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SMS Enters 40th Go Round

Stafford Motor Speedway was recently inducted into the Connecticut Business Hall of Fame, along with Connecticut Economic Resource Center, Alcoa Howmet, Gloria McAdam, president & CEO, Foodshare, and Jim Barnes, president & CEO, Oakleaf Waste & Recycling.

More than 80 nominations were received for consideration.

Past inductees include Subway, CRN International, Chris Campbell of Palace Production Center, and Herb Barker of Barker Specialty Company.

Stafford Motor Speedway (SMS) dates back to 1870, when it was known as the Stafford Springs Agricultural Park.

SMS is now a NASCAR sanctioned short track. The 2009 season will also mark the 40th consecutive year that the track has operated under the Arute family ownership.