by Jay | Jun 27, 2014 | Connecticut, Waterford
NETS Returns to Speedbowl this Saturday
The New England Truck Series returns to action Saturday night at the historic Waterford Speedbowl in Waterford, CT. NETS has been the fastest growing racing series in the northeast, with car counts averaging nearly double 2013’s numbers. With the increase in trucks has come an increase in competition – five winners in five race events so far this season. Twenty-four different competitors have taken the green in those five races, with 18 of them scoring a least one top 10 so far in 2014.
Perhaps the biggest surprise is who hasn’t visited victory lane so far in 2014. Defending series champion Duane Noll leads the points standings by 3 over Andy Lindeman, but has yet to take a checkered flag home. Former champion Chris Correll came close in the last event at Waterford, but finished second to another former champion, Allen Coates. Bert Ouellette, Mike Parker, and rookie Tyler Chapman have also looked strong this season but have yet to put notches in the win column.
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by Jay | Jun 27, 2014 | Connecticut, Stafford
Doug Coby Looking Forward to NAPA Auto Parts SK 5k at Stafford Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Over the last three seasons at Stafford Motor Speedway, Doug Coby has had a stranglehold on victory lane in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour competition. Coby has won half of the 10 NWMT races run at Stafford since the start of the 2012 season, but he hasn’t been able to win an SK Modified® feature at Stafford since reuniting with car owner Glenn Johnson. Coby recorded six podium finishes last season with 3 second and 3 third place efforts, but he came up short in the win column. Coby is again knocking on the door to NAPA Victory Lane this season and he feels like a win could be right around the corner for the #15 team.
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by Jay | Jun 26, 2014 | Connecticut, Thompson
TSMP to Welcome Mike Joy as Honored Guest at Vintage Motorsports Festival
THOMPSON, CT – This weekend – June 27-29 – celebrates the grand re-opening of Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park’s (TSMP) road course, and the 74 year history of the track with the inaugural Vintage Motorsports Festival. This three-day event would not be complete without one of today’s top TV sports announcers, and Vintage automotive enthusiast, Mike Joy, who grew his career at Thompson Speedway 40 years ago.
Mike Joy, who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports’ NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage, began his public address work at New England racetracks including Riverside Park Speedway, Thompson Speedway and Stafford Motor Speedway in the early seventies. Announcing regularly five nights a week, he was eventually picked up by MRN (Motor Racing News). Other highlights in his career include being lead broadcaster for ESPN’s first live NASCAR telecast in the Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta International Raceway, and covering Fox’s Formula 1 broadcast in 1998. He was also voted the 2011 recipient of the Henry T McLemore Award, given annually to award career excellence in motorsports journalism.
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by Jay | Jun 26, 2014 | Connecticut, Waterford
Waterford Speedbowl Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday 6/25 Results
Waterford, CT (June 25, 2014) – Waterford Speedbowl was back on track
Wednesday evening with another mid-week Wild ‘n Wacky racing program.
Mike Christopher Jr. of Wolcott continued his successful season with
another INEX Legend Cars victory. Jonathon Puleo of Branford won his
third INEX Bandolero feature and Ray Reed of Norwich won for the second
time in Super X-Car action. East Hartford’s Eric Finkbein Jr. was a
first-time winner in the X-Cars and Chris Lee of Uncasville was champion
of the night’s Wacky Race for the X-Cars.
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by | Jun 19, 2014 | Connecticut, Stafford
Canaan, NH. – The Valenti Modified Racing Series gets back at it Friday night, June 20, when Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut, hosts the series for the first of three races this summer. Friday’s race is the 2nd series 17-race schedule. Five different drivers have been to victory lane this season.
Expected entries include reigning series Champion Rowan Pennink, of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, Connecticut drivers Todd Szegedy of Ridgefield, Chris Pasteryak of Lisbon, Ted Christopher of Plainville, a former VMRS winner at Stafford, Ryan Preece of Berlin, also victorious at Stafford (VMRS) and Matt Zachem, of Preston. Szegedy is the current point leader, a 20-point margin over two-time champion Pasteryak. Current champion Pennink is 23 points back from the top of the standings.
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by | Jun 19, 2014 | Connecticut, Waterford
Waterford, CT (June 18, 2014) – A beautiful summer night greeted race fans in attendance for Waterford Speedbowl’s Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday racing program. An action packed motorsports card landed the first victory of the year for Middletown’s Joey Ternullo in the INEX Legend Cars. Anthony Marvin of Colchester won another INEX Bandolero feature and Zac Thomas of New London was back in the winner’s circle following the X-Car race. Dan Moon of Exeter, RI was awarded his first Super X-Car victory of the year and Art Chartier of Douglas, MA checkered the Vintage Outlaw Modified feature.
Ternullo and Christopher put on a memorable duel in the night’s 25-lap INEX Legend Cars race. Ternullo, last year’s division champion, got to the front first which was a big key in his success. Following a lap-7 restart, Christopher challenged Ternullo’s outside but finally tucked back in line behind him on lap-10. Christopher stayed in Ternullo’s tire tracks and the two pulled ahead to a big lead until the final caution flag of the race came on lap-19.
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