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| Re-Cap Story by James Snape |
Starting on the outside pole certainly didn't hurt his effort as defending MRS champion Woody Pitkat of Sturbridge, Ma. over powered pole sitter Joe Doucette of Framingham,Ma. and led all fifty laps to record his first VMRS victory of the year.
"This win is for the team, coming into this year we had high hopes after our championship last year". He said, "The car was good all weekend, I've got to thank Kevin Stewart for letting us borrow a motor because we were having trouble with ours. I tried to get out front and pace our self and try to save. The cautions towards the end started to hurt me. I knew I was going to have my hands full and on that last restart, it was just two guys going as hard as they can to win the race. With two laps to go your doing what ever you can to win, unfortunately Steve (Masse) got up in the marbles, it sucked him in, that's the nature of the track here. All and all its a good night for us. I cant thank these guys enough for working so hard and sticking with me."
While Pitkat seemed to be in complete control, behind him the usual cast of characters gave the race fans plenty of action. Richard Savary of Canton,Ma and Keith Rocco of Berlin,Ct raced each other hard, swapping the runner up position until Savary raced past Rocco and set his sights on race leader Pitkat. But Rocco had other plans and on lap sixteen Rocco drilled Savary's #99 in turn three taking him out of contention for the win. That incident also collected Dylan Kopec of Palmer,Ma and David Schneider of Northport,NY.
When racing resumed Jon McKennedy of Chelmsford,Ma Steve Masse of Belingham,Ma and Anthony Nocella of Woburn,Ma became the next combatants for a shot at the win. Masse, running a limited schedule, charged into second place and glued himself to Pitkat's rear bumper looking for the opportunity to out run the leader. With five laps to go that opportunity would come when caution came for a minor spin by Sam Rameau of Westminster,Ma.
When the green flew Pitkat and Masse ran door to door into turn one where the two slid up the track and Masse made contact with the wall as Pitkat roared away followed by McKennedy who took advantage of Masse's misfortune. McKennedy closed the gap between himself and Pitkat but came up 0.089 seconds short.
Nocella turned in his usual outstanding performance coming from the fifth row, protecting his equipment and finishing third on the podium. "It was kind of interesting there. We were good in practice and the heat and we made adjustments we thought we needed. We got stuck on the bottom the first 3 or 4 restarts, that didnt help. I kept getting stuck behind guys and loosing spots but kept working our way forward getting to third and tried to run down the leaders. Yellow came out and I got stuck on the bottom again which hurt, then I got run up the track but came back to third. Running fifty laps here, we had to run hard which was good for the fans" Nocella commented.
Dave Ethridge of Portland,Ct. and Geoff Gernhard of Bozrah,Ct. rounded out the top five. Sixth thru tenth were Ronnie Williams, Jeffrey Gallup, Chris Pasteryak, Matt Mead, Troy Talman.
Summary
Track-Thompson Speedway- Thompson,Ct.
Race-Sunoco World Series Presented By Xtra Mart- VMRS 50 Laps
Margin of Victory-0.089
Best Lap Time- 18.785
Best Speed-119.776
Best Lap By-#57 - Keith Rocco
Lap Leader- 1-50- #52-Woody Pitkat
Cautions-6-Laps 7,8,16,38,44,44
Finish
1 52 Woody Pitkat
2 29 Jon Mckennedy
3 92 Anthony Nocella
4 34 Dave Ethridge
5 11 Geoff Gernhard
6 79 Ronnie Willams
7 4 Jeffrey Gallop
8 15ct Chris Pasteryak
9 77 Matt Mead
10 3ma Troy Talman
11 33 Rob Richardi
12 16 Colbey Fournier
13 55 Joe Doucette
14 M6 Dylan Kopec
15 117 Donnie Lashua
16 57 Keith Rocco
17 99 Richard Savary
18 93 George Sherman
19 22 Roy Seidell Jr
20 16ct Eric Berndt
21 45 Dan Meservey Jr
22 13 Steve Masse
23 04 Brandon Dion
24 6 Samuel Rameau
25 31 Anthony Flannery
26 38ct Nick Ladyga
27 19 Dave Schneider
28 25 Rowan Pennink
29 15nh TJ Bleau
30 50 Carl Medieros Jr
31 76 Dennis Perry
32 38 Mike Willis Jr
Next Event- Lee USA Speedway, Oct. 23
Story by James Snape
Photos by Simply the Best, Crystal Snape
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