Winchester, NH — In a rare Valenti Modified Racing Series appearance , Todd Szegedy of Ridgefield, CT started mid-pack and powered his way to the lead to win the Monadnock Firecracker 100 in front of a packed grandstand.
At the start, Mike Holdridge in the #0 of Madison, CT shot from his pole position and ran away from the field, making it look like it was going to be an easy payday. On lap 43, Norm Wrenn spun in turns three and four, bringing the field under caution. The field was bunched up for the restart with Holdridge leading, Louie Mechalides #85 in second, Chris Pasteryak #5 third, and Todd Szegedy #02 in fourth.
During the restart Brian Shumway #05 spun in turn one, causing a chain reaction of eight cars, eliminating Larry Barrett #73 and Anthony Nocella #86. The next restart of lap 43 saw more action with Holdridge squeezing Mechalides against the front stretch wall, causing Mechalides’ right front to go flat. The yellow was brought out again.
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Published at July 7, 2012
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Seekonk, MA — John Robidoux picked up his first win of the season in the 25 lap Pure Stock main event on Friday. John followed Randy Moretti across the finish line in second, but after post-race tech, was handed the trophy.
Bill Doyle led the first 6 laps, but was overtaken by Moretti, who led the rest of the way, and held on through a couple of restarts. Moretti started 7th in the field, but was able to use the outside and inside lanes to the front of the pack. Robidoux started sixth, but was a little slower moving through traffic, following Moretti through. The pair raced first and second for the remainder of the race. Points leader Jesse Melberg started 13th in the pack, and sliced his way through the field, moving past Bob Hinckley for third with only three laps remaining. Hinckley fell back to fifth in the running order on the final lap when Jamie Salley slid past. Chris Lima was credited with fifth in the final rundown.
In the Nick’s Pit Stop Legend Series, Nick Ladyga returned from a 2 week absence and picked up right where he left off. Nick Lascoula jumped out to the early lead in the 25 lap feature, and took off from the pack. Ladyga started seventh in the field, and sliced his way to the front. He and Lascoula raced wheel to wheel for 3 laps, before Ladyga took over for good. Lascoula was passed by Shaun Buffington and Tom Grey through the latter laps as the pack battled heavy lapped traffic. By the time the checkered flew, Buffington had caught Ladyga, but could not make a pass. Lascoula held on to fourth with Taylor Martin rounding out the top five.
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Stafford Springs, CT – Stafford Speedway’s SK Light Modifieds took center stage on Friday, July 6th with their Xtra Mart Xtra D 25-lap feature event. Zach Aszklar was the big winner of the night, picking up his first career victory in the 25-lap Xtra Mart SK Light Xtra D feature event. Keith Rocco picked up his second consecutive SK Modified® victory of the 2012 season, Mike Quintiliano picked up his first feature victory since the 2005 season, Josh Wood picked up his sixth feature win of the season in the 20-lap Ltd. Late Model feature, and James Carroll picked up his first career feature victory in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.
In the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature event, Joey Ferrigno took the lead at the green with Zach Aszklar moving into second. Rick Williams settled into line in third, with Bob Charland and Tyler Hines behind him. Aszklar moved by Ferrigno to take over the lead on lap-3 and Charland moved by Williams for third. Dylan Kopec took to the high groove to try to get by Hines, but he was blocked by Williams, who was also running the high groove. One lap later. Hines and Kopec were both able to get by Williams to move into third and fourth place.
At the halfway point of the race, Aszklar had built up a 1 second lead over Ferrigno in second, while Charland was still in third, with Kopec and Hines behind him. Kopec made the move to take over third place on lap-12 and Hines moved into fourth as Charland fell from third back to fifth place.
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