by Jay | Apr 22, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
Stafford Motor Speedway opens its doors to the
racing season with the 41st Annual CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler on April
28-29, with the CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party again ready to serve a
distinguished role in the weekend’s activities. The CARQUEST Belts and Hose
Pit Party gives fans the chance to get up close and personal with their
favorite drivers and cars on the frontstretch infield prior to racing
activities on Sunday, April 29th. Fans will have access to all of the NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour drivers as well as drivers from Stafford’s five NASCAR
Whelen All-American Series divisions. One driver who will have an extra
special giveaway during this year’s CARQUEST Belts & Hose Pit Party is
Richie Pallai, Jr.
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by Jay | Apr 21, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After winning the 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
championship, Ronnie Silk and the #6 T.S. Haulers, Inc. began the defense of
their title in grand style by winning the season opening race at Thompson.
Stafford was a good track for Silk and crew last season, as he scored a win,
a third, and two seventh place finishes in the four events held at the
Connecticut half-mile. With the momentum of a season opening win on their
side, Silk hopes to carry that momentum with him to Stafford Speedway for
next weekend’s CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler.
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by Jay | Apr 21, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—One year ago, a victory in the SK Modified® feature
event during CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Weekend sent Ryan Preece on a
path that would lead him to his first career championship. Preece hopes to
repeat his winning ways of one year ago in this year’s CARQUEST Tech-Net
Spring Sizzler Weekend, not only in the SK Modified® division, but in the
Whelen Modified Tour behind the wheel of the #16 Diversified Metals Ford.
Preece took over the controls of the #16 car for the final race of the 2011
season, scoring the pole position and leading 36 laps before a late race
spin left him 26th in the finishing order. Preece kicked off his 2012
season in grand style by winning the pole again and leading 86 laps before a
crash relegated him to a 16th place finish. In 2 starts thusfar with the
#16 team, Preece has 2 pole positions and he has led 122 of 327 laps, but
those results haven’t translated into good finishes as Preece has an average
finish of 21.0 in those two events. Despite his misfortunes, Preece is
excited about his prospects for this year’s CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring
Sizzler, where he hopes to better his career best finish of third in the
Sizzler.
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by Jay | Apr 20, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway has again lined up an
impressive field of current and former open wheel champions for its CARQUEST
Champions For Charities Event as part of CARQUEST Super Saturday on June
30th. During the coming weeks, SMS will offer a profile on each of its
championship winning drivers and the charity they will be racing for. This
week’s CARQUEST Champions For Charities spotlight falls on 2003 NASCAR
Whelen Modified Series Champion Todd Szegedy, who will be racing to help
support The Foundation For Life.
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by Jay | Apr 16, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As Stafford native Cory Casagrande gives chase to
the Limited Late Model championship this season at Stafford Motor Speedway,
he will have a new primary sponsor on his car with Shark Cycle. Casagrande
won three races in his rookie season of Limited Late Model competition last
season, and the new sponsorship from Shark Cycle might just be the extra
ingredient that Casagrande needs to challenge for the championship this
season.
“Everyone needs help and this sponsorship is good for us,” said Casagrande.
“One of my sponsors, Andresen Overhead Doors, is good friends with Bob
Charland from Shark Cycle, and we got to talking at the end of last season.
Everything came together for this year and you need as much help as you can
get throughout the season. Gas and tires alone is over $100 per week and no
matter how much sponsorship you have, it always seems like it’s not enough
as you get closer to the end of the year.”
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by Jay | Apr 14, 2012 | Connecticut, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When the SK Modified® cars hit the track at
Stafford Motor Speedway for the first time this season, Stafford veteran
Curt Brainard will have a bull’s-eye on his familiar #96. Brainard has
lined up TheAmmoZone.com as his new primary sponsor for the 2012 season, and
with TheAmmoZone.com’s bull’s-eye logo on the side of his car, Brainard will
be hard to miss while he is out on track.
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