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Professional Auto Racing Returns to Trenton February, 2014 with Two-Day Indoor Event at Sun National Bank Center

Published at March 28, 2013 in Boardwalk Hall, Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. Closed

TRENTON, NJ — The roar of professional auto racing, which has not been heard in New Jersey’s State Capital in over thirty years, will be awakened anew in 2014.

Len Sammons Motorsports Productions has announced it will promote a two-day, indoor racing event at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton in 2014. The event will feature top drivers from at least ten different States and Canada competing in the Fatheadz TQ Midget Racing Series.

A complete program including qualifying and feature events will be held for the TQ Midgets on Friday and Saturday night, February 7 and 8, 2014. A different support division will join the TQ Midgets each night making both programs unique.

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Mike Perry Remembers Newtown with Top-5 Finish in Providence

Published at January 10, 2013 in Boardwalk Hall, Dunkin Donuts Center, Granite State Karting, Indoor Tracks, Manchester, NHMS, Seekonk and VMRS. Closed

Perry Eager for 2013 Karting & Modified Racing

Mike Perry of Dighton, MA closed the 2012 season with a fourth-place finish on New Year’s Eve at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. The Mike Roe #26 prominently featured “Prayers for Sandy Hook” decals in recognition of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims. “We were going to do something at the race but it was last minute, we were going to sell stickers and donate the money to the fund. … I gave out stickers to Brandon Rusczek and Ryan Preece.” Perry will keep the paint scheme on his kart for all 2013 races.

Perry has been racing Champ Karts since he was 18. He has raced at Atlantic City twice and every event in Providence. “I was glad that we redrew 3rd, putting us out of any disaster that could happen because there is usually 1 or 2 big wrecks. This was our first race ever on a new chassis that Brandon Mullis at Mullis Speed Concept prepared T/O Redemptions (powered by Baker Racing Engines) with FFM cut and prepared tires. We switched chassis builders over the winter and we were happy with a 4th place finish.”

The first of 18 races on the 2013 slate will be Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall on February 2nd. After a successful debut with the new Champ Kart, Perry is looking forward to Atlantic City. “We actually brought the kart back to the shop that night and the next day we unloaded it and I talked with Brandon Mullis about what we can do and we changed a bunch of things on the kart. These karts react to small changes unlike the other chassis make (Prokart) where we would have to make big changes in order for it to respond.”

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NASCAR Ace Christopher Going for Another Indoor Win at Atlantic City

Published at January 4, 2013 in Boardwalk Hall, Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. Closed

Ted Christopher Heads to NAPA Auto Parts Weekend of Racing Atop Fatheadz Point Standings

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — With two solid Indoor race starts logged into their racing ledgers, Plainville, Ct., Three Quarter (TQ) Midget driver Ted Christopher and Champ Kart driver Brandon Ruszcek of Walllingford, Ct. will charge into Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. for two consecutive days of high speed racing action.

The 11th running of the event known since it inception as the ‘Gamblers Classic’, run under the direction of Len Sammons Motorsports Productions, is planned for Friday and Saturday nights Feb. 1-2, 2013.

Christopher and Rusczek will face stiff competition from over 50 other racers during the NAPA Auto Parts Indoor Racing extravanganza.

The pair are the leading drivers in the lucrative Fathead Eyewear Indoor Racing Series point standings and each will collect a substantial paycheck if they can continue their December event pace inside historic Boardwalk Hall.

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‘Coffee Cup’ Win In Dunkin’ Donuts Center To Burned, But Unbowed Ted Christopher; Sieber Wins Thrilling Champ Kart Co-Feature

Published at January 2, 2013 in Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. Closed

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Ted Christopher of Plainville, Conn., came back from a fiery incident that occurred in the pit area, and, with left hand tightly bandaged, raced his to the lead by Patrick Emerling, Orchard Park, N.Y., with eight laps remaining in the 40-lap ‘Coffee Cup’ main event inside Dunkin’ Donuts Center here.

The win for Christopher was his sixth indoors and by far the most dramatic.

Christopher’s night started out fortuitously when he ran the second quickest time trial lap and won his heat race. When he and the other drivers left the arena floor after the heat for a routine post-race fuel sample inspection, his car burst into flames. Christopher escaped with a badly burned left hand; the car sustained little damage.

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Reigning VMRS Modified Champion Jon McKennedy is Late Dunkin’ Donuts Center TQ Midget Entry

Published at December 27, 2012 in Dunkin Donuts Center, Indoor Tracks and VMRS. Closed

FATHEADZ EYEWEAR INDOOR RACING SERIES PRESENTED BY PRECISE RACING

PROVIDENCE, RI — Jon McKennedy, the reigning Valenti Modified Racing Series champion and past ISMA Supermodified king, is the latest entry for the Indoor TQ Midget races at Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence. R.I. on December 31.

The 25 year old Chelmsford, Mass., competitor will be driving one of the potent cars owned and prepared by Lou Cicconi, Jr. Cicconi built and maintained cars have won have won three of the seven Indoor races run in Dunkin’ Donuts Center including the last two main events. Talented McKennedy has won three of the last four VMRS Modified circuit championships, an unprecedented achievement.
McKennedy is one of nearly four dozen TQ Midget drivers who will compete for the coveted Dunkin’ Donuts Center ‘Coffee Cup’ trophy and the lion’s share of the payoff.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series drivers head the all star list, including 2012 championship runner-up Ryan Preece, Berlin, Ct., talented Rowan Pennink, New Egypt, N.J.; past champion Ted Christopher, Plainville, Ct. and past Rookie Of The Year Patrick Emerling, Orchard Park, N.Y. Other standout asphalt Modified drivers entered the Fatheadz Eyewear Indoor Racing Series event is NASCAR Modified SK Modified racer Glen Reen, Wilbraham, Mass.; versatile Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, N.Y.; and Wall (NJ) Stadium track Modified champion Anthony Sesely, Matawan, N.J.

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Talents Preece, Pennink Ready for Indoor Three Quarter Midget Race New Years Eve in Providence

Published at December 11, 2012 in Dunkin Donuts Center, Indoor Tracks and NASCAR WMT. Closed

  

PROVIDENCE, RI — A pair of NASCAR Modified driving stars who have made their marks in New England racing circles are among the entries for the December 31 ‘Coffee Cup;’ Indoor auto racing program set for Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. Ryan Preece, a five time career winner on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and runner-up in the 2012 Series point standings, will be a first time entry indoors. Preece, 22, of Berlin, Ct., who also won the 2012 Thompson, Ct. Speedway Modified track championship, has made a deal with Lou Cicconi to drive his famed No. 75 that he competed in just this past weekend in Baltimore, MD. It’s the same TQ that won both races held in Providence in March.

The top prize to the race winner is the coveted Dunkin’ Donuts Center ‘Coffee Cup’ trophy and the lion’s share of the payoff. The recent experience of Rowan Pennink, New Egypt, N.J., Modified standout, in the December 8 TQ Indoor race in Baltimore, Md., should prove encouraging to Preece – and Pennink.
Pennink, 27, had never driven a TQ midget and never raced indoors. Yet the Modified talent won his heat race and was contending for the victory before tangling with the leaders.

The Dunkin’ Donuts Center Coffee Cup race is second of three events that make up the Fatheadz Eyewear Indoor Racing Series. The Indoor auto racing events are produced by Len Sammons Motorsports Productions. A two-race weekend finale is scheduled for February 1-2, 2013 in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.

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Five 2012 Champions Among Entries for Indoor Auto Racing Series Races; Baltimore Inaugural Set for This Saturday

Published at December 4, 2012 in 1st Mariner Arena, Boardwalk Hall, Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. Closed

Trenton, NJ — The list of Threee Quarter (TQ) Midget drivers entered for the first race of the three event Fatheadz Indoor Racing Series – in 1st Mariner Center in Baltimore, Md., December 8 – is best characterized in two ways – quality and quantity. Among the nearly sixty competitors are a quintet who earned circuit or track championships in 2012. Tim Buckwalter of Pottstown, Pa., the recently crowned 2012 American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) Midget driving champion, is looking for his first win Indoors. Ted Christopher of Plainville, Ct., a five time winner Indoors between Atlantic City and Providence, is the 2012 Stafford (CT) Motor Speedway track king. Mike Lichty, a one-time winner indoors, and one of two Canadian drivers entered in the Fatheadz three race series, won his first ISMA Supermodified driving championship in 2012. Anthony Sesely, Matawan, N.J., will be seeking his first TQ Midget win after earning the 2012 Wall Stadium Modified track championship for the second consecutive year. And Ryan Tidman of Levittown, Pa. will be a contender in the Indoor races after having won the 2012 ATQMRA Three Quarter Midget outdoor championship for the second straight year.

The 1st Mariner Center race is the first of a three indoor auto racing event series produced by Len Sammons Motorsports Productions. The newly named Fatheadz Series’ second event is logged in for Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I., on December 31 and the two-race weekend finale is scheduled for February 1-2, 2013 in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.

Entries have been coming in at a steady rate for the Baltimore, Providence and Atlantic City in the Champ Kart support division as well. Atlantic City’s schedule of events includes two other class, a 600 Micro Sprint class and the Slingshots.

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Modified Racing Star Jimmy Blewett to Race in Fatheadz Eyewear Three Race Indoor Series

Published at November 16, 2012 in 1st Mariner Arena, Boardwalk Hall, Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. Closed

TRENTON, NJ — Modified stock car driver Jimmy Blewett has never driven a single lap in a Three Quarter (TQ) Midget, nor raced indoors. He will have three opportunities to broaden his racing horizons this winter when he steers Bobby Watkins’ car in the “Fatheadz Eyewear Indoor Racing Series.”
The three indoor auto racing events are produced by Len Sammons Motorsports Productions.

The first race is set for 1st Mariner Center in Baltimore, Md, on Saturday, December 8th The newly named series’ second event is logged in for Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R I , on December 31 and the two-race weekend finale is scheduled for February 1-2, 2013 in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.
Blewett will drive a car owned by Bobby Watkins Jr , a racing veteran from Levittown, Pa “I’m looking forward to driving for Bobby,” Blewett said “I’ll have the car in my shop before the first race and hope to shake it down in advance of heading to Baltimore,” Blewett said.

Entries have been coming in at a steady rate for the Baltimore, Providence and Atlantic City TQ Midget class and for the support Champ Kart division Atlantic City’s schedule of events includes two other class, a 600 Micro Sprint class and the Slingshots.

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Fatheadz Eyewear Signs as Title Sponsor for Three-Race Len Sammons Indoor Auto Racing Series

Published at November 14, 2012 in 1st Mariner Arena, Boardwalk Hall, Dunkin Donuts Center, Indoor Tracks and Uncategorized. Closed

TRENTON, NJ — Len Sammons Motorsports Productions has announced a new partnership for its three-race Indoor Series.

Fatheadz Eyewear of Brownsburg, Ind. has become the title sponsor of the newly designated “Fatheadz Eyewear Indoor Racing Series Presented By Precise Racing.” The first of the trio of events is set for 1st Mariner Center in Baltimore, Md, on Saturday, December 8th. The newly named series’ second event is logged in for Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I., on December 31 and the two-race weekend finale is scheduled for February 1-2, 2013 in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.

Fatheadz is synonymous in the Midwest with open wheel racing by marketing heavily in the Sprint car and Midget ranks since it’s founding and sponsors other forms of motorsports throughout the country. Drivers Dave Darland, Jon Stanbrough, Tracy Hines, Brady Bacon and Hunter Schuerenberg, all fly the Fatheadz banner wherever they pilot their open wheeled machines.

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Past Indoor Auto Racing Winners Rudolph, Tidaback Among Baltimore, Providence And Atlantic City Favorites; Outdoor Three Quarter Midget Champ Tidman Looks To Improve

Published at November 9, 2012 in 1st Mariner Arena, Boardwalk Hall, Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. Closed

TRENTON, NJ — Picking a favorite in any auto race is difficult.  Picking the winner of an Indoor Three Quarter (TQ)Midget feature event is almost impossible. Yet three talented drivers, hailing from three different states,  figure to be among the competitors with a distinct advantage at 1st  Mariner Center on December 8 in Baltimore, Md., December 31 at  Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I., and at Boardwalk Hall in  Atlantic City on February, 1-2, 2013. The three indoor auto racing events are produced by Len Sammons  Motorsports Productions.

Erick Rudolph, of Ransomville, N.Y., won indoors this past year in  Atlantic City. Mike Tidaback of Little Falls, N.J., is a past winner in Atlantic City and a past champion of the outdoor American Three Quarter  Midget Racing Association. And Ryan Tidman of Levittown, Pa., won the ATQMRA TQ Midget driving
championship in each of the past two years.

Rudolph, 20, will be driving the same Timex Morgan owned, Rochester,  N.Y. based car he used to dominate indoor racing last year. “You can’t stand still in racing and even though the car was fast  last year, we made some changes it that should make it better,”  Rudolph said.

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Indoor Auto Racing Events In Baltimore, Providence And Atlantic City Taking Shape; Christopher, Tidman Among Early Entries

Published at October 27, 2012 in 1st Mariner Arena, Boardwalk Hall, Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. Closed

TRENTON, NJ – The roar of auto racing engines outdoors, soon to be silenced across the Northeast, will reverberate anew in December with Indoor Auto Racing events planned for Baltimore, Md. and Providence, R. I. over a three week period. Lightning fast Three Quarter (TQ) Midget race cars and nimble Champ Karts will be featured at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore on December 8 and at Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence on December 31. A two day card of Indoor racing is also planned for Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. N. J. on February 1-2, 2013.

The three events are produced by Len Sammons Motorsports Productions headquartered in Trenton, NJ. The first driver to confirm his entry in the Baltimore and Providence races was Plainville, Ct. ace Ted Christopher, a winner of TQ Indoor races in both Dunkin’ Donuts Center and Boardwalk Hall in the recent past.

Christopher, the 2012 SK Modified champion at Stafford (CT) Motor Speedway, will be driving the same car he has experienced his prior successes with. Ryan Tidman, Levittown, PA. , the 2012 and 2011 outdoor TQ champion, is also among the first wave of entries committed for the inaugural Baltimore race and the sixth Indoor meet at Providence. Another prominent early entrant, Patrick Emerling, of the Buffalo, NY suburb of Orchard Park, is NASCAR’s Whelen Modified Touring Series 2011 Rookie of the Year. Emerling’s prowess on NASCAR’s short tracks should prove to be invaluable in competing on the tenth mile Baltimore and Providence tracks and Atlantic City’s eighth-mile speedway.

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Providence, R.I. Indoor Races Set for New Year’s Eve

Published at September 22, 2012 in Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. Closed

Lots Of Activity Before And After; Three Quarter Midgets And Champ Karts To Race

Providence, RI  — Indoor Auto Racing returns to the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. on New Years Eve, Monday, December 31.

The event, produced by Len Sammons Motorsports Productions, will bring powerful Three Quarter Midget cars and  nimble Champ Karts to the arena for the second time in 2012.

Stewart Friesen of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada was the big winner in the March, 2012 TQ races.

The New Years’ Eve event has been scheduled to coincide with downtown Providence’s annual Bright Lights Festival, a day and night of fun- filled activities taking place in the city. The annual festival holds activities for family members of all ages.

The gates of the Dunkin’ Donuts Center will open at 5:00 p.m. with racing to begin at 6:00 p.m. The target time for event completion is 9:00 p.m. which will allow for a maximum of post-race fun.

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Tickets Available Soon for A.C. Indoor Events, R.I. Dates Announced

Published at July 31, 2012 in Boardwalk Hall, Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. Closed

Atlantic City Indoor Race Tickets Going on Sale August 17; Tentative December Date for Providence, RI Indoors

Trenton, NJ — Indoor Auto Racing will return to Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall in 2013 for the eleventh year under the promotion of
Len Sammons.Sammons has confirmed that the exciting events will be held on Friday and Saturday nights, February 1 and 2, 2013. Tickets for the Atlantic City Indoor Races will be available beginning on August 17, Sammons has announced.

“Our attendance was up at Boardwalk Hall this year,” said Sammons. “I think good weather and a weekend off between the races and the Motorsports trade show helped everyone including our staff.”

The Coffee Cup Indoor TQ and Champ Kart races at Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, December
15-16. 2012. “The Providence date shifts back to a December event as it was two years ago,” said Len Sammons. “We think it is the perfect time, removed from the racing season, yet not too close to the Christmas holiday season.”

A third off-season indoor race is possible. Information about all three events is available at www.aarn.com or by calling 609-888-3618.

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Friesen’s Hundred Lap Providence TQ Win Sets Up Weekend Sweep; Redemption For Daley In Champ Karts

Published at March 12, 2012 in Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. Closed

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Stewart Friesen backed up his Saturday night TQ Midget feature win in Providence, R.I.’s Dunkin Donuts Center with a rousing win the Sunday afternoon. The race was halted three times before the 100th lap was put in the books and each time Friesen had to outrun Erick Rudolph and Joe Payne, Jr. to preserve his winning drive.

“The car was perfect and that was the difference,” said Friesen. “I had some help when the outside (of the track surface) got some water on it and it got slick for guys up there.”

Friesen was also the leader of the 50th lap of the race when the field was stopped as designed by race officials to allow for refueling and minor adjustments. Drivers were able to restart in the second segment regardless of number of laps completed in the first half of the race.

March 10
[Photo Gallery] by Adam Fohlin
[Photo Gallery] by Nicholas Teto

March 11
[Photo Gallery] by Adam Fohlin
[Photo Gallery] by Nicholas Teto

TQ Midgets

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Stewart Friesen Wins “Coffee Cup Classic”; Meisenhelder Named Champ Kart Winner After Daley Fails Post-Race Tech; Racing Resumes on Sunday Afternoon

Published at March 11, 2012 in Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. Closed

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Canadian Stewart Friesen passed Erick Rudolph of Ransomville, N.Y., for the lead on lap 38 of the 40-lap Coffee Cup Classic Indoor Three Quarter Midget race at Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I., Saturday to earn his first ever Coffee Cup Classic race win. The victory came after a thrilling side-by-side battle in an event that Rudolph had dominated.

The companion Champ Kart 25-lap main event was won by Glen Meisenhelder of Agawam, Mass. who had originally crossed the finish line in second place. When apparent winner Chris Daley of Pleasant Valley, N.Y., was disqualified by technical inspectors for an out-of-compliance engine, Meisenhelder was elevated, albeit belatedly, to victory.

Mike Lichty led the early laps of the TQ race until Rudolph took over. A succession of incidents and double-file restarts kept the pack tight. Lichty fell back and Friesen moved forward to challenge for the lead. As the race progressed, Friesen began to close on Rudolph in lapped traffic, eventually passing him with two laps remaining.

March 10
[Photo Gallery] by Adam Fohlin
[Photo Gallery] by Nicholas Teto

March 11
[Photo Gallery] by Adam Fohlin
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TQ Midgets

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ISMA Star ‘Timmy J’ is Late Providence Indoor Race TQ Entry; Dunkin’ Donuts COffee Cup Classic Goes Off this Weekend

Published at March 6, 2012 in Dunkin Donuts Center, Indoor Tracks and ISMA. Closed

PROVIDENCE, RI — A late driver change in the entry roster for the 2012 “Coffee Cup Classic” Indoor Race Weekend in Providence, R.I.’s Dunkin Donuts Center has the potential to affect the outcome of the races in a big way.

Tim Jedrzejek, an outstanding ISMA Supermodified driver riding out of Independence, Oh., has never raced indoors before. But the 42 year old competitor has impressive credentials.

The racing takes place on Saturday & Sunday, March 10 & 11.

‘Timmy J’ is replacing owner-driver Mike Dicely, Lewisberry, Pa., who last year had Ryan Smith, Kunkletown, Pa., steer his car to a close second place feature finish. Dicely had intended to drive himself this year.

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Modified Star McKennedy, Supermodified Champion Witkum, Aim for Dunkin’ Donuts Three Quarter Midget Wins

Published at March 6, 2012 in Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. Closed

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A pair of Massachusetts drivers, Jon McKennedy and Eddie Witkum Jr., each of whom excels in a different form of high speed racing. are among the contenders for victory at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, RI, on Saturday & Sunday, March 10 & 11 during the Len Sammons Productions Indoor Races.

Jon McKennedy of Chelmsford races in the central New England based Modified Racing Series and won the drivers championships in 2009 and 2010.

Eddie Witkum, Jr. of Westford races Supermodifieds weekly at Lee, N.H. Speedway and is a two time track champion there, winning in 2007 and 2008.

The pair of accomplished regional stars will race together in the weekend race meet that includes two days of qualifying races and feature events for the powerful TQ (Three Quarter) Midgets and the bullet-like Champ Karts, culminating on Saturday with the running of “The Coffee Cup Classic”, a 40-lap TQ Midget feature, paying $2,000 to its winner.

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The Stoehr Kids are Ready to Challenge for Champ Kart Wins in Providence’s Dunkin’ Donuts Center

Published at March 1, 2012 in Dunkin Donuts Center, Indoor Tracks, NEMA and NEMA Lites. Closed

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (MARCH 1, 2012) – If racing talent is hereditary, then three teens from southeastern Massachusetts may have an edge when they get to the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, RI, on Saturday & Sunday, March 10 & 11 during the Len Sammons Productions Indoor Races. 

Kathryn, Bethany, and Avery Stoehr are fourth generation drivers whose  family has experienced a great deal of success in auto racing. The trio will compete in the Champ Kart division during the two-day racing event. The weekend race meet includes two days of qualifying races and feature events for the powerful TQ (Three Quarter) Midgets and the bullet-like Champ Karts, culminating on Saturday with the running of “The Coffee Cup Classic”, a 40-lap TQ Midget feature, and paying $2,000 to its winner. 

On Saturday, March 10, racing begins at 7:00 p.m., one hour after the arena gates swing open. 

On Sunday, the feature for TQ Midgets is a first time event, to be run over a 100 lap distance with a planned mid-race break to allow teams to make adjustments and, if possible, to re-enter the race.

Racing begins at 2:00 p.m. preceded by ‘Fan Fest’, an interactive ‘meet &  greet’ autograph signing session and photo opportunity for ticket holders. 

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Bay State Racing Stars Reen, Cabral Seek Providence RI “Coffee Cup Trophy” at Dunkin’ Donuts Center; Past Winner Christopher & AC Winner Rudolph Loom Large

Published at February 9, 2012 in Dunkin Donuts Center, Indoor Tracks, NASCAR WMT, NEMA, NEMA Lites and Seekonk. Closed

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — NASCAR Modified star Glen Reen and reigning NEMA Midget champion Randy Cabral are among the latest entrants for the Providence, R.I. Indoor Auto Races, set for March 10-11, 2012 at Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

Reen, of Wilbraham, scored the biggest win in his driving career in October, 2011 when he won the NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series race at Connecticut’s Thompson International Speedway’s season-ending World Series Of Auto Racing.

Cabral, of Bridgewater, raced his way to his third NEMA (Northeastern Midget Association) Midget driving championship in 2011. It was the tenth consecutive year in which Cabral has been in the top five in NEMA driver standings.

Reen and Cabral are among over forty early entries set to compete for victory in the fourth running of “The Coffee Cup.”

The weekend race meet includes two days of qualifying races and feature events for the powerful TQ (Three Quarter) Midgets and the bullet-like Champ Karts, culminating on Saturday with the running of “The Coffee Cup Classic”, a 40-lap TQ Midget feature, paying $2,000 to its winner.

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NEMA to Support Providence Indoor Races – Off the Track & On

Published at January 12, 2012 in Dunkin Donuts Center and NEMA. 0 Comments

Providence, RI — On March 10 & 11, 2012, the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, RI, will host the annual Coffee Cup Indoor Auto Racing featuring the small but powerful Three-Quarter Midgets (TQs). And when guests enter the facility to enjoy the annual event they will get an up-close view of a “sister” racer, a full-scale Midget, courtesy of the Northeastern Midget Association.

The racecar owned by Ed Breault that will be campaigned by Joey Payne, Jr. of Fairlawn, NJ, on the Northeastern Midget Association during the 2012 season will be in the entrance of the Dunkin’ Donuts Center allowing fans to get a good look at a very similar car that will be in competition during the two-day event.

“We are happy to be here in support of the Coffee Cup,” said NEMA President Mike Scrivani. “This is an excellent way to introduce fans to a race car that they may not be all that familiar. It is also a great way for us as a racing organization to say thank you to everyone at Dunkin’ Donuts, the Dunkin Donuts Center, and event organizers, Area Auto Racing News, for providing both competitors and fans with an incredible racing event.”

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Dates Announced for 2012 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall Indoor Races, Tickets on Sale August 17th

Published at August 10, 2011 in Boardwalk Hall, Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. 0 Comments

Atlantic City Feb. 3-4, Providence March 10-11

Atlantic City, NJ — Indoor Auto Racing will return to Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall in 2012 for the tenth year under the promotion of Len Sammons.

Sammons has confirmed that the exciting events will be held on Friday and Saturday nights, February 3 and 4, 2012.

Ted Christopher from Plainville, Conn. will be returning to defend the “Gambler’s Classic” title he won this past January in the headline Three-Quarter Midget division.

Christopher, the 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion, also won the “Coffee Cup” TQ-Midget feature held inside the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I., to sweep last winter’s Indoor Racing Series. The Providence events will again be held in 2012, on Saturday and Sunday, March 10 and 11.

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Christopher Continues TQ-Midget Dominance with Coffee Cup Victory

Published at February 6, 2011 in Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. 0 Comments

Providence, RI — Ted Christopher likes this indoor racing gig.

He proved why Saturday night as he captured the TQ-Midget Coffee Cup at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I.

The victory was Christopher’s second consecutive in as many weeks as he won the Gambler’s Classic in Atlantic City, N.J.

With his most recent victory, which was his fifth in 10 outings in TQ-Midget action, Christopher of Plainville, Conn., captured more than $9,000. In addition to the winnings in Atlantic City, N.J., and Providence, R.I., he won the Leonard J. Sammons Jr Indoor Series for having the best overall finishers over the past two weeks.

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Christopher Leads a Quality Pack of TQ-Midgets to the Coffee Cup

Published at February 3, 2011 in Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. 0 Comments

Providence, RI — The driver besting all others last weekend in Atlantic City, N.J., is looking forward to this weekend’s Coffee Cup indoor TQ-Midget race at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I.

Ted Christopher of Plainville, Conn., is looking to add another notch to his TQ-Midget earnings this weekend as he’ll drive the potent No. 13 car this Saturday night. Christopher made a statement in the TQ-Midget class as he dominated the Gambler’s Classic at Boardwalk Hall.

“I am looking forward to getting to Providence,” Christopher said. “We have a fast car and we know it will just as fast in Providence.”

Christopher is one of four different drivers who have previous TQ-Midget victories at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. Mike Iles, Mike Lichty and Mike Stefanik are the other victors in TQ-Midget action.
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Coffee Cup TQ-Midget Race Filled with Stafford Motor Speedway Regulars

Published at January 7, 2011 in Dunkin Donuts Center, Indoor Tracks and Stafford. 0 Comments

Providence, RI — Woody Pitkat did his best at chasing Keith Rocco in the 2010 SK Modified® point standings at Stafford Motor Speedway. Now, Pitkat, 31, of Stafford, Conn., is bringing his outdoor talents to the indoor scene. Pitkat will drive a car owned by indoor TQ-Midget expert Lou Cicconi, Jr., for the upcoming Coffee Cup at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I., scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 5th.

The Coffee Cup will include the TQ-Midgets and Senior Champ Karts in a one-day event on February 5. Race time begins at 7 p.m. Tickets for the Coffee Cup are available at the Dunkin’ Donuts box office, online at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000. This will mark Pitkat’s first indoor entry at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

“He’s in for quite an experience,” said Cicconi, a multi-time TQ-Midget feature winner. “He’ll be working the wheel, dodging cars, accelerating and braking many times during a lap. There is nothing like the close and competitive racing you get from racing indoors.”

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Friesen Ready for Back-to-Back TQ-Midget Indoor Events

Published at December 11, 2010 in Boardwalk Hall, Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. 0 Comments

Trenton, NJ — Stewart Friesen wants another photograph in his garage.

The likeable Canadian driver, who now resides in Old Forge, N.Y., still looks at the picture that shows him, Joey Payne and Jack Hewitt in Victory Lane from the indoor TQ-Midget race in Niagara Falls, N.Y.

That picture brings a smile to his face as it marked the one and only indoor victory that Friesen, 27, scored when he was a mere 16-year-old driver.

Now, he wants more pictures and Victory Lane photos.

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Tickets to Go On Sale for Coffee Cup at Dunkin’ Donuts Center

Published at November 11, 2010 in Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. 0 Comments

Providence, RI — Exciting Indoor Auto Racing returns to the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence for a one-day show this year on Saturday, February 5th. Tickets for the event, which features the exciting Three Quarter Midgets, go on sale Friday, Nov. 12, at 10 am at all Ticketmaster locations and the Dunkin’ Donut Center box office.

“We are extremely pleased to be returning to Providence and the Dunkin’ Donuts Center again,” said event organizer Len Sammons. “Our reception there from drivers, fans and staff at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in the past has been incredible and we can’t wait to return for this action packed one-day show.”

The 2nd annual Coffee Cup will be held on the eve of the Super Bowl.

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2011 Providence Indoor Race Date Announced

Published at September 27, 2010 in Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. 0 Comments

Area Auto Racing News has announced the date for next year’s indoor racing at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, RI.  The race will take place on February 5, 2011 at 7PM.

Sources: AARN.com

Point Fund Announced For Indoor Winter TQ-Midget Series

Published at December 11, 2009 in Boardwalk Hall, Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. 0 Comments

Atlantic City, NJ — An added incentive is up for grabs for those participating in the winter season TQ-Midget events.

Race organizers of the indoor TQ-Midget races announced today that drivers will be competing for point fund money.

The Leonard J. Sammons Jr. Indoor Winter Series sponsored by Dr. Lowe started last weekend at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. Sammons was the founder and publisher of Area Auto Racing News. He passed away in 1991.

The next event on the indoor TQ-Midget series is the Atlantic City (N.J.) Indoor Race, which is scheduled for January 29-30, 2010, at Boardwalk Hall.

The winner of the series will receive $500, while the runner-up receives $300 and third place receives $200.

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Stefanik Gives Home State Fans Reason To Cheer With Coffee Cup Victory

Published at December 5, 2009 in Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. 0 Comments

Providence, RI — Mike Stefanik gave Rhode Island race fans bragging rights on Saturday night as the 51-year-old from Coventry, R.I., claimed the 40-lap TQ-Midget Coffee Cup main event at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

Stefanik, 51, a seven-time NASCAR Modified Tour champion and two-time Camping World East champion, was the only Ocean State entry in the field of more than 40 cars that tackled the indoor concrete oval.

“This is incredible,” Stefanik said. “This win is so sweet. When I looked over the entry list and saw guys like Billy Pauch, Lou Cicconi Jr., Davey Hamilton, Ted Christopher, Frank Fischer entered to race, it got me all pumped up.”

Stefanik never raced a TQ-Midget indoors until last March, when the indoor series debuted at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

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Lichty Scores Impressive Coffee Cup Victory At Dunkin’ Donuts Center

Published at December 5, 2009 in Dunkin Donuts Center and Indoor Tracks. 0 Comments

Providence, RI — Mike Lichty was hoping this would come one day.

 For the past five years, the Innerkip, Ontario, driver has been chasing an indoor auto racing victory.

On Friday night at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I., Lichty, 22, got his wish as he claimed a wild 30-lap TQ-Midget main event that saw him and the rest of the feature field wrestle through numerous caution flags.

“I’ve been hoping for this day for a long time,” Lichty said. “(Car owner) Larry Turnbull has given me a top car, but we haven’t got the right breaks over the years.

“We’ve finished in the top five many times. We’ve had second, third and fourth place finishes indoors, but we’ve never been able to get a win.”

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