Legends Cars Return to Weekly Racing at Stafford Speedway
Stafford Springs, CT — For the first time since the 1994 season, INEX Legend Cars will be part of the weekly Friday night program at Stafford Motor Speedway, joining the SK Modifieds®, Late Models, SK Lights, Limited Late Models, and DARE Stocks. The Friday night US Legend Car series, which will consist of 14 events, will be INEX sanctioned.
The INEX Legend Cars will receive both Stafford Motor Speedway track points and US Legend Cars series points. At the SMS Annual Champions Awards Banquet, being held on November 21,2014, the INEX Legends Car Champion will be crowned making it the first US Legend Car Champion at the famed New England short track.
“We are excited to have US Legend Cars here at Stafford Motor Speedway,” said David Arute, Assistant G.M. of Stafford Motor Speedway. “This is a great opportunity for the up and coming drivers to get exposure and experience at our venue. The feedback from the drivers is very positive so it looks like it will be a good field of cars.”
The tentative schedule includes 14 race events with various off weeks throughout the season. The US Legend Cars will not race on the nights of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Valenti Modified Racing Series and the Champions for Charities event. There is consideration for additional US Legend Car events, which will be determined in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to SMS Online for the length of the features and the qualifying format. Legend Car registration forms will be available on Stafford’s www.staffordspeedway.com website next week.
History will repeat itself as 2nd and 3rd generation drivers return to the SMS mini-mile for US Legend Car action. Past drivers include Jags Palmer, Frank and Jon Manafort, Rob Summers, Scott Zippidelli, Steve Park, Donald Lewandowski, Bugsy Stevens, Bryon Chew and even Mark Arute.
On July 15,2013 the Legend Cars took to the SMS mini-mile as part of the Wild Thing Kart Monday night program. A field of 18 cars got a taste of the action at SMS and Giovanni Giarrantana took the checkered flag.
The first scheduled US Legend Car feature of the 2014 season will take place on Friday, May 2 and will conclude with a track champion being decided at the final event in September.
For more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.
Sources: Scott Running/Stafford Motor Speedway PR