{"id":7911,"date":"2011-09-17T11:56:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-09-17T11:56:09","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T15:56:09","slug":"woody-pitakt-doubles-up-preece-clinches-sk-modified%c2%ae-track-championship-sept-16th-final-friday-night-shoot-out-stafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/woody-pitakt-doubles-up-preece-clinches-sk-modified%c2%ae-track-championship-sept-16th-final-friday-night-shoot-out-stafford\/","title":{"rendered":"WOODY PITAKT DOUBLES UP; PREECE CLINCHES SK MODIFIED\u00ae TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP IN SEPT. 16TH FINAL FRIDAY NIGHT SHOOT-OUT AT STAFFORD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford\"
\n(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway took to the track for the Final
\nFriday Night Shoot-Out on September 16th. In NASCAR Whelen All-American
\nSeries action, Woody Pitkat picked up his second win of the 2011 season in
\nthe 40-lap SK Modified\u00ae feature event and Ryan Preece clinched the 2011 SK
\nModified\u00ae track champion with a 4th place finish, Woody Pitakt picked up his
\nsecond consecutive and fifth overall win of the 2011 season in the 30-lap
\nLate Model feature, Kyle Spencer picked up his second win of the 2011 season
\nwith a green white checkered pass for the lead in the 20-lap SK Light
\nModified feature, George Nocera, Jr. picked up his fifth win of the 2011
\nseason in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and Cliff Saunders picked
\nup his second win of the 2011 season in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.
\nIn the 40-lap SK Modified\u00ae feature event, Glen Reen took the lead from the
\npole ahead of Tom Bolles, Brian Sullivan, and the side by side duo of
\nNichole Morgillo and Sean Foster. Morgillo was able to get clear of Foster
\nand the top-5 were now single file. Woody Pitkat got around Curt Brainard
\nfor sixth place and he moved by Foster for fifth on lap-6. The caution came
\nout with 7 laps complete for a spin by Matt Gallo in turn 3.
\n
\nReen took the lead back under green, but he was under heavy pressure from
\nBolles for the top spot. Morgillo was third, with Pitkat and Sullivan
\nmaking up the top-5. Pitkat was a man on a mission as he quickly moved his
\nway by Morgillo and then Bolles. Pitkat continued his charge to the front
\nby taking the lead from Reen on lap-13. Reen was now second with Bolles,
\nMorgillo, and Dan Avery making up the top-5 at lap-16.<\/p>\n

The top-5 ran in line until the caution came out with 23 laps complete for a
\nspin by Keith Rocco in turn 4. Todd Owen was sent to the rear of the field
\nfor contact with Rocco. On the restart, Pitkat took the lead with Bolles
\nmoving by Reen to take over second. Avery slotted into line in fourth place
\nwith Ryan Preece moving into fifth. Avery made a move by Bolles for third
\non lap-27 and Preece and Eric Berndt followed Avery past Bolles. The
\ncaution came back out with 30 laps complete for spins by Adam Skowyra and
\nEarl Pelletier.<\/p>\n

Back under green, Pitkat again took the lead with Reen holding off a
\nchallenge from Avery to remain in second. Avery and Preece were side by
\nside for third, with Berndt, Rocco, and Bolles lined up behind them. With 5
\nlaps to go, Avery and Preece were side by side while Rocco and Berndt were
\nside by side right behind them as Pitkat and Reen were the still the front
\ntwo cars.<\/p>\n

Rocco got by Avery and moved into third with Avery in fourth and Preece and
\nBerndt behind them. Pitkat led Reen to the checkered flag to pick up his
\nsecond SK Modified\u00ae feature win of the 2011 season. Reen came home in
\nsecond, with Rocco, Preece, and Berndt rounding out the top-5. Preece\u2019s
\nfourth place finish was good enough to make him the 2011 Stafford Motor
\nSpeedway SK Modified\u00ae champion.<\/p>\n

In the 30-lap Late Model feature event, Tom Butler and Walt Wosko, Jr. spun
\nin turn 2 before the field could complete a lap and brought the caution out.
\nJohn Kasper was sent to the rear of the field for making contact with
\nButler. With the race back under green, Adam Gray took the early lead with
\nJim Peterson and J.J. Hill side by side for second. Dillon Moltz was fourth
\nand Woody Pitkat was fifth, but the caution came back out with 1 lap
\ncomplete for a spin by Corey Hutchings in turn 2. Moltz was sent to the
\nrear of the field for making contact with Hutchings.<\/p>\n

On the restart, Gray took the lead, but Pitkat had a strong run and he took
\nthe lead from Gray on lap-3. Peterson moved into second, Ryan Posocco moved
\ninto third, and Mike Quintiliano moved into fourth as Gray fell from the
\nlead back to fifth place. J.J. Hill spun in turn 3 to bring the caution out
\nwith 3 laps complete.<\/p>\n

The field quickly settled into single file on the restart with Pitkat
\nholding the lead ahead of Peterson, Posocco, Gray, and Quintiliano. Posocco
\nwent by Peterson in turn 3 on lap-6 to take over the second spot behind
\nPitkat and Mark St. Hilaire got by Gray to move into fifth place.<\/p>\n

At the halfway point of the race, Pitkat was continuing to hold the lead
\nwith Posocco in second. Peterson continued to run in third, with St.
\nHilaire in fourth and Hutchings in fifth. The order remained the same until
\nlap-27 when Peterson drifted up the track in turn 1 and allowed St. Hilaire
\nand Hutchings to get past. Peterson\u2019s car began to shower sparks from the
\nrear of the car and he continued to slide backwards through the field.
\nPeterson had a flat tire and brought the caution out with 28 laps complete
\nand set up a green white checkered finish.<\/p>\n

Pitkat took the lead with Posocco slotting into second right behind him. St
\nHilaire was third with Moltz and Hutchings side by side for fourth place.
\nPitkat led the field around to the checkered flag to pick up his second
\nconsecutive and fifth overall win of the 2011 season. Posocco was second,
\nwith St. Hilaire, Moltz, and Hutchings rounding out the top-5.<\/p>\n

In the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Cody Gneiting took the lead
\nat the green, but before the field could complete a lap, Zach Aszklar spun
\nin turn 4 and Jay Goff hit the turn 4 wall and lost a tire to bring the
\ncaution out. Tommy Barrett, Jr. was sent to the rear of the field for
\nmaking contact with Aszklar. Tommy Membrino, Jr. was also involved.<\/p>\n

On the restart, Gneiting didn\u2019t come up to speed right away and Tony
\nSantangelo streaked into the lead ahead of Frank Cardile, Matt Galko, Kyle
\nSpencer, and Dylan Liseo. Cardile took the lead from Santangelo on lap-2,
\nbut Galko made a three-wide move for the lead on lap-3 to take over the
\nlead. There was a multicar crash in turn 2 that brought the caution out
\nwith 3 laps complete that involved Dylan Liseo, Santangelo, Steve Greer,
\nTony Membrino, Jr., and Gneiting.<\/p>\n

Galko took the lead back under green with Kyle Spencer in second. Cardile
\nwas third, but Joey Cipriano was on the charge and he moved by Cardile for
\nthird place on lap-7. Bob Charland was fifth in line, just behind Cardile
\nwhile Barrett was in sixth. Barrett moved by Cardile to take over fourth
\nplace on lap-11 while Galko continued to lead the race with Spencer and
\nCipriano right behind him. Paul Tommasino spun to bring the caution out
\nwith 18 laps complete and set up a green white checkered finish.
\nOn the restart, Spencer powered into the lead on the outside of Galko.
\nBarrett tried to pull alongside Galko, but Galko was able to hold him off.
\nGalko made one final run for the checkered flag, but Spencer was able to
\nhold him off for his second SK Light Modified feature win of the 2011
\nseason. Galko finished second, with Barrett, Cipriano, and Aszklar rounding
\nout the top-5.<\/p>\n

In the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature event, Andrew Durand took the lead
\nat the green and he began to set the pace with Jesse Hinze behind him. There
\nwas a three-wide scuffle on lap-4 that saw George Nocera, Jr. move into
\nthird place ahead of Kevin Gambacorta and D.J. Burnham.<\/p>\n

At the halfway point of the race, Durand still held the lead over Nocera,
\nbut Nocea made a pass for the lead on lap-12. Gambacorta was third, with
\nBurnham in fourth and Cory Casagrande was now in fifth as he got by Hinze.
\nThe caution came out with 16 laps complete for a spin by Casagrande in turn
\n4.<\/p>\n

On the restart, there was a multicar spin in turn 4 involving the cars of
\nChris Cook, Dan Flannery, Carla Botticello, Hinze, Casasgrande, and Durand.
\nNocera took the lad on the restart with Burnham moving to the inside of
\nGambacorta for second. Shawn Thibeault was up to fourth and Durand was now
\nback to fifth after leading early in the race. Nocera led the field around
\nto the checkered flag to pick up his fifth win of the 2011 season. Burnham
\nfinished second, with Gambacorta, Thibeault, and Durand rounding out the
\ntop-5.<\/p>\n

In the 15-lap DARE Stock feature event, there was a multicar spin with one
\nlap complete to bring the caution out with Autsin Bessette in the lead over
\nKelsey Rottino, Andy Marchese, David Arute, and Albert Saunders. As the
\nrace went back to green, Bessette took the lead ahead of Rottino. Rottino
\nspun in turn 4, but he was able to get moving and the race stayed green.<\/p>\n

Arute moved into second with Rottino\u2019s misfortune and he had Cliff and
\nAlbert Saunders right behind him. Cliff Saunders went by Arute for second
\non lap-4 and Albert Saunders followed him by Arute as well. The next lap
\nsaw Don Wood pull alongside Arute and he took the position from Arute as did
\nKyle Casagrande, dropping Arute from second back to sixth in a matter of two
\nlaps.<\/p>\n

With 5 laps to go, Cliff Saunders had closed the gap to Bessette at the
\nfront of the field and he made a move to the inside of Bessette to take over
\nthe lead on lap-13. Albert Saunders followed Cliff by Bessette and Don Wood
\nalso followed suit, taking a position from Bessette to drop Bessette from
\nthe race lead back to fourth place in 2 laps.<\/p>\n

Cliff Saunders led his twin brother Albert to the checkered flag to pick up
\nhis second feature win of the 2011 season. Rounding out the top-5 behind
\nthe Saunders twins was Don Wood, Bessette, and Casagrande.<\/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) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
\n2) Glen Reen, Wilbraham, Ma
\n3) Keith Rocco, Meriden
\n4) Ryan Preece, Berlin
\n5) Eric Berndt, Cromwell
\n6) Dan Avery, Somers
\n7) Ted Christopher, Plainville
\n8) Donny Travaglin, Winsted
\n9) Tom Bolles, Ellington
\n10) Nichole Morgillo, Wallingford
\n11) Todd Owen, Somers
\n12) Brian Sullivan, South Windsor
\n13) Heather DesRochers, Granby, Ma
\n14) Michael Gervais, Jr., Southbury
\n15) Chris Matthews, Stafford
\n16) Curt Brainard, Canton
\n17) Sean Foster, Willington
\n18) Adam Skowyra, Brimfield, Ma
\n19) Earl Pelletier, Wolcott
\n20) John Montesanto, North Branford
\n21) Mike King, Agawam, Ma
\n22) Michael Bennett, Stafford Springs
\n23) Matt Gallo, Kensington<\/p>\n

LATE MODEL (30)
\n1) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
\n2) Ryan Posocco, Stafford Springs
\n3) Mark St. Hilaire, Berlin
\n4) Dillon Moltz, Waterford
\n5) Jim Mavlouganes, Bethany
\n6) Corey Hutchings, Salem
\n7) J.J. Hill, Stafford Springs
\n8) Tom Butler, Stafford Springs
\n9) Wayne Coury, Milford
\n10) Adam Gray, Belchertown, Ma
\n11) John Kasper, Wilbraham, Ma
\n12) Peter Thickett, Watertown
\n13) Jim Peterson, Monson, Ma
\n14) Paul Varricchio, Jr., Berlin
\n15) Tim Fogg, Stafford Springs
\n16) John Pysher, Brimfield, Ma
\n17) Mike Quintiliano, Shelton
\n18) Walt Wosko, Jr., West Suffield<\/p>\n

SK LIGHT MODIFIED (20)
\n1) Kyle Spencer, Montgomery, Ma
\n2) Matt Galko, Meriden
\n3) Tommy Barrett, Jr., Millis, Ma
\n4) Joey Cipriano, III, Waterbury
\n5) Zach Aszklar, Wallingford
\n6) Frank Cardile, Bolton
\n7) Bob Charland, Stafford
\n8) Harry Wheeler, Stafford Springs
\n9) Rick Dyer, Shelton
\n10) Steve Greer, Harwinton
\n11) Paul Tommasino, Meriden
\n12) Mike Parolo, Feeding Hills, Ma
\n13) Pete Lopuch, West Redding
\n14) Tony Santangelo, Middlefield
\n15) Dylan Liseo, East Hartford
\n16) Cody Gneiting, Broad Brook
\n17) Tony Membrino, Jr., Plantsville
\n18) Jay Goff, Stafford Springs
\n19) Tommy Membrino, Jr., Prospect<\/p>\n

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

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

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