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Ron Silk’s championship campaign in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour nearly ended several times during Thursday’s Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 at Martinsville Speedway. From narrowly avoiding several multi-car accidents to being shuffled through the field due to diverging pit strategies, Silk kept his No. 16 Blue Mountain Machine and Future Homes Modified clean […]

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For most of Sunday’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, it appeared Ron Silk would finally visit victory lane at New York’s Riverhead Raceway in his 23rd NWMT start at the track.

Over the last decade, no driver in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour has been as dominant at New York’s Riverhead Raceway as three-time champion Justin Bonsignore.

Kyle Soper accomplished something Saturday evening that no other Riverhead Raceway regular had done in 27 years. By earning his first NASCAR Whelen Modified...

One week ago, Doug Coby had no idea that he would be racing in Saturday’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event at Riverhead Raceway.

Doug Coby, driver of #10 Mayhew Tools Chevrolet, celebrates with his crew after winning the Miller Lite 200 for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Riverhead Raceway. (Credit: Kathryn Riley/NASCAR) Doug Coby, who has earned six NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championships and is a 30-time WMT winner, checked off another item on his racing bucket list Saturday. The Milford, Ct., driver, who had never won a race at Riverhead Raceway, did so with his victory in the Miller Lite 2...

A chance conversation last November morphed into Shawn Solomito of Islip teaming up with Jimmy and Angela Rennick as the driver of their NASCAR Modified. In their second start together Saturday night, Solomito put the new combination into the winners circle at Riverhead Raceway following a 50-lap race. For Solomito, a former two-time track champion, it was his 18th career NASCAR Modified win, moving him into 23rd on the all-time win list. Solomito had set two goals for himself entering the seas...

With his triumph in the 50-lap event, Beatty posted his ninth career victory. Beatty had opened a sizable lead over former two time champion Kyle Soper of Manorville until a minor spin on Lap 39 drew the first and only caution of the race. “I sure didn’t want to see that caution,” Beatty said. “Kyle is one of the best out here and he tested me.” Beatty passed that test. Soper was runner-up, with C.J. Lehmann of Lake Grove third, Dylan Slepian of Dix Hills fourth and Chris Young of Cal...