by Jay | Aug 6, 2011 | Connecticut, Stafford
ROCCO, HILL, CIPRIANO, PROVOST, & WOOD SCORE TOWN FAIR TIRE 150 FEATURE VICTORIES AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After a week away, Stafford Speedway was back
racing with the 21st Annual Town Fair Tire 150 program. In NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series feature racing, Keith Rocco outdueled Ted Christopher to
take his third consecutive and sixth feature win of the 2011 season in the
SK Modified® feature, J.J. Hill scored a dominating first win of 2011 by
leading all 30 laps in the Late Model feature, Joey Cipriano nailed down his
fourth win of 2011 in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature, Duane Provost
picked up his first career win in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and
Josh Wood beat his father Don to the checkered flag to record his third win
of the 2011 season in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.
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by Jay | Aug 6, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
BOBBY SANTOS, III LOOKING TO GET SEASON BACK ON TRACK IN TOWN FAIR TIRE 150 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After a stellar 2010 season that saw him win 4
races and the Whelen Modified Tour championship, Bobby Santos, III and the
#4 Mystic Missile team have found that the path to defending their
championship has been a rocky road. Santos enters the Town Fair Tire 150 at
Stafford Speedway in 9th place in the points standings, 162 points behind
Ronnie Silk. But if there was ever a track on the 2011 schedule that Santos
and his crew can use as a launching pad to get themselves back into
championship contention, it’s Stafford. Since joining the Mystic Missile
team prior to the start of the 2010 season, in 6 Stafford races Santos has
recorded 3 wins, a second, a third, and a 23rd place finish, which was the
result of a blown engine. (more…)
by Jay | Aug 5, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR POINTS LEADER RONNIE SILK HOPES FOR REPEAT PERFORMANCE IN TOWN FAIR TIRE 150 AT STAFFORD
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour last visited
Stafford Motor Speedway back in May, it was a race to remember for Ronnie
Silk and the #6 T.S. Haulers, Inc. team. Silk won the pole and then led all
125 laps to take his first win of the 2011 season. Since that race at
Stafford, Silk hasn’t finished a race lower than fourth and he has the
points lead as the Tour returns to Stafford for the Town Fair Tire 150.
Silk hopes to recreate the level of domination that he exhibited at Stafford
in May and come away from the Town Fair Tire 150 with the winner’s trophy.
“I hope we can do that again,” said Silk. “We’ll be coming back with the
same stuff and we’ll be looking for another win this week. We’ve always
seemed to qualify and run well at Stafford, we just never had the finishes.
The last four races at Stafford, I don’t think we’ve finished lower than
third, so hopefully our luck has turned around at Stafford and we can be
there at the end of the race and try to win again.” (more…)
by Jay | Aug 5, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR COMES TO STAFFORD SPEEDWAY FOR 21ST ANNUAL TOWN FAIR TIRE 150
(Stafford Springs, CT)—NASCAR’s Whelen Modified Tour comes to Stafford
Motor Speedway this Friday, August 5th for 21st Annual Town Fair Tire 150,
which will be the third of four visits the tour will make to Stafford in
2011. The race is presented to race fans by Town Fair Tire and its over 84
locations throughout the Northeast. The 21st Annual Town Fair Tire 150 will
feature the stars and cars of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour as well as
Stafford Speedway’s five NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing divisions.
Last year’s Town Fair Tire 150 saw two former Whelen Modified Tour champions
dueling for the victory with 2003 champ Todd Szegedy beating 7-time champ
Mike Stefanik to the checkered flag.
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by Jay | Jul 29, 2011 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
LINCOLN TECH 80 MRS EVENT POSTPONED TO FRIDAY, AUGUST 12TH AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway has postponed its July 29
Lincoln Tech 80 Modified Racing Series program due to inclement weather.
The Lincoln Tech 80 MRS race program will take the green flag on Friday
night, August 12. Pit gates will open at 2:30pm, spectator gates will open
at 5:15pm, heat races will begin at 6:15pm, and feature events will begin at
approximately 7:15pm.
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by Jay | Jul 29, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
Field & Panaroni Share Mini Stock Spotlight; Baxter Overall Mini Challenge Winner
Cates, Gelinas, Gentes, Sundeen & Boss Score Victories
Thompson, CT (July 28, 2011): The Mini Stocks took top billing at Thompson Speedway during Thursday Night Thunder with the running of the annual Mini Stock Northern Challenge. Danny Field of Deep River, CT, continued his winning ways in the regular weekly division portion of the Challenge. Mark Panaroni of Ivoryton, CT, scored the victory in the Mini Stock Northern Tour (MSNT) leg of the challenge. Chad Baxter of Pascoag, RI scored one for the ‘home team’ as the overall winner of the Mini Stock Northern Tour Challenge.
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