North State Modifieds open year on April 17
The North State Modified Series (NSMS), presented by Protect the Harvest, opens its 2021 racing schedule April 17 at the Shasta Speedway in Anderson with the O’Reily Auto Parts 60-lap feature event as well as the Lucal Oil Dash for Cash. Joining the NSMS cars will be the local Shasta Speedway classes.
After Shasta, NSMS ventures south to the Madera Speedway on May 8 to join the Madera Late Models and Jr. Late Models, the Madera Hobby Stocks, Toyota Sedans/MST, and Madera ministocks. This is ladies night and all ladies get in free.
Because of COVID-19 protocol, current restrictions will allow a limited number of spectators in the grandstands. When NSMS visits the Madera Speedway again on Aug. 7, track promoter Kenny Shepherd said he expects to be able to host more “fans in the stands.”
NSMS travels north to Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka on June 5 for the first of two events. Redwood Acres Raceway is a 3/8-mile paved oval, the largest track on the NSMS tour. The second race in Eureka, the Dale Baldwin Challenge, is the richest event in the history of the series with $5,000 going to the winner of the 60-lap feature, which is presented by McMurray and Sons Roofing. That race takes place Sept. 25 in conjunction with a 150-lap open-comp late model race.
After the season opener April 17, NSMS returns to the Shasta Speedway June 19 as part of the Shasta County Fair celebration. Joining the racing card that night are the Nor-Cal Pro-4 Modifieds.
Only one race is on the NSMS 2021 schedule in July and that will be the second annual Bob Lehman Classic at the Stockton 99 Speedway. This is an open-wheel event featuring NSMS, Gun Slinger Winged Sprint Cars, NCMA Non-Wing Sprint Cars, Winged Supermodifieds, BCRA midgets, Vintage
BCRA midgets, and Nor Cal Pro-4 Modifieds. It also doubles as Stockton’s Tom Manning Memorial event.
The NSMS season concludes Oct. 9 at Shasta Speedway with the running of the sixth annual Lloyd Burton “Against the Wind” Modified Challenge, sponsored by Mort Houston and the Burton Family.
Protect the Harvest is once again the title sponsor of the North State Modified Series. Lucas Oil is funding a tow-money program for the drivers to help them with the high cost of travel.
Other NSMS sponsors are Hoosier Tire West, Sunoco Race Fuels, Naake Suspension, Five Star Bodies,
Racer Bling, Scribner Plastics, Franks Radios, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Mc
Murray and Sons Roofing, and Mark and Sharon Baldwin.