{"id":17378,"date":"2014-12-09T04:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=17378"},"modified":"2014-12-09T01:00:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T06:00:58","slug":"legend-cars-run-weekly-2015-stafford-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/legend-cars-run-weekly-2015-stafford-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Legend Cars to Run Weekly in 2015 at Stafford Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/asnfaksfas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17379\" src=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/asnfaksfas.jpg\" alt=\"asnfaksfas\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>(Stafford Springs, CT)&#8212;After a 20-year hiatus, the INEX \/ U.S. Legend Cars returned to weekly competition at Stafford Motor Speedway in 2014. After a limited schedule in 2014, the Legend Cars will run all 21 Friday night events plus the NAPA Spring Sizzler and NAPA Fall Final weekend events for a total of 23 races in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re excited to have the Legend Cars as part of our full race program in 2015,\u201d said Stafford Assistant GM David Arute, who was instrumental in bringing the Legend Cars to Stafford this past season. \u201cWe had great competition with a condensed schedule and the racing should be even better with our expanded schedule for the Legend Cars. With all of the young drivers in the Legend Cars we\u2019re really excited about the prospect of watching the next Stafford Speedway star come up through the ranks.\u201d<br \/>\nOne driver who will be looking forward to the expanded schedule is Devin O\u2019Connell. O\u2019Connell is a graduate of the Monday night Wild Thing Kart Series and he put his experience and knowledge of the Stafford Mini-Mile to good use as he won on his Stafford Legend Cars debut this past September. O\u2019Connell has the Stafford track title in his visions for the 2015 season.<br \/>\n\u201cI ran Monday nights for 5 years from the Tiger B division all the way up to Junior Outlaws,\u201d said O\u2019Connell. \u201cMy experience definitely helped me because a lot of people go to Stafford and don\u2019t know the line around the track. With my experience I knew the line was able to hit my marks going into the corners. I\u2019ve finished second several times before but I\u2019ve never won a Legend Cars championship so that is our goal for the 2015 season at Stafford. We almost won the Summer Shoot-Out championship this summer at Charlotte in the Semi-Pro class. We were leading the points going into the last race but a car in front of me got loose and their bumper got into my right front tire just right and blew the tire out. Stafford is definitely going to be our home track for the 2015 season and I can\u2019t wait to get back out there every week.\u201d<br \/>\nWith only an 11 race schedule, there was plenty of competition on track as 6 different drivers found their way to NAPA Victory Lane this season. Cory DiMatteo led all Legend Cars drivers with 3 wins, while his brother Dana, who became the first Legend Cars track champion in Stafford history, tied with Mike Christopher, Jr. and Jordan LaMothe with 2 wins each. Single feature wins were turned in by O\u2019Connell and Brendon Bock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Stafford Springs, CT)&#8212;After a 20-year hiatus, the INEX \/ U.S. Legend Cars returned to weekly competition at Stafford Motor Speedway in 2014. 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