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Waterford Speedbowl Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday 7/6 Results

Dimatteo wins in Legends action again; Ternullo takes Bandoleros
Brouwer back in Victory Lane for first time since 2003 while Voglesong
wins in X-Cars

Waterford, CT (July 6, 2011) – Waterford Speedbowl’s Wild ‘n Wacky
Wednesday race program was back in action Wednesday evening, completing a
6-event program in brisk order under ideal summer conditions. Dana
Dimatteo continued his hot streak in Legends Cars action, winning his
second race in the past five days at the track in exciting fashion. Joey
Ternullo of Middletown extended his points lead in the Bandolero division
by taking down another victory. In Super X-Car action veteran racer and
former track champion John Brouwer Jr. of Groton won the feature. Past
X-Car champion Brad Voglesong of Middletown returned to the winner’s
circle for the second time of the year and Bill Reiman of Southington won
the night’s Wacky Race.


The Legends Cars feature played host to a great battle for the top-five
positions throughout a special 30-lapper. Carl Blandina led the opening
lap before giving way to fellow veteran Tom Gray. Teenager Dave Garbo Jr.
took second position over Blandina ahead of a spirited battle behind him
that consisted of Ed Field plus young guns Dimatteo, Troy Talman and
Angelo Belsito. Former champion Jason Palmer was slicing through the
field just behind that pack, joining the mix before the race was 10 laps
old.

Dimatteo was up to second place when caution waved for the second time of
the race on lap-13. Belsito’s top-five run ended on the restart attempt
as he spun from third position when Garbo faltered on the restart. Palmer
made his way into the top-five following the ensuing restart, then tracked
down Ed Field for fourth position. Palmer raced inside Field to take the
spot at halfway on lap-15.

Out front, the lead was the hot spot as Dimatteo was all over Garbo.
Dimatteo was able to find room inside Garbo on lap-16, enabling him to
take over the race lead on lap-17. Garbo momentarily became hooked with
Dimatteo exiting turn two, slowing his momentum and giving Palmer, who was
already up to third, the chance to throw his car under Garbo’s for second
place. He secured the spot as they raced to the stripe on lap-18.

Over the remaining laps Palmer tried the outside of Dimatteo, to no avail.
Garbo was not done, racing tight in third position looking back
underneath Palmer. The top three raced the final laps in close quarters.
With the white flag in the air, Palmer made one final attempt outside
Dimatteo. A valiant effort through turns three and four pulled him
alongside Dimatteo, while Garbo looked to inside both exiting turn four.
The three drag raced to the checkered flag with Dimatteo holding on by
just .018 seconds over Palmer, with Garbo a half-car length shy in third.
Blandina and Field completed the top-five.


Robby Jones led the bulk of the 20-lap Bandolero feature. Tight racing
was the order of the night in the race as the battle behind Jones raged on
with Taylor Martin advancing to second position and Rachel Forte to third.
On lap-13 the second caution period of the race slowed the event,
returning the field to Jones’ bumper.

Jones resumed his lead on the restart but the action behind continued to
stay hot. Forte dove low under Martin for second position in turn one,
but dropped back when she got loose into the infield. Ken Morin Jr. and
Corey Dimatteo both moved in behind both Jones and Martin, and it wasn’t
long before they started to mix things up. As the laps counted down both
Morin and Dimatteo challenged Martin for second. The pack went three wide
through turns one and two on lap-18, with Martin spinning out of second
position onto the backstretch. The caution waved shuffling the running
order following the incident.

Ternullo lined up in third position for the restart, and when the green
flag was shown to the field he quickly put himself into second position
ahead of Dimatteo. Ternullo then went to the inside of Jones to take
command of the racing. He went on to the win, his third on the season.
Dimatteo and Jones completed the podium finishers.


The 20-lap Super X-Car feature saw Jim Boyle lead the way over the
majority of the event. He held off early challengers Mark Boisvert and
Dan Moon. Three cautions slowed the race over the first 11 laps, with
Boyle up to the task on each restart. Brouwer was moving up through the
pack each time, eventually rising to second position for the lap-11
restart.

The final nine circuits were completed without interruption and Brouwer
looked every bit his veteran status, ultimately taking the lead. He used
the outside groove to overtake Boyle for good on lap-16. Points leader
Mike Maskell moved up to second position past Boyle and applied pressure
to Brouwer over the final three laps, but could not make an outside bid
successful. Brouwer went on to the win, his first at the track since
2003. Maskell was second over a hard charging John Yagmin. Peter Pollard
snuck ahead of Boyle on the final lap to claim fourth position at the
finish.


Onie Pierce bolted out to the lead early in the 20-lap X-Car race before a
caution flag caused his advantage to vanish on lap-3. Christopher Lee
spun in front of half of the field in turn one with everyone taking
evasive action to miss him. Pierce continued to lead after the restart,
with several three and four wide battles underway around the speedway as
the large field of cars jostled for position.

Voglesong was a big benefactor of the action, using the bottom lane of the
track to advance into third position by lap-5. Randy Johnston followed
Voglesong’s path, cutting his way through the competition to stay with the
former champion. Three more cautions kept the race slowed and the
contenders bunched up.
The race finished its final 12 laps under green with Voglesong looking
impressive. He took over the lead from Pierce, going on to take down the
victory a comfortable margin ahead of Johnston, the points leader. Behind
Johnston, Patrick Williams, Shawn Stula and John Bowes completed the
top-five as Pierce dropped back to eighth.


Reiman mastered the extra left-hand turns during the Wacky Flag Pole Race
to take down his fist checkered flag of the season.


For more information about Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday and the calendar of
events, please visit www.speedbowl.com or contact track offices at
860.442.1585.


Waterford Speedbowl 7/6 Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday Results:

Legends Cars (20-laps): 1. Dana Dimatteo, Farmington; 2. Jason Palmer,
Berlin; 3. Dave Garbo Jr., Stonington; 4. Carl Blandina, Milford; 5. Ed
Field, Deep River; 6. Angelo Belsito, Auburn, MA; 7. Joey Mucciacciaro,
Wolcott; 8. David Caissie, Marlboro, MA; 9. Troy Talman, Oxford, MA;
10. Dennis Pantani, Branford; 11. Dan Butler, Waterford; 12. Nicholas
Lascuola, Brockton, MA; 13. Nicholas Sowa, Middletown; 14. Arthur
Marrero, Baltic; 15. Taylor Martin, Windham, NH; 16. Scott McNickle,
Ledyard; 17. Richard White, North Stonington; 18. Matt Carpenter,
Auburn, MA; 19. Tom Gray, Sprague

Standings after eight events: 1. Dimatteo, 343; 2. Mucciacciaro, 338;
3. Belsito, 296; 4. Garbo, 295; 5. Giovanni Giarratana, 290; 6. (tie)
Field, Blandina, 282; 8. Palmer, 277; 9. Talman, 208; 10. Nick Ladyga,
192


Bandoleros (20-laps): 1. Joey Ternullo, Middletown; 2. Corey Dimatteo,
Farmington; 3. Robby Jones, Waterbury; 4. Jordan Churchill, Lisbon; 5.
Taylor Martin, Windham, NH; 6. Ken Morin Jr., Old Saybrook; 7. Jordan
Lamothe, Woodstock; 8. Andrew Molleur, Shelton; 9. Jacob Perry,
Pawcatuck; 10. Alan Eastman Jr., Fishers Island, NY; 11. Nicholas Sowa,
Middletown; 12. Jacob Urch, West Suffield; 13. Rachel Forte, Douglas, MA

Standings after nine events: 1. Ternullo, 421; 2. Martin, 397; 3.
Churchill, 393; 4. Forte, 361; 5. Dimatteo, 351; 6. Urch, 344; 7.
Molleur, 338; 8. Jones, 320; 9. Perry, 264; 10. (tie) Lamothe, Rene
Morgillo, 228


Super X-Cars (20-laps): 1. John Brouwer Jr., Groton; 2. Mike Maskell,
Quaker Hill; 3. John Yagmin, Tolland; 4. Peter Pollard, Old Lyme; 5.
Jim Boyle, East Windsor; 6. Ed Ryan, Preston; 7. Mark Boisvert,
Uxbridge, MA; 8. R.J. Cunningham, Durham; 9. Robert Norman, Clinton;
10. Dan Moon, Exeter, RI; 11. Bill Reiman, Southington; 12. Frank
Alessio, Colchester; 13. Shawn Perkins, Groton; 14. Eric Finkbein Jr.,
Manchester; 15. Ken Downing III, Branford; 16. Joe Choquette, Preston;
17. Bob Tetreault, Dover Foxcroft, ME; 18. John Bennett, Ledyard; 19.
Shawn Butler, Jewett City

Standings after eight events: 1. Maskell, 368; 2. Pollard, 349; 3.
Alessio, 335; 4. Downing, 322; 5. Yagmin, 305; 6. Ryan, 300; 7. Moon,
280; 8. Boyle, 270; 9. Norman, 230; 10. Perkins, 216


X-Cars (20-laps): 1. Brad Voglesong, Middletown; 2. Randy Johnston,
Westerly, RI; 3. Patrick Williams, Middletown; 4. Shawn Stula,
Colchester; 5. John Bowes, Willington; 6. Pete Zaikarite, Niantic; 7.
Mike Trask, Plainfield; 8. Onie Pierce, Norwich; 9. Christopher Ivory,
Oakdale; 10. Scott Limkemann, East Lyme; 11. Javier Rivera, Willimantic;
12. Christopher Garside, Waterford; 13. David Amspacher, Uncasville;
14. C.P. Burdick, Deep River; 15. Christopher Lee, Uncasville; 16. Josh
Barrie, Voluntown; 17. David Lloyd, Mystic; 18. Ron Dimauro, Plymouth;
19. Kim Bickford, Griswold; 20. Richard Mollo, Seymour; 21. Robert
Butler, Norwich; 22. Wayne Shifflett, Preston; 23. Robert Carlson,
Rockfall; 24. Todd Nadeau, Ledyard; 25. Jeremy Bourbeau, Taftville; 26.
Dan D’addario, Columbia; 27. Michael Marvin, Colchester; DNS – Michele
Cicio, Baltic; DNS – Melissa Clavette, Bozrah

Standings after eight events: 1. Johnston, 414; 2. (tie) Voglesong,
Zaikarite, 384; 4. Garside, 373; 5. Williams, 346; 6. Stula, 300; 7.
Trask, 286; 8. Ivory, 264; 9. Limkemann, 260; 10. Amspacher, 242


Super X-Car Flag Pole Wacky Race: 1. Bill Reiman, Southington; 2. Dan
Moon, Exeter, RI; 3. Jon Porter, Canterbury

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