(Press Release from Stafford Motor Speedway) Dunleavy’s Truck and Trailer Repair of Brookfield will once again contribute a bonus to the winner of each SK Modified® and SK Light Modified feature at Stafford Speedway during the 2017 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season. Dunleavy’s will provide a bonus of $150 for each SK Modified® feature winner […]
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Dunleavy’s Truck & Trailer Returns As Stafford Speedway Contingency Sponsor
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Duane Provost Ready To Defend Limited Late Model Championship At Stafford
February 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from Stafford Motor Speedway) As he prepares to begin his 13th season of racing at Stafford Speedway, Palmer, MA native Duane Provost is busy going through his #88 Facchini Law Firm Chevrolet, replacing parts and pieces to get the car ready for the upcoming 2017 season at Stafford. It’s been the same routine […]
George Nocera Jr. Returning To Stafford Speedway SK Light Modified Division
February 10, 2017 by 7 Comments
(Press Release from Stafford Motor Speedway) When the green flag drops on the 2017 SK Light season at Stafford Motor Speedway, Plainville native George Nocera, Jr. will be back in the starting field for the first time since the 2008 season with a fairytale story and a well-known car owner. Being a lifelong Plainville resident, […]
Maybury Material Handling Renews Participation In Stafford Contingency Program
February 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from Stafford Motor Speedway) Stafford Motor Speedway is proud to welcome Maybury Material Handling back to its family of contingency partners for the 2017 season. For the second consecutive year Maybury will once again present a contingency bonus of $150 to each SK Modified® feature winner as well as a $125 bonus for […]
Second Generation Driver Chris Viens Joins Stafford’s 2017 SK Light Mod Rookie Class
February 3, 2017 by 1 Comment
(Press Release from Stafford Motor Speedway) After competing in the Mini Stock division the past four seasons at the Waterford Speedbowl and Thompson Speedway, Putnam native and second generation driver Chris Viens will transition to Stafford Speedway and join the 2017 SK Light rookie class. “My grandfather worked on modifieds and my father Mike drove […]
Over $55,000 In Contingencies Awarded To Stafford Speedway Competitors In 2016
February 3, 2017 by 7 Comments
(Press Release from Stafford Motor Speedway) When the final checkered flag of the 2016 season was unfurled at the NAPA Fall Final, it brought an end to a season that awarded Stafford drivers over $55,000 through the track’s Contingency Program Partners. Stafford’s premier SK Modified® division led the way in payments to drivers with over […]
MTS 125 Getting Schooled At Stafford Speedway
February 3, 2017 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from Stafford Motor Speedway) Class is in session at Stafford Speedway as Lincoln Technical Institute of East Windsor has signed on to present the Modified Touring Series 125 on July 21. The 2017 season will be the eighth consecutive year that Lincoln Tech has sponsored an event at the Stafford half-mile. Lincoln Tech […]
Howie Hodge: A Legend Of Local Racing, A Giant Of A Friend, A Heart Of Gold
January 28, 2017 by 11 Comments
The short tracks of Connecticut on Saturday lost a legend of the sport. This reporter – like literally countless others – lost an extraordinary friend. Howie Hodge was truly the dean of short track racing photographers across the Northeast racing scene. But his legend will be known and remembered in racing far more for the […]
Longtime Northeast Racing Photographer Howie Hodge Passes
January 28, 2017 by 12 Comments
The Northeast short track racing scene lost a giant and cornerstone figure of the sport on Saturday. Howie Hodge, a fixture as a photographer documenting racing across the country and primarily at Connecticut short tracks, passed away Saturday. Hodge was 77. Hodge’s decades in the pits, at tracks across New England almost always with his wife […]
Marcello Rufrano To Compete In SK Modified At Thompson Speedway In 2017
January 27, 2017 by 8 Comments
Since beginning his short track racing career in the DARE Stock division at Stafford Motor Speedway in 2015, Marcello Rufrano has continually made it clear that his racing mentor his Keith Rocco. The 16-year old Rufrano, of North Haven, is the son of SK Modified team owner John Rufrano, who has fielded a car for […]
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