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2011 LATE  MODEL
TRACK CHAMPION


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A LOOK BACK AT THE 2001
STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY SEASON

By: Scott Running

2001 was the 17th season of the Stafford Motor Speedway / CARQUEST Auto Parts relationship. CARQUEST Auto Parts was once again the title sponsor of the Whelen Modified Tour Spring Sizzler and the CARQUEST 300 as part of the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend. CARQUEST also continued their support of the Busch North Series with the CARQUEST 150. CARQUEST also continued their support of Stafford's weekly divisions with a $150 bonus to each SK Modified® feature winner and a $125 bonus to each Late Model feature winner. The paddock area was expanded for the 2001 CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend with a doubleheader event for the NASCAR Busch North Series and the Whelen Modified Tour, and the CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend had another first in the history of Stafford Speedway. In the Late Model feature, Chuck Zentarski and Scott Garrity came under the checkered flag at the start/finish line at exactly the same time and were declared the co-winners of the race. Todd Szegedy made history in the SK Modified® division, winning the Coors Light 21 Means 21 qualifying race and then winning the 50-lap main event feature in the same evening.

The Whelen Modified Tour made four stops to Stafford during the 2001 season with 4 different event winners. John Blewett, III was the winner of the CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler, Mike Ewanitsko was the winner of the May TSI Harley-Davidson 150, Mike Stefanik was the winner of the August Town Fair Tire 150, and Ted Christopher was the winner of the season ending CARQUEST Fall Final 150.

The Busch North Series made three visits to Stafford during the 2001 season with Kelly Moore winning the CARQUEST 150, Martin Truex, Jr. winning the ASB NASCAR 150, and Brad Leighton winning the CARQUEST Fall Final 150 event.

The SK Modifieds® entered their 20th season of competition with Ted Christopher taking the track championship for the second consecutive season with a second consecutive 9 win season. Christopher's 9 wins led the division by far, while other multiple feature winners included Willie Hardie with 3 wins, and Jimmy Williams, Eric Berndt, and Lloyd Agor, who each won twice. Single event feature wins were taken down by Chuck Docherty, Todd Szegedy, Jeff Malave, and Kerry Malone.

The 2001 season was the 15th season of Late Model competition at Stafford and it was Jim Peterson taking down his first career Late Model championship at Stafford. Peterson dueled with Jay Stuart for much of the season in the points championship fight and at season's end only 14 points separated the two drivers. Peterson won 5 times to lead the division while Stuart won 4 times and Chuck Zentarski won twice. Single event feature wins were scored by Mike Quintiliano, John Yale, Jr., Woody Pitkat, Bob Botticello, Conrad Cote, Marc Atkinson, and Scott Garrity.

The 2001 season was the 9th season of DARE Stock competition and leading the way was Mike Como, Norm Sears, Scott Hitchcock, and Gerry Durand, who scored 2 victories. Mike Gigantino, P.J. Zarrella, Gary Spinnato, Jr., Tommy McNamee, Stacey Botticello, Bobby Leone, Dan King, and Bill Kauffman each won once during the 2001 season.