{"id":4994,"date":"2011-04-30T18:24:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T23:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-04-30T19:21:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T00:21:37","slug":"cipriano-nocera-casagrande-score-whelen-all-american-series-feature-events-2011-stafford-motor-speedways-tech-net-spring-sizzler-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/cipriano-nocera-casagrande-score-whelen-all-american-series-feature-events-2011-stafford-motor-speedways-tech-net-spring-sizzler-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"CIPRIANO, NOCERA, & CASAGRANDE SCORE FIRST WHELEN ALL-AMERICAN SERIES FEATURE EVENTS OF 2011 AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY’S TECH-NET SPRING SIZZLER SATURDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

CIPRIANO, NOCERA, & CASAGRANDE SCORE FIRST WHELEN ALL-AMERICAN SERIES
\nFEATURE EVENTS OF 2011 AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY\u2019S TECH-NET SPRING SIZZLER
\nSATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway\u2019s 2011 NASCAR Whelen
\nAll-American Series season kicked off with its first three feature events of
\nthe new year during Saturday\u2019s CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Weekend.
\nJoey Cipriano won the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature, George Nocera, Jr.
\nwon the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature event, and Kyle Casagrande took
\nthe checkered flag in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature event.
\nIn the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Kyle Spencer jumped to the
\nearly lead from the pole position with Matt Galko moving by Ted Cain to take
\nsecond. Cain settled into third with Frank Cardile and Zach Aszklar side by
\nside behind him for the fourth position. Cardile went up the track and
\nbrushed the wall in turn 3 to bring the caution out with 2 laps complete.
\nSpencer again took the lead back under green with Joey Cipriano moving up to
\nsecond. David Webb moved into third, but he was given the black flag for
\nleaking, moving Cain into third, Galko to fourth, and Shayne Prucker held
\ndown the fifth position. Webb refused to answer the black flag and the
\ncaution was displayed with 7 laps complete to get the car off of the track.
\nBack under green Spencer took the lead ahead of Cipriano, Cain, and Matt
\nGalko. One lap after the restart, Prucker and Aszklar got together with
\nPrucker driving up and over the left side tires of Aszklar and he came to a
\nstop in turn 3 and brought the yellow out.
\n
\nSpencer again took the lead on the restart, but Cipriano moved to the inside
\nof Spencer in turns 3+4 and he took the lead on lap-9. Galko held down the
\nthird spot, with Earl Pelletier and Jay Goff making up the top-5. Steve
\nGreer and Mike Parolo spun in turn 2 to bring the caution out with 11 laps
\ncomplete.<\/p>\n

On the restart, Dylan Kopec spun and collected the cars of Cody Gneiting and
\nParolo to bring the yellow back out. With the race back under green,
\nCipriano held the lead with Spencer, Galko, Pelletier, and Goff running in
\nline behind him. Spencer nearly was able to move to the lead on lap-15 but
\nhad to settle back into line behind Cipriano. The top-5 cars ran in line to
\nthe finish as Cipriano took down the first feature victory of the 2011
\nseason.<\/p>\n

In the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature event, Duane Provost took the lead
\nat the green, but he would only lead the first lap as George Nocera, Jr.
\nmoved to the front on lap-2. Nocera\u2019s pass opened the door for Norm Sears
\nand Kevin Gambacorta to also move by Provost. Shawn Thibeault rounded out
\nthe top-5 behind Provost with 3 laps complete.<\/p>\n

Gambacorta moved to the inside of Sears and took over the second position on
\nlap-4 and Thibeault moved by Provost to take over fourth place. Jesse Hinze
\nand Cory Casagrande followed Thibeault by Provost to drop Provost back to
\nseventh.<\/p>\n

Gambacorta was slowly closing the distance to Nocera at the front, and at
\nthe halfway point, he was right behind Nocera. Sears was several car
\nlengths back in third and Casagrande made a move by Thibeault for fourth
\nplace on lap-12. Nocera got a bit sideways on lap-13, but he was able to
\nmaintain the lead over Gambacorta, who was still glued to the back bumper of
\nNocera.<\/p>\n

Gambacorta continued to hound Nocera for the lead, but he was unable to make
\na pass. Chris Cook went around in turn 4 to bring the caution out with 18
\nlaps complete to set up a green white checkered finish.<\/p>\n

Casagrande\u2019s car didn\u2019t come up to speed on the restart which bottled the
\nfield up behind him as Nocera took the lead and pulled away from the field.
\nSears got by Gambacorta for second and Thibeault beat Gambacorta to the
\nfinish line in a photo finish to take third. Bill Davis rounded out the
\ntop-5.<\/p>\n

In the 15-lap DARE Stock feature event, Cliff Saunders took the early lead
\nfrom the pole with David Arute, Vince Gambacorta, Don Wood, and Nick Salva
\nin line behind him. Kaitlyn Brice spun on the backstretch to bring the
\ncaution flag out with 2 laps complete.<\/p>\n

Saunders took the lead back under green with Gambacorta moving by Arute for
\nsecond place. Austin Bessette and Joe McAllister spun in turn 1 with 3 laps
\ncomplete to bring the yellow back out. Also collected in the spin were the
\ncars of Kris Fluckiger and Seth Wallace. McAllister and Bessette were
\nfinished for the day, while Fluckiger and Wallace were able to continue.
\nSaunders again took the lead on the restart with Arute taking the second
\nspot back from Gambacorta. Gambacorta slid back to fifth place as Wood
\nmoved up to third and Kyle Casagrande took fourth. Wallace went around in
\nturn 2 to bring the caution out with 5 laps complete.<\/p>\n

On the restart Arute stayed side by side with Saunders for the lead with
\nArute taking the lead. But his stay at the front was short lived as
\nCasagrande moved past on lap-8. Wood tried to follow Casagrande by Arute to
\ntake over the second position, but couldn\u2019t complete a pass. As Wood and
\nArute were side by side, Josh Wood made a three wide move down the
\nbackstretch to move by both cars and take over second behind Casagrande.
\nDebris on the track brought the yellow flag out with 9 laps complete.
\nCasagrande powered into the lead under green with Josh Wood in second.
\nArute and Don Wood raced side by side for third for a lap before Saunders
\nwas able to get by Wood as Arute held on to the third position. Casagrande
\nand Josh Wood were pulling away from Arute in third, but Wallace and David
\nMacha spun in turn 2 to bring the caution out with 13 laps complete to set
\nup a green white checkered finish.<\/p>\n

Casagrande powered into the lead with Josh Wood right behind him. The lead
\nduo again pulled away from Arute in third to settle the race between
\nthemselves. Wood made a run to the inside of Casagrande on the final lap,
\nbut Casagrande was too strong to be overtaken. Rounding out the top-5
\nbehind Casagrande and Josh Wood was Arute, Don Wood, and Cliff Saunders.<\/p>\n

For more information contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at
\n(860) 684-2783, or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.<\/p>\n

SK LIGHT MODIFIED (20)
\n1) Joey Cipriano, III, Waterbury
\n2) Kyle Spencer, Montgomery, Ma
\n3) Matt Galko, Meriden
\n4) Earl Pelletier, Wolcott
\n5) Jay Goff, Stafford Springs
\n6) Tommy Membrino, Jr., Prospect
\n7) Dylan Liseo, East Hartford
\n8) Tony Santangelo, Middlefield
\n9) Stephen Greer, Harwinton
\n10) Todd Clark, Bristol
\n11) Harry Wheeler, Stafford Springs
\n12) Rick Williams, Haddam
\n13) Paul Tommasino, Meriden
\n14) Mike Parolo, Feeding Hills, Ma
\n15) Dylan Kopec, Palmer, Ma
\n16) Cody Gneiting, Somers
\n17) Fred Nees, Jr., New Milford
\n18) Ted Cain, Plymouth
\n19) Zach Aszklar, Wallingford
\n20) Shayne Prucker, Stafford Springs
\n21) David Webb, New Milford
\n22) Tony Massaro, Hamden
\n23) Frank Cardile, Bolton<\/p>\n

LIMITED LATE MODEL (20)
\n1) George Nocera, Jr., Plainville
\n2) Norm Sears, Andover
\n3) Shawn Thibeault, Plainville
\n4) Kevin Gambacorta, Ellington
\n5) Bill Davis, Monson, Ma
\n6) Duane Provost, Indian Orchard, Ma
\n7) Jesse Hinze, Farmington
\n8) Cory Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n9) Chris Cook, Pepperell, Ma
\n10) Marshall Usher, Palmer, Ma
\n11) Paul Varricchio, Jr., Berlin
\n12) D.J. Burnham, East Hartford
\n13) Joe Nogiec, Bristol<\/p>\n

DARE STOCK (15)
\n1) Kyle Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n2) Josh Wood, Palmer, Ma
\n3) David Arute, Tolland
\n4) Don Wood, Palmer, Ma
\n5) Cliff Saunders, Stafford
\n6) Andrew Hayes, Charlton, Ma
\n7) Vince Gambacorta, Ellington
\n8) Nick Salva, Prospect
\n9) Albert Saunders, Stafford
\n10) Brandon Michael, Cranville, Ma
\n11) Kris Fluckiger, Enfield
\n12) Andrew Marchese, Tolland
\n13) Tom Stirk, West Haven
\n14) Johnny Walker, Ludlow, Ma
\n15) David Macha, Columbia
\n16) Doug Phelps Jr, New Salem, Ma
\n17) Seth Wallace, Berlin
\n18) Gary Spinnato, Jr., Wallingford
\n19) Kelsey Rottino, Willimantic
\n20) Austin Bessette, Stafford Springs
\n21) Joseph McAllister, New Britian
\n22) Kaitlyn Brice, Manchester<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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