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.
SK MODIFIED® (40)
1) Ryan Preece, Berlin
2) Ronnie Williams, Tolland
3) Joseph Cipriano, Iii, Waterbury
4) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
5) Keith Rocco, Berlin
6) Eric Berndt, Cromwell
7) Rowan Pennink, Huntingdon Valley, Pa
8) Dan Avery, Somers
9) Jeff Baral, Plantsville
10) Jay Sundeen, Douglas, Ma
11) Chris Jones, New Milford
12) Tyler Hines, North Haven
13) Ted Christopher, Plainville
14) Michael Christopher, Jr., Wolcott
15) Matthew Gallo, Kensington
16) Todd Owen, Somers
17) Matthew Galko, Meriden
18) Michael Gervais, Jr., Southbury
19) Sean Foster, Willington
20) Thomas Bolles, Ellington
21) Keith Mcdermott, Scituate, Ri
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