Chris Pasteryak cools off in Del’s Victory Lane. Jimmy Rosenfield, Jody Tripp and Ryan Linham also victorious

Seekonk, MA — After finishing second to Vinny Annarummo all those times, Lisbon CT’s Chris Pasteryak has become the man to beat. Over the last four modified races at Seekonk, including the 2008 DAV Fall Classic and the 5^th Annual Open Wheel Wednesday, Pasteryak is now 3 out of four.

TVMRS Points leader, and the winner of the True Value Modified race in June at Seekonk, Jon McKennedy jumped out to the early lead. Pasteryak was quickly on the move, and by lap three, the second generation racer moved to the inside and took over the lead. A couple of laps later, Carl Pasteryak moved into second, and started to hut down his nephew. As they came across the stripe on lap 13, the elder statesman of the Pasteryak clan moved into the lead, and started to pull away from the rest of the grid. As the field crossed lap 25, Carl had a seven car length advantage over Chris, with McKennedy, Mike Holdridge and Kevin Iarnnarelli.

As Carl crossed lap 44, the back end came out from underneath, and he spun into the turn one infield grass. Jack Bateman also spun, and had to come from the rear. This handed the lead back to Chris Pasteryak. By this time, former Seekonk Speedway winner Les Hinckley moved into the top five, and was running third. At the halfway point, the top five had remained virtually unchanged, with Pasteryak, McKennedy, Hinckley, Holdridge and Dwight Jarvis rounding out the top five.

Hinckley moved around McKennedy at lap 53, and closed in on Pasteryak. The top two pulled away by almost a straightaway over the rest of the field by lap 60. The second caution came out on lap 63 when Mike Douglas spun in turn two for a single car incident. Todd Annarummo, who started scratch in the field after suffering a flat tire in his qualifier, was up to sixth.

Pasteryak and Hinckley pulled away once again as Holdridge and McKennedy battled for third. The duo ran side by side, swapping third back and forth between them over the next ten laps. Holdridge settled into third by lap 72, but was quite a distance behind the leaders. Annarummo moved past Jarvis for fifth, and at the ¾ mark, slid past McKennedy into fourth. His run would only last a couple of more laps, as an engine problem sent Todd into the pits at lap 79, ending a good run for the Swansea MA native. The third caution flew on lap 86, when Douglas spun in turn four.

On the ensuing restart, the field could not complete a lap before several cars tangled on the frontstretch. Carl Pasteryak, Karl Fredrickson, Eddie Spiers, McKennedy, Rob Goodenough, Shelly Perry and Butch Perry were all involved, although Pasteryak and Shelly Perry were the only ones to not return. Rowan Pennink moved into fourth by this time with Jarvis still running fifth.

In the final fourteen laps, Hinckley threw everything he could think of to move past Pasteryak, but the copper 15 made all the right moves, and held off the hard charging Hinckley. Pennink had moved into third, and over the last couple of laps, pushed hard to move into the top two. As the top three were coming off turn four for the checkered, contact was made between Pennink and Hinckley, causing Hinckley to save a spinning modified. He was able to gather it back up and hold off Pennink for second. Mike Holdridge finished fourth with Stephen Masse rounding out the top five.

 Mike Cavallaro sat on the outside lane for the restart, with Breault on the inside. Cavallaro got the jump on the green, and led the next few circuits. Breault continued to fight back on the inside, and took the lead over on lap nine, with Cavallaro edging him out on lap ten, and Breault taking back over the next couple of circuits. As the leaders came off turn two, contact was made between them, putting Breault around, collecting Gerry DeGasparre, forcing the three time winner out of the event.

The 30 lap Late Model feature was cut short due to time restraints, as the weather was being carefully watched, and the modifieds were next in line. On the drop of the green, Tyler Thompson and Jake Vanada dueled for the lead, as the pair ran side by side for the first five laps. Thompson led the first three laps, while Vanada started edging out on the outside, and took over for the next two circuits. As they raced down the backstretch, Thompson moved up the track, opening the inside lane, and Matt Breault took advantage. As they raced into turn three, Thompson moved up a little more, making contact with Vanada, causing the two cars to get locked together.

Jimmy Rosenfield inherited the lead, with Frank Duquette, Bill Bernard, Kyle Casper and Ryan Vanasse rounding out the top five. Rosenfield took off and set the pace, while Bill Bernard and Vanasse moved into second and third positions. The third caution came out on lap fifteen, when Tyler Thompson spun in turn four. Bernard held on to second for a couple of laps, but Vanasse took over the second position on lap 17. The final caution came out on lap 19 when Frank Duquette spun on the backstretch in a single car incident. At this time, ARC officials saw that the race had eclipsed the time limit given, and the checkered flag was thrown, declaring Rosenfield the winner, his first Late Model victory, and his second career at Seekonk.

“I want to wish a happy 90^th birthday to Mrs. V.” Rosenfield stated. “I need to thank Buddy Brackett, he’s been with me all along, thanks to D&E Auto Body, my guys Jeremy, Jay, Gary, and all their wives and girlfriends that put up with them spending a lot of time with me.”

Jody Tripp picked up his sixth win of the season in the Seekonk Sport Truck 25 lap feature, and once again, he had to fight Rick Martin for it. Jariah Roderick jumped out to the early lead, and set the pace until Russ Borges moved around and out front lap 3. Borges opened up a five length advantage before he lost the grip and spun down the frontstretch, bring out the first caution. Rick Martin assumed the lead, with Tripp, Mike Ronhock, John Paiva and Dylan Estrella rounding out the top five.

Martin held onto the lead for the next handful of laps, but he could not keep Tripp at bay, as Jody took over the lead just shy of the halfway. As the top two pulled away, the battle for third raged on, as John Paiva had his hands full with Ronhock, who continued to hound the Fall River native for the third spot. The raced that way until lap 16, when Roderick spun, bringing out the second caution of the event. Lenny Guy was up to fifth at this point.

Tripp and Martin pulled away once more, with Martin working hard to overtake the lead, but to no avail. Guy was able to sneak past Ronhock for fourth, and tried to get past Paiva, but could not. Tripp held on for his sixth win of the season, with Martin, Paiva, Guy and Paiva rounding out the top five.

That was cool, my first two-in-a-row,” Tripp said with a smile. “I got a good jump on Rick and was able to hold him off. I want to thank Chuck from Silver Key, Mike, my dad, my wife Christine and everyone on board.”

The Street Stock feature was another down to the wire affair, and in the end, Ryan Lineham became the divisions first three time winner. Ryan quickly moved up into the second spot from his fifth starting position, and started to put pressure on Scott Bruneau, who led from the drop of the green. Elmer Wing III started on the outside of the front row, and settled into second, until Lineham slid past on a lap five restart. The caution came out for Chris Rioux who suffered a flat right front tire while fighting with Wing for second.

The green did not stay out for long, as Bobby Pelland III spun on the backstretch with a flat left rear tire. Bruneau and Lineham raced wheel to wheel for the lead for the next couple of laps before Lineham settled in behind. Running third was Wing, who had his hands full with Mike Lima and Scott Serydynski. Serydynski was moving through the pack from his 13^th starting position, and just shy of the halfway, he moved into fourth. He took over third on lap 14, and started to put pressure on the two leaders. With ten laps remaining, Paul Newcomb Jr moved into the top five, and put pressure on Wing for fourth.

As the field crossed across the stripe on lap 18, race leader Bruneau slowed up, and limed his machine into the pits. Elmer Wing seemed to slow up as well, and pull off the track. Just as this was happening, Ray Negley and Chris Beauleau got together in turn four, bringing out the caution. Linham assumed the lead with Serydynski, Newcomb, Lima and Mike Mitchell the top five.

While Lineham set the pace, the race for second became the one to watch. Serydynski had his hands full with Paul Newcomb, who was trying to move past for second. That race would have to wait, as the final caution came out on lap 21, when Roland Wheeler spun. Over the last four laps, Lineham was able to settle down at the top of the field, but the race for second continued. With two laps remaining, Newcomb edged Serydynski at the stripe for second, and held on to the checkered. Serydynski started to slide back a little as Mitchell moved underneath for third, with Scott hanging on for fourth and Mike Lima rounded out the top five.

“We had a tough issue last week, and after the heat race today, my brother had to take the transmission out again,” a tired Ryan stated. “This win is for him. Thanks to Mel and Josh, and my father who worked on this car all week.”

ARC racing returns this Saturday, August 29, with the annual Kraze’s Speed Equipment Seekonk Sport Truck Special. The Trucks will race for 30 laps around the Action Track of the East. The Pro4 Modifieds will join the action with their third event at Seekonk for the season. The Late Models will have the evening off.

As part of the Kraze Korlacki Speed Equipment Race Night which includes the Pro-4 Modified Tour and Sport Truck 30 lap race, a Kraze Powder Puff Race – “Race for a Cure” will be held. This race will feature the female families and friends of the Pro-4 Modified drivers in a 20 lap shoot-out. This race is to raise awareness and funds for Breast Cancer. We ask that you print out a pledge sheet at www.seekonkspeedway.com or www.krazespeedequipment.com. We hope you can join us for this exciting event. This event is presented in partnership with Seekonk Speedway, Kraze Korlacki Speed Equipment, Inc., Racing Against Cancer, and the American Cancer Society.

Sources:Kevin Boucher/Seekonk Speedway PR

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