NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and Whelen All-American Series event, Stafford Motor Speedway
Friday: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour TSI Harley-Davidson 125, 40-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified (started on lap nine after getting stopped because of rain last week), 30-lap Late Model, 20-lap SK Light Modified, 20-lap Limited Late Model, 15-lap DARE Stock and 20-lap Legends. Grandstands open: 4:15 p.m. Features: 6:30 p.m.
Of note: The fourth event of the season at Stafford Motor Speedway. Events at the track were rained out May 9, May 16 and May 30, and the May 23 racing card was stopped by rain three features into the night. … The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is here for the second of four visits this season. The race originally was scheduled for May 23, then rained out again May 30. … Bobby Santos III won the pole in qualifying May 23. He was also fastest during the abbreviated May 30 practice session. … Santos won the Whelen Modified Tour Spring Sizzler 200 at Stafford on April 27. Six of his 11 series victories have come at Stafford, where he has made 21 Whelen Modified Tour starts. … Reigning Whelen Modified Tour champion Ryan Preece is the defending champion of the race. … Justin Bonsignore won the division’s season-opening Icebreaker 150 on April 6 at Thompson Speedway. He leads the Whelen Modified Tour standings with 86 points. Doug Coby, the 2012 series champion, and Woody Pitkat, are tied for second with 84 points. … Preece won for the second consecutive event in the SK Modified division at Stafford on May 2. He has a 12-point lead over second-place Ted Christopher. … On May 2, reigning Late Model division champion Adam Gray picked up his first victory of the season.
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series event, Waterford Speedbowl
Saturday: 35-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, 30-lap Late Model, 25-lap Street Stock, 25-lap Mini Stock, 25-lap SK Light Modified and 25-lap Legends. Grandstands open: 3 p.m. Qualifying: 5 p.m. Features: 7 p.m.
Of note: The ninth event of the season at the shoreline oval. … Last week, Craig Lutz held off Keith Rocco to win his first career SK Modified feature at Waterford. … With three victories, Rocco, the reigning SK Modified division champion at Waterford, is the only multiple winner in the division this year. … Rocco holds an 82-point lead over second-place Lutz in the SK Modified division standings at Waterford. … Jason Palmer got his first victory of the season in the Late Model feature last week at Waterford, becoming the fourth different winner in the past four events for the division at the track. … Five-time Mini Stock division champion Ken Cassidy Jr. won last week for the third time in the past five events in the division. … Doug Curry leads the Mini Stock standings at Waterford by 17 points over Joe Liskiewicz. … The Street Stock division returns to action after an off week last week. Josh Galvin has won the past four events.
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