Summer is barely two days old; but the heat was turned up Saturday evening at Riverhead Raceway, not even a 90-minute rain delay could cool the hot Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series on track Schools Out Extravaganza excitement. When the dust settled at the conclusion of the 50-lap NASCAR Modified event, defending champion John Beatty […]

As the laps clicked off Saturday in the 5th annual Oval Speed Unlimited 150 NASCAR Modified event at Riverhead Raceway, John Beatty wondered if he and his team’s strategy to pit late in the race would leave them the only car not to pit for a change tire. Those fears were quelled when a caution […]

During the off-season JB Fortin of Holtsville and family made the difficult decision to leave the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour as a series regular, opening the door for a return to weekly Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series competition at Riverhead Raceway. Saturday, JB Fortin completed his racing homecoming with his 4th career victory winning the […]

Riverhead Raceway owners Connie Partridge and Tom Gatz announced on Friday three 2024 inductees who’ll be enshrined on the Cromarty Wall of Champions Saturday August 17th during an on-track ceremony. The 2024 inductees will be unique as it’s the first time since inception none of the three are being enshrined for driving or owning race […]

Dennis Freese of Oval Speed Unlimited announced Tuesday a bonus money program for the 5th annual Bubba 150 June 8th at Riverhead Raceway that is nearing $15,000. The NASCAR Tour Type Modified event is held annually in memory of Bob “Bubba” Patanjo, longtime team member for four-time NASCAR Modified champion Bill Park who passed suddenly in […]

It may have been just the third 50-lap Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series NASCAR Modified event of 2024 Saturday at Riverhead Raceway, but John Beatty Jr. of Merrick and JR Bertuccio of Centereach were in mid-season form waging a war for the victory. When the dust settled defending champion John Beatty, who went winless during […]