STAFFORD – A week ago Michael Bennett watched as his Late Model taken off the track at Stafford Motor Speedway looking much closer to junkyard material than high performance racing vehicle.

Friday, after a marathon week of repairs Bennett put the piece that looked like junk a week ago on display in victory lane.

Bennett, of Stafford, took the lead from Adam Gray following a lap six restart and then checked out from the field in easily winning the 30-lap Late Model feature Friday at Stafford Motor Speedway.

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STAFFORD – Ok, sorry, you won’t be seeing any pictures of Michael Speeney or his Whelen Modified Tour car in this space.

Speeney, from Newtown, Pa., is set to make his Whelen Modified Tour debut in tonight’s Town Fair Tire 150 at Stafford Motor Speedway, but it seems there’s a no paparazzi allowed rule surrounding his organization.

Now we’ll say this, it’s not as if we’re walking around the pits sporting any monster lenses or any other $1,000 plus photography equipment. No, it’s just a simple Canon PowerShot here to get the job done.

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STAFFORD – On May 28 at Stafford Motor Speedway, Eric Berndt served notice that he’s prepared to compete for a Whelen Modified Tour victory at the half-mile oval.

Berndt, a part-timer on the Whelen Modified Tour, led a race high 101 laps in the TSI Harley-Davidson 125 at Stafford before settling for a sixth place finish in the event.

Berndt showed Friday afternoon that the speed he had that day hasn’t gone away.

Berndt, of Rocky Hill, was fastest in Whelen Modified Tour practice for tonight’s Town Fair Tire 150 at Stafford. Berndt set a fast lap of 18.366 seconds (98.007 mph) in the 90-minute practice session.

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STAFFORD – Woody Pitkat got past leader Scott Cook on a lap seven restart and never looked back in winning the 30-lap Late Model feature Friday at Stafford Motor Speedway.

It was the fifth Late Model victory in 12 events this year for Pitkat, of Stafford.

Keith Rocco of Wallingford was second and Ryan Posocco of Stafford third.

“We’ve been struggling the last couple weeks and tonight we weren’t sure if we wanted to adjust the car because it was so good,” Pitkat said. “We decided to just leave it. We just needed to be a little tighter at the end but I think everybody had the same the problems.”

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After two consecutive weeks of weather affected racing cards, officials at Stafford Motor Speedway are hoping they can dodge the rain drops Friday and get in a full show for the first time since July 9.

But it will be Stafford Speedway Late Model division points leader Dillon Moltz hoping somehow his division’s 30-lap feature gets cancelled.

The bright lights and attention of a nationally televised racing event are calling for Moltz this weekend, but because of that, he will miss Friday’s event at Stafford.

It could end up costing him his first Stafford Motor Speedway championship.

Moltz, of Waterford, will attempt to make his ARCA Racing Series debut in Saturday’s Weis Markets 125 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa.

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