Woody Pitkat & Ryan Posocco Score Aug. 10 Wins at Stafford
Stafford Springs, CT — Stafford Motor Speedway returned to racing action on Friday night, August 10th with the 17th Annual New England Dodge Dealers 150 Whelen Modified Tour event. Race fans saw Woody Pitkat and Ryan Posocco continue their white hot summer streaks with Pitkat taking his fourth consecutive SK Modified® feature victory, while Posocco scored his third consecutive Late Model feature win. Glen Reen took down the SK Light feature win for his fifth win of the 2007 season, Rick Lanagan scored his fifth Limited Late Model feature win of 2007, and Megan Bienkowski scored her first career victory in the 15-lap feature event.
The 40-lap SK Modified® feature took the green with Todd Owen leading the field, but he was surpassed for the lead by Jeff Malave on lap-4. The first 27 laps of the race ran under green flag conditions, with Malave building up a full straightaway lead over Owen before the caution erased that margin. Woody Pitkat moved from third to second on the restart on lap-31 and then took the lead from Malave on lap-34. Pitkat held serve on two final restarts in the last four laps to score his fourth consecutive SK Modified® feature win. Brad Hietala charged through the pack in the closing laps to come home second, with Malave, Ted Christopher, and Frank Ruocco rounding out the top-5.
The 30-lap Late Model feature took the green with Steve McQuillan holding the early race lead. McQuillan led the first 16 laps of the race before Ryan Posocco overtook McQuillan on lap-17 after starting deep in the race lineup. McQuillan stayed glued to Posocco’s back bumper over the final 13 laps of the race, but couldn’t get back by Posocco as he scored his third consecutive Late Model feature win and fourth overall victory of the 2007 season. McQuillan finished a career best second, with Jim Peterson, Scott Foster, Jr., and Dillon Moltz rounding out the top-5.
The 20-lap SK Light feature took the green with Heather DesRochers taking the early race lead. DesRochers held the lead until lap-6 when Glen Reen moved out front. Once Reen was out in front of the field, he began to pull away from DesRochers in second place. Reen built up a nearly full straighaway lead over DesRochers as the race continued under green, but a caution with 16 laps complete erased that lead and set up a four lap sprint to the finish. Reen again paced the field with DesRochers in second, but the field was slowed again with 19 laps complete to set up a green white checkered finish. Reen powered into the lead and would not be caught as he scored his fifth feature win of the 2007 season. DesRochers finished second, with Josh Sylvester, Brit Andersen, and George Nocera, Jr. rounding out the top-5.
The 20-lap Limited Late Model feature took the green with a spin by Charlie Newman that brought out the caution flag with 2 laps complete. Joey Ferrigno took the lead on the restart and began to pull away. Rick Lanagan was on the charge, quickly working his way up to second place. Lanagan caught up to Ferrigno on lap-11 and he made the pass for the lead on lap-13. Sean Foster was the car on the charge in the second half of the race and he worked his way up to second but couldn’t run Lanagan down as Lanagan scored his fifth feature win of the 2007 season. Foster finished second with Ferrigno, Bill Davis, and Michael Nadeau rounding out the top-5.
The 15-lap DARE Stock feature saw Megan Biekowski wire the field with a dominating green to checker victory. Bienkowski took the lead from the pole position and quickly began to stretch her advantage over second place Bill Dunn. Norm Sears moved to third place on lap-7, and the final 8 laps of the race ran unchanged at the front of the field as Bienkowski was on a mission and drove to her first career victory. Dunn finished second, with Sears, Dan Flannery, and Carla Botticello rounding out the top-5.
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Sources: Scott Running/Stafford Motor Speedway PR.