Lichty, Zych, Stoehr, & Meservey Score CARQUEST Super Saturday Feature Wins at Stafford Motor Speedway
Stafford Springs, CT — Saturday night, June 29th, was the 10th annual CARQUEST Super Saturday program at Stafford Motor Speedway. Mike Lichty won the 50-lap ISMA Supermodified feature, John Zych, Jr. won the 30-lap NEMA Midget feature event, Avery Stoehr won the 20-lap NEMA Lite feature, and Dan Meservey, Jr. won the 25-lap Pro-4 Modified feature event.
In the 50-lap ISMA Supermodified feature event, Mike Lichty got a good run in the outside groove to take the lead at the start of the race. Lou Cicconi, who started the race in 9th, was absolutely blistering his way to the front as he moved into second place on lap-2. Polesitter Dan Bowes was third, with Rob Summers and Tim Ice was fifth. The caution came out with 2 laps complete for debris on the backstretch.
Back under green, Cicconi smoked past Lichty to take over the lead. Bowes was third, with Summers fourth and Chris Perley got by Ice to move into fifth place. Perley made a move to get by Summers for third on lap-6 but he had a lot of distance to close down to Lichty and Cicconi at the front of the field. The caution came out and erased Cicconi’s large lead with 15 laps complete for Justin Belfiore, who came to a stop in turn 4.
Cicconi took the lead on the restart, but Lichty was all over the back of Cicconi’s car. Lichty made the pass for the lead on lap-17 with Perley right behind the lead duo in third place. Summers was in fourth, just ahead of Ice, who was back up to fifth place. Just as Cicconi had pulled away from Lichty on the previous green flag run, Lichty was now pulling away from Cicconi and Perley once he was out front. Lichty deftly navigated lapped traffic and wasn’t losing any time as he made his way through the back markers.
With 20 laps to go, Lichty had built his lead up to over a full straightaway on Cicconi and Perley. Summers continued to run in fourth place with Tim Jedrzejek in fifth. Lichty’s big lead was erased by the caution flag, which flew with 32 laps complete for Jeff Locke, who spun in turn 4.
Lichty got a dazzling restart and immediately opened up a gap over Perley, who worked his way by Cicconi and into second. Jedrzejek was fourth with Mark Sammut behind him in fifth. Lichty led the field to the checkered flag in dominating fashion to pick up his second consecutive ISMA Supermodified victory at Stafford Speedway. Perley finished second, with Cicconi, Sammut, and Jederzjek rounding out the top-5.
In the 30-lap NEMA Midget feature event, Ian Cumens took the lead at the green flag with Anthony Marvuglio moving into second after a quick duel with Paul Scally. Russ Stoehr was fourth, but he was overtaken by John Zych, Jr. for the spot on lap-4 and Zych went by Scally for third place on lap-5.
Cumens had a slight lead built up over Marvuglio, but Marvuglio began to close the gap to Cumens and by lap-7 he was right on the rear of Cumens’ car. Zych was also in the mix for the lead, making it a three-car fight for the lead. Zych went by Marvuglio for second on lap-10 and began to set his sights on Cumens in the lead.
Randy Cabral moved into fifth on lap-12 getting by Bill DeMario and the caution came out one lap later as DeMario and Scally came together and spun in turn 2. The order for the restart was Cumens and Zych on the front row, Marvuglio and Seth Carlson on row 2, and Cabral and Russ Stoehr in the third row.
Zych took the lead on the restart with Cumens in second. Carlson moved into third, with Stoehr fourth and Cabral fifth. Caution with 16 laps complete.
On the restart, Cumens and Zych dueled side by side for the lead with Cumens coming out of the fight with the lead. Cabral and Stoehr were side by side for third place behind them with Cabral taking the spot. Zych came back strong to the inside of Cumens and retook the lead on lap-20. Greg Stoehr was fifth and he was applying pressure to the back of Russ Stoehr for fourth place. Greg got by Russ on lap-23 to move into fourth while Zych was beginning to pull away from Cumens at the front of the pack.
Carlson ran Russ Stoehr down and with three laps to go was applying heavy pressure for the fifth position. Zych took the checkered flag ahead of Cumens to score a dominating victory. Cabral finished third, Greg Stoehr was fourth, and Russ Stoehr was able to hold off Carlson to finish in the fifth position.
In the 20-lap NEMA Lite feature event, Paul Bigelow took the lead from the outside of the front row to take the early lead ahead of Avery Stoehr. Brandon Igo got around David Moniz for third on lap-4 with Danny Cugini running in fifth.
Bigelow was setting a blistering pace at the front of the pack, opening up a lead of several car lengths back to Stoehr in second. Igo was several car lengths behind Stoehr at the halfway point of the race. On lap-11, Cugini overtook Moniz for fourth place and Kenney Johnson followed Cugini past Moniz to drop Moniz back to sixth place.
At the front of the field, Stoehr had caught up to Bigelow and he was looking to make a pass for the lead, which he did on lap-15, taking to the outside groove to get the job done. Igo was now pressuring Bigelow for second, but Bigelow was able to hold Igo off.
Stoehr led Bigelow to the checkered flat to pick up the victory. Igo finished third, with Cugini and Johnson rounding out the top-5.
In the 25-lap Pro-4 Modified feature, Norm Wrenn took the early lead ahead of Phil Lausier. Dan Meservey, Jr. who started the race from the 7th position, was on the charge in the early laps, moving into third on the first lap and overtaking Lausier for second on lap-2. Meservey continued his charge on lap-3 as he took the lead from Wrenn. Rob Richardi, Jr. spun in turn 2 to bring the caution out with 4 laps complete.
Wrenn took the lead from Meservey on the restart with Meservey slotting into second. Dan Meservey, Sr. was third, with Derek Robbie fourth and Lausier in fifth. Wrenn held the lead until lap-8 when Meservey, Jr. went back to the front. Richardi was charging back through the field after his spin and he cracked into the top-5 on lap-10 and he moved into fourth on lap-14 with a pass on Lausier.
Richardi continued to move up as he took third from Meservey, Sr. while Meservey, Jr. and Wrenn continued to hold the top-2 spots. The top-5 ran in line until the caution came out with 22 laps complete as Lausier and Richardi spun in turn 2. Both cars retired from the race.
Back under green, Meservey, Jr. powered into the lead with Wrenn behind him. Robin Berghman was now in third, with Meservey, Sr. and Norm Wrenn, III behind her. The caution came out again with 24 laps complete for Joe Doucette, who came to a stop in turn 3.
Meservey, Jr. took the lead on the green-white-checkered restart and led Wrenn back to the checkered flag to pick up the victory. Berghman finished third, with Wrenn, III and Dan Fresh rounding out the top-5.
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ISMA SUPERMODIFIED (50)
1) Mike Lichty
2) Chris Perley
3) Lou Cicconi
4) Mark Sammut
5) Timmy Jederzjek
6) Jon McKennedy
7) Rob Summers
8) Ben Seitz
9) Eddie Witkum, Jr.
10) Tim Ice
11) Mike Keeler
12) Allison Cumens
13) Dan Lane
14) Dave Duggan
15) Jeff Locke
16) Dan Bowles
17) Justin Belfiore
18) Ray Graham
NEMA MIDGET (30)
1) John Zych, Jr.
2) Ian Cumens
3) Randy Cabral
4) Greg Stoehr
5) Russ Stoehr
6) Seth Carlson
7) Todd Bertrand
8) Joey Payne
9) Anthony Marvuglio
10) Paul Scally
11) Phil DiMario
12) Jim Chambers
13) Joe Mooch
PRO-4 MODIFIED (25)
1) Dan Meservey, Jr.
2) Norm Wrenn
3) Robin Berghman
4) Norm Wrenn, III
5) Dan Fresh
6) Dan Meservey, Sr.
7) Derek Robbie
8) Mark Charette
9) Thomas Royer
10) Rob Richardi, Jr.
11) Phil Lausier
12) Joe Doucette
13) Matt Sagar
14) Bill Lucchesi, Jr.
NEMA LITES (20)
1) Avery Stoehr
2) Paul Bigelow
3) Brandon Igo
4) Danny Cugini
5) Kenney Johnson
6) Carl Medieros
7) DJ Moniz
8) Andy Barrows
9) Jake Stergios
10) Randy Cabral
11) Logan Rayvals
12) Dana Shaw
13) Megan Cugini
14) Kevin Park
15) Kelly Ferrell
16) Richie Morrocco
17) Scott Bigelow
18) Joe Mooch
Sources: Scott Running/Stafford Motor Speedway PR