Stafford Speedway SK Light and Dare Results from 5-15-15

                                 

                                                      Posted by Wayne G. Barber

In the 20-lap SK Light feature event, a spin in turn 1 on the first lap collected the cars of Nick Salva, Rit Dulac, and Glenn Griswold and brought the caution out.  Todd Douillard took the lead on the restart with Daniel Wesson in second.  Wesson got a bit out of shape in turn 2, but he gathered the car back up and maintained second place.  Stephen Kopcik moved into third, with Matt Swanson in fourth and Kyle Jette was fifth, just in front of Tony Membrino, Jr. 

Membrino and Jette were side by side for fifth place with Membrino taking the spot on lap-4.  Douillard had pulled out to a comfortable lead with Wesson’s slide on the opening lap, but Wesson ran Douillard down and he made a pass for the lead on lap-7.  Kopcik was still third, but Membrino was now up to fourth with Swanson behind him in fifth.

The order changed again on lap-11 as Membrino and Kopcik both got by Douillard to move into second and third.  Membrino and Kopcik then waged a side by side duel for a lap before Membrino moved into second on lap-14.  Wesson had a 1.5 second lead that was erased by the caution for a spin by Jette.

Membrino got a good run on the outside of Wesson to take the lead on the restart.  Wesson touched the dirt coming out of turn 2 that got his car slightly out of shape and allowed Kopcik to move into second.  Joey Ferrigno was side by side with Douillard in a fight for fourth place behind Wesson as Membrino and Kopcik were running nearly identical lap times at the front.  Douillard shot up the track in turn 4 and lost several spots but it was all Membrino at the front of the field as he took down his second consecutive win.  Kopcik finished second, with Wesson, Ferrigno, and Swanson rounding out the top 5

SK LIGHT MODIFIED (20)

1) Tony Membrino, Jr., Plantsville

2) Stephen Kopcik, Newtown

3) Daniel Wesson, Monson, Ma

4) Joey Ferrigno, East Hartford

5) Matt Swanson, Acton, Ma

6) Geoff Boisjolie, East Hampton, Ma

7) Payton Henry, Willington

8) Kyle Jette, New Milford

9) Bob Charland, Stafford

10) Jay Goff, Stafford Springs

11) Wesley Prucker, Stafford

12) Paul French, Andover

13) Mark Alkas, Berlin

14) Nick Salva, Prospect

15) Rit Dulac, Plantsville

16) Todd Douillard, Palmer, Ma

17) Albert Wisialko, Westwood, Ma

18) D.J. Burnham, East Hartford

19) Kyle Trayner, Marlborough, Ma

20) Carlos Gray, Manchester

21) Glenn Griswold, Vernon

 

In the 20-lap Xtra Mart Xtra D DARE Stock feature event, Marcello Rufrano led the field to the green but he was turned around into the frontstretch wall to bring the caution out.

On the restart, Alexandra Fearn took the lead with Frank L’Etoile, Jr. moving into second.  Trace Beyer was on the move early on, moving up to third, with Dan Dembek fourth and Tyler Trott was up to fifth.  Fearn initially pulled out to a several car length lead but by lap-3, L’Etoile was on her back bumper and he made a move in turn 3 to take over the lead.  Beyer followed in L’Etoile’s tire tracks but was unable to make the pass as Fearn remained in second.  The caution came back out with 6 laps complete for a spin in turn 1 by Doug Phelps that erased the lead that L’Etoile had built up over Fearn and Dembek.

L’Etoile took the lead back under green with Dembek moving into second.  Trott moved into third with Beyer fourth as Fearn fell back to fifth.  As the cars completed 10 laps, the caution came out for a spin by Chris Bagnall.

L’Etoile again took the lead back under green with Dembek holding off a challenge from Trott.  Zack Robinson and Fearn came together with Fearn getting loose in turn 1 and then Robinson spun in turn 3 from contact from Fearn.  Both cars were able to continue and the race stayed green with both Robinson and Fearn receiving black flags. 

Up front, Dembek had taken the lead from L’Etoile with Trott and Beyer right on L’Etoile’s bumper in a 4-way duel for the lead as the cars completed 16 laps.  Dembek led the cars back to the checkered flag to pick up his second win of the season.  Trott made a move on the final lap to take second with L’Etoile, Beyer, and Nicole Chambrello rounding out the top-5.

DARE STOCK (20)

1) Dan Dembek, Hampden, Ma

2) Tyler Trott, East Hartford

3) Frank L'Etoile, Jr., Wethersfield

4) Trace Beyer, West Dover, Vt

5) Nicole Chambrello, Kensington

6) David Macha, Sr., Columbia

7) Bryan Granger, Keene, Nh

8) Paul Bourdon, Jr., Jewett City

9) Zack Robinson, Putnam

10) Alexandra Fearn, East Longmeadow, Ma

11) Chris Bagnall, Norfolk

12) Doug Phelps, Jr., New Salem, Ma

13) Marcello Rufrano, North Haven

Source Stafford Speedway P/R Dept. Media