Stafford Springs, CT — The 8th annual CARQUEST SK 150, scheduled for Friday, July 22 at Stafford Motor Speedway, will feature total posted awards of over $25,000, making the event one of the most lucrative races anywhere in the northeast for the 2011 season.
The winner of the 8th Annual CARQUEST SK 150 has the potential of walking away with $3,800. The winner’s share of the purse is $3,500 with $300 in first place contingency money available from CARQUEST Auto Parts and Trantolo and Trantolo. Additional contingency bonuses of $125 for second place will be paid by Call Before You Dig, and New England Race Fuel will supply a $50 product bonus to the third place finisher and a $25 product bonus to the top-3 finishing cars using the Stafford Speedway SK Modified® Spec Engine, bringing the total posted awards for the 8th Annual CARQUEST SK 150 up to $25,300. Drivers must have contingency decals from each contingency sponsor on their cars to receive the contingency bonus and drivers must use Sunoco Race Fuel in order to receive the New England Race Fuel product bonuses.
The 8th Annual CARQUEST SK 150 will start 30 cars and pays $300 to start the race, while 10th place will pay $1,000. The purse increases by $100 for each position from 9th place to 3rd place, while second place pays $2,200. The payout for 11th place is $900, and from positions 12 through 16, the purse decreases by $100 per position. The 17th position pays $375, and the remainder of the starting positions decreases by $25 per position to 20th place, with all drivers finishing 20th thru 30th receiving $300.
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Waterford, CT — Waterford Speedbowl was busy on Wednesday night for the Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday program. Twin Bandolero and WackyRaces led the action on the evening. In Bandolero racing Joey Ternullo of Middletown and Taylor Martin of Windham, New Hampshire shared the honors, each picking up a win. In the Legends Cars, Jason Palmer of Berlin raced to the win in a hotly contested duel. The Super X-Car feature was taken by Peter Pollard of Old Lyme, a career first. The X-Car race was won by defending division champion Dan D’addario of Columbia.
Stafford, Springs, CT — Inheriting the lead, Russ Stoehr (Dumo’s Desire 45) made it three straight victories capturing the Northeastern Midget Association 30 lapper at Stafford Motor Speedway’s CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday. His 46th career triumph, it was Stoehr’s first at Stafford.
Seekonk, MA — Flyin’ Freddie Astle labored his way to the front, and then put on wings once he got into the lead to take the Phil’s Propane 75-Lap Feature and become the first Pro-Stocker to chalk up a second victory on the season. Point’s leader Mike Brightman of Acushnet worked his way into second just before the midpoint of the race, and though he dogged the Westporter to the finish line 39 laps later, did not have an answer for Astle. Taunton’s Ken Spencer, Dick Houlihan of Bridgewater and Rehoboth’s Dave Darling completed the top five on the evening.
Winchester, NH — Todd Szegedy showed everyone why he is still someone to watch on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
