— On The Short Run is an occasional feature from RaceDayCT offering a quick opinion of a recent hot topic in racing … — Support division. Learner division. Entry level division. Steppingstone division. Many people have plenty of monikers for the multitudes of divisions that make up motorsports, from the top levels to short tracks. […]
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On The Short Run: No Need To Mock Those Who Spend Extended Time In One Division
June 12, 2017 by 16 Comments
The New London-Waterford Speedbowl; What You Read Next Will Shock You
May 9, 2017 by 66 Comments
What is happening with the New London-Waterford Speedbowl? It’s the number one question whether at the track, by text message, by e-mail, through Facebook Messenger, on Twitter, etc. Beyond smoke signals or soup cans connected by waxed twine, you name the vehicle for communicating in today’s world and it’s probably been used over the last […]
Tribute: Travis Barrett On The Legend Of Racing That Was Tom Curley
May 6, 2017 by 1 Comment
Longtime motorsports journalist and RaceDayCT contributor Travis Barrett shared a close relationship over the years with American Canadian Tour founder and president Tom Curley, who passed Friday at 73. Barrett looks back on that relationship and Curley’s influence below. The American-Canadian Tour rolls into Oxford Plains Speedway for a Sunday afternoon show, nearly a decade […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Formidable Legacy Will Continue Off Track
April 25, 2017 by 2 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service The suddenness and finality of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Tuesday retirement announcement may have sent shock waves through the world of NASCAR racing, but from a global viewpoint, the timing couldn’t be more appropriate. And it’s not as if NASCAR’s 14-time most popular driver will disappear from […]
Mourning The Loss Of Stafford Speedway Fixture, And Friend, Jack Williams
March 16, 2017 by 5 Comments
The welcome was always the same. The smile, the outstretched hand and the greeting. “Hey kid, how’s it going?” In August I will turn 45 years old. That number hardly mattered to Jack Williams. Since 1995, when I first started going to Stafford Motor Speedway, then as a staff writer for the Hartford Courant, whenever […]
Don’t Hate The Player: Melissa Fifield Deserves Credit Not Criticism For NASCAR Award
November 23, 2016 by 105 Comments
Learning. It’s what Melissa Fifield has been doing for three years as a driver with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. It’s a fair to say that Fifield really isn’t teaching her competition on the track all that much. Rather, Fifield is learning how to get up to speed with the division. And it’s been a […]
Misleading Special Event Race Promotion Will Only Scare Fans Away In The Future
May 20, 2016 by 59 Comments
STAFFORD – The words came with excitement from a longtime Modified racing fan walking the midway at Stafford Motor Speedway Friday afternoon. “My boy Ron Silk is gonna make it two big wins in a row Saturday at Monadnock,” the fan exclaimed. When told that Silk wasn’t actually going to the event, the reaction from […]
NORTHERN POINTS: Benjamin, Beech Ridge And Battling For Championships
April 28, 2016 by 3 Comments
— It’s Thursday again… Time to open the garage door, dust off the ol’ Mini Stock and take it for a test spin around the cul de sac at the end of the street… I’M GUESSING NEITHER Travis Benjamin nor Mike Rowe are off to the starts they thought they’d enjoy to their respective Pro […]
Northern Points: Pro All Stars Series, American-Canadian Tour Seasons Start In Earnest This Weekend
April 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment
— After the smiles faded from victory lane and the breeze that belted teams and fans relentlessly for hours finally subsided, there was a collective sigh of relief from a remote area in the back corner of the Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park pit area on Sunday afternoon. For the most part, barring a couple of […]
Northern Points: Ben Rowe and Mickey Green ready to tackle Pro All Stars Series opener at Thompson
April 7, 2016 by 1 Comment
— Typically, it’s hard to categorize “momentum” heading into a season opener, but if anyone in the Pro All Stars Series has it right now, it’s Ben Rowe. With two PASS National Series events already in the books for 2016, Rowe heads into the PASS North season opener this Sunday at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park […]
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