by Jay | May 19, 2015 | Connecticut, Lee USA, New Hampshire
Douton Makes History at Lee USA Speedway
Waterford, CT Driver Victorious at Inaugural Event
LEE, NH – Chris “Moose” Douton made history by winning the inaugural North East Street Stock Tour event at Lee USA Speedway, fending off Geoff Rollins at his home track.
Rollins and Douton started on the pole for the 35-lap feature event, and quickly flexed their muscles, pulling away from the pack, before a spin on lap 4 brought out the caution flag, when Anthony Belfiore lost grip off turn 2. Douton and Rollins flipped positions on the grid for the restart, and Douton put his Stebbens Discount Stump Grinding/A-1 Auto Center Ford Thunderbird to the front, opening up a gap between the first and second spots.
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by RacingNews | May 17, 2015 | Connecticut, NASCAR, Stafford, Whelen Modified
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with the DARE Stock Xtra Mart Xtra D 50 program on Friday, May 15th on what was also Whelen Event Night with three Ingersoll Rand contingency bonuses going to the winners of the SK Modified®, Late Model, and SK Light features. Xtra Mart Convenience Stores put up a $250 bonus that was split evenly among the top-5 finishers in the extra distance DARE Stock feature event. Dan Dembek was the big winner, taking his second feature win of the 2015 season in the 20-lap DARE Stock feature. Ronnie Williams became the first repeat winner in the SK Modified® ranks, outdueling Eric Berndt and Ryan Preece in the process. Adam Gray picked up his first win of the season after three second place finishes, Tony Membrino, Jr. won his second consecutive feature in the SK Lights, Cliff Saunders got his second win of the season in the Limited Late Model feature, and Dana DiMatteo won his third consecutive Legend Cars feature.
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by RacingNews | May 9, 2015 | Connecticut, NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with the Late Model Xtra Mart Xtra D 50 program on Friday, May 8th. Xtra Mart Convenience Stores put up a $1,000 bonus that was split evenly among the top-5 finishers in the extra distance Late Model feature event. Michael Bennett recorded his second feature victory of the 2015 season with a thrilling late race pass that saw him beat Adam Gray to the checkered flag by the length of the nose on his car. Other feature winners included Keith Rocco holding off spirited challenges from Justin Bonsignore and Rowan Pennink in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, Tony Membrino, Jr. won the SK Light feature, Austin Bessette won the Limited Late Model feature, Tyler Trott was a first time career winner in the DARE Stock feature, and Dana DiMatteo took his second consecutive win in the Legend Cars feature.
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by RacingNews | May 9, 2015 | Connecticut, New England Motorsports North, Stafford
Stafford Speedway was back on track under the lights for the first time in 2015 with the BFF Friday program on Friday night, May 1st. Ronnie Williams took the lead early and then had to hold off challenges from Eric Berndt, Rowan Pennink, and then Keith Rocco to claim victory in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, Josh Wood was the winner in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Joey Ferrigno was the winner of the 20-lap SK Light feature, Cliff Saunders won the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, Trace Beyer won the 15-lap DARE Stock feature, and Dana DiMatteo won the 20-lap Legend Cars feature.
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by RacingNews | May 9, 2015 | Connecticut, NASCAR, Stafford, Whelen All American Series
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Only two races into the 2015 race season, Rowan Pennink and the #99 SK Modified® team have one win and they sit atop the SK Modified® championship points standings. But Pennink, winner of the inaugural NAPA Auto Parts SK 5k, has July 10th, the date of the 2015 NAPA SK 5k, circled on his calendar as the race he wants to win.
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by RacingNews | May 9, 2015 | Connecticut, NASCAR, Stafford, Whelen All American Series
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Ingersoll Rand is “Official Power Tools of NASCAR” and as part of that, they are offering fans and drivers the opportunity to win some great prizes and tools as part of their NASCAR Home Tracks Program. Once a month during the 2015 season, the winning teams from three of Stafford’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions will have the opportunity to take home an Ingersoll Rand tool prize pack with a value of up to $600. Fans have an opportunity to win prizes also, by participating in the Ingersoll Rand text-to-win contest each week through the end of August.
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