(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications)
An emotional weekend is ahead for everyone involved in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour as the series heads to Riverhead Raceway for the third time this year.
Former Riverhead and long-time team owner Eddie Partridge is being honored with a 256-lap race named after him on Saturday. Normally a 200-lap feature, the race has been extended by NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and Riverhead officials to its new distance to pay tribute to the No. 6 that Partridge fielded in the series for many years.
Having won both a driver and owner’s championship in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour with Ron Silk and Ryan Preece, respectively, Partridge purchased Riverhead in 2015 and was instrumental in maintaining the facility’s vibrant weekly culture that features track champions like Kyle Soper, who picked up his first series victory at the track earlier this year.
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Outside of managing Riverhead, Partridge stayed committed to fielding a competitive team in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Partridge picked up his final victory with Preece at Richmond Raceway in 2021 before suddenly passing away hours later.
Partridge’s legacy will carry on Saturday night as the local track heroes and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour regulars remember an individual that meant so much to the historic track and to racing across the northeast.
Below is everything you need to know about the Eddie Partridge 256 at Riverhead Raceway on Saturday evening.
Eddie Partridge 256 at Riverhead Raceway
What to watch for:
A unique component to Saturday’s Eddie Partridge 256 will be the inclusion of live pit stops inside Riverhead’s infield.
To accommodate this change, temporary walls have been installed that will separate pit crews and drivers on the frontstretch and backstretch. An additional wall for crew members to stand on will create four rows in total at Riverhead.
Live pit stops are set to create another obstacle in the tight NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship battle. Jon McKennedy currently holds a 10-point championship lead and will look to add a second win on the 2022 season as he searches for his first title.
McKennedy currently has two drivers within striking distance of his lead. The 2011 series champion in Ron Silk has battled McKennedy all season long, but Justin Bonsignore’s third victory of the season during the most recent outing at Oswego Speedway has allowed him to close within 17 points of McKennedy’s advantage.
The championship trio will not only have to fend off the rest of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour stars, but also a healthy contingent of Riverhead regulars led by the most recent winner at the track in Soper, whose accomplishments at Riverhead include three championships and an Islip 300 win back in 2019.
Joining Soper on the entry list is the driver currently trailing him in Riverhead’s weekly standings in Dylan Slepian. In three NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour starts this year, both of Slepian’s top fives have come at Riverhead, including a career-best run of fourth during the first race in May.
Other notable names set to take part in Saturday’s Eddie Partridge 256 include Ed Brunnhoelzl III as well as Timmy Solomito, who led a race-high 114 laps during the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour’s second trip to Riverhead in June before fading late and settling for an eighth-place finish.
The complete entry list for the Eddie Partridge 256 will be available later this week.
RACE FACTS
| Race | Eddie Partridge 256 |
| Date | Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022 |
| Track | Riverhead Raceway |
| Layout | 0.25-mile paved oval |
| Location | Riverhead, New York |
| Start time | 8 p.m. ET |
| Laps | 256 |
| TV channel | USA (Delayed: Sunday, Sept. 25, 1:30 p.m. ET) |
| Live stream | FloRacing (Live) |
Qualifying: Two consecutive qualifying laps. Faster lap determines qualifying position. Adjustments or repairs may not be made on the vehicle after the vehicle has taken the green flag at the start/finish line. NASCAR reserves the right to have more than one vehicle engage in qualifying runs at the same time. Starting field for the Eddie Partridge 256 is limited to 28 starters including Provisional Positions.
Tire allotment: The maximum tire allotment available for this event is nine (9) tires per team. All tires used for qualifying and the race must be purchased at the track and scanned by Hoosier, unless otherwise approved in advance by the Series Director. Four (4) tires must be used for qualifying and to begin the race. All qualifying tires must remain in impound until released by NASCAR Officials. The remaining tire allotment may be used for practice and/or change tires during the event. The tire change rule is two (2) tires, any position.
NFL PICK 4-WEEK 2
Wild Card-Bengals (-7) at the Cowboys
Patriots (-1.5) at the Steelers
Browns (-6) play at home vs the J-E-T-S….Jets, Jets, Jets
Giants (-2.5) at home vs the Panthers
RULES
Pick the winner in each game using the points spread. Tie games using the points spread is considered a WIN!
Pick the total points scored in ANY of the four games. ANY of the four games but only one game.
Winner Take All for the week-person that picked the most winners using the point spreads. In the event of a tie the winner will be the person who came closest to the total points scored in the game they provided a number for total points scored. If there is still a tie then the win will go to the highest raw point total.
Cumulative Score-each players totals for the weeks they participated for bragging rights over the coarse of the season.
EDDIE PARTRIDGE 256 PICK 6
Forum Pick 6 Rules
First Place………0 points
Second Place….2 points
Third Place……..3 points
Fourth through the final finisher assigned points equal to their finishing position.
“Mulligan”-Worst finish (aka highest score) dropped from scoring leaving your 5 best counting toward your final score.
Any car that doesn’t show, has an equipment failure or otherwise doesn’t make the feature to be assigned a score equal to the number of feature starters plus one and can be dropped via the mulligan.
Lowest point total wins.
Tie breaker- All six picks scored.
Any entries that come in with a RaceDayCt time stamp after practice starts will be disallowed.
Any entry can be changed at any time, for any reason up to the time practice starts the day of the event. Identify it as “Revised” so the new entry is scored properly.
NO TIME TRIAL BONUS FOR THIS PICK 6!
Entry List via NASCAR web site
Entry Car No. Driver
1 01 Melissa Fifield
2 2 J R Bertuccio Jr
3 3 Donny Lia
4 5 John Beatty Jr
5 07 Patrick Emerling
6 7 Doug Coby
7 15 Kyle Soper
8 16 Ron Silk
9 18 Ken Heagy
10 22 Kyle Bonsignore
11 26 Ed Brunnhoelzl Iii
12 27 Gary McDonald
13 34 J B Fortin
14 36 David Sapienza
15 51 Justin Bonsignore
16 54 Tommy Catalano
17 58 Eric Goodale
18 64 Austin Beers
19 66 Timmy Solomito
20 78 Walter Sutcliffe Jr.
21 79 Jon Mckennedy
22 81 Chris Turbush
23 82 Craig Lutz
24 96 Matthew Brode
25 170 Dylan Slepian
26 188 Roger Turbush
My NFL Picks
Cowboys
Steelers (41 points total)
Browns
Giants
AlJ….cowboys(49) patriots browns panthers
AlJ… 51 7ny 16 79 82 22
csg nfl favorites cincy, patsies, brownies, Giant New yorkies total pts 38
csg Riverhead 7ny, 82, 79, 16, 22, 51 pole 7ny
thanks for doing the hard work.
Ken L….. 7ny-15-51-16-82-79 pole 15
7ny, 15, 16, 66, 79, 07, pole 15
51, 7ny, 16, 79, 82, 15 Pole 51
fyi,,, TommyBaldwinRacing on facebook has a nice graphic on Riverhead pit structure..
EDDIE PARTRIDGE 256 PICK 6 Update
NO POLE BONUS FOR THIS RACE
AlJ… 51 7ny 16 79 82 22
csg…. 7ny, 82, 79, 16, 22, 51
Ken L…7ny-15-51-16-82-79
Earl…7ny, 15, 16, 66, 79, 07
Doug…16-7ny-5-16-66-10(Slepian)
NFL PICK 4- WEEK 2 Pick Update
SC…Cowboys, Steelers (41), Brown, Giants
AlJ….cowboys(49) patriots browns panthers
csg….Bengals, Pats, Browns, Giants(38)
Doug..Bengals, Steelers(36), Browns, Giants
51
51, 07,16, 66, 82, 170 Thanks, Doug.
7, 16, 07, 51, 79, 66, Pole 51
Bengals, Pats, Browns, Panthers
PICK’EM S
Bengels-Steelers-Browns-Giants Pats/Steelers 43 total pts
MOD’S
15-7NY-22-51-79-16 Pole 7NY
Ponts pick btowns-jets 38
7ny, 79, 51,15, 22, 16
POLE 79
EDDIE PARTRIDGE 256 PICK 6 Update
NO POLE BONUS FOR THIS RACE
AlJ… 51 7ny 16 79 82 22
csg…. 7ny, 82, 79, 16, 22, 51
Ken L…7ny-15-51-16-82-79
Earl…7ny, 15, 16, 66, 79, 07
Doug…16-7ny-5-16-66-10(Slepian)
Just Me…51, 7ny, 16, 79, 82, 15
Getserious.. 51, 07,16, 66, 82, 170
Eddie…7, 16, 07, 51, 79, 66,
Jake…15-7NY-22-51-79-16
Lapped…7ny, 79, 51,15, 22, 16
In the rules I stated no pole bonus for this event.
Message received. I’ll include it in the last two events.
NFL PICK 4- WEEK 2 Pick Update
SC…Cowboys, Steelers (41), Brown, Giants
AlJ….cowboys(49) patriots browns panthers
csg….Bengals, Pats, Browns, Giants(38)
Doug..Bengals, Steelers(36), Browns, Giants
Fast Eddie…Bengals, Pats, Browns(38), Panthers
Suitcase Jake…Bengels-Steelers(43)-Browns-Giants
We’re winding down on the racing season.
To those joining in on the football Pick 4 and especially Mr. Courchesne thanks. To those that aren’t please consider joining to help fill the void during the off season in racing.
Hello Boys! 💋
15, 16, 51, 7ny, 3, 79
Bengals, Patriots, Jets, Giants(38)
Bobf picks
Bengals,Pats, Browns, Giants
Pats-steelers, 34 points.
Riverhead:
7ny, 51, 16,15,79, 22. Pole, 7ny
Doug, did you post nfl week 1 pick-em results?
Im sure you did, but i must have missed the thread. Thanks!
No problem Bobf.
Currently Word Press tends to block comments with links in them so do this.
Simply type in “Burt Myers” in the Search box in the upper right corner and the comments in the first article will have the Week 1 results.
EDDIE PARTRIDGE 256 PICK 6 Update
AlJ… 51 7ny 16 79 82 22
csg…. 7ny, 82, 79, 16, 22, 51
Ken L…7ny-15-51-16-82-79
Earl…7ny, 15, 16, 66, 79, 07
Doug…16-7ny-5-16-66-10(Slepian)
Just Me…51, 7ny, 16, 79, 82, 15
Getserious.. 51, 07,16, 66, 82, 170
Eddie…7, 16, 07, 51, 79, 66,
Jake…15-7NY-22-51-79-16
Lapped…7ny, 79, 51,15, 22, 16
Liz C….15, 16, 51, 7ny, 3, 79
Bobf….7ny, 51, 16,15,79, 22.
NO POLE BONUS FOR THIS RACE BUT THERE WILL BE FOR THE FINAL TWO NWMT EVENTS
NFL PICK 4- WEEK 2 Pick Update
SC…Cowboys, Steelers (41), Brown, Giants
AlJ….cowboys(49) patriots browns panthers
csg….Bengals, Pats, Browns, Giants(38)
Doug..Bengals, Steelers(36), Browns, Giants
Fast Eddie…Bengals, Pats, Browns(38), Panthers
Suitcase Jake…Bengels-Steelers(43)-Browns-Giants
Liz Cherokee…Bengals, Patriots, Jets, Giants(38)
Bobf….Bengals,Pats(34), Browns, Giants
Looks like Suitcase Jake was right again. I was ready to bail out last week because of a lack of interest with the football contest but SJ said be patient and was right. Thanks also for the total points suggestion that made the weekly WINNER TAKE ALL possible.
A lot of emoji’s have been placed in comments over the years some of which were pretty gross. Can’t recall seeing bright red lips to date and have to say it’s quite the pleasant development. Thanks for playing.
Thanks Doug!
I did that and it brought me right to it!
Tie breaker to Jake! Awesome, thats a win for me! Goes without saying, thanks again for doing this, good luck to all, jump in!
256 picks
51 15 7ny 34 16 58