Stafford Motor Speedway Announces $20K TickMike.com Triple Crown For SK Modifieds

Story By: PAUL ARUTE / STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY – STAFFORD SPRINGS, CT – Stafford Speedway and Tick Mike’s Organic Tick & Mosquito Spray have partnered for a new midseason point series that will include a $20,000 point fund for SK Modified® teams.

The Tick Mike Triple Crown will be made up of the 3 extra distance events for the SK Modified® division:

• Casella Waste SK Modified® 80 – June 6th
• Call Before You Dig Senators Cup 50 – June 20th
• 12th Annual NAPA Auto Parts SK 5K – August 1st

“We’re all in on racing so this is a good thing for us to be involved with,” explained Mike Meyhoefer from TickMike.com. “I think this is going to be something a little more interesting and it will put a little more juice on the big extra distance races for the SK’s. Having a little extra money available is a good thing for everyone. There’s at least 15 SK cars at Stafford that can win any Friday night and that’s very exciting.”

Separate point standings will be tracked for the three events with a Tick Mike Triple Crown Champion crowned at the conclusion of the 12th running of the NAPA Auto Parts SK 5K on August 1st. New for the 2025 season each of the three extra distance SK Modified® Tick Mike Triple Crown races will use a +/- qualifying method instead of weekly handicapping.

• $20,000 prize pool distributed teams participating in all three events
• Race starting lineups determined by using +/- qualifying method

“We’re excited to put this program together with Mike, Tyler, Ginny, and the entire Naproco [Tick Mike] team,” explained Stafford COO Paul Arute. “They are as passionate about SK Modified® racing as we are. We are also changing the qualifying procedures for these three races to use the +/- method similar to our Open Modified events.”

“The SK’s are what people really want to see. We have friends down in North Carolina and they can’t wait every week to see the SK’s on FloRacing,” continued Meyhoefer. “The competition should be crazy this year and we felt like doing something with these extra distance races was a good thing and this will allow us to promote our product rather than just having my face on a billboard. We think Stafford is the best short track in the country and that’s all thanks to the Arute family and everything they do.”