This weekend, Northeastern Midget Association President, Tim Bertrand, released the club’s 2020 schedule to the membership and press. Fourteen NEMA shows and Seventeen Lites shows, with thirteen combined NEMA/NEMA Lite shows highlight a season that brings NEMA back to many of its familiar, historic “haunts.” “We plan to play off of the success that we […]
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Unmuffled Legends Special With Ted Christopher, Mike Stefanik And Bob Potter
December 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The landscape of Modified racing in Connecticut took some major hits over the past couple years with the passings of legendary drivers Ted Christopher, Mike Stefanik and Bob Potter. On this special edition of Unmuffled we’ll put the three greats of Modified racing together to hear their own voices. This special edition of Unmuffled is […]
Big Tease: Phantom Series Operator Announcing 2020 Speedbowl Events Is An Awful Decision
November 18, 2019 by 42 Comments
It’s one of the most common questions thrown about when it comes to short track racing in Connecticut. What’s going on with the Speedbowl? And it’s been a question that’s been quite difficult to answer for the last 12 months when it comes to predicting the future of the historic New London-Waterford Speedbowl. This much […]
Unmuffled Quickcast: Sid DiMaggio On Release Of Segment Five Of Speedbowl Documentary Series
October 31, 2019 by Leave a Comment
On Friday November 1 the folks at Vault Productions drop segment five of their yearslong in the making documentary about the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. On this Unmuffled Quickcast we talk with documentary producer Sid DiMaggio about what fans can expect from segment five, how it all got put together and plenty more. This Unmuffled QuickCast […]
Dave Sapienza Brings Bushels Of Raw And Uncut Highlight Moments To Unmuffled Episode 60
September 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a week in which NASCAR Whelen Modified driver and team owner Dave Sapienza has had plenty to talk about. And on the latest edition of the Unmuffled podcast there was no shortage of talk from Sapienza. It was raw, uncut, uncensored, unfiltered Sapienza, who is coming off of his team’s first Whelen Modified […]
Picture This: Fran Lawlor’s Bob Potter Tribute Gallery
September 19, 2019 by 1 Comment
RaceDayCT photographer Fran Lawlor compiled the below gallery in memory of Bob Potter, who passed Wednesday.
Father Time: Bob Potter An Entertainer For The Ages In Connecticut Short Track Racing
September 19, 2019 by 11 Comments
They are the men and women that pilot vehicles built from the first piece in the hopes of finding speed and domination of the competition. They strap themselves into rides that they know could very well cost them their lives. And yet, they jam the accelerator and put on a show. They are the performers […]
Modified Racing Great Bob Potter Dies
September 18, 2019 by 24 Comments
Bob Potter, a former championship winning Modified driver at multiple Connecticut short tracks, died Wednesday in Norwich. Potter was 78 years old. Potter was a multi-time SK Modified champion at Stafford Motor Speedway and had championships in the former Modified division and current SK Modified division at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. Norwich Police reported that […]
In Memory: Short Track Racing Lost An Irreplaceable Giant In Ted Christopher
September 16, 2019 by 3 Comments
Today we honor and celebrate the legacy of one of the most legendary short track drivers in the history of motorsports. A giant in racing, and a true gentleman who had an impact on so many. Republished from RaceDayCT from Sept. 17, 2017 When I started helping out covering auto racing at the Hartford Courant […]
Unmuffled Episode 58: Featuring Woody Pitkat, Matt Swanson And Sid DiMaggio
September 4, 2019 by Leave a Comment
On Episode 58 of Unmuffled we welcome NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver and Thompson Speedway regular Woody Pitkat. We also catch up with NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver Matt Swanson. And we close out the show catching up with short track’s maven of multimedia production Sid DiMaggio Episode 58 of Unmuffled is presented by our […]
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