(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway was back on track with a
5-division NASCAR Whelen All-American Series event on Friday, July 15.
Keith Rocco picked up his fifth victory of the 2011 season in the 40-lap SK
Modified® feature event, Ryan Posocco took his first feature win of the 2011
season in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Matt Galko recovered from an early
race incident to take his third feature win of the 2011 season in the 20-lap
SK Light Modified feature, Shawn Thibeault picked up his third win of 2011
in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and Kyle Casagrande picked up his
fourth feature victory of the season in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.
Casagrande’s feature victory tied him with Stacey Botticello and Norm Sears
as the winningest drivers in DARE Stock history with 10 career feature wins
each. (more…)
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the 2011 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series nears
the halfway point at Stafford Motor Speedway, the track’s SK Modified®
division has it biggest race of the season on the horizon, the 8th Annual
CARQUEST SK 150. With the race distance of 150 laps and a purse of nearly
$25,000, it is by far the longest and richest race of the year at Stafford.
After a victory in Stafford’s Coors Light SK Modified® 100 earlier this
year, and a second in last year’s CARQUEST SK 150, current SK Modified®
points leader Ryan Preece is looking forward to the latest edition of the
extra distance event. (more…)
OVER $25,000 UP FOR GRABS IN STAFFORD’S 8TH ANNUAL CARQUEST SK 150
(Stafford Springs, CT)— The 8th annual CARQUEST SK 150, scheduled for
Friday, July 22 at Stafford Motor Speedway, will feature total posted awards
of over $25,000, making the event one of the most lucrative races anywhere
in the northeast for the 2011 season. (more…)
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway has announced that they
will broadcast their SK Modified® division on the Connecticut Sports Network
(CTSN) with Wide Open Wednesday. CTSN can be found on Cox cable systems
channel 144 and Comcast cable systems channels 185, 187, or 744 in
Connecticut. The 2011 season will mark the 11th consecutive season that
Stafford Motor Speedway has had a television presence with its premier
division. (more…)
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As part of the 8th Annual CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday
event at Stafford Motor Speedway, CARQUEST and Stafford teamed up to create
a charity race, CARQUEST Champions For Charities. The result was a smashing
success as over $44,000 was raised for the various charities that were
represented by 14 open wheel champion drivers. CARQUEST and Stafford
contributed $3,000 to the total with the other $41,000 plus raised through
donations that were made by drivers, team members, fans, and businesses. (more…)
