When it comes to Riverhead Raceway, the track has always had a unique designation on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour schedule.  The quarter-mile Long Island bullring has long been a place where local drivers not only compete with the division regular when the tour comes to town, but also give those regulars a big fight.  […]

For the 78th time in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour history, New York’s Riverhead Raceway will welcome NASCAR’s oldest division Saturday night for the running of the Miller Lite Salutes Don Howe 200 (8 p.m. ET on FloRacing). The race, named in honor of five-time Riverhead Raceway Modified champion Don Howe, is the fifth race of […]

Checking the temperatures on the competition on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour heading to the Miller Lite 200 Salute To Don Howe at Riverhead Raceway Saturday Stephen Kopcik: Kopcik has been a force over the last three events. Kopcik scored his first career Whelen Modified Tour victory on March 28 at Martinsville and followed that […]

Just prior to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour visiting Riverhead Raceway for the Miller Lite Salutes Don Howe 200 Saturday, the return of the HighMark Building Efficiency Crew Chief of the Race Award was announced jointly by track GM John Ellwood and Rich Gerbe of HighMark. Earlier in the week NASCAR released a 25-team entry […]

While the entry list for the Miller Lite Salutes Don Howe 200 WMT event has not been released officially, track management has confirmed that seven drivers who compete weekly in the Buzz Chew Chevrolet NASCAR Modifieds are readying to take on the WMT regulars Saturday. Complementing the 200 will be the Super Pro Trucks, INEX […]

The 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship chase will find its way to the tight confines of Riverhead Raceway Saturday May30th for the Miller Lite Salutes Don Howe 200 with Stephen Kopcik of Newtown, Ct. leading the charge from atop the championship standings having won two of the first four races of the season. The […]