{"id":2509,"date":"2010-06-12T07:47:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-12T12:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2010-06-12T07:47:31","modified_gmt":"2010-06-12T12:47:31","slug":"keith-rocco-wins-37th-annual-coors-light-sk-modified%c2%ae-100-at-stafford-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/keith-rocco-wins-37th-annual-coors-light-sk-modified%c2%ae-100-at-stafford-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"KEITH ROCCO WINS 37TH ANNUAL COORS LIGHT SK MODIFIED\u00ae 100 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

KEITH ROCCO WINS 37TH ANNUAL COORS LIGHT SK MODIFIED\u00ae 100 AT STAFFORD
\nSPEEDWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway returned to racing action
\nwith the 37th Annual Coors Light SK Modified\u00ae 100 on Friday, June 11th.
\nKeith Rocco defended his 100-lap victory from one year ago and scored his
\nfourth win of the 2010 season, Ryan Posocco picked up his first win of the
\n2010 season and the 40th win of his Late Model career at Stafford in the
\n30-lap Late Model feature, Frank Cardile scored his second victory of 2010
\nin the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature, Dan Flannery scored his third win
\nof 2010 in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and Cory Casagrande picked
\nup his second win of 2010 in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.
\nIn the 37th Annual Coors Light 100-lap SK Modified\u00ae feature event, Brit
\nAndersen took the early race lead, but the caution came out with one lap
\ncomplete for a multi-car incident in turn 3 involving Jeff Baral, Frank
\nRuocco, and Matt Gallo.
\nAndersen led the race until lap-4 when Josh Sylvester went to the front.
\nThe caution came back out with 4 laps on the board as Todd Owen spun in turn
\n2 and collected several cars including Woody Pitkat, John Montesanto, and
\nBrad Hietala. Pitkat was able to come to pit road and change a flat tire
\nwhile Montesanto and Hietala were not so lucky.
\nChris Jones took the lead from Sylvester back under green. Ted Christopher
\nand Keith Rocco were fourth and fifth on the restart and they quickly moved
\ninto second and third. Jones held the lead until lap-16 when Christopher
\nand Rocco both got by Jones.
\nOnce Christopher and Rocco were out front, they began a duel for the lead
\nlike they staged in last year\u2019s Coors Light SK Modified\u00ae 100. From lap-16
\nto lap-68, they swapped the lead a total of 15 times, with the lead changing
\nhands on an almost seeming lap-by-lap basis.
\nOnce Rocco went out front on lap-68, he began to stretch out his advantage
\nover Christopher and he appeared headed to certain victory until the yellow
\nflag flew one final time with 97 laps complete as Raymond Grassetti made
\nheavy contact with the turn 2 wall.
\nRocco took the lead on the restart and Woody Pitkat moved to the inside of
\nChristopher for second. The side by side action between Pitkat and
\nChristopher gave Rocco an advantage that he would not relinquish over the
\nfinal three laps as he won his second consecutive Coors Light SK Modified\u00ae
\n100 and his fourth win of the 2010 season. Pitkat finished second with
\nChristopher, Eric Berndt, and Ryan Preece rounding out the top-5 behind him.
\nIn the 30-lap Late Model feature event, Keith Rocco took the lead from the
\npole and he quickly began to pull away from the field. Jim Mavlouganes was
\nsecond with Scott Cook third, Tom Fearn fourth, and Joe Rzeszutek fifth.
\nRyan Posocco and Jim Peterson were two cars on the move in the early going
\nand both cars were in the top-5 within 5 laps. A caution for a stalled
\nRzeszutek came out with 6 laps complete.
\nOn the restart, Rocco kept the lead while Posocco moved from fourth to
\nsecond. Fearn was third, with Peterson fourth and Cook fifth. Michael
\nBennett was now the car on the move, going from ninth on the restart to
\nfifth in several laps.
\nAt the halfway point, it was still Rocco out front, followed by Posocco,
\nPeterson, Bennett, and Mavlouganes. Posocco was trying to take the lead
\nfrom Rocco lap after lap, and he was finally able to make a pass on lap-26.
\nOnce Posocco was in the lead, he pulled away from Rocco to take down his
\nfirst victory of the 2010 season. Rocco finished second with Bennett,
\nPeterson, and Dillon Moltz rounding out the top-5.
\nIn the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Earl Pelletier took the early
\nlead ahead of Kyle Spencer, Frank Cardile, John Hanafin, and Joey Cipriano.
\nThe top-5 cars ran in line until the caution came out with 7 laps complete
\nas Heather DesRochers hit the backstretch wall and came to a stop in turn 3
\nwith a damaged right front tire.
\nPelletier kept the lead on the restart, but Cardile was glued to his back
\nbumper. Cardile rode behind Pelletier until lap-12 when he made a pass for
\nthe lead. One lap after Cardile took the lead, the caution flag came out
\nfor debris on the track after spins by Spencer, Victoria Bergenty, and
\nAnthony Flannery.
\nCardile took the lead back under green while Tommy Barrett, Jr. and Joey
\nCipriano were side by side for the second position. Barrett would take the
\nspot while Pelletier was fourth and Jay Goff was fifth. This was the
\nrunning order when the caution came out with 16 laps complete for a spin by
\nTommy Membrino, Jr. and Rick Williams.
\nOn the restart, Barrett didn\u2019t quite come up to speed and Pelletier retired
\nto pit road. Cardile again took the lead with Cipriano hot on his heels.
\nCardile was strong and he led the final 4 laps for his second win of the
\n2010 season. Cipriano finished second, with Goff, Hanafin, and Erica Santos
\nrounding out the top-5.
\nIn the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature event, Jesse Hinze took the lead at
\nthe green flag going to the outside of Duane Provost. Rob Dow quickly moved
\ninto second, with Andrew Durand, Dave Yardley, and Dan Flannery all getting
\npast Provost as he went backwards in the high groove.
\nThe caution came out with 7 laps complete to slow the action. Hinze powered
\nback to the lead on the restart, with Flannery moving into second place.
\nFlannery made his move to the front of the pack on lap-10 and his pass
\nopened the door for Durand, Yardley, and Kevin Gambacorta to all follow him
\npast Hinze as Hinze dropped back to fifth place. The caution came back out
\nwith 16 laps complete for a spin by Durand and Gambacorta.
\nFlannery took the lead back under green and he pulled away from Yardley over
\nthe final four laps to take his third win of the 2010 season. Yardley
\nfinished second, with Michael Wray, Dow, and Gambacorta rounding out the
\ntop-5.
\nIn the 15-lap DARE Stock feature event, James Carroll took the early race
\nlead ahead of Nick Salva, Cliff Saunders, Stephanie Berardi, and Cory
\nCasagrande. Berardi was hung in the outside groove and she lost a host of
\npositions before she got back in line. Carroll held the lead until lap-4
\nwhen Salva went to the front. Salva\u2019s move brought Cliff Saunders by
\nCarroll as well.
\nOn lap-5, Saunders and Salva got locked together and slid up the track in
\nturns 3+4, which allowed Cory Casagrande to move to the front of the pack.
\nTony Membrino, Jr. was now in second behind Casagrande, with Albert
\nSaunders, Don Wood, and Kyle Casagrande rounding out the top-5.
\nKyle Casagrande moved up to third by lap-10 while Cory Casagrande and
\nMembrino continued to hold down the top-2 spots. A three-car incident in
\nturn 2 involving Berardi, Vince Gambacorta, and Carroll brought out the
\ncaution with 11 laps complete.
\nCory Casagrande powered into the lead on the restart with his brother Kyle
\nmoving into second place. Don Wood was third, with Membrino falling back to
\nfourth and Josh Wood was now up to fifth. Kyle couldn\u2019t catch Cory over the
\nfinal four laps as Corey scored his second win of the 2010 season. Rounding
\nout the top-5 behind Cory and Kyle Casagrande was Don Wood, Tony Membrino,
\nJr., and Jeff Jolly.
\nFor more information contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at
\n(860) 684-2783, or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.
\n###<\/p>\n

SK MODIFIED\u00ae (100)
\n1) Keith Rocco, Meriden
\n2) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
\n3) Ted Christopher, Plainville
\n4) Eric Berndt, Cromwell
\n5) Ryan Preece, Berlin
\n6) Dan Avery, Somers
\n7) Josh Sylvester, Lebanon
\n8) Curt Brainard, Canton
\n9) Tom Bolles, Ellington
\n10) Sean Foster, Ellington
\n11) Adam Skowyra, Brimfield, Ma
\n12) Kirk Zervas, Winthrop, Ma
\n13) Raymond Grassetti, Monson, Ma
\n14) Mark Bakaj, Lebanon
\n15) Brad Hietala, Ellington
\n16) John Montesanto, North Branford
\n17) Jeff Baral, Enfield
\n18) Jeff Malave, Manchester
\n19) Chris Jones, New Milford
\n20) Zach Sylvester, Lebanon
\n21) Vinny Anglace, Ansonia
\n22) Brit Andersen, Branford
\n23) Nichole Morgillo, Wallingford
\n24) Ronnie Silk, Norwalk
\n25) Todd Owen, Somers
\n26) Frank Ruocco, Cheshire
\n27) Matt Gallo, Kensington<\/p>\n

LATE MODEL (30)
\n1) Ryan Posocco, Stafford Springs
\n2) Keith Rocco, Meriden
\n3) Michael Bennett, Stafford Springs
\n4) Jim Peterson, Monson, Ma
\n5) Dillon Moltz, Waterford
\n6) Jim Mavlouganes, Bethany
\n7) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
\n8) Corey Hutchings, Salem
\n9) Scott Cook, Uncasville
\n10) Adam Gray, Belchertown, Ma
\n11) J.J. Hill, Stafford Springs
\n12) John Kasper, Wilbraham, Ma
\n13) Tom Fearn, East Longmeadow, Ma
\n14) Mark St. Hilaire, Berlin
\n15) Tony Lafo, Higganum
\n16) Patrick Townsend, Springifeld, Ma
\n17) Alan Provost, Monson, Ma
\n18) Joe Rzeszutek, South Hadley, Ma<\/p>\n

SK LIGHT MODIFIED (20)
\n1) Frank Cardile, Bolton
\n2) Joey Cipriano, III, Waterbury
\n3) Jay Goff, Stafford Springs
\n4) John Hanafin, Quincy, Ma
\n5) Erica Santos, Franklin, Ma
\n6) Matt Galko, Meriden
\n7) Ted Cain, Plymouth
\n8) Chad Trombley, Bethany
\n9) Dylan Liseo, East Hartford
\n10) David Webb, New Milford
\n11) Victoria Bergenty, Plainville
\n12) Zach Aszklar, Wallingford
\n13) Harry Wheeler, Stafford Springs
\n14) Todd Clark, Bristol
\n15) Rick Williams, Haddam
\n16) Tommy Barrett, Jr., Millis, Ma
\n17) Kyle Spencer, Montgomery, Ma
\n18) Earl Pelletier, Wolcott
\n19) Tommy Membrino, Jr., Prospect
\n20) Anthony Flannery, East Hampton
\n21) Heather DesRochers, Granby, Ma<\/p>\n

LIMITED LATE MODEL (20)
\n1) Dan Flannery, Ellington
\n2) Dave Yardley, III, Meriden
\n3) Michael Wray, Northford
\n4) Rob Dow, Stafford Springs
\n5) Kevin Gambacorta, Ellington
\n6) George Nocera, Jr., Plainville
\n7) Andrew Durand, Chicopee, Ma
\n8) Keith Minchella, Springfield, Ma
\n9) Rob Farrington, Jr, Belchertown, Ma
\n10) Jesse Hinze, Farmington
\n11) Chris Cook, Pepperell, Ma
\n12) Jeff Hubbell, Naugatuck
\n13) Brian Clement, Wethersfield
\n14) Carla Botticello, Manchester
\n15) Duane Provost, Indian Orchard, Ma
\n16) Joe Nogiec, Bristol<\/p>\n

DARE STOCK (15)
\n1) Cory Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n2) Kyle Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n3) Don Wood, Palmer, Ma
\n4) Tony Membrino, Jr., Plantsville
\n5) Jeff Jolly, Wallingford
\n6) Andrew Hayes, Enfield
\n7) Cliff Saunders, Stafford
\n8) Stephanie Berardi, Broad Brook
\n9) Kelsey Rottino, Willimantic
\n10) Donald Cook, Agawam, Ma
\n11) Josh Wood, Palmer, Ma
\n12) Albert Saunders, Stafford
\n13) Kaitlyn Brice, Manchester
\n14) James Carroll, West Hartford
\n15) Vince Gambacorta, Ellington
\n16) Nick Salva, Prospect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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