Canaan, NH — Every July 4th weekend brings a special event to the Monadnock Speedway, and the tradition continues this Saturday night when the True Value Modified Series returns for an event that is sure to thrill a capacity crowd, as it has done since the inception of the TVMRS.
The “Firecracker 100” has been won by Kirk Alexander four of the past five seasons. The West Swanzey, New Hampshire driver is sure to be a favorite to win the event for a fifth time, and to redeem himself after crashing out of the TVMRS season opener at the quarter-mile while leading the race.
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Thompson, CT — The Camping World East Series will make its next stop at the Thompson International Speedway on Saturday, July 11th when the track hosts its annual Full Fender Frenzy race program. This extremely successful developmental series for NASCAR is hot off of a great race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway that was won by Kyle Busch.
Defending Series Champion, Matt Kobyluck, will lead the Camping World East Series into Thompson. The long-time veteran and extremely popular driver from Connecticut considers Thompson Speedway to be his home track. Kobyluck has had great success over the years at Thompson and will be looking to continue that trend when his Mohegan Sun race team takes to the track on July 11th.
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Daytona Beach, FL — The following is a list of NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour drivers that will appear on radio shows during the week of June 29 -July 5.
Monday, June 29
Ted Christopher – “Track Talk,” WACK 1420 AM or www.1420wack.com, 6 – 7 p.m.
Thursday, July 2
Donny Lia – “Sirius Speedway,” Sirius Satellite Radio (Ch. 128), 3 – 7 p.m.
Sunday, July 5
Donny Lia – “Carey & Coffey Show,” ESPN Radio 940/1510 AM or www.careyandcoffey.com, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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For the second time in as many weeks, the Pro Four Modifieds of New England (PFMNE) were rained out. A forecast for severe thunderstorms and torrential rain in the Claremont area forced the cancellation of the race program set to go off on June 26. PFMNE officials have announced that the event will not be made up. The next stop at Twin State Speedway will be on October 4 as part of the season-ending, Open Wheel Sunday race program.
Next on the docket for the Pro Fours will be the hotly-contested CarQuest Extreme Tuesday 25-lap main at the Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford Springs, CT. The four-cylinder modifieds will be sharing the billing with the International Super Modified Association (ISMA) and the Northeastern Midget Association (NEMA) on Tuesday evening, July 7.
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Published at June 29, 2009
in Seekonk.
Seekonk, MA — The month of July will be a busy month at Seekonk Speedway. It starts off on July 4, as we take a step back in time. The cars of yesteryear will adorn the speedway for the first time on 2009. Bernie’s presents the New England Antique Racers, Senior Tour Auto Racers and the Atlantic Coast Old Timers will put on a display and remind us of how the racing was in years past. The ARC Pro Stocks, Late Models, Seekonk Sport Trucks and Street Stocks will also be a part of the action.
On Sunday, July 5th, Valvoline presents our annual Independence Day Celebration. With Spectator Drags, the Pure Stocks, Enduro car and truck drags, Enduro racing. Car & Truck Figure 8s, one of the most spectacular Fireworks display this side of the Pacific, and our world famous Demolition Derby.
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Seekonk, MA — Three time True Value Modified Racing Series Champion Kirk Alexander of West Swanzey NH was the first to file his entry for Seekonk Speedway’s 5th Annual $10,000 to win event. Kirk, winner of this event in 2006, has run strong in all four events held at the Action Track of the East.
Bobby Grigas III, a former winner on the TVMRS, and a future star of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour has also filed an entry. Grigas began his racing career at Seekonk in the Late Model division before making the jump to the open wheel modifieds. Defending TVMRS Champion Chris Pasteryak, winner of the 2008 DAV Fall Classic has also filed an entry for this event. In 2008, Pasteryak had to call it a day earlier than expected after crashing out of his qualifier. Former DAV Fall Classic winner Dave Berghman has filed his entry for this event, as has Jimmy Kuhn, who is coming off his best race ever, finishing 3rd in the most recent TVMRS event at Seekonk. Reigning Modified Madness winner Matt Hirschman is ready to defend his title at Seekonk. John Bennett’s entry has been received, as has 9 time NASCAR Champion, and Coventry RI native Mike Stefanik.
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Brockton, MA — The Northeastern Midget Association returns to Thompson Speedway Thursday night, July 2 with some added incentive. The winner will go home with the Marvin Rifchin Trophy.
Rifchin, owner of M&H Tire, died on June 3 at age 94. “Considering how many lives Marvin touched,” said NEMA President Mike Scrivani Jr., “everybody wants this trophy. It is a beautiful piece of hardware.”
Defending champions Randy Cabral (driver) and Tim Bertrand (owner), undefeated in two races this year, head NEMA’s strongest field in recent memory. Cabral’s seven career wins, including the last three in Bertrand’s #47, tops NEMA’s Thompson win list.
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Waterford, CT — Saturday, July 4th marks the date of the Speedbowl’s annual mid-season classic Pepsi 300. The highly anticipated event is the second in the Speedbowl “Triple Crown”, combining each year with the Modified Nationals and The Finale to complete the three extra-distance event jewels on the Speedbowl schedule.
Now in its 12th edition, the Pepsi 300’s format remains the same showcasing the ‘Bowl’s four NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions in extra-distance feature races. The SK Modifieds and Bob Valenti Auto Mall Late Models both compete in 100-lap events, while the popular and competitive Street Stock and Norwich Bulletin Mini Stock divisions go for 50-laps each. The event provides competitors the opportunity to make their statement in the points championship chase and seize momentum to begin the critical summer months of July and August.
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Oswego, NY – After a little over three weeks off, the ISMA winged supermodifieds are ready hit the road for a big week beginning with the Xtreme Tuesday Stafford Motor Speedway event July 7 and ending in Canada at Cayuga Speedway on July 12. In between, at least six of the ISMA cars as pre-entered for the King of Wings $10,000 to win event at Oswego Speedway on July 11. There is a lot of racing and a lot of money on the line for sure. And, 2009 has started with 3 different winners in the 3 ISMA races run to date. It should be a very interesting week. www.staffordmotorspeedway.com for all the information.www.oswegospeedway.com for more information.www.cayugamotorspeedway.ca.www.sanduskyspeedway.com for further information.
The Xtreme event at Stafford has been a mainstay on the ISMA schedule since 2004 with Chris Perley the dominant winner, taking home three of the five events to date. ISMA had one more Stafford event on its schedule back in 1980, which was won by Bentley Warren. Notably, Warren, still going strong, finished third at the 2008 running, some 28 years later! Warren also won two-pre-ISMA races held at the Connecticut oval in 1968 and 1969. Bentley will once again running the Vic Miller 71 as a teammate to Chris Perley, which always creates a potent duo. Russ Wood, who has notched his first win already this season in the Jeff Holbrook 29 picked up the 2005 Stafford feature while hometown favorite Robbie Summers got his ISMA career first in 2007 in a spirited battle with Perley for the win.
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