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SZEGEDY AND
PITKAT POINTS BATTLE CONTINUES
IN LEE TWIN 50'S FRIDAY |
With
the points battle heating up and only eight points
separating them in the current standings, Todd
Szegedy, of Ridgefield, CT and Woody Pitkat, of
Stafford Springs, CT, lead the list of entries for
Friday nights, Valenti Modified Racing Series
‘Stratham Tire 100’ at Lee USA Speedway, Lee. NH.
Szegedy, winner of the season opening event at
Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, NH, is seeking his
first Lee victory.
Pitkat won is first VMRS race last month at Stafford
Springs Motor Speedway Stafford, CT. He too is
looking for his first win at Lee.
Canton, MA, veteran Richard Savary, victorious at
Seekonk MA Speedway two weeks ago, is an expected
entry Friday. Savary has two wins at the Lee 3/8th
mile oval.
Three-time series champions are entering the fourth
race of the season. Kirk Alexander, of W.Swanzey,
NH, and Jon McKennedy, of E. Chelmsford, MA, are
expected entries.
Alexander has three victories at Lee. McKennedy, a
former Lee track champion, has two VMRS wins to his
credit there.
Alexander’s last series win was July 2010 with
McKennedy last visiting the VMRS winner’s circle
September 12.
Additional entries for the first of two races at Lee
this season include, Todd Patnode, of Richmond, NH,
Donnie Lashua, of Canaan, NH, David Schneider, of
Northport, NY, Dylan Kopec, of Palmer, Ma, Norm
Wrenn, of Nashua, NH, Matt Mead, of Richmond, Mike
Willis, of Grantham, NH, and Carl Medeiros, of
Westport, MA.
For the first time in VMRS history, the feature race
will be split into two 50-lap segments. Series Race
Director Warren Alston said the reason for the
different race format is two-fold.
“ With so many options for entertainment and your
local short track being one of them, we need to give
the fans the best show possible.”
“ It was decided that we would split the 100-lap
event into twin 50 lap races. Gives the fan a 2 for
1 deal by seeing the same amount of laps; in two
segments.”
Alston added, “We felt by splitting the feature into
two segments, allowing the team's to change a new
right rear scuffed tire, inverting the lead lap cars
for the second feature, it would make for an
exciting race for the fans.”
For the competitors we are awarding points for each
feature towards the season ending point championship
Racing gets underway at 7:00 PM
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Source:
John Spence / Valenti Modified Racing Series
Posted:
June 17, 2015 |
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