Pearl, Gallo Take SK Double Features at Waterford
Waterford, CT — Winning twin 25-lap Double-Down Shootout SK Modified features at the Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday evening was Jeff Pearl and Matt Gallo.
Overall event champions were Rob Janovic Jr. (SK Modified), Bruce Thomas Jr. (Late Model), Walt Hovey Jr. (Sportsman), and Randy Churchill Jr. (Mini Stock).
Also claming victory in round-two Double Down features (rescheduled from an earlier date), were Tim Jordan (Late Model), Al Stone III (Sportsman), and Glenn Colvin (Mini Stock). In the accompanying Legends and X-Car main events it was Jason Palmer and Patrick D’Addario Sr. respectively.
Jeff Pearl jumped out to an early lead in the first 25-lap SK event, but was shortly chased closely by Keith Rocco. With eleven laps remaining, Rocco and third-place Dennis Gada tangled, the latter slamming the wall with great force finishing both for the event. Upon resumption, it was Pearl again taking the lead with Doug Coby in hot pursuit. With only a handful of circuits remaining, Ron Yuhas Jr. overtook Coby for second. It was the 30th Speedbowl SK triumph for the former champion.
In the second 25- lap SK feature, it was veteran Pete Pavone taking the lead followed closely by Dan LaJeunesse. A late-race restart shuffled the top-spots, with Tyler Chadwick getting the advantage at the green. Yet another caution set the stage for a 2-lap shootout between young guns Chadwick, Matt Gallo and LaJeunesse. At the finish, Gallo prevailed to win his first-ever SK Modified feature. Following was defending champion Rob Janovic Jr.,
Late Model veteran Phil Rondeau led the opening circuits of the Late Model 25-lapper, before overtaken by 2006 champion Tim Jordan. Defending champion and victor of the first segment, Bruce Thomas Jr. nearly made it a clean-sweep pressuring Jordan to the stripe. Jeff Pearl finished third followed by Keith Rocco, and Joe Curioso III. It was Jordan’s third victory of the season.
Leading the charge in the 15-lap Sportsman event, it was Joe Nogiec followed closely by John Puglisi. Championship leader Al Stone III grabbed the top-spot during the latter stages, narrowly defeating a hard-charging Walt Hovey Jr. Nogiec, Puglisi, and Jack Aquilina completed the top-5.
In the second of twin-15-lappers for the Mini Stocks, it was Glenn Colvin prevailing over a hard-charging Randy Churchill. Several restarts worked Colvin hard for the triumph, Churchill making-up several car-lengths during the waning circuits. Phil Evans, Ken Cassidy Jr., and Danny Field rounded-out the top-5.
Taking the point within a handful of laps, 2008 Wednesday Legends champion won the 20-lap feature, but not before holding-off the determined trio of Michael Gervais Jr., Max Zachem, and Shaun Buffington during a restart with only 2-laps remaining. Completing the top-5 in the caution-plagued affair was Thomas Gray.
Patrick D`Addario Sr. handily moved past recently-crowned 2008 X-Car champion “Bad Brad” Voglesong within 6-circuits, winning the 20-lap X-Car main event by a wide margin over Patrick Williams and Voglesong. Completing the top-5 was John Bowes and Danny Gervais.
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SK MODIFIED # 1 (25); 1. Jeff Pearl, 2. Rin Yuhas Jr,, 3. Doug Coby, 4. Jeff Paul, 5. Rob Janovic Jr., 6. Tyler Chadwick, 7. Matt Gallo, 8. Diego Monahan, 9. Wade Mattesen, 10. Mike Sweeney, 11. Frank Mucciacciaro Jr., 12. Ed Reed Jr., 13. Dan LaJeunesse, 14. Glenn Pressel III. 15. Pete Pavone Jr., 16. Rich Hammann, 17. Wayne Arute, 18. Shawn Monahan, 19. Keith Rocco, 20. Dennis Gada, 21. Don Fowler, 22. Justin Gaydosh, 23. Paul French, 24. Steve Zukowski, 25. Wendell Dailey.
SK MODIFIED # 2 (25); 1. Matt Gallo, 2. Rob Janovic Jr., 3. Tyler Chadwick, 4. Danny LaJeunesse, 5. Doug Coby, 6. Frank Mucciacciaro Jr., 7. Pete Pavone Jr., 8. Keith Rocco, 9. Glenn Pressel III, 10. Dennis Gada, 11. Mike Sweeney, 12. Jeff Paul, 13. Diego Monahan, 14. Rich Hammann, 15. Jeff Pearl, 16. Wade Mattesen, 17. Wayne Arute, 18. Ron Yuhas Jr., 19. Ed Reed Jr., 20. Justin Gaydosh, 21. Paul French, 22. Don Fowler, 23. Shawn Monahan.
LATE MODEL # 2 (25); 1. Tim Jordan, 2, Bruce Thomas Jr., 3. Jeff Pearl, 4. Joe Curioso III, 5. Jeff Smith, 6. Vin Esposito, 7. Phil Rondeau, 8. Rich Staskowski, 9. Rich Duranti, 10. Ed Reed Jr., 11. Dave Zemke, 12. Dan Holben, 13. Robery Leblanc Jr., 14. Larry Goss, 15. Dennis Stampfl, 16. Brian Andronaco, 17. Mark Hudson, 18. Keith Rocco (disqualified).
SPORTSMAN # 2 (15); 1. Al Stone III, 2. Walt Hovey Jr., 3. Joe Nogiec, 4. John Puglisi, 5. Jack Aquilina, 6. Sean Curtis, 7. Brandon Plemons, 8. Josh Galvin, 9. Mark Cooper, 10. Nate Appell, 11. Chuck Rogers, 12. Kevin Gamborcorta, 13. Chris Meyer, 14. Ronnie Oldham Jr., 15. Ed Lamb Jr., 16. Randall Waterman, 17. Zachary Fisher, 18, Jon Porter.
MINI STOCK # 2 (15); 1. Glen Colvin, 2. Randy Churchill Jr., 3. Phil Evans, 4. Ken Cassidy Jr., 5. Danny Field, 6. Jeff Mehlenbacher, 7. Kyle James, 8. Ian Brew, 9. Mark Panaroni. 10. Nick Papacoda, 11. Charles Canfield, 12. Lou Bellisle III, 13. Marl Caise, 14. Christina Cunliffe, 15. Ryan Cipows, 16. Ben Bargnesi, 17. Ray Christian III, 18. Jack Aquilina, 19. Sean Caron, 20. Jeff “Soup” Civardi.
LEGENDS (25); 1. Jason Palmer, 2. Maicheal Gervais Jr., 3. Max Zachem, 4. Shaun Buffington, 5. Tom Gray, 6. Justin Rau, 7. Dan Bisignano, 8. Ed Field, 9. Adam Gada, 10. David Stanton, 11. Scott Tapley, 12. Glen Thomas Jr., 13. Dan McGouren, 14. Kyle Rogers, 15. Carl Blandina, 16. Carl Bohn, 17. Joe Gada, 18. Pete Portante, 19. Ryan Morgan, 20. Joe Cipriano.
X-CAR (20); 1. Patrick D`Addario Sr., 2. Patrick Williams, 3. Brad Voglesong, 4. John Bowes, 5. Danny Gervais, 6. Len Platt, 7. Dave D`Allasandro, 8. Keith Michaud, 9. Michele Cicio, 10. Heather Small, 11. Art Phillips, 12. Josh Barrie, 13. Kim Bickford, 14. Shawn Salimeno, 15. James Ruddock, 16. Wayne Shifflett.
Sources: Dave Dykes/Waterford Speedbowl PR