For Stafford Speedway SK Modified driver Mikey Flynn and his #24 Place Motors team, the 2026 season has been a roller coaster ride.
Flynn opened the season with back to back top-5 finishes that saw him lead the standings after two races, but since then his season has gone downhill in a hurry. After finishing 11th in the third race of the season, Flynn and the #24 team have been caught up in multi-car incidents the past two races that have resulted in back to back 25th place finishes and sees Flynn down to 13th in the SK Modified standings.
This Friday night, June 5th, will see Stafford Speedway’s premier SK Modified® division take part in their first extra distance event of the 2026 season, the Casella Waste SK 80.
The Casella Waste SK 80 is the first of three extra distance events that will make up the 2026 Sign Pro SK Triple Crown, a 3-race mini-series that will pay out a $20,000 point fund to all SK Modified® drivers who participate in all three Sign Pro Triple Crown events.
The Casella Waste 80-lap feature event will provide the winner with a guaranteed $3,000 that becomes nearly $3,500 with contingency bonuses from a purse of over $20,000. This year’s edition of the Casella Waste SK 80 will see the SK Modified® field try to unseat Michael Christopher, Jr., who will be looking for back to back victories in the Casella Waste SK 80.
Disaster in the front of the field on lap 1 of the Late Models sidelined Aaron Plemons and Shawn Gaedeke immediately. This left Jordan Hadley and Ray Christian at the point, but only for another lap when contact between the two send both to the rear. Diego Monahan and Jason Palmer now took point with Monahan working hard to keep Palmer at bay. They stayed side-by-side for much of the race as Christian rallied forward and a visiting Jeff Belyea waited patiently behind. That patience wore off just after halfway when Christian dove underneath the low groove running Palmer, and picked off the high groove running Monahan shortly after. He ran off to safely win race number two of the season.
After a couple rough and tumble SK Light races, the drivers put on a green to checker affair. Sami Anderson started off strong after some bad luck races pulling away from Evan Bourgeois and Kevin Cormier. Her large lead was slowly getting whittled away as the laps clicked down with Bourgeois and Cormier running nose to tail. Lapped traffic came into play in the closing stages but Anderson was able to both maneuver that and hold off Bourgeois to pick up the win.
Stafford Speedway was back in action on Friday, May 29th with the Great Rate Rentals Kids Night program. Stafford’s two open wheel divisions both featured first-time winners with Tyler Chapman taking down his first career win in the SK Modified® feature and Stephen Kalogiannis notching his first career SK Light feature victory. Other feature winners were Darrell Keane in the Late Model feature, Jason Lafayette in the Limited Late Model feature, and Ryan Waterman in the Street Stock feature.
In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, Wesley Prucker led the field to the green and he led the first lap before giving way to Glen Reen on lap-2. Alex Pearl was third in line behind Reen and Prucker with Troy Talman fourth and Matt Vassar fifth. Talman took third from Pearl on lap-4 while Prucker nearly took the lead from Reen before falling back into line in second place. Prucker went back into the lead on lap-8 with Reen trying to hold off Talman for second. Pearl was fourth with Dylan Izzo glued to his back bumper in fifth place. Pearl got around both Talman and Reen to move into second with Talman taking third. Reen faded back to tenth place as Izzo took third from Talman. Mikey Flynn took fourth from Talman on lap-13 before the caution flew for spins in turn 2 by Curt Brainard, Josh Morrison, Chase Cook, and David Flammia, Jr.
After nearly 70 years, Lime Rock Park finally played host to a field of race cars running at full output on a Thursday.
For the first time since opening in 1957, Lime Rock Park hosted a major unmuffled Thursday race event. This watershed moment arrived during the opening day of the long-standing Trans Am Memorial Day Classic (May 21-24), featuring the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli, International GT and the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA).
To most fans arriving at The Park, it may have simply looked like the beginning of another holiday race weekend, but for those behind the scenes, it represented nearly five years of negotiations, collaboration and careful planning to reshape one of Connecticut’s most unique holiday traditions.
Stafford Speedway was back in action on Friday, May 22nd with the Monaco Ford SK Light Double Down program. The big winner of the night was Nick Anglace, who scored his second consecutive and third overall win in only 5 starts this season. Anglace took home the $1,750 winner’s check from Monaco Ford with contingency bonuses pushing his win total to $2,200. Other winners on the night were Marcello Rufrano in the SK Modified® feature, Chris Meyer in the Late Model feature, Travis Hydar in the Limited Late Model feature, and Jason Raymond in the Street Stock feature.
In the 40-lap Monaco Ford SK Light Double Down feature, Cassandra Cole got into the turn 1 wall to bring the caution out before the first lap could be completed.
Matt Brewer led the field to the green flag and he took the early lead with Amanda West second, Eddie Gomarlo third, Jason Finkbein fourth, and Chris Matthews fifth. Finkbein took third on lap-3 while Matthews took fourth on lap-4. Peter Bennett also got past Gomarlo to move into fifth and drop Gomarlo back to sixth in line. Ben Morrison got into the turn 4 wall to bring the caution flag out with 5 laps complete.
