Those looking to relive the Whelen Modified Tour Town Fair Tire 150 can get that chance this evening.

The Versus network will broadcast the event, which was run at Stafford Motor Speedway last Friday, tonight at 7 p.m.

Jack Arute Jr. and Jimmy Spencer have the call from the booth for the event with Ralph Sheheen working pit road on the Versus coverage.

Todd Szegedy of Ridgefield won the event, snapping a winless streak that dated back to Sept. 7, 2008.

Article source: http://blogs.courant.com/autoracing/2010/08/whelen-modified-tour-town-fair.html

NASCAR announced Thursday that the Whelen Modified Tour New England 100 from June 26 at New Hampshire Motor will air on Aug. 19 on SPEED at 6 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series star Ryan Newman scored his first career Whelen Modified Tour victory in the event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The airing of the event will come one day after SPEED’s live coverage of the Whelen Modified Tour UNOH Perfect Storm 150 from Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. The race broadcast from Bristol on Aug. 18 will kick off at 6 p.m. It will mark the second event at Bristol for the Whelen Modified Tour.

Article source: http://blogs.courant.com/autoracing/2010/08/date-set-for-speed-broadcast-o.html

Bedford, Mass. based plumbing and heating distributor F.W. Webb will be the title sponsor for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event on Sept. 18 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The race, formerly the New Hampshire 100, will now be known as the F.W. Webb 100.

“We are pleased to have F.W. Webb as the title sponsor for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event,” New Hampshire Motor Speedway executive vice president and general manager Jerry Gappens said in a release from the track. “As a New England based company, F.W. Webb continues to realize the star power of NASCAR in the northeast.”

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After finishing fourth in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour standings in 2009, with five top-5 finishes and 11 top-10′s in 13 events, Rowan Pennink came into the 2010 season figuring his first career victory in the division was likely coming soon.

Though when it did happen, it came in a way he would have never predicted.

Pennink, of Huntingdon Valley, Pa. held off Ryan Preece of Berlin over the closing laps to win the 175-lap Riverhead 200 Saturday at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway for his first career victory.

Pennink, 24, was making his 51st start Whelen Modified Tour in his fourth full-time year competing in the division.

Article source: http://blogs.courant.com/autoracing/2010/07/bullring-bonanaza-for-rowan-pe.html

George Brunnhoelzl III earned his first career Whelen Modified Tour pole in qualifying for Saturday’s Riverhead 200 at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway.

Brunnhoelzl, a West Babylon, N.Y., native toured the quarter mile oval in 11.814 seconds (76.181 mph).

earned his first career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Coors Light Pole Award Saturday afternoon in advance of the Riverhead 200.

Justin Bonsignore was second fastest in time trials at 11.869 seconds (75.828 mph).

Ryan Preece of Berlin was third fastest, followed by Howie Brode and Kevin Goodale.

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