It’s the earliest start to warm weather in recent memory and that coincides with the first big weekend for pavement short track racing across multiple tracks in numerous markets around the Southeast.
The first Short Track Streaming Guide of the 2023 season features the 59th running of the Alabama 200 at Montgomery Motor Speedway, the $20,000-to-win Battle of the Stars at New River All-American Speedway and the start of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series season at Hickory Motor Speedway in North Carolina.
Tour Type Modifieds will also be in action at Florence Motor Speedway with the start of the SMART Tour season.
As always, if you can attend short track racing in person, please support your local track, but support extends to watching online too. So, without further ado, here is everything you can stream this weekend.
Saturday: SMART Modified Tour at Florence
Tour Type Modified racing has really taken back off in the Carolinas and Virginias due to the continued presence of Bowman Gray Stadium and resurgence of the SMART Tour. The 2023 SMART season begins on Saturday with the low country 99 at Florence with the likes of Bobby Labonte, Ryan Newman, Burt Myers, Jason Myers, Caleb Heady, Jonathan Brown, Brandon Ward, Joey Coulter and Jeremy Gerstner set to battle for wins and the championship.
Link: FloRacing at 3:00 p.m. ET
Saturday: Hickory Motor Speedway Opening Night
It’s opening night for both the Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars and the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series points chase. It features Twin 40s for the Late Model Stocks featuring the likes of defending champion Landon Huffman, Landon S Huffman, Isabella Robusto, Luke Baldwin, Ryan Millington, Vicente Salas and Charlie Watson. Also on the card is 35 laps for the Limited Late Models, 20 laps for Renegades, 30 laps for Street Stocks, 100 laps for the Carolina Pro Late Models and 62 Laps for the Carolina Crate Modifieds.
Link: FloRacing at 6:00 p.m. ET
Saturday: Battle of the Stars II at New River All-American Speedway
Three-time CARS Tour champion Bobby McCarty makes his debut with R&S Race Cars in an event that also features South Carolina 400 winner Brenden Queen of Lee Pulliam Performance, Chad Bryant Racing’s Connor Hall and veteran Late Model Stock racer Tony Grady in what could be his final start. CARS Tour champion Jared Fryar will also open his season alongside Conner Jones, Jason York, Ronald Hill and Brandon Clements.
Link: FloRacing at 7:00 p.m. ET
Saturday: Alabama 200 at Montgomery Motor Speedway
It’s a race that has roots tracing back to what is now the NASCAR Cup Series. It was previously a Super Late Model race once sanctioned by the Southern Super Series and is now the kick-off event for the widely successful Show Me The Money Pro Late Model weekly show in the shadows of the Alabama Stae Capital. Expected contenders include two-time Snowball Derby winner Augie Grill, Nashville track champion Dylan Fetcho, Mobile Speedway champion Dustin Smith, former winner Christopher Tulis and local favorites like Jojo Wilkinson, John Bolen and Jim Wall. Other division include the Modified of Mayhem Tour and local Street Stocks.
Link: Racing America (Subscriber) at 7:00 p.m. ET
