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Where: Stafford Motor Speedway
What: NAPA Fall Final
When: Saturday – Sunday
Schedule
Saturday: Qualifying for the Whelen Modified Tour, qualifying for weekly divisions, 20-lap SK Light Modified, 20-lap Limited Late Model, 15-lap DARE Stock and 25-lap Mr. Rooter New England Truck Series. Grandstands open: 10 a.m. Qualifying: 2:30. Features: Approximately 4:30 p.m.
Sunday: 150-lap Whelen Modified Tour, 40-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, and 30-lap Late Model. Grandstands open: 10 a.m.; NAPA Pit Party: 11 a.m.; Features: 1 p.m.
More: The 17th and final event of the season at Stafford. … Before the start of features on Sunday Stafford Motor Speedway will hold a ceremony to retire the No. 13 in honor of Ted Christopher. The track’s all-time winningest driver was killed in a plane crash on Sept. 16. … The Whelen Modified Tour makes its third stop of the season at Stafford this year. … Ryan Preece will be looking to complete a season sweep of series events at the track this year. Preece own the NAPA Spring Sizzler 200 on April 30 and the Stafford 150 on Aug. 4. … The event marks the 15th of 16 points events this year for the series and sixth of seven events at Connecticut tracks this year. The series has also run three events at Thompson Speedway and closes the season with the running of the Sunoco World Series 150 on Oct. 15. … Doug Coby is the defending champion of the NAPA Fall Final 150. … Coby leads the standings by 11 points over second place Justin Bonsignore. Timmy Solomito is third in the standings, 14 points behind Coby. Rowan Pennink sits 17 points off the lead. Preece, who has missed two events this year, is fifth in the standings, 26 points behind Coby. … Coby is looking for an unprecedented fourth consecutive series title. He became the first driver in series history to win three consecutive titles in 2016. He also won the series championship in 2012. … Preece is the only other driver in the top-five in the standings with a series championship (2013). … The event marks the 125th Whelen Modified Tour event at Stafford since 1985. There have been 32 different drivers to win series events at the track led by Mike Stefanik with 20 career wins there. Coby leads active drivers with 10 career series victories at Stafford. Preece and Bobby Santos III each have six series victories at the track. … Last week, Keith Rocco got his first victory of the season in the SK Modified feature. … Other winners in the division this year include Christopher (six wins), Chase Dowling (four wins), Matt Galko (two wins), Rowan Pennink, Ronnie Williams and Stephen Kopcik. … Rocco holds a four-point lead over Dowling in the standings. Williams sits third, 16 points behind Rocco. Pennink is fourth, 24 points off the lead. Rocco is looking for his third SK Modified championship at the track. Pennink is looking for his third consecutive title in the division. … Dowling and Williams are each looking for their first titles. … Last week got his fifth victory of the season in the Late Model feature. … Other Late Model winners this year include Glen Reen (three wins), Tom Fearn (three wins), Paul Arute, Michael Wray, Kevin Gambacorta, Tyler Leary and Josh Wood. … Reen leads the Late Model standings by 10 points over Gambacorta with Fearn in third, 14 points off the lead. … Last week, Daniel Wesson got his second victory of the season in the SK Light Modified feature. … Other SK Light Modified winners this year include Cory DiMatteo (four wins), Marcello Rufrano (three wins), Brett Gonyaw (two wins), Glenn Griswold, David Arute, Joey Ferrigno, Wesley Prucker and George Nocera Jr. … DiMatteo leads Wesson by six points going into the final event for the division with Arute in third, 30 points off the lead. … Bryan Narducci got his division leading fourth victory of the season in the Limited Late Model feature last week. … Other Limited Late Model winners this year include Duane Provost (three wins), Albert Saunders (two wins), Cliff Saunders (two wins) Alexandra Fearn, Ryan Fearn, RJ Surdell, Jeremy Lavoie and Robert Bloxsom III. … Provost holds a 12-point lead over second place Albert Saunders in the Limited Late Model division standings with Lavoie in third, 20 points off the lead. Narducci is 26 points behind Provost in fourth. … Last week George Bessette Jr. scored his first career victory in the DARE Stock feature. … Other DARE Stock winners this year include Johnny Walker (seven win), Zack Robinson (three wins), Trace Beyer (two wins), Nicole Chambrello, Vince Gambacorta and Travis Hydar. … Walker has already clinched his second consecutive title in the division. … For more information visit the Stafford Motor Speedway website.
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Where: New London-Waterford Speedbowl
What: Weekly Racing Card
When: Saturday
Schedule: Unavailable at the time of publishing.
More: The 14th event of the season at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. … Last week, Keith Rocco got his eighth victory of the season in the SK Modified division. … Other winners this year include Todd Owen (two wins), Kyle James and Rob Janovic Jr. … Rocco holds a 12-point lead over James with Owen in third, 22 points off the lead. … Rocco got his third victory of the season in the last Late Model event at the track on Sept. 16. … Other winner this year in the division include Anthony Flannery (three wins) Jason Palmer and Ray Christian III. … Rocco leads second place Tyler Chapman by 37 points in the Late Model standings with Flannery in third, 39 points off the lead. … Last week, Andrew Molleur got his third victory of the season in the SK Light Modified feature. … Other SK Light Modified winner this year include Dana DiMatteo (three wins), Bryan Narducci (two wins), Matt Galko, Brett Gonyaw and Dennis Charette. … Molleur holds a five-point lead over second place DiMatteo in the SK Light Modified standings with John O’Sullivan in third, 29 points off the lead. … Last week, Chris Meyer got his fifth victory of the season in the Limited Sportsman feature. … Other winner this year in the division include Al Stone III (two wins), Jordan Hadley (two wins), Monte Gibbs, Ryan Waterman and Adrien Paradis. … Meyer leads second place Stone by 32 points in the division standings with Gibbs in third, 38 points off the lead. … Charles Canfield and Jordan Hadley each got Mini Stock feature wins last week. It was the fourth victory of the season in the division for Hadley and second for Canfield. … Other Mini Stock winners this year include Wayne Burroughs Jr. (three wins), Nick Pappacoda, Ken Cassidy Jr. and Jacob Perry. … For more information check the New London-Waterford Speedbowl website.
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