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06/20/2014 |
TODD SZEGEDY
WINS 2nd ANNUAL TOWN FAIR TIRE 80
AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY |
The
Valenti Modified Racing Series made its first of
three visits during the 2013 season to Stafford
Motor Speedway for the Inaugural VMRS 80. Taking the
checkered flag was former Stafford SK Modified®
regular and 2003 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
champion Todd Szegedy.
At the drop of the green flag, Ted Christopher set
into the race lead from the pole with Todd Szegedy
hot on his trail. The car on the move in the early
stages was Eric Goodale. Goodale started seventh and
he quickly worked his way into the top-5 and once he
was in the top-5 he set his sights on taking the
lead. Goodale was able to get around Christopher and
take over the race lead on lap-10. Christopher
continued to run second with Szegedy in third.
Szegedy would lose the third position to Keith Rocco
on lap-23 and Rowan Pennink, who made an early power
move to get as high as third, was running fifth.
At lap-30, the order was Goodale leading
Christopher, Rocco, Szegedy, and Pennink. Justin
Bonsignore was up to sixth with Anthony Nocella,
Timmy Solomito, Tom Abele, and Tommy Barrett, Jr.
rounding out the top-10. Richard Savary had a near
spin on the backstretch as he got out of shape a bit
on lap-32, but he managed to keep his car straight
and on track.
Goodale had built up a comfortable lead but
Christopher was beginning to erase that advantage as
the race neared the halfway point of 40-laps. The
top-2 cars had a margin of a half straightaway back
to the trio of Rocco, Szegedy, and Pennink. With 44
laps complete, Dave Schneider, Norm Wrenn, Mike
Willis, Jr., and Todd Owen spun coming out of turn 4
directly in front of Goodale, who had to stop to
avoid crashing into the spun cars. Goodale was able
to maintain the race lead for the restart.
On the restart, Christopher got a good run on the
outside of Goodale and he moved back to the race
lead for the first time since lap-9. Szegedy was
also on the outside of Goodale and he was trying to
take over second. Szegedy cleared Goodale after a
lap of side by side racing and now Rocco was on the
outside of Goodale and he got around Goodale to move
into third on lap-47.
Szegedy was now looking to make a move around
Christopher for the race lead. With Szegedy looking
for a way around Christopher, Rocco was looking for
a way to make a pass on Szegedy as the action at the
front of the pack was picking up in a hurry. The
caution came back out with 50 laps complete for
Dylan Kopec, who spun in turn 4.
The restart order was Christopher and Szegedy on the
front row, Rocco and Goodale in the second row,
Pennink and Barrett in the third row, Bonsignore and
Nocella in the fourth row, and Chris Pasteryak and
Richard Savary in the fifth row.
On the restart, Savary got into the turn 2 wall and
Matt Mead spun in turn 2 to bring the caution right
back out before a lap could be completed.
Back under green, Christopher took the lead with
Szegedy quickly slotting himself into second behind
Christopher. Rocco was third, with Goodale and
Pennink lined up behind him. Szegedy made a strong
move on lap-53, but Christopher was able to keep
Szegedy behind him. Szegedy made another strong move
on lap-58 to get alongside Christopher and he made
his move stick for the lead on lap-59. With Szegedy
now in front, he began to slowly pull away from
Christopher after riding behind him for so many
laps.
Szegedy was continuing to stretch out his advantage
over Christopher in the closing laps while Rocco was
applying heavy pressure to Christopher’s bumper in a
fight for second. Szegedy led the field back to the
checkered flag to pick up his first VMRS feature
victory. Christopher was able to hold off Rocco for
second, with Pennink and XXX rounding out the top-5.
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TOWN FAIR TIRE
VMRS 80 (80)
1) Todd Szegedy, Ridgefield
2) Ted Christopher, Plainville
3) Keith Rocco, Berlin
4) Rowan Pennink, Huntingdon Valley, PA
5) Eric Goodale, Wading River, NY
6) Tommy Barrett, Jr., Millis, MA
7) Justin Bonsignore, Islip, NY
8) Steve Masse, Bellingham, MA
9) Chris Pasteryak, Lisbon
10) Richard Savary, Canton, MA
11) Anthony Nocella, Woburn, MA
12) Timmy Solomito, Islip, NY
13) Ryan Preece, Berlin
14) Max Zachem, Preston
15) Dave Etheridge, Portland
16) Tom Abele, Baltic
17) Dan Meservey, Jr., Brewster, MA
18) Jeff Malave, Manchester
19) Norm Wrenn, Nashua, NH
20) Matt Mead, Richmond, NH
21) David Schneider, Northport, NY
22) Dylan Kopec, Palmer, MA
23) Dana Smith, Sunpee, NH
24) Todd Owen, Somers
25) Tom Carey, Jr., Wendell Depot, MA
26) Mike Willis, Jr., Grantham, NH |
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Source: Scott Running / Stafford Motor Speedway
Posted:
June 20, 2014 |
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