When the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour hits the track at Stafford Motor Speedway on Sept. 26 there will be at least one driver making his series debut with the series. But it’s a driver making his first series start with a name very familiar to longtime Modified racing fans. Max McLaughlin confirmed to RaceDayCT Thursday […]
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Next Gen: Max McLaughlin To Make Whelen Modified Tour Debut At Stafford Speedway
September 17, 2020 by 12 Comments
Back In Time: Title Fight At Stafford – The Bond Of Ted Christopher And Mike O’Sullivan
September 16, 2020 by 3 Comments
Republished from RaceDayCT from Sept. 29, 2014 In 2014 Ted Christopher won his ninth SK Modified championship at Stafford Motor Speedway, and it was a title that came during a season of tumultuous circumstances for he and his longtime crew chief Mike O’Sullivan … read about their bond and the fight to another title below. STAFFORD […]
Unique Mystique: Ted Christopher And Car Owner Jim Galante Made Unforgettable Team
September 16, 2020 by 1 Comment
Republished from RaceDayCT from Sept. 21, 2017 With a career spanning over 30 years in motorsports, legendary short track racer Ted Christopher competed for a list of car owners that is long and represented some of the best and most respected in the business. There were always car owners looking to get Christopher in the […]
Back In Time: On Ted’s Tail – A 4-day, 5-race, 3-track Run With Ted Christopher
September 16, 2020 by 1 Comment
Republished from RaceDayCT from Sept. 17, 2017 In June of 2005, as a reporter for the Hartford Courant, I pitched to my editors the idea of following Ted Christopher around for a few days and making a feature story about the adventure. It seemed the perfect weekend to pull it off was arranged by a […]
Back In Time: Intertwined Destiny – Keith Rocco Fondly Remembers Ted Christopher
September 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Republished from RaceDayCT from Sept. 17, 2017 It was a relationship that morphed from mentor and teacher, to feisty – even sometimes bitter – rivals on the track. But it was a connection between Ted Christopher and Keith Rocco that always revolved around mutual respect and friendship. They were two of the best and most […]
Back In Time: Shifting Gears – Christopher Brothers Changing Priorities
September 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment
— Republished from RaceDayCT from Sept. 17, 2017 In September 2001 Ted Christopher was preparing to be celebrated as the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion while his twin brother Michael was settling into life not fully encompassed with racing. — Shifting Gears – Christopher Brothers Changing PrioritiesSept. 30, 2001By Shawn Courchesne – Courant Staff […]
In Memory: Short Track Racing Lost An Irreplaceable Giant In Ted Christopher
September 16, 2020 by 2 Comments
Republished from RaceDayCT from Sept. 17, 2017 When I started helping out covering auto racing at the Hartford Courant in the mid-1990’s Dave Heuschkel – then the lead reporter covering motorsports – gave me a tip. He told me if I wanted to get the best stories around the local racing scene that I needed […]
Back In Time: Mike Stefanik Found Passion In Flying After Quietly Walking Away From Racing
September 15, 2020 by 5 Comments
On year ago today NASCAR legend and now Hall of Fame member Mike Stefanik was killed in a plane crash in Sterling, Ct. Today we look back on Stefanik’s passion for flying. Republished from RaceDayCT on Sept. 15, 2019 On September 20, 2014 Mike Stefanik finished 10th in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour F.W. Webb […]
Schedule Announced For 58th World Series At Thompson Speedway
September 14, 2020 by 14 Comments
Advance Ticket Sales to Begin Tuesday, September 15 Track and series officials have announced the schedule of events for the 58th World Series of Speedway Racing at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. The annual auto racing festival once again has three days of racing from Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October 11 with 18 divisions on the […]
Gun Show: Bobby Santos Outduels Justin Bonsignore For Whelen Mod Tour Musket 200 Win At NHMS
September 12, 2020 by 55 Comments
LOUDON, N.H. – The official NASCAR score sheet from the Whelen Modified Tour Musket 200 Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway will offer a simplistic total of the number of lead changes counted at the conclusion of each lap of the event. It’s a number that will unfortunately only tell a small fraction of the […]
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