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Matt Hirschmann in victory lane at Stafford Motor Speedway.
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Hirschman & Silk Star At Stafford

May 13, 2023

STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn. — Stafford Speedway kicked off its season with the NAPA Auto Parts Duels as part of the 51st annual NAPA Spring Sizzler weekend. 

Feature races were held for the American Canadian Tour, Limited Late Models and Street Stocks along with two 40-lap NAPA Duel races that set the top-20 lineup for Saturday’s 100-lap NAPA Spring Sizzler main event. 

Scoring wins in the two NAPA Duel races were defending winner Matt Hirschman and Ron Silk. Taking down feature wins were D.J. Shaw in the ACT feature, Matt Clement in the Limited Late Model feature and Ryan Waterman in the Street Stock feature.

Hirschman led Pitkat to the checkered flag to win the first NAPA Duel Race. Marcello Rufrano finished third with Noah Korner and Anthony Bello rounding out the top five. 

Silk led start to finish to win the second modified event, beating Andrew Krause to the checkered flag. Stephen Kopcik, Matt Galko and Craig Lutz completed the top five.