J.J. HILL WINS 3RD ANNUAL LATE MODEL 100 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY

The Late Model division took center stage at
Stafford Motor Speedway this past Friday night with the 3rd Annual Late
Model 100, the second extra distance event of the 2010 season. Joining the
Late Model 100 was Stafford’s SK Modifieds®, SK Light Modifieds, DARE
Stocks, and twin 20-lap Limited Late Model feature events. J.J. Hill was
the big winner of the evening, taking his first career victory in the
100-lap extra distance classic. Newly crowned NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series National Champion Keith Rocco took his 9th feature victory of the
2010 season in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Tommy Barrett, Jr.
took his 7th win of the 2010 season in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature,
Andrew Durand and Rob Dow were the winners of the 20-lap Limited Late Model
features, and Kyle Casagrande became the first three-time winner of the 2010
season in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.


In the 100-lap Late Model feature event, Tom Fearn took the lead at the
green with Scott Cook, Jim Peterson, Adam Gray, and Michael Bennett making
up the top-5. Woody Pitkat, who won the Lincoln Tech Late Model 100 back in
May at Stafford, spun and backed into the turn 1 wall with 3 laps complete
to bring the caution out. Pitkat was able to get back out on the track and
continue in the race.

Fearn took the lead back under gren with Gray moving into second. J.J. Hill
moved into third with Peterson falling back to fourth and Cook falling back
to fifth just in front of Bennett. Peterson’s car was leaking fluid on
lap-13 and he was brought to pit road for a consulation. With Peterson’s
misfortune bringing him to pit road, Cook was now in second place, a full
straighaway behind Fearn, who was setting sail while in the lead. Behind
Cook was a que of cars including Bennett, Ryan Posocco, Dillon Moltz, and
Wayne Coury, Jr.

The running order remained the same until lap-18 when Cook began to
backslide as Bennett, Posocco, Moltz, Coury, Corey Hutchings, Hill, and
Keith Rocco all went by to drop Cook from second back to ninth place.
The cars ran in line until the caution came out with 33 laps complete as
Dillon Moltz came to a stop in turn 2 after making contact with the wall.

Fearn took the lead on the restart, but Bennett was all over his back bumper
looking to make a pass for the lead. Posocco was third, with Coury fourth
and Hill in fifth. AS the field clicked off 40-laps on the scoreboard, the
top-4 cars of Fearn, Bennett, Posocco, and Coury were running nose to tail
with Rocco moving by Hill to take over the fifth position. Tommy Butler
went around in turn 4 to bring the caution back out with 45 laps complete.

Fearn was back into the lead on the restart with Bennett, Coury, Posocco,
and Cook making up the top-5. Hill was sixth, Corey Hutchings was seventh,
Rocco fell back to eighth, Jim Mavlouganes was ninth, and Tracy Brouillette
rounded out the top-5 at the half-way point of the race.

There was a mad scramble at the front of the field on lap-55 as Posocco slid
back several spots to eighth place behind Rocco. On lap-59 Cook made a move
to the inside of Coury to take over third place. With Coury stuck on the
outside, he fell back to eighth place as Hill, Hutchings, Rocco, and Posocco
all went by Coury.

The order shuffled again on lap-68 as Cook made a move to the inside of
Bennett to take over second. Cook continued his charge to the front as he
passed Fearn for the lead on lap-70. Hill moved into second behind Cook
with Hutchings third, Rocco fourth and Bennett fifth. Fearn fell back in
line in sixth, just ahead of Posocco in seventh place with 28 laps to go.
Hutchings spun in turn 2 with 79 laps complete to bring the caution out and
slow the field.

On the restart, Cook didn’t come up to speed right away which bottlenecked
the inside line as Hill powered into the lead. Fearn was now second with
Rocco, Bennett, and Pitkat behind him. Posocco was sixth just ahead of
Hutchings, with Cook falling back to eighth place.

With Hill out front, he was slowly pulling away from Fearn in second, who
had Rocco and Bennett to contend with. Hill led the final 21 laps and was
never challenged as he cruised to his first career victory ahead of Fearn,
Bennett, Posocco, and Rocco.

In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, Tom Bolles took the early race lead with
Jeff Baral hanging tough to his outside. Baral fell back into a side by
side duel with Jeff Malave for second with Malave taking the spot. With
Baral still on the outside, Curt Brainard was on the charge as he moved
alongside Baral with Dan Avery glued to his bumper.

Brainard and Baral were still side by side on lap-7 as Malave and Bolles
were pulling away. On lap-8 Malave looked to the low side of Bolles for the
race lead, but he wasn’t able to get to the front. Nichole Morgillo and
Michael Gervais, Jr. spun to bring the caution out with 9 laps complete just
as Malave was looking to take over the race lead.

Malave moved to the front on the restart with Baral taking second. Keith
Rocco made a strong move to take third place with Bolles falling back to
fourth place, just in front of Frank Ruocco. The caution came back out for
debris on the track with 12 laps complete.

Malave again took command on the restart with Rocco moving into second
place. Ruocco moved up to third, with Baral fourth and Zach Sylvester
moving into the fifth position. Rocco took the lead from Malave on lap-15
and his pass brought Ruocco alongside Malave for second. Morgillo spun in
turn 2 to bring the caution back out with 15 laps complete.

Rocco took the lead back under green with Ruocco and Malave dueling side by
side for second place. Ruocco took the position from Malave on lap-18 with
Baral and Sylvester behind them. Woody Pitkat and Josh Sylvester went
around in turn 4 with 18 laps complete to bring the caution out.

Rocco again took the lead ahead of Malave, who settled into line ahead of
Ruocco. Sylvester was now up to fourth with Ryan Preece moving by Baral to
take over the fifth position. Preece quickly worked his way by Sylvester
for fourth place, but the caution came out with 24 laps complete for a spin
by Keith Carzello.

Rocco kept the lead back under green with Ruocco getting by Malave for
second. The caution came back out with 25 laps complete as Curt Brainard
hit the turn 2 wall and several cars spun trying to avoid Brainard.

Rocco was the leader back under green with Preece moving into a side by side
duel with Ruocco for second. The two cars were side by side but the caution
came out for Bolles, who spun into the turn 2 wall to bring the yellow back
out with 29 laps complete.

Several cars including Todd Owen, Carzello, Kurt Lenanan, Morgillo, and
Raymond Grassetti went around in turn 3 on the restart to bring the yellow
back out. Preece went around on the next restart while trying to take the
lead from Rocco to keep the race under yellow flag conditions.

The field completed a lap before Josh Sylvester, Pitkat, and Chris Matthews
went into the turn 1 wall to bring the yellow back out.

Rocco was still out front back under green with Ruocco moving into second.
Malave was third, with Baral in fourth and Zach Sylvester was fifth. Ruocco
nearly had a pass for the lead, but he wasn’t able to get in front of Rocco.
Matt Gallo found the turn 1 wall with 35 laps complete to bring the yellow
back out.

Rocco took the lead but the shuffle behind him continued as Baral took
second with Ruocco to his outside. Avery was fourth and Zach Sylvester was
fifth, but the caution came back out with 37 laps complete for a spin by
Woody Pitakt in turn 2.

Rocco took the lead back under green with Ruocco moving into second. Ruocco
took a look to the inside of Rocco but couldn’t make the pass stick. As the
cars took the white flag, Ruocco made one last ditch effort in turn 3 and
got into the back of Rocco’s car and got him loose, but Rocco hung onto the
car and took the checkered flag for his 9th victory of the 2010 season.
Ruocco finished second, with Baral, Avery, and Zach Sylvester rounding out
the top-5.

In the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Zach Aszklar led the first
lap before Jay Goff took to the outside groove to move to the front of the
field. Heather DesRochers spun on lap-2 and collected Victoria Bergenty and
Earl Pelletier to bring the yellow out.

On the restart, a melee erupted with Dylan Liseo getting upside down and
sliding all the way down the frontstretch. Also collected were the cars of
Joey Cipriano, DesRochers, Pelletier, Todd Clark, SK Light points leader
Matt Galko, which brought the red flag out. All drivers were ok and walked
away.

Back under green Aszklar moved to the front with Goff, David Webb, Tommy
Barrett, Jr., and Ted Cain making up the top-5. Barrett wasted little time
in moving by Webb for third and he then set his sights on Goff. On lap-6,
Barrett moved by both Goff and Aszklar with a power move in turn 3 to come
out with the race lead. Webb moved into second as Aszklar fell back to
third after brushing the wall with Goff behind him.

Barrett began to pull away from Webb in second with Cipriano working his way
into fourth place on lap-13 with Goff ahead of him and Cain behind him.
Barrett went unchallenged to the checkered flag as he nailed down his 7th
win of the 2010 season. Webb came home in second, with Cipriano, Goff, and
Cain rounding out the top-5.

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