Look around the pit areas at some short tracks these days and one might wonder if participants are focused more on having the latest equipment on the track or the latest greatest ride to get them to the track.  It’s not uncommon these days to see “grassroots” racing teams rolling into tracks with super sized […]

This Saturday, July 18 is the Bud Light Open Modified 80 at Stafford Speedway, the first of 5 Open Modified events schedule for the 2020 season.  There have been 5 previous Open Modified events at Stafford in 2018 and 2019 with 5 different winners.  The 2018 winners were Tommy Barrett, Jr. and Eric Goodale and […]

A forecast calling for rain through much of the afternoon and evening forced Stafford Motor Speedway management to cancel racing for the second consecutive week.  The Midstate Site Development Firecracker 30 for the Street Stock division will now be run on Friday July 17.  All tickets purchased for tonight will be good for July 17. […]

Those who regularly follow the SK Modified® division at Stafford Speedway most likely are very familiar with Todd Owen, driver of the #81 Cooker Construction Chevrolet.  Owen made his Stafford debut in 1996 and has been racing full-time at the Connecticut half-mile facility in the SK Modified® division since 2003.  Owen won SK Modified® Rookie of […]

Leave it to 2020 to continue finding ways to make a mess of racing schedules. Stafford Motor Speedway got past COVID-19 shutdowns last week to become the first short track in Connecticut to open for the 2020 season. And a week later Mother Nature decided to get involved. With a forecast calling for storms through […]

This Friday night, July 3, will see Stafford Speedway’s Street Stock division take center stage with an extra distance feature event, in the Midstate Site Development 30.  Whereas Street Stock cars normally race for a winner’s share of $150 from a purse of $1,385, Street Stock drivers and teams will be racing to take home a winner’s share of […]