(Stafford Springs, CT)—With the dawn of the 2024 racing season at Stafford Speedway fast approaching, SK Modified® driver RJ Marcotte is coming off his first full season of SK racing that saw him collect his first career victory. Marcotte ended the 2023 season in 15th place in the points standings but the Millville, MA native is hoping to carry the momentum over from his first win last season into the 2024 season where he looks to make his #5 RJ’s Plumbing and Heating Chevrolet a fixture at the front of the SK field.
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Riley Generators Powering Stafford’s Limited Late Models in 2024
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For the 2024 racing season at Stafford Speedway, Riley Generators of East Windsor, CT will return as a contingency sponsor for the third consecutive season, offering a weekly $100 bonus to each Limited Late Model feature winner. Riley Generator’s bonus will boost the weekly Limited Late Model feature winner’s purse to $475 and with 21 races on the schedule, Limited Late Model drivers have the opportunity to earn an extra $2,100.
Stafford Speedway SK Light Double Down Driver Preview
(Stafford Springs, CT)—This Friday, May 26, will see Stafford Speedway’s SK Lights take center stage with the first of two scheduled extra distance 40-lap feature events. Stafford’s SK Light division has seen a total of 42 different drivers attempt to qualify through the first two races of the season. Here we take a look at each of those 42 drivers and offer their driving stats at Stafford along with car number, sponsor, and chassis. (more…)
Ed Flemke, Jr. Taking Last Ride in Stafford’s NAPA Spring Sizzler®
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After a career that has spanned over 50 years, Ed Flemke, Jr. will take one final ride behind the wheel of John Hummel’s #11 Hummel Brothers Hot Dogs modified for the 51st Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler®, April 29th & 30th.
Chris Pasteryak Optimistic About Chances in Stafford’s NAPA Spring Sizzler
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For Chris Pasteryak and the #75 Dawley’s Collision and Custom Open Modified team, the NAPA Spring Sizzler® at Stafford has proven to be a tough race. In 6 career Sizzler® starts, Pasteryak has five finishes of 16th or worse to go along with his career best 5th place finish in 2009. But with 2 career MRS wins at Stafford and fresh off a 6th place finish in his first race of the 2023 season, Pasteryak is feeling good about his chances at running up front at Stafford in the NAPA Spring Sizzler®.
Big Field of ACT Late Models Set for Stafford’s NAPA Spring Sizzler Weekend
(Stafford Springs, CT)—The American Canadian Tour will make its first visit to Stafford Speedway since 1985 as part of the 51st Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler® Weekend on April 29-30.
Nickolas Hovey Set to Challenge For Rookie of the Year Honors In Stafford’s SK Light Division
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After three seasons in Stafford’s Street Stock division, Chaplin, CT native Nickolas Hovey will move to the SK Light division for the 2023 season. Hovey has 3 career wins at Stafford with a career best finish of third in the standings. Hovey was also the Street Stock Rookie of the Year in 2020 and will be shooting for a second Rookie of the Year title with his #16 Busy Bees Learning Center modified.
Lap Sponsorship With Limited Edition Signed Matt Hirschman Trading Card Released for Stafford’s 2023 NAPA Spring Sizzler
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway officials have announced a new lap sponsor program for the 2023 NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler®. Each lap sponsor will receive a limited edition signed Matt Hirschman 50th Spring Sizzler Champion trading card in honor of Matt’s triumph in the 50th NAPA Spring Sizzler®. The Matt Hirschman trading cards will only be available with a lap sponsorship and will be numbered 1 to 100 corresponding to the lap purchased.
Anthony Flannery Looking to Put Bad Luck Behind Him In Stafford’s Lincoln Tech Open 80
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For Anthony Flannery and the #25ct Fowler’s Auto Wrecking / Belltown Recycling team, good luck has been hard to find in 2022 when racing Open Modifieds at Stafford Motor Speedway. With 50 cars on hand for the NAPA Spring Sizzler® in April, Flannery was able to earn a starting position but a wreck not of his own doing ended his run. Flannery is hoping to not only get a top-10 finish this Friday night, August 19, in the Lincoln Tech Open 80, but also make it to the checkered flag.
Michael Christopher, Jr. Looking to Get Back to Winning Ways in Stafford’s NAPA SK 5k
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For Stafford Speedway SK Modified® driver Michael Christopher, Jr., the 2022 season has been a struggle. The 2021 season saw Christopher win a total of 4 races, including the non-points All-Star Shoot-Out as well as the NAPA SK 5k, and he finished second in the points.
Adam Gray Leads Stafford’s Late Model Division As 2022 Season Approaches Halfway Point
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the 2022 season at Stafford Speedway approaches its halfway point this Friday night, July 15, no driver and team has been hotter than Adam Gray and the #97 Meadows Motor Cars Late Model team. (more…)
Tyler Chapman Leads Stafford’s SK Lights Into Dunleavy’s Modifiedz Night Extra Distance Event
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway’s SK Light division heads into their biggest race of the 2022 season this Friday night, July 8, with the Dunleavy’s Modifiedz Night 40-lap event that will pay the winner over $2,000 in purse and contingency awards from total posted awards of over $10,000. (more…)
Doug Coby Finishes 17th At Stafford’s Spring Sizzler
STAFFORD, Conn. – For the first time in 2022, the Doug Coby Racing team unloaded at the track on April 23-24, competing in the 50th running of the NAPA Spring Sizzler at Stafford Motor Speedway. When the 100-lap Sizzler feature took the checkered flag, Coby wheeled the No. 10 Mayhew Tools entry to a 17th place finish. The team elected to try a tire strategy that kept fresh Hoosier rubber in the pit area until late in the race, with the plan to put them on and make a dash through the field.
Jimmy Blewett Has High Hopes for Double Duty Effort in Stafford’s NAPA Spring Sizzler
(Stafford Springs, CT)—The pride of Howell, NJ, “Showtime” Jimmy Blewett is set for a big weekend of racing at the NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler April 23rd and 24th. Blewett has not only entered the 50th Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler® but will also get behind the wheel of a Keith Rocco owned SK Modified® and battle with Stafford’s best in the 40-lap SK Modified feature. (more…)
Rob Sears Ready to Establish Himself As A Contender in Stafford’s Street Stock Division
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Hard work, perseverance, and family are all qualities that embody Stafford Speedway Street Stock driver Rob Sears. After racing a partial schedule from 2015-2019, Sears took a year off from racing in 2020 to regroup before getting back behind the wheel of his #44 R & B Landscaping Chevrolet in 2021. (more…)
Chassis Upgrades and New Engine Have Palardy Primed to Chase First Win in Stafford’s Limited Late Models
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As he prepares for his third full season of Limited Late Model competition at Stafford Motor Speedway, 17 year old Willington native Damian Palardy has a renewed sense of confidence. Over the off-season, Palardy and his father R.J. Surdell have been busy outfitting his #87 Casagrande Builders / NAPA of Tolland Chevrolet, which Palardy feels will give him a leg up in his quest to secure his very first career feature victory.
Chris Matthews Ready to Return to Victory Lane in Stafford’s SK Lights
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When Stafford Speedway created the SK Light division back in 2006, hometown driver Chris Matthews quickly established himself as the standout of the division. He racked up 17 wins over the first three years of the division, which is still the most wins by any driver to date, and claimed the 2007 SK Light championship.
Paradiso Insurance Returns as Backer of Stafford’s Late Model Division
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After becoming a Stafford Speedway partner in 2021, Stafford Springs based Paradiso Insurance will once again sponsor the Paradiso Insurance Late Model 50 and provide a weekly $75 bonus for the third place finisher in each week’s Late Model feature in 2022. The Paradiso Insurance Late Model 50, scheduled for September 2nd, has become a big event for Stafford’s top full-fender division with over $10,000 in prize money.
Stafford’s NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final to Pay $15,000 to Win
(Stafford Springs, CT)—The 49th running of the NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final transitions to a new era in 2022 with the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series headlining the September 24th event with an 80-lap, $15,000 to win event. This marks the 2nd $15,000 to win event on the 2022 Stafford Speedway schedule after the 50th running of the NAPA Spring Sizzler®. (more…)
Travis Downey Races From the Desert to Stafford’s R.A.D. Auto Machine Street Stock Rookie of the Year
(Stafford Springs, CT)—When the 2021 season kicked off at Stafford Speedway, Street Stock driver Travis Downey made the move into the world of asphalt oval track racing after coming from a background in desert trophy truck off-road racing. The Barkhamsted, CT native and driver of the #42 P.J. Ladola & Sons Electrical Contractors, Inc. Chevrolet made the transition from the deserts of Parker, Arizona and Las Vegas to the asphalt of Stafford Speedway a smooth one as he scored 3 top-5 and 13 top-10 finishes in 18 starts to claim the R.A.D. Auto Machine Rookie of the Year title.