by Jay | Aug 28, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
Track Championship Races Taking Focus at Stafford Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the 2015 season begins to wind itself to a conclusion, there are tight championship races across the board in Stafford Speedway’s 6 divisions. Here is a closer look at the contenders from each division to keep an eye on as the 2015 season steams full speed ahead towards the NAPA Fall Final Weekend on Oct. 3-4, where the track champions will be decided.
SK Modified® Division: Rowan Pennink and the #99 Van Wickle NAPA Auto Supply team picked right up where they left off in 2014. They won the season opening NAPA Spring Sizzler feature event and have been in the top-3 of the points standings all year long. Pennink currently leads the standings by 10 points over Ryan Preece on the strength of 6 wins and 14 top-5 finishes, both of which leads the SK Modified® field. 13 of Pennink’s 14 top-5 finishes have been podium spots, which also leads the division.
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by Jay | Aug 28, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
Woody Pitkat Going For Season Sweep in VMRS 80 at Stafford Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Throughout his racing career, Woody Pitkat has amassed an impressive resume at Stafford Speedway. His 73 career feature wins at the Connecticut half-mile facility rank second to only Ted Christopher and he has an SK Modified® track championship along with 2 Late Model track titles to his name. When the Valenti Modified Racing Series takes the green flag for the VMRS 80 on Sept. 4, Pitkat will be looking to add his name to another chapter in the Stafford record book by becoming the first driver to record a season sweep in a modified touring division.
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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 9, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
Pennink, Bennett, Wesson, Hayes, Fearn, & O’Connell Score August 7 Call Before You Dig 150 Feature Wins at Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in the house for the Call Before You Dig 150. Taking down NASCAR Whelen All-American Series weekly feature wins on the night were Rowan Pennink for the sixth time this season in the SK Modified® feature, Michael Bennett was also a winner for the sixth time this year in the Late Model feature, Daniel Wesson won the second race of his rookie season in the SK Light feature, Andrew Hayes won his third consecutive and fifth overall feature of the year in the Limited Late Model feature, Alexandra Fearn won for the third time in the DARE Stock feature, and Devin O’Connell scored his Stafford Speedway leading seventh feature win of the year in the Legend Cars feature.
In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Todd Owen took a trip through the infield on the frontstretch but the race stayed green with Ted Christopher taking the early lead. Tyler Hines took a spin through the infield grass but the race stayed green.
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Track Championship Races Taking Focus at Stafford Speedway