Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and JTG Daugherty Racing agreed to a multiyear contract extension that will keep the veteran driver behind the wheel of the No. 47 Chevrolet. The news was revealed Friday at Nashville Superspeedway as the NASCAR Cup Series prepared for Sunday’s Ally 400 (5 p.m. ET, NBC, NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Stenhouse is a two-time winner in the Cup Series with both of those victories coming in 2017 when he was driving for then-Roush Fenway Racing. He also won two Xfinity Series championships for Roush in 2011 and 2012.
“I’m ready to continue our progress together as a team,” Stenhouse said. “We’ve made some strides with this new car at some tracks and we know there’s some work to do on others. I look forward to that process with the good group of people we have in place at JTG Daugherty Racing. I’m grateful to our partners for giving us an opportunity to continue to make our program better. I’m really happy with the first three years here at JTG Daugherty Racing.”
Stenhouse moved over to JTG Daugherty Racing in 2020, and since then, he has posted 11 top-10 finishes, including five in the first 16 races this season. His best finishes with JTG Daugherty have all been runner-ups — in 2020 at Talladega Superspeedway, in 2021 at the Bristol Dirt Race and in 2022 at Dover Motor Speedway.
“We’re pleased to announce Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is returning to the company,” said Tad Geschickter, co-owner of JTG Daugherty Racing with Jodi Geschickter, Gordon Smith and Brad Daugherty. “Ricky has done a solid job on the race track and off the track during Kroger Racing in-store activations for our esteemed partners. We’re continuing to learn the new car and we’re making progress. We’ve led laps, earned stage points and been close to winning this year.”
Stenhouse is 24th in the points standings entering Nashville, 135 points below the playoff cutline.
LEBANON, Tenn. — Josh Berry has been around for a while.
While in the midst of just his first full-time season at the NASCAR national series level, the No. 8 JR Motorsports driver — one of the few full-timers at the Xfinity Series level over the age of 30 — has a longer page on Racing Reference than most of his peers. No, really, go look for yourself and get ready to scroll.
The row at the top, however — his Cup Series stats — is one of the shortest ones. He’s determined to change that.
“It’s tough, right? I feel like I’m continuing to establish myself. I feel like I’m in a really good place as a race car driver. I still feel like I have a lot that I can do better and learn from and continue to improve,” Berry said Friday at Nashville Superspeedway, site of Saturday’s Tennessee Lottery 250 (3:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). “My number one goal is obviously just to stay at this level, but at the same time I definitely have aspirations to move up.”
While his pair of Cup starts for Spire Motorsports last season didn’t result in finishes inside the top 25, the Henderson, Tennessee native has certainly done his part this year in reminding everyone why he got the call for fill-in duty in the first place. Currently fourth in NXS points and locked in for the playoffs, Berry has a pair of 2022 wins while compiling a strong 11.1 average finish — numbers certainly worthy of a look for a full-time Cup ride when combined with his overall racing acumen.
“I think if I’ve come this far, I think that there’s no reason why I wouldn’t have a set goal of racing in a Cup car one day,” Berry said. “Who knows if that day will come?”
JRM entering the Cup Series is a long-rumored move, but one with little front-facing traction and often downplayed by the organization’s famous co-owners. Still, Berry has a tremendous shot at further impressing his boss, Dale Earnhardt Jr., who will be on site for NBC Sports’ inaugural coverage weekend of 2022.
“Right now, I’m trying to enjoy this opportunity as much as I can and try to keep winning,” the accomplished late-model legend said. “I think that’s the important thing and that’s what they want and expect of me when I started driving the 8 and we’re going to try to keep doing it.”
And if he keeps doing it, the Cup Series might just come calling once again.
Haley Constance played volleyball and basketball growing up in Washington, but neither of those sports fueled her competitive spirit like racing.
“Racing, it’s a feeling like no other. For me at least,” Constance said. “I played sports growing up, too, but racing was just always different for me. I would sacrifice everything just to go race. I would miss hanging out with my friends. I would rather go racing on the weekends, instead. I’ve always just had a really big passion for it ever since I was little. That’s what really keeps me in it.”
Constance first got behind the wheel at a young age. A very young age.
She was 3 when she started racing go-karts, and she eventually moved into stock cars and late models. The 17-year-old now races in the Speedway Chevrolet Pro Late Model division at Evergreen Speedway, a NASCAR-sanctioned asphalt oval track in Monroe, Washington.
In her second year in a pro late model, Constance has a top-three and a top-five finish in three races at Evergreen this season. She is currently fifth in the track’s points standings.
“This season I really want to get my first win in a pro late model,” she said. “That’s my ultimate goal. But just finish in the top three and get the podium a couple times, that’s our main goal. Just stay up front and keep racing how we do.”
Still a teenager, Constance is one of the youngest drivers in Evergreen’s Pro Late Model division. Since jumping up from the Junior Late Model class, she’s learned how to race with other drivers and gain their respect.
“There’s a common respect between race car drivers, so it was pretty easy at first, but the more you race with them the more you earn respect if you just race clean,” she said.
Constance said she would describe herself as a clean, respectful driver who likes to race everybody the right way, the way she would like to be raced.
Most everything she knows about the sport Constance learned from her dad, Joe, who also raced and now serves as her crew chief and spotter.
Even though she was really young, being a driver like her dad was always something Constance knew she wanted to do.
“I understood the concept of it, but obviously you’re so young so it takes a little bit to learn, but as I got older I learned more and with my dad coaching me I just developed as a race car driver,” she said.
“He helps me a lot in racing… It’s really nice. It’s a great opportunity having somebody like my dad be able to coach me, because I know some people don’t get that usually. And it’s nice because it just turned it into a family sport, and I get to spend more time with my family while I do something I love.
(Photo: Haley Constance)
Constance is a respectful driver, but there are two competitors with whom she admittedly is extremely competitive: her younger sister, Brooklyn, and her older brother, Spencer. The other siblings both race micro sprint cars, so when Haley also gets in her own micro sprint, the three face off on the track against one another.
“We’re very competitive,” Constance said with a laugh. “It definitely does make it more fun. Sometimes it can get a little hard when we get too competitive, but it makes it more fun, and it’s just good that we can all do that together and spend time together.
“I definitely love that my whole family does it and keeps us close, because we’re always going to have that within our family.”
The family reserves Tuesday and Thursday nights each week for their “shop nights,” so they can all get together and work on the cars to prepare for that weekend’s races.
For as much as Constance said she loves being on the track, she has learned to love her shop nights just as much. Not only does it give her a chance to work on the car, but it gives her more time to spend with loved ones.
“I think that’s one of the most important things because I think most races are won in the shop,” she said. “If you’re not in the shop constantly trying to improve your car then you’re not going to do any good when you’re actually racing. So it’s almost like 50-50. You have to spend half your time in the shop, but you also have to be a good race car driver, too.
“I like getting in the shop because it helps me understand the car better, the mechanics of it. So it’s always nice, and especially when you’re doing it with your family. You can talk to them about stuff and bounce ideas off of each other, so it’s actually pretty enjoyable working on the car during the week, too.”
Just three races into the season, Constance said her goals of getting her first win are still the same, though her other goals may have grown some, too.
“I think winning is probably the highest goal you can have when you’re racing,” she said. “Maybe actually getting the championship this year since we’ve been doing good and finishing higher up. I also really want to get on the podium this weekend for the Galloway. That’s one of our biggest races. So that should be pretty exciting.”
Evergreen Speedway will host the 2022 Mark Galloway Shootout, the first race of the year on the Speedway’s 5/8-mile big track. The night of racing will feature a 100-lap Pro Late Models race, Mini Stocks, Legends, Street Stocks, and Vintage Mods, beginning at 5 p.m. PT.
Bubba Wallace of 23XI Racing earned a nomination for Sportsman of the Year at the BET Awards 2022 (8 p.m. ET on Sunday). The organization called out the NASCAR Cup Series driver’s contributions on and off the track for reasons why he was in contention for the award.
Wallace’s Netflix docuseries, “Race: Bubba Wallace,” was released earlier this year and highlighted the driver’s experience with newfound social activism and his role in helping the sport become more inclusive.
In addition, Wallace won his first Cup Series race in 2021 at Talladega Superspeedway, joining Wendell Scott as the only Black drivers to win in NASCAR’s top series.
Other nominees for the award include Aaron Donald (Los Angeles Rams), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks), Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies), LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and Steph Curry (Golden State Warriors).
With 10 regular-season races left in 2022, Wallace was in 25th place in the points standings, 139 points below the playoff cutline. His best finish this season was second place in the Daytona 500.
After a week off for Father’s Day, the Cup Series was set to resume Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway with the Ally 400 (5 p.m. ET, NBC, NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
With three races left in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular season, five drivers have clinched playoff spots on the basis of race wins — John Hunter Nemechek, Zane Smith, Ben Rhodes, Chandler Smith and Stewart Friesen.
That leaves five berths available, at least two of which will be decided by position in the points standings.
Hovering around the cutline for the final spot are Matt Crafton and Derek Kraus, who are 10th and 11th in the standings, respectively.
Crafton, a three-time series champion, currently holds a 27-point lead over Kraus entering Friday night’s Rackley Roofing 200 (8 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Crafton has 14 starts at Nashville, 13 of which came from 2001-11.
The battle for the final five playoff spots isn’t the only intense competition. At the top of the standings, Nemechek, Zane Smith and Rhodes are waging a pitched battle for the regular-season championship, a title worth 15 playoff points to the winner.
Nemechek currently leads Smith by five points and Rhodes by 10. To Nemechek, the key to securing the regular-season title is executing three mistake-free races.
“I think for us, we just need to have consistent runs and not make mistakes,” Nemechek said. “We’ve got to be fast, and we know we have trucks capable of doing that, so (the key is) not dialing ourselves out during practice, putting good races together, finishing up high in the stages and having good results at the end of the race.
“Just have to put everything together, execute, and not beat ourselves and not make any mistakes.”
Friday’s race is the second of three Triple Truck Challenge events on the NCWTS schedule, with a $50,000 bonus available to the winner. Corey Heim won the first Triple Truck Challenge race at World Wide Technology Raceway and can earn a $150,000 bonus for a second victory.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Ty Gibbs has never raced at Nashville Superspeedway, but the same can’t be said of the car he’ll be driving in Saturday’s Tennessee Lottery 250 (3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network, NBC Sports App, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Kyle Busch drove the No. 54 JGR Toyota to victory last year in the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ return to “Music City” for the first time since 2011. That’s the car Gibbs will drive Saturday, when the series returns to action for the first time since June 11 at Portland International Raceway.
“The two weeks off were nice, but I’m ready get back behind the wheel,” Gibbs said. “I’ve never been to Nashville, and I know it’s a challenge as it’s 1.33 miles and concrete. Kyle and the 54 boys won there last year, and I know we’ll have a strong Monster Energy GR Supra.”
Gibbs will face stiff competition from JR Motorsports and the entire Chevrolet contingent. Chevy drivers have won the last six Xfinity Series races, with JRM drivers accounting for four of those victories.
Justin Allgaier and Josh Berry finished second and fourth, respectively, in last year’s Nashville race, and both should be strong contenders for the win Saturday, along with JRM teammate Noah Gragson, who ran eighth in 2021.
“I’m really looking forward to getting back to Nashville this weekend,” Allgaier said. “We had a fast car here last season, and I feel extremely confident that we can be just as quick when we unload for practice on Friday with our Hellmann’s Chevrolet.
“It was great to have these two weekends off to recharge, and I know that (crew chief) Jason (Burdett) and everyone on this JR Motorsports team is ready to get back to the track and see what we can do.”
Alex Bowman perhaps feels the heat of the summer more than anyone else in the NASCAR Cup Series garage.
Ever since Bowman joined Hendrick Motorsports full-time in 2018, he has raced in 52 events in June, July and August to date. Across the five seasons — the fifth of which is currently in the works — he has averaged a 14.52 finish in summer races. Specifics there will follow, but for now, the focus will be on the ongoing 2022.
“Summers have been rough on us over the last couple years, and everybody’s really quick to point that out,” Bowman told NASCAR.com. “So, we’re trying to do our best to get through the summer better but also not put all our focus on that and forget about the playoffs. Just got to be strong the en
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tire rest of the year and try to bring race cars to the race track that are capable of winning each and every week.”
With 10 races remaining before the postseason begins, Bowman has won once through 16 regular-season races — in Race 3 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway — and therefore secured a provisional playoff berth. Overall, he has three top-five and nine top-10 finishes. His most recent, best finish was 10th at Charlotte Motor Speedway, three races ago. That was also the last race weekend in May, queuing up the summer stretch Bowman doesn’t favor.
In the first two summer races at World Wide Technology and Sonoma Raceway, Bowman finished 13th and 16th, respectively. Up next is Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday (5 p.m. ET on NBC/NBC Sports App, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Bowman placed 14th there last year in the Cup Series’ debut. BetMGM lists Bowman at 18-1 odds to win the Ally 400, as of Thursday afternoon.
“Gateway wasn’t great for us, wasn’t great for HMS as a whole,” Bowman said. “Sonoma we were OK and then got crashed there on that last restart. We should have never finished 16th; we should have been way better than that.
“But I think we’re in an OK, spot. We’ve been a little more consistent than normal this year. I wish we had a little more raw speed than we’ve had, but just kind of keep working on it.”
And keep the consistency up through the summer.
Now back to the bigger picture. Below is a complete breakdown of Bowman’s June-August results since 2018.
Bowman has seven career wins in total. Two came in June (2019 and 2021) and it ties March (2020 and 2022) for most in a month. April, May and October each had one apiece then, all in 2021. So, even with all the summer shade, it’s actually Victory Lane season for Bowman, along with spring.
Not-so-minor details like that tend to be forgotten where Bowman is concerned. Like last year, the fact Bowman had the second-most wins (four) was rarely mentioned. Better yet, from the start of the 2021 season to present day, Bowman has the second-most wins (five), period.
“That’s just part of my life,” Bowman said, as Roscoe or Finn barked in the background. “Even my dog’s mad about it, apparently. So, it is what it is. Just kinda not much I can do to change it other than continue to win races.”
The 2021 Ally 400 might have been the first NASCAR Cup Series race in the Nashville, Tennessee metropolitan area in nearly 30 years – and the first at Nashville Superspeedway – but the 300-lap race had a familiar feeling as Kyle Larson dominated for his third straight Cup Series win.
The geographical and track familiarity now exists in a minimal form for the 2022 Ally 400, though there’s no competitive familiarity; Larson arrives with a 14-race winless streak as parity dominates the 2022 season.
Through the first 16 races, Larson is one of 11 drivers with at least one win, only eight shy of the record set in 2001, when Jeff Gordon led 19 different drivers with at least one win. Entering last year’s Ally 400, Larson was one of nine drivers with at least one win, riding a two-race winning streak – three including the All-Star Race – and was one of the biggest favorites of the year.
In NASCAR odds at BetMGM, Larson (+225) led only nine drivers with odds better than +3000. And while he’s the favorite again this year, the defending Cup Series champion is only +500, 15 other drivers are better than +3000, and, as of Thursday, no driver has more than 7% of the race-winner ticket share.
“You give us a new car and limited practice each weekend, and it definitely opens the door of opportunity for a lot of guys to figure some stuff out, and some not to,” Ryan Blaney said prior to the Coca-Cola 600. “I don’t know if that will continue as the races and years go by with this car, but right now, it’s crazy.”
The parity has, in part, allowed Blaney to remain in contention for the points lead despite a winless first half. He’s one of 16 drivers with at least one stage win – with a Cup Series-leading four stage wins – and one of 33 drivers to lead at least one lap (385).
The latter group is led by William Byron, who, alongside Kyle Larson, highlights this week’s featured matchups at BetMGM:
Kyle Larson (-165) vs. William Byron (+130)
After blazing through the practice sessions, the Hendrick Motorsports teammates raced in the top five almost the entire race last year. They’re back this year as Byron seeks to become the first Cup Series driver with three wins.
Byron’s lone top-10 finish since his win in the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway was two weeks ago at Sonoma Raceway (ninth) but, like Blaney and others, has remained in contention entering the second half.
Byron has a lower race-winner handle share (7.9%) than Larson (11.9%), but he leads the field in ticket share (6.9%) and is dominating the featured matchup splits; he’s receiving 67% of the tickets and 95% of the handle against Larson, who dropped from a -175 favorite to -165.
Tyler Reddick (-175) vs. Austin Dillon (+135)
Neither Tyler Reddick nor Austin Dillon have fared particularly well at superspeedways in recent years. Since 2019, the pair ranks 30th and 18th, respectively, in average driver rating. Both, however, finished in the top 20 at Nashville last year and Reddick has already set career-highs for season top-three and top-five finishes in 2022.
The public loves Dillon in this matchup, pounding the 32-year-old three-time Cup Series winner with 67% of the tickets and 85% of the handle, which has pushed his plus odds from +145 to +135 (and Reddick’s odds from -185 to -175).
Ross Chastain (-175) vs. Daniel Suárez (+140)
Ross Chastain never truly threatened Larson last June and finished more than four seconds behind, but still earned his first career second-place finish. And, with two wins and four more top-three finishes already in 2022, the 29-year-old former short-track prodigy is having a sensational season.
Prior to his win at Talladega Superspeedway in April, Chastain struggled at superspeedways. He had just two top-10 finishes and 26 total laps led in 14 starts. Now, the No. 1 Chevy routinely sits among the betting favorites – and the public favorites, as he is this week with the fifth-highest ticket share (4.2%) – regardless of the track.
Chastain has 80% of the tickets and 90% of the handle against Suárez, who has just one career top-10 Cup Series finish at superspeedways.
Kevin Harvick (-135) vs. Aric Almirola (+105)
Kevin Harvick’s frustrating 2021 season included a fifth-place finish – one of 24 top-10s in a winless season – at Nashville, where he won with Richard Childress Racing in the Xfinity Series in 2007.
Neither Harvick nor Aric Almirola are popular a public pick this week – combined 3.5% of the race-winner handle – and their featured matchup is a 50/50 split in tickets.
You can view updated Ally 400 odds and more NASCAR betting odds at the BetMGM online sportsbook.
Kevin Harvick will see changes to his pit crew before Sunday’s Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway (5 p.m. ET, NBC, NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Stewart-Haas Racing confirmed the news Thursday, and the change comes after Harvick criticized his crew in two of the last three races.
“We had our minimum of once-a-week catastrophic failure on pit road and got back as far forward as we could, as usual,” Harvick said after the race at Sonoma Raceway. “It is what it is, I guess.”
Harvick’s final stop at Sonoma was 22 seconds, according to Racing Insights.
The 2014 Cup champion has scored top-five finishes in three of the last five races but remains winless through 16 races and is currently outside the playoff bubble — seven points behind teammate Aric Almirola.
Daniel Coffey takes over as the front-tire changer for Harvick’s team, while Brandon Banks is the No. 4 team’s new jackman. Both crew members come from Chase Briscoe’s team. Rear-tire changer Daniel Smith, tire carrier Jeremy Howard and fueler Evan Marchal will remain on Harvick’s crew.
Briscoe will get Shayne Pipala, who had been the front-tire changer for Harvick’s team. Jackman Stan Doolittle moves from the No. 4 team to Cody Ware’s No. 51 Rick Ware Racing team.
A victory was what Justin Bonsignore needed, and that’s exactly what he got last Sunday afternoon at New Hampshire’s Monadnock Speedway.
The two-time defending NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion has battled bad luck and mechanical gremlins all year and, other than his win at Richmond Raceway in April, seemingly could not buy a strong run.
That all changed at Monadnock, where he took advantage of slower traffic to steal the lead from Matt Hirschman late in the race to earn his 33rd Tour victory.
Now with momentum on his side, Bonsignore returns to the track that is statistically his best.
Justin Bonsignore celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Duel at the Dog 200 at Monadnock Speedway on Jun. 19, 2022. (Nick Grace/NASCAR)
New York’s Riverhead Raceway hosts the Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac 200 this Saturday (8 p.m. ET on FloRacing), and Bonsignore is looking forward to going back to a track that has treated him so well in the past.
“I’m excited to get back to Riverhead,” Bonsignore said. “The win at Monadnock was a good confidence booster for us. We’ve been struggling lately at Riverhead for the way we know we can run, especially at our home track.
“I’m hoping we can capitalize on some momentum and try to hang with Doug Coby, who’s been unbelievable there in the last few races, no matter what car he drives. The track has changed some over the last two years, and we’re looking forward to trying to get back to Victory Lane.”
Bonsignore is an eight-time winner with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Riverhead dating back to 2011, and he also claimed the 2011 Riverhead Raceway Modified track championship. His most recent win at the track came in 2019, and since then, he has rarely finished outside the top five.
The lone exception is a 25th-place finish at Riverhead earlier this year, caused by a mechanical issue beyond Bonsignore’s control.
The victory at Monadnock was vital for Bonsignore, who is doing everything he can to keep himself in the hunt for his fourth (and third consecutive) Tour championship.
Bonsignore enters Saturday’s race sixth in the standings, 35 points behind leader Ron Silk. Bonsignore is the only driver in the top 10 in the standings with a victory, but multiple finishes outside the top 20 have hindered him in his quest for a fourth title.
Now with two victories in the bank, we could be witnessing the start of a summer renaissance for the 34-year-old native of Holtsville, New York.
Solomito looking to defend his home turf
Timmy Solomito, driver of the No. 66 Natural Designs Modified ahead of the Miller Lite 200 for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Riverhead Raceway on May 14, 2022. (Photo: Mike Lawrence/NASCAR)
When the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour last visited Riverhead in May, Timmy Solomito led the field to the green flag.
He ultimately led 17 laps during the race before fading to a fifth-place finish at his home track.
This week, the nine-time Tour race winner and native of Islip, New York, is back in action at Riverhead as he looks to stop drivers like Bonsignore, Doug Coby and Ron Silk from taking home the trophy.
Riverhead is a track with which the Solomito family is intimately familiar. Shawn Solomito, Timmy Solomito’s brother, is a two-time Modified track champion at the Long Island bullring.
In addition, three of Timmy Solomito’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victories have come at Riverhead. His last visit to Victory Lane at Riverhead came in 2017, when he led 158 laps en route to victory.
Four members of the Solomito family have made NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour starts at Riverhead. Jerry Solomito Sr. made two Tour starts at Riverhead while his three sons, Timmy, Shawn and Jerry Jr., followed in his footsteps and have raced against the Tour at Riverhead.
Brunnhoelzl name returns to Whelen Modified Tour
It’s been a few minutes since a member of the Brunnhoelzl family raced in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
That honor belongs to George Brunnhoelzl III, a four-time champion who made three Tour starts during the 2019 season.
On Saturday night, the Brunnhoelzl name returns to the Tour when Eddie Brunnhoelzl III, George Brunnhoelzl III’s cousin, makes his return to the series for the first time since 2015. He’ll pilot a car fielded by the McDonald family in the Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac 200.
Eddie Brunnhoelzl III is a regular weekly competitor at Riverhead, having earned a best finish of second so far this season. He is currently fifth in the Modified division weekly standings.
The Brunnhoelzl family has made 38 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour starts at Riverhead between four family members, with Eddie Brunnhoelzl III’s father, Eddie Brunnhoelzl Jr., earning the family’s only Riverhead Tour win in 1995.
Notes:
Despite being winless this year, Ron Silk holds a 10-point advantage over of Eric Goodale in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour standings entering Saturday’s race at Riverhead. Tommy Catalano, Jon McKennedy and Austin Beers complete the current top five.
In addition to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event, four NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series divisions will be in action Saturday at Riverhead. They include the Crate Modifieds, INEX Legend Cars, Blunderbusts and Street Stocks.
Current Riverhead Raceway Modified division championship leader Kyle Soper headlines the list of weekly competitors entered in Saturday’s Tour race. He is joined by the aforementioned Eddie Brunnhoelzl III, John Beatty Jr., Chris Young and Dylan Slepian, all of whom are ranked within the top 10 in the weekly standings at the track.
