Story By: KYLE SOUZA / JON MCKENNEDY RACING – CHELMSFORD, MA – Modified champion Jon McKennedy announced today that he will drive in over 15 Tour-Type Modified races across the New England region in 2024.
Competing for his own team, McKennedy will mix between Outlaw Open Modified Series races at Thompson Speedway, Open Modified races at Stafford Motor Speedway, select NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events and a few Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series races to make out a robust calendar for 2024.
“We’re excited to get the ball rolling in our FURY race cars and go chase some trophies,” McKennedy said. “I feel this is a great opportunity for me to go out there and continue to show we can win races. We did have some other opportunities for rides, but felt this was the best route for this season. We have picked some of the higher profile events at my favorite tracks for the 2024 season and feel the competition is going to be stout at all of them.”
A full sponsor lineup for the car and paint scheme will be released in the near future.
McKennedy’s season will begin at Thompson Speedway with the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series during Icebreaker weekend on Saturday, April 7, followed by the Open Modified event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s Northeast Classic on April 13.
He will follow that up with seven more Thompson events during the 2024 season (May 27 – Outlaw Mods, June 13 – Outlaw Mods, June 27 – Outlaw Mods, July 25 – Outlaw Mods, August 7 – Outlaw Mods, August 14 – NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and October 12 – Outlaw Mods). Thompson Speedway will continue to be operated by the American-Canadian Tour and Pro All Star Series for 2024, keeping short track racing alive at the Connecticut oval.
McKennedy will compete at Stafford Motor Speedway for the NAPA Spring Sizzler (April 27-28), Open Modified Mountain Masters (July 17) and the Fall Final with the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series on September 28.
His NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour starts will take place at Monadnock Speedway (May 4 and July 20), Seekonk Speedway (June 1) and New Hampshire Motor Speedway (June 22). McKennedy will compete in the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series at Thompson (April 7), White Mountain Motorsports Park (July 27) and Star Speedway (September 15).
The 2022 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion, McKennedy is no stranger to winning races and championships. On top of the 2022 title, McKennedy finished second in the 2020 Tour standings driving for Tommy Baldwin Racing. He also picked up his first career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win at Myrtle Beach Speedway in 2018, and has another victory at Claremont Motorsports Park in 2022, which helped lead to his title.
McKennedy is a former ISMA Supermodified champion, 4-time ISMA Star Classic winner, 4-time ISMA Ollie Silva Memorial winner and 4-time Modified Racing Series champion. He has multiple Star Speedway championships to his resume, a North-South Shootout with Tommy Baldwin Racing (2018) and a championship in the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series (2014), along with many karting titles in his early years and additional race wins in multiple divisions. McKennedy was also named the 2016 North East Touring Series driver of the year.
For a full tentative schedule for Jon McKennedy’s 2024 season, see below.
2024 Schedule *Subject To Change*
April 7 – Thompson Speedway – Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series
April 13 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Open Modifieds
April 27-28 – Stafford Speedway – NAPA Spring Sizzler
May 4 – Monadnock Speedway – NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
May 27 – Thompson Speedway – Outlaw Open Modified Series
June 1 – Seekonk Speedway – NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
June 13 – Thompson Speedway – Outlaw Open Modified Series
June 22 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway – NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
June 27 – Thompson Speedway – Outlaw Open Modified Series
July 17 – Stafford Speedway – Open Modified Mountain Masters
July 20 – Monadnock Speedway – NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
July 25 – Thompson Speedway – Outlaw Open Modified Series
July 27 – White Mountain Motorsports Park – Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series
August 7 – Thompson Speedway – Outlaw Open Modified Series
August 14 – Thompson Speedway – NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
September 15 – Star Speedway – Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series
September 28 – Stafford Speedway – Monaco Modified Tri-Track NAPA Fall Final
October 12 – Thompson Speedway – Outlaw Open Modified Series
