Donny Lia Gets His Wish; Rain Bumps Whelen Modified Tour Spencer Speedway Event To Sunday

The rain dance worked for 2007 Whelen Modified Tour champion Donny Lia. Lia was scheduled to miss Saturday's Whelen Modified Tour Spencer 155 at Spencer Speedway in Williamson, N.Y., which would have most likely taken him out of contention for another series title. Lia chose to attend the wedding of his sister Danielle on Long Island rather than go to Spencer and car owner Bob Garbarino of Mystic lined up former Modified Tour regular Jan Leaty to drive for the team. But the Jerich

Donny Lia To Skip Saturday’s Whelen Modified Tour Event At Spencer Speedway

The 2007 Whelen Modified Tour champion will likely be taking himself out of the running for the 2009 championship this weekend. Donny Lia will trade in his firesuit for a tuxedo Saturday. Lia, who sits third in the Whelen Modified Tour standings, will skip Saturday's Whelen Modified Tour Spencer 155 at Spencer Speedway in Williamson, N.Y. Lia, who took his Bob Garbarino owned ride to victory lane in the division's most recent event on June 27 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, will sk

Ted Christopher Expects To Look For Another Sprint Cup Series Start In September At New Hampshire

When the rain came last June 26 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and wiped out Sprint Cup Series qualifying for the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 it also washed away Ted Christopher's chances of getting in the show. Christopher, the reigning Whelen Modified Tour champion, was attempting to make the field for the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 in a car owned by Kirk Shelmerdine. He was the slowest car during a limited amount of time on the track in practice last Friday. But Christopher, of Pl

Bill Weber: NASCAR Security Guard Revisited

LOUDON, N.H. - Hearing the news today that TNT announcer Bill Weber would be held out of Sunday's Sprint Cup Series Lenox Industrial Tools 301 broadcast got us thinking about a chance meeting we had with him at New Hampshire Motor Speedway back in 2006 when he was working for NBC. The incident took place following a Whelen Modified Tour event at the track. Here's what I wrote about the situation back in the summer of 2007. It was after the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event at the

Coming To You Live: Bristol Whelen Modified Tour Broadcast Announcement Brings Excitement And Pressure To The Division

LOUDON, N.H. - The pressure of putting on good show on their first trip to Bristol Motor Speedway just went up exponentially for drivers of the Whelen Modified Tour. It won't just be the eyeballs of Bristol fans and NASCAR higher-ups judging what they can do on the .533-mile high banked oval on Aug. 19 for the UNOH Perfect Storm 150 at Bristol. There will also be a national viewing audience. George Silberman, NASCAR's managing director of racing operations, announced to drivers and tea

Whelen Modified Tour Event At Bristol Motor Speedway To Be Televised Live Nationally

LOUDON, N.H. - When NASCAR announced late last year that the Whelen Modified Tour would make its first visit to Bristol Motor Speedway in August it was news that was met with elation by most teams and drivers in the series and many in the division's fan base. Teams will find out Saturday that having Bristol on the schedule for the division will lead to another big positive for the Modified Tour. It will be announced this morning at the Whelen Modified Tour drivers meeting in preparatio

Traveling Man: Ted Christopher’s Race Back To Thompson Pays Off With SK Modified Victory

Ted Christopher put the rush on to get to Thompson International Speedway from New Hampshire Motor Speedway Thursday evening and it paid off. Christopher, of Plainville, qualified third for Saturday's Whelen Modified Tour New England 100 in Loudon, N.H. Thursday then made the dash to Thompson where he won the 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified feature. It was the first victory of the season at Thompson for Christopher, who was forced to start deep in the field after m

Picture This: The View Around New Hampshire Motor Speedway On Thursday

LOUDON, N.H. - Let the mayhem begin. A busy weekend of racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway kicked off Thursday with qualifying sessions for the Whelen Modified Tour and Camping World East Series at the track. In the Modified Tour pits much of the focus was on Sprint Cup Series stars Ryan Newman and Kasey Kahne strapping into the ground-pounders for the weekend, but it was a surprise at the front when the qualifying was over. Doug Coby of Milford bested the Sprint Cup stars and e

Video View: Doug Coby Scores Whelen Modified Tour Pole At New Hampshire Motor Speedway

LOUDON, N.H. - Last winter Doug Coby told New Hampshire Motor Speedway executive vice president and general manger Jerry Gappens that his track owed him. Coby, of Milford, has had his fair share of good days at the 1.058-mile oval, but it's been more about heartbreaking in recent years. From losing the lead late to getting wrecked on the first lap, Coby understands disappointment at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Thursday Coby got a little slice of what he was looking for by winnin

Eric Beers Tops Whelen Modified Tour Practice At New Hampshire Motor Speedway

LOUDON, N.H. - When the Whelen Modified Tour hit the track for their first practice of the weekend Thursday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway it was Eric Beers leading the way for the division. Beers, of Northampton, Pa., had a fast speed around the 1.058-mile oval of 128.950 mph. in preparation for today's qualifying to set the field for Saturday's New England 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Donny Lia of Jericho, N.Y., the winner of the June event at New Hampshire for the

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