Category Archives: Whelen Modified

The Future is Bright and Young with NASCAR Next 2015 Class

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New NASCAR Next Class Already Making Mark on Track

Five of the six NASCAR K&N Pro Series race winners in 2015 are 21 years old or younger. The championship points leaders in both the East and West are 17 and 16. And a 17-year-old just became the highest-finishing female in the 61-year history of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West.

It is fitting that as fans celebrate Jeff Gordon’s final year of competition, the ranks of NASCAR is becoming filled with young drivers battling to one day fill that void. And on Tuesday, in a building that honors the sport’s history, NASCAR introduced some of those potential future stars of the sport. Continue reading →

NASCAR, NBCSN Reveal Robust 2015 Regional Touring Series Broadcast Schedule

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NBCSN will carry a combined 39 NASCAR Touring Series races in 2015 between the K&N Pro Series and Whelen Modified Tours Photo - Getty Images

NBCSN will carry a combined 39 NASCAR Touring Series races in 2015 between the K&N Pro Series and Whelen Modified Tours Photo – Getty Images

NASCAR, NBCSN Reveal Robust

2015 Regional Touring Series Broadcast Schedule

Unprecedented 39-Race Slate For K&N Pro Series, Whelen Modified Tours;

K&N Pro Series East Richmond race moved to Fall weekend

 

NASCAR and NBC Sports Group announced today an unprecedented broadcast line-up of NASCAR’s popular regional touring series, with a 39-race telecast schedule for racing’s premiere grassroots series as their landmark partnership begins this season.

 

NBCSN’s slate features all 25 K&N Pro Series races between the top developmental series, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. The coming season will also see triple the television exposure from previous years for the stars and cars of the exciting Whelen Modified Tours, NASCAR‘s only open-wheeled division, which competes at historic short tracks from New Hampshire to North Carolina. A total of 14 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour events are included on this season’s schedule. Continue reading →

Dalton Sargeant Impresses with Second-Place Finish in Debut at 47th Annual Snowball Derby

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Dalton Sargeant at 9:15 pm ET Photo - Courtesy of Sargeant Motorsports

Dalton Sargeant at 9:15 pm ET Photo – Courtesy of Sargeant Motorsports

Dalton Sargeant is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, December 8, 2014 at 9:15 pm ET. Call 714-202-9918 during the LIVE broadcast with any questions or comments.

 

Dalton Sargeant and the No. 5 Victor Ford Wauters Motorsports team battled throughout the 323 laps of their very first Snowball Derby.  After qualifying in 25th, Sargeant methodically made his way through a field of the best short track drivers in the country, finishing in the second position.  The Snowball Derby was Sargeant’s seventh super late-model start, and only second start at Five Flags Speedway.

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Five NASCAR Touring Series on the Road this Week

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NASCAR Tour Series Busy this Week
Five of the six NASCAR Touring Series in North America will see action this week leading off with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on Thursday night for the second consecutive week. Heading into the Budweiser King of Beers 150, points leader Doug Coby holds an eight-point lead over Justin Bonsignore entering the tenth race of the season.

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International Flavor for NASCAR Home Tracks and ARCA Preview

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NASCAR_HOMETRACKS_cropped_700The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will head to Watkins Glen International Friday for the Bully Hills Vineyard 125, led by championship points leader Ben Rhodes. There are a number of road-course ringers in the field, most notably, two-time NASCAR Canadian Tire Series champion Andrew Ranger and two-time NASCAR Whelen Euro Series champion Ander Vilarino. Ranger has 19 Canadian Tire wins with 16 on road courses. He’s also won three times in the K&N Pro Series – all on road courses. Vilarino, joined by 2013 championship runner-up Frederic Gabillon at The Glen, has 16 Whelen Euro wins – 15 on road courses. Also in the field will be NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sunoco Rookie Austin Dillon. Continue reading →