Last November Jennerstown Speedway general manager Bill Hribar was ecstatic to announce the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour would return to the Pennsylvania facility in 2020 for the first time in 14 years. For Hribar it was huge to get the series back to the track, but never could he have envisioned the magnitude of how […]
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Bad Look: Short Tracks Not Helping Industry Cause To Reopen Through Defiance
May 24, 2020 by 103 Comments
Last week Stafford Motor Speedway management announced they had received approval from Connecticut officials to open their facility for private practice sessions as part of the state’s first reopening phase in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Stafford Motor Speedway Chief Operating Officer Paul Arute called the allowance by the state a good first step […]
Getting To Know: Stafford Speedway Driver Kevin Gambacorta
May 22, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Meet 3-Time Stafford Speedway Champion Kevin Gambacorta With 17 wins spread across three different divisions and three career track championships at Stafford Motor Speedway to his credit, Kevin Gambacorta has enjoyed a career that most drivers would be envious of. Gambacorta has progressed his way up the full fender ladder at Stafford, racing 5 seasons […]
Stafford Speedway Gets Green Flag For Private Testing; Optimistic For Racing Later This Year
May 21, 2020 by 28 Comments
Management at Stafford Motor Speedway is looking forward to the day when they can open the gates once again and let fans stream through to watch live racing action at the historic half-mile oval. Most years the speedway would have already had about month of weekly racing action in at this point, but state restrictions […]
Quarantine Chronicles Vol. 17: Ditch Practice, Masked Racers, Empty Cupboards & Darlington Memories
May 18, 2020 by 78 Comments
So how many people watched yesterday’s NASCAR Cup Series race from Darlington Raceway and thought to themselves: “Wow, this race is really awful since they didn’t let teams have any practice”? Probably not too many people were thinking that. Was Sunday’s race at Darlington any better or any worse because Cup teams didn’t have the […]
Getting To Know You: Meet “The Mayor” Joey Ferrigno
May 14, 2020 by 2 Comments
Chances are most fans of Stafford Motor Speedway are very familiar with SK Light driver Joey Ferrigno. The East Hartford native often referred to as “The Mayor” made his first start in 2003 and he has been racing at Stafford full-time since 2004 . But for those who may be unfamiliar, Ferrigno has amassed quite an impressive […]
Quarantine Chronicles Vol. 16: Let’s Go Racing, At Some Point, Maybe; Rambo Tank Hunter
May 12, 2020 by 43 Comments
It’s the question everyone has. THE question. Over and over and over and over again, THE question. Phone calls, text messages, e-mails, Facebook Messenger, smoke signals, Pony Express, Morse Code, tin cans & string. You know name it, someone in the last six weeks has used it to reach out and ask when will short track […]
Bobby Webber Jr. And Bonssa Tufa On Episode 76 Of Unmuffled
May 9, 2020 by 1 Comment
On Episode 76 of Unmuffled we catch up with Star Speedway owner Bobby Webber Jr. and talk about his efforts to get his race track back in business up in Epping, N.H. We’ll also talk with eStafford Speedway announcer and Quinnipiac student Bonssa Tufa about his introduction to short track racing in 2019, helping with […]
Whelen Mod Tour Event At Jennerstown Postponed; Series Director Hoping For June Return To Action
May 1, 2020 by 12 Comments
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour series director Jimmy Wilson confirmed to RaceDayCT Friday afternoon that the May 23 series event at Jennerstown (Pa.) Speedway has been postponed to a date still to be determined. Wilson told RaceDayCT series officials are hoping for a return to action in June, though where that might happen remains unclear. He […]
eStafford Speedway Continues To Provide New Winners
May 1, 2020 by 2 Comments
eStafford Speedway is set to host another round of the iRacing Series presented by All Phases Renovations tonight with a 60-lap Late Model feature event. The first four Friday night events were run with SK Modified® cars while last Friday night saw Street Stocks take to the virtual half-mile. There was also a mid-week event […]
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