J.J. HILL WINS 3RD ANNUAL LATE MODEL 100 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY<\/p>\n
(Stafford Springs, CT)—The Late Model division took center stage at
\nStafford Motor Speedway this past Friday night with the 3rd Annual Late
\nModel 100, the second extra distance event of the 2010 season. Joining the
\nLate Model 100 was Stafford\u2019s SK Modifieds\u00ae, SK Light Modifieds, DARE
\nStocks, and twin 20-lap Limited Late Model feature events. J.J. Hill was
\nthe big winner of the evening, taking his first career victory in the
\n100-lap extra distance classic. Newly crowned NASCAR Whelen All-American
\nSeries National Champion Keith Rocco took his 9th feature victory of the
\n2010 season in the 40-lap SK Modified\u00ae feature event, Tommy Barrett, Jr.
\ntook his 7th win of the 2010 season in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature,
\nAndrew Durand and Rob Dow were the winners of the 20-lap Limited Late Model
\nfeatures, and Kyle Casagrande became the first three-time winner of the 2010
\nseason in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.
\nIn the 100-lap Late Model feature event, Tom Fearn took the lead at the
\ngreen with Scott Cook, Jim Peterson, Adam Gray, and Michael Bennett making
\nup the top-5. Woody Pitkat, who won the Lincoln Tech Late Model 100 back in
\nMay at Stafford, spun and backed into the turn 1 wall with 3 laps complete
\nto bring the caution out. Pitkat was able to get back out on the track and
\ncontinue in the race.
\nFearn took the lead back under gren with Gray moving into second. J.J. Hill
\nmoved into third with Peterson falling back to fourth and Cook falling back
\nto fifth just in front of Bennett. Peterson\u2019s car was leaking fluid on
\nlap-13 and he was brought to pit road for a consulation. With Peterson\u2019s
\nmisfortune bringing him to pit road, Cook was now in second place, a full
\nstraighaway behind Fearn, who was setting sail while in the lead. Behind
\nCook was a que of cars including Bennett, Ryan Posocco, Dillon Moltz, and
\nWayne Coury, Jr.
\nThe running order remained the same until lap-18 when Cook began to
\nbackslide as Bennett, Posocco, Moltz, Coury, Corey Hutchings, Hill, and
\nKeith Rocco all went by to drop Cook from second back to ninth place.
\nThe cars ran in line until the caution came out with 33 laps complete as
\nDillon Moltz came to a stop in turn 2 after making contact with the wall.
\nFearn took the lead on the restart, but Bennett was all over his back bumper
\nlooking to make a pass for the lead. Posocco was third, with Coury fourth
\nand Hill in fifth. AS the field clicked off 40-laps on the scoreboard, the
\ntop-4 cars of Fearn, Bennett, Posocco, and Coury were running nose to tail
\nwith Rocco moving by Hill to take over the fifth position. Tommy Butler
\nwent around in turn 4 to bring the caution back out with 45 laps complete.
\nFearn was back into the lead on the restart with Bennett, Coury, Posocco,
\nand Cook making up the top-5. Hill was sixth, Corey Hutchings was seventh,
\nRocco fell back to eighth, Jim Mavlouganes was ninth, and Tracy Brouillette
\nrounded out the top-5 at the half-way point of the race.
\nThere was a mad scramble at the front of the field on lap-55 as Posocco slid
\nback several spots to eighth place behind Rocco. On lap-59 Cook made a move
\nto the inside of Coury to take over third place. With Coury stuck on the
\noutside, he fell back to eighth place as Hill, Hutchings, Rocco, and Posocco
\nall went by Coury.
\nThe order shuffled again on lap-68 as Cook made a move to the inside of
\nBennett to take over second. Cook continued his charge to the front as he
\npassed Fearn for the lead on lap-70. Hill moved into second behind Cook
\nwith Hutchings third, Rocco fourth and Bennett fifth. Fearn fell back in
\nline in sixth, just ahead of Posocco in seventh place with 28 laps to go.
\nHutchings spun in turn 2 with 79 laps complete to bring the caution out and
\nslow the field.
\nOn the restart, Cook didn\u2019t come up to speed right away which bottlenecked
\nthe inside line as Hill powered into the lead. Fearn was now second with
\nRocco, Bennett, and Pitkat behind him. Posocco was sixth just ahead of
\nHutchings, with Cook falling back to eighth place.
\nWith Hill out front, he was slowly pulling away from Fearn in second, who
\nhad Rocco and Bennett to contend with. Hill led the final 21 laps and was
\nnever challenged as he cruised to his first career victory ahead of Fearn,
\nBennett, Posocco, and Rocco.
\nIn the 40-lap SK Modified\u00ae feature, Tom Bolles took the early race lead with
\nJeff Baral hanging tough to his outside. Baral fell back into a side by
\nside duel with Jeff Malave for second with Malave taking the spot. With
\nBaral still on the outside, Curt Brainard was on the charge as he moved
\nalongside Baral with Dan Avery glued to his bumper.
\nBrainard and Baral were still side by side on lap-7 as Malave and Bolles
\nwere pulling away. On lap-8 Malave looked to the low side of Bolles for the
\nrace lead, but he wasn\u2019t able to get to the front. Nichole Morgillo and
\nMichael Gervais, Jr. spun to bring the caution out with 9 laps complete just
\nas Malave was looking to take over the race lead.
\nMalave moved to the front on the restart with Baral taking second. Keith
\nRocco made a strong move to take third place with Bolles falling back to
\nfourth place, just in front of Frank Ruocco. The caution came back out for
\ndebris on the track with 12 laps complete.
\nMalave again took command on the restart with Rocco moving into second
\nplace. Ruocco moved up to third, with Baral fourth and Zach Sylvester
\nmoving into the fifth position. Rocco took the lead from Malave on lap-15
\nand his pass brought Ruocco alongside Malave for second. Morgillo spun in
\nturn 2 to bring the caution back out with 15 laps complete.
\nRocco took the lead back under green with Ruocco and Malave dueling side by
\nside for second place. Ruocco took the position from Malave on lap-18 with
\nBaral and Sylvester behind them. Woody Pitkat and Josh Sylvester went
\naround in turn 4 with 18 laps complete to bring the caution out.
\nRocco again took the lead ahead of Malave, who settled into line ahead of
\nRuocco. Sylvester was now up to fourth with Ryan Preece moving by Baral to
\ntake over the fifth position. Preece quickly worked his way by Sylvester
\nfor fourth place, but the caution came out with 24 laps complete for a spin
\nby Keith Carzello.
\nRocco kept the lead back under green with Ruocco getting by Malave for
\nsecond. The caution came back out with 25 laps complete as Curt Brainard
\nhit the turn 2 wall and several cars spun trying to avoid Brainard.
\nRocco was the leader back under green with Preece moving into a side by side
\nduel with Ruocco for second. The two cars were side by side but the caution
\ncame out for Bolles, who spun into the turn 2 wall to bring the yellow back
\nout with 29 laps complete.
\nSeveral cars including Todd Owen, Carzello, Kurt Lenanan, Morgillo, and
\nRaymond Grassetti went around in turn 3 on the restart to bring the yellow
\nback out. Preece went around on the next restart while trying to take the
\nlead from Rocco to keep the race under yellow flag conditions.
\nThe field completed a lap before Josh Sylvester, Pitkat, and Chris Matthews
\nwent into the turn 1 wall to bring the yellow back out.
\nRocco was still out front back under green with Ruocco moving into second.
\nMalave was third, with Baral in fourth and Zach Sylvester was fifth. Ruocco
\nnearly had a pass for the lead, but he wasn\u2019t able to get in front of Rocco.
\nMatt Gallo found the turn 1 wall with 35 laps complete to bring the yellow
\nback out.
\nRocco took the lead but the shuffle behind him continued as Baral took
\nsecond with Ruocco to his outside. Avery was fourth and Zach Sylvester was
\nfifth, but the caution came back out with 37 laps complete for a spin by
\nWoody Pitakt in turn 2.
\nRocco took the lead back under green with Ruocco moving into second. Ruocco
\ntook a look to the inside of Rocco but couldn\u2019t make the pass stick. As the
\ncars took the white flag, Ruocco made one last ditch effort in turn 3 and
\ngot into the back of Rocco\u2019s car and got him loose, but Rocco hung onto the
\ncar and took the checkered flag for his 9th victory of the 2010 season.
\nRuocco finished second, with Baral, Avery, and Zach Sylvester rounding out
\nthe top-5.
\nIn the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Zach Aszklar led the first
\nlap before Jay Goff took to the outside groove to move to the front of the
\nfield. Heather DesRochers spun on lap-2 and collected Victoria Bergenty and
\nEarl Pelletier to bring the yellow out.
\nOn the restart, a melee erupted with Dylan Liseo getting upside down and
\nsliding all the way down the frontstretch. Also collected were the cars of
\nJoey Cipriano, DesRochers, Pelletier, Todd Clark, SK Light points leader
\nMatt Galko, which brought the red flag out. All drivers were ok and walked
\naway.
\nBack under green Aszklar moved to the front with Goff, David Webb, Tommy
\nBarrett, Jr., and Ted Cain making up the top-5. Barrett wasted little time
\nin moving by Webb for third and he then set his sights on Goff. On lap-6,
\nBarrett moved by both Goff and Aszklar with a power move in turn 3 to come
\nout with the race lead. Webb moved into second as Aszklar fell back to
\nthird after brushing the wall with Goff behind him.
\nBarrett began to pull away from Webb in second with Cipriano working his way
\ninto fourth place on lap-13 with Goff ahead of him and Cain behind him.
\nBarrett went unchallenged to the checkered flag as he nailed down his 7th
\nwin of the 2010 season. Webb came home in second, with Cipriano, Goff, and
\nCain rounding out the top-5.
\nIn the first of two 20-lap Limited Late Model feature event, Carla
\nBotticello pulled out to the early race lead with Andrew Durand moving into
\nsecond behind Botticello. Dave Yardley, III was third with Kevin Gambacorta
\nfourth and George Nocera, Jr. fifth. The top-5 ran in line but the action
\nbehind the top-5 was busy as Shawn Thibeault was running in sixth, but he
\nwas overtaken by both Dan Flannery and Jesse Hinze before the race hit the
\nhalfway point.
\nAt the front of the field, Botticello was maintaining a several car length
\nlead over Durand, who had Yardley and Gambacorta closing in on his bumper.
\nHinze tried to get to the inside of Flannery for sixth on lap-13, but could
\nnot complete the pass.
\nHinze\u2019s good run came to a smoky end as he lost an engine with 17 laps
\ncomplete to bring out the first caution of the race, which erased Botticello
\n\u2019s lead over Durand and the rest of the field and set up a 3-lap dash to the
\nfinish.
\nOn the restart, Durand powered by Botticello to take over the race lead for
\nthe first time. Botticello fell into line behind Durand with Yardley,
\nNocera, and Thibeault making up the top-5. Botticello gave it everything
\nshe had over the final two laps of the race, but she could not get by Durand
\nas he scored his second win of the 2010 season. Rounding out the top-5
\nbehind Durand and Botticello was Yardley, Nocera, and Thibeault.
\nIn the second 20-lap Limited Late Model feature event, Rob Dow took the lead
\nat the drop of the green with Carla Botticello behind him. Andrew Durand
\nwas third, with Dave Yardley, III fourth and Dan Flannery fifth. Flannery
\nworked his way by Yardley and was applying pressure to the back bumper of
\nDurand at the half-way point of the feature.
\nFlannery would get by Durand and he brought Kevin Gambacorta with him by
\nDurand, but it was all Rob Dow at the front of the field as he led wire to
\nwire to score his third win of the 2010 season. Botticello finished second,
\nwith Flannery, Gambacorta, and Durand rounding out the top-5.
\nIn the 15-lap DARE Stock feature event, Stephanie Berardi led the first lap
\nbefore Vince Gambacorta went to the front of the field on lap-2. Gambacorta
\nheld the lead until lap-5 when Cory Casagrande went to the front.
\nGambacorta spun after contact with Cliff Saunders, but he was able to get
\ngoing and the race stayed green. Kyle Casagrande moved into second behind
\nhis brother, with Cliff Saunders, Berardi, and Donald Cook rounding out the
\ntop-5.
\nWith 10-laps complete, Cory Casagrande got tangled up with a lapped car as
\nhe was going by and he spun in turn 2 to bring the caution out, which put
\nhis brother Kyle in the lead for the restart.
\nCasagrande took the lead back under green with Berardi moving to the inside
\nof Cliff Saunders for second. Berardi\u2019s great run came to an end as she
\nspun while trying to move by Saunders in turn 3 with 11 laps complete.
\nBerardi\u2019s spin collected several cars and brought the caution out.
\nCasagrande took the lead back under green, but he got loose in turn 4 which
\nallowed Josh Wood to pull alongside Casagrande. But Wood spun the next lap
\nwhich handed second place over to Cliff Saunders. Casagrande led the field
\naround the final four laps to score his third feature win of the 2010
\nseason. Saunders came home second, with Jolly, Membrino, and Cory
\nCasagrande 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.
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LATE MODEL (100)
\n1) J.J. Hill, Stafford Springs
\n2) Tom Fearn, East Longmeadow, Ma
\n3) Michael Bennett, Stafford Springs
\n4) Ryan Posocco, Stafford Springs
\n5) Keith Rocco, Meriden
\n6) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
\n7) Corey Hutchings, Salem
\n8) Scott Cook, Uncasville
\n9) Adam Gray, Belchertown, Ma
\n10) Tracy Brouillette, Prospect
\n11) Dave Wray, Meriden
\n12) Mark St. Hilaire, Berlin
\n13) Wayne Coury, Jr., Milford
\n14) Ryan Preece, Berlin
\n15) Jim Mavlouganes, Bethany
\n16) Tom Butler, Stafford Springs
\n17) Don Acker, Jr., Orange
\n18) Dillon Moltz, Waterford
\n19) Jim Peterson, Monson, Ma
\n20) Ky Jensen, Stafford Springs<\/p>\n
SK MODIFIED\u00ae (40)
\n1) Keith Rocco, Meriden
\n2) Frank Ruocco, Cheshire
\n3) Jeff Baral, Enfield
\n4) Dan Avery, Somers
\n5) Zach Sylvester, Lebanon
\n6) Josh Sylvester, Lebanon
\n7) Ted Christopher, Plainville
\n8) Chris Jones, New Milford
\n9) Todd Owen, Somers
\n10) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
\n11) John Montesanto, North Branford
\n12) Jeff Malave, Manchester
\n13) Matt Gallo, Kensington
\n14) Curt Brainard, Canton
\n15) Chris Matthews, Stafford
\n16) Ryan Preece, Berlin
\n17) Tom Bolles, Ellington
\n18) Raymond Grassetti, Monson, Ma
\n19) Mark Bakaj, Lebanon
\n20) Kurt Lenahan, Roxbury
\n21) Nichole Morgillo, Wallingford
\n22) Keith Carzello, Enfield
\n23) Sean Foster, Ellington
\n24) Brian Sullivan, South Windsor
\n25) Michael Gervais, Jr., Southbury<\/p>\n
SK LIGHT MODIFIED (20)
\n1) Tommy Barrett, Jr., Millis, Ma
\n2) David Webb, New Milford
\n3) Joey Cipriano, Iii, Waterbury
\n4) Jay Goff, Stafford Springs
\n5) Ted Cain, Plymouth
\n6) Heather DesRochers, Granby, Ma
\n7) Zach Aszklar, Wallingford
\n8) Rick Williams, Haddam
\n9) Todd Clark, Bristol
\n10) Mike Parolo, Feeding Hills, Ma
\n11) Neil Maxted, Bethel
\n12) Dylan Liseo, East Hartford
\n13) Matt Galko, Meriden
\n14) Shayne Prucker, Stafford Springs
\n15) Erica Santos, Franklin, Ma
\n16) Tony Santangelo, Middlefield
\n17) Earl Pelletier, Wolcott
\n18) Victoria Bergenty, Plainville<\/p>\n
LIMITED LATE MODEL FROM 7\/16 (20)
\n1) Andrew Durand, Chicopee, Ma
\n2) Carla Botticello, Manchester
\n3) Dave Yardley, III, Meriden
\n4) George Nocera, Jr., Plainville
\n5) Shawn Thibeault, Plainville
\n6) Rob Dow, Stafford Springs
\n7) Kevin Gambacorta, Ellington
\n8) Dan Flannery, Ellington
\n9) Duane Provost, Indian Orchard, Ma
\n10) Norm Sears, Andover
\n11) Brian Clement, Wethersfield
\n12) Jeff Hubbell, Naugatuck
\n13) Paul Varricchio, Jr., Berlin
\n14) Jesse Hinze, Farmington<\/p>\n
LIMITED LATE MODEL (20)
\n1) Rob Dow, Stafford Springs
\n2) Carla Botticello, Manchester
\n3) Dan Flannery, Ellington
\n4) Kevin Gambacorta, Ellington
\n5) Andrew Durand, Chicopee, Ma
\n6) Dave Yardley, III, Meriden
\n7) Duane Provost, Indian Orchard, Ma
\n8) Jeff Hubbell, Naugatuck
\n9) Rob Farrington, Jr, Belchertown, Ma
\n10) Brian Clement, Wethersfield
\n11) Paul Varricchio, Jr., Berlin
\n12) Chris Cook, Pepperell, Ma
\n13) Pete Cayer, Bristol
\n14) Glenn Bartkowski, Manchester
\n15) George Nocera, Jr., Plainville
\n16) Shawn Thibeault, Plainville<\/p>\n
DARE STOCK (15)
\n1) Kyle Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n2) Cliff Saunders, Stafford
\n3) Jeff Jolly, Wallingford
\n4) Tony Membrino, Jr., Plantsville
\n5) Cory Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n6) Vince Gambacorta, Ellington
\n7) Kelsey Rottino, Willimantic
\n8) Andrew Hayes, Charlton, Ma
\n9) David Arute, Tolland
\n10) Kaitlyn Brice, Manchester
\n11) Josh Wood, Palmer, Ma
\n12) Donald Cook, Agawam, Ma
\n13) Stephanie Berardi, Broad Brook
\n14) Nick Salva, Prospect
\n15) Don Wood, Palmer, Ma
\n16) Albert Saunders, Stafford
\n17) Trevor Krzyzek, West Hartford<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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