(Stafford Springs, CT)—The Modified Racing Series made its second visit of
the 2011 season to Stafford Motor Speedway for the 2nd Annual Shark Cycle
80. Chris Pasteryak was the big winner of the night, taking the lead on
lap-2 and leading the rest of the way to pick up his first victory at
Stafford Motor Speedway and his family’s first modified victory at Stafford.
The Shark Cycle 80 took the green flag with Ken Barry taking the point, but
he was only able to lead the first lap as Chris Pasteryak moved to the lead
on lap-2. Barry held second behind Pasteryak until lap-15 when Doug Coby
took the position. Keith Rocco was now up to fourth after starting seventh,
and Max Zachem was in fifth. Steve Reed was in sixth, Matt Hirschman was
seventh, Todd Owen was eighth, Tom Bolles was ninth, and Rowan Pennink was
tenth after starting from the 24th position.
Pasteryak and Coby were separated by only a car length or two and they were
beginning to pull away from Barry in third place. Barry remained in third
until lap-31 when Rocco went by to take the spot. Pasteryak had stretched
his lead out from several car lengths to nearly a half straightaway over
Coby on lap-35 and Rocco wasn’t making up any ground on the two lead cars,
but that lead was all erased with 42 laps complete as Bolles spun in turn 2
to bring the race’s first caution flag out.
Pasteryak took the lead back under green with Coby in second. Rocco was
third, with Hirschman fourth, and Ted Christopher was now up to fifth.
Pennink was in sixth behind Christopher, with Barry, Rob Goodenough, Reed,
and Les Hinckley rounding out the top-10.
While Pasteryak and Coby continued to occupy the top two spots, Hirschman
was all over the back of Rocco looking to take away the third position. But
that fight for third was halted by the caution flag with 59 laps complete as
Tommy Barrett, Jr. spun in turn 4.
On the restart, Hinckley and Jack Bateman made contact with both cars
spinning backwards into the turn 1 wall and Hinckley’s car ended up on top
of Bateman’s car, which brought the red flag out. As the race went back to
green, Tom Bolles spun in turn 2 to bring the caution back out before a lap
could be completed.
Pasteryak took the lead back under green with Coby and Pennink behind him.
Hirschman settled into line in fourth, just ahead of Rocco and Christopher.
Pennink went to the outside groove on lap-65 to move around Coby and take
over second place. Pennink closed the gap to Pasteryak and he was right on
Pasteryak’s bumper with 10 laps to go.
The action was slowed with 77 laps complete for a spin by Tom Bolles in turn
4, setting up a three lap dash to the finish. Pasteryak took the lead on
the restart and he led Pennink around for the final 3 laps to take the
victory. Rounding out the top-5 behind Pasteryak and Pennink was Coby,
Hirschman, and Rocco.
For more information contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at
(860) 684-2783, or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.
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MODIFIED RACING SERIES SHARK CYCLE 80 (80)
1) Chris Pasteryak
2) Rowan Pennink
3) Doug Coby
4) Matt Hirschman
5) Keith Rocco
6) Ted Christopher
7) Dave Etheridge
8) Rob Goodenough
9) Dennis Charette
10) Lou Mechalides
11) Mike Holdridge
12) Tim Jordan
13) Norm Wrenn
14) Steve Reed
15) Bobby Drown
16) Tom Bolles
17) Max Zachem
18) Tommy Barrett, Jr.
19) Joe Doucette
20) Ken Barry
21) Shelly Perry
22) Les Hinckley
23) Jack Bateman
24) Todd Owen
25) Rob Summers