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09-25-2011, 04:12 PM
Rocco claims record 11th win of year in SK Mods;
Stone, Canfield, Correll capture NWAAS wins;
Stoehr and Nocella in NEMA Victory Lane
Waterford, CT (September 24, 2011) – NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
racing returned to Waterford Speedbowl Saturday evening, as it hosted four
divisions of NASCAR action plus the NEMA Midgets and NEMA Lites. Keith
Rocco padded his point lead and picked up his 11th feature win of the year
in the SK Modifieds®. Also scoring victories on the night were Al Stone,
who won his sixth Street Stock feature of the season, Charles Canfield
notched his first career victory in the Mini Stocks and Chris Correll
captured his first career SK Light Modified checkered flag. In the
touring NEMA races, Russ Stoehr won for the second time at the Speedbowl
in 2011 while Anthony Nocella scored victory in the companion NEMA Lite
feature race.
The 35-lap SK Modified® feature saw two-time winner on the year Glenn
Pressel III on the pole. He led the opening two laps with Shawn Solomito
moving to second. Caution waved before lap-3 was complete as newcomer
William Schneider had a left front tire down on his car, halting him in
turn four.
When the race went back to green flag only one more lap could be completed
before a four-car incident on the back chute collected Diego Monahan, Joe
Perry, Wendell Dailey and Bob Georgiades. The single lap scored as
complete saw Nichole Morgillo move to second position past Solomito. Jeff
Pearl was also able to get by Solomito to settle into third.
After the lap-3 restart, Pressel led over Morgillo, who tucked in line
behind the leader. Pearl held third ahead of Rocco who was up to fourth.
Those four stayed nose to tail until lap-8 when Rocco jumped to Pearl’s
outside. He spent the next two laps there before he was able to pull
ahead and alongside Morgillo’s outside for second position on lap-10.
Morgillo held her ground and Rocco could not make the move work, tucking
into third position behind her on lap-12. Pearl was still in fourth while
Rob Janovic Jr. and Tyler Chadwick battled for fifth.
On lap-14 the excitement picked up at the front of the field. Contact
between Morgillo and Pressel sent those cars high through turns three and
four. Rocco and Pearl both got by as the top two saved their cars from
further trouble. The new top duo of Rocco and Pearl opened up a lead over
Pressel who had recovered to hang on to third. Caution on lap-20 for a
spin by John Bergenty brought the race back under yellow.
Rocco got the jump on Pearl to turn one on the restart. Chadwick was able
to get past both Morgillo and Pressel by lap-24 to claim third position.
Caution came back out when Solomito spun on lap-25 in turn one. On the
next restart, Rocco again got away from Pearl by turn one while Chadwick
challenged the inside of Pearl, able to take over the runner-up spot on
lap-26.
Rocco had to survive four more restart attempts over the final nine laps
in a race plagued by caution periods. Chadwick ran strong to place second
while Pearl was quick all evening to take third ahead of Rob Janovic.
Mark Bakaj stayed out of trouble all race to claim fifth.
The 25-lap Street Stock feature saw a sloppy start with four caution flags
in the opening five laps keeping things at a crawl. Pole sitter Shawn
Monahan as well as early leader Tommy Silva both encountered troubles that
handed the lead over to Stone for a restart on lap-5. Once positioned at
the front of the field, Stone was able to pull out to the lead. Once the
field settled in for the final 20-lap run to the checkered flag, the
racing action proved to be great.
Stone led with last week’s winner Chris Meyer holding second. Third was a
hot seat as Brandon Plemons held the spot first, however Josh Galvin was
pressuring him. Galvin looked outside before using the inside lane to get
by Plemons Behind them, Walt Hovey and Dwayne Dorr were locked in a
battle for fifth. Galvin was momentarily able to take third before
Plemons battled back to take third again at halfway. Hovey got clear of
Dorr with Ed Puleo also making his way by Dorr. Ahead of them it was
Galvin again swapping spots with Plemons on lap-15 in the duel for third.
Out front Stone was unchallenged. His lead was five lengths over Meyer,
who had breathing room over Galvin who got away from the pack in third.
Hovey chased down Plemons and moved to his inside for fourth. They spent
laps sparring for the spot before Hovey was cemented in the spot. Plemons
tucked into fifth ahead of Puleo. The race would finish without caution
and the top five held position through the checkered flag.
The green-to-checkered flag Mini Stock race was led to green by Canfield.
Benefitted by his great starting position at the front of the competitive
division, Canfield bolted out to the lead in the 25-lapper. Ray Christian
settled in behind Canfield, challenging him on lap-7 before contact with
the backstretch wall resulted in a right front tire flat on Christian’s
car, sending him to the infield to retire from his good early run. That
bumped championship point leader Glenn Colvin to second behind Canfield.
Chris Williams held down third over last week’s winner Phil Evans.
Evans made a move by Williams into third while Ken Cassidy was up to
fifth. Cassidy got by Williams who began to fall back, giving up fifth
position to Nick Pappacoda while Cassidy set sail on the top three as the
race moved past halfway.
Colvin stalked Canfield out front while five lengths back Evans had his
hands full with Cassidy. Colvin was able to inch his way to Canfield’s
outside, nudging ahead into the lead on lap-16. Once Colvin cleared
Canfield through turns one and two, Canfield made a crossover move to get
back inside Colvin in turns three and four, hungry for his first victory.
Canfield’s move prevailed and he was back out front. Cassidy was able to
find room alongside Evans to move up to third.
The race finished with Colvin chasing Canfield to the checkered flag.
Cassidy claimed third but ran out of time to challenge the top two. Evans
was fourth with Pappacoda nailing down fifth at the stripe.
A rough and tumble 25-lap SK Light Modified feature saw Greg Moran Sr.
move out to the lead outside pole sitter Corey Larson. Correll was
positioned in third when Larson pulled out of line to get under Moran down
the back chute on lap-4. Correll moved up to second around Moran’s inside
on lap-5, bringing Tyler Jackson, Bob Charland and John Bergenty into the
top-five behind him as Moran slipped back. Caution came out on lap-12 as
points leader Paul French found the tire barrier in turn four. French was
able to continue after repairs. Moran joined French on pit road
surrendering his position on the track.
Correll jumped to the lead outside of Larson when racing resumed. Jackson
catapulted to second when Bergenty and Larson had contact in turn three to
shuffle the field. The jostling caused Chris Ignazio to make contact and
cut down a right front tire on his machine, which came to rest in turn two
to return the race to caution.
Correll took back over on the restart with Bergenty getting by Jackson’s
inside to second position as the field completed lap-14. On lap-15,
Larson went spinning in turn two with French making contact. Moran got
sent through the wet infield and caution was back over the field.
Jackson was sent to the rear for improper restarts on the next two
attempts to return the race to the green flag, bumping Bergenty to second.
The fifth and final caution period came out on lap 20 when Jackson,
trying to come back through the field, pushed high out of turn four to
make hard contact with the frontstretch wall. Moran piled up and over
Jackson with nowhere to go. The incident drew the red flag. The race was
red-checkered with five laps remaining for the lengthy cleanup. Correll
was handed his first career win in the division, tightening up the point
standings behind French. Bergenty, Charland, Ignazio and Alan Benincaso
completed the top-five finishers.
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Stone, Canfield, Correll capture NWAAS wins;
Stoehr and Nocella in NEMA Victory Lane
Waterford, CT (September 24, 2011) – NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
racing returned to Waterford Speedbowl Saturday evening, as it hosted four
divisions of NASCAR action plus the NEMA Midgets and NEMA Lites. Keith
Rocco padded his point lead and picked up his 11th feature win of the year
in the SK Modifieds®. Also scoring victories on the night were Al Stone,
who won his sixth Street Stock feature of the season, Charles Canfield
notched his first career victory in the Mini Stocks and Chris Correll
captured his first career SK Light Modified checkered flag. In the
touring NEMA races, Russ Stoehr won for the second time at the Speedbowl
in 2011 while Anthony Nocella scored victory in the companion NEMA Lite
feature race.
The 35-lap SK Modified® feature saw two-time winner on the year Glenn
Pressel III on the pole. He led the opening two laps with Shawn Solomito
moving to second. Caution waved before lap-3 was complete as newcomer
William Schneider had a left front tire down on his car, halting him in
turn four.
When the race went back to green flag only one more lap could be completed
before a four-car incident on the back chute collected Diego Monahan, Joe
Perry, Wendell Dailey and Bob Georgiades. The single lap scored as
complete saw Nichole Morgillo move to second position past Solomito. Jeff
Pearl was also able to get by Solomito to settle into third.
After the lap-3 restart, Pressel led over Morgillo, who tucked in line
behind the leader. Pearl held third ahead of Rocco who was up to fourth.
Those four stayed nose to tail until lap-8 when Rocco jumped to Pearl’s
outside. He spent the next two laps there before he was able to pull
ahead and alongside Morgillo’s outside for second position on lap-10.
Morgillo held her ground and Rocco could not make the move work, tucking
into third position behind her on lap-12. Pearl was still in fourth while
Rob Janovic Jr. and Tyler Chadwick battled for fifth.
On lap-14 the excitement picked up at the front of the field. Contact
between Morgillo and Pressel sent those cars high through turns three and
four. Rocco and Pearl both got by as the top two saved their cars from
further trouble. The new top duo of Rocco and Pearl opened up a lead over
Pressel who had recovered to hang on to third. Caution on lap-20 for a
spin by John Bergenty brought the race back under yellow.
Rocco got the jump on Pearl to turn one on the restart. Chadwick was able
to get past both Morgillo and Pressel by lap-24 to claim third position.
Caution came back out when Solomito spun on lap-25 in turn one. On the
next restart, Rocco again got away from Pearl by turn one while Chadwick
challenged the inside of Pearl, able to take over the runner-up spot on
lap-26.
Rocco had to survive four more restart attempts over the final nine laps
in a race plagued by caution periods. Chadwick ran strong to place second
while Pearl was quick all evening to take third ahead of Rob Janovic.
Mark Bakaj stayed out of trouble all race to claim fifth.
The 25-lap Street Stock feature saw a sloppy start with four caution flags
in the opening five laps keeping things at a crawl. Pole sitter Shawn
Monahan as well as early leader Tommy Silva both encountered troubles that
handed the lead over to Stone for a restart on lap-5. Once positioned at
the front of the field, Stone was able to pull out to the lead. Once the
field settled in for the final 20-lap run to the checkered flag, the
racing action proved to be great.
Stone led with last week’s winner Chris Meyer holding second. Third was a
hot seat as Brandon Plemons held the spot first, however Josh Galvin was
pressuring him. Galvin looked outside before using the inside lane to get
by Plemons Behind them, Walt Hovey and Dwayne Dorr were locked in a
battle for fifth. Galvin was momentarily able to take third before
Plemons battled back to take third again at halfway. Hovey got clear of
Dorr with Ed Puleo also making his way by Dorr. Ahead of them it was
Galvin again swapping spots with Plemons on lap-15 in the duel for third.
Out front Stone was unchallenged. His lead was five lengths over Meyer,
who had breathing room over Galvin who got away from the pack in third.
Hovey chased down Plemons and moved to his inside for fourth. They spent
laps sparring for the spot before Hovey was cemented in the spot. Plemons
tucked into fifth ahead of Puleo. The race would finish without caution
and the top five held position through the checkered flag.
The green-to-checkered flag Mini Stock race was led to green by Canfield.
Benefitted by his great starting position at the front of the competitive
division, Canfield bolted out to the lead in the 25-lapper. Ray Christian
settled in behind Canfield, challenging him on lap-7 before contact with
the backstretch wall resulted in a right front tire flat on Christian’s
car, sending him to the infield to retire from his good early run. That
bumped championship point leader Glenn Colvin to second behind Canfield.
Chris Williams held down third over last week’s winner Phil Evans.
Evans made a move by Williams into third while Ken Cassidy was up to
fifth. Cassidy got by Williams who began to fall back, giving up fifth
position to Nick Pappacoda while Cassidy set sail on the top three as the
race moved past halfway.
Colvin stalked Canfield out front while five lengths back Evans had his
hands full with Cassidy. Colvin was able to inch his way to Canfield’s
outside, nudging ahead into the lead on lap-16. Once Colvin cleared
Canfield through turns one and two, Canfield made a crossover move to get
back inside Colvin in turns three and four, hungry for his first victory.
Canfield’s move prevailed and he was back out front. Cassidy was able to
find room alongside Evans to move up to third.
The race finished with Colvin chasing Canfield to the checkered flag.
Cassidy claimed third but ran out of time to challenge the top two. Evans
was fourth with Pappacoda nailing down fifth at the stripe.
A rough and tumble 25-lap SK Light Modified feature saw Greg Moran Sr.
move out to the lead outside pole sitter Corey Larson. Correll was
positioned in third when Larson pulled out of line to get under Moran down
the back chute on lap-4. Correll moved up to second around Moran’s inside
on lap-5, bringing Tyler Jackson, Bob Charland and John Bergenty into the
top-five behind him as Moran slipped back. Caution came out on lap-12 as
points leader Paul French found the tire barrier in turn four. French was
able to continue after repairs. Moran joined French on pit road
surrendering his position on the track.
Correll jumped to the lead outside of Larson when racing resumed. Jackson
catapulted to second when Bergenty and Larson had contact in turn three to
shuffle the field. The jostling caused Chris Ignazio to make contact and
cut down a right front tire on his machine, which came to rest in turn two
to return the race to caution.
Correll took back over on the restart with Bergenty getting by Jackson’s
inside to second position as the field completed lap-14. On lap-15,
Larson went spinning in turn two with French making contact. Moran got
sent through the wet infield and caution was back over the field.
Jackson was sent to the rear for improper restarts on the next two
attempts to return the race to the green flag, bumping Bergenty to second.
The fifth and final caution period came out on lap 20 when Jackson,
trying to come back through the field, pushed high out of turn four to
make hard contact with the frontstretch wall. Moran piled up and over
Jackson with nowhere to go. The incident drew the red flag. The race was
red-checkered with five laps remaining for the lengthy cleanup. Correll
was handed his first career win in the division, tightening up the point
standings behind French. Bergenty, Charland, Ignazio and Alan Benincaso
completed the top-five finishers.
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