The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will make its first of four visits to Connecticut in 2026 rolling along on a positivity high. After two events this season the Whelen Modified Tour returns to Thompson Speedway for the Icebreaker 150 on April 12. It was an offseason of big news for the series following a 2025 […]
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Whelen Modified Tour Riding Positivity High Going To Icebreaker 150 At Thompson Speedway
March 31, 2026 by 4 Comments
Shunned: Tyler Rypkema Unfairly Disregarded By Whelen Mod Tour Broadcast Team At Martinsville
March 29, 2026 by 1 Comment
Rodney Dangerfield made his career as one of the greats of standup comedy on the foundation of a catchy buzzphrase. That buzzphrase that became his signature line was: “I don’t get no respect.” On Saturday the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returned to action for the division’s second event of the season, the Virginia Is […]
Faces In The Crowd: Visiting With Chuck Thibeault Jr.
August 24, 2025 by
A Racer Who Now Sits In Another Seat … Returning to Stafford Speedway I found another race fan who weekly makes the commute to the racetrack with his passion for Modified racing. He brings his own chairback and climbs the grandstand stairs to Section F with a big smile because he is at a racetrack. […]
Faces In The Crowd: Cathy, A Race Fan By Marriage
August 13, 2025 by
This past week I interviewed Cathy, who I have seen at several different race tracks. Her face is visible usually in the grandstand where she is surrounded by friends and family of race car drivers competing on the track. At Stafford Speedway she arrives at the track early and saves her spot. Slowly the rest of her […]
Faces In The Crowd: Meeting Pat C. At Stafford Speedway
July 24, 2025 by
Faces In The Crowd: Meeting Race Fan Pat C. Race fans come in all shapes and sizes from a wide variety of back grounds. Returning to Stafford Speedway this week we found another top row occupant who weekly makes the commute to the race track after finding an interest in racing for a personal reason. […]
Inconsistency Of NASCAR Officiating Of Modified Tour Events Should Raise Red Flag For All Competitors
July 23, 2025 by
A weekend NASCAR Modified Tour doubleheader at Monadnock Speedway proved to be the source of two dramatic finishes but also plenty of feisty storylines from the track. One of the storylines that garnered plenty of attention was the dustup on lap 120 between Stephen Kopcik and Sam Rameau during Sunday’s Cheshire County Clash at Monadnock […]
Faces In The Crowd: Meeting Dick Ransom
July 10, 2025 by
Denise’s first edition of Faces In The Crowd is unfortunately a somber one. Denise tells the story of Dwight “Dick” Ransom, who unfortunately passed away on July 1 at 89 years old. Dick (Dwight Richard) Ransom – A Longtime Modified Race Fan This year I am starting a new twist on racing coverage by […]
Nu-Way Auto Parts 150 Shines Light On NASCAR Modified Tour “Participation Purse” Philosophy
July 9, 2025 by
Saturday the NASCAR Modified Tour heads to Lancaster Motorplex for the seventh of 16 events for the series in 2025. Saturday’s race winner at Lancaster will walk away with a winner’s check of $12,442. Second place will get $4,466. And then you get to third place, where the numbers start to get interesting. Third place […]
Labeling Fair Criticism As Misogynistic Hate Crosses An Ugly Line
June 3, 2025 by
The world of social media in 2025 has become an ugly space. And we’re not just talking about racing or sports in general, but everywhere. It’s politics, it’s life choices, it’s everything. Let’s be frank, even most small town community forums have just become ugly spaces where toxicity and hate boil over almost daily. I […]
NASCAR Sends Risky Message By Putting Simple Price Tag On Intentional Wrecks On Modified Tour
May 27, 2025 by
It’s an overused cliche around grassroots motorsports that it’s a community founded by the philosophy of being “pay to play.” In the simplest sense it means, if you’ve got the money to pay the bills to own a race team, you can go participate somewhere in the sport. On Tuesday, NASCAR added a new wrinkle […]
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