On August 26, 2023 at Daytona International Speedway Ryan Preece was involved in one of the most harrowing single cars crashes in the history of NASCAR. It’s a video clip that has essentially become a scary calling card for the veteran racer. On Sunday at Daytona the former NASCAR Modified Tour champion and regular at […]
Digging Deep With Denise: Catching Up With Ryan Preece
February 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
In 2025, Ryan Preece has a full-time ride in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 60 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing. The 34-year-old has been racing for most of his life, just living his dream. Catching up with him during Speedweeks in Florida we had an opportunity to ask him a few questions. […]
Picture This: Jim DuPont Gallery From Friday At New Smyrna Speedway
February 16, 2025 by 2 Comments
The Tour Type Modified division closed out five consecutive nights of racing at the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway on Friday night. The week ended like so many others have ended for the divison at New Smyrna Speeway, with Matt Hirschman winning the Richie Evans Memorial 100. It was […]
Longtime Thompson Speedway Announcer, NEAR Hall Of Famer Russ Dowd Passes
February 16, 2025 by 13 Comments
Russ Dowd, who for decades was known as the voice of Thompson Speedway, passed away Sunday. Dowd was 75. Dowd was best known in racing for his place behind the microphone, but his career in the sport started behind the wheel. Dowd began racing in Go-Karts at Thompson Speedway at eight years old. He moved […]
Jesse Love Wins Xfinity Series Opener At Daytona
February 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – In a typically wild finish at Daytona International Speedway, Jesse Love won the United Rentals 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series season-opener in overtime – taking the white flag moments before a massive multi-car accident behind him brought out a caution officially ending the race. An out-of-breath Love emerged from his No. 2 […]
What’s Brewing: Ritchie? Who dat? Let’s Do Better With History And Words In Racing
February 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
What’s Brewing people? Well, we’ve got the New Smyrna World Series in the rear view and big weekend of racing still on tap. We’ve got a bunch of Modified guys to keep an eye today and tomorrow at Daytona with the Xfinity Series and Cup Series. But before we get to all that fun stuff, […]
Corey Heim Wins Craftsman Truck Series Opener At Daytona After Parker Kligerman DQ
February 15, 2025 by 2 Comments
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — When the caution flag flew on the final lap of Friday night’s Fresh from Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway, Corey Heim thought he had finished second in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series season opener. Roughly an hour later, Heim was declared the winner of the superspeedway race after the No. […]
Matt Hirschman Gets 8th Richie Evans Memorial New Smyrna Win; Patrick Emerling Takes World Series Title
February 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
The 2025 World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway is likely not a week of racing Modified veteran Matt Hirschman will remember fondly. But on Friday the Northampton, Pa. driver made sure that there would be at least one very big positive to come out of a disappointing week at the […]
Friday Daytona Notebook: With Rain Forecasted, Daytona 500 Start Time Moved Up
February 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Executives representing NASCAR’s three engine manufacturers took questions from the media Friday in advance of the big season-opening race weekend at Daytona International Speedway. They are coming off a season that saw all three makes – Ford, Chevrolet and Toyota – among the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Four in a season […]
RaceDayCT Live Updates: Friday At The New Smyrna World Series
February 14, 2025 by 3 Comments
Night eight of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway will see the Tour Type Modified division hit the track for the fifth consecutive night and final night for the division with the running of the Richie Evans Memorial 100. Denise DuPont, Jim DuPont and Shawn Courchesne will oversee […]
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