Garbo wins second straight Legends feature; Forte victorious in Bandoleros; Alessio takes checkered flag in Super X action; D’addario in X-Cars
Waterford, CT — Waterford Speedbowl was in action Wednesday for another round of Wild ‘n Wacky racing on a perfect summer evening. Taking down victories included Dave Garbo Jr. of Stonington, who won his second consecutive Legends Cars feature, Rachel Forte of Douglas, MA won her second Bandolero feature on the season in impressive fashion, Frank Alessio of Colchester returned to Victory Lane in the Super X-Cars and Dan D’addario of Columbia took the checkered flag in the X-Cars.
Other winners on the night were Bill Reiman of Southington who won the Wacky Toll Booth race and Don Macrino of New London was fastest in the Vintage Midget Racing exhibition.
The 20-lap Legends Cars feature was interrupted for a multi-car caution period on lap-2 which collected the likes of Jason Palmer, Dennis Pantani and Dan Butler. Also involved in the skirmish were Dana Dimatteo and Garbo, who both were able to continue on with minimal damage. Following the restart the competition settled in with Angelo Belsito leading the field. Racing prevailed through lap-7 when caution waved again for Carl Blandina who spun in turn two.
Belsito and Joe Mucciacciaro lined up on the front row for the restart with Garbo positioned third in line. Belsito got a good restart to take the lead, but Garbo got a great restart from third position to immediately take over second position by turn one. Garbo wasted no time powering under Belsito in a challenge for the lead down the back chute. As they raced back to the stripe on lap-8, Garbo was scored as the new leader.
The remainder of the race remained under the green flag and the field was able to battle for position behind the leader. Garbo was able to pull out to a half straightaway lead during that time. Giovanni Giarratana moved into to second position with Dana Dimatteo rallying from his early race trouble to come up to third place. The field finished in that order with nobody able to catch Garbo, who went on to his second consecutive win and third on the season. Behind the top three, Belsito and Ed Field rounded out the top-five.
Forte took the lead on lap-4 of a caution free Bandolero feature, going on to win the 20-lapper by five lengths. The young driver took the lead from Jordan Lamothe with an inside maneuver through turns one and two. Behind Forte, Lamothe led a pack of cars including previous race winners Ken Morin Jr. and Joey Ternullo, also the division points leader. Further back Corey Dimatteo led a pack of cars which included Daniel Stolte and Taylor Martin, all event winners on the year as well.
By halfway Forte’s lead was consistent at five lengths. Stolte began making his way through the field, emerging in fifth and chasing down the lead pack. He was on the move, advancing by Ternullo and looking to take third position from Morin as the leaders hit lapped traffic in the final laps.
The leaders cleared the tail of the field without any altercation, and Forte went on to her second win of the season. Lamothe finished second while Stolte rallied inside Morin for third on the final lap. Morin and Ternullo completed the top-five finishers.
The 20-lap Super X-Car was dominated by Alessio. The caution-free feature was completed quickly with Alessio jumping out to the race lead at the drop of the green flag. He shot out to an early advantage that reached a half straightaway over the competition. Mark Boisvert held second over Dan Moon, but a hard-charging Mike Maskell moved by both and into second by lap-5. Maskell, the division points leader, then focused on chasing down Alessio.
Peter Pollard stormed through the field after Maskell and race outside of Moon first, then Boisvert, to take over third position on lap-8. Pollard was tracking Maskell for second position, meanwhile Maskell was slowly cutting into Alessio’s lead at the front of the field.
Laps clicked off and without a caution period, Alessio’s lead was enough to hold on. He took his third win on the season, ending a recent slump. Behind Alessio the top-five finishers were Maskell, Pollard, John Yagmin and Moon.
In X-Car action a large field of cars found trouble on the opening lap in turn four, keeping the race from completing a lap. On the second attempt to start the race, Todd Nadeau moved to the race lead over a pack of three and four-wide battles behind. While Nadeau distanced himself from the competition in his mirror, Christopher Ivory, D’addario and Jeremy Bourbeau all heated up in the outside lane as they marched through the heavy traffic. Kim Bickford spun on lap-4 to return the race to the yellow flag and bunch up the field once again.
Following the restart, D’addario was already in a position on the track to take over the race lead. He raced outside Nadeau and came to the stripe in the lead on lap-5. Behind D’addario, a three-wide battle for second broke out between points leader Randy Johnston, Nadeau and Bourbeau. Johnston used the inside lane to take the spot but was already a half straightaway behind D’addario by the time they reached lap-7.
The green flag remained out the rest of the way with heavy lapped traffic coming in to play, keeping the leaders on top of the wheel. Everyone kept their cars pointed in the right direction as the field spread out around the Speedbowl’s three eighth’s mile surface. D’addario was able to increase his lead through the action, going on to his third win on the season in convincing fashion. Behind him, Johnston took second well ahead of Bourbeau who claimed third. Past champion Brad Voglesong came on strong late to take fourth position and Scott Limkemann finished fifth.
Bill Reiman of Southington won another Wacky Race, his second on the year. He beat out a rowdy crowd in the Toll Booth race for the Super X-Cars.
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Waterford Speedbowl 7/20 Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday Results:
Legends Cars (20-laps): 1. Dave Garbo Jr., Stonington; 2. Giovanni Giarratana, Newington; 3. Dana Dimatteo, Farmington; 4. Angelo Belsito, Auburn, MA; 5. Ed Field, Deep River; 6. Joey Mucciacciaro, Wolcott; 7. Dennis Pantani, Branford; 8. Troy Talman, Oxford, MA; 9. Nicholas Lascuola, Brockton, MA; 10. Taylor Martin, Windham, NH; 11. Richard White, North Stonington; 12. Carl Blandina, Milford; 13. Dan Butler, Waterford; 14. Jason Palmer, Berlin
Standings after ten events: 1. Dimatteo, 437; 2. Mucciacciaro, 420; 3. Garbo, 405; 4. Giarratana, 384; 5. Belsito, 374; 6. Field, 362; 7. Palmer, 345; 8. Blandina, 334; 9. Talman, 284; 10. Pantani, 214
Bandoleros (20-laps): 1. Rachel Forte, Douglas, MA; 2. Jordan Lamothe, Woodstock; 3. Daniel Stolte, Northbridge, MA; 4. Ken Morin Jr., Old Saybrook; 5. Joey Ternullo, Middletown; .6 Corey Dimatteo, Farmington; 7. Taylor Martin, Windham, NH; 8. Chace Wood, Danielson; 9. Jacob Perry, Pawcatuck; 10. Alan Eastman, Fishers Island, NY; 11. Jordan Churchill, Lisbon; 12. Rene Morgillo, Niantic
Standings after twelve events: 1. Ternullo, 527; 2. Forte, 510; 3. Churchill, 495; 4. Dimatteo, 484; 5. Martin, 477; 6. Jacob Urch, 410; 7. Andrew Molleur, 398; 8. Robby Jones, 396; 9. Perry, 354; 10. Lamothe, 348
Super X-Cars (20-laps): 1. Frank Alessio, Colchester; 2. Peter Pollard, Old Lyme; 3. Mike Maskell, Quaker Hill; 4. John Yagmin, Tolland; 5. Dan Moon, Exeter, RI; 6. John Brouwer Jr., Groton; 7. Mark Boisvert, Uxbridge, MA; 8. Ken Downing III, Branford; 9. Ed Ryan, Preston; 10. Jim Boyle, East Windsor; 11. Robert Norman, Clinton; 12. Eric Finkbein, Columbia; 13. Shawn Butler, Jewett City; 14. Bill Reiman, Southington; 15. Shawn Perkins, Salem
Standings after ten events: 1. Maskell, 458; 2. Pollard, 437; 3. Alessio, 436; 4. Yagmin, 391; 5. Ryan, 370; 6. Downing, 358; 7. Boyle, 357; 8. Moon, 350; 9. Norman, 308; 10. Perkins, 272
X-Cars (20-laps): 1. Dan D’addario, Columbia; 2. Randy Johnston, Westerly, RI; 3. Jeremy Bourbeau, Taftville; 4. Brad Voglesong, Middletown; 5. Scott Limkemann, East Lyme; 6. Patrick Williams, Middletown; 7. Pete Zaikarite, Niantic; 8. Wayne Shifflett, Preston; 9. Todd Nadeau, Ledyard; 10. John Bowes, Willington; 11. Melissa Clavette, Bozrah; 12. Onie Pierce, Norwich; 13. Christopher Ivory, Oakdale; 14. Mike Trask, Plainfield; 15. Javier Rivera, Willimantic; 16. David Amspacher, Uncasville; 17. Josh Barrie, Voluntown; 18. C.P. Burdick, Deep River; 19. Rick Mollo, Seymour; 20. Bill Giles, Stratford; 21. Christopher Lee, Uncasville; 22. David Lloyd, Mystic; 23. Robert Butler, Norwich; 24. Kristie Hamel, Jewett City; 25. Kim Bickford, Griswold; 26. William Parker, Groton; 27. Michael Marvin, Colchester; DQ – Chris Garside, Waterford
Unofficial Standings after ten events: 1. Johnston, 517; 2. Voglesong, 462; 3. Zaikarite, 458; 4. Williams, 434; 5. Garside, 393; 6. Trask, 350; 7. Shawn Stula, 342; 8. Limkemann, 334; 9. Ivory, 328; 10. Shifflett, 294
Wacky Super X-Car Toll Booth race: 1. Bill Reiman, Southington; 2. Jim Boyle, East Windsor; 3. Jon Porter, Canterbury; 4. Kristie Hamel, Jewett City; 5. John Yagmin, Tolland; 6. Dan Moon, Exeter, RI