by Jay | May 24, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Doug Coby, who won the CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring
Sizzler last month at Stafford, will look to make it two-for-two when the
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Stafford next Friday night for the
22nd Annual TSI Harley-Davidson 125. Of Coby’s 3 career Whelen Modified
Tour wins, 2 have come in the Spring Sizzler. That fact, combined with Coby
’s two Stafford track championships, has the Milford native excited about
the prospects of making it two in a row at Stafford.
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by Jay | May 23, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For the fifth consecutive season, Stafford Speedway
’s Friday, May 25th Memorial Day Weekend Whelen Modified Tour event will be
sponsored by TSI Harley-Davidson, the oldest Harley-Davidson dealer in the
state of Connecticut. The race sponsorship continues a relationship that
dates back to the 2006 season when TSI Harley-Davidson sponsored a NASCAR K
& N Pro Series East event at the Connecticut half-mile. The race will
“We’re excited and looking forward to being involved with the Whelen
Modified Tour once again at Stafford,” said Harry Levesque, Owner of TSI
Harley-Davidson. “The Whelen Modified Tour certainly has a great fan base
and sponsoring this event is a great way for us to be able to interact with
that fan base to showcase our Harley-Davidson line of motorcycles as well as
the products and services that we have to offer here at TSI
Harley-Davidson.”
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by Jay | May 23, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
The annual Eve of Destruction, an event that thousands of fans look forward to each year at the Thompson International Speedway, is slated for this coming Sunday, May 27th. This night of stunts, crashes, explosions, fireworks and much more is a Memorial Day weekend tradition at Thompson and brings together a star studded cast of amazingly talented performers and thrill seeking fans.
Headlining the Eve of Destruction will be Megasaurus, the prehistoric car-eating monster. Megasaurus stands three stories tall and weighs in at over 50,000 pounds and has an insatiable appetite for cars left by unsuspecting owners. Viper and XDP Monster Trucks will also be on hand to race, jump, crush cars and perform some breathtaking stunts.
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by Jay | May 22, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For Ryan Preece and the #16 Diversified Metals
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour team, the 2012 season couldn’t have gotten off
to a much better start than it has. In the first three races of the 2012
season, Preece and his team have won the pole position for all three events,
giving them four consecutive pole positions dating back to the final race of
2011, and they have led 361 of the 534 laps that have been completed thus
far. With Preece securing his first victory since joining the #16 team for
the last race of the 2011 season last week at Monadnock, he is looking to
continue his hot streak when the Whelen Modified Tour returns to Stafford
next Friday night for the 22nd Annual TSI Harley-Davidson 125.
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by Jay | May 21, 2012 | Connecticut, Thompson, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
THOMPSON, CT. – Even though he had what he described as an, “ill-handling car,” Rowan Pennick of Huntington Valley, Pa., was able to withstand several challenges from Richard Savary to go on and win the 75-lap Valenti Modified Racing Series on Sunday night at Thompson International Speedway.
It was the fifth win over-all and second on the series at Thompson for Pennick who became the race’s third and final leader when he passed Ted Christopher in turns three and four on the 30th lap.
Christopher, who led from lap 16 when he passed Todd Owen, driving for series organizer Jack Bateman, dropped out shortly thereafter.
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by Jay | May 20, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
PITKAT, ST. HILAIRE, HINES, & WOOD ALSO SCORE MAY 18th FEATURE WINS
(Stafford Springs, CT)— Stafford Speedway was back on track with the Xtra
Mart DARE Stock Xtra D program on Friday night, May 18th. Albert Saunders
drove to victory in the extra distance 20-lap DARE Stock feature to score
his second consecutive feature victory. Woody Pitkat was the winner of a
wild and thrilling 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Mark St. Hilaire was
the a first time winner in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Tyler Hines was a
first time winner in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature, and Josh Wood
scored his third consecutive Limited Late Model feature victory of the 2012
season in the 20-lap feature.
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