Is there any hotter driver in New England than Keith Rocco ?

           

                                    Posted by Wayne G. Barber

In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Sean Foster took the early lead with Jeremy Sorel slotting into second.  Tyler Hines was third, with Dan Avery in fourth and Woody Pitkat was fifth.  Pitkat made a 3-wide move on lap-4 but fell back into line.  Ted Christopher spun in turn 4 to bring the caution out with 4 laps complete.

Sorel got a good run on the restart and he powered into the lead.  Avery took second with Matt Galko moving up to third.  Foster was fourth with Ryan Preece on his outside.  Preece quickly took the spot from Foster with Keith Rocco following Preece by Foster in the high groove.  Preece and Rocco continued to make the outside groove work for them as Preece was now up to second behind Sorel with Avery on his inside and Avery and Rocco were side by side for fourth.  All the side by side shuffling allowed Sorel to open up a slight lead as Avery and Preece were now side by side for second on lap-12 with Galko and Rocco side by side for fourth. 

Sorel continued to lead the race while it was still two-by-two between Avery and Preece and Galko and Rocco  behind them.  The caution came out with 17 laps complete for a spin by Justin Bonsignore coming out of turn 4 that erased Sorel’s lead.

Sorel again took the lead back under green with Preece moving into second.  Galko took third, with Woody Pitkat moving up to fourth and Avery running in fifth.  Rocco was sixth, just ahead of Glen Reen, Foster, and Joey Cipriano.  The caution came back out with 24 laps complete for a spin by Tommy Membrino, Jr.

Ronnie Williams came to a stop in turn 4 to bring the caution back out one lap after the restart.  Preece got around Sorel for the lead on the restart but Sorel spun to bring the caution out with 28 laps complete.

Pitkat got a great run on the outside of Preece to take over the lead on the restart.  The yellow came back out with 29 laps complete for spins on the backstretch by Tommy Membrino, Jr. and Ronnie Williams. 

Preece took the lead back under green with Galko moving into second.  Rocco went by Pitkat in the outside groove to take third on lap-31 and Avery was fifth.  Rocco continued to pick cars off in the outside groove as he got Galko for second on lap-32 and he was challenging Preece for the lead on lap-33.  Rocco had the lead at the line by a nose but Preece came back and had the lead at the line to complete lap-34.  Just as the field completed lap-34, the caution came out for a spin in turn 3 by Tyler Hines.Rocco got by Preece on the restart to take over the race lead while Galko and Pitkat were third and fourth.  Owen got around Avery to move into fifth but it was Rocco and Preece glued together at the front of the field with 3 laps to go.  Rocco held Preece off to the checkered flag to pick up his second win of the 2015 season.  Galko finished third, with Pitkat and Owen rounding out the top-5. Source Scott Running Stafford Speedway Media Press Release and track profile photos.

2nd Place Ryan Preece

 

3rd Place Matt Galko