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WATERFORD – It was a big day for the SK Modifieds® with the 2nd running of the Bill Greco/Terry Baribeault Memorial 43 lap race. Eric Berndt, Timmy Jordan, and Andrew Molleur started their days on the right foot winning some bonus cash in the heat races from F&M Electrical Supply. Businesses like Utility Service New England, Lu-Macs Package Store, NJK Automotive also chipped in to sweeten the pot.
The race was slowed as soon as it began with a lap 1 caution. But when the green flag flew Todd Owen took to the lead but Timmy Jordan hung in there, not giving up. Jordan cleared Owen with Andrew Molleur in their mirror. Molleur attempted a bottom-shot move but couldn’t get it to stick, slipping back into fourth. The caution flew again on lap 11, setting Owen up against Jordan once again. After a brief battle, Owen got overtaken by Anthony Flannery and Molleur. The caution would fly just short of halfway, this time setting up Flannery against Jordan. Flannery briefly gained control but a couple cautions shook up the field. The field strung out in the second half of the race with Jordan leading, Flannery and Molleur sorting it out for second, with Berndt and Paul Kusheba trying to round out the top 5. Lapped traffic played a part in the result of the race, with Jordan making contact with one of them and also collecting Molleur.
The race full of action all culminated to a late race shootout that Flannery was in control of. Berndt tried a three wide move but couldn’t get it to stick. Kusheba who hasn’t turned laps at the Speedbowl in years gave Berndt a challenge and was able to clear him to finish runner up. Flannery took home the big win and extended his point lead in the process with just two races to go.
Last time Brody Monahan visited the track for double features, he led 55 of 60 possible laps before misfortune kept him out of the winners circle. This time around, he would not be denied. Monahan launched off the line to a massive lead leaving Doug Curry and Joey LeMay to battle it out for the second spot. 10 laps in, the caution flag would fly bunching up the field. All that would accomplish is swapping the third spot between LeMay and Jason Palmer. Another quick caution flipped LeMay and Palmer once more where they would stay until the finish. Monahan would not be denied leading all thirty laps and finally seal the deal.
Eddie Gomarlo and John Brunelle led the SK Lights to green but in a repeat to the week prior, Brunelle found himself saving the car from spinning and losing valuable track position giving Gomarlo sole possession of the lead. Zack Sangermano put the pressure on and was able to work by Gomarlo, but so did Nickolas Hovey. A caution flew not too long after setting up Hovey against Sangermano, where Hovey slipped into the lead on the restart. Sangermano kept the pressure on as the laps clicked down but couldn’t get to his bumper by the time the checkers flew. Hovey’s fourth win in a row ties him for the consecutive win streak in the division.
Jon Porter led the Street Stocks at the drop of the green with Shawn Gaedeke digging in for second. It didn’t take long for Al Stone III to surpass both drivers and rocket off to a massive lead over Gaedeke. As the laps ticked down, Ed Gertsch Jr moved his way into second and set his sights on the big lead created by Stone. A caution at the halfway point flipped the race on its head. Gertsch stuck his nose below Stone and the two put on a side-by-side battle for awhile, until Stone crossed Gertsch over and continuing the fight from the low groove. While the race was unfolding, Norm Root III charged through traffic after an incident in qualifying severely damaged his car. He was in the mix by 10 to go, and by 4 to go he was in the lead to win his sixth race of the season and slip into the point lead.
Andy Pellegrini and Shawn Monahan put on a duel for the first five laps of the Truck race, with Brad Strickland lurking in their mirrors. The pack would jumble up allowing Tyler Chapman to slip into third waiting on Pellegrini or Monahan to make a mistake. That would happen when Monahans truck bobbled and Chapman was able to slip by both drivers to move into and run off with the lead. Pellegrini kept in Chapmans’ tire tracks until lap 19 when the race stalled. A series of four caution flags for various reasons over the next two laps tested Chapmans’ restart capabilities, but he aced it every time going on to win his ninth race of the season and further extending his point lead.
A large field of Mini Stocks took to turn 1 but calamity struck just as fast taking out a few competitors and shuffling up some of the lineup. When the green flag dropped the second time, Erica Canfield shot out to a large lead that would only last a handful of laps. Chris Garside and Charles Canfield engaged in a side by side battle for the runner up spot, where they reeled in Erica and put the pressure on. Charles was the first to work by Erica on the outside, then Garside was able to take them both down. A caution at the halfway point for John Bavolacco racked the field up again where Garside ran away from the field in a dominant performance. The restart gave David Dorr the chance to land on the podium taking down Erica. Bavolacco rebounded from the incident to wind up fourth when the checkers flew. The win would be Garsides fourth of the season.
Glen Marion Jr scores back to back Enduro wins, this time in the 50 lap Compact race.
We’re off this coming weekend, but we’ll be back in action for one last Speedbowl Saturday Nights on October 5th. We’ve also got lap sponsorships open for the SK100 at The Finale on October 18th through the 20th. Keep up with the us at www.SpeedbowlCT.com, The New London-Waterford Speedbowl on Facebook, or @SpeedbowlCT on Instagram and X.
Unofficial Results
SK Modifieds® (43 Laps): 1. 25-Anthony Flannery[6]; 2. 57-Paul Kusheba IV[15]; 3. 11CT-Eric Berndt[4]; 4. 81-Todd Owen[1]; 5. 77-Chase Cook[16]; 6. 8CT-Max Zachem[9]; 7. 6-Joe Gada[10]; 8. 9-Paul Buzel[7]; 9. 35-Andrew Molleur[5]; 10. 66-Wendell Dailey[17]; 11. 15-Jeff Fialkovich[18]; 12. 52-Anthony Forino[12]; 13. 43WH-Chuck McDonald[19]; 14. 47-Timmy Jordan[3]; 15. 09-Keith Rocco[11]; 16. 18-Tyler Barry[8]; 17. 72-Adam Gada[2]; 18. 81X-Joshua Zentek[13]; 19. (DQ) 22RI-Carl Kivisto[14]; 20. (DQ) 94-Justin Gaydosh[20]
Late Models (30 Laps): 1. 31-Brody Monahan[3]; 2. 2DJ-Douglas Curry[2]; 3. 0-Joey LeMay[1]; 4. 17-Jason Palmer[4]; 5. 32-Jason Williams[5]; 6. 19CT-Kyle Gero[6]; 7. 78-Emma Monahan[8]; 8. 5RI-Rich Staskowski[7]; 9. 50RI-Michael Benevides[9]
SK Lights (25 Laps): 1. 16-Nickolas Hovey[6]; 2. 47-Zachery Sangermano[4]; 3. 78-Evan Bourgeois[5]; 4. 07-Tyler Barry[7]; 5. 21-Sami Anderson[8]; 6. 51-John O’Sullivan III[3]; 7. 19-John Brunelle[1]; 8. 25-Jordan Churchill[9]; 9. 12X-Amanda Slater[10]; 10. 14-Kali Trapp[11]; 11. 76-Edward Gomarlo[2]
Street Stocks (25 Laps): 1. 80-Norm Root III[10]; 2. 83-Ed Gertsch Jr[5]; 3. 12-Al Stone III[4]; 4. 67-Aaron Plemons[6]; 5. 74-Joseph Arena[3]; 6. 9-Shawn Gaedeke[2]; 7. 3-Adam Coutu[7]; 8. 21-Tom Musante[8]; 9. 43-William Rheaume[9]; 10. 58-David Ciastko[11]; 11. 38-Jon Porter[1]; 12. (DNS) 13-Tony Macrino; 13. (DNS) 56-Ike Chima
Trucks (25 Laps): 1. 81-Tyler Chapman[6]; 2. 30-Charles Beal[5]; 3. 84JR-Brad Strickland[3]; 4. 33-Jake Coutu[8]; 5. 12-Tyler Dickey[12]; 6. 55-Shawn Monahan[2]; 7. 99-Milania Shilosky[7]; 8. 98-Shawn Passero[11]; 9. 7-Kassy Prentice[9]; 10. 6X-Andrew Pellegrini[1]; 11. 07-Austin Long[4]; 12. 25-David Venice[10]
Mini Stocks (25 Laps): 1. 83-Christopher Garside[9]; 2. 25-Charles Canfield[7]; 3. 19-David Dorr[8]; 4. 42-John Bavolacco[6]; 5. 28-Erica Canfield[1]; 6. 6-Nicholas Pappacoda[4]; 7. 9-Rick LaFlesh[19]; 8. 11-Jason Kokoszka[3]; 9. 46-John Curry Jr[2]; 10. 50-David Lee[18]; 11. 73-Eric Julian[5]; 12. 49-Christian Herman[12]; 13. 24-Brad Caddick[20]; 14. 13-Edmond Cousineau[14]; 15. 81-Stacey Zentek[21]; 16. 05-Randy Churchill Jr[13]; 17. 16-Tim Dorr[17]; 18. 54-Dylan Cabral[11]; 19. 23-Matt Pinson[23]; 20. 97-Dave Trudeau[10]; 21. 27X-Corey Caddick[15]; 22. 91-Thomas Jones Sr[16]; 23. (DNS) 22-Hailey Beal; 24. (DNS) 30-Sam Mesick; 25. (DNS) 88-Bill Sylvia
Compact Enduro (50 Laps): 1. 67CT-Glen Marion Jr[11]; 2. 27-Allen Coates Jr[21]; 3. 5X-Jim Bavolacco[20]; 4. 1776-Chris Winsor[7]; 5. 29-Joshua Prevost[14]; 6. 67X-Robert Jones[8]; 7. 3-Dave MacIntosh[18]; 8. 22-Brent Johnson[16]; 9. 69X-William Blair[25]; 10. 73-Paul Thurlow[17]; 11. 11-Kyle Johnson[10]; 12. 18-Ethan Russell[3]; 13. 42-Justin Whitney[24]; 14. 03-Daniel Morris[27]; 15. 38-Kyle Czenthe[2]; 16. 5-Justyn Prevost[12]; 17. 00X-Terry Bombard[6]; 18. 111-Kyle Fontaine[19]; 19. 517-Jordan Wagner[15]; 20. 95-Robert LeMay[26]; 21. 79-EJ Bertrand[4]; 22. 13-Raymond Jacobs[5]; 23. 32-Christopher Gill[13]; 24. 78-Jeremy Washburn[1]; 25. 666-Ariana Burton[23]; 26. 99-Justin Ducharme[22]; 27. 02-Leo Duffin Jr[9]
