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09-11-2015, 11:38 PM
Preece, Fearn, Membrino, Saunders, Chambrello, & Hodgdon Score September 11 First Responders Appreciation Night Feature Wins at Stafford Speedway
Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with a First Responders Appreciation Night that recognized Fire, Police, EMS, and all First Responder personnel. Taking down weekly feature wins on the night were Ryan Preece in the SK Modified® feature, Tom Fearn in the Late Model feature, Tony Membrino, Jr. in the SK Light feature, Al Saunders in the Ltd. Late Model feature, Nicole Chambrello in the DARE Stock feature, and Teddy Hodgdon in the Legend Cars feature.
In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Joey Cipriano took the early lead with Ryan Preece quickly moving into second. Michael Gervais, Jr. was third with Todd Owen and Keith Rocco rounding out the top-5. The caution came out with 4 laps complete as Cam McDermott’s car was nearly stopped in turn 3.
Preece went around Cipriano to take over the lead on the restart with Gervias, Rocco, and Dan Avery making up the top-5. The action was slowed by the caution with 5 laps complete as Sean Foster and Tom Bolles spun in the middle of turns 3+4.
Preece took the lead back under green with Rocco moving into second. Cipriano was third while Ronnie Williams and Rowan Pennink were side by side for fourth. Pennink got the better of that duel and took over fourth as Preece was slowly starting to stretch out his lead over Rocco.
At the halfway point of the race, Preece had stretched his lead over Rocco to just over 1 second. Lined up in a train behind Rocco was Cipriano, Pennink, and Williams. The order shuffled on lap-21 as Cipriano pulled alongside Rocco for second and Pennink and Williams were side by side for fourth in what looked like a high speed pace lap before Preece’s large lead was erased by the caution with 22 laps complete as Todd Owen, Mike Christopher, Ted Christopher, Jay Sundeen, and Matt Gallo all made hard contact with the turn 3 wall.
Back under green Prece took the lead with Rocco taking second. Williams was looking for a way around Cipriano in the high groove for third and Eric Berndt and Woody Pitakt were side by side for fifth. Williams got clear of Cipriano and he then took second from Rocco while Pitkat got the best of his duel with Berndt to sit fifth with 10 laps to go in the race.
With 5 laps to go, Preece was still comfortably in front of Williams, who in turn was comfortably in front of a 5-car train of Cipriano, Rocco, Ptikat, Berndt, and Pennink. Preece cruised to his third win of the season with Williams, Cipriano, Pitkat, and Rocco rounding out the top-5.
In the 30-lap Late Model feature event, Rich Hammann took the early lead with Michael Wray behind him. Wray made a move to Hammann’s inside on lap-3 and he moved to the front. Josh Wood moved by Tom Butler after a side by side duel to take over third on lap-4. Wood then took the lead from Wray as they completed lap-5. Butler was third behind Wood and Wray with Tom Fearn streaking his way through the field to sit in fourth and Michael Bennett was fifth.
Fearn moved into third on lap-7 and Bennett got by Wray to move into fourth on lap-8. Butler’s car spun and got into the turn 2 wall to bring the caution out with 9 laps complete.
Wood took the lead on the restart but Fearn quickly made a move to his inside coming out of turn 4 and he had the lead at the line. They ran two laps side by side for the lead before the action was slowed for a spin by Butler coming out of turn 4.
Fearn took the lead back under green with Bennett moving up to second. Wood was third with Wray and Kevin Gambacorta rounding out the top-5. Bennett gave a tap to Fearn’s bumper and got his car slightly sideways, but Fearn was able to maintain his lead with Bennett still right behind him on lap-16.
Fearn and Bennett slowly pulled away from Wood in third and Bennett was never able to get closer than a car length as Fearn knocked down his 10th win of the 2015 season. Wood finished third, with Gambacorta and Michael Scorzelli rounding out the top-5.
In the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Glenn Griswold took the early lead and immediately began to pull away as Kyle Jette and Jay Goff were side by side for second. Goff got the better of that duel and took second on lap-5 while several cars got out of shape behind him. Tony Membrino, Jr. settled into fourth with Kyle Trayner in fifth. Membrino got around Goff to move into third on lap-7 and the next lap saw him pull alongside Jette in a fight for second. Several cars got together with Trayner limping his way back to the pits to bring the caution out with 8 laps complete and erase the large lead of Griswold.
Membrino got a great run on the outside of Griswold and he took the lead but that lead was erased by the caution flag as last week’s winner Daniel Wesson got into the turn 2 wall and came to a stop on the backstretch.
Membrino and Griswold resumed their side by side fight for the lead back under green but only 1 lap was completed before Jason Lafayette spun and collected the car of Wesson in turn 2 to bring the caution back out.
Membrino took the lead from Griswold on the restart and Jette was now side by side with Griswold for second. Nick Salva and D.J. Burnham were side by side for fourth with Stephen Kopcik right behind them in sixth. Membrino was starting to pull away from the side by side pack of cars. Jette got clear to second on lap-17 while Burnham had taken third. Burnham got around Jette to move into second on lap-18 and Salva tried to follow him by, but was now side by side with Jette for third as Membrino continued to extend his lead.
Membrino led the field back to the checkered flag to pick up his third win of the 2015 season. Salva got sideways in the last corner and fell back as Burnham, Jette, Kopcik, and Goff rounded out the top-5.
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Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with a First Responders Appreciation Night that recognized Fire, Police, EMS, and all First Responder personnel. Taking down weekly feature wins on the night were Ryan Preece in the SK Modified® feature, Tom Fearn in the Late Model feature, Tony Membrino, Jr. in the SK Light feature, Al Saunders in the Ltd. Late Model feature, Nicole Chambrello in the DARE Stock feature, and Teddy Hodgdon in the Legend Cars feature.
In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Joey Cipriano took the early lead with Ryan Preece quickly moving into second. Michael Gervais, Jr. was third with Todd Owen and Keith Rocco rounding out the top-5. The caution came out with 4 laps complete as Cam McDermott’s car was nearly stopped in turn 3.
Preece went around Cipriano to take over the lead on the restart with Gervias, Rocco, and Dan Avery making up the top-5. The action was slowed by the caution with 5 laps complete as Sean Foster and Tom Bolles spun in the middle of turns 3+4.
Preece took the lead back under green with Rocco moving into second. Cipriano was third while Ronnie Williams and Rowan Pennink were side by side for fourth. Pennink got the better of that duel and took over fourth as Preece was slowly starting to stretch out his lead over Rocco.
At the halfway point of the race, Preece had stretched his lead over Rocco to just over 1 second. Lined up in a train behind Rocco was Cipriano, Pennink, and Williams. The order shuffled on lap-21 as Cipriano pulled alongside Rocco for second and Pennink and Williams were side by side for fourth in what looked like a high speed pace lap before Preece’s large lead was erased by the caution with 22 laps complete as Todd Owen, Mike Christopher, Ted Christopher, Jay Sundeen, and Matt Gallo all made hard contact with the turn 3 wall.
Back under green Prece took the lead with Rocco taking second. Williams was looking for a way around Cipriano in the high groove for third and Eric Berndt and Woody Pitakt were side by side for fifth. Williams got clear of Cipriano and he then took second from Rocco while Pitkat got the best of his duel with Berndt to sit fifth with 10 laps to go in the race.
With 5 laps to go, Preece was still comfortably in front of Williams, who in turn was comfortably in front of a 5-car train of Cipriano, Rocco, Ptikat, Berndt, and Pennink. Preece cruised to his third win of the season with Williams, Cipriano, Pitkat, and Rocco rounding out the top-5.
In the 30-lap Late Model feature event, Rich Hammann took the early lead with Michael Wray behind him. Wray made a move to Hammann’s inside on lap-3 and he moved to the front. Josh Wood moved by Tom Butler after a side by side duel to take over third on lap-4. Wood then took the lead from Wray as they completed lap-5. Butler was third behind Wood and Wray with Tom Fearn streaking his way through the field to sit in fourth and Michael Bennett was fifth.
Fearn moved into third on lap-7 and Bennett got by Wray to move into fourth on lap-8. Butler’s car spun and got into the turn 2 wall to bring the caution out with 9 laps complete.
Wood took the lead on the restart but Fearn quickly made a move to his inside coming out of turn 4 and he had the lead at the line. They ran two laps side by side for the lead before the action was slowed for a spin by Butler coming out of turn 4.
Fearn took the lead back under green with Bennett moving up to second. Wood was third with Wray and Kevin Gambacorta rounding out the top-5. Bennett gave a tap to Fearn’s bumper and got his car slightly sideways, but Fearn was able to maintain his lead with Bennett still right behind him on lap-16.
Fearn and Bennett slowly pulled away from Wood in third and Bennett was never able to get closer than a car length as Fearn knocked down his 10th win of the 2015 season. Wood finished third, with Gambacorta and Michael Scorzelli rounding out the top-5.
In the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Glenn Griswold took the early lead and immediately began to pull away as Kyle Jette and Jay Goff were side by side for second. Goff got the better of that duel and took second on lap-5 while several cars got out of shape behind him. Tony Membrino, Jr. settled into fourth with Kyle Trayner in fifth. Membrino got around Goff to move into third on lap-7 and the next lap saw him pull alongside Jette in a fight for second. Several cars got together with Trayner limping his way back to the pits to bring the caution out with 8 laps complete and erase the large lead of Griswold.
Membrino got a great run on the outside of Griswold and he took the lead but that lead was erased by the caution flag as last week’s winner Daniel Wesson got into the turn 2 wall and came to a stop on the backstretch.
Membrino and Griswold resumed their side by side fight for the lead back under green but only 1 lap was completed before Jason Lafayette spun and collected the car of Wesson in turn 2 to bring the caution back out.
Membrino took the lead from Griswold on the restart and Jette was now side by side with Griswold for second. Nick Salva and D.J. Burnham were side by side for fourth with Stephen Kopcik right behind them in sixth. Membrino was starting to pull away from the side by side pack of cars. Jette got clear to second on lap-17 while Burnham had taken third. Burnham got around Jette to move into second on lap-18 and Salva tried to follow him by, but was now side by side with Jette for third as Membrino continued to extend his lead.
Membrino led the field back to the checkered flag to pick up his third win of the 2015 season. Salva got sideways in the last corner and fell back as Burnham, Jette, Kopcik, and Goff rounded out the top-5.
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