by Jay | Apr 13, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
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 and
this week’s CARQUEST Champions For Charities spotlight falls on 2-time Wild
Thing Kart Senior Champ Champion (2010, 2011) Ron Midford, Jr., who will be
racing to help support The Greg Caron Family Fund.
On November 11, 2011, Ellington native Greg Caron, while serving a second
tour with his Marine Corp unit, lost both of his legs, the tip of his
finger, and broke his collar bone after stepping on an IED in Afghanistan.
The Greg Caron Family Fund was established to help Greg adjust to a new
lifestyle and Ron Midford, Jr. will be representing the Greg Caron Family
Fund in his CARQUEST Champions For Charities effort.
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by Jay | Apr 10, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
Stafford Springs, CT – After several seasons in Stafford’s DARE Stock
division, Nick Salva is ready to make the move into the SK Light Modified
division. As Salva makes the move into the open wheel ranks for the first
time in his career, he has help from a face that is very familiar to
modified fans at Stafford. Salva’s uncle is none other than 3-time SK
Modified® champion Bo Gunning and it was a call from Gunning that led to
Salva’s landing in the SK Light division for the 2012 season.
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by Jay | Apr 9, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, NASCAR, Thompson, Touring Series News
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Set To Open At Thompson
Icebreaker Begins Season For 11th Straight Year
The 2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is set to take the green flag in the traditional season-opening Icebreaker weekend at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway on Sunday, April 15.
Picking up where the 2011 season left off, and where Ron Silk captured his first championship, the Whelen Modified Tour returns to the high banks at Thompson to begin its 28th season of competition. The .625-mile oval in northeast Connecticut has played host to more events than any other facility in the Tour’s history: the 2012 Icebreaker will be the 117th there since 1985.
Silk celebrated the 2011 championship at Thompson in the season finale last October, and he’ll open his title defense at a track where he’s won three times previously and has finished in the top 10 in 11 of his last 13 visits. The Norwalk, Conn., native will be looking for his first win in the Icebreaker, an event where he’s finished on the podium just once in six previous tries.
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by Jay | Apr 9, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
Stafford Springs, CT – After making his SK Modified® debut in the season
ending CARQUEST Fall Final event last season, 2-time defending SK Light
champion Matt Galko is hoping to continue his SK Modified® efforts this
season. Galko will pilot the #3 Davidson Racing car that was formerly
driven by Jeff Malave in the season opening CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring
Sizzler, but if sponsorship is not found, it may be the only race that Galko
runs this season.
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by Jay | Apr 7, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway’s CARQUEST Champions For
Charities race pairs championship open wheel winning drivers with a charity
of their choice. Pro-4 Modified Limited champion Stan Mertz is paired with
the Connecticut chapter of Autism Speaks and his donation total will be
getting a boost from Stafford DARE Stock driver Kris Fluckiger. Fluckiger
will donate all his prize winnings from the season opening CARQUEST Tech-Net
Spring Sizzler through the June 29th Friday night race towards Mertz’s total
for Autism Speaks.
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by Jay | Apr 5, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For SK Modified® driver Dan Avery, the 2012 season
at Stafford Motor Speedway offers plenty of promise. After racing the last
two years in Ted Christopher owned equipment, Avery and his partner Tony
Genua have purchased a new car and engine for the 2012 season. Avery is
looking to pick up his first SK Modified® victory since he won back-to-back
events in the very first season of SK Modified® competition in 1982.
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