STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn. — Stafford Speedway hosted the extra distance Monaco Ford SK Light Double Down along with Stafford’s other four weekly divisions on Friday.
Chris Matthews was the big winner of the night, capturing the 40-lap Monaco Ford SK Light Double Down feature for his second win of the 2025 season.
In the 40-lap Monaco Ford SK Light Double Down feature event, Josh Morrison took the lead at the start of the race with Nick Anglace in second. Anglace took the lead from Morrison on lap-4 with Daltin McCarthy third, Chris Matthews fourth, and Sami Anderson fifth. Meghan Fuller spun in turn 3 and Dylan Houghton retired from the race with a flat tire to bring the caution out with 4 laps complete.
Anglace took the lead back under green but the race stayed green for only 1 lap before Brian Sullivan spun in turn 1 while the cars of Peter Bennett, Nickolas Hovey, Casey Vogt, and Matt Brewer all ended up against the backstretch wall and the car of Robert Bloxsom, III came to a stop in turn 3.
The restart saw Ron Midford, Jr. spin in the middle of turns 1 and 2 to bring the caution flag back out immediately.
Back under green Anglace again powered his way into the lead. Matthews went around Anderson on lap 10 to move into second with Anderson back to third. McCarthy was fourth with Bob Charland up to fifth. Midford and Jason Finkbein both spun on the backstretch to bring the caution back out with 13 laps complete.
Matthews took the lead on the restart with Anglace in second. Anderson and McCarthy were racing side by side for third with Anderson taking the position on lap-17. Charland was still holding down fifth place with Josh Morrison, Vogt, Joey Ferrigno, Brewer, and Norm Sears making up the top-10. The caution flag came back out with 20 laps complete for a spin in turn 4 by David Webb and Jason Chapman.
Matthews again took the lead back under green with Anglace and Anderson behind him. McCarthy had to hold off a hard charge from Charland to maintain fourth place with Charland in fifth. With 10 laps to go it was still Matthews out front with Anglace, Anderson, McCarthy, and Charland behind him.
Matthews led the field to the checkered flag to pick up his second win of the season. Anglace finished second with Anderson, McCarthy, and Charland rounding out the top five.
Mikey Flynn won the SK Modified® feature for his first win of 2025, Andrew Durand was a first-time 2025 winner in the Late Model feature, Kevin Cormier was another first time 2025 winner in the Limited Late Model feature, and Aaron Plemons was a winner for the third time this season in the Street Stock feature.
