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Where: Thompson Speedway
What: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing card
When: Wednesday
Schedule 150-lap NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, 25-lap Late Model, 30-lap Limited Sportsman, 15-lap Mini Stock ad 25-lap Northeastern Midget Assocation. Grandstands: 3 p.m.; Qualifying: 5 p.m. Features: Approximately 6:30 p.m.
More: The fifth event of the season at Thompson Speedway. … The Whelen Modified Tour Budweiser 150 is the third of four Whelen Modified Tour events at Thompson in 2015. … The 10th of 15 Whelen Modified Tour events this year and the seventh of nine Modified Tour events to be held at Connecticut tracks this year. … The Whelen Modified Tour holds its season finale at Thompson on Oct. 18. … The Whelen Modified Tour season opened at Thomson on April 12 with reigning series champion Doug Coby winning. Coby also won when the series returned to Thompson on June 10. … Ryan Preece, coming off a victory Friday at Stafford Motor Speedway, is the series points leader. Preece and Coby are tied for the series lead with three victories each this season. Woody Pitkat, who has one win this year, is second in the standings, four points behind Preece. Coby is third in the standings, 17 points behind Preece. Todd Szegedy is fourth in the standings, 34 points off the lead. … Pitkat is the only driver in the top-four in the standings without a series championship. Coby won titles in 2012 and 2014. Preece won the series title in 2013. Szegedy is the 2003 series champion. … Justin Bonsignore won the Budwesier 150 in 2014. … Bonsignore is ninth in the standings with one win this season. Szegedy is the other winner this year in series action. … In the last event at Thompson on July 29, Eric Berndt won two of three segments of the Sunoco Modified 20/20 Sprint format. Preece won the first 20-lap segment. Berndt won the second 20-lap segment and the closing 10-lap segment. … Preece has three victories overall this year in SK Modified action at Thompson. Cam McDermott is the only other winner in the division this year. … … Pitkat leads the SK Modified division standings by 26 points over Preece and Keith Rocco, who are tied for second. Kerry Malone is fourth in the standings, 39 points off the lead. … Jeff Rocco was awarded the Late Model victory at the last Thompson event at Marc Curtis Jr. was disqualified from victory for issues in post-race tech inspection. … Jeff Rocco has two victories this year. Curtis, Brian Tagg and Rick Gentes are the other winners in the division this year. … Tagg leads the division standings by two points over Jeff Rocco. Gentes is third in the standings, 13 points behind Tagg. … Scott Sundeen holds a nine-point lead over Larry Barnett in the Limited Sportsman division standings. Chris Douton is 14 points off the lead in third. … Dave Trudeau holds a 10-point lead over Scott Michalski in the Mini Stock division. Lou Bellisle is third, 16 points behind Trudeau. For more information check the Thompson Speedway website.
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Where: Stafford Motor Speedway
What: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing card
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
More: The 17th event of the season at Stafford Motor Speedway. … Last week, Rowan Pennink held off Ryan Preece on the final lap to for his division leading sixth victory of the season. … Other winners this year include Ronnie Williams (four wins), Keith Rocco (three wins), Ryan Preece (two wins) and Michael Gervais Jr. … Pennink holds a 12-point lead over second place Preece at the top of the SK Modified division standings. Rocco is third, 64 points behind Pennink. … Preece has a division high 15 top-10 finishes this year. Pennink has a division leading 13 top-five finishes in 2015. … Last week, Michael Bennett raced to his sixth victory of the season. … Other winners in the division this year include Tom Fearn (six wins), Josh Wood (two wins), Tom Butler and Michael Scorzelli. … Bennett leads the standings by 48 points over second place Kevin Gambacorta. Josh Wood is third in the standings, 50 points off the lead. … Stephen Kopcik went from third to the points lead in the SK Light Modified divison after last week’s. D.J. Burnham fell out of the lead and sits eight points behind Kopcik. Joey Ferrigno fell from second to third, 20 points off the lead. … Albert Saunders holds a 34-point lead over reigning division champion Andrew Hayes in the Limited Late Model division. David Arute is third in the division standings, 70 behind Saunders. … Frank L’Etoile Jr. has a 12-point lead over Tyler Trott in the DARE Stock division standings. Dan Dembek is third, 18 points behind L’Etoile. … For more information visit the Stafford Motor Speedway website.
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Where: New London-Waterford Speedbowl
What: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing card
When: Saturday
Schedule: 35-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, 50-lap Late Model, 25-lap Limited Sportsman and 25-lap Mini Stock. Grandstand: 3 p.m.; Qualifying: 5:30 p.m.; Features: 7 p.m.
More: The 14th event of the season at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. … Last week, Tyler Chadwick won for the second time in three events in the SK Modified division. Other winners this year include Keith Rocco (five wins), Ted Christopher (four wins), Tim Jordan, Diego Monahan and Craig Lutz. … Monahan leads Chadwick by one point at the top of the SK Modified division standings. Joey Gada, who finished second to Chadwick last week, is third in the standings, six points behind Monahan. Rob Janovic Jr. is fourth, nine points out of the lead, and Keith Rocco – who has missed two events this year due to Whelen Modified Tour commitments – is fifth, 18 points off the lead. … The SK Modified and SK Light Modified divisions were the track’s only weekly divisions in action for last week’s Wings & Wheels event at the Speedbowl. … The Late Model division goes 50 laps Saturday instead of the usual 30-laps for the division. Rocco won the last Late Model feature at the track on Aug. 1, his seventh victory in nine starts in the division this year. … Jason Palmer (three wins) and Anthony Flannery are the only winners in the division this year. … Palmer leads second place Rocco by 31 points in the Late Model division standings. Rocco has missed two events. Flannery is 58 points behind in third. … Al Stone III holds a 53-point lead over second place Monte Gibbs in the Limited Sportsman division standings. … Wayne Burroughs Jr. holds a 32-point lead over Ken Cassidy Jr. and Brad Caddick, who are tied for second, in the Mini Stock division standings. … For more information check the New London-Waterford Speedbowl website.
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