“The Reg” A legend…

     Racers all have their beginnings; they got their start somewhere.  For legendary Modified race driver Reggie Ruggiero it was a little quarter mile track named Plainville Stadium in Connecticut.  Just a local kid racing weekends at a local track, piloting his way to the top at those Saturday night race contests in the 70’s. He raced his own coupe bodied #59 to his first victory by 1970. Reggie eventually raced other cars stacking up 14 victories at Plainville in one season. 

     Reggie is the all time winningest driver at the former Riverside Park Speedway Massachusetts with 93 victories and three track Championships 1979, 1984 and 1988.  He also claimed track Championships at Monadnock Speedway  New Hampshire in 1978 and 1988 and Stafford Motor Speedway Connecticut in 1983.  How great is that… One of his biggest victories came when he was behind the wheel of Fiore’s #44 in the 1988 Race of Champions on Pocono’s three quarter mile track.

     The wins, the titles don’t stop there.  Reggie is the second all-time winningest driver on the NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series.  His 42 wins were at 14 different tracks.  Reggie was awarded “Most Popular Driver”  in the Featherlite Series 1988,1989 and 1999.  In 1998 Reggie formed his own team. Iguana Motorsports with partner Tony Moffo and claimed the New Hampshire International Speedway track Championship that year.  Reggie and Ed Flemke Jr formed Raceworks Inc. and have seen their creations claim victory on the Featherlite Modified Series.