Kid Rock came into the race with a three way tie for 5 consecutive wins with Ted Christopher 2004 and the most recent Woody Pitkat in 2017. Now the certain New England Hall of Fame first round of eligibility member sits alone at 6 and can add to his record next Friday. The victory puts Rocco in second in career SK wins at Stafford with 49 and Teddy at the top with 109. Rocco has three SK weekly NASCAR track championships, 2007,2010,2017 In tonight's 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Chase Dowling led the first lap of the race but Joey Cipriano took the lead on lap-2 but the caution came out for spins on the backstretch by several cars, putting Dowling back up front for the restart.
Cipriano stayed even with Dowling on the restart and he got clear into the lead on lap-3. Tom Bolles and Michael Gervais, Jr. were side by side for third with Eric Berndt in fifth. Gervias went by both Bolles and Dowling on lap-5 to move into second while Bolles took third from Dowling. Berndt was now side by side with Dowling for fourth after nearly going 3-wide with Dowling and Bolles and he took that spot and then took third from Bolles on lap-8.
Keith Rocco was on the charge since the green flag and he moved into fifth on lap-10 and then took fourth from Bolles on lap-11. Todd Owen tried to follow Rocco by Bolles, but Bolles was able to hold him off. Owen made a pass on Bolles stick on lap-14 and he moved up to fifth as Cipriano continued to lead. Bolles and Zach Leone came together in turns 1+2 to bring the caution out with 14 laps complete.
Gervais briefly took the lead from Cipriano but Cipriano came back strong and got clear into the lead on lap-17. Ronnie Williams and Rocco were now side by side for third before the caution came out for Cory DiMatteo, who came to a stop sideways in the middle of turns 1+2.
Gervais took the lead on the restart with Cipriano and Rocco side by side for second. Cipriano got clear to second on lap-19 and he took the lead from Gervais on lap-20. Rocco was side by side Owen for third but he moved into second behind Cipriano and Gervais was back to third. Owen was in fourth with Williams right behind him in fifth. The top-5 got into single file on lap-24 with Rocco taking the lead from Cipriano while Gervais was leading Williams and Berndt in the chase for third.
Williams got by Gervais for third on lap-26 and Berndt pulled alongside Gervais in a fight for fourth as Cipriano was still glued to the back bumper of Rocco for the lead. Gervais and Berndt ran side by side until lap-30 when Berndt got clear into fourth behind Williams. Cipriano took a look to the inside of Rocco in turn 4 on lap-31 but fell back into line in second.
With 5 laps to go, Rocco, Cipriano, and Berndt were running nose to tail in a 3-car train for the lead with Williams, Gervais, and Rowan Pennink in a 3-car train for fourth behind the lead trio. Rocco took the checkered flag to pick up his fourth win in four starts this season and his sixth consecutive SK Modified® win dating back to the end of the 2017 season, setting a Stafford Speedway SK Modified® record for consecutive wins. Cipriano finished second with Berndt, Williams, and Gervais making up the top-5.Source: Stafford Speedway Scott Running Media Press Release and Wayne G.Barber Library Files
SK MODIFIED® (40)
1) Keith Rocco, Berlin 2018 (4) wins (49) career at Stafford Speedway
2) Joey Cipriano, Waterbury
3) Eric Berndt, Cromwell
4) Ronnie Williams, Tolland
5) Michael Gervais, Jr., Southbury
6) Rowan Pennink, Huntingdon Valley, Pa
7) Troy Talman, Oxford, Ma
8) Michael Christopher, Jr., Wolcott
9) Todd Owen, Somers
10) Chase Dowling, Roxbury
11) Tyler Hines, North Haven
12) Tony Membrino, Jr., Berlin
13) David Arute, Stafford Springs
14) Tom Bolles, Ellington
15) D.J. Burnham, East Hartford
16) Dan Wesson, Monson, Ma
17) Matt Galko, Meriden
18) Cory DiMatteo, Farmington
19) Tommy Membrino, Jr., Prospect
20) Stephen Kopcik, Newtown
21) Matt Vassar, Plantsville
22) Josh Wood, Palmer, Ma
23) Doug Meservey, Jr., Chatham, Ma
24) Zach Leone, Shrewsbury, Ma
25) Tyler Jones, New Milford
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