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Where: Stafford Motor Speedway

What: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series

When: Friday

Schedule: 42-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, 32-lap Late Model, 22-lap SK Light Modified, 22-lap Limited Late Model, 17-lap DARE Stock and 22-lap Legends. Grandstands open: 5:15 p.m. Qualifying: 6:15 p.m. Features: Immediately following qualifying

More: The 14th event of the season at Stafford Motor Speedway. … Stafford hosts its special Mid-Season Stretch event with extended distance events for all six divisions. Each division will go two laps further than their usual distances. … Ryan Preece got his second consecutive victory in last week’s SK Modified feature at Stafford. Preece had gone winless in his first 12 SK Modified events at Stafford in 2015. … Rowan Pennink leads the division with five wins in 13 starts this year. Other winners in the division this year include Keith Rocco (three wins), Ronnie Williams (two wins) and Michael Gervais Jr. … Pennink holds a six-point lead over second place Preece at the top of the SK Modified division standings. Rocco is third, 44 points behind Pennink. … Preece has a division high 12 top-10 finishes this year. Pennink has a division leading 10 top-five finishes in 2015. … Michael Bennett won for the second consecutive week and fifth time in 13 starts this year in the Late Model division last week. … Other winners in the division this year include Tom Fearn (five wins), Josh Wood (two wins) and Michael Scorzelli. … Bennett leads the standings with 580 points. Josh Wood is second in the standings, 30 points behind Bennett. Kevin Gambacorta is third, 34 points behind Bennett. … Bennett is the only driver in the division with top-10 finishes in all 13 events this year. … D.J. Burnham holds a four-point lead over Joey Ferrigno in the SK Light Modified division. Stephen Kopcik, a feature winner last week, is third, 12 points off the lead. … Albert Saunders leads second place Andrew Hayes by 52 points in the Limited Late Model standings. David Arute is third, 56 points behind Saunders. … The most heated points battle at the track is in the DARE Stock division where reigning champion Frank L’Etoile Jr. holds a six-point lead over Tyler Trott. Dan Dembek is third, eight points off the lead. … 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 SK Light Modified, 25-lap Limited Sportsman and 25-lap Mini Stock. Grandstands open: 3 p.m.; Qualifying: 5:30 p.m.; Features: 7 p.m.

More: The 11th event of the season at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. The track celebrates its annual Nostalgia Night with exhibition events events schedule from STAR, NEAR and the Vintage Outlaws. … Last week, Ted Christopher scored his fourth victory of the season in the SK Modified division at Waterford. … Keith Rocco leads the division with five victories in 10 starts this year. Rocco missed one event because of a conflict with a Whelen Modified Tour event. … Other winners this year in the division include Tim Jordan and Craig Lutz, with one victory each. … Rocco and Christopher are both scheduled to miss this week’s event with the Whelen Modified Tour competing at Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, N.H. on Saturday night. … … Rocco leads second place Rob Janovic Jr. by 26 points in the division standings. Diego Monahan is third in the standings, 27 points off the lead. Joey Gada is fourth, 31 points behind and Tyler Chadwick fifth, 34 behind. … Rocco won last week’s Late Model feature and has won six of the nine events run in the division tis year. Jason Palmer (two wins) and Anthony Flannery are the only other Late Model winners at the track this year. … Rocco leads second place Palmer by one point in the Late Model division standings. Flannery is third, 18 points behind Rocco. … Al Stone III holds a 50-point lead over second place Monte Gibbs in the Limited Sportsman division standings. … Wayne Burroughs Jr. leads second place Larry Loomis Jr. by 33 points in the Mini Stock division. Brad Caddick is third in the division, 42 points off the lead. Despite missing an event, Ken Cassidy Jr. is fourth in the division, 44 points behind Burroughs. … Corey Barry has a 16-point edge over Paul Buzel at the top of the SK Light Modified division standings. … For more information check the New London-Waterford Speedbowl website.