On Tap Presented By Ric’s Place: Holiday Weekend Action Heats Up Around The State

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Where: Stafford Motor Speedway

What: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series

When: Friday

Schedule: 40-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, 30-lap Late Model, 25-lap SK Light Modified, 20-lap Limited Late Model, 20-lap DARE Stock and 20-lap Legends. Grandstands open: 5:15 p.m. Qualifying: 6:15 p.m. Features: Immediately following qualifying.

More: The 11th event of the season at Stafford Motor Speedway. … Fireworks will be included at the completion of the racing card. … Last week, Keith Rocco won for the third time in 10 events this year in the SK Modified division. … Other winners in the division this year include Rowan Pennink (four wins), Ronnie Williams (two wins) and Michael Gervais Jr. …
… With 448 points, Pennink leads the division standings. Ryan Preece is second, 14 points off the lead. Rocco is third, 18 points behind Pennink. … Pennink, Preece and Rocco have separated themselves from the rest of the field in the standings. Matt Galko is fourth in the standings, 90 points behind Pennink. … Rocco is currently the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national short points leader. Preece is third in the country. … Preece is the only driver in the division with top-10 finishes in all 10 events this year. … Pennink has eight top-five finishes, the most in the division. … Last week Tom Fearn won for the fourth time in the last five events. … Michael Bennett (three wins), Josh Wood (two wins) and Michael Scorzelli are the other winners in the division this year. … Bennett leads the standings with 434 points. Tom Butler is second, eight points behind Bennett. Wood is third, 12 points off the lead. … Bennett is the only driver in the division with top-10 finishes in all 10 events this year. … For more information visit the Stafford Motor Speedway website.

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Where: New London-Waterford Speedbowl

What: Whelen All-American Series racing card

When: Saturday

Schedule: 35-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, 30-lap Late Model, 25-lap Limited Sportsman, 25-lap SK Light Modified, 25-lap Mini Stock (2) and 30-lap Mr. Rooter New England Truck Series. Grandstands open: 3 p.m.; Qualifying: 5:30 p.m.; Features: 7 p.m.

More: The ninth event of the season at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. … Last week, Craig Lutz won the rain-shortened SK Modified feature. The scheduled 35-lap event was stopped after 20 laps because of rain. It was the first victory of the season for Lutz. … Keith Rocco, who has four victories in the division this year, missed last week’s event, which conflicted with a Whelen Modified Tour event at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway. … Other winners in the division this year include Ted Christopher (two wins) and Tim Jordan. …
… Rocco leads second place Tyler Chadwick by 14 points in the standings. Rob Janovic Jr. is third in the standings, 25 points behind Rocco. Diego Monahan is fourth, 26 points off the lead. … Anthony Flannery won for the first time this season in last week’s Late Model feature. … Rocco has won four of the seven Late Model events this season. Jason Palmer has two wins in the division. … With Rocco missing the event, Palmer jumped to the division points lead by one over Flannery. Jeff Rocco is third in the standings, four points behind Palmer. Keith Rocco fell from the lead to fourth in the standings. … Last week’s Mini Stock feature never hit the track before rains came so the division will run twin 25-lap features this week. … For more information check the New London-Waterford Speedbowl website.