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After a break that saw the division out of action for just over a month, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour gets right back at it after a thriller Saturday in the Mr. Rooter 161 at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl.
Ryan Preece of Berlin carries the momentum of a Speedbowl victory into Friday’s TSI Harley-Davidson 125 at Stafford Motor Speedway, the second event in 12-day, three event stretch for the division at Connecticut tracks.
The division closes out the stretch with the June 10 Mr. Rooter 125 at Thompson Speedway.
Saturday sees the Speedbowl back in action with a racing card that includes the North East Mini Stock Tour and the NEMA Lites.
For more on this weekend’s racing action, check out the capsules below.
Where: Stafford Motor Speedway
What: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Racing Card
When: Friday
Schedule: 125-lap NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, 40-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, 30-lap Late Model, 20-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 p.m. Features: 6:30 p.m.
More: The seventh event of the season at Stafford Motor Speedway. … The second of four events this year at Stafford for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Woody Pitkat won the Whelen Modified Tour NAPA Spring Sizzler 200 on April 26 at Stafford. … The fourth of 15 events on the schedule for the Whelen Modified Tour this year and fourth of nine Whelen Modified Tour events at Connecticut short tracks this year. … Reigning series champion Doug Coby won the season opening Icebreaker at Thompson Speedway on April 12. Ryan Preece, the 2013 series champion, won the Mr. Rooter 161 at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl last Saturday. The Whelen Modified Tour will make two more visits to Stafford and three more visits to Thompson. After Friday’s event at Stafford the division returns to action with the running of the Mr. Rooter 125 at Thompson on June 10. … Coby was the 2014 winner of the TSI Harley-Davidson 125 at Stafford, which formerly had long traditionally been run annually on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. Coby also won the event in 2012. … With a fifth, a third and a win this year, Preece goes into Friday’s event at Stafford with the series points lead. Coby is one point behind in second and Pitkat two points behind in third. With a win, a second place and a fifth, Pitkat is the only other driver with all top-five finishes this year in the division. … Pitkat, Coby and Preece are the only three drivers in the division with top-10 finishes in the first three events of the season. … Keith Rocco won for the second time this season in the SK Modified division last week at Stafford. … Rowan Pennink and Ronnie Williams are the other winners in the division this year, each with two victories. … Rocco leads second place Ryan Preece in the standings by 14 points. Pennink is third in the standings, 18 points off the lead. … Rocco, Preece and Joey Cipriano III are the only drivers with top-10 finishes in all six SK Modified division events at Stafford this year. Rocco, Preece and Pennink each have four top-five finishes in the division this year. … Tom Fearn won for the first time this season in the Late Model feature at Stafford last week. … Michael Bennett has won three of six events this year. Josh Wood has two wins in the division. … Bennett holds a 12-point lead in the standings over second place Tom Butler. Wood is third in the standings, 14 points off the lead. … Bennett is the only driver in the division with top-10 finishes in all six events this year. … For more information visit the Stafford Motor Speedway website.
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, 50-lap North East Mini Stock Tour, 25-lap NEMA Lite. Grandstands open: 3 p.m.; Qualifying: 5 p.m.; Features: 6:30 p.m.
More: The sixth event of the season at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. … The track welcomes the North East Mini Stock Tour to the track… A special sponsorship from RH2Way Radios has doubled the winner’s share purse for the Mini Stock Tour feature to $700. … Ted Christopher won last week’s SK Modified feature at Waterford. It was the second victory in the last three events at Waterford for Christopher. … Keith Rocco (two wins) and Tim Jordan are the other winners in the division this season. … Rocco leads second place Diego Monahan by 24 points in the division standings. Rob Janovic Jr. is third, 28 points off the lead. … Rocco won last week’s Late Model feature at the track. He has won four of the division’s five events this year. Jason Palmer is the only other winner in the division this year. … Rocco sits atop the division’s standings, 20 points ahead of his twin brother Jeff Rocco and Palmer, who are tied for second. … For more information check the New London-Waterford Speedbowl website.
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