Gada & Yuhas Capture Speedbowl Honors
Waterford, CT — Dennis Gada charged from a 20th-place starting spot to pass Jeff Pearl with 10-laps remaining to win the 35-lap SK Modified at Waterford Speedbowl Saturday evening. It was the second victory of the season for the 6-time champion. Following Gada across the line was Ron Yuhas Jr, Keith Rocco, Pearl, and, Frank Ruocco.
SK Modified driver Ron Yuhas Jr. took the first Late Model win of his career. Starting deep in the field, he passed early leader Ed Reed Jr. following a late-race caution. Defending champion Bruce Thomas Jr. slipped past Reed for second. Completing the top-5 were Marc Curtis, and, Tim Jordan.
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Other feature winners were Chuck Rodgers (Sportsman), Ben Bargnesi (Mini Stocks), and, Michael Gervais Jr. (Legends).
Starting from the front row Chuck Rogers took an early lead, going on to win his first Sportsman feature since 2003. Rounding-out the top-5 were Josh Galvin, Walt Hovey, Chris ‘Moose” Douton, and, Ronnie Oldham Jr. Ben Bargnesi claimed his first-ever Mini Stock victory, coming out ahead in a last lap challenge from defending track champion Ken Cassidy Jr. Following were Danny Field, Phil Evans, and, Randy Churchill Jr.
Taking the Legends main was Michael Gervais Jr. 13-year old Joey Cipriano topped the Legends Young Lions event.
SK MODIFIED (35); 1. Dennis Gada, 2. Ron Yuhas Jr., 3. Keith Rocco, 4. Jeff Pearl, 5. Frank Ruocco, 6. Tyler Chadwick, 7. Todd Ceravolo, 8. Jay Miller, 9. Jeff Paul, 10. Pete Pavone Jr., 11. Frank Mucciacciaro Jr., 12. Kevin Shea, 13. John Agor, 14. Rich Hammann, 15. Rob Janovic Jr., 16. Matt Gallo, 17. Wendell Dailey, 18. Justin Gaydosh, 19. Steven Gaydosh, 20. Diego Monahan, 21. Clifford Fitzgerald Jr., 22. Mike Sweeney, 23. Don Fowler, 24. Shawn Solomito, 25. Bob Georgiades, 26. Michael Sabia Jr.
LATE MODEL (30); 1. Ron Yuhas Jr., 2. Bruce Thomas Jr., 3. Ed Reed Jr., 4. Marc Curtis Jr., 5. Tim Jordan, 6. Joe Curioso III, 7. Vin Esposito, 8. Rich Staskowski, 9. Tom Metcalf, 10. Robert LeBlanc Jr., 11. Larry Goss, 12. Anthony Macrino, 13. Chris Bottge, 14. Dan Holben, 15. Allen Coates, 16. Steve Potter.
SPORTSMAN (20); 1. Chuck Rogers, 2. Josh Galvin, 3. Walt Hovey, 4. Chris “Moose” Douton, 5. Ronnie Oldham Jr., 6. Jim Procaccini, 7. Jack Aquilina, 8. Al Stone III, 9. Nate Appell, 10. John Puglisi, 11. Mark Cooper, 12. Ed Lamb, 13. Joe Bavolocco, 14. Brandon Plemons, 15. Kevin Burr, 16. Jonathon Avery, 17. Chris Meyer.
MINI STOCK (20); 1. Ben Bargnesi, 2. Ken Cassidy Jr., 3. Danny Field, 4. Phil Evans, 5. Randy Churchill Jr., 6. Bill Leonard, 7. Kyle James, 8. Chris Williams, 9. Lou Bellisle, 10. Mark Panaroni, 11. Jeff Miller, 12. Jeff Mehlenbacher, 13. Jeff “Soup” Civardi, 14. Jack Aquilina, 15. Sean Caron, 16. Albert “Bo” Norman, 17. Raymond Christian III, 18. Christina Cunliffe, 19. Jackie Wolfram, 20. Nick Pappacoda, 21. Mark Caise, 22. Ian Brew.
LEGENDS (20); 1. Michael Gervias Jr., 2. Jason Palmer, 3. Mark Esposito, 4. Mike Alcaro, 5. Shaun Buffington, 6. Ed Field, 7. Max Zachem, 8. Adam Norton, 9. Adam Gada, 10. Art Moran Jr., 11. Giovanni Giarrantana, 12, Joe Gada, 13. Dan Bisignano, 14. Kevin Nowak, 15. Joe Cipriano, 16. Art Moran III, 17. Paul Forbes, 18. Justin Holmes, 19. Carl Blandina, 20. Matt Maring, 21. Tom Gray, 22. Ryan Morgan, 23. Justin Rau, 24. Ben Erlandson, 25. Justin Doss, 26. Mike Fish, 27. Mike Blaskey, 28. Dave Stanton, 29. Dan McGouren
Sources: David Dykes/Waterford Speedbowl PR