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Waterford Speedbowl 7\/26 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Results<\/strong><\/p>\n Waterford, CT (July 26, 2014) \u2013 Nostalgia Night hit the track Saturday at Rocco\u2019s SK Modified\u00ae triumph marked his 62nd in the division at the Christopher successfully kept Rocco at bay to his outside for four laps Rocco began the night a winner earlier in the Valenti Auto Mall Late Model The 25-lap Street Stock feature was a slugfest over the final laps by some Burroughs ran second on the rear bumper of Doug Curry for much of the The special 27-lap NEMA Midget feature paying honor to the late Shane Kupris checkered the 27-lap NEMA Lite feature to join a long list of Vintage exhibition race wins went to Jim Torok in the New England Antique Waterford Speedbowl Saturday 7\/26 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Results:<\/p>\n NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modifieds\u00ae (35-laps): 1. Keith NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Valenti Auto Mall Late Models (30-laps): NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Street Stocks (25-laps): 1. Al Stone NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Mini Stocks (25-laps): 1. Wayne NEMA Midgets Shane Hammond Memorial (27-laps): 1. Seth Carlson, NEMA Lites Shane Hammond Memorial (27-laps): 1. Juris Kupris, Waterford Speedbowl 7\/26 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Results Waterford, CT (July 26, 2014) \u2013 Nostalgia Night hit the track Saturday at Waterford Speedbowl with NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing joined by vintage displays and motorsports action, plus racing by the Northeastern Midget Association. Taking NASCAR wins included Berlin\u2019s Keith Rocco, winner of both the special […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[196,4140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-waterford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWaterford Speedbowl with NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing joined
\nby vintage displays and motorsports action, plus racing by the
\nNortheastern Midget Association. Taking NASCAR wins included Berlin\u2019s
\nKeith Rocco, winner of both the special Charlie Mitchell Memorial SK
\nModified\u00ae feature plus Valenti Auto Mall Late Model race, tying yet
\nanother track record in the process. Al Stone III of Durham came away
\nwith a hard- nosed win in the Street Stocks, while Wayne Burroughs Jr. of
\nOakdale was victorious for the first time this season in the Mini Stocks.
\nIn NEMA action, the Shane Hammond Memorial race was won by Seth Carlson of
\nBrimfield and the NEMA Lites feature went to Williamsburg, New York driver
\nJuris Kupris.
\n<\/p>\n
\nSpeedbowl, tying him atop the division\u2019s all-time win list with Dennis
\nGada, the only seven-time champion in track history. To win the race
\nRocco used a stellar move on another of the division\u2019s all-time best, Ted
\nChristopher. Christopher inherited the lead after leaders Ed Puleo and
\nTyler Chadwick tangled battling for the lead on lap-14. Christopher and
\nRocco, who were third and fourth on the track, narrowly avoided the melee
\nand made up the front row for the ensuing restart.<\/p>\n
\nafter the restart before Rocco made the move, a timely cross over maneuver
\nexiting turn four. He was to Christopher\u2019s inside down the front chute
\nand completed the pass through turns one and two to be the new race leader
\non lap-19. The remainder of the race ran caution free and Rocco went on
\nto the victory, his eighth of the season. Christopher was able to briefly
\nclose on Rocco, but over the final laps he stretched his lead.
\nChristopher finished in second and Tim Jordan was third. The 35-lap race
\npaid honor to the late Charlie Mitchell, a long-time motorsports
\njournalist and Connecticut native. Members of Mitchell\u2019s family helped
\nget the race started and Hall of Fame driver Don LaJoie served as the
\nGrand Marshall in addition to presenting Rocco a special trophy following
\nthe feature win.<\/p>\n
\nranks, winning for the second consecutive week and eighth time of the year
\nin that division. He got by early leader Mike Sweeney Jr. with an inside
\npass on lap-7 and ran away after a lap-8 restart, the only one of the
\nrace, to roll to victory. While Rocco romped, a great battle for podium
\nfinishes roared behind him. Vin Esposito finished second after a long
\nbattle with Chris Garside for the spot. Garside took his first podium in
\nthe division and wound up third.<\/p>\n
\nof the division\u2019s heavy hitters, resulting in a thrilling finish. Stone
\nwent from third to first through the final corner to claim the win, his
\nsecond of the year, but first since April. Stone was actually out front
\non lap-23 but got pushed up the track in turn two, getting into the
\nbackstretch wall. Chris Meyer scooted to the lead with Josh Galvin behind
\nwhile Stone recovered as trio took the white flag. Meyer and Galvin got
\nhooked together out of turn two, slowing their momentum, and enabling
\nStone to rally. Meyer drifted high between turns three and four taking
\nGalvin with him, opening the door for Stone to slip by the inside of both
\ncoming to the checkered flag. Stone had to hold on as Meyer\u2019s car clipped
\nhis just before the finish line. Meyer took second and Galvin went
\nsliding across the finish line third.<\/p>\n
\n25-lap Mini Stock race. A yellow flag on lap-19, the first of the race,
\nchanged that and gave Burroughs the chance to line up outside of Curry for
\nthe restart. The two battled to the finish from there with mere inches
\nbetween them most of the time. Burroughs took the lead on lap-20, and
\nanother caution put him on the bottom of the track with Curry to his
\noutside. They ran side-by-side the rest of the way and Burroughs made a
\nfinal move out of turn four to the checkered flag that gave him a half car
\nadvantage at the finish line. The win was Burroughs\u2019 first of the season.
\n Curry was a close second and Ray Christian finished third.<\/p>\n
\nHammond went non-stop and was dominated by Carlson. He led from start to
\nfinish, turned the fastest lap of the race, and was never deterred.
\nLapped traffic was the biggest hurdle for Carlson, which never tripped him
\nup. Avery Stoehr charged to second position but was far behind Carlson at
\nthe finish, besting John Zych Jr. in a battle for runner-up honors over
\nthe final laps.<\/p>\n
\nfirst-time NEMA winners at the Speedbowl. He made a power move inside of
\nAnthony Payne in the fourth corner on lap-21 to take the lead in the race,
\nwhich ran without incident from the green to checkered flags. Payne was
\nsecond and P.J. Stergios was third.<\/p>\n
\nRacers event, while Bob Seward and Richie Mosher shared the honors in the
\ntwo Senior Tour Auto Racers features.<\/p>\n
\nRocco, Berlin; 2. Ted Christopher, Plainville; 3. Tim Jordan,
\nPlainfield; 4. Rob Janovic Jr., Waterford; 5. Jeff Rocco, Southington;
\n6. Kyle James, Ashaway, RI; 7. Paul Kusheba IV, Monroe; 8. Joe Gada,
\nSalem; 9. Shawn Monahan, Waterford; 10. Diego Monahan, Quaker Hill; 11.
\nEd Puleo, Branford; 12. Brent Sweet, Monroe; 13. Wendell Dailey, Gales
\nFerry; 14. Craig Lutz, Miller Place, NY; 15. Tyler Chadwick, Ledyard;
\n16. Nichole Morgillo, Southington; 17. Frank Mucciacciaro Jr., Milford;
\n18. Jeff Gallup, Agawam, MA<\/p>\n
\n 1. Keith Rocco, Berlin; 2. Vin Esposito, Seymour; 3. Chris Garside,
\nWaterford; 4. Jason Palmer, Berlin; 5. Bruce Thomas Jr., Groton; 6. Joe
\nGada, Salem; 7. Mike Sweeney Jr., Meriden; 8. Nick Sowa, Middletown; 9.
\nRich Duranti, Quaker Hill<\/p>\n
\nIII, Durham; 2. Chris Meyer, North Franklin; 3. Josh Galvin, Franklin;
\n4. Brandon Fisher, Plainfield; 5. Monte Gibbs, Higganum; 6. Norm Root
\nJr., Old Saybrook; 7. Joe Arena, Bristol; 8. Greg Moran Jr., Preston;
\n9. Phil Evans, Uncasville; 10. Ed Gertsch Jr., East Haven; 11. Ryan
\nWaterman, Danielson; 12. Bill McNeil, Preston; 13. Lloyd Anderson Jr.,
\nWauregan; 14. Dwayne Dorr, Ledyard; 15. Bill Dunn, Prospect; 16. Bill
\nHahnel, Uncasville; 17. Kaitlyn Brice, Manchester; 18. Harvey Malbaurn,
\nMoosup; 19. Darrell Carlson, Chester<\/p>\n
\nBurroughs Jr., Oakdale; 2. Doug Curry, Groton; 3. Ray Christian III,
\nGroton; 4. Nick Pappacoda, North Branford; 5. Ken Cassidy Jr., Lisbon;
\n6. Charles Canfield, New Haven; 7. Garrett Denton, Hope Valley, RI; 8.
\nChris Ivory, Oakdale; 9. Ed Field, Deep River; 10. Ian Brew, Wood River
\nJunction, RI; 11. Larry Loomis Jr., Moosup; 12. Jeff Lee, Uncasville;
\n13. Natalie Perrault, Woonsocket, RI; 14. Josh Galvin, Uncasville; 15.
\nDale Sherman, Charlestown, RI; 16. Joe Liskiewicz Jr., Preston; 17. John
\nBowes, Willington; DNS \u2013 Dave Sylvia, Preston; DQ \u2013 Nate Taylor,
\nWauregan; DQ \u2013 Dave Trudeau, Mansfield<\/p>\n
\nBrimfield; 2. Avery Stoehr, Lakeville, MA; 3. Todd Bertrand, Suffield;
\n4. John Zych Jr., Mendon, MA; 5. Randy Cabral, Kingston, MA; 6. Paul
\nScally, Raynham, MA; 7. Jim Chambers, Atkinson, NH; 8. Bethany Stoehr,
\nBridgewater, MA; 9. Ian Cumens, Lydell, PA; 10. Jim Santamaria,
\nBurlington; 11. Pete Pernesiglio, Ronkonkoma, NY; 12. Doug Cleveland,
\nSudbury, MA 13. Alan Chambers, Atkinson, NH; 14. Michael Barns, hometown
\nunavailable<\/p>\n
\nWilliamsburg, NY; 2. Anthony Payne, Fairlawn, NJ; 3. P.J. Stergios,
\nCandia, NH; 4. Richie Morrocco, Plainville, MA; 5. Meg Cugini,
\nMarshfield, MA; 6. Paul Bigelow, Kensington; 7. Scott Bigelow, East
\nHampton; 8. Logan Rayvals, Brockville, ONT, CA; 9. Dan Cugini,
\nMarshfield, MA; 10. Andy Barrows, New Ipswich, NH; 11. D.J. Moniz, New
\nBedford, MA; 12. Tony Colandro, hometown unavailable; 13. Dennis
\nO\u2019Brien, Deerfield, NH; 14. Brandon Igo, Enfield; 15. Jake Smith,
\nStroudsburg, PA; 16. Christian Briggs, Mattapoisett, MA; 17. Ryan
\nKrachun, Mechanic Station, NJ; 18. Anthony Marvuglio; DNS \u2013 Joey
\nMucciacciaro, Wolcott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"