by Jay | Apr 20, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway has again lined up an
impressive field of current and former open wheel champions for its CARQUEST
Champions For Charities Event as part of CARQUEST Super Saturday on June
30th. During the coming weeks, SMS will offer a profile on each of its
championship winning drivers and the charity they will be racing for. This
week’s CARQUEST Champions For Charities spotlight falls on 2003 NASCAR
Whelen Modified Series Champion Todd Szegedy, who will be racing to help
support The Foundation For Life.
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by Jay | Apr 16, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, NASCAR, New England, Thompson, Touring Series News
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Story and Results – Silk Emerges Victor In Wild Modified Tour Finish
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by Jay | Apr 16, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As Stafford native Cory Casagrande gives chase to
the Limited Late Model championship this season at Stafford Motor Speedway,
he will have a new primary sponsor on his car with Shark Cycle. Casagrande
won three races in his rookie season of Limited Late Model competition last
season, and the new sponsorship from Shark Cycle might just be the extra
ingredient that Casagrande needs to challenge for the championship this
season.
“Everyone needs help and this sponsorship is good for us,” said Casagrande.
“One of my sponsors, Andresen Overhead Doors, is good friends with Bob
Charland from Shark Cycle, and we got to talking at the end of last season.
Everything came together for this year and you need as much help as you can
get throughout the season. Gas and tires alone is over $100 per week and no
matter how much sponsorship you have, it always seems like it’s not enough
as you get closer to the end of the year.”
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by Jay | Apr 15, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Thompson
Preece, O’Sullivan, Ramstrom, Boss, Sundeen and Poulin Score Icebreaker Wins
Thompson, Conn: Ron Silk celebrated his eighth career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory in an extended 159-lap event after Rowan Pennink was posted for not allowing Silk, who chose to take the inside groove for the final restart, to set the pace. He officially jumped the restart.
“I had a better car than Rowan (Pennink),” said Silk after the race. “Before the last restart, he had me up in the marbles. He didn’t even give me a chance to have a line. You can’t beat the leader to the line. If you do, you have to lift. I’m happy to win and we had a better car than he did. I ran him down and passed him with 15 to go. The rule is in black and white. You can’t beat the leader to the line.”
Silk started the race in eighth and led just one time throughout the race distance taking the lead at lap 138 when he dove underneath Pennink in turn three. The win marked his fourth at Thompson International Speedway, and his first during Icebreaker weekend.
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by Jay | Apr 14, 2012 | Connecticut, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When the SK Modified® cars hit the track at
Stafford Motor Speedway for the first time this season, Stafford veteran
Curt Brainard will have a bull’s-eye on his familiar #96. Brainard has
lined up TheAmmoZone.com as his new primary sponsor for the 2012 season, and
with TheAmmoZone.com’s bull’s-eye logo on the side of his car, Brainard will
be hard to miss while he is out on track.
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by Jay | Apr 13, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT. The season-opening Icebreaker race will be run this weekend, April 14th & 15th, at the Thompson International speedway. Thompson’s Icebreaker, a two-day event and the most anticipated race of the year, will feature seven different NASCAR racing divisions topped by the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
Joining the WMT will be Thompson’s “Super 6” NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions. The “Super 6” includes the Sunoco Modified, Super Late Models, Thompson Modifieds, Late Models, Xtra Mart Limited Sportsman and the Monster Mini Stocks.
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