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STAFFORD
MOTOR SPEEDWAY AUGUST 31, 2007
For
Immediate Release NASCAR
WHELEN ALL-AMERICAN SERIES
- FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2007 · Friday night, August 31st, will represent week 19of 23 for Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions. This night will be the 18th 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 August 31st 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®), Tom Fearn (Late Model), Josh Sylvester (SK Light), Rick Lanagan (Limited Late Model), and Duane Provost (DARE Stock) were the most recent feature winners from the August 24th Porter & Chester Summer Heat feature events at Stafford Motor Speedway. · Stafford Motor Speedway’s next event will be Friday, September 7th, 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 run15 green flag laps. SK MODIFIED® DIVISION NOTEBOOK · Friday night, August 31st will represent race 16 of 20 for Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR SK Modified® division. The race will mark the division’s 456th race at SMS since its inception in 1982. · Woody Pitkat’s feature win on August 24th was the 11th of his career at Stafford Motor Speedway, and his fifth conseuctive SK Modified® feature victory of the 2007 season. Pitkat is two wins short of tying Geoff Bodine’s record of seven consecutive victories, set in 1978. Pitkat’s 11 career feature wins ties him with Jimmy Broderick for 10th place on the all-time SK Modified® feature winners list. · In 15SK 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, 7/27, 8/3, 8/11, 8/24), Zach Sylvester (6/29), and Ted Christopher (7/6). 18 different drivers have recorded a top-5 finish, and 25 different drivers have recorded a top-10 finish. · Scoring season best finishes on Friday night, August 24th were: Todd Owen (3rd) and Woody Pitkat (1st). · 2007 Reliable Welding & Speed SK Modified® rookie class watch from August 24th: Richie Pallai, Jr. finished 9th, Wade Mattesen finished 12th, Fran Siana finished 15th, Jim Smith finished 19th, Ron D’Alessandro finished 22nd, and Stash Butova finished 23rd. · 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, August 31st, will represent race 16 of 20 for Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR Late Model division. The race will represent the 352nd Late Model feature to be run at SMS. · Tom Fearn’s feature win on August 24th was the 6th Late Model feature win of his career at SMS. Fearns’s 6 career feature wins places him in a three-way tie for 18th place on the all-time Late Model feature winners list. · In 16 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, 8/24), Jim Peterson (5/25), Scott Cook (6/1), Ryan Posocco (6/15, 7/27, 8/3, 8/11), Mike O’Sullivan (6/7), and Woody Pitkat (7/20, 7/27). 16 different drivers have recorded a top-5 finish, and 26 different drivers have recorded a top-10 finish. · Scoring season best finishes on Friday night, August 24th were: Tom Fearn (1st), Mike Mordino (8th), and Kyle Nosal (28th). · 2007 Reliable Welding & Speed Late Model rookie class watch from August 24th: Corey Hutchings finished 2nd, Dillon Moltz finished 5th, Doug Blowers, Jr. finished 16th, Mark St. Hilaire finished 24th, David St. Amant finished 26th, and Kyle Nosal finished 28th. SK LIGHT MODIFIED DIVISION NOTEBOOK · Friday night, August 31st, will represent race 16 of 20 for Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR SK Light Modified division. The race will represent the 33rd SK Light Modified feature to be run at SMS. · Josh Sylvester’s feature win on August 24th was the first SK Light feature win of his career at SMS. Sylvester becomes the 12th different driver to have scored an SK Light Modified feature win at Stafford Motor Speedway. · In 15 SK Light feature evens run to date, there has been 7 different winners: Chris Matthews (4/28, 5/11, 5/25), Glen Reen (5/4, 6/29, 7/13, 7/27, 8/11), Brit Andersen (6/1, 7/6, 8/3), Matt Gallo (6/8), Glenn Griswold (6/15), Alan Provost (7/20), and Josh Sylvester (8/24). 18 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, August 24th were: Paul Colla, Jr. (7th), Aaron Goff (2nd), Mike Lane (4th), Jason Moore (6th), and Josh Sylvester (1st). · 2007 Reliable Welding & Speed SK Light rookie class watch from August 24th: Josh Sylvester finished 1st, Aaron Goff finished 2nd, Joe Allegro, Jr. finished 5th, Paul Colla, Jr. finished 7th, Scott Nordman finished 8th, Kyle Spencer finished 9th, Alan Provost finished 10th, David Webb finished 11th, Heather DesRochers finished 12th, Chris Bakaj finished 13th, Raymond Grassetti finished 14th, Mark Bakaj finished 16th, Rich Hammann finished 20th, George Nocera, Jr. finished 21st, Jay Goff finished 22nd, Keith Franklin finished 23rd, and Tony Santangelo finished 24th. LIMITED LATE MODEL DIVISION NOTEBOOK · Friday night, August 31st, will represent race 16 of 20 for Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR Limited Late Model division. The race will represent the 54th Limited Late Model feature to be run at SMS. · Rick Lanagan’s feature win on August 11th was the 6th Limited Late Model feature win of his career at SMS. Lanagan’s 6 career feature wins places him in third place on the all-time SMS Limited Late Model feature winners list. · In 15 Limited Late Model feature evens run to date, there has been 5 different winners: Rick Lanagan (4/28, 6/15, 6/29, 7/27, 8/11, 8/24), Andrew Durand (5/4, 5/11, 6/8, 7/13), Michael Nadeau (5/25), Sean Foster (6/1, 7/20, 8/3), and Bill Davis (7/6). 15 different drivers have recorded a top-5 finish, and 21 different drivers have recorded a top-10 finish. · Scoring season best finishes on Friday night, August 24th were: David Capriati (7th), Kevin Gambacorta (2nd), and Rick Lanagan (1st). · 2007 Reliable Welding & Speed Limited Late Model rookie class watch from August 24th: David Capriati finished 7th, Peter Martin finished 13th, Barry Thomasen finished 17th, Jeff Hubbell finished 19th, Lori-Jo Rzeszutek finished 21st, and Shawn Thibeault finished 22nd. DARE STOCK DIVISION NOTEBOOK · Friday night, August 31st, will represent race 16 of 20 for Stafford Motor Speedway’s NASCAR DARE Stock division. The race will represent the 243rd DARE Stock feature to be run at SMS. · Duane Provost’s feature win on August 24th was the first of his career at SMS. Provost becomes the 84th different driver to have won a DARE Stock feature event at Stafford Motor Speedway. · In 15 DARE Stock feature evens run to date, there has been 10 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), Matt Chiarizio (7/20), Kyle Nosal (7/27), Dan Flannery (8/3), Megan Bienkowski (8/11), and Duane Provost (8/24). 18 different drivers have recorded a top-5 finish, and 23 different drivers have recorded a top-10 finish. · Scoring season best finishes on Saturday night, August 24th were: Dan Gallo (22nd), Duane Provost (1st), Scott Roy (15th), Robert Thompson (8th), 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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