{"id":3384,"date":"2010-09-18T07:49:35","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T12:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2010-09-18T07:49:35","modified_gmt":"2010-09-18T12:49:35","slug":"preece-posocco-barrett-nocera-jolly-score-sept-17th-final-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/preece-posocco-barrett-nocera-jolly-score-sept-17th-final-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"PREECE, POSOCCO, BARRETT, NOCERA, & JOLLY SCORE SEPT. 17TH FINAL FRIDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

PREECE, POSOCCO, BARRETT, NOCERA, & JOLLY SCORE SEPT. 17TH FINAL FRIDAY
\nNIGHT SHOOT-OUT FEATURE VICTORIES AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway took to the track with its
\nFinal Friday Night Shoot-Out program on September 17th. Ryan Preece
\noutdueled last week\u2019s winner Woody Pitkat to score his first career SK
\nModified\u00ae feature victory in the 40-lap SK Modified\u00ae feature, Ryan Posocco
\nscored his fourth win of 2010 in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Tommy
\nBarrett, Jr. scored his 10th win of 2010 in the 20-lap SK Light Modified
\nfeature, George Nocera, Jr., won his second consecutive feature of 2010 in
\nspectacular fashion by crossing the start\/finish line sideways in the 20-lap
\nLimited Late Model feature, and Jeff Jolly scored his third win of the 2010
\nseason in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.
\nIn the 40-lap SK Modified\u00ae feature event, Chris Jones took the early lead as
\nCurt Brainard got loose in turns 3+4 and slid back from the lead to outside
\nthe top-10. Jeff Baral took a ride through the infield grass on lap-5 while
\nbattling for second place with Frank Ruocco but was able to keep going and
\nthe race stayed green. Jones got sideways on lap-6 in turn 4 which allowed
\nRuocco to move out front. Ted Christopher moved into second behind Ruocco
\nwith Ryan Preece moving into third. Jones fell back to fourth place and
\nZach Sylvester was fifth.
\nChristopher spun into the infield with 10 laps complete to bring the caution
\nout. Back under green Ruocco and Preece were side by side for the lead and
\nPreece was able to move by Ruocco in the outside groove on lap-12. Woody
\nPitkat was third behind Preece and Ruocco with Zach Sylvester and Jones
\ndueling side by side for fourth place. Keith Rocco moved by Mark Bakaj for
\nsixth on lap-14 and began to close in on Sylvester, taking fifth place on
\nlap-15. Just ahead of Ruocco, Pitkat moved by Ruocco to take over second
\nplace.
\nJones got out of shape on lap-18 in turn 4, which allowed Rocco and
\nSylvester to move by Jones. Bakaj was side by side with Jones and the two
\ncars made contact, which sent Jones into the turn 3 wall to bring the
\ncaution out with 19 laps complete. Bakaj was brought to pit road for a
\npenalty by NASCAR Officials.
\nPreece took the lead back under green while Ruocco was side by side with
\nPitakt for second. Pitkat was hanging tough in the outside groove and the
\ncars continued to run side by side as Rocco was all over the back of Ruocco
\nand Sylvester was right behind Rocco. Brian Sullivan spun in turn 4 to
\nbring the caution back out with 22 laps complete.
\nPreece took the lead back under green while Pitkat and Ruocco resumed their
\nside by side duel, but it only lasted one lap as Pitkat took second and
\nRuocco settled into line in third. Sylvester was fourth and Rocco was
\nfifth. Pitkat made a move to take over the lead from Preece, but just as he
\nwas making the pass for the lead, the caution came out for a spin by Adam
\nSkowyra, putting Preece back into the lead for the restart.
\nPreece took the lead back under green and Ruocco and Pitkat were back at
\nside by side for the second position. Rocco moved into fourth and Jeff
\nMalave was up to fifth as Pitkat again got the better of the side by side
\nbattle with Ruocco for second.
\nWith 10 laps to go, Pitkat was hounding Preece for the lead. Rocco and
\nRuocco were closing in on the top-2 and Chris Matthews made a power move
\naround Malave to take over the fifth position on lap-33. Pitkat was looking
\nboth high and low for a way around Preece, but Preece was able to hold
\nPitkat off. Pitkat appeared to be stronger coming off turn 2, but Preece
\nwas keeping Pitkat behind him. Pitkat made one last ditch effort on the
\nlast lap, but he came up just short as Preece recorded his first SK
\nModified\u00ae feature victory of the 2010 season. Pitkat finished second, with
\nRuocco, Rocco, and Matthews rounding out the top-5.
\nIn the 30-lap Late Model feature event, the action at the front of the pack
\nwas wild and crazy as there was three and four wide action going on. Adam
\nGray took the lead and Ryan Posocco made a three-wide move to take over
\nsecond. Dillon Moltz came up to third, with Jim Mavlouganes and Michael
\nBennett making up the top-5. Tom Butler spun in turn 2 with 4 laps complete
\nto bring the caution out.
\nOn the restart, Posocco was able to get around Gray for the lead in the high
\ngroove and take over the lead. The next lap saw Moltz dive to the inside of
\nGray to take over second. Bennett and Woody Pitkat also got by Gray before
\nthe caution came back out with 6 laps complete for Mark St. Hilaire, who
\nspun in turn 3.
\nPosocco took the lead back under green with Pitkat moving into second.
\nBennett got by Moltz for third with Gray holding down the fifth position
\nbehind Moltz. Moltz was able to move back by Bennett for third on lap-15
\nwhile Posocco was the leader by a half straightaway over Pitkat, who had
\nnearly a half straightaway lead over Moltz in third.
\nTom Fearn was running in fifth place when he lost a right front tire and
\nbrought the caution out with 26 laps complete, which erased Posocco\u2019s lead
\nand set up a sprint to the finish.
\nPosocco took the lead back under green with Moltz moving into second.
\nPitkat fell back a spot to third, with Jim Peterson moving into fourth and
\nTom Butler moved into fifth. Jim Mavlouganes spun to the infield grass with
\n28 laps complete to bring the caution out and set up a green white checkered
\nfinish.
\nOn the restart, Butler shot through the infield grass to immediately bring
\nthe caution back out. Posocco led the field around for the final 2 laps
\nback under green to take his fourth win of the 2010 season. Pitkat finished
\nsecond, with Moltz, Peterson, and Bennett rounding out the top-5.
\nIn the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Victoria Bergenty powered
\ninto the lead at the green flag but her stay up front was short as Erica
\nSantos moved to the front of the field on lap-2. SK Light Modified points
\nleader Matt Galko spun and hit the backstretch wall to bring the caution out
\nwith 2 laps complete after contact with Ted Cain. Cain was black flagged
\nand parked for the remainder of the feature for over aggressive driving.
\nBack under green, Santos took the lead with Heather DesRochers in second.
\nTommy Barrett, Jr. was side by side with Bergenty for third, but he quickly
\nmoved to the inside of DesRochers and took over second and then moved by
\nSantos for the lead on lap-4. The caution came out with 5 laps complete as
\nJay Goff spun in turn 2, which collected the car of Santos, Joey Cipriano,
\nand Tommy Membrino, Jr.
\nBarrett charged back into the lead on the restart with David Webb moving
\ninto second. DesRochers was third, Zach Aszklar was up to fourth, and Earl
\nPelletier was in fifth. Barrett was pulling away and he went unchallenged
\nfor his 10th win of the 2010 season, his fourth in a row, and his eighth win
\nin the last 9 SK Light Modified events. David Webb finished second, with
\nDesRochers, Pelletier, and Aszklar rounding out the top-5.
\nIn the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature event, Jesse Hinze took the lead at
\nthe drop of the green and began to immediately pull away from the pack.
\nCarla Botticello was second behind Hinze, with Shawn Thibeault, Kevin
\nGambacorta, and George Nocera, Jr. making up the top-5. Botticello spun in
\nturn 2 on lap-7, but she was able to get her car going and the race stayed
\nunder green flag conditions. Thibeault was given a pit road drive through
\npenalty for overaggressive driving, which put Gambacorta up to second place
\nbehind Hinze. Nocera was now third, with Andrew Durand fourth and Dave
\nYardley in fifth. Durand and Dan Flannery spun in turn 2 to bring the
\ncaution out with 13 laps complete.
\nMichael Wray spun on the restart to bring the yellow back out before the
\nfield could come back around to complete a lap. Gambacorta appeared to get
\nthe jump on Hinze as the race went back to green, but Hinze moved by
\nGambacorta in turn 2 and brought Nocera with him as Gambacorta fell back to
\nthird place. Nocera was all over the back of Hinze looking to make a pass
\nfor the lead. Hinze was able to keep Nocera behind him until the last lap
\nwhen Nocera was able to make the pass. Hinze fought back coming to the
\ncheckered flag and the two cars made contact with Nocera taking the
\ncheckered flag for the victory sideways. Hinze finished second with Rob
\nDow, Yardley, and Gambacorta rounding out the top-5.
\nIn the 15-lap DARE Stock feature event, Stephanie Berardi and Albert
\nSaunders were side by side for the lead for the first two laps and on the
\nthird lap, Vince Gambacorta made a three-wide move to the inside of Berardi
\nand Saunders and made contact, which sent Berardi and Saunders into a half
\nspin. The race stayed under green and Jeff Jolly was the beneficiary of the
\nspin by Berardi and Saunders as he took over the race lead. Cory Casagrande
\nwas second with Cliff Saunders, Josh Sylvester, and Kyle Casagrande behind
\nhim.
\nAt the lap-10 mark of the race, Cory Casagrande had run Jolly down and was
\nlooking to make a pass to take over the lead. Cliff Saunders was right
\nbehind Casagrande as it was a three-car train for the lead and Wood and Kyle
\nCasagrande were also closing in. Kelsey Rottino spun on the backstretch to
\nbring the caution out with 11 laps complete.
\nJolly kept the lead back under green with Cliff Saunders and Kyle Casagrande
\nbehind him. Wood was fourth and Cory Casagrande was fifth. Kyle Casgrande
\nmade a move by Cliff Saunders for second on lap-14 and he brought Wood with
\nhim as Saunders dropped from second back to fourth. Jolly led the field
\naround for the final lap to score his third win of the 2010 season. Kyle
\nCasagrande came home in second with Cory Casagrande, Wood, and Andrew Hayes
\nrounding 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

SK MODIFIED\u00ae (40)
\n1) Ryan Preece, Berlin
\n2) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
\n3) Frank Ruocco, Cheshire
\n4) Keith Rocco, Meriden
\n5) Chris Matthews, Stafford
\n6) Jeff Malave, Manchester
\n7) Zach Sylvester, Lebanon
\n8) Ted Christopher, Plainville
\n9) Jeff Baral, Enfield
\n10) Nichole Morgillo, Wallingford
\n11) Todd Owen, Somers
\n12) Curt Brainard, Canton
\n13) Sean Foster, Ellington
\n14) Joe Allegro, Jr., Vernon
\n15) Brian Sullivan, South Windsor
\n16) Michael Gervais, Jr., Southbury
\n17) Rich Vasseur, Ellington
\n18) John Montesanto, North Branford
\n19) Mark Bakaj, Lebanon
\n20) Adam Skowyra, Brimfield, Ma
\n21) Dan Avery, Somers
\n22) Chris Jones, New Milford
\n23) Tom Bolles, Ellington<\/p>\n

LATE MODEL (30)
\n1) Ryan Posocco, Stafford Springs
\n2) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
\n3) Dillon Moltz, Waterford
\n4) Jim Peterson, Monson, Ma
\n5) Michael Bennett, Stafford Springs
\n6) Corey Hutchings, Salem
\n7) Mark St. Hilaire, Berlin
\n8) Adam Gray, Belchertown, Ma
\n9) Patrick Townsend, Springifeld, Ma
\n10) Dave Wray, Meriden
\n11) Keith Rocco, Meriden
\n12) Tony Lafo, Higganum
\n13) Tom Butler, Stafford Springs
\n14) John Blake, North Haven
\n15) Jim Mavlouganes, Bethany
\n16) Tom Fearn, East Longmeadow, Ma
\n17) J.J. Hill, Stafford Springs
\n18) Don Acker, Jr., Orange
\n19) Wayne Coury, Jr., Milford<\/p>\n

SK LIGHT MODIFIED (20)
\n1) Tommy Barrett, Jr., Millis, Ma
\n2) David Webb, New Milford
\n3) Heather DesRochers, Granby, Ma
\n4) Earl Pelletier, Wolcott
\n5) Zach Aszklar, Wallingford
\n6) Erica Santos, Franklin, Ma
\n7) Dylan Liseo, East Hartford
\n8) Shayne Prucker, Stafford Springs
\n9) Todd Clark, Bristol
\n10) Fred Nees, Jr., New Milford
\n11) Mike Parolo, Feeding Hills, Ma
\n12) Paul Tommasino, Meriden
\n13) Jay Goff, Stafford Springs
\n14) Joey Cipriano, III, Waterbury
\n15) Victoria Bergenty, Plainville
\n16) Tommy Membrino, Jr., Prospect
\n17) Ted Cain, Plymouth
\n18) Matt Galko, Meriden<\/p>\n

LIMITED LATE MODEL (20)
\n1) George Nocera, Jr., Plainville
\n2) Jesse Hinze, Farmington
\n3) Rob Dow, Stafford Springs
\n4) Dave Yardley, III, Meriden
\n5) Kevin Gambacorta, Ellington
\n6) Shawn Thibeault, Plainville
\n7) Keith Minchella, Springfield, Ma
\n8) Duane Provost, Indian Orchard, Ma
\n9) D.J. Burnham, East Hartford
\n10) Dan Flannery, Ellington
\n11) Joe Nogiec, Bristol
\n12) Chris Cook, Pepperell, Ma
\n13) Brian Clement, Wethersfield
\n14) Pete Cayer, Bristol
\n15) Andrew Durand, Chicopee, Ma
\n16) Michael Wray, Northford
\n17) Jeff Hubbell, Naugatuck
\n18) Rob Valerio, New Britian
\n19) Carla Botticello, Manchester<\/p>\n

DARE STOCK (15)
\n1) Jeff Jolly, Wallingford
\n2) Kyle Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n3) Cory Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n4) Josh Wood, Palmer, Ma
\n5) Andrew Hayes, Charlton, Ma
\n6) Cliff Saunders, Stafford
\n7) Tony Membrino, Jr., Plantsville
\n8) Albert Saunders, Stafford
\n9) Barry Fluckiger, Vernon
\n10) Stephen Daddio, Seymour
\n11) Donald Cook, Agawam, Ma
\n12) Paul Arute, Tolland
\n13) Vince Gambacorta, Ellington
\n14) James Carroll, West Hartford
\n15) Donovin Secore, Vernon
\n16) Joe McAllister, New Britian
\n17) Kaitlyn Brice, Manchester
\n18) Kelsey Rottino, Willimantic
\n19) David Macha, Columbia
\n20) Stephanie Berardi, Broad Brook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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