August 14, 2015

  Fifty five years ago in 1960 Ron Narducci broke into victory lane at Stafford as he scored a win on the dirt in Friday night Modified action. Tommy Fenley, who had won four in a row at Stafford, hooked a rut in turn 1 and flipped completely out of the track and into the woods. Ted Stack scored a clean sweep at the Waterford Speedbowl as he won both Wednesday and Saturday night Modified events.

  Fifty years ago in 1965 rain washed out the racing action at the Stafford Springs Speedway. Charlie Webster was the Modified victor at Waterford. Bill Scrivner was the Late Model Daredevil winner. Kenny Shoemaker scored his fifth win at Fonda and at Utica-Rome Rene Charland ended a dry spell as he won out over Tom and Dave Kotary.

  Forty five years ago in 1970, the All Star League moved into the 1/5 mile Islip Speedway on Wednesday. Richie Evans took the 100-lap win over George Brunnhoelzl, Jim Hendrickson, Gary Winters, Lou Lazzaro and Eddie Flemke. In regular Friday night action at Malta, Fred DeSarro beat out Rene Charland and Dick Fowler for the win. DeSarro carried his win streak to Stafford on Saturday night where he won a 50-lap double point event over Eddie Flemke and Leo Cleary. Jerry Pennock and Eddie Pieniezak split the twin 25's at Fonda and at Plattsburg; Canadian Andre Manny took the victory. At Islip, Charlie Jarzombek was the winner. Dick Dunn braved the heat as he won the 30 lap Modified feature at the Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday night. Bill Sweet was the Late Model Daredevil winner. Many of the east coast NASCAR modified stars of the day traveled to Trenton Speedway for the annual North-South 200.Needless to say the event was postponed for a week because of rain. At Utica-Rome on Sunday night it was dry as Lou Lazzaro took the win over Rene Charland and Robbie Kotary.

  Forty years ago in 1975, Bugsy Stevens was the Friday night winner at Stafford. Ray Miller finished second with Geoff Bodine, third. Islip ran a 200 lapper on Saturday. Invader Jerry Cook took the win. Bob Park finished second with Fred Harbach, third. Shangri-La and Lancaster rained out. Bob Potter in the Roger Bonnville No. 110 won the Schafer Beer sponsored Grand Slam 50 lapper. Dick Laflesh was the Grand American Late Model winner. At Fulton on Sunday, Maynard Troyer ruled the roost. Richie Evans tried his best but had to settle for second. It was reported that 1972 Indy 500 winner Mark Donohue had passed away after a three hour brain operation in Austria. His injuries and ultimate death resulted from injuries received during a practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix.

  Thirty five years ago in 1980, Tony Siscone was the winner at New Egypt on Wednesday night. John Blewett JR finished second with Alan Harbach, third. At Stafford on Friday, Ronnie Bouchard won a close one over John Rosati and Richie Evans. Bouchard went to Westboro on Saturday and got rained on. Evans went to Riverside where he won out over Ray Miller. At Shangri-La it was George Kent over Greg Sacks and at Thompson on Sunday, Bouchard continued his winning ways as he took the victory over Leo Cleary and Richie Evans. Other weekend winners included Kent at Spencer, Fred Harbach at Islip, Tim Mislin at Lancaster, Bob Potter at Waterford, Jim Hendrickson at Wall and John Rosati at Monadnock.

  Thirty years ago in 1985, Star Speedway ran the Modifieds on Wednesday with Jeff Fuller taking the win. At Stafford on Friday night, Brian Ross had the quick way around as he took a hotly contested win over Kenny Bouchard and Charlie Jarzombek. Mike Christopher was the SK winner. It was also on this night that someone stole the electronic drive on scales out of the infield when the officials weren't looking. They were never found or recovered. At Waterford on Saturday, Dale Holdridge got one for the good guys as he beat out Richie Gallup and Kenny Bouchard. SJ Evonsion showed that he hadn't forgotten his way around Riverside as he beat John Rosati to the stripe. Thompson ran a 100 lap-300 qualifier on Sunday. Richie Evans took the win over Jeff Fuller and Jim Spencer. With his win, Evans was guaranteed a pole starting position in the Thompson 300, which paid $10,000 to win. Other weekend winners were Billy Colton at Spencer, Wayne Anderson at Riverhead, Jerry Cranmer at Wall and Ronnie Bouchard at Seekonk.

  Twenty five years ago in 1990, Mike Christopher was the Friday night SK modified winner at Stafford. At Waterford, Ted Christopher in the Ronnie Berndt No.54 won a 75 lap Race of Champions qualifier over Dennis Gada and Moose Hewitt. Riverside Park ran twin events with Richie Gallup and Tom Bolles sharing top honors and at Riverhead; Mike Ewanitsko won the 101 lap Charlie Jarzombek Memorial. Lou Lazzaro won his 106th career event at Fonda and Bugsy Stevens was the Pro Stock winner at Seekonk.

  Twenty years ago in 1995, Waterford ran on Thursday and on Saturday. Bert Marvin won the Thursday night event over Todd Ceravolo and Mike Gada. On Sat, Jeff Pearl took the win over Jim Broderick and Eric Berndt. Friday night at Stafford, Bo Gunning took the SK modified feature over John Anderson and Tony Sylvester. Point leader Bob Potter was extremely upset when he got dumped and put out of contention. At Waterford on Saturday night, Jeff Pearl took the modified win over Jim Broderick and Eric Berndt. John Brouwer JR won the late model event after Larry Cote and Phil Rondeau wrecked. At Riverside it was Brian Schofield over Steve Park and Dave Berube and at Riverhead, Don Howe took the win. The Featherlite Modified Tour was at Loudon. Mike Stefanik started dead last in the 40 lapper and made a determined charge to the front to pass Ted Christopher for the lead and eventual win in the closing stages. Tony Hirschman ended up second and was followed by Charlie Pasteryak and Rick Fuller. Dale Jarrett was the winner of a non-stop Busch Grandnational event at Michigan but was disqualified with an illegal intake manifold, giving the win to Mark Martin. Bobby Labonte was the Winston Cup winner. Robbie Crouch was the Busch North winner at Star and Jack Johnson sewed up his tenth track title at Fonda.

  Fifteen years ago, in 2000, Ted Christopher, in his first outing in the Gary Cretty No.25, took the pole and all but ran away with the Featherlite Modified Tour event run at Thompson on Thursday night. Jerry Marquis finished second with Reggie Ruggiero, third. During warm-ups, Rob Summers and Carl Pasteryak had their cars destroyed as NASCAR officials were not paying attention when they waved on of the cars to enter the track. Christopher also won the 30 lap SK modified event. Stafford rained out on Friday and Dennis Gada recorded his fifth win at Waterford on Saturday. Jeff Pearl finished second with Ron Yuhas JR, third. Ted Christopher has his potentially winning car destroyed after he ran over a wheel and crashed violently. It was also a year ago that Jimmy Blewett got his first ever win at Wall Stadium. In Winston Cup action at Michigan, Rusty Wallace took the win. Todd Bodine was the GN winner.

  Ten years ago in 2005 Tony Hirschman cruised to a convincing win in the NASCAR New England Dodge Dealers 150 at the Thompson Speedway on Thursday night. Hirschman, the top time trialer, started seventh after the top ten redrew. Doug Coby, driving the Mansfield Ct. based No.77 of Curt Chase, started on the pole and led the first 80 laps before pitting. Coby ended up 14th after bad luck reared its ugly head. Ricky Fuller came from 18th to finish 2nd, his best finish in quite a while. Eric Beers started 19th and finished third. Mike Christopher had his best run to date in the Hills Enterprises No.79 as he took advantage of John Blewett III’s transmission problems in the late going. Blewett had only high gear. Rounding out the top five was Chuck Hossfeld. Sixth through tenth were Blewett III, Marquis, Tom Bolles, Donnie Lia and Dave Etheridge. Ted Christopher entered the event as the point leader but left in the runner-up spot, some 63 points in arrears. Christopher ended up 20th after experiencing a flat tire and an encounter with Tyler Haydt. Former series champion Mike Stefanik had one of those nights he would like to forget. Stefanik took a hard trip into the first turn wall after blowing a right rear tire on a lap 112 restart. In other Thursday night action at Thompson, Tom Cravenho ran away with the 30 lap Sunoco SK type Modified feature. Todd Ceravolo finished second with Ricky Shawn, third. Eric Bourgeois was the Mini Stock winner, Larry Barnett in the Sportsman div, Jeff Zuidema in the Late Models, Norm Wrenn in the Pro Stocks and Roger Larsen in the Thompson Modifieds.
  Prior to the running of the Bud 150 at Thompson last Thursday NEAR Hall of Fame driver George Summers was honored for his many years as a driver, 1952 to 1983 with over 200 wins and numerous track championships. Summers paced the field in a Connie LaJoie Vega Modified that he had driven at Seekonk and Westboro. Summers had the distinction of winning the last race in which he drove which was the 1983 World Series at Thompson where he put the Art Barry No.21 in victory lane. Prior to pacing the field Summers received instructions on driving from George Savory!
At the Stafford Motor Speedway on Friday night Kenny Horton took the win in the 40 lap SK Modified feature. Horton started third and after putting away Jeff Malave on the second lap, led the balance of the event to record the win. The first 29 laps went non-stop until the full moon syndrome kicked in which resulted in eight cautions for accidents. In the end, following Malave at the checker was Willie Hardie in the runner-up spot with Ted Christopher, third. Malave and Chuck Docherty rounded out the top five. Worth noting was the impressive run turned in by Jimmy Blewett who became the new hired gun for the Eddie Partridge Racing stable. In his first ever race at Stafford, Blewett finished an impressive sixth. Jim Peterson was the 30-lap Late Model winner and Andrew Durand was the Limited Late Model winner.
  Waterford Speedbowl SK Modified competitor Diego Monahan was looking to become the first ever driver to win in all divisions at the shoreline oval. Rob Janovic had other ideas. Janovic went into no-mans land (the outside groove), on lap 19 of the 35 lap SK Modified feature, to take the lead and eventual win. Monahan, trying to protect his second place spot, ran Jeff Pearl into the turn three wall. That cost Monahan a top five finish as track officials put him to the back of the field. Ronnie Silk inherited second spot but had nothing for Janovic and had to settle for a runner-up finish. Dennis Gada, Rob Summers and Jay Miller rounded out the top five. Other winners were James Procaccini in the Sportsman, Allen Coates in the Late Models, Phil Evans in the Mini Stocks and Jason Palmer in the Legends.
  It had been just about a year since Don Hawk came on the scene to oversee the Modifieds of NASCAR. After asking many in the Thompson pit area what they thought of his job performance the general conclusion is he has done what NASCAR has allowed him to do. It was a big plus that Hawk was instrumental in getting Martinsville back on the Schedule plus raising the purses. Television coverage of Modified Tour Series events never happened but it wasn’t his fault. He did try. The general overall attitude of competitors and officials was the best that it had been in many years. It was hoped that Hawk could convince his bosses at NASCAR headquarters to give him a broader range in which to operate. The Modifieds were and still are an extremely healthy division and should stay that way for many years to come. Needless to say NASCAR ended up canning Hawk and in his place went another company “Yes Man”. It must be noted that competitors were extremely unhappy that there would be a half hour hot dog break in the middle of this year’s Thompson 300.
  Competitors in the southland got out of control which resulted in a bloody fight after a NASCAR-sanctioned Mini-Stock race at the Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, NC on August 13 which resulted in the indefinite suspensions of a driver and a car owner, NASCAR officials said. The victim, Maynard Peters, 47, was released Tuesday from Forsyth Medical Center after surgeries on his face and nose. He said he had 15 fractures in bones around his eyes and a broken nose, and that he wouldn’t be able to work or eat solid food for at least six weeks. In notices issued to driver Kris Bradley and car owner James Rupert Sink, NASCAR officials said that they were suspended for actions detrimental to stock-car racing, failure to follow directives from NASCAR officials and fighting. Jerry Cook, NASCAR's competition administrator, said he was still gathering information from police and stadium officials. He said it was too early to say how long the suspensions would last. Winston-Salem police were also investigating Saturday's fight, but no charges had been filed, police Lt. Bill Cobb said. Peters said their cars made contact during the first stadium-stock, Mini Stock race of the night, causing Bradley to spin out. The fight started because they disagreed on who was at fault. Peters said he remembered about four men kicking and stomping on his head outside the Bowman Gray field house, where drivers collect their money when the races are finished. Sink had been involved in a racetrack fight before. He was convicted in Forsyth District Court in 2004 of misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury after he and other drivers were involved in a fight with driver Gary Brewer on Aug. 21, 2004. Brewer had a broken finger and cuts on his face, court papers said. Winston-Salem Speedway Inc. runs NASCAR-sanctioned racing on Saturday evenings during the summer at the Bowman Gray Stadium, which is owned by the city of Winston-Salem in North Carolina.
  The New London Day reported that one of the major partners in New England Raceway LLC, which is proposing to build a $343 million auto racetrack in Plainfield, Ct, is embroiled in a stock-trading controversy involving another corporation. Gilbert Rossomando of Milford, who along with principal partner Eugene Arganese has promoted the racetrack development, was listed as a director and officer of Host America, a Hamden Ct-based company that was the subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and the target of several lawsuits. Host America, which trades as CAFE on the Nasdaq exchange, has experienced a dramatic rise and fall. For most of its 19 years, it primarily operated as a food-service provider for schools, companies and government programs such as Head Start and Meals on Wheels. Recently, it has branched out into energy conservation.

  Five years ago in 2010, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour made its third of four appearances at the Stafford Motor Speedway. There were 30 Modifieds on hand for the 150 lap Town Fair Tire 150 that carried a purse of $82,476. Ron Silk, who drives for Eddie Partridge was the pole sitter. The top six redrew for starting positions. Bob Grigas started the race on the pole with Erik Rudolph on the outside.
  Todd Szegedy ended the longest non winning streak of his career when he won the Town Fair Tire 150 at Stafford. Szegedy, who had been winless since September 2008 at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway, took the lead from Mike Stefanik on Lap 100 en route to his 14th career win. It was the third triumph at Stafford for Szegedy, who led a race-high 54 laps. Stefanik finished second and Ron Silk third. It is the fifth-straight top-five finish for Silk, who earned the Coors Light Pole Award earlier in the day. Erick Rudolph and Ted Christopher rounded out the top five.
  Eric Beers, Eric Goodale, Bobby Grigas III, Chuck Hossfeld and George Brunnhoelzl III completed the top 10. There were six caution periods, mostly for minor spins, for a total of 39 laps. In addition to Szegedy, lap leaders included Erik Rudolph, Doug Coby, Ron Silk and Mike Stefanik.
Point leader Bobby Santos suffered a blown motor in the Mystic Missile that brought out a red-flag for cleanup on Lap 100 and ended his day early. As a result, the 67-point advantage he brought into the race on Christopher was narrowed to just six. Stefanik remained third in the standings, 56 points out of first.
  Conspicuous by their absence was James Civali and the Roger Hill No.79 who were at the Bowman-Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, NC qualifying for a Whelen Southern Modified Tour Series event that was held on Saturday night.
  The Thompson International Speedway fell victim to heavy rain plus thunder and lightening on Thursday night
  The Stafford Motor Speedway hosted their regular Friday night divisions in addition to the Whelen Modified Tour. Woody Pitkat won his second race of the 2010 season in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Michael Bennett romped to his second Late Model feature win of 2010 in the 30-lap feature, Tommy Barrett, Jr. scored his fourth consecutive and sixth overall win of 2010 in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature, Dan Flannery scored his fifth win of the 2010 season in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and Cliff Saunders picked up his first victory of the 2010 season in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.
  Keith Rocco was hoping to move closer to sewing up the NASCAR National title but his hopes were dampened as he failed to finish. Rocco spun with a tire rub to bring the caution out with 37 laps complete and ended up 15th in the final tally. Rocco needed three more wins to clinch the title.
  In action on the Connecticut shoreline at the Waterford Speedbowl Keith Rocco got a little closer to his goal as he beat out Todd Ceravolo for the SK Modified win on Saturday night. Rocco would need two more wins to sew up the coveted national title. Rich Staskowski recorded his first career win in the Bob Valenti Auto Mall Late Model race. Al Stone III won his third Street Stock division event of the year to keep pace in the championship standings. Louis Bellisle doubled up the Norwich Bulletin Mini Stock field, winning his second consecutive race, while teenager Anthony Flannery won his 14th Legends Cars race this season but first since July 3rd.
  In the SK Modified main event Ceravolo made a move to the outside of Rocco headed into turn three of the final lap. He was able to pull alongside in a sprint to the finish out of turn four. Ceravolo fell a half-car length short at the checkered flag, while Rocco recorded his second consecutive and ninth Speedbowl win of the season. Rob Janovic, Tom Abele and Jeff Paul completed the top five.
  The Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem North Carolina hosted the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour on Saturday night. LW Miller used his bumper to take the lead from Burt Myers and went on to record his first victory in the Strutmasters.com 199. Miller, the 2007 Whelen Southern Modified Tour champion, registered his first tour victory since 2008. He won for the 11th time overall on the tour, matching Brian Loftin's record of 11 career wins. With 16 laps to go, Miller put the bumper to Myers with a tap in the North turn. Myers slipped and the rest was history. "Bump and Run" is an acceptable practice there.
  Myers took the lead on the 36th lap from younger brother Jason Myers, who started last night's 199-lap main event from the pole position. He successfully held off Miller in four double-file restarts after cautions, but knew, with 25 laps to go, that his lead was in jeopardy. Miller's car was getting better, and Myers' worse. Myers hung on for second, John Smith finished third, Jason Myers fourth and Andy Seuss fifth. With his victory, Miller climbed past James Civali as the leader in tour standings after five races. Civali finished 13th, 16 laps down, at the finish.
  Congratulations to Kenny Barry who scored his second career win Saturday night with the Northeast’s Modified Racing Series, sponsored by BobValentiAutomall.com, at the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, ME. Barry became the tenth different winner in eleven races and the fifth different winner of the “Beech Ridge 100.” Series point leader, Jon McKennedy, took the lead from pole-sitter Jacob Dore, on lap three and set the pace for the next 63 laps before being passed by Barry. Barry led the final 33 laps to pick up the win, the first for his father, noted car builder Art Barry.
  For the second race in a row Dwight Jarvis finished second followed by Mike Holdridge, Todd Annarummo and Les Hinckley III. Sixth through tenth were Max Zachem, Rowan Pennink, David Pinkham, Jack Bateman and Eddy Spiers.
  Juan Pablo Montoya erased 113 races of futility Sunday, winning a duel with Marcos Ambrose and the Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International. Montoya, who started third, pulled away on a late restart from Ambrose, his biggest challenger all day, and beat Kurt Busch by 4.7 seconds in the 90-lap race around the 11-turn, 2.45-mile layout.
  Marcos Ambrose started from the pole for the first time at Watkins Glen International, dominated the Nationwide Zippo 200 on Saturday and won the race for the third straight time. He led 60 of 82 laps, had a perfect driver rating of 150, and beat Joey Logano by 2.8 seconds.
Speedway Motorsports let the cat out of the bag when they announced that they were taking the spring Sprint Cup race from Atlanta and moving it to the Kentucky Speedway. New Hampshire's two dates appeared to be saved.

  Last year, 2014 The big news of the weekend was that NASCAR driver Tony Stewart struck and killed a sprint car driver who was walking on a dirt track during a race in upstate New York on Saturday night. A video of the crash at Canandaigua Motorsports Park showed driver Kevin Ward Jr. walking toward Stewart's car before being hit and hurtled 50 feet. The 42-year-old Stewart, a three-time NASCAR champion and frequent competitor at local sprint car events, was questioned by local police and released.
  The Stafford Motor Speedway played host to the Whelen Modified Tour Series last Friday night. Woody Pitkat, who had a combined total of 71 wins at Stafford added a Whelen Modified Tour win to his résumé. His win was also the first for car owner Buzz Chew of Long Island.
  Pitkat dominated the Call Before You Dig 811 150 and beat Ron Silk to the line by over four seconds to pick up his first career win in his 86th tour start. Donny Lia followed Silk in third with points leader Doug Coby and Eric Goodale completing the top five. Rowan Pennink finished sixth and Ted Christopher seventh. Justin Bonsignore, Ryan Preece and Matt Hirschman rounded out the top 10.
  Pitkat started second to pole sitter Bobby Santos and quickly drove his No. 88 Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet to the lead on Lap 3 stayed out front for the bulk of the first half of the race until a caution on Lap 76 for Patrick Emerling stalling on the track brought the leaders to the pits. Pitkat came out of the pit stop in eighth place with Donny Lia in the lead, Ryan Preece second and Ron Silk third.
  Pitkat quickly moved up through the field and was up to fourth by Lap 92 and was second to then leader Ron Silk by Lap 102. Pitkat closed in and passed Silk on Lap 115 for the lead where he remained the rest of the night.
  The race was slowed just two times by caution with the first yellow flag given to the field on Lap 7 after Tommy Barrett Jr. stopped on the track with a flat tire. There were 23 Modifieds on hand for the event.
  Taking down NASCAR Whelen All-American Series weekly feature wins on the night were Ryan Preece, who won his fourth SK Modified® feature of the 2014 season, Michael Bennett scored his first feature win in almost 4 years to the exact date in the Late Model feature, Stephen Kopcik was a first time winner in the SK Light Modified feature, Andrew Hayes picked up his second victory of 2014 in the Limited Late Model feature, and David Comeau won his second DARE Stock feature of 2014.
  In NASCAR Whelen All-American Series action at the Waterford Speedbowl the Connecticut shoreline oval hosted the seventh annual Wings & Wheels event on Saturday night in front of a jam packed grandstand. Fans were treated to some of the fastest and most sophisticated short track racecars in the country as the International Supermodified Association made their only visit of the season and was joined by the popular Valenti Modified Racing Series, Northeastern Midget Association and NEMA Lites, plus the home track NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modifieds® and SK Light Modifieds. Ted Christopher ended a long dry spell dating back to 2004 with his win in the Valenti Modified Racing Series feature. Mark Sammut checkered the 50-lap ISMA Supermodified race. A first time winner visited Victory Lane in the SK Modified® feature in surprise fashion after an exciting conclusion, with Agawam, MA driver Jeff Gallup recording the win. Randy Churchill took his third SK Light Modified win of the year. In NEMA action, John Zych Jr. won the Midget feature and Dan Cugini won the companion NEMA Lite race.
  Christopher scored his third career Valenti Modified Racing Series victory in the night’s 100-lap feature. He started the race in the outside pole position and tucked behind early leader Stephen Masse. Masse led through a lap-42 caution flag following a quick opening sprint. Christopher had a great restart and powered ahead of Masse on the top of the track through turns one and two and led every lap until the finish. He led comfortably over the middle of the race which stayed clean until the final laps. Christopher’s biggest test was a red flag with three laps remaining for a huge wreck that collected no less than ten cars. He restarted cleanly over series point leader Justin Bonsignore and closed out the win, his first at the track since July of 2004 when he took his last SK Modified® victory at the track. Bonsignore was second and Masse ended up third. Chris Pasteryak and Tom Abele Jr rounded out the top five.
  Gallup’s first career SK Modified® victory came following a wild finish through the final corners coming to the checkered flag. Gallup battled Waterford’s Shawn Monahan for most of the 35-lap feature, riding the outside of the track to stay in contention for the win. Monahan seemed to have control throughout, with heavy hitters Ted Christopher and Keith Rocco trailing behind in third and fourth position. Rocco got by Christopher with four laps remaining and sat behind the Monahan-Gallup duel. Monahan finally cleared Gallup on the final lap, and Rocco followed suit by diving inside Gallup. As the lead pack entered turn three coming to the checkered flag, Rocco made contact with Monahan’s rear bumper, sending his car up the track. Monahan feverishly tried to keep his car from spinning but could not, dropping through the field as he spun off turn four to the infield. Rocco crossed the finish line first, but was quickly penalized for overaggressive driving dropping him to 16th in the final rundown, giving Gallup the win. Woody Pitkat steered through the wild conclusion and finished second while Christopher wound up third. Gallup is a second generation racer. Tim Jordan and Joe Gada rounded out the top five.
  In Modified racing in the Southland, Saturday night’s races scheduled for the Bowman Gray Stadium in North Carolina were cancelled because of rain.
  Riverhead Raceway on Long Island hosted twin 50's for the Modifieds with Tom Rogers Jr. recording both wins. Ryan Preece finished second in both events.
  AJ Allmendinger beat Marcos Ambrose on a two-lap dash to the finish to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International on a somber Sunday. The victory made his one-car team for JTG Daugherty Racing eligible for the Chase for the Sprint Cup title. Allmendinger held off Ambrose through the first two turns and opened a lead after both cars bumped and won going away.

  That’s about it for this week from 11 Gardner Drive, Westerly, R.I.02891. Ring my chimes at 401-596-5467.
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Phil Smith has been a columnist for Speedway Scene and various
other publications for over 3 decades.

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