{"id":16636,"date":"2014-08-19T07:15:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T11:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=16636"},"modified":"2014-08-19T21:10:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T01:10:01","slug":"waterford-speedbowl-816-nascar-whelen-american-series-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/waterford-speedbowl-816-nascar-whelen-american-series-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterford Speedbowl 8\/16 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Phil<\/a>Waterford, CT (August 16, 2014) \u2013 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing
\nreturned to Waterford Speedbowl Saturday evening with a six-division
\nracing card on track. Hometown driver Rob Janovic Jr. claimed the night\u2019s
\nSK Modified\u00ae victory, his first of the year. Bruce Thomas Jr. of Groton
\ntook his third Valenti Auto Mall Late Model feature win, Josh Galvin of\u00a0Franklin won for the tenth time in the Street Stocks, and Ken Cassidy Jr.\u00a0of Lisbon took his sixth Mini Stock win of the year. Brendon Bock of\u00a0Franklin Square, NY won his first ever Speedbowl feature in the evening\u2019s\u00a0INEX Legend Cars race and Allen Coates of Ledyard recorded another win in\u00a0the New England Truck Series at his home track.<\/p>\n

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Janovic picked up his first win of the season in SK Modified\u00ae action,
\ntaking the checkered flag for the first time since June of 2013. The
\n35-lap race was slowed by several caution flags, but Janovic was near the
\nfront of the field throughout. He started fourth and was patient as a
\nShawn Monahan-Ed Puleo battle for the lead broke out ahead of him after
\nthe pair started the race on the front row. The two raced side-by-side
\nwith Monahan holding a slight advantage until the first caution on lap-4
\nwhen Jeff Gallup and Keith Rocco spun in turns one and two on lap-4.<\/p>\n

Monahan got away from Puleo on the restart and Puleo went spinning out of
\nturn two. The field missed becoming collected and it put Janovic to
\nMonahan\u2019s outside for the ensuing restart. Janovic tucked in behind
\nMonahan and the two pulled ahead to a five car advantage over third place
\nDiego Monahan. That enabled Janovic space to go to work on the leader,
\ndarting outside Monahan on lap-10. The two raced wheel to wheel for two
\nlaps with Janovic inching his way ahead of Monahan before claiming sole
\npossession of the lead on lap-12. Moments later, something under the hood
\nof Ted Christopher let go down the back chute as he was mired in a tight
\npack of cars just outside the top-five. A lengthy delay ensued as cleanup
\ncrews tended to an oil down in the third turn.<\/p>\n

Janovic restarted cleanly, pulling ahead over each of four additional
\nrestarts the rest of the way. He could not be derailed and powered to
\nvictory. Keith Rocco used a late race surge to take second, passing Tim
\nJordan for the spot on the final lap. Jordan was third and Diego Monahan
\nwas fourth, with Craig Lutz fifth.<\/p>\n

Thomas rebounded from a hard crash the last time the Valenti Auto Mall
\nLate Model division raced, back on August 2. He took the victory in
\nSaturday\u2019s 30-lap race, dominating much of it. Thomas took the lead
\noutside of Chris Garside on the opening lap and never waivered. He got
\ntwo good restarts over the second half of the race to keep his lead. The
\nfirst came after a spin by Art Moran III, and Thomas got the jump over
\nJason Palmer. Ryan Morgan made an infrequent appearance at the track in
\n2014 and looked strong, snaring third from Keith Rocco on the restart on
\nthe outside. Morgan then used the bottom of the track to get by Palmer
\nafter the final caution on lap-25. Thomas would not be denied, but Morgan
\nfinished runner-up with a solid outing. Palmer was third.<\/p>\n

Galvin continued his roll in the Street Stock division by landing another
\nwin, his tenth of the year. He started the 25-lap feature in eleventh
\nposition and drove the inside lane through early race traffic. By lap-6
\nGalvin was already in a battle for fourth position. On lap-10, he moved
\nto third in advance of a yellow flag on lap-12. He lined up directly
\nbehind Lloyd Anderson, who controlled the early laps before the caution
\nerased his advantage. Following the restart, Anderson washed up the track
\nout of turn four allowing Galvin to pull to his inside and into the lead
\non lap-13. Galvin cruised from there. He finished off the win and moved
\nwithin one victory of the division\u2019s single-season record of eleven, set
\nby Dwayne Dorr in 2006. A pair of former champions, Al Stone III and Ed
\nGertsch Jr., finished in second and third.<\/p>\n

Cassidy took his sixth checkered flag of the year in the 25-lap Mini Stock
\nfeature in his quest for a sixth track championship. He was ahead of a
\nbig wreck on the second lap the eliminated multiple cars from the race.
\nTrouble began when Nick Pappacoda slid off the fourth corner, clipping Ray
\nChristian and sending his car up into heavy traffic. Several cars piled
\nin with Dave Sylvia, Charles Canfield, and Jeff Lee all taking bruising
\nblows. After a long cleanup, Cassidy moved to second position before
\ntaking the lead outside Joe Liskiewicz after a lap-7 restart, the last of
\nthe race. Liskiewicz stayed with Cassidy for a few laps, but eventually
\nCassidy pulled away. Liskiewicz finished second and point leader Garrett
\nDenton was third.<\/p>\n

Bock recorded his first ever victory at the Speedbowl in the night\u2019s
\n25-lap INEX Legend Cars race. It was not, however, without some drama.
\nBock, the Riverhead (NY) Raceway division champion in 2013, was entrenched
\nin a battle for the lead midway through the race when he tangled with Joey
\nTernullo. The two cars touched exiting turn two on lap-15, spinning down
\nthe back chute. The incident collected Mike Christopher Jr., the
\nwinningest driver in the division this season and point leader, who was in
\nthird position. Two additional incidents aided Bock\u2019s efforts to get
\nback to the front. He took second position on lap-20 and two laps later,
\nwas inside Dana Dimatteo for the lead. He completed the pass and the
\nfinal three laps were run cleanly to the checkered flag. Keith Rocco was
\nsecond and Ternullo came back to finish third.<\/p>\n

Coates used a daring three-wide maneuver on the bottom of the track to
\ntake the lead five laps in to the 25-lap New England Truck Series feature.
\nCoates, one of the Speedbowl\u2019s all-time winningest drivers, took
\nadvantage of his home track experience to stay in command the rest of the
\nway. Coates\u2019 son Corey was second and Glenn Noll was third.<\/p>\n

Next Saturday, the Valenti Auto Mall Late Model division is in the NASCAR
\nWhelen All-American series spotlight with a special 50-lap feature. They
\nare joined by the SK Modifieds\u00ae, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, SK Light
\nModifieds and INEX Legend Cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Waterford, CT (August 16, 2014) \u2013 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing returned to Waterford Speedbowl Saturday evening with a six-division racing card on track. Hometown driver Rob Janovic Jr. claimed the night\u2019s SK Modified\u00ae victory, his first of the year. Bruce Thomas Jr. of Groton took his third Valenti Auto Mall Late Model feature win, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"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":[45,126,4140],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-16636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","category-new-england","category-waterford","tag-waterford-speedbowl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16636","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}