Published at June 7, 2008
in Seekonk.
Tonight’s race at Seekonk Speedway is a special night. It will be the first-annual Dusty Young Memorial race sponsored by Neolite Signs for the second-tier Late Model division. The race is named in memory of Dusty Young, a former Norwood Arena track official and a member of the Seekonk Speedway community for many years. Dusty was a part of Team 99 with his son “Fireball” Glen Young driving in Street Stocks, Late Models and Pro Stocks. Glen Young will be flying in from Arizona to drive in tonight’s Late Model race. For more information, please visit DustysRace.com.
Also on the docket is the popular Street Stock Kraze 30-30 Special. With extra laps and more cars competing in the feature, it only increases the action and excitement. Three Street Stock races this season have featured three first-time winners in Steve Axon, Chris DeMoura and Jeff Amaral, respectively. Will the fourth week continue the trend or will a veteran stela the spotlight?
The ARC Pro Stocks and Sport Trucks will also compete tonight. The pits open at 2PM with the gates opening at 3PM. Practice starts at 3:30 with racing beginning at 6PM. Admission is $12 with children 12 and under free.
Published at June 7, 2008
in Seekonk.
Seekonk, MA — Friday night, June 6th opened the 2nd season for the Fast Friday series at Seekonk Speedway for the Seekonk Youth Racing Association and the Pure Stocks highlighting the action. The first feature on the docket was the SYRA 600 25 lap feature. Kaitlyn Donovan of Waterford, Ct. and Bob Perry of Holbrook Ma brought the field down. Kaitlyn would lead early on and set the pace for the first handful of laps, opening up a lead of 3 car lengths at times. While she was setting the pace, Adam Swift was working his way through the field from his 7th place start. By lap 7, he was starting to close in the distance to Kaitlyn. Following him through the field was Medeiros Jr. and Jake Spillers. By lap 10, they were running in a single line with Kyle DeSouza rounding out the top 5. Just as the field was coming through turn 3 and 4, Glen Deming of N. Scituate RI spun his Deming Disposal #24 in turn two, bringing out the first yellow.
Coming down to complete lap eleven, the back end of Kaitlyn’s black and purple #95 came out from underneath her, as she spun in front of the field. She was able to keep out of harms way, but she was relegated to the rear of the field. This handed the lead over to Fairhaven’s Adam Swift. His lead was short lived however, as Jake Spillers was able to make the pass for the lead before they got into turn 1. On lap 11, Deming would spin again in turn 2, bringing out the third caution of the event. Once green again, Spillers would put his GRC Steel Taurus at the top of the field. At the halfway point, the top five was Spillers, Medeiros, Swift, Dave Hutchins, and Kyle DeSouza. On lap 17, Hutchins would spin his Hutchins and Son’s Enterprises #96 coming off turn 4.
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Chris Matthews Wins 3rd SK Light Feature Event of 2008 Season
Stafford Springs, CT — The Coors Light SK Modified® 100 program at Stafford Motor Speedway was postponed to next Friday night, June 13th due to a heavy fog and mist that rolled in over the track, with rain checks being honored next Friday night. The 30-lap Late Model make-up feature from May 23rd that was originally scheduled to run next Friday night, June 13th will kick off the night’s action with the remaining feature events from the June 6th Coors Light SK Modified® 100 racing card, which consists of the Coors Light SK Modified® 100, a 30-lap Late Model features, a 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and a 15-lap DARE Stock feature event, to fill out the night’ s on-track program. Ticket prices for next Friday’s event are $18.00 for Adult General Admission, $5.00 for children ages 6-14 General Admission, and children ages 5 and under are FREE. Reserved seating is available and will be priced at $20.00 for all ages.
The 20-lap SK Light Modified feature saw Chris Matthews drive to his third win of the season in four events. Heather DesRochers took the lead at the green and held the lead in the early laps before giving way to Tony Santangelo. Santangelo held the lead until a restart on lap-14 when Neil Provost, Jr. took over the top spot. Provost held the lead until he got out of shape on lap-18, which allowed Santangelo to move back out front. The next lap saw Matthews overtake Santangelo for the lead. Santangelo gave Matthews a run on the final lap, but could not get by as Matthews took the checkered flag. Rounding out the top-5 behind Matthews and Santangelo was Ted Cain, George Nocera, Jr., and Raymond Grassetti.
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Thompson, CT — The excitement is building for the Thursday, June 19th NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (WMT) 75-lap main event. Fans and competitors alike are looking forward to this short distance, sprint type race with great anticipation.
It has been 23 years since a race of this nature has been run by the Whelen Modified Tour at Thompson. The New England Dodge Dealers and Charter Cable, Internet and Telephone jumped at the chance to sponsor this unique event.
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