{"id":9936,"date":"2012-06-09T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T23:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9936"},"modified":"2012-06-09T19:39:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T23:39:00","slug":"wheeler-rain-postpones-remainder-of-program-to-june-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/wheeler-rain-postpones-remainder-of-program-to-june-29th\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEELER & SAUNDERS SCORE COORS LIGHT SK MODIFIED\u00ae 100 FEATURE WINS AT STAFFORD; RAIN POSTPONES REMAINDER OF PROGRAM TO JUNE 29th"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stafford<\/a><\/p>\n

WHEELER & SAUNDERS SCORE COORS LIGHT SK MODIFIED\u00ae 100 FEATURE WINS AT
\nSTAFFORD; RAIN POSTPONES REMAINDER OF PROGRAM TO JUNE 29th<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway returned to racing on Friday,
\nJune 8TH with the 39th Annual Coors Light SK Modified\u00ae 100. Taking wins
\nwere Harry Wheeler in the SK Light feature and Cliff Saunders in the DARE
\nStock feature event. Rain postponed the remainder of tonight\u2019s program to
\nFriday, June 29th and rain checks from tonight\u2019s program will be honored on
\nJune 29th.<\/p>\n

In the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Harry Wheeler took the lead
\nfrom Payton Henry at the start of the race and he began to set the pace in
\nthe early laps. Henry was second, with Joey Ferrigno, Jay Goff, and Bob
\nCharland lined up behind him. Ferrigno moved by Henry to take over second
\non lap-3. Rick Dyer spun coming out of turn 2 to bring the caution out with
\n4 laps complete.
\n<\/p>\n

Back under green, Wheeler took the lead, but Ferrigno was hanging tough to
\nthe outside of Wheeler in a fight for the lead. Goff was running in third,
\nwhile Henry was fourth and Dylan Kopec was up to fifth. Frank Cardile and
\nShawn Brule spun in the middle of turns 1+2 to bring the caution back out
\nwith 8 laps complete.<\/p>\n

On the restart, there was a melee that involved Frank Cardile, Tony
\nSantangelo, Dylan Kopec, Rick Williams, Dylan Campbell and Jay Goff to bring
\nthe caution right back out. Ferrigno took the lead back under green while
\nCharland moved up to second. Wheeler settled into third place, just ahead
\nof Henry and Scott Bouley. The field was only able to complete two more
\nlaps before the caution came back out for Tony Membrino, Jr., who came to a
\nstop in the turn 3 and 4 infield.<\/p>\n

Ferrigno again took the lead on the restart with Charland slotting into
\nsecond behind him. Wheeler was third, with Henry in fourth and a side by
\nside battle between Bouley and Tyler Hines for the fifth position. Hines
\ngot around Bouley to move into fifth while Ferrigno continued to lead. On
\nlap-13, Wheeler pulled alongside Charland for second, but was unable to
\ncomplete the pass. Charland then made a strong run to the inside of
\nFerrigno on lap-15 in turn 4, but the cars touched and Ferrigno spun. Then
\nas the cars came down the frontstretch, the cars of Bouley and Hines touched
\nwheels with Bouley\u2019s car getting turned upside down and he slid down the
\nfrontstretch before coming to a stop on its roof in turn 1, which brought
\nout the red flag.<\/p>\n

With the race red flagged to clean up the wreck in turn 1, it began to rain
\nand the race was red\/checkered with Wheeler declared the winner. Henry was
\nsecond, with Hines, Santangelo, and Cardile rounding out the top-5.
\nIn the 15-lap DARE Stock feature event, Kris Fluckiger and Austin Bessette
\nspun in turns 1+2 to bring the caution out before the field could complete
\nthe first lap. On the restart, Monte Gibbs nearly went three wide with
\nJames Carroll and Stephanie Berardi, but it was Carroll leading the first
\nlap. On the second lap, Gibbs did go three wide to take the race lead.
\nAlbert and Cliff Saunders followed Gibbs by Carroll to move into second and
\nthird. Carroll was fourth and Fluckiger was already back up to fifth place
\nafter his early race spin. Kaitlyn Brice spun in turn 2, but she was able
\nto get her car moving again and the race stayed under green flag conditions.
\nGibbs continued to hold the race lead over the Saunders twins, with Carroll
\nin fourth and Fluckiger in fifth. The caution came out with 10 laps
\ncomplete as Brice spun on the frontstretch.<\/p>\n

As the race went back to green, Cliff Saunders got a good run to the outside
\nof Gibbs, but Gibbs came back strong on the inside to stay out front. Kyle
\nCasagrande and Carroll got hooked together and came to a stop on the
\nfrontstretch to bring the caution back out one lap after the restart.
\nGibbs again took the lead back under green with Cliff Saunders moving by his
\nbrother Albert to take over second. Bessette got loose in turn 4, but he
\nwas able to recover and he settled into line in fifth behind Fluckiger.
\nGibbs and the Saunders twins had pulled away from Fluckiger in fourth to
\nsettle the race between themselves.<\/p>\n

Gibbs held the lead until the final lap, when Cliff Saunders made a move to
\nGibbs\u2019 inside in turns 1+2 to move into the lead. Albert Saunders was able
\nto get ahead of Gibbs at the checkered flag to take second place. Rounding
\nout the top-5 behind the Saunders twins and Gibbs was Bessette in fourth and
\nFluckiger in fifth.<\/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

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SK LIGHT MODIFIED (20)
\n1) Harry Wheeler, Stafford Springs
\n2) Payton Henry, Willington
\n3) Tyler Hines, North Haven
\n4) Tony Santangelo, Middlefield
\n5) Frank Cardile, Bolton
\n6) Dylan Kopec, Palmer, Ma
\n7) Ronnie Williams, Tolland
\n8) Tony Membrino, Jr., Plantsville
\n9) Rick Dyer, Shelton
\n10) Fred Nees, Jr., New Milford
\n11) Dylan Campbell, Southborough, Ma
\n12) Joey Ferrigno, East Hartford
\n13) Scott Bouley, Thomaston
\n14) Shawn Brule, West Thompson
\n15) Bob Charland, Stafford
\n16) Jay Goff, Stafford Springs
\n17) Zach Aszklar, Wallingford
\n18) Rick Williams, Haddam<\/p>\n

DARE STOCK (15)
\n1) Cliff Saunders, Stafford
\n2) Albert Saunders, Stafford
\n3) Monte Gibbs, Killingworth
\n4) Austin Bessette, Stafford Springs
\n5) Kris Fluckiger, Enfield
\n6) Johnny Walker, Ludlow, Ma
\n7) Stephanie Berardi, Broad Brook
\n8) James Carroll, West Hartford
\n9) Norm Sears, Andover
\n10) Doug Phelps, New Salem, Ma
\n11) Paul Strickland Jr., Middletown
\n12) Kaitlyn Brice, Manchester
\n13) Kyle Casagrande, Stafford Springs
\n14) Vince Gambacorta, Ellington
\n15) David Macha, Sr., Columbia<\/p>\n

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