Cicconi, Shirey, Adams Win Roaring 20s on Friday at AC

Atlantic City, NJ — Lou Cicconi Jr. showed he is poised to better his 2007 runner-up finish by one position this time around.

Cicconi took the checkered first in the final M&R Midget ‘Roaring 20’ Friday night at Boardwalk Hall during ‘A-1 Racing Products presents Qualifying Night,’ a prelude to the “Gambler’s Classic” presented by SoBe Life Water to be contested on the hall’s concrete floor on Saturday (Jan. 19).Cicconi was second to Joey Payne in the race’s ’07 running.

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Andy Seuss Follows in the Footsteps of a King for ’08 Season

20-Year-Old is Chosen to Drive #47 Advance Auto Parts Modified for Riggs Racing

How do you replace a king? That was the question that Riggs Racing faced this off-season after the long-time driver of their Advance Auto Parts Dodge Modified, Junior Miller, decided to scale back his racing schedule. Together, Miller and the Riggs team won two of the last three NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championships.

Success was nothing foreign to either party, the Riggs team has won nearly 100 Modified races through the years with drivers like Miller, Jamie Tomaino, Paul Radford, Johnny Bryant, Tony Jankowiak, “Puddin” Swisher and Tim Arre. Miller had also won more races than anyone could count, having earned the title “King of the Southern Modifieds” in the process.

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