Damian Palardy
#26 Late Model
Hometown
Stafford Springs, CT
Car Owner
Roger Hunt
Crew Chief
Bert Ouellette
Crew Members
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Primary Sponsor
Casagrande Builders
Car Make & Model
Chevrolet Impala
Occupation
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Non-Racing Hobbies
Air Soft
Date of Birth
9/3/04
Favorite Racing Personality
Chase Elliott
Marital Status
Single
Favorite Sports Team
Green Bay Packers
Children
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Favorite TV Show
Rick and Morty
Favorite Musical Artist or Group
Ozzy Osbourne
Associate Sponsors
Dicks Sales & Service
Career Achievements
• 2026 NAPA Auto Parts Late Model Rookie of the Year
• 3 Career Limited Late Model Feature Wins
• Raced 10 Years in Wild Thing Karts
• 2016 Tiger B Wild Thing Karts Champion
| Year | Division | Starts | Wins | T-5 | T-10 |
| 2019 | LLM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | LLM | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2021 | LLM | 20 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 2022 | LLM | 20 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 2023 | LLM | 15 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 2026 | LM | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
LM = Late Model
LLM = Limited Late Model
Driver Stories & Videos
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Owen, Durand, Chapman, Palardy, & Waterman Score Sept. 22 Maybury Kids Night Feature Wins – Sept. 22, 2023
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Tom Fearn Wins Paradiso Insurance Late Model 50 at Stafford; DiMatteo, Barry, Palardy, Paradis, Davenport, & Ayers Also Score Wins – Sept. 2, 2022
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Josh Carey and Damian Palardy Score First Career Stafford Speedway Feature Wins – June 14, 2022
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Kopcik, Gray, Carey, Palardy, Hydar, & Gray Score June 3rd Weekly Racing / Kids Night Feature Wins – June 3, 2022
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Chassis Upgrades and New Engine Have Damian Palardy Primed to Chase First Win in Stafford’s Limited Late Models – March 10, 2022