Gray, Brouwer Among Wild N’ Wacky Winners
Waterford, CT — Thomas Gray prevailed in the 20-lap Legends feature race on Wild N’ Wacky Wednesday.
Gray led all but one circuit in taking his first-ever victory in the 20-lap Legends feature event. Hounded by two of the divisions best in Shaun Buffington and Max Zachem during the closing circuits, Gray managed to steal the checkers by a scant margin of .0008 in a classic photo-finish. Buffington, Zachem, point-leader Jason Palmer, and Ricky White III rounded-out the top-5.
Other feature winners were Rob Corey (Super X Car), Patrick Williams (X Car), and Richard “Bubby” Brouwer (X Modified).
Getting-off to a wild start, the first circuit of the 20-lap X-Modified saw a multi-car melee with several machines deposited into the first-turn wall. David O`Leary emerged as the leader following the restart, holding the point until overtaken by Wayne Arute. Defending X-Modified champion Richard “Bubby” Brouwer shot past Arute with fourteen-laps remaining, scoring his third victory of the season. Following was Dean Christensen, Bill Gerstch Jr., and Brian Rondeau.
In the caution-plagued 20-lap Super-X Car feature, Rob Corey passed early-leader 14 year-old Alex Canestrari with 3-circuits remaining to visit victory lane for the fourth time of the season. Following was John Yagmin, Greg Moran Jr., and George Correia.
In 20-lap X-Car action, the team cars of Patrick Williams and point-leader Brad Voglesong dogged every move of early leader Richard Hurne before a daring 3-wide maneuver on the back chute during the closing laps placed Williams in the lead. Completing the top-5 was Hurne, Voglesong, Pete Zaikarite, and John Bowes. The evening marked the second win of the season for Williams.
Special thanks go out to the Atlantic Coast Old Timers for presenting an outstanding 10-lap exhibition event featuring several historic vintage Midget race cars.
Richard Hurne scored the Wild N’ Wacky “Flagpole” race.
Wild N’ Wacky Wednesday continues to draw some of the largest fields in New England.
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LEGENDS (20); 1. Thomas Gray, 2. Shaun Buffington, 2. Max Zachem, 4. Jason Palmer, 5. Ricky White III, 6. Dennis Pantini, 7. Glen Billings, 8. Ryan Morgan, 9. Carl Blandina, 10. Stanley Carpenter, 11. John Weaver, 12. Daniel McGourin, 13. Giovanni Giarrantana, 14. Len Beebe Jr.
SUPER X-CARS (20); 1. Rob Corey, 2. Alex Canestrari, 3. John Yagmin, 4. Greg Moran Jr., 5. George Correia, 6. Gary Avery Jr., 7. James Consalvo, 8. Bill Schmitt, 9. Al Potter, 10. Ray Phillips, 11, Mark Boisvert, 12. Kevin Moon, 13. Steve Barrett, 14. Rob Carlson, 15. Ken Downing III, 16. Shawn Perkins, 17. Pete Pollard, 18. Greg Moran Sr., 19. James Lynch, 20. Michael Maskell II, 21. Jon Porter, 22. Paul Sheldon, 23. Brian Norman, 24. Dan Moon, 25. James Maher, 26. Charles Beal, 27. R.J. Cunningham Jr.
X-CARS (20); 1. Patrick Williams, 2. Richard Hurne, 3. Brad Voglesong, 4. Pete Zaikarite, 5. John Bowes, 6. Michael Trask, 7. Steve Violette, 8. Dustin Gage, 9. Buddy Strede, 10. Dave D` Allasandro, 11. Chris Garside, 12. Danny Gervais, 13. Wilson O`Terreiro Jr., 14. David Armspacher, 15. Dan Madore, 16. Robert Broga, 17. Michele Cicio, 18. Wayne Heon, 19. Art Phillips, 20. Wayne Shifflett, 21. Geoff Burdick, 22. Josh Barrie, 23. Tylor DiFrancesca, 24. Bruce Hall, 25. Curt D` Addario Sr., 26. Joe Madore, 27. Kim Bickford, 28. Steve LaRose, 29. Robert Strange, 30. Dale Sherman, 31. Jeff Lee, 32. Jim Ross Jr., 33. Robert McCollough
X-MODIFIED (20); 1. Richard “Bubby” Brouwer, 2, Wayne Arute, 3. Dean Christensen, 4. Bill Gerstch Jr., 5. Brian Rondeau, 6. Richard Durkee Jr., 7. David O`Leary, 8. Jeff Parker, 9. Brian DiMartino, 10. Steve Skenyon, 11. William Parker, 12. Rick Williams, 13. Kevin Shea, 14. David Flammia Jr.
Sources: Dave Dykes/Waterford Speedbowl PR