The grind of chasing championships in full-time rides on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, the Valenti Modified Racing Series and with two weekly SK Modified teams took on a toll on Woody Pitkat in 2015. After winning his first Valenti Modified Racing Series title and an SK Modified championship at Thompson Speedway, Pitkat was in […]
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Woody Pitkat To Run Part-Time For Owner Kevin Stuart On Whelen Modified Tour In 2016
January 13, 2016 by 7 Comments
Sophomore Switch: Chase Dowling To Run For Owner Bob Katon In 2016 On Whelen Modified Tour
January 13, 2016 by 4 Comments
One of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour’s brightest young stars is on the move. Seventeen-year-old Chase Dowling, the 2015 Whelen Modified Tour rookie of the year, will run full-time in the division in 2016 for team owner Bob Katon’s Berkley Auto Racing team. Dowling, who turns 18 on Friday, moves to Katon’s outfit after spending […]
Modified Great Jerry Cook Joins Rival In The NASCAR Hall Of Fame
January 11, 2016 by 2 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) Owen A. Kearns ~ NASCAR Wire Service Jerry Cook never intended to support his family driving a modified stock car. It kind of snuck up on the young resident of Rome, N.Y. Cook, who built his first modified at the age of 13, took the wheel by happenstance, when his hired driver […]
New London-Waterford Speedbowl Management Announces 2016 Schedule
January 10, 2016 by 8 Comments
A year ago at this time it wasn’t unclear whether or not there would be actually be racing at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl in 2015. Saturday night during a banquet at the Mystic Marriott, Speedbowl officials celebrated a successful first season under the new ownership of Bruce Bemer and management of Shawn Monahan and announced […]
Rowan Pennink Solidifying Busy 2016 Season By Adding Full-Time Thompson SK Mod Ride
January 7, 2016 by 9 Comments
(Press Release from Rowan Pennink Motorsports) Rowan Pennink will be competing for as many as four different race teams in 2016, in his quest for several different modified championships this upcoming season. The Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania driver will kick of the season in two new rides for 2016. Rowan will be taking over the driving […]
Rob Summers To Run Full-Time For KLM Motorsports On Whelen Modifed Tour In 2016
January 6, 2016 by 4 Comments
Over the last decade racing a SuperModified has taken precedent over running Modifieds for Rob Summers. In 2016 the Manchester driver will change that up. Summers will replace Anthony Nocella with the Mike Murphy owned KLM Motorsports NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour team for the 2016 season. “Rob is going to drive for us and we’re […]
Woody Pitkat Solidifying Changes All Around For 2016 Team Lineups
January 6, 2016 by 5 Comments
One thing Woody Pitkat has proven over his racing career over the last two decades in the Northeast is that he’s a master of adapting to change. In 2016 the Stafford driver will once again have to let his adaptability shine. Pitkat has been in the process of solidifying a number of known changes for […]
Modified Driver Todd Szegedy To Sit Out 2016 Racing Season
January 6, 2016 by 11 Comments
In May Todd Szegedy will turn 40 years old and he’s decided he won’t be celebrating that milestone squeezed in around a racing schedule. Szegedy, of Ridgefield, told RaceDayCT Wednesday exclusively that he will sit out the 2016 racing season. Szegedy is walking away from a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour ride with Bob Garbarino’s legendary […]
NASCAR’s Best Of 2015 For The Whelen Modified Tour
December 29, 2015 by 9 Comments
(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications) Doug Coby capped the 2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season with his third title in four years, and in the process became just the third driver to claim three or more titles in the 31-year history of the tour. For the fourth consecutive season Coby and Ryan Preece […]
NASCAR Releases Official 2016 Whelen Mod Tour And Whelen Southern Mod Tour Schedules
December 18, 2015 by 19 Comments
(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications) What was old has become new again as the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 2016 schedules have been revealed. Upstate New York’s Oswego Speedway and Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway have returned to the Whelen Modified Tour schedule for the coming season, reuniting the northeast-based […]
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