by Jay | Feb 19, 2011 | Connecticut, Stafford
CARQUEST CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES DRIVER SPOTLIGHT: TODD SZEGEDY
(Stafford Springs, CT)— As the excitement builds for the June 28th
CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday Champions for Charities event, Stafford Speedway
has been busy coordinating charities and the drivers that will represent
them. The field for the CARQUEST Champions for Charities race is
impressive, as it represents 42 championships among 12 drivers and 5
different open wheel divisions. Todd Szegedy, the 2003 NASCAR Whelen
Modified Tour Champion, will be racing to help support The Foundation For
Life.
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by Jay | Feb 14, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
WICKED BIG MEET COMES TO STAFFORD SPEEDWAY ON JUNE 18th
(Stafford Springs, CT)—New to the 2011 schedule of events at Stafford
Motor Speedway is the addition of The Wicked Big Meet, scheduled for
Saturday, June 18. The Wicked Big Meet is America’s Largest Subaru
Enthusiast Festival and after 5 years at Wachusett Mountain, it will call
Stafford home for its 6th year in the making.
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by Jay | Feb 12, 2011 | Connecticut, Stafford
RYAN PREECE READY TO CHALLENGE FOR SK MODIFIED® TITLE IN 2011 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After moonlighting in the SK Modified® division at
Stafford Motor Speedway during the 2010 season, Ryan Preece has a full
schedule lined up for the 2011 season and he is ready to be a contender for
the 2011 track championship. Preece will run the full 2011 season at
Stafford in the same #40 Chassis Dynamics car that he drove last season for
Mike Paquette, Bob Hitchcock and Kelly Iverson, but the car will have a
fourth partner. Jean-Guy Poulin, who won the SK Modified® championship in
2008 as a car owner with Keith Rocco and in 2009 as a sponsor of Ted
Christopher, will supply the #40 team with engines for the 2011 season. The
car will also carry sponsorship from Sullivan and Sons for the 2011 season.
“We’re going to run the full season with the same deal as we had last
season,” said Preece. “Jean-Guy Poulin is coming on board with us to supply
us with a motor. We ran Jean’s motor for the last three races of 2010, and
it’s a real good motor.”
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by Jay | Feb 12, 2011 | Connecticut, Stafford
BOBBY SANTOS, III LOOKING FOR FIRST CAREER CARQUEST TECH-NET SPRING SIZZLER VICTORY AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After finishing second in last year’s CARQUEST
Tech-Net Spring Sizzler, Bobby Santos, III is looking to capture his first
Sizzler victory and give car owner Bob Garbarino his second victory in the
longest continuous running event on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
schedule. Santos made his debut Sizzler effort in the #4 Mystic Missile
Santos memorable, as he set a track record in Coors Light Pole Qualifying,
becoming the first Whelen Modified Tour driver to break the 18-second
barrier at Stafford. Santos then continued his good luck streak by
redrawing the pole position. When the green flag came out, Santos led the
first 54 laps of the race before spinning in turn 3 on lap-55 while
navigating lapped traffic. Santos fell deep in the field, but he worked his
way back through traffic to finish second behind Christopher in a
green-white-checkered finish. (more…)
by Jay | Feb 12, 2011 | Connecticut, Stafford
CARQUEST CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES DRIVER SPOTLIGHT: BOBBY SANTOS, III
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the excitement builds for the June 28th CARQUEST
Extreme Tuesday Champions for Charities event, Stafford Speedway has been
busy coordinating charities and the drivers that will represent them. The
field for the CARQUEST Champions for Charities race is impressive, as it
represents 42 championships among 12 drivers and 5 different open wheel
divisions. (more…)
by Jay | Feb 5, 2011 | Connecticut, Stafford
SARA LOCASCIO IS NEWEST MEMBER OF SK LIGHT MODIFIED ROOKIE CLASS AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Sara Locascio, from Carmel, NY, is the newest
member of the 2011 SK Light Modified rookie class at Stafford. Locascio has
competed against the likes of Tommy Barrett, Jr., Matt Galko, and Dylan
Liseo in the quarter midget ranks and she will now once again compete
against them on the track in the #02 Shear Moritz Hair Design Chevrolet.
Barrett, Galko, and Liseo each found their way into victory lane last season
with Galko winning the championship as well. Locascio hopes that she can
find the same amount of success on the track. (more…)
