STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn. — Stafford Speedway hosted round two of the Sign Pro Triple Crown for its SK Modified division with the 50-lap Call Before You Dig Senator’s Cup on Friday.
The race served as the second of three legs of the Sign Pro Triple Crown with Troy Talman taking the checkered flag to pick up his second consecutive SK Modified® feature victory of the 2026 season.
The race started with Jon Puleo and Tyler Chapman spinning in turn 2 with Nickolas Hovey coming to a stop to avoid the two cars, which brought the caution flag out before the first lap could be completed.
Troy Talman took the early lead on the start with Todd Owen pulling to the inside of Keith Rocco in a wheel to wheel duel for second. Glen Reen was fourth with Alexander Pearl in fifth. Rocco won the duel with Owen to take second on lap-4 with Owen slotting into fourth behind Reen with Talman still leading. David Flammia, Jr. spun in turn 2 to bring the caution flag out with 8 laps complete.
As the field was coming to the restart, Flammia’s car was spun around at the entrance to turn 3, negating the start and keeping the yellow flag out.
Talman took the lead on the restart with Keith Rocco right behind him in second. Reen and Bryan Narducci were side by side for third with Owen in fifth. Owen got into the back of Narducci which sent Narducci around in turn 4 to bring the caution flag back out with 9 laps complete.
Talman again took the lead with Rocco in second and looking to take the lead as soon as he could. Reen was third with Andrew Molleur fourth and Pearl fifth. Rocco made his move to the inside of Talman on lap-16 and he had the lead by a nose. Talman made a nice crossover move on Rocco and he was back in the lead on the following lap. Reen was still third with Molleur and Pearl making up the top-5 while Talman and Rocco swapped the lead. Curt Brainard spun in turn 2 to bring the caution flag out with 23 laps complete and Talman still leading with Rocco in second.
Talman and Rocco resumed their fight for the lead back under green with Talman in the lead and Rocco in second. A heavy accident in turn 3 erupted with 24 laps complete with Anthony Flannery, Meghan Fuller, and another car getting into the turn 3 wall which collected the car of Josh Zentek, who climbed up and over on its right side before coming back down on all four wheels to bring out the red and yellow flags.
Reen went 3-wide with Talman and Rocco on the restart and he emerged in the lead. Talman was second with Rocco third, Molleur fourth, and Marcello Rufrano was up to fifth. Talman made a move to the inside of Reen on lap-31 and they were in a dead heat as they hit the start/finish line with Rocco right behind them.
Talman took the lead on lap-33 with Rocco taking second to drop Reen back to third. Rufrano had gotten round Molleur to take fourth place with Molleur fifth.
With 10 laps to go Talman was leading Rocco, Reen, Rufrano, Molleur, Dylan Izzo, Pearl, Jon Puleo, Narducci, and Ethan Durocher. Talman led Rocco to the checkered flag to pick up his second consecutive of the 2026 season. Reen finished third with Molleur getting around Rufrano for fourth place in the final laps to round out the five.
Other feature winners were Michael Bennett in the Late Model feature, Nick Anglace in the SK Light feature, Kyle Theriault in the Limited Late Model feature and Kolton Gambacorta in the Street Stock feature.
