The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is set to kick off its 2020 schedule with the running of the Wade Cole Memorial 133 presented by Dunleavy’s Truck & Trailer Repair on June 21. The event, which will be contested without fans in attendance, is an addition to the 2020 Whelen Modified Tour schedule, with the originally […]
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Riverhead Raceway Cancels Racing For Month Of June Due To COVID-19 Restrictions
June 1, 2020 by 18 Comments
Riverhead Raceway owners Eddie & Connie Partridge and Tom Gatz announced Monday morning that due to the continuing Covid-19 worldwide pandemic and subsequent federal and state restrictions put into place by local & state officials they are forced to cancel all racing events for the month of June. In losing events slated for June Riverhead […]
Landscape Of Connecticut Short Track Racing In 2020 Unclear Due To COVID-19 Regulations
May 30, 2020 by 49 Comments
Stafford community message boards on Facebook perked to life Wednesday with questions from town residents about a familiar sound echoing through the area. Stafford Motor Speedway hosted a private test session for some Whelen Modified Tour teams on Wednesday and the sound of high horsepower motors reverberating outward across the local area had townspeople delighted […]
Reports Indicate NHMS NASCAR Cup Series Weekend Could Be Moving To August
May 30, 2020 by 3 Comments
Two independent reports published late Friday indicate that NASCAR is expected to rescheduled the Cup Series Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 to August. Autoweek and The Athletic each reported Friday that NASCAR will release an extension of its national series schedule next week. Both outlets reported that NASCAR provided teams with the new schedule update Friday. Since […]
Green Flag For Whelen Modified Tour At Jennerstown Speedway
May 29, 2020 by 23 Comments
Last November Jennerstown Speedway general manager Bill Hribar was ecstatic to announce the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour would return to the Pennsylvania facility in 2020 for the first time in 14 years. For Hribar it was huge to get the series back to the track, but never could he have envisioned the magnitude of how […]
Whelen Modified Tour Event At Myrtle Beach Postponed
May 27, 2020 by 43 Comments
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour director Jimmy Wilson has confirmed to RaceDayCT that the Wade Cole Memorial 133 presented by Dunleavy’s Truck & Trailer Repair scheduled for Saturday at Myrtle Beach Speedway has been postponed due to weather. No makeup date has been set. Rain was in the forecast for much of the day Saturday in […]
Whelen Modified Tour Remains In July Plans At New Hampshire Motor Speedway
May 27, 2020 by 12 Comments
The direction the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will go following Saturday’s Wade Cole Memorial 133 presented by Dunleavy’s Truck & Trailer Repair at Myrtle Beach Speedway remains a mystery. Because of continued government restrictions in place in Connecticut, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Virginia, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania due to the COVID-19 global pandemic it’s […]
Therapeutic: Mike Murphy, Rob Summers Looking To Racing For Healing From Traumatic Last Two Months
May 26, 2020 by 19 Comments
For many teams on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour having the series return to action for the Wade Cole Memorial 133 presented by Dunleavy’s Truck & Trailer Repair at Myrtle Beach Speedway Saturday will mean being afforded the opportunity to return to a small slice of normalcy in a world turned upside down for most […]
Woody Pitkat Excited To Get Back On Track With Whelen Mod Tour At Myrtle Beach, Cautiously
May 25, 2020 by 28 Comments
Woody Pitkat has a couple long days of travel ahead of him later this week, but when the Whelen Modified Tour hits the track Saturday for the Wade Cole Memorial 133 presented by Dunleavy’s Truck & Trailer Repair at Myrtle Beach Speedway the Stafford, CT native will be looking at it as a home game […]
Dave Sapienza Racing Skipping Whelen Modified Tour Event At Myrtle Beach Speedway
May 25, 2020 by 7 Comments
The list of regular NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour teams opting out of the division’s newly added season opening event at Myrtle Beach Speedway on May 30 continued to grow on Monday. After mulling over a decision since Friday, and saying early Monday afternoon that he was still in the decision making process, driver/team owner Dave […]
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