JORDAN POCKETS $5,500 PAY DAY IN SK MODIFIED® FINALE; CHAMPIONS CROWNED AND DRAMA COMES TO A HEAD

WATERFORD – Thirty SK Modifieds® gathered for the largest pay day of the season in a 100 lap affair. At the start, Justin Gaydosh showed that his experience all season proved to be beneficial as he took the lead over Paul Buzel. A quick caution allowed Adam Gada to slip into second behind Gaydosh, and by lap 8 he had the lead. It didn’t last long as he’d drift up the track opening the door for Gaydosh to get back by. Lap 10, another caution. This time Anthony Flannery gives Gaydosh a run for his money and takes the lead by lap 14. Two laps later, another caution. This one gives Eric Berndt a shot at the lead. Lap 20 the yellow flies once again. This is when Timmy Jordan takes over the lead, and that’s the last lead change we see. Jordan would not be denied over the last 80 laps, surviving several restarts and maneuvering lapped traffic. The redemption story over his last time out was sweet. The team set out to win the day, winning practice qualifying and then the feature. He wound up pocketing 80 laps worth of sponsorship money and the $5,500 pay day to close out the season.

    While working his way through the field, Flannery got shuffled out of the way with just 4 laps on the board, but he was able to stay ahead of Andrew Molleur to secure his first SK Modified® championship, adding to his previous Late Model and Legend Car crowns.

Jason Palmer secured his fifth Late Model championship by taking the green flag Sunday, but that didn’t stop his competitive nature. He quickly ran off with the race lead but in his mirror was a hard charging Brody Monahan. The two went side by side for about 6 laps until Brody cleared Palmer and took off with the race lead. The race was run without incident, even with point contender Doug Curry pulling off on lap 11 with a mechanical failure. Diego Monahan made a rare appearance racing against daughter Emma. He showed he still had it, landing himself on the podium while Emma had her hands full with Corey Fanning. Brody took the race win in a seemingly effortless fashion.

    John Brunelle may have had the early advantage but Tyler Barry made quick work of him, with John O’Sullivan and Evan Bourgeois engaged in a battle for second. Bourgeois quickly put O’Sullivan down and dove underneath Barry to take the lead early. The healthy field of cars made it to the halfway point without incident until the halfway point. Four restarts took place until they got going again, but it was Bourgeois every time. Eddie Gomarlo and Barry were fighting it out behind him, where Barry would slip into second as Sami Anderson followed into third. She would capitalize on a restart with 5 to go and finish in the runner up position while Bourgeois made it look easy, taking down the win and securing his first ever championship.

Shawn Gaedeke may be pivoting over to Late Models, but he wanted to end the Street Stock season with a bang. Getting the early lead, he was engaged in a battle with point leader Al Stone III. The battle didn’t get a chance to take off as contact between the two resulted in a right front tire going down on the championship contender. Gaedeke picked up where he left off on the restart, but Aaron Plemons was all over him. They got into a side by side battle for the ages until the halfway point when Plemons dug his heels in and cleared for the lead. In his mirror though, was Norm Root III. Boiled down to bare bones, the point battle was winner take all. With Stone reeling in the front pack after restarting in the rear, Plemons held off Root and even got a second wind increasing that gap. Plemons picked up the win and his first championship by 1 point over Root, and 4 over Stone.

    The Truck point battle simmered down to a small margin between Tyler Chapman and Brad Strickland, and right off the rip Chapman was knocked behind the 8-ball as he was involved in a lap 3 incident. Up front, Milania Shilosky took the lead but it was short lived as Shawn Monahan took it over with ease. On the restart, a melee at the front of the field took out the front row and involved Chapman once again, by proxy. Strickland and Jaysin Beal now held control of the field with Austin Long trying to track them down. Duane Noll who was involved in the first incident worked his way towards the front, eventually getting into third by halfway. A caution with 6 to go bunched the field up and gave Chapman a stab to hang on to his point lead, but time ran out after getting by Monahan. Strickland went on to win the race holding off Beal, securing the championship and adding his name to the record books forever.

Tim Dorr took the lead at the drop of the green in the Mini Stocks, but it was short lived when contact sent he and Corey Caddick to the rear. David Dorr took over the lead on the restart with championship contender Charles Canfield in his tire tracks. John Bavolacco maneuvered traffic to work his way into a battle for second with Canfield. He needed to make up a 4 point deficit. Caution at the halfway point gave Bavolacco a shot at the lead, but Dorr was able to hold on for a few laps longer. Bavolacco stuck his nose underneath and took down the lead with 8 laps to go. Doing all he could do, Canfield needed to hang on to third place to keep his championship hopes alive. But he had Chris Garside all over his back bumper. A caution with 3 laps to go racked the field back up, and Bavolacco continued to make his statement. He would go on to win his first win of the season holding off Dorr at the line, and Canfield held Garside off to lock the final points in a tie. Canfield secured his fourth championship via tie-breaker.

    Wade Oemcke didn’t get to lead the Legend Cars for long when Dylan Freeman flew into the scene taking the lead away. However, it didn’t take long for PJ Evans to power his way out front. A caution on lap 9 bunched the field up, giving Richie Helger a shot at Freeman for the runner up position, but he couldn’t make much of the opportunity this time slipping to a battle with Patrick Smith. Evans still had the race all under control for the middle portion, but Helger recovered to give Freeman another battle for second. The two would complete a handful of cross-over moves lap after lap until a caution flew with just three laps to go. Evans was able to continue his dominance to win the race and pick up his first Legend Car championship in one swoop.

Ryan Lineham has won every Open Street Stock event held at the shoreline oval this season, and at the drop of the green he continued to flex his muscle. Lineham and teammate Derek Gluchacki left the rest of the field in their dust. Charlie Baldwin was able to reel in Gluchacki and give him some pressure, but even after a caution with 4 to go the race was all Lineham’s.

    The Seekonk Sport Trucks were invited to put on an exhibition, and Rick Martin was the man with the plan. He took off with Jeff Belyea in his rearview mirror. Mike Cavallaro was able to work his way forward by Mike Duarte and begin charging towards the front. Cavallaro reeled in and took down Belyea with just 2 laps to go. Hall of Famer Rick Martin, the all-time win leader at Seekonk Speedway, picked up his first win at the Speedbowl.

Doug Cleveland picked up a popular win in the NEMA Midgets, Joey Bailey finished first in the NEMA Lites. Kyle Taraska won for the first time at the ‘Bowl in the American Three-Quarter Midgets. Brett Meservey won the 75 lap Modified Racing Series finale.

    Unofficial Results

SK Modifieds® (100 Laps): 1. 47-Timmy Jordan[7]; 2. 6CT-Cory DiMatteo[10]; 3. 82-Mike Christopher Jr[11]; 4. 14-Steven Chapman[18]; 5. 9CT-Joseph Ternullo[23]; 6. 25-Anthony Flannery[8]; 7. 27CT-Jacob Perry[20]; 8. 72-Adam Gada[4]; 9. 35-Andrew Molleur[6]; 10. 3-Troy Talman[25]; 11. 8CT-Max Zachem[15]; 12. 11CT-Eric Berndt[5]; 13. 8-Ryan Morgan[14]; 14. 9-Paul Buzel[1]; 15. 77-Chase Cook[16]; 16. 43-John Montesanto[12]; 17. 22RI-Carl Kivisto[26]; 18. 39-Paul Varricchio[24]; 19. 84-Eric LeClair[29]; 20. 15-Jeff Fialkovich[22]; 21. 89-Bill Anderson[17]; 22. 63-David Flammia Jr[27]; 23. 16-Adam Gray[19]; 24. 94-Justin Gaydosh[2]; 25. 25Z-Zachery Sangermano[9]; 26. 43WH-Chuck McDonald[28]; 27. 81-Todd Owen[3]; 28. 52-Anthony Forino[13]; 29. 27-John Sandberg[30]; 30. 81X-Joshua Zentek[21]

Late Models (30 Laps): 1. 31-Brody Monahan[3]; 2. 17-Jason Palmer[2]; 3. 78-Diego Monahan[5]; 4. 31CT-Emma Monahan[6]; 5. 1CT-Corey Fanning[4]; 6. 9SG-Shawn Gaedeke[7]; 7. 50RI-Michael Benevides[8]; 8. 2DJ-Douglas Curry[1]

SK Lights (25 Laps): 1. 78-Evan Bourgeois[7]; 2. 21-Sami Anderson[6]; 3. 07-Tyler Barry[3]; 4. 51-John O’Sullivan III[5]; 5. 51CT-Matt Brewer[11]; 6. 76-Edward Gomarlo[4]; 7. 25-Jordan Churchill[13]; 8. 14-Kali Trapp[2]; 9. 47-Zachery Sangermano[17]; 10. 64-Jason Finkbein[19]; 11. 44CT-Bob Charland[9]; 12. 32X-Robert Bloxsom III[10]; 13. 19-John Brunelle[1]; 14. 24H-Frank Hirt[12]; 15. 28-Eddie Schutze[8]; 16. 52-Anthony Forino[14]; 17. 12X-Amanda Slater[15]; 18. 79-Adrianna Kimmer[16]; 19. 82-Alex Grab[18]

Street Stocks (25 Laps): 1. 67-Aaron Plemons[3]; 2. 80-Norm Root III[5]; 3. 83-Ed Gertsch Jr[6]; 4. 9-Shawn Gaedeke[2]; 5. 56-Ike Chima[1]; 6. 12-Al Stone III[4]; 7. 74-Joseph Arena[7]; 8. 81-PJ Evans[8]; 9. 67X-Corey Fanning[11]; 10. 33-Mike Caprio[9]; 11. 14-Steve Barrett[10]; 12. 3-Adam Coutu[13]; 13. 56CT-Sean Riley[12]; 14. 58-David Ciastko[15]; 15. 38-Jon Porter[14]

Trucks (25 Laps): 1. 84JR-Brad Strickland[6]; 2. 1-Duane Noll[9]; 3. 30-Jaysin Beal[8]; 4. 81-Tyler Chapman[16]; 5. 55-Shawn Monahan[3]; 6. 10-Andrew Morin[4]; 7. 99-Milania Shilosky[1]; 8. 07-Austin Long[7]; 9. 33-Jake Coutu[5]; 10. 12-Tyler Dickey[15]; 11. 54-Cameron Varricchio[10]; 12. 7-Kassy Prentice[14]; 13. 16MA-Manny Dias[12]; 14. 25-David Venice[13]; 15. 6X-Andrew Pellegrini[2]; 16. 30CT-Ryan Bannister[11]; 17. (DNS) 20-Joe Bavolacco; 18. (DNS) 32-Randy Burr

Mini Stocks (25 Laps): 1. 42-John Bavolacco[7]; 2. 19-David Dorr[6]; 3. 25-Charles Canfield[8]; 4. 83-Christopher Garside[9]; 5. 38CT-Sam Mesick[16]; 6. 16-Tim Dorr[2]; 7. 6-Nicholas Pappacoda[18]; 8. 50-David Lee[5]; 9. 24-Brad Caddick[11]; 10. 73-Eric Julian[13]; 11. 19RI-Dylan Cabral[4]; 12. 28-Erica Canfield[1]; 13. 22-Hailey Beal[14]; 14. 13-Edmond Cousineau[12]; 15. 81-Stacey Zentek[10]; 16. 05-Randy Churchill Jr[17]; 17. 46-John Curry Jr[15]; 18. 27X-Corey Caddick[3]; 19. (DNS) 49-Christian Herman

Legend Cars (25 Laps): 1. 12X-PJ Evans[5]; 2. 05-Dylan Freeman[4]; 3. 99RI-Richard Helger Jr[7]; 4. 00-Nicholas Chaber Jr[10]; 5. 91-Riley Paul[3]; 6. 7X-Patrick Smith[1]; 7. 14-Leo Rossi[12]; 8. 77-Dennis Pantani[17]; 9. 71-Dylan Calabro[8]; 10. 79-Adrianna Kimmer[9]; 11. 12-Leilani Daniels[11]; 12. 15-Scott Kinsman[6]; 13. 26-Sydney Cook[14]; 14. 14X-Bill Andreozzi[13]; 15. 65-Wade Oemcke[2]; 16. (DNS) 08-Brandon Martinez; 17. (DNS) 14Z-Zachary Martinez

Open Street Stocks (25 Laps): 1. 19-Ryan Lineham[2]; 2. 10-Derek Gluchacki[1]; 3. 2B-Charlie Baldwin[3]; 4. 35-Chris Lindquist[8]; 5. 11-Corey Fanning[4]; 6. 36-Corey Hutchings[7]; 7. 81-PJ Evans[5]; 8. 77-Andrew Gillis[19]; 9. 22X-Scott Serydynski Jr[6]; 10. 38-Jon Porter[11]; 11. 67-Aaron Plemons[10]; 12. 56CT-Sean Riley[16]; 13. 3-Nathan Rioux[20]; 14. 85-Michael Viens[15]; 15. 83X-Timothy Wenzel[14]; 16. 83-Jesse Smith[17]; 17. 00-Nick Anderson[18]; 18. 56-Ike Chima[13]; 19. 90-Allen Coates[12]; 20. (DNS) 33-Jake Caprio

Seekonk Sport Trucks (25 Laps): 1. 14-Rick Martin[2]; 2. 80-Mike Cavallaro[5]; 3. 52-Jeff Belyea[3]; 4. 1-Tim Bolger Jr[6]; 5. 50-Mike Duarte[1]; 6. 45-Dane Saritelli[8]; 7. 20-Ethan Hailborn[7]; 8. 57-Marissa Morgan[4]; 9. 78-Daniel Thibeault[9]; 10. 5-Tom Scully Jr[10]; 11. 25-David Venice[11]

Modified Racing Series (Top 3) 1. Brett Meservey; 2. Jacob Perry; 3. David Arute

NEMA (Top 3) 1. Doug Cleveland; 2. Paul Scally; 3. Avery Stoehr

NEMA Lights (Top 3) 1. Joey Bailey; 2. Randy Cabral; 3. Tiana Kibbe

ATQMRA (Top 3) 1. Kyle Taraska; 2. Matt Janisch; 3. Josh Patterson