by Jay | Jan 21, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Stafford
Former K&N Pro East Series Stafford Winner Eddie MacDonald Excited to Return in 2016
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When Stafford Speedway announced the addition of a K&N East Pro Series event on June 17 to its 2016 schedule, perhaps no driver was more excited than Eddie MacDonald. The Rowley, MA native and driver of the #71 Grimm Construction Chevrolet has 7 career K&N East wins with one of those wins coming at Stafford back in 2007.
“Stafford is definitely one of the tougher tracks to get a hold of but I’m excited about going back and I’ll be looking forward to it,” said MacDonald. “Now that the schedule is out, we’ll look at it and pick the races we think we can run well at and try to get a win, and I’d say almost definitely we’re going to be at Stafford. My car owner, Rob Grimm, is in Pennsylvania so I drive by the Stafford exit every time we go to a race and I always say it would be nice to be racing there instead of driving another 15 or 16 hours to a race. I had no idea that Stafford was a possibility of getting back on the schedule and I was really excited when I saw that.”
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by Jay | Jan 20, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Stafford
Cam McDermott Looking to Continue Success in First Full-Time Season of SK Modified® Competition at Stafford Motor Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When Stafford Speedway’s premier SK Modifieds® take to the track in 2016, there will be a new face joining the regulars as Canterbury native Cam McDermott will be piloting the #5 SK Modified® sponsored by Maybury Material Handling. McDermott is no stranger to Stafford Speedway and has made a handful of starts over the past four seasons in both the SK Light and SK Modified® divisions.
As McDermott prepares for his first full-time season at Stafford, he has enjoyed a wealth of success behind the wheel of his #5 Maybury Material Handling machine. McDermott won back to back championships in the SK Light division at Thompson Speedway as well as a Thompson Modified championship. McDermott has also won over 30 feature events at Thompson, with 20 SK Light wins, 11 Thompson Mod wins, and the 2015 season saw him win his very first SK Modified® feature. With several second place finishes already to his credit in the SK Light ranks at Stafford, McDermott is looking forward to his full time entry into the premier SK Modified® division.
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by Jay | Jan 16, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Stafford
Keith Caruso Ready to Tackle New Challenge in SK Light Division at Stafford Motor Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When Stafford Speedway’s SK Lights take the green flag for the 2016 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season, Millbury, MA native Keith Caruso will begin a quest to add his name to the record books as a Rookie of the Year.
Caruso comes to the SK Light division with an impressive background, having won 5 New England V6 Modified championships and 4 track championships at Hudson Speedway in a 6-year period. Caruso also has experience racing in the Granite State ProStock ranks and he is a third generation racer competing at Stafford. Caruso’s grandfather, Mario “Fats” Caruso, drove modifieds for many years and his Uncle David was the 1990 ProStock champion at Stafford. Caruso will take to the track behind the wheel of the #06 Dur-A-Flex machine.
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by Jay | Jan 14, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Thompson
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park to display the Championship-Winning Mertz Racing Sunoco Modified car at the 2016 New England International Auto Show
TSMP will be exhibiting from January 14 – 18 at the New England International Auto Show, located at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
(THOMPSON, CT) – Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) home of one of the oldest paved oval and road course racetracks in the country, will once again return to the New England International Auto Show at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on January 14-18. On display in the TSMP booth will be the Stan Mertz – owned No. 6 Just Get Dirty Apparel Company / Morningside Lawn & Landscape Sunoco Modified car, driven by multiple championship-winning driver, Woody Pitkat. The particular car that is on display is the one that Woody Pitkat drove throughout the 2015 season to seize his title.
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by Jay | Jan 14, 2016 | Connecticut, New, New England
Triple Charity Challenge Drivers to Tackle Karting to Conquer Cancer
WALLINGFORD, CT – The Karting to Conquer Cancer, a go kart event to benefit the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, is set to take place Saturday, January 16, at On Track Karting in Wallingford, CT. It is the second event in the Triple Charity Challenge, and will decide the final ten drivers to receive a spot in the final event, the DT 100.
Jim Boyle, a Triple Charity Challenge entrant, is looking forward to the event for personal reasons. He states, “I have a couple of close friends who are either battling cancer now, or have in the past, so this is very close to home for me.”
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by Jay | Jan 14, 2016 | Connecticut, NASCAR K&N East, New, Stafford, Touring Series News
Stafford Speedway Set to Host the K&N Pro East Series On June 17, 2016
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After a 7 year hiatus the NASCAR K&N Pro East Series will return to Stafford Motor Speedway for the running of the NASCAR 150. The Connecticut famed half-mile will be the only short track New England appearance for the series in 2016.
“We’re looking forward to hosting the NASCAR K&N Pro East Series,” said Stafford COO/GM Mark Arute. “The K&N Pro East Series has always provided a nice mix of up and coming drivers with local drivers and there have been a great deal of K&N drivers that have succeeded at the highest levels of NASCAR. Trevor Bayne and Joey Logano have both won the Daytona 500 and we’ve also had drivers like Martin Truex, Jr. and Austin Dillon, who have won championships in the premier divisions of NASCAR. This season’s K&N Pro Series East drivers could very well be future Daytona 500 or premier series champions.”
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