Thompson, CT — Jerry Marquis of Broad Brook, Conn. began the 2002 Featherlite Modified Series, NASCAR Touring season in the same fashion as last year – by winning the season opener. Marquis, the 2000 series champion, drove to a 1.3 second victory over Robbie Summers of Manchester, Conn. in the Icebreaker 2002 at Thompson International Speedway.
It was the 12th career victory for Marquis and third at Thompson for the driver of the Vanson Leathers/Ace Moulding Chevrolet. Marquis passed Todd Szegedy on lap 114 to take the lead for good.
“I got a good run coming off of Turn-2,” said Marquis. “I was able to get under Todd going into three and the car just stuck. That was all we needed.”
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Thompson, CT — Jerry Marquis of Broadbrook, CT took the lead in the Boehler Racing #3 from rookie Scott Szegedy on lap 114 to take the lead in the Featherlite Modified Series, NASCAR Touring event during IceBreaker ’02. Once out front he maintained a comfortable lead over Rob Summers in the Bear Motorsports entry. Chris Kopec ran a great race to finish third.
Chuck Docherty turned his IceBreaker start at Thompson in the Poulin #78 a victorious one. He set sail from his pole starting position in the second Sunoco Modified feature of the weekend. Behind Docherty a great race was developing for the runner-up spot between Scott Foster, Jeff Malave and Ted Christopher. The trio ran nose-to-tail for several laps catching Docherty as the laps clicked off. A caution on lap 13 set up a restart that gave Christopher the opening that he needed as he got past Foster, who had slipped to third behind Malave.
A green flag run to the checkers gave Docherty breathing room and the fans a great show. A tremendous side-by-side battle was waged between Christopher and Malave. At the stripe it was Docherty in for the win and Malave by a few feet over Christopher. Rounding out the top five was Scott Foster and Eric Berndt.
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