NASCAR Whelen Modified Sunoco 100 Preview

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The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will close out the weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with the Sunoco 100 Saturday.

The series stays in the Northeast as they visited Riverhead Raceway in New York two weeks ago.  It was a weekend of firsts, as John Beatty Jr. won his first pole and Eric Goodale captured his first Modified win. Continue reading

NASCAR Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout Preview

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The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will have double the action this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.  The inaugural, non-points event Whelen All-Star Shootout will take place Friday afternoon before NASCAR Nationwide Series final practice.

Race will feature past champions and previous winners from both the Whelen Modified and South tours, as well as the 2013 Rookie of the Year from both series, with the entry list being capped at 20 cars. Continue reading

Kaz Grala has High Hopes and Expectations at New Hampshire

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Kaz Grala is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, July 7, 2014 at 9 pm ET. Call 347-996-5176 during the LIVE broadcast to interact with Kaz Grala and our Fan4Racing panel. 

K&N East driver Kaz Grala’s last race at Langley Speedway left him with his best finish of the season. Now he heads to his home track of New Hampshire Motor Speedway with high hopes and expectations.  Continue reading

Kenseth Now Two-for-Two in Sprint Cup Chase

Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Home Depot / Husky Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after wining the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 22, 2013   Photo - Justin Edmonds/Getty Images

Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Home Depot / Husky Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after wining the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 22, 2013
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First Chicagoland, now a New Hampshire victory for Matt Kenseth.

For the second straight week, in the second Chase for the Sprint Cup, Matt Kenseth  led his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Kyle Busch to the checkered flag – and for Kenseth, who has struggled at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, that added a dreamlike quality to the victory. Continue reading

Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 at NHMS Preview

Sylvania 300 logoThe Sprint Cup Series is racing 300 laps for a total of 317.4-miles in the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sunday, September 22nd with the green flag starting the action at 2pm ET. Television coverage on ESPN begins at 1pm ET with radio coverage on PRN, Sirius XM, channel 90.

Matt Kenseth pulled off a feat only accomplished once before. And in doing so, may have laid the foundation for a second Sprint Cup Series championship – a full decade after his first. Continue reading