his 3rd installment in our online documentary series on the Waterford Speedbowl focuses on the late 1960’s to the mid-1970’s, at which point the original membership group decide to sell the track after 24 years of operation. Features interviews with former track operator Don Benvenuti, Speedbowl historian John Brouwer and 2-time Speedbowl Champions Bob Gada & the late Bill Sweet.
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After making his Stafford debut for the final 3
races of the 2010 season, Paul Tommasino returned to Stafford’s SK Light
Modified division in 2011 and ran 12 of the 19 races, posting his first
career top-10 finish in the process. For the 2012 season, Tommasino is
looking to take his car to the next level and be a consistent top-5 threat
every week.
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Excerpt from the annual Speedbowl awards banquet featuring much of the drama on the track during the 2011 season.
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Fresh off of his rookie season in Stafford’s DARE
Stock division and a championship winning season in the Wild Thing Kart
Senior Outlaw division, David Arute will make the move into the Limited Late
Model division for the 2012 season at Stafford Motor Speedway. After making
his DARE Stock debut in 2010 with one top-10 finish in 5 starts, Arute
flourished in 2011, posting 7 top-5 and 16 top-10 finishes in 17 starts.
Arute’s numbers were good enough to place him 7th in the final DARE Stock
points standings despite the fact that he missed 2 races. The prospect of
moving up a level in competition has the high school senior looking forward
to the 2012 season.
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(Stafford Springs, CT)—While there are many drivers at Stafford Speedway
who will either be making their debuts or switching divisions for the 2012
season, Corey Hutchings will remain in the Late Model division, but be
racing for a new team. After two seasons behind the wheel of Billy Snow,
Sr.’s #87 car, Hutchings will sit behind the wheel of the #36 owned by Barry
Fluckiger. While Hutchings will return to the car number that he is
synonymous with, he will be joining a new team in hopes of chasing down his
second career Late Model championship at Stafford.
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(Stafford Springs, CT)—After several years away from weekly competition at
Stafford Motor Speedway, Glen Reen returned to Stafford’s SK Modified®
division in 2011 driving the #21 owned by Don Silberman. Josh Sylvester
drove Silberman’s #21 to Rookie of the Year honors in 2010 and Reen took the
car’s performance to an even higher level in 2011, finishing 6th in the
points standings with 6 top-5 and 12 top-10 finishes in 18 starts. As good
as the 2011 season was for Reen and the Silberman crew, Reen says that the
season could have been even better than it was. (more…)