Posted on July 27, 2022 by Brandon White

One of the most cherished events on Riverhead Raceway’s weekly calendar will take place on Saturday evening in Wall of Fame Night, which will include the running of the Baldwin, Evans & Jarzombek 77.

Established in 1986 as a 61-lap race to honor NASCAR Hall of Famer Richie Evans, who was killed in a practice crash at Martinsville Speedway the year before, the memorial event now also pays tribute to Modified legends Charlie Jarzombek and Tom Baldwin Sr., both of whom similarly passed away while behind the wheel.

Outside of recognizing three prominent figures in Modified history, Riverhead will also induct two of its most successful drivers into the track’s Wall of Fame, former competitors Rusty Turbush and John Cozza.

Turbush ended his career fourth on the track’s all-time Modified wins list with 25 victories, while Cozza enjoyed plenty of success at Riverhead himself with championships in the Blunderbust, Grand Enduro and Truck Enduro titles.

A talented field of local Riverhead competitors will be on hand for the festivities Saturday evening as they look to obtain a marquee victory and build valuable momentum over the rest of the 2022 season.

Below is everything you need to know about the Baldwin, Evans & Jarzombek 77 at Riverhead Raceway.

Saturday’s race honors Modified legends Richie Evans, Charlie Jarzombek and Tom Baldwin Sr., who all passed away behind the wheel. (Kostas Lymperopoulos/NASCAR)

What TV channel is the Baldwin, Evans & Jarzombek 77 at Riverhead Raceway on?

All the on-track action for the Baldwin, Evans & Jarzombek 77 can be viewed live on FloRacing, the official streaming home for all NASCAR Roots properties.

The event will not be shown on a television network.

Below is the complete schedule for FloRacing’s coverage of the Baldwin, Evans & Jarzombek 77.

Date	Start Time	How to Watch
July 30, 2022	5:30 p.m. ET	FloRacing

Complete schedule for the Baldwin, Evans & Jarzombek 77

This year’s Baldwin, Evans & Jarzombek 77 will take place on Saturday, July 30.

Seven different divisions will be on track for the event’s festivities, which include races for Riverhead’s Crate Modified, Blunderbust, Legend, All Star, Enduro Truck and Eight-Cylinder Enduro classes. Headlining the night will be the 77-lap Modified feature.

Below is the complete race-day schedule at Riverhead Raceway.

Time	Event
4 p.m. ET	Grandstands open
6 p.m. ET	Pre-race ceremonies
After 6 p.m. ET	Racing begins

The local Riverhead contingent will be out in full force as each driver looks to add a crucial win to their resume in the Baldwin, Evans, Jarzombek 77. (Mike Lawrence/NASCAR)

Who is racing in the Baldwin, Evans & Jarzombek 77?

Leading the strong field of cars for Saturday night’s 77-lap feature is defending race-winner and three-time track champion Kyle Soper.

The most recent NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at Riverhead saw Soper hold off past series champions in Justin Bonsignore and Ron Silk for his first career win while driving a car for Wayne Anderson, who is also a past winner of the Baldwin, Evans & Jarzombek 77.

Soper, who currently holds the lead in Riverhead’s Modified standings, will have to fend off the rest of the local track contingent such as Dylan Slepian and Dave Brigati, the latter of whom trails Soper by just five points.

Also entered for the Baldwin, Evans & Jarzombek 77 is Jimmy Blewett driving the famed No. 7NY for Tommy Baldwin Jr. In nine Whelen Modified Tour races this year, the 7NY has visited Victory Lane four times with Blewett, Mike Christopher Jr. and six-time champion Doug Coby behind the wheel.

Posted on July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 by Adam Fenwick

It was obvious early on that Matt Hirschman was going to be a race car driver.

“That’s what I always said I was going to do when they asked you in elementary school, ‘What are you going to be when you grow up?’ I always said I was going to be a race car driver,” Hirschman said.

The 39-year-old from Northampton, Pennsylvania, grew up in and around the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. His father Tony Hirschman Jr. is widely considered one of the best Modified drivers of his generation.

The elder Hirschman won five NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championships during a career that stretched from the mid-1980s through 2007. During that time, he won 35 races with a variety of race teams at tracks like Oswego Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park and Stafford Motor Speedway.

For the younger Hirschman, whose brother Tony Hirschman III works as a spotter in the NASCAR Cup Series for Kyle Busch, Modified racing is practically all he’s ever known.

Some of Matt Hirschman’s earliest memories are of his father racing and winning at many of the aforementioned race tracks.

“My dad could name the year and I was probably only 2 or 3 years,” Hirschman said. “Some of that was just when he was just starting to venture out and race some of the NASCAR races.

“I’d say Stafford, Thompson, Oswego, Martinsville, I remember going to places like that. That was before he was full time, because that didn’t come until the late 80s when he started running the Tour full-time. That was when he was just going to some of those places in the earlier part of his career for the first time.”

His father won his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race in 1989 and claimed his first of five championships in 1995. He added his second a year later, followed by a third title in 1999. He collected his final two championships in 2004 and 2005. His last race win came in 2006.

(From left) Matt Hirschman, mom Brenda Hirschman, dad Tony Hirschman Jr. and brother Tony Hirschman III pose following Tony Hirschman’s 2005 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship. (Photo: NASCAR)

It was during the later part of his father’s career that Hirschman began to find his own place in Modified racing. It started with the father-son pairing working together, with dad driving the car and son serving as crew chief.

The pairing was incredibly successful, with Hirschman guiding his father to his final two NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championships for the Kehley family.

“His two championships, again back-to-back in 2004 and 2005, I was actually playing the role of the crew chief,” Hirschman said. “I was setting up the cars for him and calling the races when I was there, because at that time I had already started racing, so I didn’t attend every race. The Kehley’s, they’re like family, that team that he finished his career with.

“I really learned a lot working with my dad and working with their car. That’s stuff that still applies to what I’m doing today.”

At the same time, Hirschman began his own driving career that would eventually make him one of the top Modified competitors in the United States.

While he’s rarely raced the full NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour schedule during his career, Hirschman has still earned Tour victories at Oswego Speedway, New Smyrna Speedway, the Chemung Speedrome and Spencer Speedway.

Away from the Tour, Hirschman is known for showing up when a lot of money is on the line. He’s one of the best to ever race a Modified during the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway, where he has claimed three championships and countless victories.

He’s also won big races like the Race of Champions, the Spring Sizzler and the North-South Shootout, just to name a few.

There’s a reason fans call him ‘Big Money Matt,’ a nickname from which Hirschman admits he initially shied away.

“I’ve always been confident in myself. To say that I knew I could achieve this or do this is hard to really answer or say yes to,” Hirschman said. “I’ve always had the confidence, but it’s a lot of hard work and a group effort to make it happen.

“In the beginning I think I shied away a little bit from the nickname, not trying to put added pressure to myself. But I believe I’ve lived up to it and kind of now I’ve more embraced it. I think I’ve earned it and I continue to prove that.”

Matt Hirschman, driver of the No. 60 PeeDee Motorsports Modified, during the Duel at the Dog 200 for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Monadnock Speedway on June 19, 2022. (Photo: Nick Grace/NASCAR)

When you look around the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour garage at any given race, the odds are high that you’ll see crew members, team owners or drivers whose father, mother, or grandparents were also involved in Modified racing.

It takes a certain amount of dedication, according to Hirschman, to live and breathe Modified racing for nearly his entire life.

“Modified racing is deep roots. If you look at the generations of the same names and families and things and crew members in the pit areas, it’s something that once it’s in your blood, it’s like a disease,” Hirschman said. “It’s really hard to get away from it.

“From a very early age, this is all I’ve known and all we’ve ever done. I’ve spent my entire life, except for a very short time when my dad went racing in the Busch North Series, Modified racing has been our life. That same thing can be said for many families.”

So will there be a third generation of Hirschman’s racing Modifieds? It’s possible, but Hirschman says he won’t force any of his children to get involved in racing.

He wants it to be their choice.

“I do have two children of my own. I have a son who is 7, Matthew, and a nine-month-old daughter, Violet,” Hirschman said. “Being that I’ve lived it and realized it, I know how tough it is. I’m not going to put that pressure on or push for that to happen. I didn’t start myself until I was 17, but what I learned by going racing and being involved first as nothing more than just watching, and then being more involved as I got older, those lessons learned were very valuable.

“Right now, my son goes to a majority of my races, and we’re into racing big time. We watch racing all the time on TV and the streaming that is now available to us. That’ll be his choice. I won’t make that choice for him.”

Posted on July 26, 2022July 27, 2022 by Staff Report

NASCAR officials issued an L2-level penalty to the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports team on Tuesday, penalizing the team 100 driver points and 100 owner points following the NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.

The penalty comes under Sections 14.1 C, D and Q as well as Sections 14.5 A and B in the NASCAR Rule Book. Those rules apply to the body and overall vehicle assembly rules surrounding modification of a single source supplied part.

Crew chief Blake Harris has additionally been fined $100,000 and suspended from the next four NASCAR Cup Series championship points events. If driver Michael McDowell and the team win one of the five remaining races in the regular season and/or qualifies for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, the team will also be docked 10 playoff points.

Front Row Motorsports announced on Twitter Wednesday that they have initiated the process to appeal the penalty ruling and declined to comment further.

McDowell was credited with a sixth-place finish at Pocono Raceway following the Sunday disqualifications of Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch, who initially took the checkered flag first and second, respectively, before failing post-race technical inspection. McDowell’s car and the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Chevrolet piloted by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were randomly selected by the sanctioning body to be taken back to the NASCAR R&D Center for further inspection.

NASCAR officials released a more stringent penalty structure for the 2022 Cup Series season in January, introducing a list of deterrence options on a three-tiered system — from L1 to L3.

Following the March race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the No. 6 RFK Racing team was handed a near-identical L2 penalty for modifications made to the rear fascia of Brad Keselowski’s Ford.

Penalty options for an L2 infraction include:

Points deductions: 75-120points
Playoff points deductions: 10-25 points
Suspension of one or two crew members for 4-6 races
Fines: $100,000-$250,000

“To make sure that all of those things stay above board, there’s going to have to be a culture shift from the way that the teams and NASCAR, for that matter, have done business,” NASCAR Senior Vice President of Competition Scott Miller said in January when announcing the new penalty structure. “So this deterrence model has more meat in it, more meaningful penalties, but I think we all thought that it was time for this with the introduction of the new car.”

Posted on July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 by Adam Fenwick

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is heading to the Granite State for the fourth time this year for Friday’s running of the Clash at Claremont 150 at Claremont Motorsports Park.

The 10th race of the season also serves as the conclusion of the Whelen Granite State Short Track Cup. The three-race miniseries featuring tracks in New Hampshire began at Lee USA Speedway on May 21 and continued at Monadnock Speedway on June 18.

Friday’s race will be the third visit for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour to Claremont Motorsports Park. The series first visited the third-mile oval in 1985, with NASCAR Hall of Famer Richie Evans emerging as the race winner.

The Tour didn’t return to Claremont again until 2007, when James Civali put together a dominant performance to earn one of his four career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour triumphs.

Below is everything you need to know about Friday’s Clash at Claremont 150 at Claremont Motorsports Park.

Clash at Claremont 150 at Claremont Motorsports Park

What to watch for:

A good year for Tommy Baldwin Racing can get even better Friday evening at Claremont.

The team sits tied atop the the Whelen Granite State Short Track Cup standings entering Clash at Claremont 150, which serves as the finale for the three-race miniseries. Doug Coby will once again pilot the No. 7NY for the team as he looks for his third win of the season and the fifth victory overall for Tommy Baldwin Jr.’s operation.

On the line is a $5,000 bonus for the champion car owner of the Whelen Granite State Short Track Cup, a prize Matt Hirschman would rather go to his car owner, Roy Hall. Baldwin and Hall enter Saturday’s race with 86 points each in the hunt for the bonus cash.

Several other teams and drivers are in the hunt for the Whelen Granite State Short Track Cup championship, including NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship leader Ron Silk’s car owners, Tyler Haydt and Joe Yannone. They are three points out of the lead, with Justin Bonsignore’s car owner Ken Massa five points back in fourth.

All four teams will be on hand for the Clash at Claremont 150, as will several other drivers and teams that will be looking to take home the trophy and checkered flag themselves.

Fresh off his first Tour victory at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Anthony Nocella will be back in his family No. 92 for Friday’s race. Jake Johnson returns in Boehler Racing Enterprises Ole Blue No. 3 after claiming his first victory in a Modified last weekend at another New Hampshire facility, Star Speedway.

The Clash at Claremont 150 is the final race of the Whelen Granite State Short Track Cup, which featured three races at three New Hampshire speedways. (Photo: Nick Grace/NASCAR)

Jon McKennedy, who sits within 10 points of Silk in the battle for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship, will try to get even closer with a solid finish at Claremont. Eric Goodale, who is 11 points behind Silk in third, will also look to close the gap with a strong run Friday night.

Other notable entries for Friday’s race include Tommy Catalano, Sam Rameau, Craig Lutz, Austin Beers and Kyle Bonsignore, among others.

The complete entry list for the Clash at Claremont 150 is available here.

RACE FACTS

Race	Clash at Claremont 150
Date	Friday, July 29, 2022
Track	Claremont Motorsports Park
Layout	Third-mile paved oval
Location	Claremont, New Hampshire
Start time	8:45 p.m. ET
Laps	150
Posted awards	$83,763
TV channel	USA (Delayed: Friday, Aug. 5, 1 p.m. ET)
Live stream	FloRacing (Live)

Schedule: Friday, July 29: Garage opens at 2:15 p.m. ET … Final practice from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. … Single-car qualifying (two laps) at 6:45 p.m. ET … Race at 8:45 p.m. ET

Qualifying: Two consecutive qualifying laps. Fastest lap determines qualifying position. Adjustments or repairs may not be made on the vehicle after the vehicle has taken the green flag at the start/finish line. NASCAR reserves the right to have more than one vehicle engage in qualifying runs at the same time. Vehicles will be impounded after qualifying. Vehicle must qualify on race set up.

Tire allotment: The maximum tire allotment available for this event is eight (8) tires per team. All tires used for qualifying and the race must be purchased at the track and scanned by Hoosier, unless otherwise approved in advance by the Series Director. Four (4) tires must be used for qualifying and to begin the race. All qualifying tires must remain in impound until released by NASCAR Officials. The remaining tire allotment may be used for practice and/or change tires during the event. The tire change rule is zero (0) tires, any position.

Posted on July 25, 2022July 29, 2022 by Zach Sturniolo

LONG POND, Pa. — Ty Gibbs left Pocono Raceway after Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race lamenting his loss to Noah Gragson.

Just hours later, he was scrambling to prepare for his last-minute debut in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Gibbs replaced Kurt Busch in the No. 45 Toyota for 23XI Racing Sunday at Pocono Raceway following Busch’s Saturday crash that left him with concussion-like symptoms. A standout in the Xfinity Series with plenty of discussion around his potential future, Gibbs was thrust into his much-anticipated premier series debut.

“Chaos for sure,” Gibbs said of the 19 hours between the Xfinity race’s end and Cup race’s start. “I didn’t know (about the Cup opportunity) until actually my best friend Drew Dollar’s here and we were parked on the side of the highway for like 45 minutes trying to figure out what I needed to do, where I needed to go. Do I need to go home? Do I need to stay? It was just chaos.”

Despite the rushed nature of his inaugural Cup appearance, Gibbs escaped with a 16th-place finish, earning an additional two spots after his Sunday co-owner Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch suffered disqualifications.

“I’ll take that,” Gibbs said. “I still wish I could have put it together a little bit quicker, but these are experiences for me in my life that I’ll just take hold of and always remember how it felt.”

To come away with a top-20 finish was a feat made far more impressive considering the 19-year-old had never sat in a Cup car before Sunday at 12:28 p.m. ET, just two and half hours before the command to start engines on Sunday. That’s after getting limited simulation time until 1 a.m. to hurriedly prepare for the event.

Coy Gibbs, Gibbs’ father and vice chairman and chief operating officer of Joe Gibbs Racing, told NASCAR.com the young competitor accomplished all anyone hoped for at Pocono.

“I think that, honestly, that was the goal,” Coy Gibbs said of the top-20 finish. “Get all the laps, don’t wreck the car and bring it home. So he was successful doing that. So we were all excited. Obviously, it was last minute. It was late last night. I feel bad for him. He probably only got like four hours of sleep. I missed the first plane. So I slept in a little bit. I wasn’t driving … but he did a good job. It was a good day.”

Billy Scott, crew chief of the No. 45 Toyota, was equally pleased with Gibbs’ debut.

“He did everything that was expected, right? Everything that was asked of him,” Scott said. “Did an awesome job. He kept it clean, he didn’t make any mistakes. And he actually raced the hell out of it there at the end on those last few restarts. So, you know, it was fun to see him get up there and challenge some of the veterans in the sport and like you said, to do it in his first attempt ever, at a track like this with so many of them pushing the edge there, it was fun to watch. And it was great for us and was proud to be part of it.”

There was plenty of coaching over Gibbs’ radio, with both Scott and spotter Jason Jarrett advising the eight-time Xfinity Series winner through his initial laps. Gibbs said it took the first two stages to feel more comfortable behind the wheel — evidenced by stage finishes of 29th and 27th, respectively — but later found a comfort level.

It was certainly different for Scott, who’s used to the 22-year veteran Busch behind the wheel as opposed to someone who hadn’t even sat in a Cup car previously.

“I think everybody was playing that role,” Scott said. “You know, he probably got more advice than he wanted at times throughout the last 15 hours or whatever it was. And you know, Kurt was a big part of that, though, just giving him some general advice and keeping him calm. And that was part of it was for him (Gibbs) to learn and continue to get better. And he did that.

“He was taking the feedback and it was fun to watch him make some improvements. We did have the car too tight at the end there, rightfully so just to make sure we were protecting a little bit, but I think he could have done even better had we chased the balance like he needed.”

Gibbs’ name continues to swirl as a potential Cup option for JGR, his grandfather’s team, while Kyle Busch’s contract situation remains unresolved.

WATCH: Joe Gibbs provides update on Busch’s contract

Coy Gibbs voiced pride in his son’s performance but hesitated to make any true evaluations after Gibbs’ debut.

“You don’t know with any of them,” Coy Gibbs said. “You bring the young ones up and you figure it’s a long, cold winter for 70, 75 races. That’s kind of traditionally what it’s been. And then hopefully at the end of two and a half, three years, you got something. And that’s the hard part because it’s a tough, tough deal up here. These guys are so fast. So you’ve just got to look at a longer term period to see what you got. You can’t judge it off one day.

“Now if he went and fenced it Lap 1, then it’d be a different story.”

Ty Gibbs, meanwhile, understands he likely has little say in what his Cup future holds.

“I think it definitely helps but I’m not in control of all that,” he said. “So I just do what I can do. And just even being interviewed by all you guys, it’s super cool. I never thought I’d ever be able to be at this level no matter what anybody says or where I’ve came from. I feel like it’s just super cool.

“The future hits fast, I guess. I’m already making my Cup Series debut and I graduated high school last year, and I was in fourth grade about I feel like two months ago. All this is just crazy.”

Posted on July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 by Staff Report

NASCAR announced on Monday that Joe Gibbs Racing will not appeal the disqualifications of the Nos. 11 and 18 cars at Pocono Raceway. Therefore, the results from Sunday will stand with Chase Elliott as the winner of the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400.

Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch initially finished first and second, respectively, in Sunday’s race, but were both disqualified when NASCAR found issues with the cars in post-race inspection. The DQs bumped third-place finisher Chase Elliott up to first place, giving the Hendrick Motorsports driver his fourth victory of the 2022 season.

RELATED: Full results from Pocono

On Sunday night, NASCAR Cup Series Managing Director Brad Moran said the front fascia, or front nose, on both JGR entries was the source of the issues leading to the disqualifications. As a result, Hamlin and Busch were given credit for finishes of 35th and 36th, respectively.

Appearing on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Monday, NASCAR Senior VP of Competition Scott Miller followed up about the post-race inspection findings and said it was extra layers of vinyl that were found in the lower fascia, which he described as the bottom part of the nose that attaches to the splitter.

“It was on the lower fascia and it was extra layers of vinyl that in effect deviated the part from the approved CAD files,” Miller said. “It’s standard procedure for post-race inspection to peel vinyl off parts of the car that we feel are critical. We had no inclination prior that there was anything there and were very surprised at what we found.”

Later on Monday, JGR competition director Wally Brown released the following statement:

“In our review of the post-race infractions on the 11 and 18 cars at Pocono, it was discovered that a single piece of clear tape was positioned over each of the lower corners of the front fascia ahead of the left-front and right-front wheel openings on both those cars. The added pieces were 2 inches wide and 5 ½ inches long with a thickness of 0.012 inches and installed under the wrap. This change in our build process was not properly vetted within our organization and we recognize it is against NASCAR’s rules. We apologize to everyone for this mistake, and we have made changes to our processes to ensure that it does not happen again.”

Both Joe Gibbs Racing drivers are still within the 16-driver playoff field in the standings after Pocono. Hamlin has two victories this season (Richmond and Charlotte) and Busch has one (Bristol Dirt).

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Cara Cooper

One piece of advice about racing will always stick with Johnathan Haburcsak.

Haburcsak, an 18-year-old competing in the Somerset Trust Fast N’ Furious 4’s at Pennsylvania’s Jennerstown Speedway, never finished better than fourth in his first season of racing last year. One day he was talking with Jennerstown late model driver Garry Wiltrout, who told Haburcsak, “The first one is always hard to get, but the rest of them are easy.”

It took a full year, but Haburcsak was able to get that first one on June 25, when he visited Victory Lane at Jennerstown in the ninth race of the season.

“I did it. It was amazing,” Haburcsak said of the first win. “I just kept saying, ‘I did it, I really did do it.’”

Wiltrout’s advice seems to have had some truth to it. Jennerstown – a NASCAR-sanctioned half-mile oval track in Jennerstown, Pennsylvania – hosted a doubleheader on July 2-3. Haburcsak finished sixth on July 2 and won on July 3.

He picked up his third victory of the season July 16.

“It hasn’t sunk in,” Haburcsak said. “I still can’t believe it.

“From a driver’s standpoint, no they were not easy to win, but I kind of see what he meant though, once I got my first one.”

Getting that first win helped get the monkey off of Haburcsak’s back, and now he’s working towards his other goal this season. He came into the year hoping to finish in the top-three in Jennerstown’s Somerset Trust Fast N’ Furious 4’s division points standings. As of July 16, he’s in first by 29 points.

In the latest NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Division V National standings, Haburcsak is in third place.

“I think it’s going pretty good,” Haburcsak said of his season. “It’s definitely more than what I expected out of this season… I’m doing pretty good for what I have.”

Now in his second season of racing, Haburcsak said he’s gotten much more familiar with the car and how it drives at his home track.

“I feel a lot more knowledgeable, a lot more mature in my car than I was my old car,” he said. “Keeping a line and sticking to it, not being all over the race track and staying consistent… Just knowing how to keep a steady wheel.”

Haburcsak’s dad, John, also raced, and helped other drivers when his son was younger. Haburcsak said he learned from his dad, “Definitely just how to stay calm and don’t drive over your head,” he said.

“Be a chaser. Don’t let everyone chase you or you’ll mess up,” he added of advice from his dad.

Racing is a full family event for the Haburcsaks. The young driver also receives help from his mom and girlfriend, and other friends and racing families he’s grown up with.

“It’s an honor, really,” he said. “I’m really blessed to have all of them.”

He races with sponsors Oshea’s Candies, Tony’s Subs, Shane Shaffer Heating and Air, The Wicked Googly, Down Home Kitchen, Glade’s Pike Winery, Habits Beer and Tobacco, GJCTC, and Roman’s Pizzeria.

“It’s really nice. If it wasn’t for them we definitely wouldn’t be able to race this year,” he said.

He also races in honor his cousin, Sgt. Bryan Haas, who died while serving in Afghanistan, and Libby, a 3-year-old cancer survivor and friend to the Haburcsak family.

Since Haburcsak has been able to find success this season, his goals have grown slightly. He started the year hoping for one win. Now midway through the year, he said, “I’m going to try and get five wins now,” while making sure to keep the top-three – or better – in the Jennerstown championship in reach.

Jennerstown Speedway, which became a NASCAR-sanctioned track again this year, took the $50,000 prize as the winner of the Advance Auto Parts Advance My Track Challenge earlier this summer. NASCAR racing will return to Jennerstown on July 30, with Late Models, Modifieds, Pro Stocks, Street Stocks, Chargers, Fast 4s and Enduros.

Posted on July 25, 2022July 28, 2022 by Staff Report

With 18 laps to go at Pocono Raceway Sunday afternoon, Denny Hamlin and Ross Chastain got together during a restart while battling for the lead. The contact between the two caused Chastain to hit the outside wall, leading him to spin and crash down the backstretch.

It’s neither the first time Hamlin and Chastain have been involved in an incident nor is it a secret that the two can’t get along on the race track following events that took place at World Wide Technology Raceway and Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Eventual Pocono winner Chase Elliott had a clear view of their contact in Turn 1.

“I honestly thought Denny was pretty nice about it,” Elliott said Monday morning in a Zoom teleconference. “He did run him up the track a little bit but he still left him some room there on exit after it was all said and done. I thought all things considered, he [Hamlin] was pretty kind about what went on there.”

Back at Gateway in June, Elliott was spun by Chastain coming off Turn 4, leading to both Hamlin and Elliott giving Chastain issues as he tried to get by them later on in the race.

RELATED: Race Results

Chastain wound up with a 32nd-place finish at Pocono while Elliott was awarded the win after crossing the line third following disqualifications of Hamlin and Kyle Busch due to failing post-race inspection.

Posted on July 25, 2022July 29, 2022 by Staff Report

Clash at Claremont 150

Claremont Motorsports Park

Entry list

Car No.	Driver	Car owner	Crew chief	Chassis Mfg	Sponsor
01	Melissa Fifield	Kenneth Fifield	Jake Marosz	FURY Race Cars	Pine Knoll Auto Sales
3	Jake Johnson	Jan Boehler	Greg Fournier	Boehler Racing	Propane Plus – Lin’s Propane Trucks
06	Sam Rameau	Sam Rameau	Russ Hersey Jr	LFR	Dennison Lubricants, Powells Stone & Gravel
7	Doug Coby	Tommy Baldwin	Tommy Baldwin	Troyer	Mayhew Tools
12	Todd Patnode	Cory Plummer	Cory Plummer	SPAFCO Race Chassis	APEX Racing/Swanzey Oil
16	Ron Silk	Tyler Haydt	Philip Moran	FURY Race Cars	Blue Mountain Machine and Future Homes
18	Ken Heagy	Robert Pollifrone	Greg Gorman	FURY Race Cars	Buoy One Seafood Market and Restaurant
19	Anthony Sesely	Tommy Wanick	Thomas Wanick	Troyer	Wanick Construction Inc.
22	Kyle Bonsignore	Kyle Bonsignore	Cam McDermott	FURY Race Cars	Chalew Performance/MTT/Munns Auto
26	Gary McDonald	Sean McDonald	Chad Mcdonald	Troyer	Lakeland Landscape Supply
34	J.B. Fortin	Nicole Fortin	Kenneth Lechner	FURY Race Cars	Red Camel Racing, Johns Fuel, John Tree Removal, Golden Jalapenos
36	David Sapienza	Judy Thilberg	Tommy Grasso	LFR	Sapienza Enterprises
51	Justin Bonsignore	Kenneth Massa	Ryan Stone	FURY Race Cars	Phoenix Communications, Inc.
54	Tommy Catalano	David Catalano	David Catalano	FURY Race Cars	FX Caprara
58	Eric Goodale	Edgar Goodale	Jason Shepphard	FURY Race Cars	GAF Roofing
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Posted on July 24, 2022July 25, 2022 by Zach Sturniolo

LONG POND, Pa. — The Nos. 11 and 18 cars of Joe Gibbs Racing, which had finished first and second hours earlier, were disqualified following Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Pocono Raceway.

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Initially, Denny Hamlin had sailed to victory from the pole position for his third win of the year, with Kyle Busch right behind him finishing second in the No. 18. The ruling after post-race inspection, though, meant Chase Elliott was declared the official winner of the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400 after initially finishing third. Tyler Reddick moved up to second, Daniel Suárez third, Christopher Bell fourth and Kyle Larson fifth.

Michael McDowell, Martin Truex Jr., Bubba Wallace, Erik Jones and Austin Dillon made up the top 10 finishing order.

NASCAR Cup Series Managing Director Brad Moran announced the front fascia on both JGR entries was the source of the issues leading to their disqualification.

“There was some issues discovered that affect aero of the vehicle. The part was the front fascia,” Moran explained Sunday. “And there really was no reason why there was some material that was somewhere that it shouldn’t have been, and that does basically come down to a DQ.”

Moran confirmed both vehicles were loaded into a NASCAR hauler and will be taken back to the sanctioning body’s R&D center for further evaluation.

Joe Gibbs Racing will have the opportunity to appeal the penalty by noon on Monday, July 25.

“We were shocked to learn of the infraction that caused our two cars to fail NASCAR’s post-race technical inspection,” team owner Joe Gibbs said in a statement. “We plan to review every part of the process that led to this situation.”

Moran said Sunday’s discoveries in post-race inspection do not currently warrant any further penalties to the infracting teams.

“We saw enough that the DQ was warranted and we are bringing the vehicles back for further evaluation,” Moran said. “So we will look much closer at both vehicles, but as of right now, no, we are hopefully not going to find anything else. But we are going to inspect them further when we get back to the R&D Center.”

Sunday’s finding is the first instance of a race winner in the NASCAR Cup Series being disqualified since 1960, when Emanuel Zervakis’ victory at Wilson (NC) Speedway was thrown out because of an oversized fuel tank. Joe Weatherly declared winner of that race.

There have been three winners whose cars were disqualified post-race since 2019, when NASCAR implemented harsher post-race inspection penalties: Kyle Busch in 2020 at Texas in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (Austin Cindric was declared the winner); Denny Hamlin in 2019 at Darlington in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (Cole Custer was declared the winner); and Ross Chastain in 2019 at Iowa Speedway in the Truck Series (Brett Moffitt was declared the winner).

Moran believes this Sunday’s DQ was, in part, the result of a tighter rule book with the series’ move to the Next Gen vehicle.

“It’s unfortunate. We don’t want to be here talking about this,” Moran said. “We just saw a great race. The last thing we want to do is meet here afterwards and talk about this problem. But the teams and the owners and everybody is well aware that this new car was going to be kept with some pretty tight tolerances, and there’s some areas that all the teams are well aware that we cannot be going down the path that we had in the past with the other car.

“So it is partly to do with the new car and the rules have tightened up. Everyone has to abide by our new rules, which everybody’s well aware of.”

Hamlin led 21 of the 160 laps in total, including the final 18 circuits around the 2.5-mile Pennsylvania track. Busch led a race-high 63 laps. They were relegated to the last two spots on the 36-driver results sheet.

Staff contributed to this report.