NASCAR short track racing from coast to coast will be celebrated on back to back nights in mid-December in Charlotte, N.C. NASCAR announced Friday that the Whelen All-American Series awards banquet and the Night of Champions Touring Series awards banquet will be held Dec. 13 and 14 respectively at the NASCAR Hall of Fame and [...]
Former Sprint Cup Series legend Dick Trickle was found dead Thursday of an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound according to reports from WBTV 3 in Charlotte, N.C. Trickle was 71 years old. Trickle’s body was found in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boger City, N.C. at about noon Tuesday. WBTV reported: “The Lincoln County Communications Center [...]
The Northeast Mini Stock Tour is back in action Saturday with a record purse on the line for the division. Series founder Bob Guptill announced this week that the winner’s purse for Saturday’s series event at Wiscasset Speedway in Kingfield, Me. will be $750. The winner’s share represents a $400 increase from the typical $350 [...]
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Stafford Motor Speedway next weekend for the division’s second visit to the half-mile oval in 2013. The TSI Harley-Davidson 125 is one small part of what many in motorsports describe as the high holy weekend of racing of in the United States. It’s a weekend that showcases IndyCar [...]
The Valenti Modified Racing Series points leader will be bringing not only momentum, but also mounds of confidence, when the division makes its first appearance of 2013 at Thompson International Speedway on Sunday. After two events this season for the series, Rowan Pennink is the standings leader, the most recent winner and he’s heading to [...]
The Plainville Sports Hall of Fame is adding some horsepower. Longtime Modified racing standout Ted Christopher will be inducted into the town’s Sports Hall of Fame in October. Over the years Christopher has established himself as one of the most successful and well known short track racers in the country. Christopher is a 1976 graduate [...]
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour’s annual visit to Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, N.H. will have to wait until July. With a forecast calling for rain most of the day Saturday, officials from the Whelen Modified Tour and Monadnock Speedway made the decision Friday afternoon to postpone Saturday’s event. The new date for the running of [...]
“Remember when … ” It’s a familiar mantra to anyone who spends any amount of time around short track racing. “Remember when the grandstands were overflowing?” “Remember when the purses were huge?” “Remember how many cars showed up to race?” At Stafford Motor Speedway they like to call their Spring Sizzler “The Greatest Race in [...]
There’s not all that much in common when it comes to the communities of Winchester, N.H. and Riverhead, N.Y. There’s rural old New England inland Winchester vs. Long Island shore living of Riverhead. But there’s a common ground between the towns that puts a smile on the face of Whelen Modified Tour driver Justin Bonsignore. [...]
STAFFORD – After putting up the fastest speed in practice and winning the pole in qualifying Saturday at Stafford Motor Speedway, Bobby Santos III boasted about the stout setup notebook his Tinio Racing team had compiled for getting around the half-mile oval. Sunday Santos proved he wasn’t exaggerating at all about how well he and [...]
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