{"id":2785,"date":"2010-07-17T07:06:33","date_gmt":"2010-07-17T12:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2010-07-17T07:06:33","modified_gmt":"2010-07-17T12:06:33","slug":"posocco-barrett-score-july-16th-nascar-whelen-all-american-series-victories-at-stafford-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/posocco-barrett-score-july-16th-nascar-whelen-all-american-series-victories-at-stafford-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"POSOCCO & BARRETT SCORE JULY 16th NASCAR WHELEN ALL-AMERICAN SERIES VICTORIES AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

POSOCCO & BARRETT SCORE JULY 16th NASCAR WHELEN ALL-AMERICAN SERIES VICTORIES AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway was back in action with a NASCAR
\nWhelen All-American Series program on Friday night, July 16th. Ryan Posocco
\nscored his third victory of the 2010 season in the 30-lap Late Model feature
\nand Tommy Barrett, Jr. won his second consecutive and fourth overall race of
\nthe 2010 season in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature. Rain halted the
\nremainder of the program and as more than half of the event was completed,
\nthere will be no rain checks. The DARE Stock feature will be added to next
\nFriday night\u2019s 7th Annual CARQUEST SK 150 program, the Limited Late Model
\nfeature will be added to the Friday, July 30th event, and the SK Modified\u00ae
\nfeature will be added to the Friday, August 13th event at no extra charge
\nfor those events.
\nIn the 30-lap Late Model feature event, J.J. Hill took the early lead while
\nMichael Bennett went three wide to take over second place. With 2 laps
\ncomplete, Corey Hutchings and Keith Rocco came together on the backstretch
\nwith Rocco\u2019s car briefly climbing the wall before coming back down on all
\nfour tires, which brought the caution out.
\nHill took the lead again back under green but before the field could get
\nback to the stripe Ryan Posocco had taken over the lead from Hill. Dillon
\nMoltz moved into second with Hill falling back to third. Adam Gray was
\nfourth and Scott Cook was fifth.
\nOn lap-6 both Gray and Cook moved by Hill, which opened the door for several
\nmore cars to get by Hill. On lap-8, Cook got by Gray to take over third
\nplace while Posocco continued to set the pace with Moltz behind him in
\nsecond place. John Kasper was up to fourth behind Cook with Tom Butler in
\nfifth place.
\nOn lap-13, Woody Pitkat and Tom Butler got together coming out of turn 2
\nwith both cars sliding up the track and losing a host of positions. Both
\ncars were able to continue, but the caution came back out for debris in turn
\n2.
\nPosocco charged into the lead on the restart with Moltz, Cook, Bennett, and
\nJim Peterson making up the top-5. Bennett wasted little time in moving by
\nCook to take over third place one lap after the restart and Peterson made
\nthe move under Cook for fourth place on lap-17. After falling back through
\nthe field, Hill was back on the charge towards the top-5 and he took fifth
\nfrom Cook on lap-18.
\nThe caution came back out with 20 laps complete for a spin in turns 3+4 by
\nGray after contact with Pitakt. Posocco again took the lead with Bennett
\nand Peterson moving by Moltz while Hill settled into the fifth position on
\nthe restart. Posocco had been able to stretch out his lead earlier in the
\nrace, but Bennett was staying in touch with Posocco, never more than a car
\nlength behind. Bennett made a final charge on the final corner, but Posocco
\ntook his third victory of the 2010 season ahead of Bennett. Moltz finished
\nthird, with Peterson and Cook rounded out the top-5.
\nIn the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Heather DesRochers took the
\nearly lead and was setting the early pace ahead of Jay Goff, Erica Santos,
\nJoey Cipriano, and Victoria Bergenty. Santos quickly took second from Goff
\non lap-2 and Cipriano followed her by Goff on lap-3. As the field completed
\nthree laps, John Hanafin spun on the backstretch and collected the car of
\nFrank Cardile, who spun into the turn 3 wall to bring the caution out.
\nDesRochers took the lead back under green with Cipriano moving to the inside
\nof Santos to take over second place. SK Light points leader Matt Galko and
\nTony Santangelo took a trip through the infield in turn 1 and came away with
\nflat tires that ended both of their races prematurely and brought the
\ncaution out.
\nDesRochers again took the lead with Cipriano again moving to the inside of
\nSantos. Tommy Barrett, Jr. was glued to the back bumper of Cipriano as he
\nand Santos continued to race side by side. Cipriano cleared his way past
\nSantos on lap-7 and Barrett followed Cipriano to the inside of Santos.
\nBarrett took the position from Santos on lap-8 and Cipriano took the lead
\nfrom DesRochers on lap-9 with Barrett following Cipriano by DesRochers. The
\nnext lap saw Santos move by DesRochers for third, dropping DesRochers from
\nthe lead back to fourth place in a matter of 2 laps.
\nBarrett rode behind Cipriano until lap-13 when he began to apply pressure
\nfor the race lead. Barrett was able to get to the inside of Cipriano, but
\nwas not able to complete the pass and fell back into line. Barrett tried
\nthe move again to the inside of Cipriano and was able to come away with the
\nlead on lap-16. Once Barrett was into the lead, he slowly pulled away from
\nCipriano over the final four laps and scored his second consecutive and
\nfourth overall victory of the 2010 season. Cipriano finished second, with
\nSantos, DesRochers, and Zach Aszklar rounding out the top-5.
\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

LATE MODEL (30)
\n1) Ryan Posocco, Stafford Springs
\n2) Michael Bennett, Stafford Springs
\n3) Dillon Moltz, Waterford
\n4) Jim Peterson, Monson, Ma
\n5) Scott Cook, Uncasville
\n6) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
\n7) John Kasper, Wilbraham, Ma
\n8) J.J. Hill, Stafford Springs
\n9) Tom Fearn, East Longmeadow, Ma
\n10) Walt Wosko, Jr., West Suffield
\n11) Mark St. Hilaire, Berlin
\n12) Adam Gray, Belchertown, Ma
\n13) Dave Wray, Meriden
\n14) Tim Fogg, Stafford Springs
\n15) Tom Butler, Stafford Springs
\n16) Patrick Townsend, Springifeld, Ma
\n17) Keith Rocco, Meriden
\n18) Corey Hutchings, Salem
\n19) Greg Butler, Jr., East Hampton<\/p>\n

SK LIGHT MODIFIED (20)
\n1) Tommy Barrett, Jr., Millis, Ma
\n2) Joey Cipriano, III, Waterbury
\n3) Erica Santos, Franklin, Ma
\n4) Heather DesRochers, Granby, Ma
\n5) Zach Aszklar, Wallingford
\n6) Dylan Liseo, East Hartford
\n7) Jay Goff, Stafford Springs
\n8) Earl Pelletier, Wolcott
\n9) Kyle Spencer, Montgomery, Ma
\n10) Stephen Greer, Harwinton
\n11) Harry Wheeler, Stafford Springs
\n12) Shayne Prucker, Stafford Springs
\n13) Victoria Bergenty, Plainville
\n14) Tony Santangelo, Middlefield
\n15) Matt Galko, Meriden
\n16) David Webb, New Milford
\n17) John Hanafin, Quincy, Ma
\n18) Frank Cardile, Bolton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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