by | Jun 13, 2014 | Connecticut, Waterford
Waterford, CT (June 11, 2014) – Waterford Speedbowl returned to the track on Wednesday for another round of Wild ‘n Wacky motorsports competition. Mike Christopher Jr. of Wolcott claimed his fourth Wednesday night INEX Legend Cars victory of the year to lead the way. New winners on the season were Ray Reed of Norwich, winner of the Super X-Car race, and Ken Morin Jr. of Old Saybrook in the INEX Bandoleros. Jordan Hadley of Quaker Hill took another X-Car checkered flag, and Chris Lee of Uncasville won the night’s Wacky Race.
Christopher landed in INEX Legend Cars Victory Lane for the second consecutive week and fourth time in five Wild ‘n Wednesday events. He trailed early leader Mike Blaskey, the only other winner to date in the division on Wednesdays, and battled on the track with Joey Ternullo in a race to the front. Christopher got to Blaskey first, getting past his inside halfway through the 25-lap race. Ternullo followed suit and stayed with Christopher through a lap-23 caution flag to set the stage for a final shootout between the two. Christopher controlled the restart and pulled ahead from Ternullo to claim the win. Ternullo, last year’s division champion, finished a strong second and Blaskey stayed with the lead two and finished third.
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by | Jun 5, 2014 | Connecticut, Waterford
Waterford, CT (June 4, 2014) – Wild ‘n Wacky racing returned to the
Speedbowl on Wednesday evening with fast paced motorsports action
entertaining the crowd on hand. Taking victories on the night included
Mike Christopher Jr. of Wolcott, winning for the third time in four races
on Wednesdays in the INEX Legend Cars division with a come from behind
effort. Jon Porter of Canterbury checkered the Super X-Car division,
Jordan Hadley of Quaker Hill won in the X-Cars, and Jonathon Puleo of
Branford won in the INEX Bandolero youth racing class.
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by | Jun 2, 2014 | Connecticut, Waterford
Waterford, CT (May 31, 2014) – Exciting motorsports action returned to the Connecticut shoreline Saturday evening as Waterford Speedbowl hosted its Four Cylinder Fury NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing program. Four cylinder racecars were the highlight of the night, however Craig Lutz of Miller Place, NY stole the spotlight with his first-ever victory in thrilling fashion during the night’s SK Modified® race. Other NASCAR Whelen All-American Series wins went to Ken Cassidy Jr. of Lisbon, who was back in the winner’s circle during an extra-distance Mini Stock feature and Jason Palmer of Berlin recorded his first Valenti Auto Mall Late Model win of the season. The Northeast Mini Stock Tour race was won by Toby Wells of Dublin, NH and Robin Berghman of East Providence, RI picked up the victory in the visiting New England Pro Four Modified race. Hometown driver Jordan Hadley won the X-Car feature.
Lutz needed a gritty performance over much of the 35-lap SK Modified® feature to record an exciting first career victory that put the fans on their feet for the finish. He spent the opening half of the race trying to find a way around Diego Monahan. It was Monahan that led the 35-lap SK Modified feature to the green flag with Jeff Gallup flanking his outside. Two attempts to start the race were pulled back by officials before Monahan prevailed on a clean try. Lutz, who started in third, got past Gallup’s inside on the opening lap and immediately began to look for racing room on Monahan.
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by | May 30, 2014 | Connecticut, Thompson, Whelen All American Series
Thompson, Conn: Tommy Barrett of Millis, Mass. used an exciting last lap pass to take the win in the Valenti Modified Racing Series 75-lap feature at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. Winners in NASCAR Whelen All American Series action included a sweep by Ryan Preece of Berlin, Conn. in the Sunoco Modified division, Glenn Boss of Danielson, Conn. in the Late Models, Shawn Monahan of Waterford, Conn. in the Xtra Mart Limited Sportsman division, and Chad Baxter in the Monster Mini Stocks. Scott Quinn checkered the Vintage Outlaw feature event.
Barrett patiently awaited the right moment to make a pass on Todd Szegedy for the win in the King Cadillac GMC 75 Valenti Modified Racing Series feature Thursday night. Barrett becomes the fourth different winner this season.
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by | May 30, 2014 | Connecticut, Waterford
Waterford, CT (May 28, 2014) – Waterford Speedbowl returned to action with
another round of Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday racing. A first time winner
joined four returning faces to Victory Lane in an action packed night of
motorsports. Leading the way was Michael Blaskey, who his first-ever
checkered flag in the INEX Legend Cars division. Jon Porter won another
Super X-Car race, Zac Thomas was the winner of the X-Car race and Anthony
Marvin claimed the INEX Bandolero feature. Chuck McDonald was king of
the night’s Wacky Race for the X-Cars.
Blaskey put forth a memorable effort on track during the 25-lap INEX
Legend Cars feature to land what was a first-ever win. He took the lead
at the green flag and charged ahead. The race was slowed by five caution
flags and Blaskey hit his marks on each restart to maintain his lead.
Over the final two restarts, he was challenged by last year’s division
champion, Joey Ternullo. Blaskey proved to be too strong, going on to the
win over Ternullo. John O’Sullivan Jr. finished third.
Porter was back in Victory Lane for another Super X-Car win. He came on
strong over the middle of the 25-lapper, riding the outside lane over a
stretch of green flag racing that brought him past the front runners into
the lead. Porter took command from Shane Peele on lap-14 and never looked
back. He pulled ahead to the win over Kevin Moon, followed by early
leader Ray Reed, who finished third.
Thomas was declared the winner in the 25-lap X-Car race after finishing
second on the track. Thomas bested Randy Johnston, who finished runner-up
after leading two laps and racing among the lead cars all race. C.P.
Burdick finished a career-best third in the division.
Marvin was strong in the night’s 15-lap INEX Bandolero feature. He trailed
Jonathon Puleo early, but used the outside lane to give Puleo a run for
the lead. Marvin spent three laps finding the right combination to the
outside before pulling ahead. He slowly checked out through the checkered
flag in the non-stop race. Nickolas Hovey picked up his first runner-up
finish in just his second race in the division and Puleo finished third.
McDonald was crafty in the night’s Wacky Race for the X-Car division, a
Toll Booth race. He scored the most tokens in a race around the track
with a “stop” each lap to place a token in one of four collection bins
located on the front chute of the track.
Waterford Speedbowl hosts another edition of Sho & Go at the ‘Bowl on
Friday night featuring free grandstand admission, car cruise on the midway
and spectator drag racing with a special import night theme. On
Saturday, NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing returns for Four
Cylinder Fury, the track’s annual celebration of four cylinder racecars.
The track’s NASCAR Mini Stock division is in the spotlight, running in a
50-lap feature race. They will be joined by the visiting Northeast Mini
Stock Tour and Pro Four Modifieds of New England, the track’s Wild ‘n
Wacky Wednesday X-Car division, plus NASCAR SK Modifieds® and Valenti Auto
Mall Late Models. More information on each event is available online at
Speedbowl.com or by contacting the track office at 860.442.1585.
Waterford Speedbowl Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday 5/28 Results:
INEX Legend Cars (25-laps): 1. Michael Blaskey, Waterbury; 2. Joey
Ternullo, Middletown; 3. John O’Sullivan Jr., Salem; 4. Colin Haley,
Ashford; 5. Josh Zentek, East Hartford; 6. Cornelius Flynn, Hampden, MA;
7. David Lespinasse, Milford; 8. Andrew Molleur, Shelton; 9. Jordan
Churchill, Lisbon; 10. Scott Limkemann, East Lyme; 11. Michael
Christopher Jr., Wolcott; 12. Connor Holderbach, Wolcott; 13. Dennis
Pantani, Branford
INEX Bandoleros (15-laps): 1. Anthony Marvin, Colchester; 2. Nickolas
Hovey, Chaplin; 3. Jonathon Puleo, Branford
X-Cars (25-laps): 1. Zac Thomas, New London; 2. Randy Johnston,
Westerly, RI; 3. C.P. Burdick, Deep River; 4. Matt Westover, Gales
Ferry; 5. Eric Finkbein Jr., East Hartford; 6. Eddie Loomis, Plainfield;
7. Kyle McPherson, Waterford; 8. Chris Lee, Uncasville; 9. Ray Herman,
Gales Ferry; 10. Josh Barrie, Voluntown; 11. Michael Olsen, Deep River;
12. Rick Mollo, Seymour; 13. Kim Bickford, Griswold; 14. Matt Ryan,
Groton; 15. Garrett Kuhn, Waterford; 16. Chuck McDonald, Groton; 17.
Jeff Dombrowski, Oakdale; 18. Tom Sheehan, Baltic; 19. Rich Nye,
Stonington; 20. Andrew Lee, New London; 21. Mike Shaw, Oakdale; DQ –
Jordan Hadley, Quaker Hill; DQ – Mitch Bombard, Willimantic
Super X-Cars (25-laps): 1. Jon Porter, Canterbury; 2. Kevin Moon,
Exeter, RI; 3. Ray Reed, Norwich; 4. Shane Peele, Wales, MA; 5. Ken
Downing III, Branford; 6. R.J. Cunningham, Clinton; 7. Jim Boyle, East
Windsor; 8. Shawn Gaedeke, Southington; 9. Bill Reiman, Southington;
10. Marc Shafer, Groton; 11. Dave Yardley, Berlin; 12. Mike Maskell,
Quaker Hill; 13. Dan Butler, Waterford; 14. Dan Moon, Exeter, RI; 15.
Matt Carlson, Griswold; 16. James Maher, Shelton
Wacky X-Cars Toll Booth Race top-five: 1. Chuck McDonald, Groton; 2.
Chris Lee, Uncasville; 3. Peter Pollard, Old Lyme; 4. Kim Bickford,
Griswold; 5. Matt Westover, Gales Ferry
by | May 30, 2014 | Connecticut, Waterford
Waterford, CT (May 29, 2014) – Waterford Speedbowl management announced
today the creation of a new position, penalties following Saturday, May
24th’s racing program, and the departure of one member of their staff.
The new position of Race Vehicle Safety Coordinator has been created. The
sole responsibility of the newly created position will be overseeing that
all cars participating in the Speedbowl’s track race divisions are
compliant with track mandated safety regulations. The position will be
filled on an interim basis by veteran Speedbowl competitor Bill Leonard.
Candidates are currently being sought to fill the position moving forward.
The position of Race Vehicle Safety Coordinator will report directly to
the Race Director, Patrick Williams.
As a result of inspections during the May 24th race program, SK Modified®
division competitors Craig Lutz and Keith Rocco were each fined $500.00
for failure to abide by rule 2.11.5 D of the Speedbowl rulebook. The rule
requires the use of wheel tethers on the front wheels of SK Modified®
cars.
Also announced today was the departure of long time SK Modified® division
tech inspector Everett Marvin.
“We take safety very seriously at the Speedbowl, but despite our best
intentions things were obviously overlooked by us as well as the racers
involved” said Speedbowl owner Terry Eames. “We know Bill Leonard will
create a system of safety verification that will prevent this from
happening again” Eames continued. “Today’s announcements are in line with
where we intend to be”.
The position of Race Vehicle Safety Coordinator will be in place beginning
with this Saturday, May 31st’s Four Cylinder Fury race program.
