Fans and drivers gathered on a rainy cool morning to kick off The Speedbowl’s 75th season of racing.
It’s been awhile since Mikey Flynn took laps around the Speedbowl but you would never know it as he started off strong in the 75 lap SK Modified(R) main event. He got the jump over 2025 SK Light champion Nickolas Hovey and all-time win leader Keith Rocco. There was one caution to slow the event on lap 6 that Flynn was able to hang on to the lead for at first. Rocco and Todd Owen were able to work by Hovey on their path to the front. Timmy Jordan started to enter the picture just short of half way coming from his mid-pack starting position to move into second by lap 23. Rocco started to fade and Owen moved into the third spot, and by lap 33 Jordan had complete control of the race. The rest of the laps would be run caution free and Jordan would start the season off with the big win. Testing was the key thing said Jordan of his run.
Stafford Speedway hosted the 54th Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler® on Sunday, April 26th with its SK Modifieds® and SK Lights joining the Open Modified cars in feature action.
Todd Owen took down the victory in the SK Modified® feature, his first Stafford SK Modified® victory since September 2024. In the extra distance 30-lap SK Light feature, Chris Matthews notched his first win of the 2026 season.
In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, Marcello Rufrano and Glen Reen led the field to the green flag with Rufrano taking the early lead. Jon Puleo made a strong move to slide into second behind Rufrano with Reen third, Michael Christopher, Jr. fourth, and Matt Vassar fifth. Puleo took the lead from Rufrano on lap-4 and Todd Owen took fifth from Vassar on lap-5.
Stafford Motor Speedway hosted the 54th Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler®, “The Greatest Race in the History of Spring,” on Sunday, April 26th with Open Modified cars.
Ronnie Williams methodically worked his way towards the front of the field and he had to hold off a furious 2-way challenge from both Tyler Chapman and Austin Beers over the final 5 laps of the race to win the 54th Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler®.
The race took the green flag with Tyler Chapman and Ron Silk leading the field to the green flag. Chapman and Silk ran wheel to wheel for a lap before Chapman cleared to the lead on lap-2. Silk held off a challenge from Michael Christopher, Jr. to get in line in second with Teddy Hodgdon fourth and George Bessette, Jr. fifth. Silk made a move to the inside of Chapman on lap-4 to move into the lead. With 10 laps complete it was Silk leading Chapman, Christopher, Hodgdon, and Bessette. Ryan Newman was sixth followed by Jake Johnson, Dylan Izzo, Eric Goodale, and Jon McKennedy.
Stafford Speedway kicked off the 54th NAPA Spring Sizzler® with NAPA Opening Day festivities that saw the Granite State ProStocks in the Casagrande Builders 75 along with Stafford’s weekly Late Models, Limited Late Models, and Street Stocks in feature action. The SK Lights were also in action with a pair of 20-lap qualifying duel races that set the starting grid for their 30-lap feature on Sunday as part of the NAPA Spring Sizzler®.
In the Casagrande Builders 75 Granite State ProStock feature, Jeremy Sorel took the lead at the drop of the green flag but Dan Winter got into the frontstretch wall and Joey Kendall spun on the frontstretch to bring the caution flag out with 1 lap complete. Sorel took the lead ahead of Cory Casagrande, Eddie MacDonald, Jimmy Hebert, and Casey Call. The caution came back out with 2 laps complete for a multicar spin in turn 2 involving Adam Gray, Kevin Folan, and Matt Beers. Sorel took the lead on the restart with MacDonald taking over second. Casagrande was third but he did a 360 spin coming out of turn 2 to bring the caution flag back out with 3 laps complete.
Schofield Springs will return as a contingency sponsor for the 2026 SK Modified® division at Stafford Speedway for a third consecutive season, offering $100 bonuses to all second-place finishers. The self-service spring water vendor will distribute $2,200 in total incentives during the 2026 campaign.
“We’re happy to be able to help the SK Modified® division again,” said Larry McKinney, co-owner of Schofield Springs. “The SK Modified® division at Stafford has some of the best weekly drivers and teams in the country and they always put on a great show. We’re looking forward to watching more thrilling Friday nights of racing and helping the teams put on that great show.”
The 2025 season saw 11 drivers earn Schofield Springs bonuses, with champion Jon Puleo leading with 4 second-place finishes. Keith Rocco (3), Mikey Flynn (2), and Steven Chapman, Tyler Chapman, Michael Christopher Jr., Dylan Izzo, Alexander Pearl, Marcello Rufrano, Troy Talman, and Max Zachem each recording single second-place finishes.
The 2026 contingency payouts will begin at the 54th Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler® on April 25-26. The event features Late Model, Limited Late Model, Street Stock, and Granite State ProStock divisions on Saturday, with the SK Modified® and SK Light Modified divisions headlining Sunday’s 30-lap feature race.
(Stafford Springs, CT) — After back-to-back Street Stock track championships at Stafford Speedway, Travis Downey is making the jump to the SK Light division for 2026, where he’ll compete for R.A.D. Auto Machine Rookie of the Year honors.
Downey, who ran the #42 in the Street Stock division for the past five seasons, will switch to the #41 for his rookie campaign. He purchased an SK Light car from Jeff and Alex Pearl and will carry sponsorship from P.J. Ladola and Sons Electrical Contractors along with associate sponsors including Sullivan Automotive, Mutch Nicer Enterprises, Sanger Family Properties, Canton Well Drilling LLC, Traditional Adventures TV, RD Logging & Firewood, Coderre Farms, Canton West Avon Oil, GP Fence, Squid Decals, Cindy Burdick Motorsports, Tidy Services, Installations Plus, and Fieldstone Masonry.
