(Stafford Springs, CT)—With the 2022 racing season at Stafford Motor Speedway heading into its final 2 months, contenders have started to separate themselves from the pretenders in the race for the championship in each of Stafford’s five weekly divisions. Here we take a look at how the season has transpired in each division and highlight the contenders.
Modifieds
Top Granite State Stars Ready To Chase $7,500 Prize at Claremont Motorsports Park
WALPOLE, N.H. – As the Granite State Pro Stock Series season closes in on the finish line, Claremont Motorsports Park is primed to host one final home bout for the season for the fast fendered cars.
Woody Pitkat Set For Return To Stan Mertz Racing Friday at Claremont
WHITINSVILLE, Mass. – Veteran Modified driver Woody Pitkat will return to the seat of the Koopman Lumber No. 6 on Friday night for Stan Mertz Racing. The team will be competing in the $15,000 to win Racers Honoring Racers 100 at Claremont Motorsports Park, promoted by The Racing Guys. The event was originally scheduled to take place in May, but was postponed twice due to weather.
J.P. Sicard Championship Night Signals the Beginning of the End at WMMP
N. Woodstock, NH — As Saturday approaches, so does the beginning of the end of the 2022 season with the closing of the first championship. After two stellar rounds already this season, the J.P. Sicard Flying Tiger Triple Crown Series will be determined by the final event this Saturday, August 13th. After simply dominating the last five, yes five, extra-distance Wells River Chevrolet Flying Tiger events at White Mountain, it’s Shane Sicard’s championship to lose, and that isn’t entirely out of the question. (more…)
Grandview Speedway To Host Forrest Rogers Memorial This Saturday Night
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The Forrest Rogers Memorial means so much, to so many people in so many different ways, that it is not just another Memorial event.
Since 1971, Grandview Speedway management has been paying tribute to Forrest Rogers, the man who had the dream of building his own racetrack, then with the help of his son Bruce and the rest of the family, made the dream come true in building and operating the one-third-of-a-mile high-banked racetrack on the hill in Bechtelsville, Pa. known to all as Grandview Speedway. (more…)
Stephen Lary Gets First Bear Ridge Win, Jordan Fornwalt Crowned Champ in Sportsman Modifieds
Lots of racing and double points proved the saying true, “it’s not over till it’s over” in the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds and the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes in the points battle for these two divisions.
Wenzel Wins Career First In NHSTRA Modifieds Saturday At Monadnock
WINCHESTER, N.H. – Rookie Nate Wenzel earned his first career NHSTRA Modified victory lap Saturday at Monadnock Speedway.
And while it was Wenzel who got to bask in victory lane, veteran hot shoe Ben Byrne used his night’s runner-up performance to pull even with Tyler Leary atop the points parade.
Dana Dimatteo Rockets To $10,000 Win In MMTTS Return To Waterford
WATERFORD, Conn. – Dana DiMatteo wasn’t going to be denied on Saturday night in the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series return to the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. DiMatteo passed Kyle Bonsignore to score arguably the biggest win of his racing career in the Belltown Motors/Fowler’s Auto Wrecking 100 presented by CBYD 811, collecting a smooth $10,000 in the process. (more…)
Track Talk Column for Sunday, August 7, 2022
Marcello Rufrano Wins 9th Annual NAPA Auto Parts SK 5k at Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway hosted the biggest and richest SK Modified® race of the 2022 season on Friday, August 5 with the 9th Annual NAPA Auto Parts SK 5k. (more…)
