THE SK MODIFIEDS

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 59-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.

          Dennis Gada

Former Waterford Speedbowl Modified champions

* Active Waterford Speedbowl SK Modified competitors