Race Day CT: With the NAPA Fall Final at Stafford Speedway fast approaching on Saturday, September 23rd, Matt Hirschman has filed an entry for the race and he will be looking to get his #60 The Florida Connection machine back to its winning ways after finishing 4th in the season opening NAPA Spring Sizzler®.
Race Day CT: With 7 top-5 finishes in only 11 starts over the last 2 seasons, Danbury native Teddy Hodgdon has quietly established himself as a serious contender any time Monaco Modifieds or Open Modifieds take to Stafford Speedway. The 2019 SK Light track champion and driver of the #55ct Montanari Fuel Troyer car comes into the Saturday, September 23rd NAPA Fall Final with a 4-race streak of finishing in the top-4.
RaceDayCT: “This weekend will be a test for my arm and just the mobility and where I’m at with that,” Hirschman told RaceDayCT. “If all goes well my intentions will be to be competing next week at Stafford.”
RaceDayCT: After scoring the biggest bag of his career with a $35,650 payday for his Sizzler® victory, Silk is eager to return to Stafford for the first time since that Sizzler® victory. Silk will chase after the $15,000 winner’s check for the Monaco Modified Series in the NAPA Fall Final on September 23rd and make it 3 wins in a row at the Connecticut half-mile facility.
Race Day CT: Over the first nine seasons the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series has run Hirschman had at least one victory every season. But after three of six scheduled events Hirschman was winless in 2023. No fear, the winning streak hit 10 years Saturday for Hirschman in another huge paying event for the Northampton, PA driver. Hirschman got a $10,000 winner’s purse for the event and also won the Dunleavy’s Gambler’s Challenge to add another $8,100 to his payout at the shoreline oval Saturday.
Race Day CT: Only 10 days until the Lincoln Tech Open Modified 80 and Stafford Speedway and Monaco Modified Series officials have announced an extra incentive for the August 18th event. The top 2 finishers in the Lincoln Tech Open Modified 80 will start 1st and 2nd in the high-paying NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final – should they qualify through the heat races on the day of the big event.
Race Day CT: Event: Belltown Motors/Fowler’s Auto Wrecking 100 | Where: New London-Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT | When: Saturday, August 12, 2023
For Mike Christopher Jr., a return to the New London-Waterford Speedbowl for the Aug. 12 Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series Belltown Motors/Fowler’s Auto Wrecking 100 has him excited. Though the Wolcott driver is hoping that along with his return to the track comes the return of the old style racing at the track.