Buffington And Moran Among Speedbowl Wild n’ Wacky Wednesday Winners
Waterford, CT — Fresh from a four-year racing hiatus, Shaun Buffington celebrated his return by notching the 20-lap Legends feature at the Waterford Speedbowl Wednesday evening.
Other main event winners were Greg “Magic Man” Moran (Super X Car), John Bowes (X Car), and Dean Christensen (X Modified).
Buffington passed Max Zachem 8-laps into the event. No cake-walk, the winner had to contend with the advances of teammate Thomas Gray in the closing circuits. At the flag, it was Buffington prevailing by less than a fender. Following Gray was Jason Palmer, Zachem, and George Whitney. The race was red-flagged on lap-2 when John Beatty flipped violently in a turn-4 accident involving several others. Though his car suffered severe damage, Beatty emerged unscathed.
Greg “Magic Man” Moran passed Charles Beal on a lap-4 restart, going-on to win the 20-lap Super X-Car feature in dominating fashion. Said an emotional Moran from victory lane; “This win is dedicated to my mother who passed-away in October. This is all for her.”
In 20-lap X-Car action, John Bowes passed early leader Wayne Shifflett, going on to record a commanding victory. “The key tonight was getting good restarts, and we were especially good at it tonight,” said Bowes. “It’s a very competitive field in this division, and you can’t afford not to be on-top of your game.” Completing the top-5 was Patrick Williams, Curt D”Addario, “Bad Brad” Voglesong, and Steve Violette.
Checking-out from the field early in the X-Modified 20-lapper was Dean Christensen. The winner’s secret to victory? “We decided to try something different this week and didn’t wash the car,” stated Christensen laughingly. “I think we’ll have to try this more often, but it’s difficult as my crew really likes to keep the car nice and shiny.” Following was defending champion Richard “Bubby” Brouwer, Wayne Arute, Anthony Burr, and Kevin Shea.
Justin Doss won the 10-lap Legends Semi-Pro feature. In the Wild N’ Wacky “Ice Cream Relay Race”, the team of X-Car driver Heather Smalls and youngster Anna Lia prevailed.
Once again, there were over 100 teams signed into the pits.
LEGENDS (20); 1. Shaun Buffington, 2. Thomas Gray, 3. Jason Palmer, 4. Max Zachem, 5. George Whitney, 6. Carl Blandina, 7. Glen Billings, 8. Mike Alcaro, 9. Mark Esposito, 10. Ed Field, 11. Len Beebe Jr., 12. Ryan Morgan, 13. Dennis Pantini, 14. Justin Doss, 15. Joseph Abrahams, 16. Kevin Nowak, 17. John Weaver, 18. Dan McGouren, 19. Paul Forbes, 20. Matt Maring, 21. Ricky White III, 22. John Beatty, 23. Mike Beebe Sr., 24. John Beatty Sr.
SUPER X CARS (20); 1. greg Moran Sr., 2. George Correia, 3. Rob Corey, 4. Steve Barrett, 5. Michael Maskell II, 6. Tom Messore, 7. John Yagmin, 8. Greg Moran Jr., 9. Jim Consalvo, 10. Kevin Moon, 11. Bill Schmitt, 12. Alex Canestrari, 13. Tim Jones, 14. Kevin Talbot, 15. Bob Norman, 16. Jared Martin, 17. R.J. Cunningham Jr., 18. Jon Porter, 19. Gary Avery Jr., 20. Al Potter, 21. Shawn Perkins, 22. Chris Bissell, 23. Brain Norman, 24. Charles Beal, 25. Ray Phillips, 26. Charlie Beal, 27. Mark Boisvert , 28. Dan Moon, 29. Paul Sheldon, 30. Joe Liskiewizz, 31. Ken Downing III.
X CARS (20); 1. John Bowes, 2. Patrick Williams, 3. Curt D’Addario, 4. “Bad Brad” Volglesong, 5. Steve Violette, 6. Pete Zailarite, 7. Danny Gervais, 8. Dave Amspacher, 9. Richard Gullage, 10. Michael Trask, 11. James Tirrell, 12. Wayne Shifflett, 13. Bobby Broga, 14. Geoff Burdick, 15. Joe Madore, 16. Steve LaRose, 17. Bruce Hall, 18. Rich Hurne, 19. Chris Garside, 20. Wayne Heon, 21. Robert McCollough, 22. Charles Beal, 23. Keith Michaud, 24. Jeff Lee, 25. Art Phillips, 26. Michael Cicio, 27. Jim Ross, 28. Tylor DiFrancesca, 29. Gary Smith, 30. John Diamantini, 31. Dustin Gage, 32. Scott Kittel, 33. Wilson Tenrreiro Jr., 34. Buddy Strede, 35. Allen Coates Jr., 36. Heather Small, 37. Thomas Johnston, 38. Brian Hastings, 39. Dale Sherman.
X MODIFIED (20); 1. Dean Christensen, 2. Richard “Bubby” Brouwer, 3. Wane Arute, 4. Anthony Burr, 5. Kevin Shea, 6. Chris Drouin Jr., 7. Richard Durkee IV, 8. David O’Leary, 9. David Flammia Jr., 10. Bill Gerstch Jr., 11. Richard Fratus Jr., 12. Jeff Parker, 13. Brian Rondeau, 14. Brian DiMartino.
Sources: Dave Dykes/Waterford Speedbowl PR