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Ryan Waterman Claims Heart-Pounding Street Stock Championship Event
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Thompson, CT — After the forecast changed up the Sunoco World Series schedule on Sunday, the Thompson Street Stocks kicked off the day’s action. While the fan-favorite division put on quite a show on early with championship chasers Ryan Waterman, Leadfoot Larry Barnett, Al Stone III and, defending champion, Corey Fanning. The rough riding started on lap 8 with contact from Aaron Plemons sent championship-hopeful Barnett around in turn three. What followed was a string of caution after caution involving all four championship chasers at different times before the field switched to single-file restarts. On the final lap, Waterman moved under Barnett in turn three, planting his foot in the firewall to claim the Sunoco World Series win and the championship over Barnett and Corey Fanning at the line.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour moved up the schedule for the Sunoco World Series 150 presented by FloRacing with qualifying scrapped under the weather-changed schedule, the Modifieds were lined-up based on season-long points. Ron Silk and Justin Bonsignore faced off side-by-side at the front with Austin Beers and Patrick Emerling in tow under the initial green flag. After hitting the wall during practice, Emerling dropped back to the latter half of the top ten as Bonsignore, Silk and Beers paced the field with a growing lead over Tyler Rypkema and Craig Lutz.
Bonsignore took over the lead fifteen laps in with Silk content to ride through the first half of the 150-lap marathon. After conserving through the first third, Craig Lutz began pulling on Bonsignore and Silk and motored around Silk for second on lap 67. The handling seeming to slow up the championship contender, Matt Hirschman also made his way around Silk on lap 87 to take third. The first caution flag flew on lap 92 as Joey Cipriano spun around off turn four with teams hurriedly getting ready on pit road. Craig Lutz won the race off pit road with Hirschman, Austin Beers and Ronnie Silk in tow as Bonsignore lost five spots with a disastrous pit stop.
Back under green, Lutz led laps but Silk came back with a vengeance to the front of the field as Bonsignore followed close behind. Bonsignore began to pour down on Silk with 35 laps remaining, testing runs to the inside line before the pair pulled up on lap traffic. Bonsignore powered under Silk to lead lap 121 but the real battle was for third as Anthony Nocella came out of no-where to take on Austin Beers. Nocella finally took over the third-place position on lap 137 and went after Silk’s second-place spot! Time ran out with Justin Bonsignore taking the Sunoco World Series 150 presented by FloRacing win over a hard-charging Anthony Nocella and Ron Silk.
Following victory lane ceremonies for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, the AZ Roofing SK Light Modifieds took on the highbanks under the leadership of Meg Fuller and John O’Sullivan out front. Meg Fuller put the hammer down on the outside lane to lead lap one but 2024 track champion Tyler Chapman quickly took over the post. David Webb and Gerard Giordano collided on the backstretch to bring out the first caution on lap 9. After playing games for a false start, Chapman took the restart lead over Nick Hovey while the two duked it out lap after lap. The two ran side by side with Hovey pulling him down low entering the corners but Chapman held strong on the outside lane. The two crossed each other over in each corner 5, 6, 7, 8 times in the final five circuts with Tyler Chapman taking his seventh win of the season by just 0.074-seconds over Nick Hovey with Meg Fuller taking home third.
The NEMA Lites returned to Sunoco World Series weekend for their annual 25-lap main event under the command of Brayden Egan and Dylan Coutu at the head of the pack. As if shot from a cannon, championship hopeful Kyle Valeiri jumped from the latter half of the top ten to first on lap one and quickly put distance between himself, Coutu and point leader Randy Cabral in the opening laps. Kyle Valeiri took down the dominant Sunoco World Series win over Randy Cabral and Joey Bailey in the green to checkered 25-lap sprint.
The Evolve Bank & Trust Pro Truck Challenge was last to pull onto the Thompson oval just as rain began to pick up overhead. Following track drying efforts, Pro Truck Challenge officials opted to cancel the remainder of the event and end the Sunoco World Series one feature short.
Thompson Speedway has officially closed out the 2024 season on the oval track. The American-Canadian Tour and Pro All Stars Series directors Cris Michaud and Tom Mayberry have announced that they will combine once again to promote oval racing events at Thompson Speedway in 2025 for the sixth-consecutive year. The full 2025 schedule will be released by the Vermont and Maine-based sanctioning bodies by Thanksgiving.
For more information about the American-Canadian Tour, contact the ACT offices at (802) 244-6963, media@acttour.com, or visit www.acttour.com. You can also get updates on Facebook and Twitter at @ACTTour.
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62ndSunoco World Series Super Saturday
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park – Thompson, CT
Sunday, October 13, 2024
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour – Sunoco World Series 150 presented by FloRacing (150 Laps)
(Finish Pos., Car #, Driver Name, Sponsor/Team, Laps Completed, Diff.)
1 51 Justin Bonsignore Phoenix Communications, Inc. 150 —
2 17 Anthony Nocella Sontag Motorsports/Bells Septic/Xtreme Autobody 150 0.355
3 16 Ron Silk Blue Mountain Machine/Future Homes 150 2.464
4 64 Austin Beers G&G Electrical Supply/Dell Electric 150 3.335
5 60 Matt Hirschmann Elite 150 10.36
6 44 Chase Dowling Harshaw Paving/Olivas Market 150 10.681
7 1 Patrick Emerling Fleetworks Inc 150 12.325
8 46 Craig Lutz Riverhead Building Supply 150 13.13
9 36 Dave Sapienza Sapienza Racing/Eastport Feed 150 13.32
10 22 Kyle Bonsignore Chalew Performance/MTT/Munns Auto 150 19.763
11 89 Matt Swanson Cervaolos Auto/Casella Snowplows 149 1 Lap
12 82 Woody Pitkat Horton Avenue Materials/Gunsmoke Stables 149 1 Lap
13 3 Tyler Rypkema USNE/Northeast Drilling 149 1 Lap
14 4 Tim Connolly Connolly Companies, LLC 148 2 Laps
15 54 Tommy Catalano FX Caprara/USNE Power 148 2 Laps
16 15 Joey Cipriano III Dependable Energy 148 2 Laps
17 84 Tyler Catalano USNE Power 148 2 Laps
18 56 Trevor Catalano USNE Power 147 3 Laps
19 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood & Restaurant 146 4 Laps
20 00 Tyler Barry Spafco Race Chassis/BNP Machine 145 5 Laps
21 28 Mike Marshall MLM Diagnostics/Jusczak Electric 144 6 Laps
22 10 Bob Reis IronListing.com/B.R. Machineworks 134 16 Laps
Street Stocks – (20 Laps)
2024 Thompson Street Stock Champion: Ryan Waterman
1. 75 Ryan Waterman Danielson, CT
2. 73 Larry Barnett Moosup, CT
3. 11 Corey Fanning Mapleville, RI
4. 81 PJ Evans Uncasville, CT
5. 28 Austin Flanagan Warwick, RI
6. 52 Al Stone III Durham, CT
7. 38 Jon Porter East Lyme, CT
8. 36 Scott Sundeen Sutton, MA
9. 66 Tyler Cinamella Willimantic, CT
10. 15 Sean Petlock Ware, MA
11. 10 Hank Stott Medway, MA
12. 67 Aaron Plemons Uncasville, CT
13. 2 Tim Poulin Thompson, CT
AZ Roofing SK Light Modifieds – (25 Laps)
2024 AZ Roofing SK Light Modified Champion: Tyler Chapman
1. 41CT Tyler Chapman Ellington, CT
2. 16 Nickolas Hovey Chaplin, CT
3. 2 Meghan Fuller Auburn, MA
4. 15 John O’Sullivan Norwich, CT
5. 44CT Jason Chapman Ellington, CT
6. 47 Zachary Sangermano Plainfield, CT
7. 32x Robert Bloxsom, III Milford, CT
8. 33 Tim Sullivan
9. 25 Jordan Churchill Colchester, CT
10. 14x Larry Thompson Parlin, NJ
11. 92 David Webb Nashville, TN
12. 45 TJ Tomasi Blackstone, MA
13. 07 Austin Goff Stafford Springs, CT
14. 19 John Brunelle Stonington, CT
15. 52 Anthony Forino Waterbury, CT
16. 15NY Gerard Giordano Freeport, NY
17. 8 Ryan Souliere N. Smithfield
18. 24H Frank Hirt Danbury, CT
19. 57 Steve Midford Ellington, CT
20. 31 Trent Goodrow Carver, MA
21. 16MA Todd Douillard Palmer, MA
DNS 64 Kevin Finkbein Bolton, CT
NEMA Lites – (25 Laps)
1. 17 Kyle Valeiri
2. 47 Randy Cabral
3. 2 Joey Bailey
4. 53 Dylan Coutu
5. 28 Michael Pernisiglio
6. 59 Brayden Egan
7. 94 Tiana Kibbe
8. 35 Jacob Perry
9. 44 Trent Goodrow
10. 21 Ava Lombardo
11. 88 Tyson Adamik
12. 8 Ethan Dionne
13. 26 Jack Dumas
14. 30 Paul Scally
