Owen Is The Man In Stafford Modifieds

STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn. — Todd Owen captured the SK Modified headliner Friday night at Stafford Motor Speedway.

Austin Beers took the early lead from pole position with Anthony Flannery, Todd Owen, Jon Puleo, and Marcello Rufrano lined up behind him.  Flannery took the lead from Beers on lap-3 with Owen looking to follow him by Beers for second.  Beers held Owen off and then made a move back to the inside of Flannery on lap-9 to retake the lead.  Rufrano was fourth behind Beers, Flannery, and Owen with Puleo fifth.  Steven Chapman was sixth followed by Cory DiMatteo, Keith Rocco, Michael Gervais, Jr., and Mikey Flynn. 

With 15 laps complete, Beers was still in command with Flannery, Rufrano, Owen, and Puleo behind him.  DiMatteo made a move to take sixth place from Chapman on lap-17 while Michael Christopher, Jr. was now up to eighth, Gervais was ninth, and Mikey Flynn was tenth.  David Arute spun on the frontstretch to bring the caution flag out with 27 laps complete.

Beers took the lead on the restart with Owen moving into second.  Puleo was side by side with Flannery for third with Christopher fifth and Rufrano in sixth.  Owen was starting to reel in Beers and with 9 laps to go, he was right on Beers’ back bumper.  Puleo was now third with Christopher fourth and Flynn fifth as Flannery slid back to sixth. 

Owen was still chasing after Beers and the lead with 5 laps to go while behind them things had stabilized with Puleo, Christopher, and Flynn making up the top-5.  Owen made his move to the inside of Beers on lap-36 to move into the lead.  Beers came right back on lap-37 with a move to get to the inside of Owen and the two cars were wheel to wheel as they completed lap-38 with Owen in the lead by a nose.  Owen cleared Beers on lap-39 with Puleo taking second and Christopher third as Beers fell back to fourth.  Owen led the field to the checkered flag to pick up his first win of the 2024 season.  Puleo finished second with Christopher, Beers, and Flynn rounding out the top five.

Adam Gray won the Late Model feature, Tyler Chapman topped the SK Light feature, R.J. Surdell aced the Limited Late Model feature and Tyler Trott claimed the Street Stock feature.