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KEITH ROCCO WINS 8TH ANNUAL CARQUEST SK 150 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n (Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway returned to racing with it’s In the 8TH Annual CARQUEST SK 150 feature event, the action was wild at the The field began to stretch out a bit with Preece and Pitkat out front, while Pitkat pulled to the inside of Preece on lap-25 and on lap-26 he moved by Rocco caught up to Preece and he moved past to take over fourth place on DesRochers spun on the lap-42 restart to bring the caution right back out. Rocco took the lead on the lap-80 restart, but Pitkat went by Rocco for the The race restarted on lap-101 with Anglace spinning in turn 1 to bring the Rocco pulled away from Pitkat over the final 32 laps to take a dominating In the 30-lap Late Model feature event, Jim Peterson came to pit road before Posocco continued his charge as he went by Lafo for fifth on lap-8. On the restart, Butler went around in turn 2 and hit the wall to bring the On the restart, Hutchings didn\u2019t come up to speed as quick as Moltz as Moltz Moltz took the lead back under green with Pitkat moving into second. Moltz took the lead with Posocco sliding into second. Hutchings moved into In the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Tony Santangelo took the lead Back under green, Kyle Spencer powered into the lead with Joey Cipriano Spencer took the lead on the restart, but Cipriano moved to the lead one lap Cipriano took the lead on the restart with Barrett moving by Spencer to take In the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature event, Carla Botticello took the Botticello charged back into the lead on the restart with Chris Cook in Gambacorta was all over the back of Nocera, but he was unable to make a pass Botticello took the lead on the restart while Thibeault moved by Gambacorta In the 15-lap DARE Stock feature event, the caution came out before the As the race resumed, James Carroll took the lead with David Arute right Arute and Wood were side by side for the lead back under green with Wood Arute took the lead back under green with Cliff Saunders moving into second. For more information contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at SK MODIFIED\u00ae (150) LATE MODEL (30) SK LIGHT MODIFIED (20) LIMITED LATEL MODEL (20) DARE STOCK (15) KEITH ROCCO WINS 8TH ANNUAL CARQUEST SK 150 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY (Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway returned to racing with it’s biggest race of the season, the 8th Annual CARQUEST SK 150. Keith Rocco took the checkered flag and the $3,500 winner’s check in the CARQUEST SK 150 for his third consecutive and fifth overall victory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[196,4163,126,197],"tags":[4692,4161,72],"class_list":["post-6425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-modified","category-new-england","category-stafford-connecticut","tag-keith-rocco","tag-sk-modified","tag-stafford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nbiggest race of the season, the 8th Annual CARQUEST SK 150. Keith Rocco
\ntook the checkered flag and the $3,500 winner’s check in the CARQUEST SK 150
\nfor his third consecutive and fifth overall victory of the 2011 season,
\nDillon Moltz picked up his third win of the 2011 season in the 30-lap Late
\nModel feature, Tommy Barrett, Jr. scored his fourth win of 2011 in the
\n20-lap SK Light Modified feature, Carla Botticello picked up her first win
\nof 2011 in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and Don Wood scored his
\nthird win of 2011 in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.<\/p>\n
\nfront as Tom Bolles made a three-wide move on the first lap to take the lead
\nahead of Michael Gervais, Jr. and Dan Avery. Glen Reen was fourth with
\npolesitter Sean Foster falling back to fifth place. The order continued to
\nshuffle as both Ryan Preece and Woody Pitkat took to the outside groove to
\nmove by everyone and take over first and second place on lap-7. Reen was
\nnow third with Eric Berndt in fourth and Bolles had fallen back to fifth
\nplace.<\/p>\n
\nReen and Berndt were nose to tail several car lengths behind the lead duo.
\nKeith Rocco and Todd Owen were the next two cars in line and they were about
\na half straightaway behind Reen and Berndt. Reen and Berndt closed the gap
\nto the lead cars of Pitkat and Preece and it was now a four-car train at the
\nfront of the pack with 20 laps complete.<\/p>\n
\nPreece to take over the lead. Pitkat\u2019s moved opened the door for Reen to
\nfollow Pitkat past Preece and two laps later Berndt would also move by
\nPreece to drop Preece from the lead back to fourth place. Rocco was still
\nin fifth place, but he was clicking off the fastest laps of any car in the
\nfield and he was quickly closing in on the front four cars.<\/p>\n
\nlap-34. Reen was hounding Pitkat for the lead at the front, but he was not
\nable to make a pass. The caution came out for the first time on lap-38 for
\na spin by Vinny Anglace on the backstretch. Heather DesRochers was sent to
\nthe rear of the field for contact with Anglace.<\/p>\n
\nPitkat took the lead on the restart, but Reen moved by Pitkat for the race
\nlead on lap-48. Berndt was third with Rocco in fourth and Owen in fifth.
\nThe caution came back out on lap-50 for a spin by Anglace in turn 4.
\nThe race restarted on lap-54, but the caution came right back out as
\nDesRochers\u2019 car came to a stop in turn 4. Reen and Pitkat stayed side by
\nside on the lap-58 restart for the lead with Reen able to get clear of
\nPitkat on lap-59. Rocco moved the inside of Pitkat for second and he made
\nthe pass on lap-61. Berndt was fourth with Owen and Gervais behind him.
\nRocco moved by Reen to take over the lead for the first time on lap-62.
\nRyan Preece spun in turn 2 at the halfway point of the race to bring the
\ncaution back out. The order for the restart would be Rocco and Reen on the
\nfront row, Pitkat and Berndt in the second row, and Frank Ruocco and Gervais
\nin the third row.<\/p>\n
\nlead on lap-82. Pitkat stayed out front until lap-86 when Rocco moved back
\nby Pitkat to retake the lead. Reen spun in turn 2 on lap-87, but he was
\nable to keep moving and the race stayed under green flag conditions. Ruocco
\nwas now in third behind Rocco and Pitkat, with Berndt and Gervais making up
\nthe top-5. Preece, who had spun not that long ago, was back up to sixth
\nplace behind Gervais. Preece made a move to the outside of Gervais on
\nlap-94 to move into fifth place as Rocco continued to hold the race lead.
\nAnglace spun in turn 4 on lap-97 to bring the caution back out.<\/p>\n
\nyellow back out. Rocco took the lead on the lap-106 restart with Pitkat,
\nRuocco, Preece, and Berndt quickly falling into single file behind him.
\nRuocco bobbled on lap-118, which allowed Preece to take over third and Rocco
\nand Pitkat stretched their advantage over the rest of the field.<\/p>\n
\nvictory in the CARQUEST SK 150, his first career win in the 150-lap event.
\nPitkat came home in second, with Preece, Berndt, and Ruocco rounding out the
\ntop-5.<\/p>\n
\nthe start of the feature to change a right rear tire and he went several
\nlaps down before pulling his car behind the wall. Tom Butler led the first
\nlap before Corey Hutchings moved to the front on lap-2. Hutchings\u2019 move
\nopened the door for Mark St. Hilaire and Dillon Moltz to also move by
\nButler, dropping him from the lead back to fourth place. Moltz made a move
\nto the inside of St. Hilaire for second on lap-5 while Tony Lafo was
\nrounding out the top-5. Just behind Lafo was Ryan Posocco, who went by J.J.
\nHill for sixth place on lap-6.<\/p>\n
\nHutchings had a comfortable lead of several car lengths over Moltz, who had
\nSt. Hilaire and Butler lined up right behind him. The caution came out with
\n9 laps complete as Woody Pitkat spun in turn 3 after contact with Tony Lafo.
\nLafo was sent to the rear of the field by NASCAR officials for the contact
\nwith Pitkat.<\/p>\n
\ncaution back out. Ryan Posocco was sent to the rear of the field for
\ncontact with Butler. Hutchings took the lead back under green with Moltz
\nand Tom Fearn behind him. Mark St. Hilaire was fourth, but he lost that
\nposition to Rocco on lap-12. But just as soon as Rocco moved by St.
\nHilaire, he dropped off the pace with an apparent mechanical problem and he
\ncoasted his way back to the pit road entrance, where the car came to a stop
\nand brought the caution back out with 14 laps complete.<\/p>\n
\npowered into the lead. Hutchings briefly fell back to third before he
\nrecovered and moved back into second ahead of Pitkat, John Kasper, and Adam
\nGray. St. Hilaire made contact with the frontstretch wall and was able to
\npull behind the wall, but the caution did come out for Scott Cook and Rocco,
\nwho spun in turn 2.<\/p>\n
\nHutchings was third, with Posocco and Kasper making up the top-5. The top-5
\nran in line until the caution came out with 28 laps complete as John Pysher
\nspun while Moltz was trying to put him a lap down, which set up a green
\nwhite checkered finish.<\/p>\n
\nthird while Pitkat fell back to fourth place. Posocco made one final
\nattempt on Moltz in the final lap, but Moltz was too strong to be overtaken
\nand he picked up his third win of the 2011 season. Rounding out the top-5
\nbehind Moltz and Posocco was Hutchings, Pitkat, and Kasper.<\/p>\n
\nand he led the first four laps of the race before giving way to Tony
\nMembrino, Jr. on lap-5. Membrino led the field until the caution came out
\nwith 11 laps complete for a spin by Tommy Membrino, Jr. in turn 4.<\/p>\n
\nmoving into second as Membrino fell from the lead back to third. Cipriano
\nmade a pass for the lead, but just as he made the pass, the caution came out
\nfor a spin by Matt Galko in turn 4, which put Spencer back out front for the
\nrestart.<\/p>\n
\nafter the restart, dropping Spencer back to second. Zach Aszklar was now up
\nto third, with Tommy Barrett, Jr. and Dylan Liseo behind him. Membrino was
\nnow back to sixth after leading earlier in the feature. Aszklar spun in
\nturn 2 to bring the caution out with 18 laps complete and set up a green
\nwhite checkered finish.<\/p>\n
\nover second. Liseo was foruth and Tony Membrino was fifth. Barrett made a
\npower move to the inside of Cipriano in turns 3+4 on the final lap and he
\ncame out of turn 4 with the lead and he took the checkered flag ahead of
\nCipriano by a car length. Rounding out the top-5 behind Barrett and
\nCipriano was Spencer, Liseo, and Tony Membrino, Jr.<\/p>\n
\nlead from the pole and led the first lap before the caution came out for a
\nspin on the backstretch that involved Jesse Hinze, D.J. Burnham, and Dan
\nFlannery.<\/p>\n
\nsecond. Norm Sears was running third, with George Nocera, Jr. and Kevin
\nGambacorta behind him. The top-5 ran in line until lap-7 when Nocera,
\nGambacorta, and Shawn Thibeault all moved by Sears as Botticello continued
\nto hold the lead ahead of Cook.<\/p>\n
\nuntil lap-16. Botticello was now comfortably out in front with Gambacorta
\nin second. Nocera and Thibeault were side by side for third place when the
\ncaution came out with 19 laps complete for a spin by Cory Casagrande in turn
\n4. The caution erased Botticello\u2019s lead and set up a green white checkered
\nfinish.<\/p>\n
\nto take over second. Botticello led the field around to the checkered flag
\nto pick up her first feature victory of the 2011 season. Thibeault finished
\nsecond, with Gambacorta, Nocera, and Sears rounding out the top-5.<\/p>\n
\nfield could complete the first lap as Kaitlyn Brice and Albert Saunders spun
\non the backstretch. Also caught up in the action was Josh Wood, who was
\nfinished for the race with a flat right front tire.<\/p>\n
\nbehind him in second. Don Wood was in third, with Vince Gambacorta in
\nfourth and Cliff Saunders in fifth. Carroll held the lead until lap-4 when
\nArute moved past him in turn 1 to take over the lead. Wood followed Arute
\npast Carroll to take over second before the caution came back out with 4
\nlaps complete for a spin by David Macha in turn 1.<\/p>\n
\nleading lap-5 by a nose over Arute. Gambacorta continued to hold down
\nthird, with Kyle Casagrande moving up to fourth. Cliff Saunders ran in
\nfifth as Arute got clear of Wood back to the front of the pack on lap-6.
\nWood got loose in turn 1 and he fell from second place back to fifth as
\nCasagrande, Gambacorta, and Cliff Saunders all moved past.
\nCasagrande was all over Arute\u2019s bumper for the lead, but Arute was able to
\nfend off Casagrande\u2019s challenges. With 9 laps complete, Casagrande tried to
\nmake a pass to the inside of Arute, but he spun in turn 2 to bring the
\ncaution out.<\/p>\n
\nDon Wood was third with Gambacorta and Andrew Hayes dueling side by side for
\nfourth place. Arute held the lead until lap-12 when Cliff Saunders moved to
\nthe front. But Saunders\u2019 stay out front was short lived as Wood went by
\nboth Arute and Saunders on lap-13 to move from third to the lead. Wood led
\nthe field around to the checkered flag to take down his third win of the
\n2011 season. Arute finished second, with Cliff Saunders, Hayes, and
\nGambacorta rounding out the top-5.<\/p>\n
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\n1) Keith Rocco, Meriden
\n2) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
\n3) Ryan Preece, Berlin
\n4) Eric Berndt, Cromwell
\n5) Frank Ruocco, Cheshire
\n6) Todd Owen, Somers
\n7) Curt Brainard, Canton
\n8) Michael Gervais, Jr., Southbury
\n9) Sean Foster, Willington
\n10) Dan Avery, Somers
\n11) Tom Bolles, Ellington
\n12) Joe Gada, Salem
\n13) Nichole Morgillo, Wallingford
\n14) Jeff Baral, Enfield
\n15) Glen Reen, Wilbraham, Ma
\n16) Michael King, Agawam, Ma
\n17) Richie Pallai, Jr., Yorktown Heights, Ny
\n18) Kurt Lenahan, Roxbury
\n19) Michael Bennett, Stafford Springs
\n20) Mark Bakaj, Lebanon
\n21) Donny Travaglin, Winsted
\n22) Vinny Anglace, Ansonia
\n23) Heather DesRochers, Granby, Ma<\/p>\n
\n1) Dillon Moltz, Waterford
\n2) Ryan Posocco, Stafford Springs
\n3) Corey Hutchings, Salem
\n4) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
\n5) Adam Gray, Belchertown, Ma
\n6) John Kasper, Wilbraham, Ma
\n7) Walt Wosko, Jr., West Suffield
\n8) Tony Lafo, Higganum
\n9) Ed Ricard, Stafford Springs
\n10) Scott Cook, Uncasville
\n11) John Pysher, Brimfield, Ma
\n12) Keith Rocco, Meriden
\n13) Patrick Townsend, Springifeld, Ma
\n14) Tom Fearn, East Longmeadow, Ma
\n15) J.J. Hill, Stafford Springs
\n16) Jim Peterson, Monson, Ma
\n17) Mark St. Hilaire, Berlin
\n18) Tom Butler, Stafford Springs<\/p>\n
\n1) Tommy Barrett, Jr., Millis, Ma
\n2) Joey Cipriano, III, Waterbury
\n3) Kyle Spencer, Montgomery, Ma
\n4) Dylan Liseo, East Hartford
\n5) Tony Membrino, Jr., Plantsville
\n6) Chris Kopec, Palmer, Ma
\n7) Bob Charland, Stafford
\n8) Tony Santangelo, Middlefield
\n9) Cody Gneiting, Broad Brook
\n10) Jesse Ruocco, Cheshire
\n11) Frank Cardile, Bolton
\n12) Harry Wheeler, Stafford Springs
\n13) Zach Aszklar, Wallingford
\n14) Paul Tommasino, Meriden
\n15) Rick Williams, Haddam
\n16) Tommy Membrino, Jr., Prospect
\n17) Jay Goff, Stafford Springs
\n18) Steve Greer, Harwinton
\n19) Matt Galko, Meriden<\/p>\n
\n1) Carla Botticello, Manchester
\n2) Shawn Thibeault, Plainville
\n3) Kevin Gambacorta, Ellington
\n4) George Nocera, Jr., Plainville
\n5) Norm Sears, Andover
\n6) Jesse Hinze, Farmington
\n7) Brian Clement, Wethersfield
\n8) Cory Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n9) Joe Nogiec, Bristol
\n10) D.J. Burnham, East Hartford
\n11) Chris Cook, Pepperell, Ma
\n12) Dan Flannery, Ellington
\n13) Duane Provost, Indian Orchard, Ma<\/p>\n
\n1) Don Wood, Palmer, Ma
\n2) David Arute, Tolland
\n3) Cliff Saunders, Stafford
\n4) Andrew Hayes, Charlton, Ma
\n5) Vince Gambacorta, Ellington
\n6) Kris Fluckiger, Enfield
\n7) Monte Gibbs, Killingworth
\n8) Austin Bessette, Stafford Springs
\n9) James Carroll, West Hartford
\n10) Andy Marchese, Tolland
\n11) Brandon Michael, Cranville, Ma
\n12) Kelsey Rottino, Willimantic
\n13) Gary Spinnato, Sr., Wallingford
\n14) Doug Phelps, Jr., New Salem, Ma
\n15) David Macha, Columbia
\n16) Kyle Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n17) Joe Mcallister, New Britian
\n18) Kaitlyn Brice, Manchester
\n19) Albert Saunders, Stafford
\n20) Josh Wood, Palmer, Ma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"