Following a Group 2 cancellation due to inclement weather last weekend, the forecast did a complete 360 and the skies cleared on Saturday, making for a picture-perfect day of racing. Wiscasset Speedway took full advantage of the opportunity, hosting a loaded Group 1 program that featured all weekly divisions plus the first 100-lap Enduro race of the season.
The racing action kicked off with a 40-lap spotlight feature for the Darling’s Brunswick Ford Super Streets, presented by Pepsi. Kevin Sherman took off with the slight advantage, but Sean Johnson was back to his door on lap 3, challenging for the top spot. Johnson got bent out of shape on lap 7, allowing Sherman to distance himself from the competition. The leaders encountered a lap car with 10 laps to go but swiftly navigated through the traffic. Kevin Sherman picked up the win over Sean Johnson and Noah Haggett, who beat David Greenleaf to the line by a mere .036 seconds.
Picture perfect weather greeted the fans and competitors at White Mountain Motorsports Park for HK Powersports Opening weekend. Over 100 cars filled the pit area for Saturday’s car show and season-starter while the Pro All Stars Series invasion on Sunday afternoon put an exclamation mark on a showstopping start to the 2026 season.
It all began Saturday with a moment to reflect on the loss of track builder and founder Donnie Avery with all cars on display to mark the moment. Racing action started off hot and heavy with the Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division as Gracen Gorham, Maddie Potter, Evan Folsom and Kaden Wimble fought under a blanket nearly all 15 laps! Gorham slid by Potter in the closing laps to claim the win with Wimble keeping third.
The Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Strictly Minis opened the flood-gates to start the feature with Jacob Roy, Donnie Baumgardner and Tyler Thompson duking out for the top spot. At the halfway point Thompson flew out of the groove and into the turn one concrete, drove back the pit area and called it a night. Jacob Roy capitalized late to take the HK Powersports Opening Day win over Baumgardner and John Knight at the line.
Corey Day made a thrilling late-race pass with four laps remaining to win the BetRivers 200 at Dover Motor Speedway, securing his second career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory.
A key incident involved Rajah Caruth and Jesse Love colliding while battling for the lead, which affected the race dynamics and allowed Justin Allgaier to briefly regain control.
Justin Allgaier led a race-high 71 laps and finished second, extending his NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series championship lead over Sheldon Creed to 175 points.
“Man, I was hoping that’s how it would play out,” Day said. “I saved so hard there early in the last run once we put on tires and the yellow came out and I thought it was all for nothing, but it all just worked out good.”
“This one feels really special.”
The late pass capped a dramatic final run that saw multiple contenders battle for control of the race throughout the afternoon.
WINCHESTER, N.H. – Jimmy Zellman stole the show Saturday on the high banks of Monadnock Speedway, passing four cars at the south end of the track with the awaiting checkers in the air to win a thrilling 50-lap Pure Stock main event.
With more than 80 teams packing the pits and a huge early season crowd on hand, Zellman was one of five different drivers winning their first event of the year Saturday at the historic quarter-mile, but none with the thrills that Zellman provided.
Qualifying out of the consi, the Greenfield, Mass. hot shoe started deep, deep, deep in the 24-car field and charged forward to lead only the final 200 feet of the 50-lap main and earn the $1,000 winner’s purse.
Dover, Del. – Kyle Busch conquered The Monster Mile once again Friday evening, but this time it took more than pure speed to get the job done.
After dominating the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series ECOSAVE 200 at Dover Motor Speedway, Busch was forced to manage his fuel over the closing laps while Ty Majeski closed in behind him. In the end, the two-time Cup Series champion had just enough fuel left in the tank to seal another victory at The World’s Fastest One-Mile Oval.
The win is the 69th of his NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series career and his fifth Truck Series victory at Dover. The win also counts as his 13th victory at Dover Motor Speedway between all three of NASCAR’s national touring series.
“You never know when the last [win] is,” Busch said after the race. “It feels really good to put it in victory lane again.”
Week two of the 59th consecutive season of racing at the Ridge provided some wild action for the fans. Rob Williams gets his first win in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes, and Nick Fretto does the same in the Xtreme DIRTcar DMA Midgets.
The feature winners of the 59th consecutive season week two were Cody Gregoropoulos in the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds; Rob Williams in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes; Shawn King in the Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Sportsman Modifieds Limited; Nick Fretto in the Xtreme DIRTcar DMA Midgets; Ryan Christian in the High Country Dispensary Late Models; Andrew Fitzgerald in the LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks; and Ryan Sayers in the Woodsville Power Equipment Bobcat Ridge Runners. For the visiting R.E. Hinkley Granite State Mini Sprints, Josh Ball is your winner in the 600cc and Jake Wolf in the 500cc.
The Friend Construction 500cc Mini Sprints took center stage Saturday night at Devil’s Bowl Speedway with a “Mini Sprint Special,” on a picture-perfect evening for dirt track racing in the Green Mountain State. The competition was tightly contested in every division, making it a thrilling night for the fans.
The Mini Sprints raced three 10-lap segments, with the driver accumulating the best overall average earning the first-place trophy. Pittsford, Vermont’s Tyler Whittemore enjoyed the best night of his career as he claimed the checkered flag in two of the three segments to capture the top spot on the podium. Veteran Scott Bachand dominated the first segment with Carm Isabella second, John Smith third, Quinn Quenneville fourth, and Levi Cram fifth. A sixth-place run by Whittemore put him behind the eight ball, but he was not to be denied. Wins by Whittemore in segments two and three sparked his rally for the overall victory. Rounding out the event standings were Scott Bachand, Alex Reed, John Smith, and Trevor Jaques.
Stafford Speedway returned to weekly racing action on Friday, May 15th. Feature winners on the night included David Arute in the SK Modified® feature, Adam Gray for the second consecutive week in the Late Model feature, Nick Anglace in the SK Light feature, Aaron Plemons in the Street Stock feature, and Ryan Waterman in the Street Stock feature.
In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, Wesley Prucker led the field to the green flag and he set the early pace with David Arute quickly taking second. Arute took the lead from Prucker on lap-3 with Tyler Chapman taking second, Alexander Pearl third, Troy Talman fourth, and Marcello Rufrano fifth. Prucker was slowly losing positions in the outside lane as he slid all the way back to 12th place behind Keith Rocco. With 10 laps complete Arute was still in command with Chapman and Pearl behind him. Rufrano was now fourth with Todd Owen up to fifth. Michael Christopher, Jr. was sixth followed by Dylan Izzo, Mikey Flynn, Jon Puleo, and Rocco. At the halfway point Arute was still in the lead and he had pulled away from Chapman in second. Rufrano was still third with Owen and Christopher making up the top-5. Puleo was sixth with Izzo, Rocco, Flynn, and Anthony Flannery behind him. Christopher went by Owen to take fourth place on lap-24 while Rufrano nearly took second from Chapman. Rufrano would take second from Chapman on lap-26 and Christopher got by him for third on lap-27. Puleo was now fifth behind Arute, Rufrano, Christopher, and Chapman with 10 laps to go. With 5 laps to go Arute was all by himself out front with Christopher, Rufrano, Chapman, and Puleo still giving chase. Arute led the field to the checkered flag to pick up his first win of the 2026 season with a dominating drive. Christopher finished second with Rufrano, Chapman, and Puleo rounding out the top-5.
When the 2025 racing season came to a close at Stafford Speedway, Jason Raymond was the hottest driver going in the Street Stock division. He closed out the 2025 season with a 2-race winning streak, which were also the first two feature wins of his career.
Fast forward to the beginning of the 2026 season at the NAPA Spring Sizzler®, and Raymond nearly continued his winning streak with a second place finish. Raymond followed that with a sixth place finish that has him sitting second in the Street Stock points going into the May 15th Street Stock feature event.
Despite what on paper are good results, Raymond says there is room for him and his #49 Larrabee Landscaping team to be even better.
“I feel like we’re actually not quite as good as we were at the end of last year,” said Raymond. “We’re trying to tune on the car a little to get it better. It feels like to me we’re lacking in the center of the corner. The car is not wanting to rotate good enough to get a good drive off the corner so from the center of the corner to exit is where we need to pick things up a little bit. I think we’re pretty close. The whole field is close and we just need a minor adjustment here or there to find that little bit more. We’re not far off but I think there’s still some room to gain.”
