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



Where: Stafford Motor Speedway

What: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing card

When: Friday

Schedule: 40-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, 50-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: Immediately following qualifying.

More: The 19th event of the season at Stafford Motor Speedway. … Last week, Keith Rocco won for the second consecutive week and fifth time overall in the SK Modified feature. … Other SK Modified winners this year include reigning division champion Ronnie Williams (five wins), Todd Owen (three wins), Eric Berndt (two wins), Stephen Kopcik, Glen Reen and Andrew Molleur. … Williams holds a eight-point lead over second place Owen in the SK Modified division point standings with Rocco in third, 14 points off the lead. … Last week, Tyler Leary got his first win of the season in the Late Model feature. … Other Late Model winners this year include reigning division champion Tom Fearn (eight wins), Albert Saunders (two wins), Kevin Gambacorta (two wins), Michael Wray (two wins), Adam Gray, Ryan Fearn and Cliff Saunders. … Tom Fearn holds a 122 point lead over second place Wray in the Late Model standings with Gambacorta in third, 142 points off the lead. … Tom Fearn can clinch his second consecutive Late Model championship and third title overall Friday. He won a Late Model title in 2016. Tom Fearn also has three championships at the track in the former Pro Stock division (1993, ’95 and ’98). … Bryan Narducci got his third consecutive victory and eighth win overall in last week’s SK Light Modified feature. … .. Other division winners this year include Teddy Hodgdon IV (three wins), Noah Korner (two wins), Alexander Pearl (two wins), Mark Bakaj (two wins) and Wesley Prucker. … Steven Chapman leads Hodgdon by four points in the SK Light Modified standings with Pearl in third, 20 points off the lead. … Duane Provost got his second win of the season in last week’s Limited Late Model feature. … Other winners this year include Matt Clement (six wins), reigning division champion Jeremy Lavoie (four wins), Alexandra Fearn (four wins) and Gary Patnode (two wins). … Lavoie leads second place Clement by four points in the division standings with Patnode in third, 32 points off the lead. … Reigning division champion George Bessette Jr. got his second consecutive victory and fourth win of the season overall in last week’s Street Stock feature. … Other winners this year include Zack Robinson (five wins), Meghan Fuller (four wins), Jason Lafayette (two wins), Travis Hydar, Johnny Walker and Michael Hopkins. … Robinson holds a 38-point lead over second place Fuller in the Street Stock standings with Bessette in third place, 46 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: 20–lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified (two), 10-lap SK Modified Shootout, 25-lap Late Model, 20-lap SK Light Modified, 20-lap Limited Sportsman and 15-lap Mini Stock.

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

More: The ninth event of the season at Thompson Speedway. … Fourth annual For The Fans night, which includes admission and concession discounts. … SK Modified division takes center stage with the annual 20/20 Sprint event. The division will have two 20-lap feature events for track points and then a special 10-lap shootout event to determine an overall winner for the day. … The Lock City Drift series will join the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series card for the fifth time this year. … In the most previous event at Thompson on Sunday, Woody Pitkat got his second victory of the season in the SK Modified feature. … Other SK Modified division winners this year include reigning division champion Keith Rocco (three wins), Ryan Preece, Mike Christopher Jr. and Ronnie Williams. … Rocco leads second place Pitkat by 40 points in the SK Modified standings with Todd Owen in third, 46 points off the lead. … If Rocco ends the day with a lead of 50 points or more in the standings it would clinch his eighth Thompson Speedway SK Modified championship. … Rocco is looking to tie NASCAR’s national record for Whelen All-American Series Division I track championships. He currently has 16 Division I track titles, with six SK Modified titles at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl and three SK Modified championships at Stafford Speedway. Joe Kosiski holds the national record with 17 track titles. … Pitkat got his third victory of the season in the last Late Model feature. … Other Late Model winners this year include Brian Tagg, William Wall, Tom Carey III and Ryan Morgan. … Wall leads second place Pitkat by 10 points in the Late Model standings. Derek Gluchaki is third in the standings, 34 points behind Wall. … Bryan Narducci got his sixth victory of the season in Sunday’s SK Light Modified feature. … Other SK Light Modified winners this year include Teddy Hodgdon IV and John O’Sullivan. … Narducci holds a 73-point lead over second place Albert Ouellette in the SK Light Modified standings with Wayne Burroughs Jr. in third, 74 points behind Narducci. … Narducci will clinch the first SK Light Modified championship at Thompson by starting Sunday’s feature. … Ryan Waterman got his second win of the season in the last Limited Sportsman feature. … Other division winners this year include reigning division champion Shawn Monahan (three wins), Chris Douton, Brent Gleason and Corey Fanning. … Kyle Gero leads second place Meghan Fuller by 16 points in the Limited Sportsman standings with Monahan in third, 17 points off the lead. … Charles Canfield got his second win of the season in the last Mini Stock feature. … Other winners in the division this year include Doug Curry (two wins), Tommy Silva, Steve Michalski, Scott Michalski and Jared Roy. … Scott Michalski holds a one-point lead over Steve Michalski in the Mini Stock division standings with Curry in third, seven points off the lead. … For more information check the Thompson Speedway website.






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