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Travis Downey Captures Street Stock Feature; Remainder of Casella Waste SK 80 Program at Stafford Speedway Postponed to Friday, June 13th

by Lou ModestinoJune 12, 2025

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway hosted the Casella Waste SK 80 on Friday, June 6th with defending Street Stock champion Travis Downey capturing his first feature victory of the 2025 season. Just as Downey was taking the checkered flag, the skies opened up and with rain and lightning in the area, the remainder of the program was postponed to next Friday night, June 13^th with a Street Stock feature added to the 80-lap Casella Waste SK 80-lap feature and the remainder of tonight’s program.

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Turn5 Presents The Driven To Serve Muscle Car, Jeep & Truck Show Benefiting Travis Manion Foundation

by WebmasterApril 11, 2025

The Largest Combined Muscle Car, Jeep & Truck Show in America Returns to Maple Grove Raceway Saturday, April 26th

Philadelphia, PA – March X, 2025 – Turn5, a leading provider of aftermarket automotive parts, is proud to present the Driven to Serve Muscle Car, Jeep & Truck Show, an action-packed event benefiting Travis Manion Foundation (TMF). Taking place on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Maple Grove Raceway, this high-octane event brings together automotive enthusiasts and the veteran community for a day of horsepower, camaraderie, and philanthropy.

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Travis Peterson Following Michael McDowell to Spire Motorsports No. 71

by MikeAugust 6, 2024August 6, 2024

As Michael McDowell makes the jump from Front Row Motorsports to Spire Motorsports for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series campaign, he’ll be bringing a familiar face along for the ride. (more…)

Travis Benjamin’s Star Speedway Mastery Continues With Spring 100 Checkers

by Lou ModestinoMay 6, 2024

EPPING, N.H. – Travis Benjamin won two of last year’s Granite State Pro Stock Series stops at Star Speedway. With only one visit to the popular bullring on the schedule in 2024, the reigning GSPSS champion made it count.

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Travis Downey Looking For First Win of 2023 in Midstate Site Development Firecracker 30 at Stafford Speedway

by Lou ModestinoJune 30, 2023

(Stafford Springs, CT)—After closing out the 2022 Street Stock season at Stafford Speedway with 8 top-4 finishes, including 3 wins, in the final 12 races, Travis Downey and the #42 PJ Ladola and Sons Electrical Contractors team came into the 2023 season with hopes of a championship run.

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Travis Benjamin Blitzes GSPSS Field At Riverside Speedway

by Lou ModestinoJune 5, 2023

Travis Benjamin is quickly making a home for himself with the Granite State Pro Stock Series – specifically, in victory lane.

The decorated racer from Belfast, Maine, took charge in last night’s VT&NH Racing News 100 at Riverside Speedway to claim his second straight GSPSS victory and lead a one-two finish for Petit Motorsports.

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Travis Benjamin Opens Granite State Pro Stock Series Season In Victory Lane

by Lou ModestinoMay 9, 2023

EPPING, N.H. – Saturday night’s Hedges Excavating 100 at Star Speedway launched the Granite State Pro Stock Series’ twelfth season at a familiar venue, but with a first-time winner claiming the checkers.

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Travis Pastrana Aims for Daytona 500 with 23XI Racing, Black Rifle Coffee Company and Toyota

by MikeJanuary 17, 2023

Mooresville, N.C. (Jan. 17, 2023) – 23XI Racing announced today that the team will field a third car for the Daytona 500 with racing legend Travis Pastrana set to drive the No. 67 Black Rifle Coffee Company Toyota Camry TRD. The race will be Pastrana’s inaugural entry in the NASCAR Cup Series and his third time in a stock car at Daytona International Speedway, where he finished 10^th in the 2013 NASCAR Xfinity Series season opener. Eric Phillips will serve as crew chief for the No. 67 team. (more…)

Former NASCAR Driver Travis Pastrana Injured In Parachute Stunt

by Lou ModestinoJanuary 26, 2022

FORMER NASCAR driver Travis Pastrana suffered a broken pelvis after a parachute stunt went wrong.

The stuntman, 38, was hospitalized after jumping from a downtown hotel to Huizenga Plaza in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday. (more…)

Travis Downey Races From the Desert to Stafford’s R.A.D. Auto Machine Street Stock Rookie of the Year

by Lou ModestinoDecember 7, 2021

(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.

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