The time has come to really say goodbye, and get ready to say hello again very soon.
On Sunday I had my final newspaper assignment for the Hartford Courant. Eighteen years and eight months of working at The Courant came to a close with an absolute mess of a wreck-marred Valenti Modified Racing Series [...]
THOMPSON – On April 15 at Thompson International Speedway, Rowan Pennink had what looked to be shaping up as a great start to his season on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
Pennink took the checkered flag leading the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson on April 15, but NASCAR officials deemed he jumped the final restart [...]
One event, an abbreviated one at that, was all David Hill needed to see to know he found the driver he wants in his family’s Hillbilly Racing NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour car.
Now it’s a matter of finding out if Jon McKennedy wants the ride. Daniel Hemric, who ran the first two events of [...]
WATERFORD – A new relationship between car owner and driver blossomed in perfect splendor for Art Barry and Jon McKennedy Sunday at the Waterford Speedbowl.
In his first race driving for Barry, of Preston, McKennedy led every circuit on the way to victory in the 100-lap Valenti Modified Racing Series season opener Sunday at [...]
WATERFORD – It’s a debate that has annually thrived in the Modified racing community as the Valenti Modified Racing Series has grown in stature over the last decade.
Heat races vs. time trial qualifying.
On the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, time trial qualifying has long been the standard for setting the field for feature [...]
WATERFORD – The 2012 Valenti Modified Racing Series season will open with Rob Goodenough of Swanzey, N.H. leading the field to green in Sunday’s 100-lap feature at Bud Blastoff Weekend at the Waterford Speedbowl.
Former series champion Jon McKennedy of Carlisle, Mass. will start second and Anthony Nocello of Woburn, Mass. will start third. [...]
WATERFORD – Paging Juan Pablo Montoya, Mr. Montoya please pick up the red line.
Despite weather woes, practice has begun at the Waterford Speedbowl in preparation for Bud Blastoff Weekend at the track.
Now if they could just get Montoya to come over and start a bonfire like he did at the Daytona 500 and [...]
If 2012 proves to be the last year before a break from racing for Richie Pallai Jr., he’s going to make sure he gets the most out of it.
With an eye on a possible career playing professional hockey after college, the 22-year old Pallai will set forth this season with a varied racing [...]
Overextended is not a word in Keith Rocco’s vocabulary, at least not when it comes to being behind the wheel for short track competition.
With the 2012 season closing in fast, Keith Rocco keeps adding to his repertoire of new and varied rides for this season.
A few weeks ago, Rocco expected to run [...]
With just a few weeks remaining until the local racing season gets under way for 2012, local tracks will be on showcase this weekend in Hartford during the 53rd Frank Maratta’s Auto and Cycle Show at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series sanctioned tracks Stafford Motor Speedway, the Waterford Speedbowl [...]
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