Stan Ploski Jr.
| Stan Ploski Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 27, 1944 Ringoes, New Jersey |
| Modified racing career | |
| Debut season | 1962 |
| Car number | 27 |
| Wins | 182 |
| Championship titles | |
| 1971, 1973 New Jersey State Modified Champion[1][2] | |
Stan Ploski Jr. (born February 27, 1944) is a retired American Dirt Modified racing driver. Ploski had a 16-year winning streak at Flemington Speedway NJ (1966–1981), and captured 74 modified features at the venue over his career.[2]
Racing career
[edit]Stan Ploski Jr. won the 1962 New Jersey State Novice Championship in a twin car to his father Stan Sr.'s 1937 Chevrolet Sportsman coupe at the Vineland Speedway in New Jersey. After winning 18 straight Sportsman races at the Flemington Speedway in 1963, he was forced to move up to the Modified Division.[2] He went on to compete successfully at the Northeast's toughest venues, including East Windsor Speedway NJ, Five Mile Points Speedway NY, Fonda Speedway NY, Langhorne Speedway PA, Lebanon Valley Speedway NY, Nazareth Speedway PA, Reading Fairgrounds Speedway PA, the Syracuse Mile NY, and Trenton Speedway NJ.[3][4][5][6][7]
Stan Ploski first retired from racing in 1990 but returned to the cockpit in 2017 to race a Sprint car at New Egypt Speedway. He was inducted into the Eastern Motorsports Press Association and the Northeast Dirt Modified Halls of Fame.[2][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Blain, Eddy (April 11, 1974). "Let's Go Racing". The Intelligencer. p. 20. Retrieved March 20, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ a b c d "EMPA Hall of Fame-Stan Ploski". Eastern Motorsport Press Association. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
- ^ "Stan Ploski victor in main event". Reading Eagle. April 23, 1966. p. 10. Retrieved March 20, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ploski wins Feature at Reading Fairgrounds". Lebanon Daily News. April 23, 1966. p. 9. Retrieved March 20, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Stan Ploski wins 200". The Berkshire Eagle. September 29, 1969. p. 29. Retrieved March 20, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Stan Ploski goes for 3d win". Red Bank Register. May 13, 1966. p. 14. Retrieved March 20, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Stan Ploski-Track Overview". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "New inductees for Dirt Hall of Fame announced". Syracuse Herald-Journal. January 19, 1996. p. D4. Retrieved March 20, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.