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NOCELLA BACK
IN VICTORY LANE
WITH BEECH RIDGE VMRS WIN |
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Nocella, of Woburn, Massachusetts, outraced fog and
a strong finish from a late charging Troy Talman, of
Oxford, MA, to capture his fourth win of the season
Saturday night, August 19, in Valenti Modified
Racing Series action at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway,
Scarborough, Maine. The win came in a 75-lap main
event.
The win was also Nocella’s second consecutive at
Beech Ridge and 10th career win tying him with Rowan
Pennink on the series all-time win list.
Nocella’s last win was June 24th at New
London-Waterford, CT.
Pole Sitter Tony Ricci, of Westbrook, ME, jumped
into an early lead wheeling the Czarnecki # 20 car
out of Springfield, MA, with Donnie Lashua, of
Canaan, NH, and Josh Cantara, of Alfred, ME, in
pursuit.
Cantara moved to second following an early race
re-start and the two Maine drivers (Ricci & Cantara)
brought the hometown crowd alive with side-by-side
racing swapping the lead a handful of times.
A lap-48 caution restart provided a fast closing
Nocella, who started 5th in an 18-car field to roll
by Ricci, and the series point leader was never
headed.
“It feels pretty awesome – we started out the year
so good and we had a couple of rough races. We knew
this was a track we could do it at. We needed to
back here knowing how good we have been here the
last couple of years. We had just as good of a car
as the last time.”
Nocella spoke of the competition.” Tough there for
awhile. Tony was fast there. Tried to keep him in my
sight and slowly gain on him. On that restart with
30-laps to go I knew it was time to go and get by
him and try to hold him off. The fog rolling in –
didn’t want the race shortened and be stuck in
second. Got to thank him (Ricci) for running us
clean.”
For Talman it was another strong run after his first
series win at Lee, NH, last month. Talman started
ninth and became a contender at the end. Ricci held
on for his best finish since his two series wins in
2006, Andy Shaw, of Center, Conway, NH, finished
fourth from his 18th starting position, and Mike
Willis. Jr, of Grantham, NH, wheeled his new Troyer
car to a fifth place finish.
Lashua, Sammy Rameau, Derek Robbie, Matt Mead, and
Dylan Rock rounded out the top ten.
Next Event:
Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs CT.
Friday : September 1, 2017
Race Summary:
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
Scarborough, Maine
August 19, 2017
Entrants: 18
Distance: 75-laps
Margin of Victory: 1.128
Average Speed: 33.071
Best Lap Time: 15.275 Rameau
Best Speed: 78.481 Rameau
Race Time: 44:32.862
Caution Laps: 5,15,23,38,47,56
Unofficial Order of Finish: (1) Nocella (2)
Talman (3) Ricci (4) Shaw (5) Willis (6) Lashua (7)
Rameau (8 Robbie (9) Mead
(10) Rock (11) Bolton (12) Sherman (13) Gallup (14)
Fournier (15) Dixon (16) Cantara (17) Doucette (18)
Wimert
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Source:
John Spence Sr. / Valenti Modified Racing Series
Posted:
August 20, 2017 |
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