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Waterford, CT (July 25, 2012) – A large crowd
turned out for the Speedbowl’s weekly Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday racing
program earlier this evening and were treated to an entertaining
night of motorsports. INEX racing fans were treated to extra racing
as the Legend Cars division went extra-distance in laps, with Matt
Pappa of Nassau, NY scoring a big summer win. In the Bandolero
division, nine-year old Derek Debbis of Oakdale was on fire scoring
both 20-lap twin feature races. Glen Thomas Jr. of Groton won his
second consecutive Wednesday night X-Car feature and Ed Ryan of
Preston was the night’s Super X-Car race winner. Wacky Race veteran
Brad Voglesong of Middletown picked up the win in a very Wacky
Flagpole Race for the X-Cars.
Pappa picked up an extra-distance victory in a special mid-summer
30-lap Legend Cars race. He became the third leader of the event on
lap-12 racing inside of race leader Dana Dimatteo. Pappa led
comfortably through the middle of the race that ran through lap-20
without a caution. Pappa held back Dimatteo, Nicholas Lascuola and
Dave Garbo Jr. over two late race restarts to take the win. They
finished in second and third behind Pappa, respectively.
Debbis was dominant in the first of two 20-lap Bandolero features,
taking the lead from Ken Morin Jr. on lap-5 after riding his rear
bumper over the opening laps. Once in the lead, Debbis opened up a
straightaway advantage in the caution-free race. Morin finished
second while Alex McCollum finished third in just his second
Speedbowl start of the year.
In the second 20-lap feature, Debbis was strong from the start and
marched his way into the top-three. Action was plentiful throughout
the second race, which also ran without any yellow flags. He tacked
on to McCollum’s rear bumper in second position on lap-6 and the two
moved out ahead of the field. Debbis tailed McCollum until they
approached the lapped car of Anthony Marvin on lap-16. Debbis took
advantage the lapped car to get to McCollum’s inside down the back
chute to get by both the leader and the lapped car by the time the
trio entered turn three. Debbis streaked to the win over McCollum
and Jacob Perry.
Two caution periods during the 20-lap X-Car feature slowed Thomas’
pace. The race began with Onie Pierce leading lap-1 while Thomas was
on the move early. He reached the top-three by lap-6 when Pierce
began dropping back through the field. He was off the pace and
dropping fluid before his engine expired on lap-9 which brought out
the second and final caution flag. Thomas quickly took over after
racing resumed, then led the second half of the race without serious
challenge. He beat out John Bowes and Randy Johnston to the
checkered flag.
In the 20-lap Super X-Car race, Ryan took command on lap-2 on the
outside of Ken Cassidy Sr. Ryan had to survive a wild race, slowed
by a total of five caution flags. Ryan led throughout while behind
him, Dan Butler and Mike Maskell swapped second position trying to
catch the leader. Butler met misfortune on a lap-18 restart, getting
shuffled out of second before a multi-car wreck collected him plus
John Brouwer Jr. and Taylor-Marie Moran among others. Ryan held off
all challengers on the final restart to go on to the victory over
Maskell and Jim Boyle.
The X-Car division participated in the night’s Wacky Race, which
featured double “flag poles” set up at opposite ends of the
speedway. The event turned wild as multiple cars had trouble
navigating the obstacles. Chuck McDonald and Voglesong swapped the
lead during the middle of the race before Voglesong went on to the
exciting victory.
Waterford Speedbowl Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday 7/25 Results:
Legends Cars (30-laps): 1. Matt Pappa, Nassua, NY; 2. Dana Dimatteo,
Farmington; 3. Nicholas Lascuola, Brockton, MA; 4. Giovanni
Giarratana, Newington; 5. Dave Garbo Jr., Stonington; 6. Peter
Cirilli, Farmington; 7. Michael Blaskey, Waterbury; 8. George
Whitney, Westbrook; 9. Joey Ternullo, Middletown; 10. Brendon Bock,
Franklin Square, NY; 11. David Johnson, Arlingham, MA; 12. Daniel
Stolte, Northbridge, MA; 13. Brad Lowmaster, Califon, NJ; 14.
Christopher Kearney, Ellington; 15. Art Marrero, Baltic; 16. Cory
Dimatteo, Farmington; 17. John O’Sullivan, Salem; 18. Stephen Kopcik,
Newtown; 19. Timothy Heath, Lebanon; 20. Dennis Pantani, Branford;
21. Nicholas Sowa, Middletown; 22. Angelo Belsito, Auburn, MA
Bandoleros (20-laps) feature #1: 1. Derek Debbis, Oakdale; 2. Ken
Morin Jr., Old Saybrook; 3. Alex McCollum, Phillipsburg, NJ; 4.
Jacob Perry, Pawcatuck; 5. Alan Eastman Jr., Fishers Island, NY; 6.
Corey Comeroski, Lebanon; 7. Andrew Morin, Old Saybrook; 8. Anthony
Marvin, Colchester; 9. Rachel Forte, Douglas, MA; DQ – Rene Morgillo,
Niantic
Bandoleros (20-laps) feature #2: 1. Debbis, 2. McCollum; 3. Perry;
4. Eastman; 5. K. Morin Jr.; 6. Comeroski; 7. Morgillo; 8. Marvin;
9. Forte; 10. A. Morin
Super X-Cars (25-laps): 1. Ed Ryan, Preston; 2. Mike Maskell, Quaker
Hill; 3. Jim Boyle, East Windsor; 4. John Yagmin, Tolland; 5. Bo
Norman, Clinton; 6. Eric Finkbein, Colchester; 7. Kevin Moon,
Exeter, RI; 8. Shawn Perkins, Salem; 9. Peter Pollard, Old Lyme; 10.
Dan Butler, Waterford; 11. Ken Downing III, Branford; 12. Matt
Carlson, Griswold; 13. Paul Turcotte, East Hartford; 14. Shawn
Gaedeke, Southington; 15. John Brouwer Jr., Groton; 16. Taylor-Marie
Moran, Preston; 17. R.J. Cunningham, Clinton; 18. Ray Reed, Norwich;
19. Steve Bray, East Hartford; DQ – Frank Alessio, Colchester; DQ –
Ken Cassidy Sr., Lisbon
X-Cars (20-laps): 1. Glen Thomas Jr., Groton; 2. John Bowes,
Willington; 3. Randy Johnston, Westerly, RI; 4. Wayne Shifflett,
Preston; 5. Brad Voglesong, Middletown; 6. Mike Trask, Plainfield;
7. Larry Loomis, Plainfield; 8. Chris Thomas, East Hampton; 9.
Melissa Clavette, Bozrah; 10. Michael Marvin, Colchester; 11.
Richard Mollo, Seymour; 12. Nate Bryington, Webster, MA; 13. Josh
Barrie, Voluntown; 14. Kim Bickford, Griswold; 15. David
D’Allesandro, Coventry; 16. Zach Ezzell, Plainfield; 17. C.P.
Burdick, Deep River; 18. Chuck McDonald, Groton; 19. Kristie Hamel,
Jewett City; 20. Richard Wysoczynski, Norwich; 21. Craig Miner,
Higganum; 22. Onie Pierce, Norwich; 23. Christopher Lee, Uncasville;
24. Eddie Loomis, Plainfield; 25. Shaun Parker, Taftville; 26. Henry
Lavallee, Uncasville; 27. Mitchell Bombard, Willimantic; 28. Scott
Limkemann, East Lyme
Wacky X-Car Flagpole Race (top-five): 1. Brad Voglesong, Middletown;
2. Chuck McDonald, Groton; 3. C.P. Burdick, Deep River; 4. Richard
Mollo, Seymour; 5. Christopher Lee, Uncasville |
