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Waterford Speedbowl Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday 9/14 Results

Forte and Dimatteo first to claim championships
Garbo, Ternullo, Zaikarite, Maskell and Hamel take wins

Waterford, CT (September 14, 2011) – Waterford Speedbowl returned to
action Wednesday evening, resuming its Wild ‘n Wacky season following last
week’s rained out event. With just two weeks remaining on the season
headed into the night, champions began to receive their accolades when the
racing was complete. The first to claim a title in 2011 at the track was
12 year-old Rachel Forte of Douglas, MA, who secured the track’s Bandolero
championship. Later in the evening, 16 year-old Dana Dimatteo of
Farmington duplicated the effort by securing the track’s Legends Cars
Wednesday season championship. The X-Car and Super X-Car point battles
will come down to the final week of competition next Wednesday.

Scoring victories on the night’s racing program included Dave Garbo Jr. of
Stonington who took his seventh race of the Wild ‘n Wacky series in the
Legends Cars, Joey Ternullo of Middletown won his second consecutive
Bandolero feature, Mike Maskell of Quaker Hill used a victory in the Super
X-Car feature to take the points lead headed into the final event, while
Niantic’s Pete Zaikarite also used a win to tighten the championship
battle in the four-cylinder X-Car division.


A caution-free Legends Cars feature was led to the green flag by Dennis
Pantani and Ed Field, with Field racing into the lead when the green flag
waved. Field’s lead was short-lived at the head of the pack. Multi-time
winner on the season Garbo used his fourth place starting position to take
over the lead by the time the race was just one lap old. Matthew Pappa
came from the eighth starting position, picking cars off one at a time,
until he moved past the inside of Field on lap-7.

Pappa immediately set chase on Garbo whose lead had stretched to a
half-straightaway in the first half of the race. Pappa closed the gap lap
after lap until he had reached Garbo’s rear bumper on lap-13.

Dimatteo raced a conservative first portion of the race before asserting
himself. He took third position inside field on lap-14. Ahead of
Dimatteo, Pappa caught the front chute wall with the right side of his
machine that lap in his pursuit of Garbo. Pappa lost ground on the
leader, spending the next laps feeling out his car before reeling Garbo
back in.

Over the final two laps Pappa was in striking distance but was unable to
seriously challenge Garbo, who won his seventh mid-week series feature on
the year. Pappa settled for second while Dimatteo’s run for third was
enough to clinch the division championship. Field and Angelo Belsito
finished in the fourth and fifth positions.


Ternullo used the pole starting position to rocket into the lead in the
20-lap Bandolero feature. He cruised out to a healthy lead ahead of
second place Taylor Martin. Forte held down third position until Ken
Morin Jr. raced by her into the spot on lap-5. Martin began slowly
pulling away from third place Morin while also cutting into Ternullo’s
lead.

The race continued under the green flag past halfway with Ternullo and
Martin continuing to show the way well ahead of the pack. Just as it
appeared Martin could make a run before the checkered flag, caution waved
on lap-14 for Corey Comeroski who spun in turn two.

Ternullo powered into the lead leaving Martin no choice but to tuck in
behind in second position when racing was back under the green flag. A
battle for third between Morin and Derek Debbis, having his best run of
the season, lasted for a lap before Debbis battled with Forte, Jordan
Churchill and Cory Dimatteo. Dimatteo made contact with Forte sending her
spinning off turn two on lap-17, bringing caution back out over the field
of young Bandolero competitors.

Ternullo repeated his effort on the previous restart attempt, getting back
ahead of Martin by the time they reached turn two. From there, he held on
to take the checkered flag. Martin ran well for second, with Debbis
placing third at the finish. Morin and Churchill completed the top-five.


The X-Car race kept fans on the edge of their seats after an exciting
20-lapper went down to the wire. The three championship contenders were
involved in the race’s storyline from the drop of the green flag. Chris
Ivory led the opening two laps but trouble on lap-2 saw one of the point
contenders, Randy Johnston, involved in a multi-car incident on the
backstretch that drew the caution flag. Several cars were collected in
addition to Johnston including Mike Marvin, David Lloyd, Melissa Clavette,
Patrick Williams among others. Johnston slid to the infield making minor
contact with an infield tire barrier and was able to resume from the rear
of the field.

Following the caution period, Scott Limkemann took over command. He led
through lap-6 when when the second caution came out over the field to keep
the largest turn out of the year directly behind the leader.

After the lap-6 restart, Zaikarite began to make his presence known. He
had been on a march from mid-pack up through the top-five when he moved to
third position behind Limkemann and Ivory. Zaikarite wasted no time
taking second outside of Ivory. He tracked down Limkemann and the two
waged a spirited battle for the victory over the second half of the race,
which was run caution free for the final 14 laps.

Further back, Johnston was carving his way back up into contention for
both the race and the championship points. Brad Voglesong, championship
standings leader headed into the race, was mired in thick traffic battling
for a spot among the top-five just past halfway. While challenging for
position he got bounced into the infield, dropping several positions as he
gathered his machine back up placing him outside the top-ten. Johnston
streaked past during the exchange.

Limkemann continued to hold back the advances of Zaikarite until the final
laps. Moving through turns one and two on lap-18, Zaikarite found room to
Limkemann’s inside to finally take the race lead. Zaikarite went on to
his third win of the year, cutting the gap in the championship chase.

Behind Zaikarite, finishing second through fifth were Limkemann, Johnston,
Jeremy Bourbeau and Mike Trask. The point standings see Johnston taking a
3-point advantage over Zaikarite and a 12-point lead over Voglesong into
the final points race of the season next Wednesday.


The Super X-Car also saw one of its largest fields of the year compete in
their 20-lap feature. Ed Ryan, third in points entering the night, was
the early mover as he raced up to the lead on lap-3. He took the point
from R.J. Cunningham and led through the first caution period on lap-13.
Over that time Ryan used the run to build up a large lead while behind
him, Jon Porter raced into second position and Maskell was in third when
the yellow flag waved. Ken Downing went up in a plume of smoke on the
speedway to cause the caution.

Ryan and Porter battled hard when the green came back out. Headed into
turn three they made contact, sending both cars out of shape with each
driver making a great save to keep control. Ryan held the lead while
Porter dropped several spots keeping his car off the wall. Further back
the action sent Robert Norman spinning, stranded on the apron to bring out
the caution on lap-14.

Maskell lined up of Ryan’s outside for the restart, using the ability to
pull alongside the leader as his opportunity to contend for the win when
racing resumed. Maskell raced even then eventually pulled ahead of Ryan
into the lead on lap-15. He was able to sneak away into a lead he would
not relinquish. Porter came back to take second from Ryan with two laps
to go. Ryan placed third, with R.J. Cunningham and Dan Butler each
running well to round out the top-five.

With his win, Maskell took the points lead away from Frank Alessio headed
into the final event. He opened a little breathing room in his quest for
a first track title, however Alessio and Ryan remain within 21-points.


Hamel beat out a large field of X-Cars to win the Wacky Race of the night,
a musical cars event. She continually found the cones first around the
speedway to eliminate her competition one by one.


Waterford Speedbowl 9/14 Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday Results and Standings:

Legends Cars (20-laps): 1. Dave Garbo Jr., Stonington; 2. Matthew Pappa,
Nassau, NY; 3. Dana Dimatteo, Farmington; 4. Ed Field, Deep River; 5.
Angelo Belsito, Auburn, MA; 6. Peter Cirilli, Farmington; 7. Carl
Blandina, Milford; 8. Nicholas Lascuola, Brockton, MA; 9. Nicholas Sowa,
Middletown; 10. Troy Talman, Oxford, MA; 11. Tim Heath, Lebanon; 12.
Bob Weymouth, Topsham, ME; 13. Taylor Martin, Windham, NH; 14. Scott
McNickle, Ledyard; 15. Richard White III, North Stonington; 16. Dennis
Pantani, Branford; 17. Scott Haag, Chester; 18. Jason Palmer, Berlin;
19. Joey Mucciacciaro, Wolcott

Standings after seventeen events: 1. Dimatteo, 765; 2. Garbo, 701; 3.
Belsito, 664; 4. Mucciacciaro, 638; 5. Field, 630; 6. Blandina, 590; 7.
Talman, 572; 8. Palmer, 447; 9. Giovanni Giarratana, 404; 10. Lascuola,
402


Bandoleros (20-laps): 1. Joey Ternullo, Middletown; 2. Taylor Martin,
Windham, NH; 3. Derek Debbis, Oakdale; 4. Ken Morin Jr., Old Saybrook;
5. Jordan Churchill, Lisbon; 6. Jacob Perry, Pawcatuck; 7. Cory
Dimatteo, Farmington; 8. Rene Morgillo, Niantic; 9. Andrew Molleur,
Shelton; 10. Alan Eastman, Fishers Island, NY; 11. Rachel Forte,
Douglas, MA; 12. Corey Comeroski, Lebanon; DNS – Nicholas Sowa,
Middletown

Standings after twenty-two events: 1. Forte, 954; 2. Martin, 877; 3. C.
Dimatteo, 874; 4. Ternullo, 863; 5. Churchill, 847; 6. Morin, 758; 7.
Perry, 674; 8. Jacob Urch, 636; 9. Molleur, 621; 10. Morgillo, 534


Super X-Cars (20-laps): 1. Mike Maskell, Quaker Hill; 2. Jon Porter,
Canterbury; 3. Ed Ryan, Preston; 4. R.J. Cunningham, Durham; 5. Dan
Butler, Waterford; 6. Frank Alessio, Colchester; 7. Dan Moon, Exeter,
RI; 8. Jim Boyle, East Windsor; 9. Kevin Moon, Exeter, RI; 10. Peter
Pollard, Old Lyme; 11. Mark Boisvert, Uxbridge, MA; 12. Steve LaRose,
Griswold; 13. Bill Reiman, Southington; 14. Shawn Butler, Jewett City;
15. Eric Finkbein, Columbia; 16. Robert Norman, Clinton; 17. Ken
Downing, Branford; 18. Bo Norman, Clinton; 19. Ralph Caddick, Hope
Valley, RI; 20. Sean Lisle, Clinton

Standings after seventeen events: 1. Maskell, 705; 2. Alessio, 691; 3.
Ryan, 674; 4. (tie) Boyle, Pollard, 623; 6. Downing, 612; 7. D. Moon,
606; 8. R. Norman, 510; 9. Reiman, 508; 10. Boisvert, 456


X-Cars (20-laps): 1. Pete Zaikarite, Niantic; 2. Scott Limkemann, East
Lyme; 3. Randy Johnston, Westerly, RI; 4. Jeremy Bourbeau, Taftville;
5. Mike Trask, Plainfield; 6. Christopher Garside, Waterford; 7. Larry
Loomis, Plainfield; 8. John Bowes, Willington; 9. Dan D’addario,
Columbia; 10. Brad Voglesong, Middletown; 11. Wayne Shifflet, Preston;
12. Richard Mollo, Seymour; 13. Christopher Lee, Uncasville; 14. Danny
Gervais, East Hartford; 15. Robert Carlson, Rockfall; 16. Javier Rivera,
Willimantic; 17. Bill Giles, Stratford; 18. Josh Barrie, Voluntown; 19.
Ron Dimauro, Plymouth; 20. Kim Bickford, Griswold; 21. Chuck McDonald,
Groton; 22. Kristie Hamel, Jewett City; 23. Shawn Stula, Colchester;
24. Christopher Ivory, Oakdale; 25. Scott Bellisle, Griswold; 26. Onie
Pierce, Norwich; 27. David Lloyd, Mystic; 28. Melissa Clavette, Bozrah;
29. Patrick Williams, Middletown; 30. Michael Marvin, Colchester; DNS –
Michele Cicio, Baltic

Standings after seventeen events: 1. Johnston, 776; 2. Zaikarite, 773;
3. Voglesong, 764; 4. Garside, 680; 5. Trask, 616; 6. Limkemann, 560;
7. Stula, 546; 8. Williams, 500; 9. Shifflett, 490; 10. Ivory, 424


Wacky X-Car Race: 1. Kristie Hamel, Jewett City; 2. Scott Limkemann,
East Lyme; 3. Christopher Lee, Uncasville; 4. Kim Bickford, Griswold;
5. Chuck McDonald, Groton; 6. Brad Voglesong, Middletown; 7. Robert
Carlson, Rockfall; 8. Ron Dimauro, Plymouth; 9. Onie Pierce, Norwich;
10. Rick Mollo, Seymour


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