Daytona Beach, FL — The New England Dodge Dealers 150 will be the third of four appearances in 2008 at Stafford (Conn.) Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. The eighth race of the season will go green on Friday, Aug. 8.
At Stafford Motor Speedway:
- Since the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour formed in 1985, there have been 88 races at Stafford Motor Speedway.
- There have been 27 different race winners at SMS, led by Mike Stefanik’s 19 victories, which is 10 more than Reggie Ruggiero, who is second place driver on the SMS wins list.
- There have been 34 different pole winners at SMS, led by Stefanik’s 14.
- Ted Christopher captured the first NWMT race at SMS this year, the Tech-Net Spring Sizzler … Chuck Hossfeld won the second event at the track, the TSI Harley-Davidson 150.
- Christopher had the longest win streak in the history of the NWMT at SMS with four-straight victories from Sept. 30, 2001 to Aug. 23, 2002.
- No driver has swept every NWMT event at SMS during a calendar year. Ruggiero (1987), Stefanik (1990, 1997, 1998) and Christopher (2002) have won three races in the same year.
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Thompson, CT — The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour makes its third stop of the year at the Thompson International Speedway on Thursday, August 14th. The occasion is the running of the annual New England Dodge Dealers 150 presented by Budweiser.
The Whelen Modified Tour (WMT) is at the height of its 2008 racing schedule and is expected to have a full field of excellent race teams ready for competition at Thompson. Current WMT points leader and two-time winner in ‘08, Chuck Hossfeld, will lead the ever-popular Whelen Modified Tour into this demanding and highly competitive race. Hossfeld’s last win at Thompson was in 2003. With a five year drought at the Connecticut track, Hossfeld will be looking to end that dry spell and capture the top spot in the 150-lap grind. In two previous appearances this year, Ed Flemke (Icebreaker) and Ronnie Silk (New England Dodge Dealers/Charter Communications 75) were Modified Tour winners at Thompson.
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Patience Is the Key Factor to Success in Advance Auto Parts 199
Concord, NC — Andy Seuss didn’t know what to expect when he arrived with helmet bag in hand at Bowman Gray Stadium (NC) for Advance Auto Parts 199 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour weekend. The 21-year old driver had laid eyes the famed quarter-mile bullring once before, when he announced his joining forces with Riggs Racing for the 2008 season. But that was just a press conference and this was a race. Seuss knew he had to expect the unexpected and adapt quickly to the unique brand of racing that has made the Stadium known as one of the toughest bullrings in the country. He did just that, scoring an impressive fifth-place finish in his Bowman Gray debut.
“I had never seen a race here so I kept saying ‘Nah, it’s going to be racy,’ said Seuss after his fifth-place run. “It is actually very much about strategy. It’s follow the leader but real, real tough. Once I was here and drove the track I said that I had no idea how I was going to drive with other cars on the track. We went out there and learned a lot and now next year maybe I won’t be too frightened to come here.”
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