Open-wheel ace Nathan Wenzel strutted the stuff that made him both a speedway and New Hampshire state Modified champion Saturday at Monadnock Speedway, topping the season opening main event at the high-banked speedplant.
Reigning Limited Late Model track champion Dylan Zullo is already in the running for what may be the summer’s most exciting victory at the historic quarter-mile oval.
With a huge crowd braving the chilly April temperatures, six drivers started their season with a flourish, each earning the first victory lap of the new season in their respective division. Along with Wenzel and Zullo, long-ago Mini Stock champ Kevin Clayton, Pure Stock hot shoe Jimmy Zellman, Pro V8 Sportsman pilot Chris Kingsley and Young Gun speedster Sofia Rego each went home victorious.
JDV Productions is pleased to invite race fans to be a part of history this weekend.
Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, N.H. is hosting the inaugural JDV Open Modified 100 this Saturday, June 3, introducing the JDV Productions brand to regional motorsports in the Open Modified ranks..
Long a staple of local short tracks, the open-competition concept welcomes racers from different tracks and sanctioning organizations to compete head-to-head in races where victory and the evening’s prize purse are paramount.
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Races Saturday, Helping Headline 13-Division Card For Two Days
Race Advance by Souza Media’s Jeff Brown
New England race fans have endured back-to-back weekends of wet weather. This weekend’s promise of thunder in the hills of western New Hampshire, however, is far more welcome.
Monadnock Speedway opens its gates and grandstands on Saturday for the second Duel at the Dog Weekend, with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour anchoring an action-packed lidlifter at the Winchester, N.H. oval on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7.
NASCAR’s only open-wheeled division is one of a baker’s dozen of feature races spread out over two days at the track dubbed “Mad Dog.”
Doug Coby, Tommy Baldwin Racing Set Sights on Monadnock Speedway
Mayhew Tools 7NY Ready For Round Three of NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Season
Race Advance By Souza Media
MILFORD, Conn. – Starting a stretch of four races in four weeks, Monadnock Speedway’s Duel at the Dog 200 is on deck for Doug Coby. The Mayhew Tools, Tommy Baldwin Racing No. 7NY returns to competition on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour this Saturday, May 6 with 200 laps in the Duel at the Dog.
It’s the third Whelen Modified Tour race of the season for 2023. Coby and the team finished fifth in the opener at New Smyrna in February, leading 106 laps and 13th at Richmond Raceway in March, leading 27 laps, sidelined from a chance to win with a mechanical issue in the final laps.
WINCHESTER, N.H. – The Winchendon, Mass. Driver, Keith Johnson, not only won for the second time in only three outings Saturday, but did it in convincing style, taking on a major league cast to win the prestigious Teddy Bear Pools Triple Crown Series 50-lap Street Stock main event at Monadnock Speedway
In a battle of Mini Stock royalty Saturday, Gordon Farnum won a furious back-and-forth battle with defending division champion Louie Maher. NHSTRA Modified blaster Tyler Leary repeated his win of a week earlier, as did Young Gun Colton Martin.
McKENNEDY ROCKS SUPERS; LEARY DOUBLES UP IN MONADNOCK MODS
By Gary Dutton
WINCHESTER, N.H. – There’s a new sheriff in town at Monadnock Speedway. His name is Tyler Leary, and he’s rounding up Modified feature wins.
Winless for his career only eight days earlier, the Hatfield, Mass. pilot set fast time in qualifying Friday at the high-banked speedplant and then roared to his second NHSTRA Modified feature win in a row. Friday’s victory, like the one a week earlier, was scored over some real thoroughbreds.
The ISMA Super Modifieds – 800-plus big block horsepower rocketing a 1,850-pound missile – were in town Saturday, making their first Monadnock run in more than two years, with open-wheel super star Jon McKennedy dominating to win the All State Materials Group 75 lap main event.
