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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NASCAR Must Send Strong Message Against Retaliatory Actions On Whelen Modified Tour
May 19, 2025 by
It’s fair to say, the NASCAR Modified Tour FaithFest Evangelistic Ministries 150 Sunday at North Wilkesboro won’t be an event highlighted anytime soon to showcase the greatness of asphalt Modified racing. Playing as the undercard event to the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race Sunday, the wreck-marred NASCAR Modified Tour event ultimately saw 89 of its […]
Cook Out Madhouse Classic Flops Big In Showcasing Modified Racing
February 1, 2025 by 8 Comments
I messed up. I’ll be the first to admit it. I messed up bad. All the credit in the world to NASCAR for all the promotional effort they put in to building up attention for the Cook Out Madhouse Classic at Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday. When it was first announced that NASCAR would add […]
Early Whelen Mod Tour Event At NHMS Continues Distressing Trend Of Putting Series Fan Growth Last
December 24, 2024 by 16 Comments
Anyone that’s spent any time in the last two decades following the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for events at New Hampshire Motor Speedway has at some point heard the grumblings when it comes to the scheduling of events at the Loudon, N.H. facility. They don’t like when the race is scheduled too early. They don’t […]
NASCAR’s Toothless Penalty Won’t Stop Manipulation Of Cup Series Events Going Forward
November 6, 2024 by 4 Comments
On Tuesday NASCAR announced multiple penalties in the aftermath of the closing laps of Sunday’s Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. According to NASCAR, their investigation found evidence that three teams were involved in manipulating the results of Sunday’s race in an effort to help two teams looking to qualify for the Cup Series […]
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