{"id":23773,"date":"2018-07-29T14:16:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T18:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=23773"},"modified":"2018-07-29T14:16:26","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T18:16:26","slug":"burroughs-takes-down-first-sk-lite-modified-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2018\/07\/burroughs-takes-down-first-sk-lite-modified-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Burroughs takes down first SK Lite Modified win"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Burroughs takes down first SK Lite Modified win
\nChicolas holds off Hadley, rain to win first Sportsman feature
\nCanfield remains red-hot in Mini Stocks
\nTrainer dominates all 50 laps of NEMA Lite feature
\nCabral in control of Pro 4 Modifieds
\nSK Modified rained out; double features on Aug. 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

WATERFORD \u2014 The road from Mini Stock champion to SK Lite Modified competitor has been filled with potholes and broken glass for Wayne Burroughs, \u201cWe really struggled last year,\u201d Burroughs said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been thrashing on it and thrashing on it. We have definitely paid our dues. We really struggled last year, but we\u2019re finally starting to turn things around.\u201dThe ultimate turnaround for Burroughs took place Saturday when he tracked down his first SK Lite Modified victory at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. Burroughs is a two-time Speedbowl Mini Stock champ who was winless since moving into the SK Lites in 2017.<\/p>\n

That changed in a big way Saturday. Burroughs took the lead from Chris Gombos midway through the race and pulled away with a huge lead in the second half of the race.
\nBurrough\u2019s success story was just one of several Saturday at the Speedbowl. Jason Chicolas held off a late charge by Jordan Hadley to win his first Speedbowl Sportsman feature. Charles Canfield used his skill on the outside grove to blur by Ken Cassidy Jr. on a restart with six laps to go to win the 25-lap Mini Stock feature. Jake Trainer led the entire distance on his way to a win in the 50-lap NEMA Lite Jim O\u2019Brien Memorial while Randy Cabral withstood a late charge by Brett Meservey to win the 25-lap Ct. Pro-Four Modified feature.
\nThe rains hit the Speedbowl before the final feature, the 40-lap SK Modified race, could get under way. The race is rescheduled for Aug. 4 as part of an SK Modified double header.
\nGambos blasted into the early lead in the SK Lite feature, but Burroughs ran him down on lap 10.. After Burroughs pounced into the lead, he started to pull away from the field.
\nPuleo squeezed by Gombos on the final lap to take second.
\n\u201cThose kids are hard to beat,\u201d Burroughs said. \u201cI\u2019m glad we finally did it,\u201d
\nCanfield used his expertise of the outside groove at Waterford to maintain his Mini Stock hot streak. In the last six races, he has five first place efforts and one second place.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a great thing,\u201d Canfield said. \u201cI just have to thanks all the people who help me. They did an awesome job.:
\nSo did Canfield. After battling through traffic, he pulled alongside Cassidy, the race leader, on a double-file restart with six laps to go. Canfield got the jump on the restart and was able to pull away down the stretch to win by a comfortable margin.
\nChicolas had never won a Sportsman race at the Speedbowl before, but he took the early lead Saturday by a wide margin. In the second half of the race, Hadley made a late charge and pulled to Chicolas\u2019 bumper with three laps to go.
\nThe rains came in a hurry, however, forcing officials to red-checker the race on lap 27,
\n\u201cIt was awesome, awesome,\u201d Chicolas said. \u201cI had a real loose car at the end. I don\u2019t know if it was the rain, or what. I kept seeing Hadley coming after me, and I just said \u2018oh no.\u2019\u201d
\nA quick shower, however, ended the race and gave Chicolas his first Speedbowl win,\u201d
\nTrainer also celebrated his first-ever Speedbowl when he won the 50-lap NEMA Lite Jim O\u2019Brien Memorial.
\nThe first 26 laps were dominated by Trainer. He galloped away from the rest of the field and led by more than a length of a straightaway before the first and only caution came out.
\nWhen the race resumed, however, Trainer\u2018s car was just as dominant as it was before the caution. All Stoehr could do was settle for second.
\n\u201cThe car ran great all day\u201d Trainer said. \u201cI knew that the 21 car (Avery Stoehr) was fast. I thought he was coming and I didn’t\u2019 know if I could hold him off. But I did and I got the checker.”
\nStoehr, who battled his way through traffic to move into second with 24 laps left, attempted a move underneath Trainer on the restart, but came up short. That was the last chance he had to take over the lead.
\n:I saw Jake getting loose, but we were getting tight,\u201d Stoehr said.
\nCabral set a blistering race in the Ct. Pro 4 feature and no one could catch him.
\n\u201cThis is a family effort and a team effort,\u201d Cabral said. \u201cI have to thank my wife. She was in the garage with me every night this week helping me finish the car. If it wasn\u2019t for her, I wouldn\u2019t have a clutch in this car.\u201d
\nP.J. Peters finished fourth overall, but was a winner in the Pro 4 Lite division.
\nIn the Senior Tour Auto Racing events, Gregg Massini won the Modified race and Bob Seward Sr, captured the Sportsman division race. The New England Antique Racers scheduled 15-lap race was a victim of the rain.
\nRacing resumes Saturday at the Speedbowl with a pair of 40-lap SK Modified features, the Late Models, twin Sportsman features, the Legends, the CT-Pro 4 Mods and the X-Cars.
\n25-lap Mini Stocks: 1. Charles Canfield, East Haven; 2. Ken Cassidy, Lisbon; 3. Doug Curry, Groton; 4. Nick Pappacoda, North Branford; 5. Ian Brew, Wood River Junction, R.I.; 6. Jake Christian, Norwich; 7. Tommy Silva, Gales Ferry; 8. Larry Loomis, Moosup; 9. J.T. Suprenant, Central Village; 10. Sean Caron, East Hampton.<\/p>\n

25-lap SK Lites: 1. Wayne Burroughs, Oakdale; 2.Jonathan Puleo, Branford; 3. Chris Gombos, Naugatuck; 4. Bert Ouellette, Ellington; 5. Jacob Perry, Pawcatuck; 6. John O\u2019Sullivan, Salem;7. Keith Caruso, Milbury; 8. Nick Anglace, Naugatuck; 9. Anthony Marvin, Colechester; 10. Paul French, Andover.
\n28-lap Sportsman: 1. Jason Chicolas, Sutton, Mass.; 2. Jordan Hadley, Quaker Hill; 3. Bo Norman, Clinton; 4. Shawn Gaedeke, Groton; 5. Al Stone Durham; 6. Adrien Paradis, Plainville; 8. Ronnie Oldham, Waterford; 8. Phil Evans, Uncasville; 9. Jon Porter, East Lyme; 10. Scott Cook, Oakdale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Burroughs takes down first SK Lite Modified win Chicolas holds off Hadley, rain to win first Sportsman feature Canfield remains red-hot in Mini Stocks Trainer dominates all 50 laps of NEMA Lite feature Cabral in control of Pro 4 Modifieds SK Modified rained out; double features on Aug. 4 WATERFORD \u2014 The road from Mini […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-waterford-speedbowl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23774,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23773\/revisions\/23774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}