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STAFFORD
MOTOR SPEEDWAY JULY 27, 2007
For
Immediate Release CRAFTSMAN
NIGHT AT THE RACES - FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2007 · Friday night, July 27th, will represent week 14 of 23 for Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions. This night will be the 13th of 21 consecutive weeks of Friday night NASCAR racing at Stafford Motor Speedway. · Main events will commence at approximately 7:30pm following qualifying events. Qualifying events will begin at 6:15PM. Spectator gates open at 5:15PM. All times and schedules are tentative and subject to change. · Total posted awards for the July 27th NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events are over $18,000. · Stafford Motor Speedway’s handicapping system will be in effect. Drivers who qualify for the feature via their heat race will be assigned main event starting positions based upon money won from the previous three events. Any driver not qualifying through heat races, must qualify via a consolation race. · Woody Pitkat (SK Modified®), Woody Pitkat (Late Model), Alan Provost (SK Light), Sean Foster (Limited Late Model), and Matt Chiarizio (DARE Stock) were the most recent feature winners from the July 20th Coors Light SK Modified® 100 feature events at Stafford Motor Speedway. · Stafford Motor Speedway’s next event will be Friday, August 3rd, a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series event. Stafford’s SK Modifieds® will run 40 green flag laps, the Late Models will run 30 green flag laps, the SK Lights will run 20 green flag laps, the Limited Late Models will run 20 green flag laps, and the DARE Stocks will run 15 green flag laps. SK MODIFIED® DIVISION NOTEBOOK · Friday night, July 27th will represent race 12 of 21 for Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR SK Modified® division. The race will mark the division’s 452nd race at SMS since its inception in 1982. · Woody Pitkat’s feature win on July 13th was the 7th of his career at Stafford Motor Speedway. Pitkat’s 7 career feature wins places him in a 4-way tie for 13th place on the all-time SK Modified® feature winners list. · Ted Christopher remains the only driver to have recorded a top-10 finishes in each of the first 11 events of the 2007 season. · In 11 SK Modified® feature evens run to date, there has been 7 different winners: Lloyd Agor (4/29), Frank Ruocco (5/4, 6/8), Keith Rocco (5/11, 7/13), Bo Gunning (5/25), Woody Pitkat (6/1, 6/15, 7/20), Zach Sylvester (6/29), and Ted Christopher (7/6). 17 different drivers have recorded a top-5 finish, and 24 different drivers have recorded a top-10 finish. · Scoring season best finishes on Friday night, July 20th were: John Cleary (8th), Jim Larsen (13th), Wade Mattesen (6th), Richie Pallai, Jr. (7th), Pete Pavone, Jr. (17th), Woody Pitkat (1st), Fran Siana (10th), and Todd Szegedy (18th). · 2007 Reliable Welding & Speed SK Modified® rookie class watch from July 20th: Wade Mattesen finished 6th, Richie Pallai, Jr. finished 7th, Fran Siana finished 10th, Shelly Perry finished 15th, and Jim Smith finished 27th. · Stafford Motor Speedway’s SK Modified® division is the track’s premier weekly NASCAR division. Hence it is designated as the track’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Feature Division. LATE MODEL DIVISION NOTEBOOK · Friday night, July 27th, will represent races 11 and 12 of 21 for Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR Late Model division. The race will represent the 347th and 348th Late Model feature to be run at SMS. · Woody Pitkat’s feature win on July 20th was the 17th Late Model feature win of his career at SMS. Pitkat’s 17 career Late Model feature wins places him in seventh place on the all-time SMS Late Model feature winners list. · In 10 Late Model feature evens run to date, there has been 8 different winners: Corey Hutchings (4/29), Scott Foster, Jr. (5/4, 6/8), Tom Fearn (5/11, 6/29), Jim Peterson (5/25), Scott Cook (6/1), Ryan Posocco (6/15), Mike O’Sullivan (6/7), and Woody Pitkat (7/20). 15 different drivers have recorded a top-5 finish, and 24 different drivers have recorded a top-10 finish. · Scoring season best finishes on Friday night, July 20th were: Chuck Docherty (12th), Jim Mavlouganes (2nd), Steve McQuillan (6th), Dillon Moltz (5th), and Woody Pitkat (1st). · 2007 Reliable Welding & Speed Late Model rookie class watch from July 20th: Corey Hutchings finished 4th, Dillon Moltz finished 5th, Mark St. Hilaire finished 16th, Dennis Godbout finished 18th, David St. Amant finished 22nd, and Doug Blowers, Jr. finished 24th. SK LIGHT MODIFIED DIVISION NOTEBOOK · Friday night, July 27th, will represent race 12 of 21 for Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR SK Light Modified division. The race will represent the 29th SK Light Modified feature to be run at SMS. · Alan Provost’s feature win on July 20th was the first SK Light feature win of his career at SMS. Provost becomes the 11th different driver to have scored an SK Light Modified feature win at Stafford Motor Speedway. · In 11 SK Light feature evens run to date, there has been 6 different winners: Chris Matthews (4/28, 5/11, 5/25), Glen Reen (5/4, 6/29, 7/13), Brit Andersen (6/1, 7/6), Matt Gallo (6/8), Glenn Griswold (6/15), and Alan Provost. 17 different drivers have recorded a top-5 finish, and 27 different drivers have recorded a top-10 finish. · Scoring season best finishes on Friday night, July 20th were: Heather DesRochers (7th), Keith Franklin (13th), Aaron Goff (3rd), Jay Goff (14th), Ray Griffen, Jr. (9th), and Alan Provost (1st). · 2007 Reliable Welding & Speed SK Light rookie class watch from July 20th: Alan Provost finished 1st, Josh Sylvester finished 2nd, Aaron Goff finished 3rd, Mark Bakaj finished 4th, Raymond Grassetti finished 5th, Rich Hammann finished 6th, Heather DesRochers finished 7th, Ray Griffen, Jr. finished 9th, Kyle Spencer finished 10th, Joe Allegro, Jr. finished 12th, Keith Franklin finished 13th, Jay Goff finished 14th, Paul Colla, Jr. finished 15th, Chris Bakaj finished 18th, David Webb finished 21st, George Nocera, Jr. finished 24th, Harry Wheeler finished 25th, and Scott Nordman finished 26th. LIMITED LATE MODEL DIVISION NOTEBOOK · Friday night, July 27th, will represent race 12 of 21 for Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR Limited Late Model division. The race will represent the 50th Limited Late Model feature to be run at SMS. · Sean Foster’s feature win on July 20th was the 4th Limited Late Model feature win of his career at SMS. Foster’s 4 career feature wins plces him in fourth place on the all-time SMS Limited Late Model feature winners list. · In 10 Limited Late Model feature evens run to date, there has been 5 different winners: Rick Lanagan (4/28, 6/15, 6/29), Andrew Durand (5/4, 5/11, 6/8, 7/13), Michael Nadeau (5/25), Sean Foster (6/1, 7/20), and Bill Davis (7/6). 15 different drivers have recorded a top-5 finish, and 20 different drivers have recorded a top-10 finish. · Scoring season best finishes on Friday night, July 20th were: Sean Foster (1st), Jeff Hubbell (5th), Charlie Newman (2nd), Lori-Jo Rzeszutek (6th), Shawn Thibeault (14th), and Barry Thomasen (19th). · 2007 Reliable Welding & Speed Limited Late Model rookie class watch from July 20th: Jeff Hubbell finished 5th, Lori-Jo Rzeszutek fininshed 6th, Peter Martin finished 11th, Shawn Thibeault finished 14th, David Capriati finished 16th, and Barry Thomasen finished 19th. DARE STOCK DIVISION NOTEBOOK · Friday night, July 20th, will represent race 12 of 21 for Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR DARE Stock division. The race will represent the 239th DARE Stock feature to be run at SMS. · Matt Chiarizio’s feature win on July 20th was the first of his career at SMS. Chiarizio becomes the 80th different driver to have won a DARE Stock feature event at Stafford Motor Speedway. · In 11 DARE Stock feature evens run to date, there has been 7 different winners: Jeff Jolly (4/28, 6/15), Norm Sears (5/4, 6/8), Bill Dunn (5/11, 7/6), Steve Berardi (5/25), Carla Botticello (6/1, 7/13), Dean Casagrande (6/29), and Matt Chiarizio. 18 different drivers have recorded a top-5 finish, and 23 different drivers have recorded a top-10 finish. · Scoring season best finishes on Friday night, July 20th were: Matt Chiarizio (1st), Fred Colgan (22nd), Lauren Ashley Cooper (23rd), Dan Flannery (2nd), and Don Wood (6th). 2007 SK MODIFIED® CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS 2007 LATE MODEL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS 2007 SK LIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS 2007 LIMITED LATE MODEL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS 2007 DARE STOCK CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS
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