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08-04-2011, 09:51 PM
Boss Scores #50 in the Extra-Distance TIS Mod Main
O’Sullivan Brothers Share Spotlight; Monahan & Baxter Also Score Wins
Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT, could not be shaken in the Sunoco Modified main event on Thursday night at Thompson International Speedway to score the victory for car owners Al & Cathy Moniz. It was one for the history books for Glenn Boss of Danielson, CT, who scored his fiftieth career win at Thompson in the extra-distance spotlight event for the TIS Modifieds. For the second time this season, the O’Sullivan Brothers of Springfield, MA, shared victory lane at Thompson. Big brother Mike scored the victory in the Super Late Models with Tommy earning top honors in the Late Models. Shawn Monahan of Waterford, CT continued his domination in the Limited Sportsman division with his sixth win of the season. It was a convincing win for Chad Baxter of Pascoag, RI, in the Mini Stocks.
Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT, earned his second Sunoco Modified feature event win of the season holding back some strong competitors. Rick Fuller and Preece were locked in a heated battle for the top spot in the opening laps. With heavy pressure from Preece, Fuller held the spot for two circuits before giving way to the charge of Preece. By lap three, Keith Rocco had moved into third with Woody Pitkat and Danny Cates occupying the top five.
On lap five, Fuller got a run on Preece but a lapped car impeded his progress. The veteran settled back in line in second. Fuller immediately had to contend with Rocco; who was all over the back bumper. The top five ran nose-to-tail in a high-speed freight train. Preece continued to show the way over Fuller, Rocco, Pitkat, and Cates.
During the long green flag run Cates began to fall back slightly. Fuller and Preece got away from Rocco by a single-car length. Pitkat ran in fourth several car lengths behind Rocco. The top-three began to break away from the pack with Preece holding back Fuller and Rocco.
The lead trio continued to run together over the second half of the race. With five laps to go Rocco lost the lead duo. Fuller continued to dog Preece as Rocco faded back several car lengths behind. Fuller never lost the back bumper of Preece; but, could not muster up a real assault on the leader over the final laps.
Mike O’Sullivan of Springfield, MA, commandeered the Super Late Model feature for a dominating victory. O’Sullivan passed pole sitter Jim Banfield to take the lead early. Point leader Jeff Connors was running strong inside the top-three when his #51 went up in smoke to bring out the caution. O’Sullivan was pitted against Derek Ramstrom on the restart on lap four. O’Sullivan easily motored back into the lead. Ramstrom fell into the clutches of Larry Gelinas. The Buxton, ME native was able to drive around to move into the second spot.
Mike Stefanik took a position from Banfield to ride in fourth with George Bessette in tow. Ramstrom found new life getting along side Gelinas to battle for second. O’Sullivan gained some distance over the battle for second. Ramstrom hounded Gelinas for a pair of laps before moving back into the second spot. Stefanik now chased Gelinas.
Ramstrom continued to stretch his advantage over third but could do little to cut into the lead O’Sullivan had amassed. With five laps remaining, O’Sullivan enjoyed a comfortable lead over Ramstrom. Gelinas was being pursued by Stefanik while Bessette and Banfield ran nose-to-tail. The running order would go unchanged to the checkers as O’Sullivan cruised to the victory. Ramstrom had to settle for the second spot. Gelinas held off Stefanik. Bessette edged Banfield for a top-five finish.
Tommy O’Sullivan of Springfield, MA, battled his way to his fourth Late Model feature win of the season. Phil Rondeau capitalized on his pole starting position to set the pace in the early going. Behind the leader Damon Tinio, Mike Scorzelli, John Materas and T. O’Sullivan jockeyed for position. Rick Gentes lurked just outside of the top five. Previous feature winner John Falconi was sent ricocheting twice in the opening five laps. On both occasions the #10 went sliding through the infield to take Falconi out of contention.
Upfront the heated battled boiled over when Materas spun from the fourth position. The former champ did a 360 to keep going with the race remaining green. T. O’Sullivan was picking off positions one-by-one during the extended green-flag run. He went by Scorzelli, and then Tinio. At the halfway marker, T. O’Sullivan was the new leader; easily over-taking Rondeau. In the closing laps, the best battle on the field was for third. Rondeau, Gentes and Palmisano went three-wide. Gentes came out of the pack in second leaving Palmisano and Rondeau to do battle.
T. O’Sullivan easily raced to the victory. Gentes crossed the line second followed by Rondeau and Palmisano. Following the event, Gentes was penalized for his involvement in the Materas spin. Rondeau was placed second followed by Palmisano, Tinio and a Corey Hutchings, making his first appearance of the year at Thompson.
Shawn Monahan of Waterford, CT returned to his winning ways on Thursday night in the Limited Sportsman division. Pole sitter Tom Shea led the opening lap with Joe Coates immediately moving into the second spot. Chris Douton, Art Moran III, and S. Monahan were also marching their way to the front. Douton began to put pressure on Coates for second while Monahan past Moran and into fourth. Shea ran out to a comfortable margin as the battling was hot and heavy from second position on back through the top-ten.
Coates began to get some distance in second as Monahan applied the pressure to Douton. He would take the position away on lap eight. Monahan immediately reeled in Coates as they went two-by-two behind with Sundeen and Douton racing hard for fourth while Dwayne Dorr and Moran locked horns for sixth.
A single lap later Monahan passed Coates for second. One lap later Monahan was about to make a pass on leader Shea when the caution came out for an incident involving John Carpenter. On the restart, Shea held on to the lead through turn three on lap 11. He lost the handle exiting turn four in an effort to hold off Monahan; spinning into the infield. The race stayed green with Monahan and Douton ducking it out for the lead. Monahan took the lead away in turn two on lap 12.
Once out front, Monahan checked out on a battle for second between Coates and Douton. Dorr continued to make tracks toward the front taking positions away from Sundeen and Moran. Dorr ran out of time when the checkers flew on Monahan for his sixth Limited Sportsman feature win of the season. Coates turned in a solid performance to finish second. Douton held off the challenges of Dorr and Moran completed the top five.
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O’Sullivan Brothers Share Spotlight; Monahan & Baxter Also Score Wins
Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT, could not be shaken in the Sunoco Modified main event on Thursday night at Thompson International Speedway to score the victory for car owners Al & Cathy Moniz. It was one for the history books for Glenn Boss of Danielson, CT, who scored his fiftieth career win at Thompson in the extra-distance spotlight event for the TIS Modifieds. For the second time this season, the O’Sullivan Brothers of Springfield, MA, shared victory lane at Thompson. Big brother Mike scored the victory in the Super Late Models with Tommy earning top honors in the Late Models. Shawn Monahan of Waterford, CT continued his domination in the Limited Sportsman division with his sixth win of the season. It was a convincing win for Chad Baxter of Pascoag, RI, in the Mini Stocks.
Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT, earned his second Sunoco Modified feature event win of the season holding back some strong competitors. Rick Fuller and Preece were locked in a heated battle for the top spot in the opening laps. With heavy pressure from Preece, Fuller held the spot for two circuits before giving way to the charge of Preece. By lap three, Keith Rocco had moved into third with Woody Pitkat and Danny Cates occupying the top five.
On lap five, Fuller got a run on Preece but a lapped car impeded his progress. The veteran settled back in line in second. Fuller immediately had to contend with Rocco; who was all over the back bumper. The top five ran nose-to-tail in a high-speed freight train. Preece continued to show the way over Fuller, Rocco, Pitkat, and Cates.
During the long green flag run Cates began to fall back slightly. Fuller and Preece got away from Rocco by a single-car length. Pitkat ran in fourth several car lengths behind Rocco. The top-three began to break away from the pack with Preece holding back Fuller and Rocco.
The lead trio continued to run together over the second half of the race. With five laps to go Rocco lost the lead duo. Fuller continued to dog Preece as Rocco faded back several car lengths behind. Fuller never lost the back bumper of Preece; but, could not muster up a real assault on the leader over the final laps.
Mike O’Sullivan of Springfield, MA, commandeered the Super Late Model feature for a dominating victory. O’Sullivan passed pole sitter Jim Banfield to take the lead early. Point leader Jeff Connors was running strong inside the top-three when his #51 went up in smoke to bring out the caution. O’Sullivan was pitted against Derek Ramstrom on the restart on lap four. O’Sullivan easily motored back into the lead. Ramstrom fell into the clutches of Larry Gelinas. The Buxton, ME native was able to drive around to move into the second spot.
Mike Stefanik took a position from Banfield to ride in fourth with George Bessette in tow. Ramstrom found new life getting along side Gelinas to battle for second. O’Sullivan gained some distance over the battle for second. Ramstrom hounded Gelinas for a pair of laps before moving back into the second spot. Stefanik now chased Gelinas.
Ramstrom continued to stretch his advantage over third but could do little to cut into the lead O’Sullivan had amassed. With five laps remaining, O’Sullivan enjoyed a comfortable lead over Ramstrom. Gelinas was being pursued by Stefanik while Bessette and Banfield ran nose-to-tail. The running order would go unchanged to the checkers as O’Sullivan cruised to the victory. Ramstrom had to settle for the second spot. Gelinas held off Stefanik. Bessette edged Banfield for a top-five finish.
Tommy O’Sullivan of Springfield, MA, battled his way to his fourth Late Model feature win of the season. Phil Rondeau capitalized on his pole starting position to set the pace in the early going. Behind the leader Damon Tinio, Mike Scorzelli, John Materas and T. O’Sullivan jockeyed for position. Rick Gentes lurked just outside of the top five. Previous feature winner John Falconi was sent ricocheting twice in the opening five laps. On both occasions the #10 went sliding through the infield to take Falconi out of contention.
Upfront the heated battled boiled over when Materas spun from the fourth position. The former champ did a 360 to keep going with the race remaining green. T. O’Sullivan was picking off positions one-by-one during the extended green-flag run. He went by Scorzelli, and then Tinio. At the halfway marker, T. O’Sullivan was the new leader; easily over-taking Rondeau. In the closing laps, the best battle on the field was for third. Rondeau, Gentes and Palmisano went three-wide. Gentes came out of the pack in second leaving Palmisano and Rondeau to do battle.
T. O’Sullivan easily raced to the victory. Gentes crossed the line second followed by Rondeau and Palmisano. Following the event, Gentes was penalized for his involvement in the Materas spin. Rondeau was placed second followed by Palmisano, Tinio and a Corey Hutchings, making his first appearance of the year at Thompson.
Shawn Monahan of Waterford, CT returned to his winning ways on Thursday night in the Limited Sportsman division. Pole sitter Tom Shea led the opening lap with Joe Coates immediately moving into the second spot. Chris Douton, Art Moran III, and S. Monahan were also marching their way to the front. Douton began to put pressure on Coates for second while Monahan past Moran and into fourth. Shea ran out to a comfortable margin as the battling was hot and heavy from second position on back through the top-ten.
Coates began to get some distance in second as Monahan applied the pressure to Douton. He would take the position away on lap eight. Monahan immediately reeled in Coates as they went two-by-two behind with Sundeen and Douton racing hard for fourth while Dwayne Dorr and Moran locked horns for sixth.
A single lap later Monahan passed Coates for second. One lap later Monahan was about to make a pass on leader Shea when the caution came out for an incident involving John Carpenter. On the restart, Shea held on to the lead through turn three on lap 11. He lost the handle exiting turn four in an effort to hold off Monahan; spinning into the infield. The race stayed green with Monahan and Douton ducking it out for the lead. Monahan took the lead away in turn two on lap 12.
Once out front, Monahan checked out on a battle for second between Coates and Douton. Dorr continued to make tracks toward the front taking positions away from Sundeen and Moran. Dorr ran out of time when the checkers flew on Monahan for his sixth Limited Sportsman feature win of the season. Coates turned in a solid performance to finish second. Douton held off the challenges of Dorr and Moran completed the top five.
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