The SK Modified ®

With over 400 horsepower, tires 15 inches wide and a total weight of only 2600 pounds, the SK Modified® is truly built for speed and nothing else. The SK Modified is Connecticut´s own version of a Whelen Modified, NASCAR´s oldest racing division. They compete at the Speedbowl as our premier division in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. Many of today´s best-known NASCAR drivers drove these cars on their way to fame.

When you´re sitting in the Speedbowl´s grandstand just feet away from the front straightaway and the SK Modifieds take the green flag, you know why these cars are called Ground Pounders. When you watch them race side-by-side, lap after lap, so close it seems that the drivers forgot that they have no fenders, then you know why SK Modified® races are considered by many fans as the most exciting in all of motorsports.

Did you know that “Modifieds” have been racing at the Speedbowl from opening day continuously for the track´s entire 62-year history. First called “Jalopies”, by 1954 they came to be known by NASCAR´s name, Modifieds. In the early 80’s, Stafford Motor Speedway created the “SK” version that races today at the Speedbowl.

Dennis Gada (#3) won the 2008 Championship in the Speedbowl’s premier division, it was his record 7th SK Modified Championship at the historic shoreline oval, the most of any single competitor to ever race the famed three-eighths mile oval.

In 2010, Keith Rocco became the Speedbowl’s first competitor to earn the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national championship. Rocco began his racing career in the Speedbowl’s Street Stock division before quickly becoming one of today’s top racing stars throughout Connecticut, and the country!

 

Former Waterford Speedbowl Modified champions

1951	Dave Humphrey		1985	Rick Fuller
1952	Dick Beauregard		1986	Bob Potter
1953	Melvin “Red” Foote		1987	Bob Potter
1954	Fred Luchesi		1988	Dickie “Doo” Ceravolo
1955	Don Collins		1989	Bob Potter
1956	Bill Slater		1990	Dave Gada
1957	Don Collins		1991	Ricky Young
1958	Melvin “Red” Foote		1992	Ted Christopher*
1959	Bill Slater		1993	Jerry Pearl
1960	Don Collins		1994	Dave Gada
1961	Ted Stack		1995	Jimmy Broderick
1962	Dick Beauregard		1996	Jimmy Broderick
1963	Don Collins		1997	Todd Ceravolo*
1964	Ray Delisle		1998	Jeff Pearl*
1965	Sal “Dee” Delucia		1999	Dennis Gada*
1966	Charlie Webster		2000	Dennis Gada*
1967	Newt Palm		2001	Dennis Gada*
1968	Newt Palm		2002	Dennis Gada*
1969	Don Collins		2003	Dennis Gada*
1970	Walt Dombrowski		2004	Ed Reed Jr.
1971	Joe Trudeau		2005	Rob Summers
1972	Dick Dunn		2006	Dennis Gada*
1973	Dick Dunn		2007	Rob Janovic Jr.*
1974	Dick Dunn		2008	Dennis Gada*
1975	Dick Dunn		2009	Ron Yuhas Jr.*
1976	Bob Potter		2010	Keith Rocco
1977	George “Moose” Hewitt		2011	Keith Rocco
1978	George “Moose” Hewitt
1979	Rick Donnelly
1980	Bob Potter
1981	George “Moose” Hewitt
1982	George “Moose” Hewitt
1983	Bob Potter
1984	George “Moose” Hewitt
	Bruce “Gomer” Taylor

 

* Active Waterford Speedbowl SK Modified competitors