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For the last time this racing season all three of the state’s NASCAR Whelen All-America Series tracks will be in action for one racing weekend.
The busy slate opens at Thompson Speedway on Thursday with a card featuring double featuring twin 25-lap features for the SK Modified division.
Stafford Motor Speedway hosts its Back To SKool Blitz with a six-division racing card and fireworks.
The Waterford Speedbowl also hosts a six-division racing card Saturday with the NEMA Lites in town.
For more details on everything going on this weekend, check out the capsules below:
What: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series event
Where: Thompson Speedway
When: Thursday
Schedule: 25-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified (2), 25-lap Late Model, 20-lap Limited Sportsman and 15-lap Mini Stock. Grandstands open: 3:30 p.m.; Qualifying 5:15 p.m.; Features: approximately 6 p.m.
More: The sixth event of the season at Thompson and the last of five weekly events in 2014. … In the last event at Thompson on Aug. 14, Kerry Malone drove to victory in the SK Modified feature. … Ryan Preece has won three of the six SK Modified feature events this year at Thompson. Keith Rocco has won the other two. … Preece holds 16 point advantage over second place Rocco in the standings. Todd Ceravolo is third in the standings, 22 points behind Preece, Malone is fourth, 24 points off the lead. … Larry Gelinas won the Late Model feature in the track’s last event. … Glenn Boss has two victories in this year in the division. Jeff Smith and Keith Rocco are the other winners in the division this year. … Boss leads second place Rick Gentes by 16 points in the standings. Gelinas is third in the standings, 24 points outside of the lead. … Corey Hutchings got his third victory of the season in the Limited Sportsman division in the last event at Thompson. … Shawn Monahan has won the other three events in the division this year. … Scott Sundeen holds a 10-point advantage over second place Monahan in the standings. Steve Kenneway is third, 40 points behind Sundeen. … For more information, check the Thompson Speedway website.
What: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series event.
Where: Stafford Motor Speedway
When: Friday
Schedule: 40-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, 30-lap Late Model, 20-lap SK Light Modified, 20-lap Limited Late Model, 15-lap DARE Stock and 20-lap Legends. Grandstands open: 5:15 p.m.; Qualifying: 6:15 p.m.; Features: Immediately following qualifying events.
More: The 15th event of the season at Stafford Motor Speedway. … Last week, Rowan Pennink won for the fourth time in the last six events in the SK Modified division. … Ryan Preece has won five of the 13 SK Modified features at the track this year. … Other winners this year include Pennink (four), Keith Rocco, Ted Christopher and rookies Chase Dowling and Ronnie Williams. … Preece leads the SK Modified division standings by 16 points over Christopher. Woody Pitkat is third in the standings, 50 points off the lead. … Josh Wood won for the first time in the Late Model feature last week at Stafford. … Other winners this year include Adam Gray (three), Jay Stuart (three), Michael Bennett (twice), Jim Peterson (twice), JJ Hill, and Tom Fearn. … Gray holds a 20-point lead over second place Stuart at the top of Late Model division standings. Peterson is third, 36 points behind. … For more information check the Stafford Motor Speedway website.
What: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series event
Where: Waterford Speedbowl
When: Saturday
Schedule: 35-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, 30-lap Late Model. 25-lap Street Stock, 25-lap Mini Stock, 25-lap SK Light Modified and 25-lap NEMA Lite. Grandstands open: 3 p.m.; Qualifying: 5 p.m.; Features: Approximately 6:30 p.m.
More: The 21st event of the season at the shoreline oval. … Last week at Waterford, Tyler Chadwick inherited the lead with 31 laps remaining and won his first Budweiser SK Modified Nationals 150 at Waterford. …. Keith Rocco has won 10 of the 20 SK Modified events at Waterford this year. … Other SK Modified division winners this year include Chadwick (two), Ed Puleo (twice), Kyle James (twice), Rob Janovic Jr., Joey Gada, Jeffrey Gallup and Craig Lutz. … Rocco has a 227-point advantage over second place Lutz in the SK Modified division standings at Waterford. Puleo is third in the standings, 248 points off the lead. … Rocco won for the 11th time this season in last week’s Late Model feature. … Other Late Model division winners this year include Bruce Thomas Jr. (three), Vin Esposito (two) and Jason Palmer (two). Rocco leads Thomas by 71 points in the standings. Esposito is third in the standings, 143 points outside of the lead. … For more information check the Waterford Speedbowl website.
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