http://yankeeracer.com Fri, 16 May 2008 18:35:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stafford Springs, CT -- Due to inclement weather, Stafford Motor Speedway has cancelled its May 16th NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing program. Stafford Motor Speedway returns to racing action next Friday night, May 23rd with the 18th Annual TSI Harley-Davidson 150 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event.  Stafford's SK Modifieds®, Late Models, ... http://yankeeracer.com/2008/05/16/may-16th-nascar-program-at-stafford-speedway-cancelled/ NASCAR to Recognize Modified Great on May 23 Daytona Beach, FL -- As part of a season-long celebration of 60 years of Modified champions, seven-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour titlist Mike Stefanik will be honored at the TSI Harley-Davidson 150 on Friday, May 23 at Stafford (Conn.) Motor Speedway. A resident of ... http://yankeeracer.com/2008/05/16/seven-time-champion-stefanik-to-be-honored-at-stafford/ This Saturday the Waterford Speedbowl hosts the 3rd annual Little League Night featuring the Sidsvault.com Home Run Derby. Any Little Leaguer wearing their team jersey will be admitted free of charge into the grandstands. The wiffle ball exhibition will team up ten of the Speedbowl's NASCAR Whelen All-American Series drivers ... http://yankeeracer.com/2008/05/16/home-run-derby-highlights-speedbowls-little-league-night/ Lexington, NC -- C&C Racing Promotions, in conjunction with the True Value Modified Racing Series and the Twin State Speedway in Claremont, NH, announced last week that the first annual Ricky Miller Memorial 100 will be a qualifier for the 6th Annual John Blewett III Memorial North-South Shootout TM. Both ... http://yankeeracer.com/2008/05/15/ricky-miller-memorial-named-north-south-shootout-qualifier/ We face many trying times in our lives. Some of them bring us to the point of breaking. How do we manage to get through them? How do we continue? What is it that makes it possible to keep things focused and moving in a positive direction? Greetings in the ... http://yankeeracer.com/2008/05/15/sticking-together/ Norwood, MA -- Some of Fred Luchesi's peers felt that he retired from racing too early. The Pawtucket, RI racer had a very impressive resume. Consider that he was a NASCAR Champion back in 1948 the year that sanctioning body was formed for his string of wins at the Kingston ... http://yankeeracer.com/2008/05/14/near-08-inductee-fred-luchesi-plans-to-be-at-norwood-arena-reunion-on-june-1/ Waterford, CT -- With two consecutive Friday night rainouts at Stafford  Speedway, the Johnson Motorsports team and driver Doug Coby brought their white #10 SK Modified to the Waterford Speedbowl this past Saturday for a 35-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American series event. This was the team's second visit of the season ... http://yankeeracer.com/2008/05/14/johnson-motorsports-grabs-top-ten-finish-at-waterford/ Last Sunday at Thunder Road, Late Model stock car racer Mike "Beetle" Bailey capped off a feel-good story that should prove to be a pretty hard one to top. The former Allen Lumber Street Stock champion and multi-time NAPA Tiger Sportsman winner moved into the American-Canadian Tour Late Model division in ... http://yankeeracer.com/2008/05/14/action-news-51408/ Stafford Springs, CT -- The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Stafford Motor Speedway for its second of four visits during the 2008 season on Friday, May 23rd for the 18th Annual TSI Harley-Davidson 150.  Todd Szegedy, the 2003 Whelen Modified Tour champion, currently sits in fifth place in the ... http://yankeeracer.com/2008/05/13/todd-szegedy-looks-to-recapture-stafford-magic-in-tsi-harley-davidson-150/ Two-for-two so far with a couple of victories at Waterford Speedbowl, Randy Cabral is still not ready to declare himself a contender for the Northeastern Midget Association championship. He is, however, the driver to watch when NEMA pulls into Monadnock Speedway on Saturday, May 24. Monadnock is one of the "trickiest" ... http://yankeeracer.com/2008/05/13/more-history-awaits-cabral-nema-heads-to-monadnock/