NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour Preview: Carquest 300

26 September 1997

NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour
Carquest 300 Advance
Stafford Motor Speedway


STAFFORD SPRINGS, CT - The waiting is over, and the long-anticipated
Carquest 300 for the NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour is set to take
the green flag on Sunday, September 28 at Stafford Motor Speedway in
Stafford Springs, Conn.

The Carquest 300 ranks among the most prestigious events on the 1997
NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour schedule, and any driver would be
happy to add it to his resume.

The only problem for most drivers seems to be getting around Mike
Stefanik of Coventry, R.I. who has dominated the NASCAR Featherlite
Modified Tour racing at Stafford Motor Speedway this year.

Stefanik's record on the NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour this year is
commendable, to say the least. He comes into the Carquest 300 with
eight victory notches in his steering wheel - three-for-three at
Stafford. He leads the NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour points, and he
captured the Gatorade Front Runner Award for leading the points at the
halfway point of the season.

What makes Stefanik's record even more amazing is that he has amassed
these statistics even though he was forced to miss one event on the
1997 NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour schedule, and that introduces
yet another level of incredibility to Stefanik's 1997 accomplishments.

The 1989 and 1991 NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour Champion would like
to double the number of NASCAR Touring Series Championships on his
resume, but he is trying to accomplish that particular goal in a
single season - unprecedented in NASCAR history.

Sweeping the four NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour events at Stafford
by winning the Carquest 300 would take him one step closer to the 1997
NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour Championship while he currently leads
in the NASCAR Busch North Series, Grand National Division title hunt
with but a single race remaining on that schedule. It's no wonder that
when Stefanik steps out of his race car and loosens the collar of his
driving suit to cool off, that his fellow competitors are all looking
for a big red "S" on his nomex undershirt - and they know it doesn't
stand for "Stefanik."

By NASCAR Public Relations