Stafford Springs, CT — Six days after reaching Victory Lane for the first time in 2009, Ryan Preece made it two in a row on Friday as he captured the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Town Fair Tire 150 at Stafford (Conn.) Motor Speedway.
Preece (No. 3 Davidson Co./Reynold’s Auto Wrecking Chevrolet), who won last week at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway, got past Ted Christopher (No. 36 Al-Lee Installations Chevrolet) on Lap 104 Friday night and withstood numerous charges from the defending NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in the later stages for his third career win.
Delaware, Ontario – Raymond, New Hampshire’s Jeff Locke grew up watching some of New England’s best supermodified drivers compete. At 16 he was working on the #27 Shea super driven by Russ Wood. He never dreamed then that he’d be racing against them someday. He certainly never believed that he’d beat some of them in his first full season of ISMA supermodified racing. On Friday night at Canada’s Delaware Speedway he did just that. Starting on the outside of the front row, Locke led every lap of the 30-lap sprint holding back Russ Wood for half of the race. After a stint with NASCAR as a tire changer and then crew chief for Greg Biffle, Locke returned home to pursue his own racing career.
After several years in the small block supermodified ranks, Jeff moved on to the ISMA big blocks. It took him only eight races into 2009 to accomplish what some seasoned veterans never have. He had garnered his first career ISMA victory. Locke didn’t really know what to say after his dominant win.
NOTE: ISMA race winner Jeff Locke and fellow rookie Dan Lane will be on air LIVE Monday 7pm on Wailing With Wing Side Up.
Stafford Spirngs, CT — The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is at Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford, Conn., for the third time this season with the 19th Annual Town Fair Tire 150.
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In the NASCAR world, a crew member is the backbone of any team that helps a driver achieve success on the track. Throughout the season, we will profile the men and women behind the scenes.
This week’s profile features Don Barker, crew chief of the No. 2 Wisk/Snuggle Ford driven by Todd Szegedy.
NAME: Don Barker AGE: 55 BIRTHDATE: Oct. 26, 1953 HOMETOWN: Watertown, Conn. SPOUSE’S NAME: Debbie NAMES OF CHILDREN: Jason and Brett TEAM: Mike Smeriglio Racing DRIVER: Todd Szegedy SHOP JOB: Fabricator/Manager AT-TRACK JOB: Spotter/Manager FULL-TIME OCCUPATION: Mechanical Engineer Continue reading ‘Crew Profile: Don Barker’
Stafford Springs, CT — Six days after reaching Victory Lane for the first time in 2009, Ryan Preece made it two in a row on Friday as he captured the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Town Fair Tire 150 at Stafford (Conn.) Motor Speedway.
In the NASCAR world, a crew member is the backbone of any team that helps a driver achieve success on the track. Throughout the season, we will profile the men and women behind the scenes.
