On Tap Presented By Four Seasons By The Lake: Stafford And Thompson In Action





Where: Stafford Motor Speedway

What: NAPA SK 5K and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing card

When: Friday

Schedule: 100-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, 30-lap Late Model, 20-lap SK Light Modified, 15-lap Limited Late Model and 20-lap Street Stock.

Grandstands open: 5:15 p.m.; Qualifying: 6:15 p.m.; Features: Approximately 7:15 p.m.

More: The ninth event of the season at Stafford Motor Speedway. … The sixth running of the NAPA SK 5K is on tap for Friday at Stafford. The most prestigious and highest paying SK Modified event in the area. … Reigning Stafford Speedway SK Modified champion Ronnie Williams is the defending champion of the event. … The winner’s list of the event also includes Rowan Pennink (2014), current Monster Energy Cup Series driver Ryan Preece (2015), the late Ted Christopher (2016) and Chase Dowling (2017). … The winner of the event earns a $5,000 winner’s purse from the track. The total posted purse for the NAPA SK 5K is $27,100 and will be bolstered by a likely additional $5,000 through the Dunleavy’s Gambler’s Challenge program. The Dunleavy’s Gambler’s Challenges allows for up to 25 drivers to enter the challenge through a $100 entry fee. Dunleavy’s Truck & Trailer will then match the total entries bringing the pool to a possible total of $5,000. The winner of the event will draw out of hat to determine the distribution of the Gambler’s Challenge money. The possibilities for distribution of the bonus pool are: fully to the winner; evenly across the top-five, evenly across the top-10 or evenly from 10th to 20th place. … Last week Todd Owen scored his second consecutive SK Modified victory at Stafford. … Other SK Modified division winners this year include Eric Berndt (two wins), Keith Rocco, Glen Reen, Andrew Molleur and Williams. … Owen leads second place Michael Gervais Jr. by 14 points in the SK Modified standings. Keith Rocco is third in the standings, 52 points off the lead. … Reigning division champion Tom Fearn got his second consecutive victory and third victory overall this season in last week’s Late Model feature. … Other Late Model winners this year include Kevin Gambacorta (two wins), Michael Wray, Cliff Saunders and Albert Saunders. … Fearn leads the Late Model standings with Kevin Gambacorta, Michael Wray and Michael Bennett tied for second, 68 points off the lead. … Last week Noah Korner got his second victory of the season in the SK Light Modified feature. … Other SK Light Modified winners this year include Alexander Pearl (two wins), Bryan Narducci (two wins), Mark Bakaj and Teddy Hodgdon IV. … Hodgdon leads the SK Light Modified standings by six points over Korner with Steven Chapman in third, eight points off the lead. … Matt Clement got his fourth victory in eight starts this season in the Limited Late Model feature last week. … Other Limited Late Model winner this year include reigning division champion Jeremy Lavoie (two wins), Gary Patnode and Duane Provost. … Clement leads the Limited Late Model standings with Lavoie and Patnode tied for second, two points off the lead. … Jason Lafayette scored his first victory of the season in last week’s Street Stock feature. … Other Street Stock winner this year include Zack Robinson (three wins), Johnny Walker, Meghan Fuller, Michael Hopkins and reigning division champion George Bessette Jr. … Fuller leads the standings by 18 points over second place Travis Hydar. Bessette sits third, 20 points off the lead. … For more information check the Stafford Motor Speedway website.




Where: Thompson Speedway

What: Whelen All-American Series racing card

When: Sunday

Schedule: 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, 25-lap Late Model, 20-lap SK Light Modified, 20-lap Limited Sportsman, 15-lap Mini Stock and Lock City Drift competition.

Grandstands open: 12:30 p.m; Qualifying: 2:30 p.m.; Features: Immediately following qualifying.

More: The fifth event of the season at Thompson Speedway. … The Lock City Drift series will join the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series card for the second time this year. … In the last event at Thompson on June 15, Mike Christopher Jr. got his first career SK Modified victory at the track. … Other SK Modified division winners this year include reigning division champion Keith Rocco, Ryan Preece and Ronnie Williams. … Rocco leads the SK Modified division standings by 24 points over second place Mike Christopher Jr. Troy Talman sits third in the standings, 29 points behind Rocco. … William Wall won in the last Late Model feature at the track on June 5. … Other Late Model division winners this year include Tom Carey III and Ryan Morgan. … Wall holds a 19-point lead over second place Mark Jenison in the Late Model standings. Derek Gluchaki is third, 26 points off the lead. … Bryan Narducci has won all four SK Light Modified features at Thompson this season and has won in all eight starts he has made in the division dating back to October 2017. … Narducci leads second place Mikey Flynn by 47 points in the SK Light Modified standings with Bert Ouellette third in the standings, 56 points off the lead. … Reigning division champion Shawn Monahan got his second win of the season in the last Limited Sportsman feature on June 15. … Other Limited Sportsman winners this year include Brent Gleason and Ryan Waterman. … Waterman leads the Limited Sportsman standings by seven points over Mehgan Fuller. Zack Robinson is third in the standings, 18 points off the lead. … Charles Canfield got his first win of the season in the Mini Stock feature on June 15. … Other Mini Stock winners this year include Scott Michalski, Jared Roy and Steve Michalski. … Scott Michalski leads the Mini Stock standings by one point over Roy with Steve Michalski in third, four points off the lead. … For more information check the Thompson Speedway website.



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