by Jay | Sep 18, 2010 | Connecticut, Stafford
PREECE, POSOCCO, BARRETT, NOCERA, & JOLLY SCORE SEPT. 17TH FINAL FRIDAY
NIGHT SHOOT-OUT FEATURE VICTORIES AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway took to the track with its
Final Friday Night Shoot-Out program on September 17th. Ryan Preece
outdueled last week’s winner Woody Pitkat to score his first career SK
Modified® feature victory in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, Ryan Posocco
scored his fourth win of 2010 in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Tommy
Barrett, Jr. scored his 10th win of 2010 in the 20-lap SK Light Modified
feature, George Nocera, Jr., won his second consecutive feature of 2010 in
spectacular fashion by crossing the start/finish line sideways in the 20-lap
Limited Late Model feature, and Jeff Jolly scored his third win of the 2010
season in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature. (more…)
by Jay | Sep 16, 2010 | Connecticut, Thompson
RAINOUT CLINCHES DIVISION TITLES FOR CHRISTOPHER AND ROGERS.
THOMPSON,CT. Mother Nature handed NASCAR Whelen All-American division championships to Sunoco Modified driver, Ted Christopher and Mini Stock driver, Chuck Rogers. When Thompson management pulled the plug on their final Thursday Night Thompson Thunder race due to forecasts of severe weather, both Christopher and Rogers had built up enough track points to clinch their crowns before the final points race on September 26th.
Christopher had an exceptional 2010 season at Thompson. He started his remarkable season with a win on Icebreaker weekend and went on to claim nine more victories. His 2010 record shows fourteen finishes in the top five. To date, he has managed to secure 732 track points. Even if Christopher did not start the race on September 26th, his nearest competitor, Woody Pitkat could pick up, at most, fifty points which would be six points shy of a tie with Christopher. The 2010 crown for the Plainville, CT driver is his third Sunoco Modified title in the past ten years.
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by Jay | Sep 16, 2010 | Connecticut, Stafford
ARQUEST BELTS & HOSE TO KICK OFF FALL FINAL PIT PARTY WITH REUSABLE BAG GIVEAWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As a special bonus for this year’s CARQUEST Belts &
Hose Pit Party during the 38th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend on Sunday,
October 3rd, the first 700 fans through the Pit Party gates will receive a
reusable bag compliments of CARQUEST Auto Parts. The CARQUEST Belts and
Hose Pit Party allows race fans to meet and greet the drivers of the NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour along with the drivers from Stafford’s five NASCAR
Whelen All-American Series racing divisions.
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by Jay | Sep 15, 2010 | Connecticut, Stafford
RYAN POSOCCO AND WOODY PITKAT SEPARATED BY ONLY 4 POINTS WITH 2 RACES TO GO
IN LATE MODEL CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
(Stafford Springs, CT)—In the blink of an eye, the race for the 2010
Stafford Motor Speedway Late Model championship has come down to two former
champions only 4 points apart with 2 races to go. Just several races ago,
Ryan Posocco had what looked to be a comfortable 48 point lead over Woody
Pitkat. But Pitkat has won the last 2 Late Model feature events while
Posocco finished 6th and 18th in the last 2 races to see his point lead
dwindled down from 48 to 4 points heading into the Final Friday Night
Shoot-Out this Friday night and the season ending CARQUEST Fall Final
Weekend on Oct. 2nd and 3rd.
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by Jay | Sep 13, 2010 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
FINAL THURSDAY NIGHT OF THE SEASON THIS WEEK AT THOMPSON
THOMPSON, CT The final Thursday Night Thompson Thunder race event of the 2010 season will be held this Thursday, September 16th. However, it is not the final race for the weekly series. The final weekly event will be held on Sunday, September 26th. The Sunday race is a makeup race dating back to August 5th when Mother Nature forced a postponement of one of the four Tour-Type Modified special race programs.
This Thursday night is an extremely important outing for any and all teams seeking valuable Thompson and NASCAR points. The financial rewards are impressive from the Thompson points fund which is administered by NASCAR and a championship at the historic speedway is an impressive entry on a driver’s resume.
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by Jay | Sep 12, 2010 | Connecticut, Thompson
Ramstrom Takes Points Lead At Thompson
Derek Ramstrom of West Boylston, Mass., finished fourth in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Super Late Model feature at Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Conn., on Thursday night. With the Top-5 run in the 30-lap main event, Ramstrom assumed the division point lead by two points with three races remaining as he tried to win a second consecutive track championship. Ramstrom battled a tight track under cool conditions and managed to avoid an oil spill on the track that collected a number of cars in an incident early in the race.
WHO: Derek Ramstrom, W. Boylston, Mass.
WHAT: No. 35 Charter Communications/Matthews Truck Service and Towing Chevrolet
WHERE: Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, Conn. (.625-mile oval)
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