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08/23/2013 |
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SAVARY WINS
FIRST VMRS RACE AT THOMPSON |
Richard
Savary, of Canton, MA, won his first Valenti
Modified Racing Series event Thursday night, August
22, with an impressive run in the 75-lap feature
race
Savary, who started 15th in a 21-car lineup, chased
race leader Rowan Pennink, of Huntingdon Valley, PA,
for five laps before passing Pennink on lap 72 to go
on to victory.
It was a special win for the second-generation
driver who has won races in other divisions at
Thompson but this was his first score in a
full-blown modified.
“I have to thank all these guys (crew) for the work
they did to get this car done, sponsors, Bob
Bruneau’s motor, the fans of Thompson Speedway, my
home track for awhile. I always wanted to win a race
here in a modified we did that tonight and I’m happy
for that”
“It was a tough week with what happened last week
(Seekonk DQ) we wanted to prove our point and we got
it done.”
Savary said the race staying green and cautions not
coming till later was a little concern,” Our
strategy was to ride around for 30 laps and let the
race come to us. This is the fewest cars we’ve had
here and it got strung out. It seemed like it could
go all the way so we had to just take (pass) one at
a time and even then I had to conserve.”
Point-leader Rowan Pennink continued to run strong
and led for 24-laps before Savary slipped by.” We
had a good car. It looked like it was going to go
green there for awhile. We might have run a little
bit too hard at the beginning. Richard had a good
car at the end and was able to get by us.”
Three-time series champion Jon McKennedy, of East
Chelmsford, MA, made a late race charge to finish
third.
McKennedy was pleased the Art Barry crew was able to
dial-in a car that was tight in practice.
“We changed a bunch of stuff and the crew worked
hard. I knew after the heat we had a pretty good
piece. Art tuned the motor. I wish the race was a
little bit longer. Maybe I held back a little. I had
a lot of car left,” said McKennedy.
Tommy Barrett, of Millis, MA, drew the attention of
fans with another late race charge to finish fourth.
Keith Rocco, of Meriden, CT, ran a strong race
settling for fifth.
Rounding out the top ten were; Dan Meservey, Jr,
Chris Pasteryak, Max Zachem, Jeff Malave, and Louie
Mechalides.
The race was completed in 50:44 with 13 of the 21
starters on the lead lap at the finish. Six caution
flags were displayed throughout the event for spins
and crashes.
Heat winners were; Ted Christopher, Barrett, and
Mechalides.
Race No.11 of 17- Thompson
Speedway
Entrants: 23 (21 starters) Kopec, Doucette
(engine)
Distance: 75-laps
Time of Race: 50:44:19
Best Lap Time: 19.169 (Savary)
Lead Changes: 2 (among 2 drivers)
Lap Leaders: Pasteryak (1-48) Pennink (49-72)
Savary (73-75
Cautions: 6 Laps 1, 47,48,51,69,69
Unofficial Order of Finish: (1) Savary (2)
Pennink (3) McKennedy (4) Barrett (5) Rocco (6)
Meservey (7) Pasteryak (8) Zachem (9) Malave (10)
Mechalides (11) Owen (12) Van Houten (13) Mead (14)
Wrenn (15) Christopher (16) Holdridge (17) Preece
(18) Bitondo (19) Fifield (20) Masse (21) Nocella. |
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Source: John Spence / Valenti Modified Racing Series
Posted: August
23, 2013 |
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