Video View: Vault Productions Footage From Sunday Catch Fence Wreck At New London-Waterford Speedbowl
Vault Productions was on hand Sunday at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl filming the season ending SK Modified feature at the shoreline oval. The feature ultimately was stopped short after 42 laps after the SK Modified driven by Tim Jordan got put into the backstretch wall and then ended up taking down a large area of […]
Moving On: Keith Rocco And SK Modified Team Owner John Rufrano Parting Ways
It was a relationship that began as a stranger knocking on a door looking for sponsorship that blossomed into one of the most accomplished, dominant and long running driver/team owner pairings in the history of Stafford Speedway. And it has come to an end. After 13 years together, SK Modified driver Keith Rocco and team […]
Digging Deep With Denise: Visiting With Matt Swanson
Matt Swanson – They are my family … Matt Swanson from Acton, Mass. is a third generation racer. His grandfather competed in drag racing and his father in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. At eight years old Matt’s own racing career started in a Quarter Midget at Thompson’s Little T. He scored a lot […]
Sam Rameau Returns To Racing With Tri-Track Open Mod Series At Seekonk Haunted Hundred
After just over two months out from behind the wheel focusing on his education, Rameau Family Motorsports is happy to announce that Sammy Rameau will return to the seat of the No. 06 this weekend at Seekonk Speedway. Rameau will pilot the familiar family-owned entry in the Tri Track Open Modified Series Haunted Hundred event, […]
SK Modified Takes Down Catch Fence At New London-Waterford Speedbowl
A crash in the SK Modified division tonight at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl took down a large chunk of the catch fence at the shoreline oval. Witnesses reported four ambulances on site treating those injured immediately following the accident. Amateur video of the incident shot from the pits (see video below) shows the SK Modified […]
Kyle Larson Secures Spot In Championship Four After Dominant Cup Series Win At Texas
The Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway had dramatic ups-and-downs all Sunday afternoon with the victorious exception of Kyle Larson, who absolutely dominated the race – leading 256 of 334 laps and holding off the field on seven different re-starts in the final 125 laps alone. Larson’s win by .459-seconds over Hendrick Motorsports […]
Nick Sweet Equals Robbie Crouch With Record-Tying Fourth Vermont Milk Bowl Triumph At Thunder Road
BARRE, VT – Hometown Nick Sweet capped a heavenly weekend by winning his record-tying fourth Northfield Savings Bank Vermont Milk Bowl at Barre’s Thunder Road on Sunday, October 17. After setting a track record during Saturday qualifying, Sweet won the first 50-lap segment and fought the rest of the way to his 23rd career Maplewood/Irving Oil […]
Nick Sweet Sets Track Record To Earn Vermont Milk Bowl Pole At Thunder Road
Corliss & O’Donnell Win Qualifying Races to Set Up Sunday Showdown Barre’s Nick Sweet began his quest for a record-tying fourth Northfield Savings Bank Vermont Milk Bowl win by setting a track record at Booth Bros./H.P. Hood Milk Bowl Qualifying Day on Saturday, October 16. Sweet blistered around the Thunder Road high banks in 12.107 […]
John Hunter Nemechek Overcomes Penalty At Texas To Score Second Xfinity Series Victory
John Hunter Nemechek overcame a late race pit penalty to rally through the field and take his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday in the Andy’s Frozen Custard 335 at Texas Motor Speedway – the first of three Playoff events that will set the Championship Four field for the season finale. Nemechek, whose full-time […]
Austin Beers To Run Full-Time For KLM Motorsports On Whelen Mod Tour In 2022
A race-to-race deal to close out the 2021 season has turned into a full-time relationship for driver Austin Beers and the KLM Motorsports NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour team. Team owner Mike Murphy confirmed Saturday to RaceDayCT that the team will have Beers in place to run full-time on the Whelen Modified Tour in 2022. “Austin […]
Speedbowl Finale Friday: Late Pass Lifts Shawn Monahan To Victory In Open Street Stocks
Shawn Monahan sounded as if he was in a “Wayne’s World” movie after winning the 40-lap Open Street Stock feature Friday at the New London Waterford Speedbowl. He claimed he was “not worthy” after taking the lead from Chad Baxter with eight laps to go on his way to victory. “Obviously the 55 was not […]
Checking Out: Kevin Stuart Motorsports Shutting Down NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Team
On Sept. 25 at Stafford Speedway Kevin Stuart Motorsports with driver Ron Silk celebrated a third place finish in the 2021 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour standings. Less than three weeks later the team is gone from the series. Team owner Kevin Stuart has decided to shut his Whelen Modified Tour team. “I have no more […]
Justin Bonsignore, Doug Coby, Matt Hirschman Lead Entries For Tri-Track Mod Series Haunted Hundred At Seekonk
Tri Track Open Modified Series teams are just one week away from invading Seekonk Speedway on Saturday, October 23 for the annual Haunted Hundred. The 100-lap, $6,000 to win Tri Track race will be the finale of the 2021 season for teams after five successful races across three states so far. Some of the top […]
RaceDayCT Daily Poll: Your Thoughts On The Spring Sizzler Being An Open Modified Event In 2022?
Stafford Speedway management announced Friday that the 50th running of the NAPA Spring Sizzler in 2022 will be an Open Modified event. Besides the 1988 season, the NAPA Spring Sizzler has been a Whelen Modified Tour event every year since 1985 when the Whelen Modified Tour was introduced. What are your thoughts on the change? […]
NAPA Spring Sizzler To Be Open Modified Event For 50th Edition In 2022 At Stafford Speedway
In the realm of marquee events, the words Spring Sizzler when it comes to Tour Type Modified racing hold the same significance as the words Daytona 500 mean to stock car racing and the words Indianapolis 500 mean to IndyCar racing. It’s fair to safe the Spring Sizzler is a granddaddy whopper in the world […]
White Mountain Adding New Division for NEMST Cars For 2022
White Mountain Motorsports Park has announced plans to add a new four-cylinder stock car racing division at the track in 2022. The “Mini Late Models” will run a 6-8 event schedule following North East Mini Stock Tour (NEMST) rules. The exact dates for the division are to be announced. NEMST drivers and car owners approached […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Texas Motor Speedway – Bring On The Round Of Eight
The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs point standings have re-set and the eight drivers advancing to the Round of 8 have had a sort of mental re-set as well with their season hopes now turning to Sunday’s Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway (2 p.m. ET on NBC, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). With […]
RaceDayCT Daily Poll: How Many Whelen Modified Tour Events Will There Be In New England In 2022?
Rumors are swirling of possible additions or subtractions to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for 2022. In 2021 there were five Whelen Modified Tour events at New England ventues, with three at Stafford Speedway and one each at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. As of today there is one confirmed Whelen […]
Tony Stewart Racing To Join NHRA In 2022 With Two Fulltime Entries
Team Will Feature Leah Pruett in Top Fuel and Matt Hagan in Funny Car After more than four decades of racing around in circles, Tony Stewart has embarked on a straight and narrow path, albeit at more than 300 mph. The championship-winning racecar driver who has successfully transitioned to being a championship-winning team owner is […]
NASCAR weekends each year turn the sleepy hamlet of Loudon, N.H. into a booming race town, with upwards of 100,000 people descending on the facility. But the doors at New Hampshire Motor Speedway are open a lot more than two weeks a year. Keep up with the Up To Speed At New Hampshire Motor Speedway section on RaceDayCT and see a lot more about what goes on the rest of the year at the big track in Loudon. Beyond the big NASCAR …
Haunted Hundred To Showcase Best Of Modifieds, Late Models And Pro Stocks
Championship Battles on the Line in Three New England Touring Divisions at Seekonk On Saturday, October 23, Seekonk Speedway roars back to life for …
Drivers Still Eager For 59th Vermont Milk Bowl At Thunder Road Despite Delay
Thunder Road takes its second crack at the 59th Northfield Savings Bank Vermont Milk Bowl this Saturday, October 16 and Sunday, October 17. Despite a …
Daniel Eugene Kaminski On Episode 108 Of Unmuffled
Daniel Eugene Kaminski has spent his life around short track racing and in recent years has become a well-known fixture locally for his photography, …
Digging Deep With Denise: Visiting With Matt Swanson
Matt Swanson – They are my family … Matt Swanson from Acton, Mass. is a third generation racer. His grandfather competed in drag racing and his father in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. At eight years old Matt’s own racing career started in a Quarter Midget at Thompson’s Little T. He scored a lot […]
Digging Deep With Denise: Visiting With Matt Swanson
Matt Swanson – They are my family … Matt Swanson from Acton, Mass. is a third generation racer. His grandfather competed in drag racing and his father in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. At eight years old Matt’s own racing career started in a Quarter Midget at Thompson’s Little T. He scored a lot […]
Brian Robie Wins 2021 Modified Racing Series Title; Jacob Perry, Rusty Poland Win MRS Features At Lee USA
Brian Robie used a second place and ninth place finish in twin 40-lap features Saturday at Lee USA Speedway to clinch the 2021 Modified Racing Series championship. It was the first series title for Robie, of Sunapee, N.H. Robie came into the day holding a 36-point lead in the standings over Jacob Perry of Pawcatuck. […]
Moving On: Keith Rocco And SK Modified Team Owner John Rufrano Parting Ways
It was a relationship that began as a stranger knocking on a door looking for sponsorship that blossomed into one of the most accomplished, dominant and long running driver/team owner pairings in the history of Stafford Speedway. And it has come to an end. After 13 years together, SK Modified driver Keith Rocco and team […]
Moving On: Keith Rocco And SK Modified Team Owner John Rufrano Parting Ways
It was a relationship that began as a stranger knocking on a door looking for sponsorship that blossomed into one of the most accomplished, dominant and long running driver/team owner pairings in the history of Stafford Speedway. And it has come to an end. After 13 years together, SK Modified driver Keith Rocco and team […]
Video View: Vault Productions Footage From Sunday Catch Fence Wreck At New London-Waterford Speedbowl
Vault Productions was on hand Sunday at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl filming the season ending SK Modified feature at the shoreline oval. The feature ultimately was stopped short after 42 laps after the SK Modified driven by Tim Jordan got put into the backstretch wall and then ended up taking down a large area of […]
RaceDayCT Daily Poll: How Many Whelen Modified Tour Events Will There Be In New England In 2022?
Rumors are swirling of possible additions or subtractions to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for 2022. In 2021 there were five Whelen Modified Tour events at New England ventues, with three at Stafford Speedway and one each at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. As of today there is one confirmed Whelen […]
Fresh Off Whelen Mod Tour Title, Justin Bonsignore Eyes Islip 300 Success Nov. 13 At Riverhead
The 2021 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship trophy had barely found it’s place in the trophy case at Ken Massa Motorsports on Sunday when the team indicated they’d like to add another piece of hardware to the display. The Islip 300 winners trophy and the $7,000 that goes along with it. Team owner Ken Massa […]
Lime Rock Park Set To Host The Cars Of Steven Harris
As part of the celebration of Porsche as the celebrated marque for Lime Rock Park’s Historic Festival, the Connecticut facility will host a very special collection of air-cooled Porsches, as well as some breathtaking examples of more modern Porsche 911 GT3 RS and GT2 machines, this Labor Day weekend. First finding inspiration for the brand […]
Sam Rameau Returns To Racing With Tri-Track Open Mod Series At Seekonk Haunted Hundred
After just over two months out from behind the wheel focusing on his education, Rameau Family Motorsports is happy to announce that Sammy Rameau will return to the seat of the No. 06 this weekend at Seekonk Speedway. Rameau will pilot the familiar family-owned entry in the Tri Track Open Modified Series Haunted Hundred event, […]
Ben Kennedy’s Evolving Leadership Role At NASCAR
As NASCAR has announced bold new editions of the 2022 race schedules for its three premier series in the last few weeks, a fresh voice in leadership has essentially taken the corporate green flag – 29-year old Ben Kennedy. The great-grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. has been the “point man” on the schedule […]
Haunted Hundred To Showcase Best Of Modifieds, Late Models And Pro Stocks
Championship Battles on the Line in Three New England Touring Divisions at Seekonk On Saturday, October 23, Seekonk Speedway roars back to life for the final time in 2021 with the return of the Haunted Hundred. The Saturday afternoon special, which begins at 1 p.m., will showcase the top stars from the Modifieds, Pro Stocks […]
Randy Cabral, Jake Stergois Take NEMA Shane Hammond Memorial Wins At Sunoco World Series At Thompson
The Northeastern Midget Association visited the Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park for the annual ACT World Series of Racing this past Saturday and Sunday, as 30 winged NEMA warriors filled the pits for the annual Shane Hammond Memorial. Randy Cabral fended off an early race challenge by John Zych and a late race challenge by teammate […]
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. Scores Granite State Pro Stock Win At Hudson
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. wasn’t going to be denied on Sunday evening, July 11, at Hudson Speedway. The veteran Pro Stock competitor dominated the 100-lap Granite State Pro Stock Series return to the high-banks, driving the No. 97 into Victory Lane for the second time this season. With the win — Polewarczyk became the first driver […]
Kyle Larson Secures Spot In Championship Four After Dominant Cup Series Win At Texas
The Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway had dramatic ups-and-downs all Sunday afternoon with the victorious exception of Kyle Larson, who absolutely dominated the race – leading 256 of 334 laps and holding off the field on seven different re-starts in the final 125 laps alone. Larson’s win by .459-seconds over Hendrick Motorsports […]
John Hunter Nemechek Overcomes Penalty At Texas To Score Second Xfinity Series Victory
John Hunter Nemechek overcame a late race pit penalty to rally through the field and take his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday in the Andy’s Frozen Custard 335 at Texas Motor Speedway – the first of three Playoff events that will set the Championship Four field for the season finale. Nemechek, whose full-time […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Charlotte ROVAL – Elimination Looms For Cup Series Playoff Drivers
The Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (ROVAL) is set to punctuate what has been a thrilling and unpredictable second round of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL 400 (2 p.m. ET on NBC, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). This four-year-old race on the Charlotte Road Course, which incorporates portions […]
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