It's race week for the biggest Late Model Stock Car race there is. The ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway is just a few days away, and now we finally know who has filed entries to try to take home the coveted grandfather clock from the historic Virginia half-mile short track.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Long Island's Riverhead Raceway for its penultimate race of the 2026 season. 206 laps are scheduled around the tight quarter-mile bullring with 24 cars entered.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour makes its long-awaited return to Connecticut’s Stafford Motor Speedway on Friday night for the first time since 2021. In those days, Stafford had three dates on the calendar. In some years it had more. Which is what makes Friday’s race feel like a wrong that has lasted for five years is finally being righted.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to “The Magic Mile” of New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire this weekend for its annual 100-lap showdown on its biggest stage.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour heads to Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, Connecticut on Wednesday night for a 150-lap showdown on the ⅝-mile oval.

Saturday’s Hampton Heat at Langley Speedway is the middle leg of the Virginia Triple Crown. It’s the “Preakness Stakes” of Late Model Stock Car racing if you will. And much like horse racing’s Triple Crown, sometimes the winner of the first event doesn’t run the second event. So with that in mind, let’s take a look at the standings heading to Langley on Saturday.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour’s New Hampshire swing rolls on as the mighty Modifieds take on the Monadnock Speedway on Saturday for the first and only time this season. 200 laps are on the schedule at one of the toughest bullrings in the northeast.

The second leg of the Virginia Triple Crown, the Hampton Heat 200, is up next this Saturday night at Virginia’s Langley Speedway. More than 30 drivers have filed entries for Saturday’s race, including six previous winners of “America’s Hottest Race.”

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Seekonk Speedway for the second time this season for a midweek 150-lap showdown.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour heads to the White Mountains of New Hampshire on Saturday to take on the high-banked White Mountain Motorsports Park for only the fourth time in the Tour's history.

It’s been 35 years since Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway felt the rumble of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, but by the grace of God and 600 horsepower the groundpounders are finally making their long-awaited return on Saturday night.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour heads to Connecticut's Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park to help break the ice on the 2026 racing season in the Northeast for the "Icebreaker 150" on Sunday. Below is the entry list for Sunday's 150-lap race on the high-banked 5/8-mile oval.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour heads to the Commonwealth of Virginia for a 200-lap showdown at the historic Martinsville Speedway with more than 30 cars expected to battle it out for a coveted grandfather clock.

Martinsville Speedway will once again host NASCAR’s biggest and most prestigious Late Model Stock Car race, the ValleyStar Credit Union 300, on Saturday, Sept. 26.

NASCAR today announced the launch of the NASCAR Local Racing Series Powered by O’Reilly Auto Parts, a strategic reframing of its longstanding grassroots racing platform designed to more clearly reflect the vital role local short tracks play in communities across the United States and Canada.