BRISTOL, Tenn. – Before Sunday night’s Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, Christopher Bell lamented that a “dirt guy” hadn’t won the NASCAR Cup Series’ only race on the red clay in Thunder Valley. Bell fixed the problem—in a race that also saw hard feelings between pole winner Kyle Larson and Ryan Preece […]
Ronnie Williams Scores $10K Payday Winning Icebreaker 125 At Thompson Speedway
April 8, 2023 by 12 Comments
Ronnie Williams rallied from a lap down and used a late dash through the field to win the Thompson Outlaw Modified Icebreaker 125 Saturday at Thompson Speedway. Williams, of Ellington, earned a $10,000 payday for the victory. Jon McKennedy of Chelmsford, Mass. was second and Anthony Nocella of Woburn, Mass. third. “I think that I […]
Joey Logano Dominates NASCAR Truck Series Bristol Dirt Race
April 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment
BRISTOL, Tenn.—Moonlighting in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series on Saturday night, Joey Logano performed the perfect Bristol Stomp in winning the Weather Guard Truck Race on Dirt. The reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion swept the first two stages of the race at Bristol Motor Speedway’s Dirt Track, led 138 of the 150 laps and crossed […]
Change Up: Stephen Kopcik Disqualified From Sunoco Modified Finish At Thompson Icebreaker
April 7, 2023 by 38 Comments
THOMPSON – The 2022 season at Thompson Speedway began with Stephen Kopcik getting his first Sunoco Modified victory at the track in the Icebreaker. It was the start of a streak that saw Kopcik win four consecutive Sunoco Modified features at the track on the way to the division’s championship in 2022. The 2023 season […]
Chiller Thriller: Keith Rocco Uses Last Lap Pass To Top Sunoco Modifieds At Thompson Icebreaker
April 7, 2023 by 3 Comments
THOMPSON – For about a decade Keith Rocco had established himself as the unquestionable dominant force in the Sunoco Modified division at Thompson Speedway. Then came the 2022 season and Rocco was missing. Rocco went winless in his Sunoco Modified at Thompson last season. For the offseason, going back to the drawing board meant going […]
Heated Fight: Derek Gluchacki Tops Dramatic Late Model Features At Thompson Icebreaker
April 7, 2023 by Leave a Comment
THOMPSON – By the time the Late Model division at Thompson Speedway hit the track Friday evening, the temperatures in the air had fallen down into the 30’s. But those chilly temperatures couldn’t stop things from heating up late for the division. Derek Gluchacki of North Dartmouth, Mass. got by Jake Johnson on the final […]
Amanda West Primed To Chase First SK Light Win At Stafford
April 6, 2023 by 3 Comments
As Amanda West prepares for her fifth full season of SK Light racing at Stafford Speedway, she has a multitude of reasons to be excited to get back behind the wheel of her #15 McKinney Construction car. West comes into the 2023 season fresh off of her best season finishing 6th in the points standings thanks […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt Race
April 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Is it time for a “dirt driver” to win the Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway (7 p.m. ET Sunday on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)? When NASCAR announced that a dirt race at Thunder Valley would be part of the 2021 schedule, the natural assumption was that drivers with extensive dirt […]
Green To Checkered: The Journey Of Mike Murphy From Ireland To Whelen Modified Tour Victory Lane
April 5, 2023 by 5 Comments
It was a first connection with race team owner Mike Murphy that left Ron Yuhas Jr. utterly baffled. Murphy had fielded an SK Modified team for driver Tom Fox for six years at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl before the two parted ways during the 2007 season. Yuhas was looking for an SK Modified ride at […]
$18,000 Purse For 64-Lap Thunder Road All-Star Race Alongside SRX On July 20th
April 5, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Thunder Road officials announced today the planned purse of $18,390 for the Late Model All-Star Race as part of the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) event on Thursday, July 20th. Alongside such acclaimed SRX stars as Andretti, Stewart, Newman and Tracy, the international Late Model stars of the Northeast will be gunning for a $3,000 grand prize in the winner’s […]
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