by Jay | Jan 20, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Stafford
Cam McDermott Looking to Continue Success in First Full-Time Season of SK Modified® Competition at Stafford Motor Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When Stafford Speedway’s premier SK Modifieds® take to the track in 2016, there will be a new face joining the regulars as Canterbury native Cam McDermott will be piloting the #5 SK Modified® sponsored by Maybury Material Handling. McDermott is no stranger to Stafford Speedway and has made a handful of starts over the past four seasons in both the SK Light and SK Modified® divisions.
As McDermott prepares for his first full-time season at Stafford, he has enjoyed a wealth of success behind the wheel of his #5 Maybury Material Handling machine. McDermott won back to back championships in the SK Light division at Thompson Speedway as well as a Thompson Modified championship. McDermott has also won over 30 feature events at Thompson, with 20 SK Light wins, 11 Thompson Mod wins, and the 2015 season saw him win his very first SK Modified® feature. With several second place finishes already to his credit in the SK Light ranks at Stafford, McDermott is looking forward to his full time entry into the premier SK Modified® division.
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by Jay | Jan 20, 2016 | New, Touring Series News
Pagenaud looks forward to Grand Prix of Boston: Simon Pagenaud had his first encounter with a pair of Boston sporting venues over the weekend – the track layout for the upcoming Grand Prix of Boston powered by LogMeIn and a Boston Bruins NHL game at TD Garden. The Team Penske driver was impressed with both.
The inaugural Grand Prix of Boston weekend is scheduled for the streets of the city’s Seaport District along the South Boston Waterfront on Sept. 2-4, INDYCAR’s first venture into Beantown and the penultimate event on the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series calendar.
Racing will take place on a 2.25-mile temporary street course around the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The circuit, which Pagenaud drove in a passenger car Jan. 16, includes a tunnel under a portion of the convention center, which has Pagenaud particularly excited.
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by Jay | Jan 19, 2016 | New, New England
Final Prep is Underway for The Racers Expo Presented by SPEED SPORT NEWS
Marlboro, MA: Final plans and preparation is underway for the seventh annual Racers Expo presented by SPEED SPORT NEWS taking place in Marlboro, MA at the Royal Plaza Hotel on January 29th & 30th. Joining SPEED SPORT NEWS in support of the expo is RacingJunk.Com, the “Official Classifieds of The Racers Expo”.
Bobby Seymour, the events founder and promoter, stated that: “Our final prep is going very well and this year’s event will be one of, if not, the best show we have held to date.”
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by Jay | Jan 16, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Stafford
Keith Caruso Ready to Tackle New Challenge in SK Light Division at Stafford Motor Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When Stafford Speedway’s SK Lights take the green flag for the 2016 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season, Millbury, MA native Keith Caruso will begin a quest to add his name to the record books as a Rookie of the Year.
Caruso comes to the SK Light division with an impressive background, having won 5 New England V6 Modified championships and 4 track championships at Hudson Speedway in a 6-year period. Caruso also has experience racing in the Granite State ProStock ranks and he is a third generation racer competing at Stafford. Caruso’s grandfather, Mario “Fats” Caruso, drove modifieds for many years and his Uncle David was the 1990 ProStock champion at Stafford. Caruso will take to the track behind the wheel of the #06 Dur-A-Flex machine.
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by Jay | Jan 14, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Thompson
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park to display the Championship-Winning Mertz Racing Sunoco Modified car at the 2016 New England International Auto Show
TSMP will be exhibiting from January 14 – 18 at the New England International Auto Show, located at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
(THOMPSON, CT) – Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) home of one of the oldest paved oval and road course racetracks in the country, will once again return to the New England International Auto Show at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on January 14-18. On display in the TSMP booth will be the Stan Mertz – owned No. 6 Just Get Dirty Apparel Company / Morningside Lawn & Landscape Sunoco Modified car, driven by multiple championship-winning driver, Woody Pitkat. The particular car that is on display is the one that Woody Pitkat drove throughout the 2015 season to seize his title.
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