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  • How a Newtown native stacks up at legendary Stafford Speedway

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• NOTEBOOK: Stafford Speedway's proving grounds are nothing new for many of the Modified Tour's best (nascar.com) — A Newtown native, Stephen Kopcik, is spotlighted as an 18-time Stafford Speedway feature winner ahead of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour's GAF 150. The story traces how Stafford has shaped many top Modified racers and breaks down the tight championship battle and family racing legacies fans will be watching.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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