by Jay | Sep 10, 2011 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—The Modified Racing Series made its second visit of
the 2011 season to Stafford Motor Speedway for the 2nd Annual Shark Cycle
80. Chris Pasteryak was the big winner of the night, taking the lead on
lap-2 and leading the rest of the way to pick up his first victory at
Stafford Motor Speedway and his family’s first modified victory at Stafford.
The Shark Cycle 80 took the green flag with Ken Barry taking the point, but
he was only able to lead the first lap as Chris Pasteryak moved to the lead
on lap-2. Barry held second behind Pasteryak until lap-15 when Doug Coby
took the position. Keith Rocco was now up to fourth after starting seventh,
and Max Zachem was in fifth. Steve Reed was in sixth, Matt Hirschman was
seventh, Todd Owen was eighth, Tom Bolles was ninth, and Rowan Pennink was
tenth after starting from the 24th position.
Pasteryak and Coby were separated by only a car length or two and they were
beginning to pull away from Barry in third place. Barry remained in third
until lap-31 when Rocco went by to take the spot. Pasteryak had stretched
his lead out from several car lengths to nearly a half straightaway over
Coby on lap-35 and Rocco wasn’t making up any ground on the two lead cars,
but that lead was all erased with 42 laps complete as Bolles spun in turn 2
to bring the race’s first caution flag out. (more…)
by Jay | Sep 9, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
CARQUEST FALL FINAL WEEKEND TO CLOSE OUT 2011 SEASON AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway will close out its 2011
NASCAR season with the 39th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend, scheduled
for Sept. 30th through Oct. 2nd. The track will host the final races for
its five NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions as well as the
penultimate round of the 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season. Stafford
will crown its track champions that weekend and the Whelen Modified Tour
championship could potentially be decided. (more…)
by Jay | Sep 9, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
CHANGE OF PLANS HAS DON WOOD IN CONTENTION FOR DARE STOCK TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After winning the 2009 DARE Stock track
championship, Don Wood ran the first half of the 2010 season and won 2 races
before handing the keys to his car over to David and Paul Arute for the
second half of the year. The plan was the same for the 2011 season, as Wood
was going to run the first half of the year and then hand the car over to
Stephanie Berardi and Charlie Newman. But Wood again had 2 wins and was
leading the points at the midway point of the season, so the team made the
decision to keep Wood in the car and race for the track championship. (more…)
by Jay | Sep 7, 2011 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford
Valenti Modified Series Returns To Stafford Friday
Canaan, NH – The Valenti Modified Racing Series, after a
two week layoff, returns to action Friday night, September
9, at Stafford Springs (CT) Motor Speedway. The series will
compete in the 2nd annual “Shark Cycle 80.”
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by Jay | Sep 7, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
TODD OWEN LOOKS TO IMPROVE BY ONE POSITION IN SHARK CYCLE 80 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY ON SEPT. 9TH
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When the Modified Racing Series made their first
visit of the 2011 season to Stafford for the rain interrupted Lincoln Tech
80, Todd Owen had a car that was nearly the class of the field. After
starting the feature from the 20th position, Owen had worked his way into
7th place before rain halted the race with 32 laps complete. When the race
resumed in August, Owen continued his charge to the front and he nearly won
the race, finishing second to Keith Rocco. Owen is returning to Stafford
with the same car for the Shark Cycle 80 on Sept. 9th and he will be looking
to improve his previous result by one position. (more…)
by Jay | Sep 6, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
DAVE ETHERIDGE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARK CYCLE 80 MRS RACE AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When the Modified Racing Series made their first
visit of the 2011 season to Stafford in June, Dave Etheridge had one of the
strongest cars and looked to be a contender for victory. Then the rain
forced the race to be resumed in August and Etheridge fought his way to a
10th place finish. When the MRS comes back to Stafford next Friday night,
Sept. 9 for the Shark Cycle 80, Etheridge will be looking to repeat his June
performance and be a contender for the checkered flag.
(more…)
