STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn. – Stafford Motor Speedway welcomed the Granite State Pro Stock Series to the half-mile oval Saturday as part of NAPA Opening Day, with Joey Polewarczyk winning the Casagrande Builders 75. MacDonald took the lead on the restart with Griffith moving up to second. MacDonald took the lead back under green, while Polewarczyk and Shaw both got by Gluchacki to move into second and third place. Call slid up the track in turn one on lap 19, which allowed both Darling and Casagrande to move up to fourth and fifth as Call got back in line in sixth place. With 25 laps complete, the order saw Polewarczyk out front over, Shaw, MacDonald, Casagrande, and Darling. Casagrande worked his way by Darling to move into third place on lap 34 as Polewarczyk continued to lead the race with Shaw running in second. With 35 laps to go, Polwarczyk held a 1.5-second lead over Shaw with Casagrande, Darling and MacDonald making up the top five. Casagrande was starting to apply heavy pressure to Shaw for second and he nearly made a pass for second on lap 55. Casagrande came back the very next lap and he made the pass on Shaw to move into second. Casagrande’s move opened the door for Darling and MacDonald to follow him by Shaw and drop Shaw from second back to fifth. Casagrande finished second with Darling, MacDonald, and Griffith rounding out the top five.

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