DAYTONA BEACH, FL – Two weeks out from its first laps of the season on March 12 at Caraway Speedway, the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour is already making news. Long-established modified organizations Fleming Racing and Hillbilly Racing have tabbed new drivers for the 2016 season with Danny Bohn and Richie Pallai Jr. For the second time in his storied […]
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MUNNSVILLE, NY – Ferris®, a leader in commercial mowers and the Race of Champions are thrilled to announce an entitlement partnership that will bring the two entities together for the 2016 season. It will be the first entitlement sponsorship for Ferris, something the company has sought out in recent years. Ferris joins the dirt and asphalt modified programs of the […]
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(Getty Images) DAYTONA BEACH, FL — After testing the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour waters as part-time participants year ago, drivers Craig Lutz and Matt Swanson are ready to step up to full-time competition and contend for the 2016 Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award. Lutz, of Miller Place, New York, made his first Whelen Modified Tour appearance in 2014 at New […]
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(Alex & Helen Bruce Photos) HAMBURG, NY – Five stars of the Race of Champions will be making an appearance and signing autographs at the 23rd Annual Cavalcade of Cars at the Events Center at the Hamburg (N.Y.) Fairgrounds. The autograph session will be presented by Sunoco Race Fuels and Insinger Performance. Patrick Emerling of Orchard Park, N.Y.; Chuck Hossfeld of […]
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – The NASCAR K&N Pro Series has become the preeminent development proving ground for the sport’s future stars. The 27 races on the 2016 schedule – from New England to Southern California, and from Washington to Florida – provides a comprehensive slate of venues and events designed to test drivers and showcase the best and brightest for NASCAR […]
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American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and Ford Racing officials announced today they have renewed their partnership for the 2016 racing season. The Ford Racing contingency program, now entering its seventh season, has paid out more than $63,000 to ACT U.S. and Canadian racers since 2010. The program offers bonuses to any team that finishes in the top three of an ACT Late […]
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR announced today the hiring of Jimmie Walker as the series director of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour. Walker, from Midlothian, Virginia, brings more than 13 years of officiating experience from several NASCAR Whelen All-American Series-sanctioned tracks throughout the southeastern United States. “We are very pleased to announce the hiring of Jimmie to this leadership […]
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — With the level of accomplishment Keith Rocco has reached at just 31 years of age, the Connecticut modified standout is on pace to set records that may never be touched. After a period of recognizing regional crowns, the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series returned to a U.S. state and Canadian province championship structure in 2007. Woody Pitkat […]
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(Getty Images Photo) By JASON CUNNINGHAM DAYTONA BEACH, FL – Buoyed by the intense on-track competition and an ascending television and online following, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is riding high into the 2016 season. When Doug Coby emerged from the closest championship battle in 31 years of Whelen Modified Tour competition last fall at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, it […]
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(Getty Images Photo) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – What was old has become new again as the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 2016 schedules have been revealed. Upstate New York’s Oswego Speedway and Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway have returned to the Whelen Modified Tour schedule for the coming season, reuniting the northeast-based circuit with two venues that […]
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