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WOODY PITKAT
GOING FOR SEASON SWEEP
IN VMRS 80 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY |
 Throughout
his racing career, Woody Pitkat has amassed an
impressive resume at Stafford Speedway. His 73
career feature wins at the Connecticut half-mile
facility rank second to only Ted Christopher and he
has an SK Modified® track championship along with 2
Late Model track titles to his name. When the
Valenti Modified Racing Series takes the green flag
for the VMRS 80 on Sept. 4, Pitkat will be looking
to add his name to another chapter in the Stafford
record book by becoming the first driver to record a
season sweep in a modified touring division.
Mike Stefanik (’90, ’97, ’98), Ted Christopher
(’02), Tony Hirschman (’05), and Doug Coby (’12)
have all won 3 out of 4 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
events in a single season at Stafford while Pitkat
is the first driver to win multiple VMRS races in a
single season.
“It would be cool to be able to accomplish that and
obviously our plan will be to win the race,” said
Pitkat. “We’re going to miss the Oxford race this
weekend and I’m sure we’ll lose some points so we’ll
be looking to win and get max points. I think we
should be capable of doing that but it’s going to be
tough and a lot of guys have had some misfortune at
Stafford this year. Teddy [Christopher] blew a motor
and didn’t even get to race the last race, I think
Keith [Rocco] had some problems and he’s always good
at Stafford, and Ryan [Preece] has been off a little
bit with his car and he’s always tough at Stafford,
Todd [Szegedy] is tough everywhere we go, and Chris
[Pasteryak] is always tough at Stafford. I think
there’s probably 8-10 cars that could win that race.
We’ve struggled a little the last couple of races so
hopefully we can get back on form and get going in
the right direction at Stafford and get the sweep.”
One of the main reasons for Pitkat’s success in the
first two VMRS races of 2015 at Stafford would be
his hometrack knowledge from nearly 20 years of
weekly competition. Pitkat is also quick to
recognize his crew and the great racecars that the
#42 Kulessa Farms team provides him.
“Being my home track and racing there for 19 years
helps and telling the guys what I need when I come
off the track,” said Pitkat. “A lot of credit has to
go to the crew that gives me top notch equipment to
go racing with. Greg Felton, Pete Kulessa, and all
the guys on the team have been around for a long
time and they know what it takes week in and week
out. The way we’ve been going the last couple of
races, it would be a good confidence booster for us
for the last couple of races of the season after
Stafford. I have to give a big thanks to all our
sponsors, Kulessa Farms, Cliff Nelson Motorsports,
Steve Greer and Gunsmoke Stables, Billy the Kid,
Magnus Transmissions, SPAFCO Race Cars, Patterson
Farm, and Monahan Trucking, we couldn’t do this
without their support.”
Tickets for the VMRS 80 are on sale now and are
priced at $27.50 for adult general admission
tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children
ages 5 and under are admitted free of charge when
accompanied by an adult. Reserved seat tickets are
$30.00 for all ages. All ticket prices include 10%
CT Admission Tax. Stafford Motor Speedway offers
plenty of free parking along with overnight parking
for self contained Recreational Vehicles.
For more information, contact the Stafford Motor
Speedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us on
the web at
www.staffordspeedway.com.
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Source:
Scott Running /
Stafford Motor Speedway
Posted:
August 23, 2015 |
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