Newsmaker of the Week // Stephen Kopcik

Stafford Motor Speedway’s annual Modified Spring Sizzler is a special race. It’s an event most often won by a competitor who is able to successfully manage adversity and so it was last Sunday.

Stephen Kopcik became a man on a mission in this year’s Sizzler. Initially fast, Kopcik was black flagged and sent to the rear of the field for contact with a rival. Some would have simply parked their cars; others might have come back and raced recklessly, thirsting for revenge.

Instead, Kopcik kept his emotions in control, then unleashed his driving talents, came back to the front, and won his first Sizzler.

It was one inspiring drive, one so dramatic that Stephen Kopcik, race winner, became a Newsmaker!