BRADFORD, VT – After winning a DIRTcar Sportsman Modified feature and a Sprint Car heat race earlier in the night, Chris Donnelly of Piermont, NH turned in a dominating performance in the Sprint Cars of New England feature, coming from tenth place to earn his second consecutive SCoNE feature win. His sole non-win came in his final race of the night, when he started deep in the pack and “only” finished third in the second Modified feature.
Kevin Chaffee of Fairlee, VT employed his customary unobtrusive, methodical and craftsmanlike style to advance from sixth to the runner-up spot while Dan Douville of Bridgewater, NH sliced and diced his way through the field to finish third, after an early race incident caused him to restart tailback.
“The car was just about perfect tonight, it would go wherever I needed to go,” Donnelly said, downplaying his own role in the outcome. “We’re running a new Triple X chassis and I found a set-up that really matches my driving style, even though we had to make some big changes from what Triple X recommends. I built the shocks myself and the first week of the season they were just awful. I pulled them off and rebuilt them and we’ve been going great ever since.”
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BRADFORD, VT – “Flatfoot” Joe Krawiec of Bristol, CT came from a ninth starting spot to win his third consecutive USAC Dirt Midget Association feature at Bear Ridge Speedway Saturday night. Going where angels fear to tread by running high and outside whenever traffic allowed, Krawiec dove to the inside on a mid-race restart to grab the lead and finish 1.8 seconds ahead of Scott Holcomb of Granby, CT. Veteran Pro Stock, Supermodified and NEMA Midget racer Jeff Horn of Hudson, MA was third, Hall of Famer Ray Miller was fourth and Dana Shaw, running his first full season in a Midget, continued to impress by finishing fifth.
After finding a defective electrical connection that has intermittently slowed him all season, Holcomb looked like the man to beat in the feature, taking the lead from Jeff Horn on lap four and stretching it out to a comfortable margin. After working his way through the pack, Krawiec was only able to nibble away at Holcomb’s lead until a restart on lap 14 proved to be Holcomb’s undoing.
“It’s getting tougher and tougher every week and I really needed that caution tonight,” Krawiec said. “Scott was running the bottom and he got just a little high on the restart so I was able to get my nose in underneath him. He fought me hard- like he should have – I was expecting him to push me down even farther, but he didn’t’ do that. He’s a very clean driver and it’s fun racing with him because we have mutual respect.”
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Published at July 3, 2011
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[Photo Gallery] by Nicholas Teto
Waterford, CT — Waterford Speedbowl hosted the Speedbowl.com 300 mid-season championship event Saturday evening on a beautiful summer evening at the shoreline. In all, six divisions were on hand with five competing in extra-distance length races. Scoring NASCAR Whelen All-American Series victories were Keith Rocco of Wallingford, who claimed his second consecutive and sixth overall win in the SK Modified® division on the year. Ray Parent Jr. of Tiverton, RI won the Bob Valenti Auto Mall Late Model feature, Ed Puleo of Branford took the Street Stocks and Lisbon’s Ken Cassidy Jr. was the winner in the Mini Stock feature.
Dana Dimatteo was the benefactor of a last-lap tangle in the Legends Cars race, vaulting him to the checkered flag. Twelve-year old Ken Morin Jr. of Old Saybrook rounded out the winners on the night, taking down the Bandolero feature win.
The SK Modified field was led to the green flag for its 100-lap event by veteran Tucker Reynolds Jr. The first two laps saw Reynolds battle Tom Abele Jr. when Kyle James slipped from third position into the infield off turn four, eventually coming to rest at the apron of the track in turn two to draw the caution flag. Reynolds held the lead for the restart.
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