Published at June 8, 2012
in Seekonk.
LADYGA MAKES IT TWO FOR TWO IN LEGENDS
Seekonk, MA — Nick Ladyga and Tom Gray battled their Legends cars through the Fast Fridays feature with Ladyga coming out on top, giving him two-for-two on the races run this early season. Ladyga edged out a .264 second margin over the tenacious Gray and Shaun Buffington. The trio had assumed the top ten slots by lap 3. Gray moved into the lead briefly on lap 7; Ladyga resumed control on lap 10 and led the tenacious Gray to the checkers. George Whitney and Joey Parker rounded out the top 5.
Sixth went to Jordan LaMothe, Polesitter Carl Blandina was seventh. Seekonk SYRA graduator Nick Lascoula and Taylor Martin rounded out the top ten.
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Stafford Springs, CT — Stafford Speedway returned to racing on Friday, June 8TH with the 39th Annual Coors Light SK Modified® 100. Taking wins were Harry Wheeler in the SK Light feature and Cliff Saunders in the DARE Stock feature event. Rain postponed the remainder of tonight’s program to Friday, June 29th and rain checks from tonight’s program will be honored on June 29th.
In the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Harry Wheeler took the lead from Payton Henry at the start of the race and he began to set the pace in the early laps. Henry was second, with Joey Ferrigno, Jay Goff, and Bob Charland lined up behind him. Ferrigno moved by Henry to take over second on lap-3. Rick Dyer spun coming out of turn 2 to bring the caution out with 4 laps complete.
Back under green, Wheeler took the lead, but Ferrigno was hanging tough to the outside of Wheeler in a fight for the lead. Goff was running in third, while Henry was fourth and Dylan Kopec was up to fifth. Frank Cardile and Shawn Brule spun in the middle of turns 1+2 to bring the caution back out with 8 laps complete.
Continue reading ‘Wheeler & Saunders Score Coors Light SK Modified® 100 Feature Wins at Stafford; Rain Postpones Remainder of Program to June 29th’
Car History As Important As The Present To The Avid Fan Base
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Waterford Speedbowl on Connecticut's coastal shoreline in two weeks for the Mr. Rooter 161, a unique race distance on a Tour more used to traditional 100-, 150- and 200-lap distances on short tracks and speedways across the northeastern United States.
The race, billed as a “Tribute to Richie Evans” – the first Modified driver elected into the NASCAR Hall of Fame last year, gets its '61' from the iconic car number Evans tormented his competition with over a decades-long career out of his Rome, N.Y., race shop.
Numbers and stock car racing, of course, go hand-in-hand. On the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series side, there are the numbers that need no introduction. There's the 3 and the 43, digits that represent not only the drivers who piloted them but also the inherent values of the Earnhardts and Pettys whose cars they adorned – tenacity, relentlessness, a commitment to winning.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is no different, with its own signature car numbers.
Continue reading ‘NUMBERS GAME: Mod Tour’s Signature Look’
