By David Dykes

WATERFORD, Conn. -May 3, 2008- Upon his first-ever visit to the Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday evening, Dave Pinkham of Buxton, Maine went home a winner celebrating the second True Value Modified Racing Series win of his career. During the early laps it was Ed Dachenhausen and Les Hinckley setting the pace until coming together on lap-42. Both were sent to the rear of the field, and resulting restart saw Dwight Jarvis inheriting the lead. On a late-race restart, Pinkham slipped-by Jarvis, going on to win by several car-lengths. The race was marred by a red flag period with 65-laps remaining when Jimmy Blewett became airborne, flipped, and slammed into the fourth-turn wall on his roof. Blewett was uninjured. Following Pinkham was Dwight Jarvis, Les Hinckley, Chris Pasteryak, and, Vinny Annarummo Jr.

Other feature winners were Keith Rocco (SK Modified), Ed Reed Jr. (Late Model), Chris “Moose” Douton (Sportsman), and, Jeff “Soup” Civardi (Mini Stock).

Keith Rocco recorded his first-ever Speedbowl SK Modified win, narrowly defeating Dennis Gada and Ron Yuhas Jr. With 10-laps remaining, Rocco slipped by Yuhas, battling right down to the wire with Gada before pulling ahead following a late-race restart. Ron Silk and Rob Janovic Jr. completed the top-5.

RESULTS

Ed Reed Jr. notched the Late Model main event, passing Vin Esposito shortly after halfway, going on to win by a wide margin over Bruce Thomas Jr., Ron Yuhas Jr., Joe Curioso III, and Tim Jordan. Current Sportsman point leader Chris “Moose” Douton scored his first feature of the season over Al Stone III, and Walt Hovey Jr. Completing the top-5 was Ronnie Oldham Jr., and last week’s winner, Chuck Rogers. In the Mini Stocks, veteran Jeff “Soup” Civardi took a popular win (his first since 2006), over Lou Bellisle, Ken Cassidy Jr., Chris Williams, and, Mark Panaroni.

TRUE VALUE MODIFIED SERIES (100); 1. David Pinkham, 2. Dwight Jarvis, 3. Les Hinckley, 4. Chris Pastyerak, 5. Vinny Annarummo Jr., 6. Sean Bodreau, 7. Rowan Pennink, 8. Rob Goodenough, 9. Mike Holdridge, 10. Vogel Kenny, 11. Jack Bateman, 12. Jim Dolan, 13. Dale Evonsion, 14. Joe Doucette, 15. Kevin Iarnnarelli, 16. Eddy Spiers, 17. Kenny White Jr., 18. Shelly Perry, 19. Todd Owen, 20. Andy Seuss, 21. Ed Dachenhausen, 22. Ted Christopher, 23. Jimmy Blewett, 24. Dennis Gada, 25. Steve Masse.

SK MODIFIED (35); 1. Keith Rocco, 2. Dennis Gada, 3. Ron Yuhas Jr., 4. Ronnie Silk, 5. Rob Janovic Jr., 6. Justin Gaydosh, 7. Don Fowler, 8. Tyler Chadwick, 9. Jay Miller, 10. Jeff Malave, 11. Jeff Paul, 12. Diego Monahan, 13. Frank Mucciacciaro Jr., 14. Glenn Griswold, 15. Glenn Pressel III, 16. John Agor, 17. Mike Sweeney, 18. Rich Hammann, 19. Wendell Dailey, 20. Kevin Shea, 21. Shawn Monahan, 22. Jeff Pearl.

LATE MODEL (30); 1. Ed Reed Jr., 2. Bruce Thomas Jr., Ron Yuhas Jr., 4, Joe Curioso III, 5. Tim Jordan, 6. Vin Esposito, 7. Marc Curtis Jr., 8. Thomas Metcalf, 9. Rich Staskowsi, 10. Duane Noll, 11. Robert Leblanc, Jr. 12. Bob Andreozzi, 13. Dan Holben, 14. Mike Lindquist, 15. Dennis Stampfl.

SPORTSMAN (20); 1. Chris “Moose” Douton, 2. Al Stone III, 3. Walt Hovey, 4. Ronnie Oldman Jr., 5. Chuck Rogers, 6. Jim Procaccini, 7. John Puglisi, 8. Mark Cooper, 9. Ed Lamb Jr., 10. Jonathon Avery, 11. Josh Galvin, 12. Jack Aquilina, 13. Kevin Burr, 14. Nate Appell, 15. Sean Curtis, 16. Brandon Plemons.

MINI STOCK (20); 1. Jeff “Soup” Civardi, 2. Lou Bellisle, 3. Ken Cassidy Jr., 4. Chris Williams, 5. Mark Panaroni, 6. Phil Evans, 7. Raymond Christian III, 8. Randy Churchill Jr., 9. Jack Aquilina, 10. Ian Brew, 11. Jeff Miller, 12. Christina Cunliffe, 13. Kyle James, 14. Mark Caise, 15. Sean Caron, 16. Jackie Wolfram, 17. Ben Bargnesi, 18. Jeff Mehlenbacher, 19. Brad Caddick, 20. Bill Leonard.



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