikeSeptember 15, 2025

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – It was a wildly exciting night of racing action on Advance Auto Parts Championship Night Saturday night at Grandview Speedway, and when the final checkered flag waved, the night featured a repeat feature winner, a first time ever winner, a repeat champion, and a first time ever champion, in a night that will be remembered for a long time to come!

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DANCING IN THE DESERT: David Gravel Tops Three-Leader Thriller in Return to Vado

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 8, 2025September 8, 2025

The defending champ bests Logan Schuchart and Kerry Madsen for 13th win of the season

VADO, NM (September 5, 2025) – The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series return to Vado Speedway Park didn’t disappoint.

The Greatest Show on Dirt invaded Vado on Friday for night one of the Desert Showdown, and the New Mexico oval delivered not one, not two, but three different leaders in a 30-lap thriller. (more…)

NXS Race Recap: Connor Zilisch Wins Overtime Thriller in Portland

by MikeSeptember 1, 2025

PORTLAND, OR – A dramatic overtime pass for the win punctuated a nearly perfect afternoon for JR Motorsports driver Connor Zilisch at Portland (Ore.) International Raceway, where the 19-year old claimed his series-best eighth NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the season – the best series victory total ever for a rookie driver.

Only weeks removed from breaking his collarbone celebrating another win – at the Watkins Glen, N.Y. road course – Zilisch claimed pole position, won both stages, set fastest lap and celebrated it all in Victory Circle of the famed 1.967-mile road course in the scenic Pacific Northwest.

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Donahue Tops Friday Claremont Late Models, Pure Stock Thriller To St. Amour

by Lou ModestinoAugust 12, 2025

CLAREMONT, N.H. – There were two drivers bringing undefeated streaks into Friday night’s race at Claremont Motorsports Park, and one red-hot Modified hot shoe threatening to run away with the 2025 championship points race if the pack couldn’t slow his domination of the open-wheel missile division.

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NASCAR Cup Series Race Recap: Bubba Wallace Wins Brickyard 400 In Double-Overtime Thriller

by MikeJuly 28, 20251

SPEEDWAY, Ind.—Mother Nature wasn’t going to deprive Bubba Wallace of the most important win of his career, not on this Sunday afternoon.

Unsure of the amount of fuel left in his No. 23 Toyota, Wallace survived a rain shower and two overtime restarts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to win the Brickyard 400 presented by PPG in two overtimes he punched his ticket to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

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Gravel Tops Ohsweken Thriller in World of Outlaws Return to Canada

by Lou ModestinoMay 15, 2025

by Alex Nieten, World Of Outlaws

OHSWEKEN, ON, Canada—There’s a reason so many circled the return of Ohsweken Speedway when the 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series schedule was released. Wednesday night showed exactly why.

The Federated Auto Parts Showdown at Ohsweken brought The Greatest Show on Dirt back to Canada for the first time since 2017. Ohsweken was a staple of the schedule from the late 2000s to 2017 before the hiatus. The slick 3/8 mile delivered thrillers without fail whenever the tour rolled to town. Hype was off the charts heading into Wednesday, and Ohsweken didn’t let us down.

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Flat-Out and Fearless: Talladega Promises Another Xfinity Thriller

by MikeApril 25, 2025April 25, 2025

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

The NASCAR Xfinity Series returns to the high-banks of Talladega Superspeedway for Saturday afternoon’s Ag-Pro 300 (4 p.m. ET on The CW Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). The bemouth 2.66-mile track always provides a season highlight reel and has all the trappings for another headline-making show this weekend.

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THUNDERBOWL THRILLER: David Gravel Tops Wild Dennis Roth Classic Opener

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 23, 2024

Thunderbowl Raceway delivered yet again.

The California oval always produces some of the best Sprint Car racing in the country. A cushion right against the fence. A technical but fast bottom. Passing everywhere you look. And the Thunderbowl lived up to all the hype on Friday as the Dennis Roth Classic weekend kicked off.

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Austin Dillon Wins Overtime Thriller at Richmond Raceway

by MikeAugust 12, 2024

RICHMOND, Va. – It took a controversial full-contact finish but Austin Dillon claimed his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in two seasons in Sunday night’s Cook Out 400 at Richmond (Va.) Raceway – vaulting from a 32nd place in the points standings before the race to an automatic Playoff berth with the win. (more…)