It’s fair to say, the NASCAR Modified Tour FaithFest Evangelistic Ministries 150 Sunday at North Wilkesboro won’t be an event highlighted anytime soon to showcase the greatness of asphalt Modified racing. Playing as the undercard event to the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race Sunday, the wreck-marred NASCAR Modified Tour event ultimately saw 89 of its […]
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Op-Ed: Harsh Reality Of Event Promotion In The Age Of A Million Armchair Experts
April 8, 2025 by
The Harsh Reality of Event Promotion: A Message to the Armchair Experts In today’s world of instant opinions and social media soapboxes, it’s never been easier for someone to offer their “expert opinion” on why an event was canceled, postponed, or – according to them – never meant to happen at all. But here’s the […]
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. […]
Cook Out Madhouse Classic Flops Big In Showcasing Modified Racing
February 1, 2025 by 8 Comments
I messed up. I’ll be the first to admit it. I messed up bad. All the credit in the world to NASCAR for all the promotional effort they put in to building up attention for the Cook Out Madhouse Classic at Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday. When it was first announced that NASCAR would add […]
Early Whelen Mod Tour Event At NHMS Continues Distressing Trend Of Putting Series Fan Growth Last
December 24, 2024 by 16 Comments
Anyone that’s spent any time in the last two decades following the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for events at New Hampshire Motor Speedway has at some point heard the grumblings when it comes to the scheduling of events at the Loudon, N.H. facility. They don’t like when the race is scheduled too early. They don’t […]
NASCAR’s Toothless Penalty Won’t Stop Manipulation Of Cup Series Events Going Forward
November 6, 2024 by 4 Comments
On Tuesday NASCAR announced multiple penalties in the aftermath of the closing laps of Sunday’s Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. According to NASCAR, their investigation found evidence that three teams were involved in manipulating the results of Sunday’s race in an effort to help two teams looking to qualify for the Cup Series […]
Digging Deep With Denise: Visiting Melissa Fifield
August 29, 2024 by 2 Comments
Pulling up roots to move the driver’s business and race shop to North Carolina … Melissa Fifield began her NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour career full-time in 2014 in the family owned No. 01 Modified. In her eleven years of Whelen Modified Tour racing, Melissa has missed only a few races on the tour’s schedule. The […]
Addendum To Column On NASCAR Choice To Race The Whelen Modified Tour On A Wet Track
August 5, 2024 by 14 Comments
Not something I typically do here, but figured I’d throw this out there. There’s been a lot of good dialogue concerning the column published here early Sunday morning examining NASCAR’s decision to run the Whelen Modified Tour Nu-Way 150 Saturday on a wet track at Lancaster Motorplex. I’ve had quite a few people comment on […]
Weeping: NASCAR Looks All Wet After Ugly Whelen Modified Tour Event At Lancaster
August 4, 2024 by 12 Comments
So this much we do understand, nobody involved in putting on a big short track racing event wants to postpone that event. Nobody wants to make fans who planned to be at the track have to come back another day. Nobody wants to make teams get stuck staying a track for an unexpected extra night […]
Digging Deep With Denise: Visiting With Nate Wenzel
July 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Growing into A Modified Driver’s Seat … Nathan Wenzel of Granby, Mass. is a regular in the Mad Dog Modified division at Monadnock Speedway. On Saturday, July 20 Wenzel drove the No. 03 Modified hard and captured a series win. Wenzel is currently ranked second in points for the track division. Wenzel did double duty […]
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