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Waterford Speedbowl Saturday 8\/9 Wings & Wheels Results<\/strong><\/p>\n Waterford, CT (August 9, 2014) \u2013 Waterford Speedbowl hosted the seventh Christopher scored his third career Valenti Modified Racing Series victory Christopher\u2019s biggest test may have been a red flag with three laps Christopher got away from Bonsignore one final time to close out the win, Gallup\u2019s first career SK Modified\u00ae victory came following a wild finish Rocco finally got by Christopher with four laps remaining as Monahan and Sammut recorded the first Speedbowl triumph in his long ISMA career in the Churchill was back in the winner\u2019s circle following the 25-lap SK Light Zych rocketed his way to victory in the 25-lap winged NEMA Midget feature, Cugini won the 25-lap NEMA Lite feature, with Logan Rayvals making a long Next Saturday a six-division program returns to the Speedbowl with NASCAR Waterford Speedbowl Saturday 8\/9 Wings & Wheels Results Waterford, CT (August 9, 2014) \u2013 Waterford Speedbowl hosted the seventh annual Wings & Wheels event Saturday evening in front of a jam packed grandstand. Fans were treated to some of the fastest and most sophisticated short track racecars in the country as the International Supermodified Association […]<\/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-16546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-waterford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16546","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=16546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nannual Wings & Wheels event Saturday evening in front of a jam packed
\ngrandstand. Fans were treated to some of the fastest and most
\nsophisticated short track racecars in the country as the International
\nSupermodified Association made their only visit of the season and was
\njoined by the popular Valenti Modified Racing Series, Northeastern Midget
\nAssociation and NEMA Lites, plus the home track NASCAR Whelen All-American
\nSeries SK Modifieds\u00ae and SK Light Modifieds. Ted Christopher of
\nPlainville ended a long Speedbowl drought dating back to 2004 with his win
\nin the night\u2019s Valenti Modified Racing Series feature. Mark Sammut of
\nLondon, Ontario, Canada checkered the 50-lap ISMA Supermodified race. A
\nfirst time winner visited Victory Lane in the SK Modified\u00ae in surprise
\nfashion after an exciting conclusion, with Agawam, MA driver Jeff Gallup
\nrecording the win. Randy Churchill of Oakdale took his third SK Light
\nModified win of the year. In NEMA action, John Zych Jr. of Mendon, MA won
\nthe Midget feature and Dan Cugini of Marshfield, MA won the companion NEMA
\nLite race.
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\nin the night\u2019s 100-lap feature. He started the race in the outside pole
\nposition and tucked behind early leader Stephen. Masse led through a
\nlap-42 caution flag following a quick opening sprint before Carl Medieros
\nJr. hit the front stretch wall off turn four to draw the yellow.
\nChristopher had a great restart and powered ahead of Masse on the top of
\nthe track through turns one and two, leading every lap until the finish.
\nHe led comfortably over the middle of the race which stayed clean through
\na single car spin on lap-78 for Dylan Kopec, which briefly drew a yellow
\nflag. Christopher restarted cleanly over series point leader Justin
\nBonsignore and resumed.<\/p>\n
\nremaining for a huge wreck that collected no less than ten cars and caused
\na lengthy delay to clean up the mess. Anthony Nocella wrecked in turn
\nfour on lap-96, setting up the massive melee on the restart. Tommy
\nBarrett Jr. and Woody Pitkat raced side-by-side for third behind the lead
\ntwo, with the field tightly bunched behind. The cars came together in
\nturn four coming to lap-97 and went head on into the front stretch wall,
\ncollecting several cars directly behind including Rowan Pennink, Richard
\nSavary, Norm Wrenn, Keith Rocco, Geoff Gernhard among others, with all
\ninvolved receiving substantial damage.<\/p>\n
\nhis first at the Speedbowl since July of 2004 when he took his last SK
\nModified\u00ae victory at the track. Bonsignore was second and Masse ended up
\nthird. Chris Pasteryak overcame a rough qualifying effort, using a
\nprovisional starting spot and finished fourth and Tom Abele Jr. was fifth.<\/p>\n
\nthrough the final corners coming to the checkered flag. Gallup battled
\nShawn Monahan for most of the 35-lap feature, riding the outside of the
\ntrack to stay in contention for the win. Monahan seemed to have control
\nthroughout, leading from his pole starting position. Heavy hitters Ted
\nChristopher and Keith Rocco worked their way from the back half of th top
\nten to move into contention in the second half of the race. They trailed
\nbehind the developing Monahan-Gallup duel in third and fourth position
\nfrom lap-18.<\/p>\n
\nGallup were still side-by-side. As they began the final lap, Monahan
\ncleared Gallup from his outside with Rocco following suit, diving inside
\nGallup. As the lead pack entered turn three coming to the checkered flag,
\nRocco made contact with Monahan\u2019s rear bumper, sending his car up the
\ntrack. Monahan feverishly tried to keep his car from spinning but could
\nnot. Rocco crossed the finish line first, but was immediately penalized
\nfor overaggressive driving giving Gallup, who was behind Rocco at the
\nfinish, the victory. Woody Pitkat steered through the crazy conclusion
\nand finished second while Christopher wound up third.<\/p>\n
\nnight\u2019s 50-lap race. The turning point for Sammut came on lap-37 when
\nleader Ryan Coniam was black flagged. His car began smoking two laps
\nprior, and as he pulled off the speedway on lap-38 his car erupted in
\nflame. The red flag was quickly display and Coniam escaped unscathed.
\nSammut, who had been in second behind Coniam since lap-5, took over the
\nlead and was never seriously challenged the remainder of the way. Former
\nSK Modified\u00ae track champion Rob Summers, a hometown favorite, stayed with
\nSammut throughout and finished second. Series point leader Jon McKennedy
\nwas third. Sammut clocked a fast lap of 107mph in the race.<\/p>\n
\nModified feature, coming out on top of a mid-race battle with Corey Barry.
\n Churchill took the lead at the green flag, then held on as Barry moved to
\nhis rear bumper and challenged him several laps into the race. Barry
\nactually took the lead briefly following the only caution flag in the race
\non lap-17, running outside Churchill to lead by a nose. Churchill rallied
\nthe following lap to reclaim the lead then powered on to the win. Barry,
\nthe division point leader, finished second and Paul Buzel was third.<\/p>\n
\nwhich was a tribute to Gene and Marilyn Angelillo, the late long-time car
\nowners and officers in the club. Zych took the lead after a lap-7
\ncaution flag and romped to the win from there, holding off Randy Cabral
\nthe rest of the way. Zych\u2019s quick time was a blistering 106mph lap. He
\nwas presented the winning trophies by the Angelillo\u2019s granddaughters.<\/p>\n
\njourney worthwhile, finishing runner-up. P.J. Stergios of was third.
\nThree caution flags slowed the race.<\/p>\n
\nWhelen All-American Series racing by the SK Modifieds, Bob Valenti Auto
\nMall Late Models, Street Stocks and Mini Stocks. They will be joined by
\nan appearance by the New England Truck Series as well as the track\u2019s INEX
\nLegend Cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"