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Stafford Motor Speedway

Racetrack

Field	Value
name	Stafford Speedway
nicknames	Stafford
location	Stafford Springs, Connecticut
coordinates
capacity	10,000
operator	Mark Arute
broke_ground	1868
opened	1870
former_names	Stafford Motor Speedway (1979–2022)
Stafford Springs Motor Speedway (1959–1978)
Stafford Springs Speedway (1946–1958)
Stafford Springs Agricultural Park (1870–1945)
events	Current:
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (1985–1987, 1989–2021, 2026)
Formula D (2026)
Former:
Camping World SRX Tour (2021–2023)
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
Stafford 150 (1987, 1991, 1993–2008, 2016)
NASCAR North Tour (1979–1982, 1985)
miles_first	True
layout	Oval
surface	Paved
length_km	0.805
length_mi	0.500
turns	4
banking	Turns 1-2: 7°
Turns 3-4: 8.5°

Stafford Springs Motor Speedway (1959–1978) Stafford Springs Speedway (1946–1958) Stafford Springs Agricultural Park (1870–1945) NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (1985–1987, 1989–2021, 2026) Formula D (2026) Former: Camping World SRX Tour (2021–2023) NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Stafford 150 (1987, 1991, 1993–2008, 2016) NASCAR North Tour (1979–1982, 1985) Turns 3-4: 8.5°

Stafford Speedway (formerly known as Stafford Motor Speedway and Stafford Springs Motor Speedway) is a 1/2 mi paved oval located in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Stafford Speedway holds weekly racing every Friday night May through September. This track is known as the home of the SK Modifieds and drivers such as Ryan Preece and Ted Christopher. The track hosts weekly events throughout the season previously including 3 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events yearly. Stafford Motor Speedway is the track that had hosted the second most ever races in the modern era of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour with 135 races from 1985 to 2021.

The speedway also had hosted 5 NASCAR North Tour events from 1979 until 1985 and 30 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races, between 1987 and 2016.

Stafford Motor Speedway was the site of the first ever Superstar Racing Experience event on June 12, 2021. The main event was won by track regular Doug Coby.

In December 2020, the track announced that it would end its 60-year affiliation with NASCAR, "due to a conflict regarding ownership of streaming and broadcast rights of weekly racing events". Stafford began live streaming on FloRacing in 2021.

History

Originally known as the Stafford Springs Agricultural Park, the facility was used as a half-mile horse racing facility up to the end of World War II when it switched to automobile racing. The facility became a NASCAR track in 1959 as a dirt track, under the ownership of Rockville auto dealer Mal Barlow, Barlow paved the track in 1967. It was purchased by the Arute brothers, Chuck and Jack Arute in 1970. Jack's son Mark Arute continues to own and manage the track with his wife Lisa, and two sons Paul and David.

Notable drivers

Geoff Bodine
Brett Bodine
Ron Bouchard
Ken Bouchard
Greg Sacks
Doug Coby
Jerry Cook
Dale Earnhardt
Richie Evans
Jimmy Spencer
Mike Stefanik
Ted Christopher
Don McTavish
Ryan Preece
Donny Travaglin
Martin Truex Jr.
Steve Park

References

(21 December 2020). "Stafford Speedway Leaving NASCAR Weekly Racing Series in 2021; Track to Race Independently; Modified Tour Events Unaffected for 2020 season".
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(25 April 2003). "STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY".
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(6 August 2018). "August 6: Dale Earnhardt Smokes the Competition in Stafford".
Bourcier, Bones. ''RICHIE!: The Fast Life and Times of NASCAR's Greatest Modified Driver'' (1st ed., 2004). Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA: Coastal 181. {{ISBN. 0-9709854-6-0.
"Driver Jimmy Spencer's NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results at Stafford Motor Speedway – Racing-Reference.info".

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