(Stafford Springs, CT)—After making his Stafford debut for the final 3
races of the 2010 season, Paul Tommasino returned to Stafford’s SK Light
Modified division in 2011 and ran 12 of the 19 races, posting his first
career top-10 finish in the process. For the 2012 season, Tommasino is
looking to take his car to the next level and be a consistent top-5 threat
every week.
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(Stafford Springs, CT)—After several years away from weekly competition at
Stafford Motor Speedway, Glen Reen returned to Stafford’s SK Modified®
division in 2011 driving the #21 owned by Don Silberman. Josh Sylvester
drove Silberman’s #21 to Rookie of the Year honors in 2010 and Reen took the
car’s performance to an even higher level in 2011, finishing 6th in the
points standings with 6 top-5 and 12 top-10 finishes in 18 starts. As good
as the 2011 season was for Reen and the Silberman crew, Reen says that the
season could have been even better than it was.

“I had a feeling that we were going to run well last year,” said Reen. “I
had ran a couple of seasons on the Whelen Modified Tour and I could take
what I learned over there and apply it to Don’s SK car, which really helped
pick up our performance. I think that we could have been even better if we
didn’t have a motor go bad on us halfway through the season. Mike Sweeney
let us borrow an engine and I really have to thank him for letting us borrow
that engine. It was an older motor and it was set up for Waterford, so we
fell from third to tenth in the points, but we were able to work our way
back up to sixth at the end of the year. With the cards we were dealt, we
had a great year and we’re looking to do even better this season and our
goal is to be among the challengers for the championship.”

Reen finished the 2011 season on a high note with second place finishes in
each of the final two races of the season. Combined with his first career
Whelen Modified Tour victory in the season ending race at Thompson, Reen has
all the momentum in the world on his side as he prepares for the 2012
season.

“Momentum is everything and we’re hoping to carry that momentum over to the
2012 season,” said Reen. “Don Silberman gave me the opportunity of a
lifetime last year to drive his car and I can’t thank him enough. We grew
as a team last year and we learned a lot. I think that we have a
championship run in us, Brian Ross is a great crew chief, everything he
touches runs fast. Brian and me work really well together, we’re like peas
in a pod. And I have great crew guys with Cullen Gardner, Rob Walendy, and
Mike Barberi, so we’re excited about the season. I know everyone says that
the championship is their goal at the beginning of the season, but I think
we can be among the contenders. Right now we’re rebuilding the entire car
from scratch, we’re not using anything from last year that we don’t have to
use. The car is going to be another caliber this year and we’re focused on
being consistent week by week and we’ll let the chips fall where they may.”
While Reen will carry sponsorship from Silberman Heating and Cooling, Alloy
Wheel Repair, Reen Motorsports and Reen Orthodontics for his SK Modified®
effort, Reen is still searching for sponsorship in order to continue his
Whelen Modified Tour efforts.

“Right now we’re trying to put something together for the Sizzler,” said
Reen. “The win at Thompson was huge for us and with how many things were
wrong on the car, we probably shouldn’t have won that race. The brakes didn
’t work, I had to pump the brakes on the straights about 3 or 4 times every
lap, our motor had about 2,000 laps on it and Bob Bruneau told us we shouldn
’t use that motor for the race, and then the clutch broke on lap-107. Thank
god they only have three green white checkered restarts because I don’t
think the car would have made a fourth, and the clutch issue is why we had
to get pushed to victory lane. But we’re looking for potential sponsors and
hopefully we can find something because we’d love to be racing at the
Sizzler in both the SK and Tour cars.”

The 2012 season kicks off at Stafford Motor Speedway with the 41st Annual
CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler on April 27-29. Tickets for the CARQUEST
Tech-Net Spring Sizzler are available and on sale now through the SMS Box
Office. Tickets are priced at $38.50 for adult general admission tickets,
$5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and under are admitted
free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved seating will be priced
at $42.00 for all ages. All ticket prices include 10% CT Admission Tax. As
always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers free parking with overnight parking
available.

(Stafford Springs, CT)—As teams prepare for the 2012 season at Stafford
Motor Speedway, Limited Late Model driver Jesse Hinze is hard at work
preparing his car in hopes of reaching victory lane for the first time in
his career at Stafford. The 2012 season will be Hinze’s 7th season at
Stafford, he spent the first three years of his career in the DARE Stock
division before moving into the Limited Late Model division in 2009. The
move to the Ltd. Late Model division has seen Hinze become a consistent
driver, finishing 8th in points for three consecutive seasons. After coming
close on more than one occasion to winning a feature, Hinze is looking to
break into the win column this year at Stafford.
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(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway has begun the process of sending
out special invitations to past and present open wheel championship winning
drivers to make up the starting field for the 2nd Annual CARQUEST Champions
For Charities race. The CARQUEST Champions For Charities race will be part
of the CARQUEST Super Saturday program, which will feature the ISMA
Supermodifieds, NEMA Midgets, and Pro-4 Modifieds. The special invitation
only field of open wheel champions will sit behind the wheel of Wild Thing
Kart Senior Outlaw karts and participate in a special 15-lap race while
raising money for a charity of their choosing.
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(Stafford Springs, CT)—For the 2012 season at Stafford Motor Speedway, the
paddock area will have a new look as SPAFCO Race Chassis will become the new
parts vendor, taking over a position that Reliable Welding and Speed had
occupied for the past 9 seasons.
Continue reading “SPAFCO RACE CHASSIS TAKING OVER PARTS TRUCK DUTY AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY FROM RELIABLE WELDING AND SPEED” »

(Stafford Springs, CT)—When the green flag is unfurled for the 41st Annual
CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler at Stafford Speedway on April 28 & April
29, it will mark the beginning of the 27th consecutive season that CARQUEST
Auto Parts and Stafford have been partners in racing. CARQUEST Auto Parts
is practically synonymous with Stafford Speedway and the relationship
between the two is one of the longest running associations anywhere in
motorsports.
Continue reading “CARQUEST AUTO PARTS AND STAFFORD SPEEDWAY BEGIN 27TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR AS PARTNERS IN RACING” »