Tickets On Sale For Tri-Track Open Modified Series Debut At Stafford Speedway Modified Classic 81
CALL BEFORE YOU DIG MODIFIED CLASSIC 81 SET FOR OCTOBER 24 SEEKONK, Mass. — Tickets for the $10,000 to win Tri Track Open Modified Series debut at Stafford Motor Speedway on Saturday, October 24, are now on sale. All tickets sales done prior to race day will be through the Stafford Motor Speedway website and their online ticket portal. Grandstand tickets […]
Picture This: Fran Lawlor’s Whelen Modified Tour NAPA Auto Parts 150 Gallery From Stafford
STAFFORD – The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour made its only visit to Stafford Motor Speedway for the 2020 season Saturday with the running of the NAPA Auto Parts 150 at the historic half-mile. When the dust settled on the day it was Ron Silk and his Kevin Stuart Motorsports team celebrating their second win of […]
Dylan Slepian Holds Off Tom Rogers Jr. For Modified Win At Riverhead Raceway
It was a busy and long night Saturday night at Riverhead Raceway with 8 Advance Auto Parts Weekly Racing Series feature events on the menu and when the dust settled in the 50-lap NASCAR Modified feature event Dylan Slepian of Dix Hills sat victorious in the winners circle for the second time in three weeks. […]
Timmy Jordan Goes Back-To-Back In SK Modified At New London-Waterford Speedbowl
Last week at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl Timmy Jordan scored the biggest SK Modified victory of his career in the Bob Potter Memorial 102 at the shoreline oval. Jordan, of Plainfield, carried the momentum another week at the Speedbowl winning the 35-lap SK Modified feature Saturday. Andrew Molleur was second and Joey Gada third. Ryan […]
Fast Learner: Max McLaughlin Turns Heads In Whelen Modified Tour Debut At Stafford NAPA 150
STAFFORD – The podium following the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour NAPA Auto Parts 150 Saturday at Stafford Motor Speedway represented the best of the best the division has to offer with three former champions of the series up front. Winner Ron Silk, second place Doug Coby and third place Justin Bonsignore have a combined eight […]
Engaging Celebration: Ron Silk Caps Special Week With NAPA 150 Whelen Mod Tour Win At Stafford
STAFFORD – NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver Ron Silk might not be the most animated sort when it comes to emotional merriment, but it’s hard not characterize this week as one of celebratory excitement for the Norwalk driver. On Tuesday Ron Silk proposed to his girlfriend Christie. She said yes and Silk kept the celebration […]
Stafford Notes: Jon Puleo Tops SK Light Mods; Andrew Durand Gets Limited Late Model Win
STAFFORD – Jon Puleo fended off the last lap charge of George Bessette Jr. to win the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature Saturday at Stafford Speedway. It was the fourth victory of the season in the division for Puleo, of Branford. Bessette, of Danbury, was second and Derek Debbis of Oakdale third. Alexander Pearl dominated […]
Highlight Moment: Eric Goodale Wins Pole For Whelen Modified Tour NAPA 150 At Stafford Speedway
STAFFORD – There hasn’t been all that much to celebrate for Eric Goodale this year when it comes to action on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. A ninth place finish at the third race of the season at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H. represents the only appearance in the top-10 of a […]
Ron Silk Leads Whelen Modified Tour NAPA 150 Practice At Stafford Speedway
STAFFORD – Ron Silk led the way in practice for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour NAPA Auto Parts 150 Saturday afternoon at Stafford Speedway. Silk, of Norwalk, toured the half-mile oval with a fast lap of 18.759 seconds during the one-hour practice session. Silk got his first and only win this season on Sept. 3 […]
Breakthrough: Stephen Kopcik Gets First SK Modified Win Of 2020 At Stafford
STAFFORD – Week after week this season Stephen Kopcik was among the frontrunners in the SK Modified division at Stafford Speedway. Friday the Newtown driver was finally able to dodge the bad luck that his dogged him all year on his mission to find victory lane. Kopcik went past Tony Membrino Jr. for the lead […]
Scoring Streak: Meghan Fuller Tops Street Stocks At Stafford; Tightens Championship Chase
STAFFORD – NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour greats Rick Fuller and Jeff Fuller had a flair for the dramatic during their heydays on the tracks of the Northeast. And it seems to be a trait that has Rick Fuller passed on to his daughter Meghan. Following a feisty battle for the lead, Meghan Fuller used a […]
Positive Streak: Alexander Pearl Wins Second Consecutive SK Light Mod Feature At Stafford
STAFFORD – Alexander Pearl is answering a bad streak with a good streak. Last week at Stafford Speedway Pearl put three consecutive miserable weeks behind him in perfect fashion by getting back to victory lane in the SK Light Modified division. Friday the Salem driver made it two in a row. Pearl drove away from […]
Stafford Notes: Matt Clement Gets First Win Of 2020 In Limited Late Models; Wayne Coury Jr. Tops Late Models
STAFFORD – It’s fair to say plenty of people around the world haven’t been all that happy with the way 2020 has been going. For Matt Clement the disappointment of 2020 has been about more than just a pesky pandemic. In 2019 Clement put together a dream season at Stafford Speedway with a division leading […]
ISMA SuperModifieds Back On The Card For The World Series At Thompson Speedway
Officials from the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) and American-Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today that the Big-Block Supermodifieds of the International Supermodified Association (ISMA) will be returning to Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park for the 58th Annual World Series of Speedway Racing. The ISMA Supermodifieds are one of 19 divisions that will be racing at […]
Roger Oxee And Tommy Walkowiak To Be Inducted To Riverhead Raceway Wall Of Champions
Collectively they both are the all time leading winners in their respective divisions and have combined for 127 victories between them and this Saturday October 3rd at Riverhead Raceway Roger Oxee of Peconic and “The Wildchild” Tommy Walkowiak of Ridge will be enshrined onto the Cromarty Wall of Champions. The induction ceremony will take place […]
Justin Bonsignore Looking To End Stafford Winless Streak In NAPA Auto Parts 150 At Stafford
Now in his 11th full-time season as a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver, Justin Bonsignore and his #51 Phoenix Communications, Inc. team have established themselves as perennial front runners. Bonsignore has amassed 29 career wins and he has finished in the top-3 of the points standings for the last 4 years in a row, including a […]
Going Green: Burt Myers To Run Tri-Track Open Modified Series Event At Stafford Speedway
On September 11, 10-time Bowman Gray Stadium Modified division champion Burt Myers ran his first SK Modified feature at Stafford Speedway, running a car for Keith Rocco Racing. Next month the longtime Modified star will return to the track to drive a car he’s a lot more familiar with. Myers confirmed to RaceDayCT Thursday that […]
Slaying The Beast: Justin Bonsignore Looking To End Winless Whelen Mod Tour Run At Stafford
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver Justin Bonsignore has put together another dream season in 2020 with the series. In seven events this year the 2018 series champion from Holtsville, N.Y. has three wins, two seconds and two fifth place runs. And the perfect addition to that gaudy 2020 highlight reel for Bonsignore awaits him Saturday […]
Racing Through 2020: Q&A With Whelen Modified Tour Series Director Jimmy Wilson
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will run its eighth event of the season – the NAPA Auto Parts 150 – Saturday at Stafford Motor Speedway. The event will mark the only visit this year to Stafford for the Whelen Modified Tour. Earlier this week it was announced that NASCAR will not add any further events […]
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 …
Justin Bonsignore And Ryan Fearn On Unmuffled Episode 79
On Episode 79 of Unmuffled we talk with NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour points leader and former series champion Justin Bonsignore and Stafford Motor …
Big Money On The Line For ACT-Style Late Model Event At Thompson Speedway World Series
Thompson Speedway ACT Style Late Models in action (Photo: Fran Lawlor/RaceDayCT) Late Model drivers in New England won’t want to miss a big 50-lap …
Street Stock Championship Race At Stafford Speedway Coming Down to the Wire
Zach Robinson (89) and Meghan Fuller (2) in action at Stafford Speedway (Photo: Fran Lawlor/RaceDayCT) With only 3 races left on the 2020 Stafford …
Picture This: Fran Lawlor’s Whelen Modified Tour NAPA Auto Parts 150 Gallery From Stafford
STAFFORD – The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour made its only visit to Stafford Motor Speedway for the 2020 season Saturday with the running of the NAPA Auto Parts 150 at the historic half-mile. When the dust settled on the day it was Ron Silk and his Kevin Stuart Motorsports team celebrating their second win of […]
Anthony Nocella Tops Modified Racing Series At Star Speedway
Former Modified Racing Series champion Anthony Nocella went back to the front with the division Sunday at Star Speedway. Nocella scored victory in the 100-lap Modified Racing Series feature Sunday at Star, part of the Star Classic Weekend in Epping, N.H. Nocella, of Woburn, Mass., was the 2017 Modified Racing Series champion. Matt Swanson of […]
CALL BEFORE YOU DIG MODIFIED CLASSIC 81 SET FOR OCTOBER 24 SEEKONK, Mass. — Tickets for the $10,000 to win Tri Track Open Modified Series debut at Stafford Motor Speedway on Saturday, October 24, are now on sale. All tickets sales done prior to race day will be through the Stafford Motor Speedway website and their online ticket portal. Grandstand tickets […]
Tickets On Sale For Tri-Track Open Modified Series Debut At Stafford Speedway Modified Classic 81
CALL BEFORE YOU DIG MODIFIED CLASSIC 81 SET FOR OCTOBER 24 SEEKONK, Mass. — Tickets for the $10,000 to win Tri Track Open Modified Series debut at Stafford Motor Speedway on Saturday, October 24, are now on sale. All tickets sales done prior to race day will be through the Stafford Motor Speedway website and their online ticket portal. Grandstand tickets […]
ISMA SuperModifieds Back On The Card For The World Series At Thompson Speedway
Officials from the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) and American-Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today that the Big-Block Supermodifieds of the International Supermodified Association (ISMA) will be returning to Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park for the 58th Annual World Series of Speedway Racing. The ISMA Supermodifieds are one of 19 divisions that will be racing at […]
Timmy Jordan Goes Back-To-Back In SK Modified At New London-Waterford Speedbowl
Last week at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl Timmy Jordan scored the biggest SK Modified victory of his career in the Bob Potter Memorial 102 at the shoreline oval. Jordan, of Plainfield, carried the momentum another week at the Speedbowl winning the 35-lap SK Modified feature Saturday. Andrew Molleur was second and Joey Gada third. Ryan […]
Racing Through 2020: Q&A With Whelen Modified Tour Series Director Jimmy Wilson
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will run its eighth event of the season – the NAPA Auto Parts 150 – Saturday at Stafford Motor Speedway. The event will mark the only visit this year to Stafford for the Whelen Modified Tour. Earlier this week it was announced that NASCAR will not add any further events […]
Dylan Slepian Holds Off Tom Rogers Jr. For Modified Win At Riverhead Raceway
It was a busy and long night Saturday night at Riverhead Raceway with 8 Advance Auto Parts Weekly Racing Series feature events on the menu and when the dust settled in the 50-lap NASCAR Modified feature event Dylan Slepian of Dix Hills sat victorious in the winners circle for the second time in three weeks. […]
Trans AM SpeedTour Classic Cancelled At Lime Rock Park
The October 16-18 Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli and Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) SpeedTour Classic has been cancelled. The event had previously been moved from traditional Memorial Day weekend May 22-25, 2020. Trans Am and SVRA made this difficult decision due to ongoing logistical challenges associated with Connecticut’s COVID-19 travel ban. “We deeply […]
Racing Through 2020: Q&A With Whelen Modified Tour Series Director Jimmy Wilson
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will run its eighth event of the season – the NAPA Auto Parts 150 – Saturday at Stafford Motor Speedway. The event will mark the only visit this year to Stafford for the Whelen Modified Tour. Earlier this week it was announced that NASCAR will not add any further events […]
Next Gen: Max McLaughlin To Make Whelen Modified Tour Debut At Stafford Speedway
When the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour hits the track at Stafford Motor Speedway on Sept. 26 there will be at least one driver making his series debut with the series. But it’s a driver making his first series start with a name very familiar to longtime Modified racing fans. Max McLaughlin confirmed to RaceDayCT Thursday […]
Big Money On The Line For ACT-Style Late Model Event At Thompson Speedway World Series
Late Model drivers in New England won’t want to miss a big 50-lap feature as part of the 58th Annual World Series of Speedway Racing at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. On Saturday, October 10, some of the top competitors in ACT-style Late Models will bear down on the Thompson high-banks with more than $17,000 in total prize money on the line. […]
Alan Chambers Takes First NEMA Victory; PJ Stergios King Of O’Brien Memorial At Star Classic
This past Saturday the Northeastern Midget Association rolled into Bobby Webber’s Star Speedway for one of New England’s largest short track races of the year, the Star Classic. Banner car counts in all divisions and beautiful weather highlighted the evening. NEMA presented the Webber family with a celebratory gift, marking a 40 year partnership between the club […]
Going Green: Cory Casagrande Eager To Get Back On Track This Week
Friday evening at Claremont Speedway in Claremont, N.H. Cory Casagrande will get the opportunity to experience a first in his long racing career. The Stafford driver will take the green flag for a Granite State Pro Stock Series feature with no fans sitting in the grandstands for the event. “It’s going to be weird going […]
Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin Form New NASCAR Cup Series Team; Bubba Wallace To Drive
Veteran racer Denny Hamlin and legendary basketball player Michael Jordan announced Monday they will partner to form a NASCAR Cup Series team to begin racing in the 2021 season with Bubba Wallace as their driver. Jordan also owns the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA. Wallace is the only black driver competing full-time in the Cup […]
Legendary Northeast Racing Pioneer Bob Bahre Dies
New Hampshire Motor Speedway founder and legendary Northeast racing pioneer Bob Bahre died on Friday. Bahre, a Suffield, CT native and longtime Maine resident, was 93. Bahre founded New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, N.H. in 1990 and was responsible for bringing NASCAR’s highest levels of racing to New England. The track’s name was changed […]
NASCAR Announces 2020 Schedule Through Cup Series Regular Season Finale Weekend
NASCAR today announced its schedule of events through August for all three national series and the ARCA Menards Series, which includes two additional NASCAR Cup Series doubleheaders, and two separate stops – on two different courses – at Daytona International Speedway. The NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series and ARCA Menards […]
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