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08-15-2013, 11:10 PM
Santos Checkers Bud 150
It was a night of repeat winners and new point leaders in Thursday Night Thompson Thunder (TNTT). Woody Pitkat led the NASCAR Whelen All American Series action with a come-from-behind win in the Sunoco Modified division. Glenn Boss, Cam McDermott, Joe Baxter, and Bill McNeil also won their division feature events. In NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour action, Bobby Santos, III dominated the action and won the extended distance Bud 150 on a green-white-checker finish.
Santos took the early lead in the Whelen Modified Tour’s Bud 150 and commanded the field until caution slowed the pace at lap 25 for a backstretch accident involving Bryon Chew and Rick Fuller. Santos continued his dominance on the restart and led by half-a-straightaway until caution came out again at lap 109. The entire field came down pit road during the caution period. Santos stalled his machine when trying to exit his pit stall allowing Todd Szegedy to beat him out and take over the lead. Santos was relegated to sixth for the restart. Szegedy’s time out front didn’t last as he went high in turn two and brushed the wall on the restart paving the way for Justin Bonsignore to lead the field. On the restart, Santos rocketed right back to the lead before caution slowed the pace again. Bonsignore got the lead back for the restart and held off Santos until lap 134 when Santos got by in the middle of turn three and four. A caution set up a lap 141 restart with Santos leading the field into turn one. Donny Lia and Rowan Pennink rounded out the top-three. Caution flew at lap 148 and set up a green-white-checker finish, but a front stretch accident quickly saw a halt to the race. Pennink got hit from behind and flipped front to back until he was back on his tires. The driver was able to walk away from the accident. The race resumed at lap 157 with Santos in the lead, and despite Donny Lia’s challenges, Santos went on to win his second of the 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season.
An early-race accident didn’t deter Woody Pitkat from victory in Sunoco Modified action. Pitkat came from the rear of the field after a lap one accident to inherit the lead at lap 24. Pitkat held off Dennis Perry on a late-race restart en route to the checkered flag and the point lead.
Paul Newcomb headed into turn one as the leader, but a tangle between Pitkat and John Catania brought the race under caution before the first lap was complete. Dennis Perry hung with Newcomb on the restart and grabbed the lead coming out of turn two. Ryan Preece made his presence known by taking over the second position using the bottom groove. Preece then drove underneath Perry on lap three and battled side-by-side with him for a full circuit before settling in out front coming out of turn two.
A caution at lap six tightened the field up, but it was not stopping Preece, who jumped right back out front. Todd Ceravolo maneuvered his machine into second followed by the hard-charging Keith Rocco, who was filling Ceravolo’s rear-view mirror. On lap 10, Ceravolo got high in turn two enabling Rocco to move into second and set his sights on Preece, who was leading by a comfortable ten car length advantage.
Further back in the field, Pitkat was proving to be a factor as he maneuvered around Ceravolo for the fourth spot. Up front, Rocco had reeled in Preece by lap 16 and was attached to his rear bumper as he looked for a way around. Preece, however, was not shaken by the pressure and continued to hold him off.
The race took a dramatic turn of events on lap 24 when the leaders came around turn one only to have a lapped car in the middle of the track. Preece didn’t have enough time to react and he had nowhere to go but into the wall. Rocco was collected as well and the duo both had significant damage.
Pitkat inherited the lead for the restart with Perry on the outside groove. Pitkat held off his challenges and drove to the front heading into turn two. Kerry Malone settled in third. Rocco, involved in the accident, was up to eighth and on the move. Meanwhile, Pitkat put some distance over the rest of the field, and despite the battles behind him, drove on to the checkered flag.
Glenn Boss emerged the leader from a three-wide battle on a restart and went on to win the Late Model 25-lap feature in dominating fashion. The victory also catapults Boss to the top of the point standings.
Marc Curtis, Jr. rocketed to the front at the drop of the green flag, but it was deemed a false start and they had to do it all over again. On the restart, Curtis and Chad LaBastie were in a tight race for the lead when an accident emerged in turn three involving John Lowinski-Loh and Randy Tucker that brought out the red flag for an extensive clean up.
Curtis drove to the lead again on the restart, but LaBastie and Glenn Boss made it a three-wide battle coming out of turn four with LaBastie taking the lead. Boss stayed right underneath LaBastie as the two came to the line with Boss holding only a slight advantage. On lap four, Boss cleared LaBastie once and for all and pulled ahead to a three-car length advantage before a caution slowed the action.
Boss led the field into turn one on the restart with LaBastie and Curtis side-by-side for the second spot. LaBastie got caught on the outside groove and lost the position to Curtis by a nose. LaBastie fought back, but Curtis continued to keep the advantage. LaBastie finally got ahead and settled into the second position as the field went single file by lap 10.
At the halfway mark, Boss held a half-a-straightaway advantage over the rest of the field, and a caution-free second half allowed him to never look back as he took the checkered flag for the third time this season.
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It was a night of repeat winners and new point leaders in Thursday Night Thompson Thunder (TNTT). Woody Pitkat led the NASCAR Whelen All American Series action with a come-from-behind win in the Sunoco Modified division. Glenn Boss, Cam McDermott, Joe Baxter, and Bill McNeil also won their division feature events. In NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour action, Bobby Santos, III dominated the action and won the extended distance Bud 150 on a green-white-checker finish.
Santos took the early lead in the Whelen Modified Tour’s Bud 150 and commanded the field until caution slowed the pace at lap 25 for a backstretch accident involving Bryon Chew and Rick Fuller. Santos continued his dominance on the restart and led by half-a-straightaway until caution came out again at lap 109. The entire field came down pit road during the caution period. Santos stalled his machine when trying to exit his pit stall allowing Todd Szegedy to beat him out and take over the lead. Santos was relegated to sixth for the restart. Szegedy’s time out front didn’t last as he went high in turn two and brushed the wall on the restart paving the way for Justin Bonsignore to lead the field. On the restart, Santos rocketed right back to the lead before caution slowed the pace again. Bonsignore got the lead back for the restart and held off Santos until lap 134 when Santos got by in the middle of turn three and four. A caution set up a lap 141 restart with Santos leading the field into turn one. Donny Lia and Rowan Pennink rounded out the top-three. Caution flew at lap 148 and set up a green-white-checker finish, but a front stretch accident quickly saw a halt to the race. Pennink got hit from behind and flipped front to back until he was back on his tires. The driver was able to walk away from the accident. The race resumed at lap 157 with Santos in the lead, and despite Donny Lia’s challenges, Santos went on to win his second of the 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season.
An early-race accident didn’t deter Woody Pitkat from victory in Sunoco Modified action. Pitkat came from the rear of the field after a lap one accident to inherit the lead at lap 24. Pitkat held off Dennis Perry on a late-race restart en route to the checkered flag and the point lead.
Paul Newcomb headed into turn one as the leader, but a tangle between Pitkat and John Catania brought the race under caution before the first lap was complete. Dennis Perry hung with Newcomb on the restart and grabbed the lead coming out of turn two. Ryan Preece made his presence known by taking over the second position using the bottom groove. Preece then drove underneath Perry on lap three and battled side-by-side with him for a full circuit before settling in out front coming out of turn two.
A caution at lap six tightened the field up, but it was not stopping Preece, who jumped right back out front. Todd Ceravolo maneuvered his machine into second followed by the hard-charging Keith Rocco, who was filling Ceravolo’s rear-view mirror. On lap 10, Ceravolo got high in turn two enabling Rocco to move into second and set his sights on Preece, who was leading by a comfortable ten car length advantage.
Further back in the field, Pitkat was proving to be a factor as he maneuvered around Ceravolo for the fourth spot. Up front, Rocco had reeled in Preece by lap 16 and was attached to his rear bumper as he looked for a way around. Preece, however, was not shaken by the pressure and continued to hold him off.
The race took a dramatic turn of events on lap 24 when the leaders came around turn one only to have a lapped car in the middle of the track. Preece didn’t have enough time to react and he had nowhere to go but into the wall. Rocco was collected as well and the duo both had significant damage.
Pitkat inherited the lead for the restart with Perry on the outside groove. Pitkat held off his challenges and drove to the front heading into turn two. Kerry Malone settled in third. Rocco, involved in the accident, was up to eighth and on the move. Meanwhile, Pitkat put some distance over the rest of the field, and despite the battles behind him, drove on to the checkered flag.
Glenn Boss emerged the leader from a three-wide battle on a restart and went on to win the Late Model 25-lap feature in dominating fashion. The victory also catapults Boss to the top of the point standings.
Marc Curtis, Jr. rocketed to the front at the drop of the green flag, but it was deemed a false start and they had to do it all over again. On the restart, Curtis and Chad LaBastie were in a tight race for the lead when an accident emerged in turn three involving John Lowinski-Loh and Randy Tucker that brought out the red flag for an extensive clean up.
Curtis drove to the lead again on the restart, but LaBastie and Glenn Boss made it a three-wide battle coming out of turn four with LaBastie taking the lead. Boss stayed right underneath LaBastie as the two came to the line with Boss holding only a slight advantage. On lap four, Boss cleared LaBastie once and for all and pulled ahead to a three-car length advantage before a caution slowed the action.
Boss led the field into turn one on the restart with LaBastie and Curtis side-by-side for the second spot. LaBastie got caught on the outside groove and lost the position to Curtis by a nose. LaBastie fought back, but Curtis continued to keep the advantage. LaBastie finally got ahead and settled into the second position as the field went single file by lap 10.
At the halfway mark, Boss held a half-a-straightaway advantage over the rest of the field, and a caution-free second half allowed him to never look back as he took the checkered flag for the third time this season.
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