by Jay | Aug 26, 2015 | Connecticut, NE Street Stock Tour, Waterford
Southern Hospitality: North East Street Stock Tour Begins Southern Swing
WATERFORD, CT – The North East Street Stock Tour is heading into the final stages of the season, and will begin the southern portion of the schedule on Saturday, August 29, at New London-Waterford Speedbowl.
Former champion (1997-98) Chris “Moose” Douton is looking to rebound at his home track, after experiencing his first finish outside the top four. Douton was involved in an incident at Speedway 51 (NH), which led to a drop in the championship standings.
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by Jay | Aug 19, 2015 | Connecticut, Waterford
The New London Waterford Speedbowl NASCAR Whelen All American Series August 15th Results:
Waterford, CT (August 15, 2015)- Things got a little more interesting in the race to the championship at New London-Waterford Speedbowl Saturday Night. On a night where only one division points leader saw victory, 4 other division leaders saw their championship battles get a little closer. Al Stone III extended his points lead in the Limited Sportsman division with a feature win. He now holds a 63 point lead over Monte Gibbs. Diego Monanhan, added to his points lead after finishing 3rd in last night’s SK Modified feature. Ken Cassidy Jr. continued his hot streak in the Mini Stocks, winning for the 2nd time in as many races. Cassidy is 2nd in points behind Wayne Burroughs, who finished 2nd to Cassidy last night. Joey Ternullo returned to victory lane in the Legends feature, which saw a change atop the championship standings when points leader Kyle Rogers was unable to finish the race after an early wreck. Late Model points leader Jason Palmer lost some ground, but not much, to Keith Rocco. Rocco, who came into the night 2nd in points, won the 50 lap feature by a country mile. Palmer still holds a 29 point lead after finishing 2nd.
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by Jay | Aug 16, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
Williams, Fearn, Henry, Provost, Rufrano, & Hodgdon Score August 14th NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Feature Wins at Stafford Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series 5-Star program that was also an Ingersoll Rand contingency night with bonuses going to the winners of the SK Modified®, Limited Late Model, and DARE Stock features. Ronnie Williams took his fifth win of the year in the SK Modified® feature, Tom Fearn collected his seventh win in the Late Model feature, Payton Henry scored his second win in the SK Light feature, Duane Provost took down his second win of the season in the Limited Late Model feature, Marcello Rufrano won for the second time this year in the DARE Stock feature, and Teddy Hodgdon was a career first time winner at Stafford in the Legend Cars feature.
In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Todd Owen and Tyler Hines led the field to the green with Owen taking the lead. Ted Christopher briefly pulled alongside Hines before falling back to a duel with Michael Gervais, Jr. for fourth place as Eric Berndt and Hines were side by side for second behind Owen.
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
Hot Streak Has Andrew Hayes Back in Championship Contention in Stafford Speedway’s Limited Late Model Division
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For the majority of the 2015 season, the race for the Limited Late Model championship has been a 2-man race between Al Saunders and defending track champion Andrew Hayes. For the first half of the season, Saunders and Hayes were neck and neck in the standings, with the margin between them as small as 6 points as late as July 3rd. Two consecutive finishes outside the top-10 for Hayes changed things up and allowed Saunders to open up a 52 point lead, but that gap has begun to shrink thanks to the red hot streak that Hayes and the #9 Asnuntuck Community College team find themselves currently on.
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
Matt Galko, Geoff Boisjolie, Tony Membrino, Jr., Kelsey Rottino, & Nicole Chambrello Win CBYD 811 Challenge Bonus at Stafford Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For the third consecutive season, Call Before You Dig has partnered with Stafford Speedway to present the CBYD 811 Challenge as a unique way to raise awareness about CBYD’s 811 number to call before beginning an excavation project. The CBYD 811 Challenge is open to drivers in each of Stafford’s five NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions and awards five drivers an $811 bonus at the conclusion of the August 7th feature events utilizing a special points system. This year’s $4,055 in bonus money from CBYD brings the 3-year total for the program to over $12,000 distributed to Stafford drivers.
“Call Before You Dig was very happy with the 811 Challenge this year,” said Derek Brown, Vice President of Damage Prevention and Education for Call Before You Dig. “With the fact that we’ve not had any rainouts this season, it’s really changed up the points accumulation and we were happy to see the bonus money go to five teams who were all deserving of some extra help. With the CBYD 811 Challenge ending on August 7th, it gave us a great way to remind everyone that August 11 is National 811 Day and to always call 811 before you start an excavation project.”
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by Jay | Aug 13, 2015 | Connecticut, Thompson
Coby Recovers From Penalty For Third Consecutive Thompson Win
It was round three for the NASCAR Whelen Modifed Tour at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on Wednesday, August 12th as the tour made its penultimate appearance of 2015 at the historic venue for the Bud “King of Beers” 150, the tenth race in the fifteen-race season for the tour.
Defending series champion Doug Coby was riding a wave of momentum into the race with wins in the first two events at the track this season. Points leader Ryan Preece, who claimed his first win at Thompson in the series during last year’s World Series weekend, looked to continue his own momentum riding a slim four point lead over Woody Pitkat in the series points standings into the night.
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