Phillips, Smith & Perrego Make Mototown History
Guerard, Charland, D. Jacobs and Rocco Keep Winning
Windsor, CT — Justin Phillips, of W. Suffield, Conn., Ryan Smith, of Kunkletown, Pa., and Anthony Perrego, of Montgomery, N.Y. made MototownUSA Bud Light 12 Pack Indoor Racing Series history while winning their respective features Sunday afternoon.
Marc Guerard, of Hartford, Ryan Charland, of Somers, Darren Jacobs, of Springfield, Mass. and Keith Rocco, of Wallingford, meanwhile added to their feature victory totals on the indoor one-quarter-mile clay oval.
Phillips won his first 1,200cc mini sprint main by leading all 20 laps. The FOC-Suzuski GSXR No. 16 driver and 10-lap heat winner Matt Norrie finished one-two for the Day Hill Automotive team for the first time.
Smith won his first indoor 600cc micro sprint feature by pressuring current points leader Timex Morgan on their final turn. The Slingshots by Tobias’ 100-time feature winner is running the No. 2X JHM Tree Service PMP-GSXR in selected Northeastern events.
Perrego, 12, won Motorama’s first Slingshot feature by holding off Kyle Rohmer the whole way. The DMR Tobias-Briggs & Stratton Vanguard No. 1A driver from Oakland Valley Raceway Park is a Valley Middle School student.
The Slingshots were making one of their first New England appearances. The half-scaled spec dirt modified stock cars are to return with the New York State Mini Sprint Association here April 19.
Marc Guerard can call himself “Mr. Mototown” after winning another 750cc micro sprint main. Edward Leclerc and heat winner Ted Christopher chased the Ciammella Contracting No. 95 Henchcraft-GSXR home.
Ryan Charland put his new No. 10c H&E- Kawasaki to winning use in the Modified Lite main over Joe Anselmo and points leader Sherman Baumann.
D. Jacobs and his No. 21 1995 Volkswagen Jetta got the drop on Joe Jacobs and Brad Voglesong in the four-cylinder street stock main.
Rocco made his best “for sale” advertisement on his No. 6 Chevrolet Camaro by winning the eight-cylinder street stock feature over Jay Pepin and points leader Jonathen Routhier. NEETS enduro champ Richard Petey, of Hackettstown, joined fellow former Wall (N.J.) Speedway titlist Bill Vanderveen on ths starting grid.
MOTOTOWNUSA BUD LIGHT 12 PACK INDOOR RACING SERIES
1001 Day Hill Rd., Windsor, CT 06095 (860) 688-5110
RESULTS RUNDOWN
1,200 cc. MINI SPRINTS
Heat Winner (10 laps): Matt Norrie.
FEATURE: (20 laps): JUSTIN PHILLIPS, W. SUFFIELD, CONN.; Matt Norrie, Pat Juerner, Marc Guerard, Jimmy Broderick, Bill Singer; (DNS) Glenn Sullivan.
POINTS (Top 10 Drivers after 9 Rounds): MATT NORRIE, W. SUFFIELD-682; Broderick-652; Guerard-626; Phillips-554; Kuerner-518; Singer-478; Rich Wood, Jr.-434; Paul Corazzo, Sr.- 414; Doug Norrie-346; Dale R. Friedley, Jr.-262.
SLINGSHOTS BY TOBIAS
Heat Winners: Simon Egan, Michael Glass.
FEATURE: ANTHONY PERREGO, MONTGOMERY, N.Y.; Kyle Rohner, Simon Egan, Shannon Smith, Michael Glass, Dale Kober, Paul Lotier, Steven Van Valkrnburg, Joe Melius, Randy Getz; (DNF) Shawn Kowliski, Bobby Hakel; (DNS) Kevin Van Valkenburg.
POINTS: PERREGO-82; Rohner-74; Glass-72; Egan and Kober (tie) -70; Smith-64; Lotier-60; S. Van Valkenburg-58; Melius and Kowliski (tie)-54.
750cc MICRO SPRINTS
Heat Winner: Ted Christopher.
FEATURE: MARC GUERARD, HARTFORD, CONN.; Edward Leclerc, Ted Christopher, Jack Arute, Randy Cabral, William Eggimann; (DNF) Matthew Brown.
POINTS: MARC GUERARD, HARTFORD-628; Leclerc-602; Arute-527; Brown-512; Eggimann-504; Christopher-364; Chester Hinkle-344; Charles Hughes-218; Jeff Watson-152.
600cc MICRO SPRINTS
Heat Winner: Randy Cabral.
FEATURE: RYAN SMITH, KUNKLETOWN, PA.; Timex Morgan, Randy Cabral, Nunzio Allegrucci, Edward Wilberg; (DNS) Jack Arute.
POINTS: TIMEX MORGAN-ROCHESTER, MASS.-638; Anthony Nocella-398; Cabral-338; Jeff Rivard-282; Lex Burritt-250; David Morgan-244; Richard Crooker-232; Matt Pupello-188; Paul Bigelow-164; Lou Cicconi-164.
MODIFIED LITES
Heat Winner: Sherman Baumann
FEATURE: RYAN CHARLAND, SOMERS, CONN.; Joseph Anselmo, Sherman Baumann, Jeremy Wilcox, Nick Dupre, Wayne Abir; (DNF) Richard Ashlaw.
POINTS: SHERMAN BAUMANN, MOODUS-708; R. Charland-484; Wilcox-390; Michael Keeler-338; Dupre-266; Anselmo-148; Bob Charland-138; Abair-124; Brian Peterson-72; Tyler Hughes-70.
FOUR CYLINDER STREET STOCKS
Heat Winner: Joe Jacobs.
FEATURE: DARREN JACOBS, SPRINGFIELD, MASS.; Joe Jacobs, Brad Voglesong, J. Curtis D’Addario, Ted Nicklils, Fred Cheney.
POINTS: JOE JACOBS, -550; D. Jacobs-546; Voglesong-514; Robert Chapdelaine-348; Patrick William-294; D’Addario-120; Kyle Waynner-64; Cheney-62.
EIGHT CYLINDER STREET STOCKS
Heat Winners: Jay Pepin, Jonathen Routhier.
FEATURE: KEITH ROCCO, WALLINGFORD; Jay Pepin, Jonathen Routhier, William Reiman, Ted Chalmers, Blaze Stonier, Bill Vanderveen, Bill Davis, Duane Stonier, Richard Petey, Jim Consalvo, Tevor Lee Dyer, Rich Blomberg; (DNF) Dave Yardley III; (DNS)Howie Bott.
POINTS: JONATHEN ROUTHIER, CANAAN-704; Yardley-592; Reiman-370; Pepin-310; Rocco-284; Dyer-250; Victoria Bergenty-242; D. Stonier-238; John Yagmin-210; E.J. Le Geyt-186.
NEXT RACES: Noon April 6, 20, 27.
April 19, Noon: Wingless New York State Mini Sprint Association; Slingshots by Tobias.
Sources: Walter Elliott/Mototown USA PR