Jul 3, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Modified Racing Series, Touring Series News
Winchester, NH. – Defending Valenti Modified Racing Series Champion
Jon McKennedy of E. Chelmsford, MA., took the lead on lap 64 and went on to
win the 8th annual “Firecracker 100” Saturday night, July 2, at Monadnock
Speedway, Winchester, NH. The win was McKennedy’s first of the season,
his first at Monadnock, and his 12thcareer victory with the series.
McKennedy also becomes a guaranteed starter for the prestigious “Ricky’s Race
For Kids,” July 16, at Canaan Fair Speedway, Canaan, NH. That race carries a
$36,500 purse.
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Jun 26, 2011 | Modified Racing Series, Touring Series News
Winchester, NH — For the eighth consecutive season, the Valenti Modified Racing Series will celebrate our nations birthday at Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, NH., with the running of the “Firecracker 100” for modified race cars.
The special holiday program, Saturday, July 2, has become a tradition in New England motorsports. A strong field of racers from throughout the Northeast is expected to enter.
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Jun 21, 2011 | Modified Racing Series, Touring Series News
Canaan, N.H. — The Valenti Modified Racing Series returns to Connecticut this week for the first of two appearances at the famed Stafford Springs Motor Speedway. The Friday night, June 24, program marks the second time the New England touring series for
modified race cars will appear at the half-mile oval.
The 80-lap feature race, presented by Lincoln Technical Institute, is also the second
qualifying event for the Ricky’s Race For Kids 112-lap race next month at Canaan Fair
Speedway, Canaan, NH.
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Jun 17, 2011 | Modified Racing Series, Touring Series News
Thompson, CT. — Mike Stefanik of Coventry, RI., took the lead on the opening lap
and went on to win the 75-lap Valenti Modified Racing Series race Thursday night at Thompson Speedway, Thompson, CT. The win was Stefaniks’ second with the VMRS making him a guaranteed starter for the annual Ricky’s Race for Kids, July 16, at Canaan Fair Speedway, Canaan, NH. That race carries a purse in excess of $36,000, the highest in the eight-year history of the New England based modified racing series.
Stefanik was also the series fourth different winner this season.
Pole-sitter, Dave Etheridge, Portland, CT., Chris Pasteryak, Lisbon, CT., and Rowan Pennink, Huntingdon Valley, PA., challenged Stefanik, driving for car-owner Ed Marceau, but the popular Stefanik was never headed.
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Jun 13, 2011 | Modified Racing Series, Touring Series News
Canaan, NH. — Rowan Pennink of Huntingdon Valley, PA, takes a slim point
lead into Thompson Speedway, Thompson, CT., Thursday, June 16, when the Valenti
Modified Racing Series makes the first of two visits to the famed speedway.
Pennink, leads Chris Pasteryak, Lisbon, CT., by two points and Les Hinckley III, of Windsor Locks, CT., by four, entering the Thursday night program. Swanzey, NH., veteran Rob Goodenough is 22 points back, in fourth place. Nashua, NH., driver
Norm Wrenn sits fifth in the point standings. The top five drivers are expected
entries Thursday.
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Jun 6, 2011 | Modified Racing Series, Touring Series News
Lebanon, NH — With the first qualifying event in the four-race “Ricky’s Chase To The Race” series less than two weeks away, the family of the late modified driver, Ricky Miller, is putting the final touches on the special qualifying series that will pay additional prize money to competitor’s vying for a guaranteed starting position in the big race.
The race benefits David’s House, a home away from home for families with ill or injured children receiving treatment through children’s hospital at Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.
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