The tight confines and limited infield space of the one-third mile Waterford Speedbowl means the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is forced to get creative at the facility in making a faux “pit road” area. The series actually creates an off track pit road, just behind turn three, using the main paddock, in an area where […]

WATERFORD – Call it a bullring bash Bobby Santos III said he was told by Donny Lia’s crew chief Dan Laferriere before Saturday’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Mr. Rooter 161 at the Waterford Speedbowl that he wasn’t going to be able to use the outside to pass Lia if the opportunity was there. Santos heeded […]

WATERFORD – It was a case of home team domination in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Mr. Rooter 161 qualifying Saturday afternoon at the Waterford Speedbowl. Donny Lia, driving for Mystic based owner Bob Garbarino, put the team’s “Mystic Missile” on the pole for tonight’s Mr. Rooter 161 at Waterford. Lia, who was the last […]

WATERFORD – It was a family feud of sorts at the top of the practice charts in preparation for tonight’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Mr. Rooter 161 at the Waterford Speedbowl. Bobby Santos III of Franklin, Mass. put up the fastest lap of practice Saturday with a fast time of 13.950 seconds (96.774) around the […]

WATERFORD –Vin Beedle rattles off the teams, and the divisions roll on like a never ending assembly line. Beedle’s Mr. Rooter Racing Team touches across the spectrum of short tracks in the state. But it’s at the Waterford Speedbowl where the Guilford businessman, who owns the Mr. Rooter franchise in southern Connecticut, shines. Beedle has, […]