Waterford, CT — Waterford Speedbowl was forced to cancel tonight’s scheduled Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday race program after severe weather moved through the area this evening.
The Speedbowl returns to racing action with Saturday, July 24′s Nostalgia Night program, featuring vintage auto racing displays and exhibitions, along with the NEMA Midgets joining the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing.
For more information please call the Speedbowl info line at 860.442.1585 or visit Speedbowl.com.
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Waterford, CT — With the season recently moving past its halfway mark, the point battles in Waterford Speedbowl’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions show no signs of letting up. Overall, nearly 30 different competitors have taken the checkered flag so far this season among the track’s five NASCAR divisions translating into yet another competitive season at the shoreline oval sure to send championship battles down to the wire.
The SK Modifieds® once again are emerging as a two-man race between NASCAR’s national point leader Keith Rocco of Wallingford and defending division champion Ron Yuhas Jr., from Groton Rocco has used seven victories to move 22 marks ahead of Yuhas in the Speedbowl standings, but Yuhas has been in this position as recently as last year. He used consistency to overtake Rocco in the second half of the season a year ago and once again has been a model of consistency, posting all top-five finishes except one – a sixth place finish back on April 3. Waterford’s Rob Janovic Jr., himself a past champion in the Speedbowl’s premier division, is within distance of the two 87 points back should the battle for the top intensify. In total, seven SK Modified® drivers have tasted victory in 2010 making the championship drive a tough one every week for each of the top competitors.
The tightest championship battle resides in the Bob Valenti Auto Mall Late Model division where no less than the top eight drivers are within a victory’s worth of points of one another. The 2006 division champion, Tim Jordan of Plainfield, sits atop the standings. Three-time defending champion of the division Bruce Thomas Jr. of Groton is currently 40 points back in fourth. Third-year competitor and second-generation racer Jeff Smith of Old Lyme is second behind Jordan by a scant 13 points, with Seymour’s Vin Esposito third in the standings. Each of the four has found Victory Lane so far this season. A missed step by any could prove costly in the long run.
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Windham, Maine’s Brad Babb currently sits atop the ACT Late Model Tour Rookie Standings and will look to stretch his lead with a solid finish this Saturday, July 24 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, the track where he cut his racing teeth. The seventeen year old holds a slim five point lead over fellow Maine youngster Austin Theriault of Fort Kent.
Babb has had a solid first half to his rookie season by qualifying for five of the first six races on the ACT Tour which is no small feat considering the Tour has been averaging well over 40 cars for each event. He has finished on the lead lap in four of these events with his only DNF (Did Not Finish) occurring at White Mountain Motorsports Park due to mechanical problems.
Babb has picked up a couple top 15 place finishes to help his Sallie Bolduc team lead the Rookie chase at the halfway mark. It has been his first time visiting most of the tracks. In his first career ACT Late Model Tour start in last season’s Oxford Plains Speedway finale in October he earned a sixth place finish.
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