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08/29/2014 |
TOMMY BARRETT
JR. WINS 5TH ANNUAL
VMRS 80 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY |
The
Valenti Modified Racing Series made its third and
final visit of the 2014 season to Stafford Motor
Speedway for the 5th Annual VMRS 80. Taking the
checkered flag was Tommy Barrett, Jr., who used a
bold three-wide move to take the lead for the first
time on a lap-58 restart and he led the rest of the
way.
At the drop of the green flag, Justin Bonsignore
took the lead with Max Zachem in second. Rowan
Pennink quickly moved past Zachem for second on
lap-2 and Keith Rocco followed Pennink by Zachem to
take third. Behind Zachem, Chris Pasteryak got
around Tommy Barrett, Jr. to move into fifth place.
Rocco got around Pennink for second and he then took
the lead from Bonsignore on lap-6. Pennink was now
third, with Zachem fourth and Pasteryak was fifth.
Bonsignore went back by Rocco for the lead on lap-8
and then Rocco retook the lead from Bonsignore on
lap-9.
Ryan Preece moved around Pasteryak to move up to
fifth on lap-11 while Bonsignore was all over
Rocco’s bumper at the front of the field. Preece was
now applying heavy pressure to the back bumper of
Zachem for fourth place while Rocco and Bonsignore
continued to lead the field.
Rocco held the lead until lap-22 when Bonsignore
went back to the front. Bonsignore’s lead was
extremely short lived as Rocco went back by
Bonsignore in the next set of corners. Things then
began to settle in as the top-9 cars of Rocco,
Bonsignore, Pennink, Zachem, Pasteryak, Preece,
Barrett, Ted Christopher, and Woody Pitkat were all
in close contact with each other. Preece’s run came
to an end on lap-36 as his #31 dropped off the pace
and he slowly made his way back to pit road. Zachem
took a look to the inside of Pennink for third, but
he was unable to make the pass stick and he settled
back into line in fourth behind Pennink.
Chris Bakaj came to a stop on the backstretch
infield to bring the caution out with 49-laps
complete.
Rocco took the lead back under green with Bonsignore
in second. One lap after the restart, contact
between Barrett and Pennink sent Pennink up the
track and into the path of Zachem to bring the
caution back out.
Rocco took the lead on the restart but behind Rocco,
Charlie Pasteryak, Mike Willis, Jr., and Carl
Medieros, Jr. came together and spun on the
backstretch to bring the caution out.
Rocco again took the lead back under green with
Bonsignore in hot pursuit. Christopher was third
with Barrett and Pasteryak making up the top-5.
Christopher’s car dropped off the pace on lap-54 and
he slowly made his way to pit road. Bonsignore was
all over the back of Rocco when the caution came
back out with 57 laps complete for a spin by Bakaj.
The next restart was a bonanza as Barrett went
3-wide to the inside of both Rocco and Bonsignore to
take over the race lead. Rocco and Bonsignore
settled into second and third with Pennink back up
to fourth after his earlier misfortunes. Woody
Pitkat was up to fifth behind Pennink, his first
appearance of the night in the top-5 with 20-laps to
go in the race.
Barrett pulled away from Rocco in the closing laps
to pick up his third Stafford VMRS victory. Rocco
finished second, with Bonsignore, Pennink, and
Pitkat rounding out the top-5.
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VMRS 80 (80)
1) Tommy Barrett, Jr., Millis, MA
2) Keith Rocco, Berlin
3) Justin Bonsignore, Islip, NY
4) Rowan Pennink, Huntingdon Valley, PA
5) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
6) Chris Pasteryak, Lisbon
7) Richard Savary, Canton, MA
8) Norm Wrenn, Nashua, NH
9) Mike Holdridge, Madison
10) Eric Goodale, Wading River, NY
11) Carl Medieros, Jr., Westport, MA
12) Donnie Lashua, Caanan, NH
13) Dan Meservey, Jr., Brewster, MA
14) Matt Galko, Meriden
15) Chris Bakaj, Colchester
16) Roy Seidell, Jr., Easthampton, MA
17) Max Zachem, Preston
18) Ted Christopher, Plainville
19) Dylan Kopec, Palmer, MA
20) Charlie Pasteryak, Lisbon
21) Mike Willis, Jr., Grantham, NH
22) Jeff Malave, Manchester
23) Ryan Preece, Berlin
24) Steve Masse, Bellingham, MA |
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Source: Scott Running / Stafford Motor Speedway
Posted:
August 29, 2014 |
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