Fox, Billings Score Big Wins At Speedbowl
Waterford, CT — The only leader, Tom Fox captured Saturday night’s 35-lap SK-Modified feature, securing a guaranteed spot in the SK-portion of the North-South Shootout Nov. 4 in Concord, NC. Glen Billings won the 50-lap Legends National Qualifer.
Bruce Thomas Jr. won the 30-lap Late Model feature. Mark LaJoie (Sportsman) and Phil Evans (Mini Stock) were also winners.
It was the first win of the year for Fox who survived two restarts and beat back a late threat from Shawn Monahan. Dennis Charette was third followed by Don Fowler and Jeff Pearl.
Monahan climbed to within 16 of point leader Rob Janovic Jr. who finished seventh.
Billings was actually second but wound up the winner when officials ruled that Michael Gervais Jr. turned Jason Palmer in turn four of the last lap. Palmer, who set fast time (16.893), had passed Gervais a dozen laps before the incident.
It was the third straight and ninth win of campaign for Thomas. He took the lead from Ron Yuhas Jr. with 11 laps remaining. Yuhas held off Tim Jordan for second.
It was the first career Sportsman win for LaJoie. He assumed command with five left after a three-lap side-by-side battle with Jim Procaccini, the only other leader. Point leader Dwayne Dorr was third.
Evans took over early, survived a mid-race challenge from Kyle James and then held off Joe Godbout III to win for the fourth time this year. Randy Churchill Jr. was third.
Results:
SK MODIFIED (35); 1. Tommy Fox, 2. Shawn Monahan, 3. Dennis Charette, 4. Don Fowler, 5. Jeff Pearl, 6. Dennis Gada, 7. Robert Janovic Jr., 8. Diego Monahan, 9. Tyler Chadwick, 10. Frank Mucciacciaro Jr., 11. Todd Ceravolo, 12. Wendell Dailey, 13. Matt Gallo, 14. Brandon Hansen, 15. Clifford J. Fitzgerald, 16. Jeff Paul, 17. Glenn Pressel III, 18. Mike Sweeney.
LATE MODEL (30); 1. Bruce Thomas Jr., 2. Ron Yuhas Jr., 3. Tim Jordan, 4. Richard Staskowski, 5. Ernie Betrand, 6. Vin Esposito, 7. Mike Kluczinski, 8. Dave Zemke, 9. Robert LeBlanc Jr., 10. Terrance M. O’Brien, 11. Rick Nelson, 12. Rich Duranti, 13. Ed Reed Jr., 14. Larry Goss.
SPORTSMAN (20); 1. Mark Lajoie, 2. Jim Procaccini, 3. Dwayne Dorr, 4. Albert Stone III, 5. Walter Hovey Jr., 6. Ed Giles, 7. Dan Emery, 8. Joshua A. Galvin, 9. Chris “Moose” Douton. 10. Ed Clark, 11. John Puglisi, 12. Mark “Bugsy” Bougue, 13. Joseph F. Nogiec, 14. Edward Lamb Jr., 15. Jack Aquilina, 16. Mark Charette, 17. Gerald LaPlante.
MINI STOCK (20); 1. Phil Evans, 2. Joeseph Godbout III, 3. Randolph Churchill Jr., 4. Kyle James, 5. Lou Bellisle, 6. Ken Cassidy Jr., 7. Dan Field, 8. Jack Aquilina, 9. Chuck Rodgers, 10. Nick Pappacoda, 11. Glenn Colvin, 12. Ian Brew, 13. Dwayne Dorr, 14. Chris Lee, 15. Christina Cunliffe, 16. Brandon Plemons, 17. Nate Appell, 18. Jeff “Soup” Civardi, 19. Ben Bargnesi.
LEGENDS (50); 1. Glen Billings, 2. Mark Esposito, 3. Jason Palmer, 4. Arthur Moran Jr., 5. Adam Gada, 6. Joe Gada, 7. Michael Gervais Jr., 8. Dan Bisignano, 9. Carl Bohn, 10. Paul Forbes, 11. Max Zachem, 12. Ben Erlandson, 13. Carl Blandina, 14. Leonard Beebe Jr., 15. Curt D’Addario Jr., 16. Justin Doss, 17. Ricky White, 18. Ed Field, 19. Ryan Morgan, 20. Brian Ouimette, 21. Dennis Pantani, 22. Thomas G. McVay, 23. Chris Bakaj, 24. Mark Bakaj, 25. Jim Maynard, 26. Arthur Moran III, 27. Scott Poirier.
Sources: Dave Dykes/Waterford Speedbowl PR