Star Speedway’s Coastal Clash 150 has been postponed from Saturday, May 9, to Sunday, June 14, due to forecasted inclement weather in Epping, New Hampshire. Officials with the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour and Star Speedway made the decision to reschedule the event after three consecutive races across different facilities earlier this month.
“It’s unfortunate that Mother Nature couldn’t see us through just one more weekend, but we’ve been incredibly lucky up to this point,” said ACT managing partner Cris Michaud. “To save teams the travel this was the best call to make and we’re looking forward to returning to Star Speedway on Sunday, June 14.”
The postponement means the Brookside Equipment Sales Triple Crown will feature back-to-back events starting with the 51st Spring Green at Seekonk Speedway on Saturday, June 6, followed by the Coastal Clash 150 at Star Speedway on Sunday, June 14. The Milton CAT series will next race on Sunday, May 31, at Riverside Speedway & Adventure Park in Groveton, New Hampshire, with additional series including the Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models and PASS Modifieds also set to compete.
The 59th opening night at the Ridge is officially in the record books after two weeks.
Todd Buckwold wins in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds, and Keith Mansur holds on to win in the LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks.
It took two weeks to get it in, and mother nature almost won them both, but after a half time rebound on week two the home team charged hard and came home the winner. The afternoon rains made for a fast track and plenty of racing excitement for the die-hard fans who ventured out in the cold to be a part of the opening day of our 59th consecutive season of racing sponsored by FMS Auto Parts NAPA of Bradford.
Stafford Speedway created its SK Light division at the end of the 2005 season with the first race taking place on April 29, 2006. That race was part of the NAPA Spring Sizzler® weekend and was won by Chris Matthews. 20 years later, Matthews is still racing in the SK Light division and he is still winning races.
Matthews won the season opening 30-lap SK Light feature in this year’s edition of the NAPA Spring Sizzler®, which was the fourth time in his career that he has won the SK Light portion of the NAPA Spring Sizzler®. Although Matthews is still going strong and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon, he couldn’t picture himself still racing and winning in the SK Light ranks 20 years after he won the very first SK Light feature held at Stafford.
“I really didn’t see myself still racing 20 years later,” said Matthews. “We’re still having fun with racing and as long as it’s fun, it’s still worth doing.”
The 59th season of racing is getting off to a rough start at the Ridge with opening day festivities canceled for bad weather. A wet spring was capped with persistent showers scheduled for all day on May 2nd, forcing promoter C.V. Elms to make the decision to pull the plug.
The wet weather did settle in the area, and despite a few breaks did not move out until Sunday. It is always a tough decision for Elms who prides himself on doing everything possible to put on the show for the competitors and the fans. This decision proved a wise one, and now the Elms will set their sights on May 9th as opening night of their 59th consecutive season of racing.
Modified ace Tyler Leary scored a huge win Saturday on the high banks of Monadnock Speedway, topping the 75-lap Todd Martell Memorial Modified main event ahead of a deep field of open-wheel strongmen.
On a hoodies-up night when hot cocoa was much more in fashion than icecream that have long been a staple at the Winchester quarter-mile, the Hatfield, Mass. star was red hot, leading the last 36 laps en route to the big win.
Other winners on the first Saturday of May at Monadnock included JD Stockwell, who won a thriller in the Limited Late Model feature, Carlos Grenier, who was first under the checkers in the Pure Stocks, Randy Clark, victorious in the Pro 4 Modifieds, and Dylan Stati, who scored his first win ever in the Young Guns.
Barre, VT – In a rare turn of events at the Nation’s Site of Excitement Sunday afternoon, three traveling members of the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour shocked the usually dominant hometown defenders at Thunder Road International Speedbowl with a sweep of the victory lane podium!
Thirty-five Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour drivers entered the Thunder Road pit area vying for starting position in the 28th annual Community Bank, n.a. 150 on Sunday. Three rounds of qualifying events whittled them down to twenty-nine starters on the grid. Current number-two point man Jake ‘The Jet’ Johnson earned the pole position with a ‘+4’ handicap alongside 2025 Serie ACT Quebec champion Jeff Côte in just his first visit to the Barre highbanks.
Côte quickly shot to the top spot from the outside pole with Thunder Road regulars Justin Prescott, Taylor Hoar and front-running ACT point man Gabe Brown riding in the top five. Meanwhile, the two most recent Thunder Road Kings of the Road, Kaiden Fisher and Jason Corliss, waged a side-by-side battle for seventh throughout the early goings.
Fans and drivers gathered on a rainy cool morning to kick off The Speedbowl’s 75th season of racing.
It’s been awhile since Mikey Flynn took laps around the Speedbowl but you would never know it as he started off strong in the 75 lap SK Modified(R) main event. He got the jump over 2025 SK Light champion Nickolas Hovey and all-time win leader Keith Rocco. There was one caution to slow the event on lap 6 that Flynn was able to hang on to the lead for at first. Rocco and Todd Owen were able to work by Hovey on their path to the front. Timmy Jordan started to enter the picture just short of half way coming from his mid-pack starting position to move into second by lap 23. Rocco started to fade and Owen moved into the third spot, and by lap 33 Jordan had complete control of the race. The rest of the laps would be run caution free and Jordan would start the season off with the big win. Testing was the key thing said Jordan of his run.
While other racetracks across New England postponed or cancelled their events this past weekend due to inclement weather, Wiscasset Speedway decided to take the gamble on Saturday and won, hosting an abbreviated feature-only racing program that was proudly sponsored by AIM Recycling Maine.
Team Wiscasset was successfully able to get all divisions in, which included the Maine Army National Guard Thunder 4 Minis, Darling’s Brunswick Ford Super Streets, Davis Erector Group 207 Crate Modifieds, County Truss 4-Cylinder Pros, T&L Automotive Pro Stocks, and the debut of the Carver’s Driving Academy Crown Vics, who are running a 5-race series in 2025 with the opportunity to become a permanent division in the future depending on driver interest and car counts.
Kevin Greenhalgh pulled ahead with the early advantage in the 25-lap feature for the Thunder 4 Minis, but Gregg Norton was quick to steal it away. Week 1 winner Derek Cook was all over the leader in the laps that followed, with the two drivers breaking away at the front of the pack. TJ Moore took a spin in front of the leaders with just 4 laps to go, resulting in a caution. Derek Cook powered ahead following a chaotic restart, going 2-for-2 on the start of the season. Gregg Norton and Gunnar Josselyn followed, completing the podium.
