Richie's Race Day Wrap-up: Stafford Town Fair Tire 150 August 5, 2011 PLAINVILLE, CT - It was back to Stafford last Friday for the Hurricane Motorsports team, for a night of feature racing under the stars. The ominous weather barely held off for time trials, but ultimately cleared for the Town Fair Tire 150. More

Richie's Race Day Wrap-up: Riverhead Raceway Lighthouse Mission 200 July 30, 2011 PLAINVILLE, CT - It was a night of "close-calls" and "outside-groovin'" for the 39-team at the Riverhead Raceway Lighthouse Mission 200. The event was comprised of a 25-lap consi and a 175-lap feature on the 1/4-mile oval. More

Richie's Race Day Wrap-up: New Hampshire Motor Speedway FW Webb 100 July 16, 2011 PLAINVILLE, CT - The Hurricane Motorsports team arrived in New Hampshire last week to compete in the FW Webb 100. The 2-day Nascar Whelen Modified Tour event included Practice and Qualifying on Thursday, and Final Practice and Feature on Saturday. More

Richie's Race WEEK Wrap-up: June 26 - July 2, 2011 PLAINVILLE, CT - Mid-season is upon us, and the Hurricane Motorsports team had a busy pre-holiday week, with two tour races, a charity kart race, and a modified race in three different states. More

Richie's Race Day Wrap-up: Monadnock Speedway Victor Johnson Memorial Modified Twin 25s June 18, 2011 PLAINVILLE, CT - It was back to the high banks of Monadnock Speedway last Saturday for the Victor Johnson Memorial Modified Twin 25s. Looking to capture a victory, Richie would have two chances to redeem what could've been a win last week. More

Richie's Race Day Wrap-up: Monadnock Speedway Tour Type Modifieds June 4, 2011 PLAINVILLE, CT - The first visit of the season to Monadnock Speedway was an impressive run for the Hurricane Motorsports team. Although the team knew Richie would have to start in the back of the pack, since it was a regular handicapped event, the team was still excited for a great show at the high-banked oval. More

Richie's Race Day Wrap-up: Stafford TSI Harley-Davidson 125 May 27, 2011 PLAINVILLE, CT - The Hurricane Motorsports team was in sunny Stafford Springs, CT this weekend for the TSI Harley-Davidson 125. As the temperature climbed, so did the anticipation of keeping up the momentum from a solid run at Riverhead the previous weekend. More

Richie's Race Day Wrap-up: Riverhead Raceway 100-lap Hall of Fame May 21, 2011 PLAINVILLE, CT - The 39-team headed out to Riverhead with optimism this weekend; after an opener that did not secure a great finish - with getting caught up in an early accident at the 1/4-mile bullring. With the opener behind him, Richie's only direction would be forward, since the car was fast in practice and would retain the same set-up. The 100-lapper would put them on a level playing field with the local drivers giving a straight-up start with time trials. More

Richie's Race Day Wrap-up: Riverhead Raceway May 7, 2011 PLAINVILLE, CT - Race day at Riverhead this past weekend provided an interesting change of pace from the usual tour scene. The old car, sporting the body and paint scheme from last year, was on-hand to take on the intimate bullring. More

Richie's Race Day Wrap-up: Stafford Spring Sizzler April 30-May 1, 2011 PLAINVILLE, CT - The Spring Sizzler this year was an eventful 2 days of competition for the 39-team. The weekend was studded with a populous pit party, the grand marshal honor performed by Richie's hero and mentor Bob Potter, and a charity drive for the Danbury Animal Welfare Society, which raised over $1000! More

Santos Springs Back To Victory Lane STAFFORD, CT - Bobby Santos rebounded from an opening season mechanical failure with a win Sunday in Stafford Speedway's Tech-Net Spring Sizzler presented by CARQUEST. More

Richie's Race Day Wrap-up: Thompson Icebreaker April 9-10, 2011 THOMPSON, CT - The 39-team was in sunny Thompson, CT this weekend to compete in the 150-lap NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event for the 2011 Icebreaker. The rain held off long enough to give us two days of ideal racing weather, but the weekend would prove to be less than ide...al. More

19th For Richie In Tour Opener as Christopher Tops Thompson THOMPSON, CT - Ted Christopher rallied from two laps down and a hand injury from an early-race spin to maintain his dominance of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway. The 52-year-old Plainville, Conn., driver led the last 39 laps en route to victory in the season-opening Icebreaker Sunday. More

Pallai On Track For Top Performances In Two Sports HIGH-SCORING NYU PLAYER IS PROFESSIONAL RACER IN THE SUMMERS On the surface, hockey and racing are not two sports that go hand in hand. However, below the surface, they are a lot more similar than one would think. Richie Pallai Jr. knows all of the ins and outs of both sports. Since he was 16 he has been turning laps in NASCAR’s modified series while also excelling on the ice. More

11th For Richie in Final Event of 2010 Season THOMPSON, CT - Santos came home sixth to put the finishing touches on his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship Sunday, while Ted Christopher continued his mastery of Thompson International Speedway. More

Good Run Gone Bad For Richie at Stafford As Santos Survives For Fourth Win STAFFORD, CT – Bobby Santos was able to pass Ryan Preece on the final restart with six laps to go and held on to win the CARQUEST Fall Final at Stafford Motor Speedway. Santos, who entered the race with a slim seven-point lead over Mike Stefanik in the points standings, survived the caution-filled final 50 laps to pick up his fourth win of the season and first since a win at Martinsville Speedway in June. More

Solid Top 10 Finish For Pallai as Newman Completes "Magic Mile" Sweep LOUDON, N.H. - Ryan Newman completed a sweep of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Saturday with a dominating win in the F.W. Webb 100. It was the third Modified win of the season for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver, who also picked up the victory at Bristol. More

Electrical Issues For Team 39 as Newman Perfect In Thunder Valley BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Ryan Newman continued his winning ways in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour with a victory in the UNOH Perfect Storm 150 at Bristol Motor Speedway Wednesday. More

Pallai Turns To Racing To Fuel Competitive Fire STAFFORD, Conn. - Five years ago, Jack Arute posed a simple question to a lanky, 15-year-old kid in a bustling pit area at Stafford Motor Speedway. "You wanna drive one of my cars?" Arute asked, wide eyes and a wider grin. Richie Pallai Jr. almost deferred to his father. He looked in the direction of the family patriarch, caught himself and turned back to Arute. He didn't want to give his father a chance to make up his mind for him. That split-second decision to answer for himself changed Pallai's sporting life forever. More

Top 15 Run for Richie as Christopher Dominates Bud 150 At Thompson THOMPSON, Conn. – For most of the night Ted Christopher made it look easy. Almost too easy. Christopher paced the field from the start and only relinquished the lead twice during the Budweiser King of Beers 150 on Thursday at Thompson International Speedway to record his 37th career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory. More

11th Place Finish at Home Track For Richie; Szegedy Back To Winning Ways - Ends 26-race winless streak with Town Fair Tire 150 Checkered STAFFORD, Conn. -- Todd Szegedy ended the longest Victory Lane drought of his career Friday night when he won the Town Fair Tire 150 at Stafford Motor Speedway. More

Third Straight 23rd for Richiel; Pennink Earns First Whelen Modified Win; Edges Preece For Riverhead 200 Checkered Flag RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- Rowan Pennink held off Ryan Preece in a late-race duel to claim the checkered flag in the Riverhead 200 and his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory Saturday night. More

Tough Run For Richie As Christopher Captures Monadnock Checkers WINCHESTER, N.H. -- Ted Christopher celebrated the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour's return to the high banks of Monadnock Speedway with his 36th career victory Saturday. More

Pallai Jr. Enjoying Rookie Season On WMT; Looking Forward to Town Fair Tire 150 at Stafford Stafford Springs, CT - As August approaches, that means it is time for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour to return to Stafford Motor Speedway for the 20th Annual Town Fair Tire 150 on August 6th. As the Tour gears up for the third of four visits to Stafford during the 2010 season, Whelen Modified Tour rookie Richie Pallai, Jr. is looking forward to returning to his home track, which he surprisingly says has been his most difficult track to master during his first year on Tour. More

Engine Woes for Team 39 as Quarterley’s Late Rally Takes Lime Rock 100 LAKEVILLE, Conn. – In just his third start in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Dale Quarterley got past the weekend’s dominant car of Todd Szegedy with three laps remaining and captured the checkered flag in the inaugural Lime Rock 100 at Lime Rock Park. More

14th On The Magic Mile as Newman Holds Off Christopher In NE 100 LOUDON, N.H. – Ryan Newman passed Ted Christopher in Turn 3 of the final lap and held off New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s winningest driver to earn his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory Saturday afternoon. More

First Top 10 Finish (9th) for Richie as Santos Continues Winning Ways; This Time at Martinsville MARTINSVILLE, VA - Bobby Santos' dream season continued Sunday at Martinsville Speedway as he captured the checkered flag in the Made In America Whelen 200. Santos pulled away from the field on a green-white-checkered finish to claim his third win in four NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races to start the 2010 season. More

Santos Edges Blewett For Stafford Victory, Richie Nabs 16th STAFFORD, CT - Bobby Santos edged Jimmy Blewett in a dramatic two-lap dash to the finish to win the TSI Harley-Davidson 125 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at Stafford Motor Speedway on Friday. More

12th Place Run in Sizzler for #39 as Christopher Captures Race For Fifth Time STAFFORD, CT - Ted Christopher continued to add to his legend at Stafford Motor Speedway as he took the checkered flag in the Tech-Net Spring Sizzler presented by CARQUEST for the third year in a row, and a record fifth time in his NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour career. More

Richie Finishes 21st as Santos Dominates Thompson Icebreaker THOMPSON, CT - Bobby Santos completed a dominating weekend in his first race with his new team. Santos was fastest in practice, won the Coors Light Pole Award with a track record, and then led the most laps in the 150-lap Icebreaker to kick off the 2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season at Thompson International Speedway. More

Lia Takes Stafford Win, Pts Lead; Grabs 26-Point Lead Heading To Season Finale STAFFORD, Conn. – Donny Lia took destiny into his own hands Sunday at Stafford Motor Speedway as he captured the CARQUEST Fall Final checkered flag and left with the championship points lead with one race remaining on the schedule. More

14th For Richie as Coby Wins at Stafford Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Motor Speedway returned to racing its Final Friday Night Shoot-Out on September 25th with a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series card of five racing divisions. Doug Coby took his first victory of the season in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature... More

Another Great Top 5 Run for Richie Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Motor Speedway returned to racing action on Friday, September 18th with a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series card of five racing divisions. Keith Rocco took his fifth victory of the season in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature... More

Solid 6th Place For Richie as Pitkat Takes Stafford Checkers The 40-lap SK Modified® feature took the green flag with Matt Gallo pacing the field ahead of Tom Bolles, Doug Coby, Mark Bakaj, and Todd Owen. Bolles would slide back several spots as Coby, Bakaj, and Owen would all move by before the first caution of the race slowed the action with 8 laps complete. More

Great 10th Again for Richie Pallai Jr. at Stafford Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Speedway returned to action with five NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions taking to the track for USG Event Night on Friday, August 14th. More

Solid 4th Place For Richie as Ruocco Wins at Stafford Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Speedway returned to action with a the 19th Annual Town Fair Tire 150 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour program with five NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions on Friday night, August 7th. More

Almost A Top 5 for Richie in CARQUEST SK 150 at Stafford Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Speedway returned to action with the biggest SK Modified® event of the 2009 season, the 6th Annual CARQUEST SK® 150. More

Great 10th Place for Bosch #2 Team in 40-lap SK Modified Feature Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Speedway returned to action with a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series program of five divisions on Friday night, July 17th. More

Rough Night for Pallai in SK Action at the Stafford Motor Speedway Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Speedway returned to action with a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series program of five divisions on Friday night, July 10th. More

8 is Great for RP Jr. at Stafford on the 4th of July Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Speedway provided fireworks on the track and in the air with a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series race program that paid tribute to the Fourth of July Independence Day holiday. More

16th For Richie on CARQUEST Dealer Night at Stafford Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Speedway provided fireworks on the track and in the air with the Summer Blast-Off / CARQUEST Dealer Night race program. More

Solid Start to 100-Lapper Goes Sour for Richie at Stafford on June 12th Stafford Springs, CT - After two soggy weeks, Stafford Speedway returned to racing under bright and sunny skies with the 36th Annual Coors Light SK Modified® 100. More

No Go For Coors Light 100 on June 5th The Coors Light SK Modified 100 has been postponed due to inclement weather. The race will take the green flag next Friday night, June 12th

Second Top 10 of Year for Richie and #2 Team Stafford Springs, CT - The 40-lap SK Modified® feature took the green flag with Curt Brainard taking the early lead. Brainard had Matt Gallo all over his back bumper looking to move to the front. More

Another Tough Run, 20th for Richie at Stafford Stafford Springs, CT - The 40-lap SK Modified® feature took the green flag with the action at the front of the pack fast and furious. Keith Rocco moved to the lead on lap-2 after riding side by side with Curt Brainard for the first lap. More

Be Sure To Check This Out... "Tune in this Monday night May 18th @ 6 P.M to Gary Danko's Speedway Line Report, to hear Richie talk about his Sizzler win and Whelen Modified Tour debut on May 22nd @ Stafford Motor Speedway. garydanko.speedwaylinereport.com

Tough 19th For Sizzler Winner in Second Race of Season Stafford Springs, CT - In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Keith Rocco took the lead from the outside pole and led the first 9 laps of the race before Jeff Malave moved to the front on lap-10. More

Rich Pallai Jr. Gets Through The Wrecks For First Career SK Modified Victory At Stafford STAFFORD - Rich Pallai Jr. arrived in the press box at Stafford Motor Speedway and had one question. "Am I in the right place?" More

Richie Pallai Jr. Set to Chase SK Modified Track Championship and Make Whelen Modified Tour Debut at Stafford Speedway Stafford Springs, CT - With the 2009 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Stafford Motor Speedway less than a month away, race teams are busy preparing their cars and making final tweaks and adjustments for the first event of the season, the 38th Annual Tech-Net Spring Sizzler. More

Highlights of Richie's Year at Stafford

Richie Leads Early But Finish Doesn't Show How Good #2 Was in CARQUEST Fall Final Stafford Springs, CT - The 40-lap SK Modified® feature took the green flag with Curt Brainard taking the lead on lap-1, but Richie Pallai, Jr. moved to the front of the pack on lap-2. Pallai held strong out front until a lap-23 restart that saw Keith Rocco move to the front. More

Richie's Night Ends Early at Stafford as Pitkat Wins Again Stafford Springs, CT - In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Woody Pitkat drove to his fourth feature victory of the 2008 season. More

#2 Ends Night on the Hook as Rocco Regains Point Lead with Win Stafford Springs, CT - In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Keith Rocco survived a several late caution periods to post his second feature win of the 2008 season and retake the SK Modified® points lead from Ted Christopher with 2 races remaining. More

Christopher Wins Again as Richie Hammers Out First Top 5 of Season Stafford Springs, CT - In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Ted Christopher outlasted Keith Rocco to take home the victory. Corey Hutchings sprinted to the early lead from the outside pole, but gave way to Curt Brainard on lap-3. More

Rocco Wins at Stafford as Richie Nails a Great 8th Place Finish Stafford Springs, CT - In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, it was Frank Ruocco taking down his second feature win of the 2008 season by outlasting Keith Rocco and Ted Christopher over the final laps of the race. More

Another 9th for Richie at Stafford as Doug Coby Wins First of Season Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Motor Speedway returned to racing action on Friday, August 8 with the 18th Annual New England Dodge Dealers 150 Whelen Modified Tour event with five divisions of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing. More

Solid 9th Place Run For Team as Christopher Adds to Win Total at Stafford Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Motor Speedway returned to racing action on Friday, August 1st with a Friday Night NASCAR Whelen All-American Series feature event with five divisions of racing. More

7th Place in CARQUEST 150 for the #2 Mod; Pitkat Takes Checkers Stafford Springs, CT - Friday night, July 25th, was the 5th Annual CARQUEST SK® 150 at Stafford Motor Speedway. Woody Pitkat scored the $4,000 winner's check by coming back from a flat tire which put him two laps down at one point with a late race pass for the win. More

Tough Turn One Accident Hurts Good Run for Team; Pitkat Wins Again Stafford Springs, CT - Friday night, July 18th, was a Friday night Whelen All-American Series NASCAR race event at Stafford Motor Speedway. Woody Pitkat was victorious in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event... More

19th For Richie and Team at Stafford as Ruocco Wins Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Motor Speedway celebrated the fourth of July holiday with a multimedia fireworks display set to music. The fireworks on the track were provided by Frank Ruocco, who won the SK Modified® feature... More

Another Tough Night for Hurricane Motorsports at Stafford as Pitkat Wins The 40-lap SK Modified® saw Woody Pitkat drive to his first feature win of the 2008 season by outdueling last week's feature winner, Keith Rocco. More

24th For Richie as Rocco Wins at Stafford Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Motor Speedway ushered in the summer season with fireworks in the air and on the track with the 8th annual Summer Blast-Off Presented by Town Fair Tire NASCAR Whelen All-American Series program. More

Richie Gets Another Top 10 as Christopher Nets #100 at Stafford on Friday the 13th Stafford Springs, CT - The 35th Annual Coors Light SK Modified® 100 played out perfectly for Ted Christopher in the game of numbers. On Friday, June 13th, Christopher drove car number 13 to his 100th career feature victory at Stafford by winning the Coors Light SK Modified® 100. More

Gunning Goes for Gold in Carquest Night at Stafford - Richie 26th Stafford Springs, CT - Friday night, May 30th was CARQUEST Dealer Night at Stafford Speedway with fireworks in the air and on the track as the Whelen All-American Series returned to action. More

Christopher Wins on TSI Harley-Davidson Night at Stafford - Richie Has Tough Night STAFFORD SPRINGS, CT - The 18th Annual TSI Harley-Davidson 150 program at Stafford Motor Speedway saw Ted Christopher victorious in the 40-lap SK Modified feature event. More

Rob Summers Scores Spring Sizzler Win at Stafford - Richie 10th Stafford Springs, CT - The 37th Annual Tech-Net Spring Sizzler presented by CARQUEST kicked off the 2008 SK Modified® and Late Model seasons at Stafford Motor Speedway with Rob Summers taking the 40-lap SK Modified® feature and Woody Pikat taking the 30-lap Late Model feature. More