After the successful completion of NAPA Auto Parts Opening night, Stafford Speedway management has announced a revised mid-summer schedule. Two Saturday events have been added to the schedule; Saturday, July 18th and Saturday, August 1st. Both Saturday events will feature Open Modified 80 events along with non-points SK Light Modified and Street Stock events. “After […]
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Rocket Launcher: Keith Rocco Wins SK Modified Opener At Stafford For Third Consecutive Year
June 26, 2020 by 18 Comments
STAFFORD – It seems no matter the circumstances of late, there’s just no point betting against Keith Rocco when it comes to the first race of the season at Stafford Speedway. In 2018 the Wallingford driver scored victory in the traditional NAPA Spring Sizzler SK Modified feature. Last year, with the Sizzler delayed for weather, […]
Birthday Bash: Jon Puleo Gets First SK Light Modified Win At Stafford
June 26, 2020 by 4 Comments
STAFFORD – Jon Puleo delivered himself a birthday present Friday that he’s been waiting over a year to arrive. On his 17th birthday, Puleo held off the charges of Robert Bloxsom III on the final lap to win the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature Friday at Stafford Speedway. It was the first career SK Light Modified […]
Stafford Notes: Travis Hydar Grabs Street Stock Win After Penalty; Wayne Coury Jr. Tops Late Models
June 26, 2020 by 5 Comments
STAFFORD – Social distancing was being enforced in the grandstand and the pit area at Stafford Motor Speedway on Friday as they opened for the 2020 season. But any attempts at social distancing on the track during the Street Stock feature were for naught. A rough and tumble theme for the event carried right through […]
Grand Reopening: Stafford Speedway Very Carefully Brings Fan Inclusive Sports Back To Connecticut
June 26, 2020 by 11 Comments
STAFFORD – For decades the Arute family at Stafford Speedway has helped set the bar for impressiveness and innovation when it comes to short track racing facilities across the country. It’s fair to say, when it comes to motorsports, Stafford Speedway has a reputation across the short track industry as one of the standard bearers […]
Showtime: Stafford Speedway To Offer Pay-Per-View; Revenue To Directly Benefit Competitors
June 25, 2020 by 45 Comments
Thanks to state regulations involving reopening plans due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, Stafford Motor Speedway is limited to a 25 percent grandstand capacity when they open their 2020 season Friday. Available tickets for Friday’s season opening event sold out online within hours of being made available last week. Stafford Speedway management understands that some […]
Open For Business: No Masking The Excitement At Stafford Speedway For Saturday Test Session
June 20, 2020 by 29 Comments
STAFFORD – After a two month delay due to COVID-19 global pandemic shutdowns, the business of door to door racing will return to Stafford Speedway when the track hosts its first event of the season next Friday. Saturday, after an over extended offseason, the track’s competitors got the chance to get down to preparing for […]
Guest Tribute: Mike Stefanik A Hall Of Famer In Every Way
June 17, 2020 by 2 Comments
Joe Skotnicki is a longtime Whelen Modified Tour crew member, former NASCAR official and owner of the Race Of Champions Modified Series. He shared these thoughts below with us at RaceDayCT following the announcement that Mike Stefanik would be a 2021 inductee to the NASCAR Hall of Fame By Joe Skotnicki Mike Stefanik … “Michael” is an […]
Time To Go: Stafford Speedway Ready To Open For Racing Next Week
June 17, 2020 by 40 Comments
Before the COVID-19 global pandemic put a stranglehold on live sports across the country, Stafford Motor Speedway management had been planning to be hosting the second day of the NAPA Spring Sizzler on April 26. Pandemic shutdown ended up taking a two month bite out of the Stafford Speedway schedule, but things will literally get […]
Mike Stefanik Defined An Era Of Modified Racing
June 16, 2020 by 5 Comments
Mike Stefanik made his NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 1985, in its very first year, when it was known as the Winston Modified Tour. Jerry Cook had stepped away from racing, and Richie Evans would perish in a racing accident at the end of the season after already clinching the championship. Together, the two Rome, […]
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