Whelen Modified Tour driver and Stafford Motor Speedway and Thompson International Speedway SK Modified division regular Ryan Preece has been selected to participate in the 2013 NASCAR Next program. Preece, of Berlin, is the first Modified driver to be selected for the program, which began in 2011. The program is an initiative by NASCAR to […]
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Breaking News: Ryan Preece To Be Part Of Prestigious 2013 “NASCAR Next” Program
June 6, 2013 by 4 Comments
On Tap: Take Two For The Whelen Modified Tour TSI Harley-Davidson 125 At Stafford Speedway
June 5, 2013 by 2 Comments
A dreadful Memorial Day weekend forecast saw NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour officials and the management at Stafford Motor Speedway decide a couple weeks ago to postpone the division’s TSI Harley-Davidson 125 to June 7. Now that makeup date is close to arrival and dare we say, don’t look at the forecast. And that’s all we’re […]
Lee Pulliam Atop Whelen All-American Series National Standings; Keith Rocco Sixth, Ryan Preece Eighth
June 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The reigning champion continues to have a stranglehold on the top of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series short track national standings. Like last year, the nation continues to chase 2012 national champion Lee Pulliam of Semora, N.C. Pulliam has 12 victories and 18-top five finishes over 20 starts this year at South Boston (Va.) Speedway, […]
Chasing A Dream: Ryan Preece A Finalist In National Driver Search Contest
June 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Ryan Preece of Berlin has been named one of 10 finalists in the Peak Stock Car Dream Challenge contest. Preece, who competes on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and also full-time in the SK Modified divisions at Stafford Motor Speedway and Thompson International Speedway and in the Modified division at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway, was one […]
Ryan Preece Tops SK Modified Field At Thompson International Speedway
May 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
THOMPSON – Opening Thursday night of the 2013 season at Thompson International Speedway saw the champion ascending to his throne in the track’s premier division. Ryan Preece took the lead from Todd Ceravolo on a lap nine restart and then went virtually unchallenged the rest of the way in winning the 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American […]
Thompson Notes: Rick Gentes Grabs Late Model Win; Eric Bourgeois, John Studley And Scott Sundeen Also Winners
May 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
THOMPSON – Rick Gentes didn’t have to buy a ticket for the grandstands at Thompson International Speedway Thursday night, but he was competitor and fan on the track. Gentes got to take in a show on the track and in the end he was the one being celebrated in victory lane. Gentes won the 25-lap […]
Larry Barnett Unsure Of Future With Valenti Modified Racing Series
May 30, 2013 by 3 Comments
THOMPSON – The paddock at Thompson International Speedway was bursting with Limited Sportsman competitors Thursday evening for the first weekly show of the season at the track. One of the 32 competitors readying for a night of racing was the division’s all-time winningest driver, Larry Barnett. Barnett stopped running regularly at the track after the […]
On Tap: Triple Play Time For Connecticut Short Track Racing
May 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The gang’s all here. Thursday marks the first weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series show of the year at Thompson International Speedway, meaning all three state short tracks are now open for weekly racing action. Thompson opens its weekly event calendar with a five division card Thursday. Stafford Motor Speedway returns from a rain out last […]
Ted Christopher Won’t Let Injury Slow Weekend Racing Schedule; Won’t Race Weekly At Thompson Speedway
May 22, 2013 by 5 Comments
Double duty Friday evening at Stafford Motor Speedway won’t be a worry Ted Christopher. Never has been in the past, and despite recovering from a right hand/wrist injury, it won’t this week. Christopher is scheduled to compete in both the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour TSI Harley-Davidson 125 and the track’s regular weekly 40-lap NASCAR Whelen […]
Lee Pulliam Tops NASCAR Whelen All-American National Standings; Keith Rocco Cracks Top Five
May 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The song remains the same when it comes to the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series points standings. Last year the nation was left chasing eventual national champion Lee Pulliam of Semora, N.C. in the Whelen All-American Series national standings for most of the year. And early this season it’s Pulliam everybody is chasing once again. For […]
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