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





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, 15-lap Limited Late Model, 20-lap Street Stock and Wild Thing Karts Tiger A and Tiger B exhibitions.

Grandstands open: 5:15 p.m.; Qualifying: 6:15 p.m.; Features: Immediately following heat races.

More: The 13th event of the season at Stafford Motor Speedway. … Stafford celebrates Kids Night with a special Big Wheel race and exhibition events for the Wild Thing Kart Tiger A and Tiger B divisions. … Last week, reigning division champion Ronnie Williams got his third win of the season in the SK Modified feature. … Other SK Modified winners this year include Keith Rocco (two wins), Todd Owen (two wins), Eric Berndt (two wins), Stephen Kopcik, Glen Reen and Andrew Molleur. … Owen leads second place Rocco by 24 points with Williams and Michael Gervais Jr. tied for third at 42 points off the lead. … Reigning division champion Tom Fearn got his third consecutive win and sixth win overall in last week’s Late Model feature. … Other Late Model winners this year include Albert Saunders (two wins), Kevin Gambacorta (two wins), Michael Wray and Cliff Saunders. … Fearn leads the Late Model standings by 96 points over second place Wray with Gambacorta in third, 106 points off the lead. … Bryan Narducci got his third consecutive victory and fifth victory overall this year in last week’s SK Light Modified feature. … Other SK Light Modified winners this year include Noah Korner (two wins), Alexander Pearl (two wins), Teddy Hodgdon IV (two wins) and Mark Bakaj. … Hodgdon leads the SK Light Modified standings by 20 points over Steven Chapman with Korner in third, 38 points off the lead. … Alexandra Pearl got her second consecutive victory in last week’s Limited Late Model feature. … Other Limited Late Model winners this year include Matt Clement (five wins), reigning division champion Jeremy Lavoie (three wins) Gary Patnode and Duane Provost. … Clement and Lavoie sit tied atop the Limited Late Model standings with Patnode 24 points off the lead in third. … Jason Lafayette got his second win of the season in last week’s Street Stock feature. … Other winners this year in the division include Zack Robinson (four wins), Meghan Fuller (two wins), reigning division champion George Bessette Jr. (two wins), Johnny Walker and Michael Hopkins. … Robinson holds a 4-point lead over second place Bessette in the Street Stock standings with Fuller in third place, 16 points off the lead. Bessette will serve a one-race suspension for the next event. … 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 first event at Thompson since June 15. Thompson’s last event scheduled for June 30 was rained out. … 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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