Waterford, CT — The Waterford Speedbowl kicked off its 10th season of Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday racing in strong fashion with the youth movement in full swing. Fifteen year-old Anthony Flannery won the Legends Cars race, while eleven year-old Kaz Grala was the Bandolero event winner. Second generation driver Michael Caprio won his first race in the Super X-Car race and Devin Widger took the victory for the X-Car event. Paul French won the X-Modified race.
The 20-lap Legends Car race started with a bang as a fracas on the green flag saw contact between several competitors collect veteran racer George Whitney, whose car jumped airborne before the start finish line to bring out the caution flag. On the restart Tom Gray, another veteran, made hard contact with the turn four armco barrier.
The third attempt to start the race was a success. The race settled in with teenager Giovanni Giarratana of Newington leading the early laps before Flannery moved by on the inside to become the leader on lap seven. Flannery, from East Hampton checked out to a healthy lead past halfway when caution waved on lap 12 for a two car spin in turn two, erasing the leader’s advantage.
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Winchester, NH — The Bob Valenti Auto Mall Modified Racing Series made it’s first of two appearances at Monadnock Speedway this past weekend. Dwight Jarvis out of Ascutney, VT took down the win after starting in the 17th position. Jarvis’s night did not start off so well as he ran into problems in the heat. He made the race through the consi. Jim Boniface out of Winchester, NH dominated most of the race but with 24 laps to go. Jarvis made the pass and did not look back. Ken Barry started from the pole and led six laps then Boniface took the lead. Les Hinckley took the lead from Boniface and led one lap until he had problems with the Chuck Montville machine only leading one lap. Boniface would lead for the next 40 laps. “I started in the main and the car was just awesome and I knew it was going to be a good car for the whole race.” Jarvis Stated
Jacob Dore out of Sanford, ME brought home his machine in second place. Dore is a 2nd year driver. For the 05 team, it was a long night. Dore started mid-pack. “We were all over the place. Position wise just trying to hold our ground. It was real aggressive out there. I think everybody played it kind of clean.”
Jim Boniface came home with a third place run after leading much of the race. “It was actually pretty good. Car was real fast. At the beginning we just took off and left everybody. Probably wrong on my part. I probably should of cooled a bit and saved my tires for the end because we didn’t have nothing left at the end. We were just hanging on.” Boniface was happy to take home the third place finish. Boniface is planning to run some events and is also focusing on the Monadnock Modified division. That division runs every other week.
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In the NASCAR world, a crew member is the backbone of any team that helps a driver achieve success on the track. Often times the person leading the way behind the scenes is the crew chief and/or car owner. In the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, this person is often a family member or friend who just wants to help his or her driver win.
This week’s profile features Tommy Lythgoe, car owner and up until recently, crew chief of the driver of the No. 02 T & C Motorsports Chevrolet driven by Buddy Emory, who happens to be his brother-in-law.
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