Doug Coby is always one of the top drivers when he races a Modified at Stafford Motor Speedway (Credit: NASCAR Home Track photo)
By Lou Modestino
Stafford Motor Speedway will host the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for the third of four visits during the 2014 season on August 8 for the Call Before You Dig 811 150. When the NWMT teams take to the track, two of the favorites have to be Bobby Santos, III and Doug Coby. Continue reading
Keith Rocco has won over a dozen races this year and is especially good at this home track Stafford Motor Speedway. (Credit: NASCAR Home Tracks photo)
By Lou Modestino
The Valenti Modified Racing Series made its second of three visits during the 2014 season to Stafford Motor Speedway for the 4th Annual Lincoln Tech 80. Taking the checkered flag was Keith Rocco, who joined Tommy Barrett, Jr. as the only VMRS drivers to win more than one race at Stafford. Continue reading
Brian Hoar (right) and his team will be facing rival Jean Paul Cyr and other top ACT Tour drivers on Sunday, July 20 in the International 300 at Airborne Speedway Park. (Credit: Devil’s Bowl Speedway photo)
By Lou Modestino
Eight-time ACT Champion, Brian Hoar from Williston, VT and seven-time Champion Jean-Paul Cyr from Milton, VT will renew their rivalry at the ACT International 300 on Sunday, July 20 at the Airborne Park Speedway in Plattsburgh. Continue reading
Bobby Santos, III was able to propel himself into a contender for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Championship for 2014 by winning a number of races this season including the Sunoco 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Credit: NHMS photo)
By Lou Modestino
With three wins already in the books as the 2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season reaches the halfway point this week, Bobby Santos looks to be firmly entrenched in the championship chase. Continue reading
Point leader Rowan Pinnink goes into Stafford’s VMRS event with the point lead. (Credit: Rowan Pinnink photo)
By Lou Modestino
Reigning Valenti Modified Racing Series Champion Rowan Pennink of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania sits atop the point standings when the series returns to Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut, Friday night, July 18. Continue reading
Kyle Larson could be a good tickets seller for NASCAR if he continues to do well. (Credit: AP photo /Paelan M Ebanhak
By Lou Modestino
NASCAR’s problems of not selling tickets and dropping TV ratings is a situation that just has to be solved. Forget the excuses that all of sports world-wide are suffering with deficits due to a global ailing economy. Just because Brian France was able to get a huge increase over the previous contracts starting in 2015, it does not mean the problems are solved. That increase TV money is what is holding NASCAR together. But for how long? There’s a cliche in the rough and tumble business world. “Don’t tell me what you did for me yesterday. What are you going to do for me today,” say the captains of global industry. Continue reading
Eddie MacDonald came close to winning the Granite State 100 at NHMS in Loudon,NH. (Credit: NASCAR Home Tracks photo)
By Lou Modestino
Eddie MacDonald almost won his fourth career K&N Pro Series East race in the Granite State 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Friday night securing second place in a spectacular last lap duel that had the fans on their feet. The 100 lap event had three and four wide racing in turn one on the “Magic Mile” that most would agree is nearly impossible to achieve. Continue reading
Bobby Santos, III of Franklin scored his biggest NASCAR Modified win at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH when he won the hotly contested Sunoco 100. Credit: NASCAR HomeTracks photo)
By Lou Modestino
Bobby Santos entered the Sunoco 100 looking for a little extra magic to change his fortunes at the “Magic Mile.” He waited until the final lap, but he got it. Continue reading
Ryan Newman won the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Shootout at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Credit: NASCAR Home Track photo)
By Lou Modestino
Twice before, Ryan Newman drove the venerable 7NY Modified to Victory Lane in a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Continue reading
Richard Savary is on a hot streak racing with the VMRS and hopes that he can keep it going at Stafford Motor Speedway on Friday, July 18. (Credit:Chrome Horn photo)
By Lou Modestino
As the Valenti Modified Racing Series prepares to return to Stafford Motor Speedway on July 18 for the Lincoln Tech 80, Holbrook, MA native Richard Savary is riding a hot streak. Savary has won the last two VMRS races leading up to the Lincoln Tech 80 and he has three wins overall this season, giving him the distinction of being the only VMRS driver with more than one victory thus far in 2014. Continue reading