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.” (more…)
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…)
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…)
Short track stars from Maine to California sign on for THE RACE
NAPLES ME (2/11) In eight short weeks the gates to to North Wilkesboro Speedway will swing open for THE RACE at Historic North Wilkesboro, asphalt super late modelracing’s richest event of 2011. The 300 lap Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South race is shaping up to be a short track race fan’s dream and the latest entry tally reveals that race teams from nineteen states and four Canadian provinces have filed pre entries for the historic short track race that will be the first ever under the lights at the famed 5/8 mile. (more…)
MAX ZACHEM SECURES RIDE TO RUN FULL VMRS SCHEDULE IN 2011
PRESTON, CT. – A series of events this week have put Max Zachem back into the fold, with plans to run the full Valenti Modified Racing Series schedule in a newly purchased Modified race car.
Zachem, an accomplished teenage driver with championships and many victories in both Quarter-Midgets and Legend Car Series events, finished eighth in the VMRS season standings in 2010 as a rookie driver. The new deal will put Zachem into a 2004 Troyer Chassis, purchased from Daryl Lewis in upstate New York. His new team will put a Bob Brunneau engine into the car. The motor was offered to Zachem by former Modified driver Bobby Gegetskas and Bruce Batcha for use this season. Zachem swapped some of his Legend car equipment to purchase a second motor as a backup. (more…)
