Anthony Sesely has got the Gambler’s Classic at Atlantic City all figured after three wins. (Credit: Race Chaser photo.)
Anthony Sesely of Matawan, N.J., became the first three time winner of the NAPA Know How Gambler’s Classic Three Quarter (TQ) Midget feature Saturday night by driving what amounted to a perfect race in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.
Maine’s Ben Rowe, holding the checkered flag, will get the 2016 season off and running at the Winter Meltdown at the Greenville Pickins Speedway on Sat. Feb. 6. (Credit: PASS Tour photo.)
Just a week away from the start of practice for the 3rd running of the Winter Meltdown at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, some of the biggest names in short track racing are hoping to etch their names in the record books at the legendary speedway. The Meltdown will serve as the first major points event in asphalt short track racing this year and will kick off the season for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) National Championship Series as well as the PASS South Super Late Models.
The 5/8 scale Legends race cars will be racing several times at Thompson Motorsports Park tracks his coming season. (Credit: Inex Legends photo.)
When the Legends debuted for the first time on the 1.7 mile road course at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) last May, it was regarded by many as one of the best races of the season on the road course track. OTB Promotions has partnered with TSMP to bring the Legends back for a full-season series in 2016. Midstate Site Development (MSD) will sponsor the eleven-race championship campaign, spanning from April through October. The series will award both INEX and TSMP points, and begins with a National Qualifier on April 29. A total purse of over $15,000 will be paid out through the season, and there will be a separate point fund of $3,250 paid out to the top 10 by OTB at the end of the season.
The INEX Legend cars are 5/8-scale fiberglass full-fendered versions of the famed NASCAR Modifieds driven by legendary drivers such as Fireball Roberts, Buck Baker, Curtis Turner, Speedy Thompson and Banjo Matthews. They give drivers a fun and affordable “spec” class of racing for anyone to participate in.
The MSD INEX Legend series hosted at TSMP will kick off the season at the 2nd annual Icebreaker, Road Race Style on April 29. They will also participate in the Open Wheel Weekend on May 20, the Thompson Summer Road Race Series on June 5, July 10 and August 7, and will finish off with a race on October 9.
Glenn Korner, owner of Midstate Site Development, is “looking forward to partnering with Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park to bring a road course series to Connecticut for the US Legend cars.” Midstate Motor Sports drivers, Glenn and Noah Korner have raced legend cars on the road course at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Virginia International Raceway, Charlotte Motor Speedway and the inaugural Legend car race at TSMP.
Source: Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park PR
The very popular Tri-Track Series in action at Seekonk Speedway. (Credit: Seekonk Speedway photo.)
One of the most competitive Modified racing tours in New England is coming back in 2016 and the updated list of teams who have filed entries has been released.
Second place Sk Mod finishers to get bonus money at Stafford this year.
When the green flag falls on the first SK Modified® race of the 2016 season at Stafford Motor Speedway, drivers will once again be jockeying for position in order to claim a Call Before You Dig contingency bonus. Call Before You Dig will present a $125 bonus to the second place finisher in the SK Modified® feature events during the 2016, bringing the winnings for a 2nd place finish to $1000. The 2016 season will be the 7th consecutive year that CBYD has offered a contingency bonus for SK Modified® drivers originally joining the contingency program back in 2010.
Popular NASCAR Modified driver Ryan Preece gets a full time ride in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series for the 2016 season (Credit NASCAR Home Track photo.)
JD Motorsports announced its plans for a three-car effort in the NASCAR XFINITYSeries this season, bringing Modified standout Ryan Preece into the fold to join Ross Chastain on its full-time driver roster. Continue reading
Late Model drivers in ACT and Thunder Road have a shot at 100 G’s in point money in 2016.
American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model competitors will once again have big potential prizes waiting for them at the end of the 2016 season. More than $100,000 in point fund money will be up for grabs between the ACT Late Model Tour, Série ACT, and Barre, VT’s Thunder Road. Both the ACT Late Model Tour and Série ACT Champions will receive $10,000, with $7,500 going to the Thunder Road Late Model Champion.
Tyler Alexander *right)a Hingham native is pictured here with F1 head Bernie Eccelstone. (Credit: F1 photo.)
Jerry Cook, Bobby Issac, Terry LaBonte, O Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner comprise the Seventh Class in NASCAR’s Hall of Fame
Five of NASCAR’s iconic figures – four drivers and one motorsports entrepreneur – were enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina this afternoon during the Induction Ceremony held in the Crown Ball Room at the Charlotte Convention Center.
Talented open wheel driver Lou Cicconi will be bringing four TQ midgets to the Gambler’s Classic in Atlantic City’s Convention Hall. (Credit: Lou Cicconi photo.)
Recently received entries for this coming weekend’s NAPA Know How Gambler’s Classic in Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., have pushed the field of Three Quarter (TQ) Midgets to nearly 100 men and machines. Continue reading