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SZEGEDY SURVIVES
CRASH FILLED
VMRS RETURN TO CLAREMONT |
In
a race that saw Kirk Alexander and Dwight Jarvis,
two of the series top drivers sidelined after
contact on the opening lap, close to 90 minutes
later Todd Szegedy, himself a victim of a spin and
minor contacts , was in victory lane at the
conclusion of the Valenti Modified Racing Series
‘Claremont 100’ Friday night.
Szegedy, of Ridgefield, CT, passed race leader Chris
Pasteryak of Jewett City, CT, on lap 92, to go on
and win his second race of the season before a large
crowd at Claremont Speedway, Claremont, NH.
17-caution flags were needed for the crash filled
event. Nine drivers of the original 23-car starting
lineup finished on the lead lap. 13 cars finished
the race.
Szegedy was candid when assessing the 100-lap grind.
“The first time I spun that was all on me. This
track is tough. You can make a real late entry into
the corner or you can make an early entry and where
the groove is everybody kind of meets in the middle.
I think that’s a lot of the problem tonight. I don’t
believe anybody intentionally set out to wreck
anybody because we all want to come back to the next
race.”
Szegedy furthered, “Kevin Stuart, Kenny, and the
whole team do such a great job getting this car
underneath me and I’m the lucky guy that gets to
drive it every week.”
Pasteryak settled for second after making several
pit stops under yellow and working his way back to
the front. “ We pitted a bunch of times and it
really wasn’t to bad. Went back out and went to the
bottom and picked off a car - picked off a car.
Thought we are sixth and still going forward. I ran
(Szegedy) as clean as I could. The way I would want
someone to race me. He had a better car than me
again.”
One driver who made a late week decision to enter
the event was Mike Douglas Jr. The Auburn NH / Tampa
FL driver finished third when the dust settled. “It
was one of those deals where you keep digging and
digging – you don’t stop til stuff is falling off
the car and you don’t move anymore. Tonight we had a
little bit of lady luck on our side. You need that.”
Norm Wrenn stormed to a fourth place finish, with
Todd Patnode rounding out the top five.
Sixth through tenth were; Russ Hersey, Jon
McKennedy, Richard Savary, Steve Masse, and Mike
Willis Jr.
Willis Jr, had an impressive showing leading the
first 56-laps. McKennedy and Hersey also shared the
lead with Pasteryak and Szegedy.
Hersey, Willis, and Dan Meservey Jr won qualifying
heats.
The Valenti Modified Racing Series is off until July
24 when the series makes it’s first visit at Devils
Bowl Speedway in Fair Haven Vermont.
Claremont
Speedway
Claremont, NH.
July 10, 2015
Entrants: (24)
Distance: 100-laps
Time of Race: 1:24:49
Margin of Victory: 0.816
Best Speed: 89.196
Best Lap Time: 13.440
Best Lap By: # 99 Richard Savary
Lap Leaders: Willis Jr. (1-56) McKennedy
(57-83) Hersey (84) Szegedy (85) Hersey (86)
(Pasteryak (87-91) Szegedy (92-100)
Lead Changes: (6)
Cautions: (17) Laps-
(1,44,44,44,45,46,48,52,52,53,53,56,58,83,84,86,91)
Order Of Finish: (1) Todd Szegedy (2) Chris
Pasteryak (3) Mike Douglas Jr. (4) Norm Wrenn (5)
Todd Patnode
(6) Russ Hersey (7) Jon McKennedy (8) Richard Savary
(9) Steve Masse (10) Willis Jr. (11) Meservey Jr
(12) Medeiros Jr,
(13) Sherman (14) Pitkat (15) Schneider (16) Perry
(17) Lashua (18) Mead (19) Iannarelli (20) Smith
(21) Rock (22) Jarvis
(23) Alexander (24) Doucette (DNS)
July 12, 2015 -
VMRS UPDATE:
Disqualification
For Immediate Release
July 12, 2015
Following post race inspections at Claremont
Speedway, Claremont, NH, on July 10, 2015, the # 85
car, powered by an 18-degree engine, was found to
have a non-compliant carburetor pursuant to the 2015
Modified Racing Series rulebook. As a result, the #
85 car has been disqualified from Friday’s event.
Car # 5ct (Chris Pasteryak) is
declared the winner.
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Source:
John Spence / Valenti Modified Racing Series
Posted:
July 12, 2015 |
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