(Press Release from New Hampshire Motor Speedway) LOUDON, N.H. – F.W. Webb Company, the largest plumbing, heating, cooling and industrial supplies distributor in the Northeast, has signed on to remain the official entitlement sponsor for the 2017 and 2018 F.W. Webb 100 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour September races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. F.W. Webb […]
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F.W. Webb To Continue Sponsorship Of Whelen Modified Tour Events At NHMS
February 27, 2017 by 4 Comments
Ryan Preece Wins New Smyrna Modified Title; Matt Hirschman Closes Series With Victory
February 25, 2017 by Leave a Comment
For the third consecutive Ryan Preece will bring the champion’s hardware back to Connecticut from New Smyrna, Fla. Preece, of Berlin, finished fourth in Friday’s Richie Evans Memorial 100 for the Tour Type Modified division at the World Series of Asphalt Racing at New Smyrna Speedway to capture his third consecutive championship in the division. […]
Ryan Preece Grabs Modified Win On Night Three Of New Smyrna World Series
February 24, 2017 by 5 Comments
After two races with underdogs scoring victories at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway this week, Thursday it was one of the top dogs of the Whelen Modified Tour scoring the trip to victory lane. Ryan Preece of Berlin held off the charges of Matt Hirschman to get the win in the John Blewett III Memorial 76 […]
Tyler Rypkema Scores Modified Victory At New Smyrna World Series Tuesday
February 21, 2017 by 9 Comments
For the second consecutive night at New Smyrna (Fla.) the regulars of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour followed an underdog to victory lane in the Tour Type Modified feature. Race of Champions Tour regular Tyler Rypkema of Owegom N.Y. scored victory in Tuesday’s 35-lap Tour Type Modified feature at the World Series of Asphalt Racing […]
JR Bertuccio Wins Opening Night For Modifieds At New Smyrna World Series
February 20, 2017 by 4 Comments
With a cast of heavy hitting Whelen Modified Tour regulars in the lineup, JR Bertuccio scored one for the underdogs Monday at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna, Fla. Bertuccio, of Centereach, N.Y., held off Matt Hirschman over the closing laps to win the 50-lap Tour Type Modified feature at the World Series of Asphalt Racing […]
Busy Offseason For NASCAR Touring Divisions
February 10, 2017 by 1 Comment
(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications) With the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East opener just over a week away – marking the official start to the 2017 NASCAR touring series season – the attention will return to the exciting on-track action. While there hasn’t been a race since November, it’s been a busy offseason. […]
Modified Racing Legend Leo Cleary Passes
January 31, 2017 by 11 Comments
Longtime Modified racing legend Leo Cleary passed Tuesday in Florida Cleary, a veteran of 44 years of competition in the Northeast, was 88 years old. According to the New England Antique Racers, Cleary won 14 track championships over a varied group of divisions in his six decades of competition, which included stints at all three […]
Howie Hodge: A Legend Of Local Racing, A Giant Of A Friend, A Heart Of Gold
January 28, 2017 by 11 Comments
The short tracks of Connecticut on Saturday lost a legend of the sport. This reporter – like literally countless others – lost an extraordinary friend. Howie Hodge was truly the dean of short track racing photographers across the Northeast racing scene. But his legend will be known and remembered in racing far more for the […]
Longtime Northeast Racing Photographer Howie Hodge Passes
January 28, 2017 by 12 Comments
The Northeast short track racing scene lost a giant and cornerstone figure of the sport on Saturday. Howie Hodge, a fixture as a photographer documenting racing across the country and primarily at Connecticut short tracks, passed away Saturday. Hodge was 77. Hodge’s decades in the pits, at tracks across New England almost always with his wife […]
Starrett Company To Sponsor Mod Drivers Timmy Solomito And Matt Swanson In 2017
January 23, 2017 by 6 Comments
(Press Release from L.S. Starrett Co.) The L.S. Starrett Co. announced today that it will expand its motorsports marketing program by continuing support of the newly combined NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Under the banner of Starrett Racing, the company will be the primary sponsor of the Flamingo Motorsports #16 with driver Timmy Solomito. In addition […]
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