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JON MCKENNEDY
SCORES LINCOLN TECH 100 EXIT REALTY MODIFIED TOURING SERIES
VICTORY AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY |
The
Exit Realty Modified Touring Series made its second
visit of the 2017 season to Stafford for the Lincoln
Tech 100. Taking the checkered flag was Jon
McKennedy, who in the process took a clean sweep of
the two Modified Touring Series events at Stafford
this season.
Chris Pasteryak took the lead at the green but Eric
Goodale quickly took the lead from Pastyerak. Woody
Pitkat was third with Jon McKennedy in fourth and
Tommy Barrett, Jr. was fifth in the early going.
McKennedy was trying his hardest to get by Pitkat,
running side by side for nearly 10 laps before
falling back into line behind Pitkat on lap-17 as
Goodale and Pasteryak were still out front. Ryan
Preece was quickly working his way towards the front
and he was now fifth behind Goodale, Pasteryak,
Pitkat, and McKennedy.
McKennedy resumed his side by side duel with Pitkat
for third and he was finally able to complete a pass
and take over third on lap-25. Preece followed him
past to drop Pitkat back to fifth in the running
order as Goodale continued to lead the race with
Pasteryak giving chase.
With 30 laps complete, the car of T.J. Bleau, who
was running in seventh place and was in the top-10
for all of the 30-laps, suddenly dropped off the
pace and pulled behind the wall as the caution came
out. Steve Masse had a flat left front tire and came
to pit road to change the tire.
Back under green, McKennedy took the lead but Preece
pulled alongside McKennedy and McKennedy maintained
the lead by only a nose. They ran side by side for
two laps before Preece settled back into second
behind McKennedy to plot another charge while
Barrett was third with Goodale back to fourth and
Rowan Pennink was up to fifth.
The order among the top-5 remained the same until
lap-58 when Pennink got by Goodale to take over
fourth place. McKennedy was still leading Preece and
Barrett with Goodale, Pitkat, Richard Savary,
Pasteryak, Ted Christopher, and Steve Masse making
up the top-10.
McKennedy was starting to stretch out his lead over
the field when debris on the track brought the
caution flag out with 71 laps complete.
Under the caution, McKennedy, Pennink, Pitkat, and
Masse stayed out on the track while the other
leaders all came to pit road for a tire change.
McKennedy again took the lead on the restart with
Pennink all over his back bumper in second. Pitkat
was third with Masse in fourth and Dylan Kopec in
fifth. McKennedy and Pennink had pulled away from
Pitkat in third with 10 laps to go with Goodale back
up to fourth after his pit stop and Les Hinckley was
fifth. The caution came out with 92 laps complete as
Masse, Ted Christopher, and Calvin Carroll came
together and got into the backstretch wall.
The restart saw a multicar melee that involved the
majority of the field to bring the caution right
back out. McKennedy took the lead on the next
restart with Pitkat, Savary, Barrett, and Mike
Holdridge lined up behind him. McKennedy went
unchallenged to the checkered flag to pick up his
second consecutive Modified Touring Series victory
at Stafford. Pitkat finished second with Savary,
Barrett, and Holdridge rounding out the top-5. |
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LINCOLN TECH 100 EXIT REALTY
MODIFIED TOURING SERIES (100)
1) Jon McKennedy, Chelmsford, MA
2) Woody Pitkat, Stafford
3) Richard Savary, Holbrook, MA
4) Tommy Barrett, Jr., Millis MA
5) Mike Holdridge, Madison
6) Dylan Kopec, Palmer, MA
7) Calvin Carroll, Andover, NJ
8) Ryan Preece, Berlin
9) Les Hinckley, Windsor Locks
10) Eric Goodale, Riverhead
11) Andrew Molleur, Shelton
12) Kirk Alexander, W. Swanzey, NH
13) C.J. Lehmann, Long Island, NY
14) Rowan Pennink, Huntingdon Valley, PA
15) Steve Masse, Bellingham, MA
16) Ted Christopher, Plainville
17) Chris Pasteryak, Lisbon
18) T.J. Bleau, Troy, NH
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Source:
Scott Running /
Stafford Motor Speedway
Posted:
July 22, 2017 |
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