Track profile: Everything to know about New York’s Lancaster Motorplex

The shores of Buffalo, New York are surrounded by beacons of noise. To the north of the city are the world-famous Niagara Falls. To the south is Orchard Park, home of Highmark Stadium and the Buffalo Bills. To the east is Lancaster Motorplex.

The Buffalo area's home for short-track racing, Lancaster Motorplex is a multi-purpose facility that features both a half-mile oval race track and a 1/8-mile drag strip. The venue also is known to host car shows and concerts.

Lancaster Motorplex's stock-car racing schedule begins each year in early March and runs through September. The track's weekly racing divisions include TQ Midgets, Sport Mods, 4-Cylinders, Street Stocks and Late Models.

The 2025 Nu-Way Auto Parts 150 marks just the fourth time Lancaster Motorplex has hosted the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. The Tour's first visit to the Upstate New York facility came in 2021.

That 2021 visit for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour produced an epic finish. Patrick Emerling beat rival Justin Bonsignore to the finish line in a near-photo finish to earn one of his three Modified Tour wins of that season.

Beyond the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and its own weekly racing, Lancaster Motorplex has hosted multiple national and regional touring series. They include Race of Champions Modified Series, SBS Championship Series, 350 SMAC Supermodifieds, ISMA Supermodifieds, ASA AC/Delco Challenge Series, ACT Tour, USAC Sprint Cars, ARCA, MSA Supermodifieds, Cup Lites, Can-Am TQ Midgets, Midwest Compact Touring Series and more.

Lancaster Motorplex was founded in 1959. It continues to operate today as Buffalo's home for speed with an action-packed, year-round schedule of races, shows, concerts and more.