by Jay | May 16, 2010 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
PITKAT, MOLTZ, CIPRIANO, DURAND, & CASAGRANDE SCORE MAY 14th NASCAR WHELEN
ALL-AMERICAN SERIES FEATURE VICTORIES AT STAFFORD
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway returned to racing action
with a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series program on Friday, May 14th. Woody
Pitkat picked up his first win of the 2010 season in the 40-lap SK Modified®
feature, Dillon Moltz got win number two of 2010 in the 30-lap Late Model
feature, Joey Cipriano scored his first career victory in the 20-lap SK
Light Modified feature, Andrew Durand won the 20-lap Limited Late Model
feature, and Cory Casagrande was the second first time career winner of the
night by taking the 15-lap DARE Stock feature. (more…)
by Jay | May 11, 2010 | Connecticut, Stafford
CHANGE MADE TO LIMITED LATE MODEL ORDER OF FINISH FROM MAY 7TH LINCOLN TECH LATE MODEL 100 PROGRAM AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Following post race technical inspection from the
May 7th Lincoln Technical Institute Late Model 100 NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series feature events at Stafford Motor Speedway, the following
change has been made to the official Limited Late Model order of finish.
Unofficial Limited Late Model feature winner George Nocera, Jr. was
penalized for a rules infraction. Nocera’s car did not meet the minimum car
weight requirement and he was penalized from his finishing position of 1st
place to the last place finishing position of 13th place. (more…)
by Jay | May 3, 2010 | Connecticut, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT. The Thompson International Speedway will open the race track for practice sessions for the next two Thursdays. The speedway will be open on Thursday May 6th and again on May 13th between the hours of 3 PM and 8 PM for teams to fine tune their race cars before the track kicks off its Thursday Night Thompson Thunder (TNTT) series of May 20th.
These traditional open practice sessions are designed to give valuable track time to race teams so that they will be race ready when the first green flag falls on the regular weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series races. The grandstands will not be open for these practice dates.
Many of the race teams that plan to participate in Thompson’s Tour-Type Modified races have expressed interest in getting some valuable track time during these two open practice sessions. The interest in the four Tour-Type Modified 40-lap shoot outs on Thompson’s schedule is high and these two opportunities are looked at with great interest by many of the top race teams that will compete in these events.
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by Jay | May 2, 2010 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
KEITH ROCCO & DILLON MOLTZ SCORE 39TH ANNUAL CARQUEST TECH-NET SPRING
SIZZLER FEATURE VICTORIES AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Under bright and sunny skies with temperatures in
the mid-80’s, Stafford Motor Speedway hosted the completion of “The Greatest
Race in the History of Spring”, the 39th Annual CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring
Sizzler. Taking down feature victories were Keith Rocco in the 40-lap SK
Modified® feature and Dillon Moltz in the 30-lap Late Model feature.
In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Keith Rocco led the field to the
green flag with Ted Christopher, Frank Ruocco, Jeff Malave, and Woody Pitkat
behind him in the top-5. The top-5 quickly settled into single file racing,
but that single file was eliminated when the caution came out with 4 laps
complete for a spin by Brit Andersen.
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by Jay | Apr 27, 2010 | Beech Ridge, PASS, Thompson
Ramstrom Eyes More Super Late Model Starts
WEST BOYLSTON, Mass. — Hoping to capitalize on the momentum created earlier this month at the season-opening Icebreaker event at his home track, Derek Ramstrom has altered his 2010 racing plans.
The youngest track champion in Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway history, Ramstrom will attempt to win a second consecutive title in the track’s Super Late Model division. After winning both ends of an Icebreaker doubleheader for the Super Late Models, Ramstrom took a hard look at returning to weekly competition full-time.
“It’s a good opportunity and to go out and try and repeat,” said Ramstrom, 18, who originally planned to race only a partial schedule at Thompson. “I have a lot of track time there now, and every week I seem to run better and better. I’m just more on top of my game when I race there and know I can win the championship again.
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by Jay | Apr 27, 2010 | Connecticut, Thompson
TOWN FAIR TIRE TO PRESENT TOUR-TYPE MODIFIED SHOOT OUT
THOMPSON, CT. Town Fair Tire and Thompson International Speedway have renewed an agreement that will, once again, make Town Fair Tire a major player at the famed speedway during the 2010 racing season.
With seventy-eight stores throughout New England, Town Fair Tire Centers, Inc. will sponsor a major race event and will continue their very popular contingency program with Thompson’s Limited Sportsman division. The announcement was made by Thompson Owner and Promoter, Don Hoenig and Jim Uliano, Vice President of Town Fair Tire Centers, Inc.
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