{"id":6742,"date":"2011-08-14T06:21:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T10:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-08-14T06:21:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T10:21:29","slug":"preece-posocco-galko-thibeault-saunders-score-lincoln-tech-80-feature-victories-stafford-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/preece-posocco-galko-thibeault-saunders-score-lincoln-tech-80-feature-victories-stafford-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"PREECE, POSOCCO, GALKO, THIBEAULT, & SAUNDERS SCORE LINCOLN TECH 80 FEATURE VICTORIES AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford\"
\nPREECE, POSOCCO, GALKO, THIBEAULT, & SAUNDERS SCORE LINCOLN TECH 80 FEATURE VICTORIES AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway was back racing on August 12th
\nwith the Lincoln Tech 80 event. In NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
\nfeature racing, Ryan Preece scored his third win of the 2011 season in the
\nSK Modified\u00ae feature, Ryan Posocco scored his second win of the 2011 season
\nin the 30-lap Late Model feature, Matt Galko nailed down his fourth win of
\n2011 in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature, Shawn Thibeault picked up his
\nfourth win of the 2011 season in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and
\nAlbert Saunders picked up his first win of the 2011 season in the 15-lap
\nDARE Stock feature.<\/p>\n

In the 40-lap SK Modified\u00ae feature event, Chris Matthews took the lead at
\nthe green flag with Michael Gervais, Jr. moving into second. Gervais moved
\nby Matthews to take over the race lead on lap-2. Nichole Morgillo moved by
\nMatthews for second, with Dan Avery moving into third, Frank Ruocco moved
\ninto fourth, and Glen Reen moved into fifth as Matthews fell back to seventh
\nplace behind Sean Foster. The caution came out with 3 laps complete as Curt
\nBrainard developed a flat left front tire and Michael Bennett spun to avoid
\nthe slowing car of Brainard.<\/p>\n

Back under green, Dan Avery made a move to the inside of Gervais to take
\nover the lead as Ruocco moved into second. Reen was third, with Ryan Preece
\nand Gervais side by side for fourth, but the caution came back out with 4
\nlaps complete for spins by Matthews and Bennett.<\/p>\n

On the restart, Morgillo dropped off the pace and Tom Bolles scraped the
\nbackstretch wall, but the race stayed green with Avery in the lead ahead of
\nReen, Preece, Ruocco, and Gervais. The caution came back out with 6 laps
\ncomplete as Morgillo came to a stop on the pit road entrance.<\/p>\n

Avery took the lead back under green with Preece moving into second. Reen
\nwas third, with Ruocco and Eric Berndt making up the top-5. Preece
\ncontinued his march forward as he took the lead from Avery on lap-9. On
\nlap-10, Ted Christopher pulled his car behind the pit wall. Preece was
\nbeginning to stretch out his lead over Avery and Reen. Keith Rocco was now
\nfourth behind Reen with Ruocco right behind him in fifth. John Montesanto
\ncame to a stop in turn 4 to bring the caution back out with 14 laps
\ncomplete.<\/p>\n

Preece took the lead ahead of Reen, Ruocco, Avery, and Rocco, but the
\ncaution came right back out with 16 laps complete as Mark Bakaj came to a
\nstop in turn 3 with a flat tire.<\/p>\n

On the restart, Ruocco had transmission issues and he didn\u2019t come up to
\nspeed and as a result of the bottleneck behind him, Matthews spun into the
\nfrontstretch wall to bring the yellow back out.<\/p>\n

Preece was the leader back under green with Reen behind him. Avery and
\nRocco were side by side for third with Berndt behind them in fifth. After
\nseveral laps of side by side racing, Rocco was able to take the spot from
\nAvery. Rocco continued his charge to the front by taking second from Reen
\non lap-23 and Avery followed him by Reen to take over third and drop Reen
\nback to fourth. Preece had nearly a full straightaway lead over Rocco in
\nsecond with 12 laps to go.<\/p>\n

Preece was now turning the fastest laps of the race and he cruised to his
\nthird win of the 2011 season. Rocco came home in second, with Avery, Reen,
\nand Berndt rounding out the top-5.<\/p>\n

In the 30-lap Late Model feature event, a pileup in turn 3 involving J.J.
\nHill, Jim Peterson, Tim Fogg, Mark St. Hilaire, Duane Noll, and Tom Butler
\nbrought the yellow out before a lap could be completed.<\/p>\n

Tony Lafo took the lead ahead of Patrick Townsend, John Kasper, Walt Wosko,
\nJr., and Corey Hutchings. Kasper drifted up the track in turn 4 on lap-3
\nwhich gave Hutchings and Ryan Posocco an opening to move by Kasper to drop
\nhim from third back to sixth. Kasper got loose again on lap-4 and he fell
\nfurther back in the field.<\/p>\n

Townsend made a pass for the lead on lap-7 and he brought Posocco with him.
\nLafo would continue to slide backwards as he was stuck in the outside groove
\nand he fell back to 11th place. Townsend would hold the lead until lap-13
\nwhen Posocco made a pass for the lead. Rocco was now side by side with
\nHutchings for third place and Rocco took the spot as Hutchings spun in turn
\n2 to bring the yellow out with 14 laps compelte.<\/p>\n

On the restart, Pitkat spun in turn 3 and then Butler and Wosko spun on the
\nfrontstretch to bring the caution back out with 15 laps complete. Posocco
\ntook the lead back under green with Rocco behind him. St. Hilaire was
\nthird, with Adam Gray and Lafo making up the top-5. The top-5 ran in line
\nuntil the caution came out with 28 laps complete for Tony Lafo, who hit the
\nwall in turn 1 and came to a stop, setting up a green white checkered sprint
\nto the finish.<\/p>\n

Posocco took the lead ahead of Rocco on the restart for the lead. Posocco
\nled Rocco around for the final 2 laps to take his second win of the 2011
\nseason. Rounding out the top-5 behind Posocco and Rocco was St. Hilaire,
\nPitkat, and Hill.
\nIn the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Tommy Membrino, Jr. brought
\nout the caution before a lap could be completed with a spin at the start.
\nJay Goff took the early lead back under green with Steve Greer, Jesse
\nRuocco, Bob Charland behind him. Kyle Spencer and Frank Cardile were side
\nby side for fifth place when the caution came back out with 4 laps complete
\nfor a spin by Tyler Lee Jackson.<\/p>\n

Greer went around Goff one lap after the restart to take over the lead on
\nthe restart while behind them, Joey Cipriano and Tommy Barrett, Jr. went
\nthree wide to split Spencer and move up in the field. Barrett charged into
\nsecond behind Greer while Cipriano settled into fourth behind Goff. The
\ncaution came back out with 9 laps complete for spins by Mike Parolo and Paul
\nTommasino.<\/p>\n

Barrett took the lead back under green while Cipriano moved into second
\nright behind Barrett. Greer fell back to third, just ahead of Spencer and
\nZach Aszklar. Cipriano made a move to the inside of Barrett in turn 4 to
\ntake over the race lead on lap-12. Barrett tried to take the lead back on
\nlap-13, but was not able to complete the pass and he fell back into line
\nbehind Cipriano. Greer spun in turn 4 on lap-14 but he was able to get
\nmoving and the race stayed green. The caution came back out with 18 laps
\ncomplete for spins by Aszklar, Tony Membrino, Jr., and Charland in turn 2 to
\nset up a green white checkered finish.<\/p>\n

On the restart, Cipriano charged back into the lead, but going into turn 3,
\nBarrett got into the back of Cipriano, which sent Cipriano around and
\nbrought the caution flag out. Barrett was parked for the remainder of the
\nrace for the contact with Cipriano by NASCAR Officials, which put Spencer
\nand Ruocco on the front row for the restart with Dylan Liseo and Matt Galko
\nmaking up the second row.<\/p>\n

Spencer and Galko were side by side for the lead on the restart, but Frank
\nCardile and Ruocco took a ride through the backstretch grass to bring the
\ncaution back out and set up a third attempt at a green white checkered
\nfinish.<\/p>\n

Spencer and Galko were again side by side for the lead, but there was a
\npileup in turn 4 involving Tony Massaro, Dylan Kopec, Aszklar, and Todd
\nClark. Spencer and Galko went wheel to wheel on the restart with Spencer
\ntaking the lead. But Galko made a move to the inside of Spencer in turns
\n1+2 on the final lap to take over the lead. Spencer fought back hard on the
\noutside, but Galko led him back around to the checkered flag to take his
\nfourth win of the 2011 season. Spencer finished second, with Tony
\nSantangelo, Cipriano, and Cody Gneiting rounding out the top-5.<\/p>\n

In the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature event, Jesse Hinze went around
\nChris Cook at the green flag to take the early race lead. Cook settled into
\nsecond behind Hinze with D.J. Burnham, Dan Flannery, and Cory Casagrande
\nbehind them. Cook began to backslide through the field as Hinze was pulling
\naway from Burnham, who was now the second place car with 4 laps on the
\nscoreboard. Cook drifted up the track and got into the turn 1 wall on
\nlap-5, but he was able to continue and the race stayed under green
\nconditions.<\/p>\n

George Nocera, Jr. and Shawn Thibeault were now up to fifth and sixth as
\nthey dropped Sears from fifth back to seventh place. Hinze had a
\ncomfortable lead of a half straightaway, but that lead was erased with 8
\nlaps complete as Nocera spun coming off turn 4 to bring the caution flag
\nout.<\/p>\n

On the restart, Burnham didn\u2019t get up to speed right away, which
\nbottlenecked the entire outside line and allowed Flannery, Thibeault, and
\nKevin Gambacorta to move into second, third, and fourth behind Hinze while
\nSears was holding the fifth position. Flannery pulled alongside Hinze for
\nthe lead as the field completed lap-11 and he went into the lead on lap-12
\nin turn 1. Flannery\u2019s move opened the door for Thibeault, Gambacorta, and
\nSears to all get by Hinze, dropping him from the lead back to fifth place.
\nThibeault quickly made a bid for the lead and he went by Flannery on lap-14
\nin turn 4 to take over the lead. On lap-15 Sears dropped off the pace and
\ncrawled his way back to pit road, finished for the evening. Thibeault led
\nthe final seven laps to take down his fourth win of the 2011 season.
\nFlannery finished second, with Gambacorta, Hinze, and Casagrande rounding
\nout the top-5.<\/p>\n

In the 15-lap DARE Stock feature event, James Carroll took the early lead
\nahead of Kaitlyn Brice, but the caution came out with 1 lap complete for
\nspins by David Arute and Kris Fluckiger.<\/p>\n

Carroll took the lead back under green with Albert Saunders taking second
\nahead of Andy Marchese. Austin Bessette moved into fourth and Kyle
\nCasagrande moved into fifth as Brice was falling back in the field stuck in
\nthe outside groove. The caution came back out with 2 laps complete for a
\nspin by Nick Salva in turn 3.
\nOn the restart, Joe McAllister spun in turn 3 and Kyle Casagrande spun in
\nturn 4 to bring the caution back out. Saunders took the lead back under
\ngreen with Carroll falling back to second. Don Wood was up to third, with
\nAndrew Hayes fourth, and Bessette was fifth.<\/p>\n

Saunders was pulling away from Carroll in second, while Wood made a pass on
\nCarroll to take over second on lap-9. Hayes followed Wood past Hayes to
\nmove into third, but both Wood and Hayes had some distance to close to catch
\nup to Albert Saunders.<\/p>\n

Saunders went unchallenged as he took his first win of the 2011 season.
\nWood finished second, with Hayes, Carroll, and Bessette rounding out the
\ntop-5.<\/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.
\n###<\/p>\n

SK MODIFIED\u00ae (40)
\n1) Ryan Preece, Berlin
\n2) Keith Rocco, Meriden
\n3) Dan Avery, Somers
\n4) Glen Reen, Wilbraham, Ma
\n5) Eric Berndt, Cromwell
\n6) Todd Owen, Somers
\n7) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
\n8) Michael Gervais, Jr., Southbury
\n9) Sean Foster, Willington
\n10) Michael Bennett, Stafford Springs
\n11) Brian Sullivan, South Windsor
\n12) Heather DesRochers, Granby, Ma
\n13) John Montesanto, North Branford
\n14) Glenn Sullivan, Westbury, Ny
\n15) Michael King, Agawam, Ma
\n16) Curt Brainard, Canton
\n17) Bob Parker, Jr., Southbury
\n18) Mark Bakaj, Lebanon
\n19) Frank Ruocco, Cheshire
\n20) Chris Matthews, Stafford
\n21) Ted Christopher, Plainville
\n22) Tom Bolles, Ellington
\n23) Nichole Morgillo, Wallingford<\/p>\n

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

SK LIGHT MODIFIED (20)
\n1) Matt Galko, Meriden
\n2) Kyle Spencer, Montgomery, Ma
\n3) Tony Santangelo, Middlefield
\n4) Joey Cipriano, III, Waterbury
\n5) Cody Gneiting, Broad Brook
\n6) Dylan Liseo, East Hartford
\n7) Tommy Membrino, Jr., Prospect
\n8) Harry Wheeler, Stafford Springs
\n9) Jay Goff, Stafford Springs
\n10) Frank Cardile, Bolton
\n11) Rick Williams, Haddam
\n12) Dylan Kopec, Palmer, Ma
\n13) Mike Parolo, Feeding Hills, Ma
\n14) Jesse Ruocco, Cheshire
\n15) Stephen Greer, Harwinton
\n16) Tyler Lee Jackson, Milford
\n17) Todd Clark, Bristol
\n18) Zach Aszklar, Wallingford
\n19) Tony Massaro, Hamden
\n20) Tommy Barrett, Jr., Millis, Ma
\n21) Bob Charland, Stafford
\n22) Tony Membrino, Jr., Plantsville
\n23) Paul Tommasino, Meriden<\/p>\n

LIMITED LATEL MODEL (20)
\n1) Shawn Thibeault, Plainville
\n2) Dan Flannery, Ellington
\n3) Kevin Gambacorta, Ellington
\n4) Jesse Hinze, Farmington
\n5) Cory Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n6) D.J. Burnham, East Hartford
\n7) Carla Botticello, Manchester
\n8) Duane Provost, Indian Orchard, Ma
\n9) Jim Brice, Manchester
\n10) Jeff Hubbell, Naugatuck
\n11) Joe Nogiec, Bristol
\n12) Paul Varricchio, Jr., Berlin
\n13) Brian Clement, Wethersfield
\n14) Norm Sears, Andover
\n15) Michael Nadeau, Enfield
\n16) George Nocera, Jr., Plainville
\n17) Chris Cook, Pepperell, Ma<\/p>\n

DARE STOCK (15)
\n1) Albert Saunders, Stafford
\n2) Don Wood, Palmer, Ma
\n3) Andrew Hayes, Charlton, Ma
\n4) James Carroll, West Hartford
\n5) Austin Bessette, Stafford Springs
\n6) Brandon Michael, Cranville, Ma
\n7) Andrew Marchese, Tolland
\n8) Kris Fluckiger, Enfield
\n9) Monte Gibbs, Killingworth
\n10) David Arute, Tolland
\n11) Kelsey Rottino, Willimantic
\n12) Kaitlyn Brice, Manchester
\n13) David Macha, Columbia
\n14) David Zienka, Concord, Nc
\n15) Cliff Saunders, Stafford
\n16) Joe Mcallister, New Britian
\n17) Josh Wood, Palmer, Ma
\n18) Kyle Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n19) Vince Gambacorta, Ellington
\n20) Nick Salva, Prospect
\n21) Doug Phelps, Jr., New Salem, Ma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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