NASCAR, SPEED Announce 2012 Broadcast Schedule For K&N Pro and Whelen Modified

[Howie]

Whelen Modified Tours Combo Wed. Aug. 22 (live) Bristol Motor Speedway

That's it folks!

There will be 25 K&N East and West races, 1 Whelen All-American Series and 1 WMT/WSMT race broadcast.

[limodmaniac]

Please follow me in the total boycott of watching any K and N races on tv.


At Loudon, in September, if K & N is first, I will be in the parking lot. Please join me. If they follow the modifieds, please follow me to the Seekonk Grand Prix for some slick track racing.

[Howie]

Please follow me in the total boycott of watching any K and N races on tv.


At Loudon, in September, if K & N is first, I will be in the parking lot. Please join me. If they follow the modifieds, please follow me to the Seekonk Grand Prix for some slick track racing.

We need a "like" button on TCH! :)

[chrome horn]

Maniac, count me in

[uticamike]

NASCAR treats the Modifieds like Lucy does when she holds the ball for Charlie Brown. No really...this time I'm going to hold it for you.

[MJProcko]

It's bad enough the way they treat the modifieds but I find it to be a big slap in the face to Whelen.... Thank you for all your support Whelen but instead of shocasing your series at Loudon this year Nascar will be showing Nascar's little league series instead...... I'm suprised they count laps or have winners, you know how fragile kids are at that age.

[JWfor8x]

It's bad enough the way they treat the modifieds but I find it to be a big slap in the face to Whelen.... Thank you for all your support Whelen but instead of shocasing your series at Loudon this year Nascar will be showing Nascar's little league series instead...... I'm suprised they count laps or have winners, you know how fragile kids are at that age.

I agree that it is a huge slap in the face to Whelen but I look at the whole thing from a different angle. I don't think it has anything at all to do with the quality of racing as far as NASCAR is concerned. If it did, there would be a lut of television coverage of the modifieds and not just from Bristol, but from Stafford, Thompson and yes, places like Modnodnack and Riverhead too. In my opinion, the reason that K+N is getting the exposure has all to do with developement and nothing to do with racing. By that, I think NASCAR wants to develope the next generation of spokespeople and pitchmen to replace those of the current crop who do not fit the youthful demographic that many sponsors want to sell their wares. I'm not saying that there aren't talented race car drivers in the K+N series. All that I'm really saying is that I think that their talent is secondary to the money that they can bring along with them.

[Axel]

a travesty...

[Goldy]

.. go to the nascar home tracks site for the nwmt and the picture just about sums it up.. Jason, did they really need to rub our nose in it? (we don't like to see cars with fenders on our home page..)

Home Tracks site for NWMT (http://localracing.nascar.com/series/2)

[mod4r6fan]

Count me in LI . I will not be in my seat during any K&A race

[DaFingz]

My favorite part of the NASCAR press release:

“We are also very fortunate to be able to bring live coverage to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and its passionate fan base.”

F#@% You NASCAR! Don't patronize us, we know how freaking passionate we are!

[CynthiaTork]

All kidding aside, I've never watched any of the K & N races, nor do I ever have any plans to. I did watch the WMT races. At least when it was Busch North, it was actually names people knew, not rich people's grand kids hoping for the next "Jeff Gordon"

[BOWATCHER]

K&N [Kids& Nephew] Division

[MJProcko]

According to the Loudon Website the schedule reads:

1:00 K&N
3:00 WMT
4:45 ACT

Ironically the TV Production Crew Schedule reads:

1:00 K&N
3:00 Lunch (atleast they will get to enjoy the best race of the weekend)

The "Friends of the Chrome Horn" schedule:

7:00-11:00 Wake up
12:00 Eat/Drink Breakfast
1:00 Tailgate Party right outside the front entrance gate
2:45 Enter gate and find great seats after the K&N Moms leave the grandstands
3:00 Heaven

[Teds Race Tours]

K&N [Kids& Nephew] Division

LIKE, facebook style

[limodmaniac]

Usually, I start to travel up after work on Friday. This means, getting a motel room and spending money. Now, with that schedule, I can take an 8 or 9 ferry on Saturday morning, stop for breakfast and still get to the track in plenty of time to gather with someone's tailgate party and be in my seat in time for the modified race! Love the schedule!

[bud]

Never watched unless one of our own is in the field. Kinda fun watching a mod guy work his way through the rolling obsticale course known as k&n

[fuller2x]

thanks for nothing.

[bud]

So was it NASCAR PR that got the sponsorship for mad dog?

[Teds Race Tours]

So was it NASCAR PR that got the sponsorship for mad dog?

I'm Thinking you won't get a response on that one. :lol:

[bud]

Didn't think so.....lol.

[SUfan]

In our interview today, NHMS GM Jerry Gappens told me that the Mod's are scheduled at 3 PM because he wanted to make them the headline show of the day. I hope they get headline support from fans because he has thoughts of adding another big weekend event in the future. More on that and other topics in next week's AARN.

[LiquidBread]

Actually Utica Mike in the famous words of Norm Peterson paraphrased, NASCAR teats the modifieds like a baby treats a diaper ......

[uticamike]

Actually Utica Mike in the famous words of Norm Peterson paraphrased, NASCAR teats the modifieds like a baby treats a diaper ......

LOL Bread, Cheers was a great show to be sure. Another great Norm line went " It's dog eat dog Woody and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear."

14 races, only 1 on the tube...yawn. I heard Todd Szegedy and Phil Moran tonight on SLR and they talked about running some VMRS races

just because they so want to race. They also miss traveling to places like Holland, Lake Erie and Adirondack. The last few nights I've been watching

Mods at NHIS on YouTube. Cup racing today just can't compare with the Mods at that place, no wonder they don't want them upstaging the "big" show.

[bud]

Mike you are so right. Mods look like a real racecar,and they dont handle like a cinder block. Your. !Signature. Says it all

[RacnJason00]

Please follow me in the total boycott of watching any K and N races on tv.


At Loudon, in September, if K & N is first, I will be in the parking lot. Please join me. If they follow the modifieds, please follow me to the Seekonk Grand Prix for some slick track racing.

I wouldn't watchthem taxi cabs if that was the only racing on earth

[rim runner]

I wouldn't watchthem taxi cabs if that was the only racing on earth

...unless of course you could get a job with one of those teams.

I wonder how many bellyackers on this thread have taken the time to listen to MRN's Modified Madness each week?

Not many I bet.

[DaFingz]

...unless of course you could get a job with one of those teams.

I wonder how many bellyackers on this thread have taken the time to listen to MRN's Modified Madness each week?

Not many I bet.

<<< Hasn't missed an episode :D

[LiquidBread]

LOL Bread, Cheers was a great show to be sure. Another great Norm line went " It's dog eat dog Woody and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear."

14 races, only 1 on the tube...yawn. I heard Todd Szegedy and Phil Moran tonight on SLR and they talked about running some VMRS races

just because they so want to race. They also miss traveling to places like Holland, Lake Erie and Adirondack. The last few nights I've been watching

Mods at NHIS on YouTube. Cup racing today just can't compare with the Mods at that place, no wonder they don't want them upstaging the "big" show.


Silky and TB both expressed similar sentiments on MRN. 20 to 25 races seems to be the common thought. This isn't just fans waxing nostalgic ....

[MJProcko]

There are alot of pictures of the crowd today - jam packed..... remember that at the next K&N east race not anchored by a cup race.

[limodmaniac]

There are alot of pictures of the crowd today - jam packed..... remember that at the next K&N east race not anchored by a cup race.

AMEN! Great crowd, which I sure will follow to Stafford in two weeks. I was even impressed with how many people went Saturday. The best way to support a modified race is to show up! PLEASE continue to support the modifieds at the short tracks, like Monadnock and Riverhead. Help to pack those tracks and support the modifieds!!!

MAY 12 - Monadnock ( with extra $5000 in bonus money by Teddy Bear Pools & Spas)

[DaFingz]

And don't forget that your Icebreaker ticket stub is worth $5.00 off of the gate admission at the May 12th Monadnock race!

[limodmaniac]

And don't forget that your Icebreaker ticket stub is worth $5.00 off of the gate admission at the May 12th Monadnock race!

Nice ! And that's 5000 extra to the drivers in bonus money from Teddy Bear Pools and Spa! Make sure you see me at Monadnock this coming Saturday to help raise some more bonus money with another one of our crazy 50/50 raffles. This one's going to have more than one winner!

[DaFingz]

Weather permitting I plan on heading up Saturday.