by Jay | Apr 4, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)–Todd Owen has been a mainstay of consistency in
Stafford Speedway’s SK Modified® division, finishing in the top-9 of the
points standings every year since his rookie season in 2003. Owen was twice
a runner-up in the SK Modified® standings in 2004 and 2005, and he finished
third in 2009. The 2012 season will present a new challenge for Owen as he
will be an owner/driver for the first time in his SK Modified® career after
driving for Brad and Linda Hietala in each of his 9 SK Modified® seasons at
Stafford. With his last SK Modified® feature win coming in the 2006 Coors
Light SK Modified® 100, Owen is ready to tackle the challenge of returning
to victory lane this year while driving his own car.
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by Jay | Apr 2, 2012 | Connecticut, Touring Series News, Waterford
Corey Coates of Ledyard, CT takes the first win of the season in the New England Truck Series 25 lap feature race this past Saturday night at Waterford Speedbowl. Coates started on the pole but lost the lead on lap one to the #88 of Roger Turbush. On lap three he regained the lead with a great move in turn 1 and lead from there on. According to Coates halfway thru the race his motor started breaking up and he didn’t think he would make it thru the whole event. The #88 of Turbush held on to second place until lap 23 when the hard charging # 2 of Duane Noll swept underneath him to steal the spot. Vinny Esposito of the #11 followed him to make up the top three. The #88 of Roger Turbush finished in fourth followed by the #21 of Jason Lafayette rounding out the top 5.
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by Jay | Apr 2, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES, Waterford
(WATERFORD, CT.) When Jon McKennedy recently received a call from legendary New England car owner Art Barry offering him the seat in his Valenti Modified Racing Series entry, he gladly accepted.
On Sunday afternoon it proved a wise decision, with the Carlisle, MA driver scoring a convincing wire-to-wire victory in the season opening “Budweiser Blastoff” at the Waterford Speedbowl.
Starting from the outside front-row, McKennedy immediately took the lead from pole- sitter Rob Goodenough. He then prevailed on several restarts during the century-distance grind.
Fifth-place starter & defending series champion Chris Pasteryak dogged the leader during the latter-stages, mounting the most serious challenge. His chances evaporated when he was forced to pit for repairs with only 24-laps remaining. Winner of the 2011 “Blastoff”, Pasteryak returned to finish 10th.
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by Jay | Mar 31, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT. Thompson Speedway management has once again teamed with many different companies to offer cash bonuses for competitors in each of the track’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions. This program, which was a big hit with Thompson race teams last year, has been renewed and improved by the Thompson Marketing Team and will begin with the season-opening Icebreaker the weekend of April 14th and 15th .
More than $13,000.00 in bonus money will be distributed this season to Thompson competitors in various ways depending on the wishes of the individual sponsoring companies. “In the first year of this program, we were able to provide over $10,000.00 in bonus money to our competitors. This year, thanks to the enthusiastic support of so many different companies, we were able to increase that amount in this very popular program,” said Marketing Director, Jonathan Hoenig. The bonus money contingency program will be paid over and above the track’s posted purse structure.
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by Jay | Mar 31, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT. Snow, rain and a dismal forecast forced Thompson International Speedway management to postpone today’s open practice session for 24 hours. Paddock area gates will open at 10 AM and on-track activity will get underway at 12 Noon on Sunday, April 1st.
Any safe race car will be allowed to participate in the season’s first practice session which will be run in a “Round Robin” type format divided by race division. A second practice session is scheduled Saturday, April 7th. The paddock area will open at 10 AM with practice starting at 11 AM.
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by Jay | Mar 31, 2012 | Connecticut, 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 and
this week’s CARQUEST Champions For Charities spotlight falls on 3-time NEMA
Midget Champion (2008, 2008, 2011) Randy Cabral, who will be racing to help
support The Spalding Foundation.
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