With a forecast calling for stormy conditions possible for most of the afternoon and evening in the area, Stafford Speedway officials have made the decision to call off tonight’s racing card at the track.  The Spears Brothers Kids Night festivities scheduled for tonight will now be held on Sept. 20. Anyone that signed up for […]

STAFFORD – On Friday at Stafford Speedway there was a moment during the NAPA SK 5K that caused some confusion and questions for some watching the event. Under caution on lap 54 second place running RJ Marcotte was black flagged and it was announced that Marcotte was being penalized for not holding a racing line. […]

STAFFORD – When it comes to the statistical superlatives involved with the NAPA SK 5K, Keith Rocco ranks right up there in some interesting categories over the first 10 years of the event.  Rocco came into Friday’s event as one of just three drivers – along with Todd Owen and Michael Gervais Jr. – to […]

STAFFORD – Checkers or wreckers is a popular mantra across the landscape of short track racing.  For Stafford Speedway Street Stock driver Travis Hydar, that mantra has literally been a way of life in 2024.  Last week at Stafford Hydar suffered a tire blowout while battling for the lead in the Street Stock feature.  Friday […]

Stafford Motor Speedway’s premier SK Modified® division will take part in the biggest race of the 2024 season, the NAPA Auto Parts SK 5k, this Friday night, August 2nd.  In celebration of this season being the 11th Annual NAPA SK 5k, the race will be 111 laps in distance, the longest SK Modified® race at […]

Just as the NAPA Auto Parts SK 5K has become a traditional staple on the Stafford Motor Speedway schedule of events, John and Maina Rufrano from Wheeler’s Auto of Hamden, CT will once again provide $2,500 in bonus money for the SK Modified® heat races.  The Rufrano’s and Wheelers Auto have posted the heat race […]

Former racer and local team owner Rich Vasseur – a man with a personality bigger than most race track billboards – passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday.  Vasseur, of Ellington, was 60 years old.  Even after stepping away from full-time racing competition, Vasseur was a fixture at local southern New England short tracks where his larger […]

STAFFORD – Ron Silk should be called the Brink’s Truck at Stafford Speedway.  If there’s big cash to be gathered at an event at Stafford in recent years, it’s typically been Silk rolling out of the track with the moneybags overflowing.  Silk cashed in once again Friday at Stafford, dominating the 100-lap GAF Roofing Modified […]

STAFFORD – On July 12 Adam Gray returned to Stafford Speedway after missing three Late Model events and made his return one to remember by scoring victory.  Friday at Stafford Gray turned the happy return of July 12 into a streak.  After starting 16th in the 18 car field, Gray passed Bobby Stirk for the […]