On Saturday night,  June 27 was the eighth event of the 2015 season at The New London Waterford Speedbowl located in Waterford CT.  Fans were welcomed to the track with the threat of a nor’ Easter hitting the entire Northeast ruining any chance of the racing taking place. Rain started the night but, after some track drying and cars qualifying feature events were set to start.

The first feature of the night was the 30 lap Late Model race. Ray Christian III took the lead on the very first lap of the event. The first of  two cautions came out with 27 laps remaining in the event. The first restart was no good so they had to try a second time Anthony Flannery took the lead with 25 laps remaining in the event and never trailed from that spot. The second and final caution came out with 21 laps remaining in the event. The winner of the race was Anthony Flannery Jr.

The second feature of the night was the Mini Cups which run a weekly division at Seekonk Speedway in Massachusetts. The number 57 took the lead from the first lap and held that lead for the entire race.  The Mini Cup main event went green to green with no caution flags throughout the race. Marissa Morgan won the 20 lap event. Anthony Marvin was second and Shane Culpa was third.

 

The third feature of the night was the Limited Sportsman event. Corey Coates took the lead early in the race but, it only took Jack Aquilina three laps to take the lead away from Coates The feature event went green to green as well.  Jack Aquilina won that 25 lap feature event, Corey Coates came in second and Al Stone III came in third. It was back to back wins for Aquilina.

 

The fourth feature of the night was the Legend Cars. Timothy Depizzol was the man to take the early lead. The legends car event went green flag to green flag. Dana DiMatteo took the lead with 19 laps remaining and never trailed from that position. Dana DiMatteo won that 20 lap feature, Cassandra Cole was second  and Cory DiMatteo was third.

 

The fifth and final race of the night was the SK Modified event. The weather turned for the worse right around 7:30 pm and the track officials called the race complete. There were 15 laps remaining in the event when the race was called. The winner was Craig Lutz, John Montesanto was second and Matt Gallo was the third place finisher.

 

The Mini Stock race that was supposed to take place later in the evening has been rescheduled for next week.

 

 

LIMITED SPORTSMAN:

1.       Jack Aquilina, Oakdale CT

2.       Corey Coates, Ledyard CT

3.       Al Stone III, Durham CT

4.       Allen Coates Sr., Ledyard CT

5.       Jason Chicolas, Sutton MA

6.       Christopher Meyer, Norwich CT

7.       Glenn Colvin, Clinton CT

8.       Montgomery Gibbs, Killingworth CT

9.       Jon Porter, East Lyme

10.   Brandon Plemons,

11.   Tommy Silva,

12.   Sean Curtis, Stonington CT

13.   Brandon Fisher, Plainfield CT

Source: New London-Waterford Speedbowl