VoJan Motorsports races the 51SK SK Modified out of Waterford, Connecticut, with 26 SK Modified wins, 33 Speedbowl wins in all, and the 2007 SK Modified track championship.
Racing out of Waterford since 1987.
John Volpe and Rob Janovic built VoJan Motorsports around one car and one rule: it comes to the track prepared. 26 SK Modified wins and the 2007 track championship later, the 51SK still runs select Saturday nights.
A 3/8 mile, two groove oval.
The Speedbowl has been running stock car racing since the 1950s. It is where the 51SK has done most of its winning, and where the team still races select Saturday nights.
Prepared before it is fast.
Rob Janovic is a hands-on owner and driver. He builds and repairs the car himself, which is why the 51SK shows up looking the way it does.
Championship winning team.
2007 SK Modified track champion. 26 SK Modified wins, seventh on the Speedbowl's all time SK win list, and still racing part time.
The 51 on YouTube.
A playlist the team curates as clips turn up: race footage from the Speedbowl, restarts, and the nights worth watching twice.
A modified that is ready before it is fast.
Rob Janovic is a hands-on owner and driver, and he is the one who prepares and repairs the car every week. That is why the 51SK shows up looking the way it does, and why it has stayed a contender across four decades of rules changes.
- Track record. Rob set a 14.183 second SK Modified qualifying lap on July 9, 2005, scored electronically, which stood as the track record.
- Built in the shop. Weeknight prep, then load it on the trailer. The car is maintained by the same people who race it.
- Home track. The New London-Waterford Speedbowl, a 3/8 mile, two groove oval that has been running stock car racing since the 1950s.
Four decades, one car, a long list of Saturdays.
Rob sets the SK Modified track qualifying record at 14.183 seconds on July 9, and finishes fifth in the season standings.
SK Modified track champion. The team also wins multiple features that season and is voted Most Improved Driver for the third time.
Pit Crew of the Year, awarded for perseverance through the season.
Heat and feature wins, a second at the end of August, and the season closed out at the Bemers Big Show finale in October.
Same crew, same trailer, same Wednesday nights.
Owner and operator of Big A Auto Parts in North Branford, where the car has always come out of. Runs the team's day to day.
Racing since 1986, 2007 SK Modified champion, and still the one under the car on a Wednesday.
On the radio since the late 1990s. Spent 34 years building custom homes at BROM Builders before retiring in 2020, and is Broker/Owner of Garden Realty.
On the car since the beginning.
East Lyme, since 1972. On the 51SK since the team formed in 1987. Owned by team member Greg Terracciano. flandersbakery.com
North Branford. Team owner John Volpe's store, and the shop behind the car since day one.
Eagle Fence & Guardrail has sponsored the team every season from 2012 through 2022 and continues to back the car.
We race select Saturday nights.
The team no longer runs a full weekly season, so the dates change year to year. The Speedbowl publishes the season schedule, and we post the nights we are entered.
Gates open in the afternoon, heats run early evening, features after dark. The pits are open to fans after the races, and the 51SK is usually still on the trailer an hour after the checkered flag.
Put your name on the car.
A modified season runs on tires, fuel and help. Sponsorship packages start with a decal and go up from there, and every dollar stays on this car.
See the sponsorship packages