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It's a little chilly up in the northeast section of CT tonight with a bit of wind as well, but it is not supposed to rain until much later this evening. Tonight's event at the Stafford Motor Speedway does not appear to be in any danger of succumbing to severe weather.
Tonight's action has already involved some controversy. Apparently Tony Lafo in the Late Model heat sent J.J. Hill airborne on the backstretch destroying Hill's car. Tony was ejected from the heat, and will probably start scratch in the feature if he is allowed to run at all. Hill's tire marks don the Haynes Constuction billboard above the backstretch wall, it seems appraent that the crew will not be able to repair the Guy Beaudoin Late Model entry.
(These are just eyewitness accounts and we look forward to the driver's side of things, come on Tony let us know what happened!)
There are 23 SK's entered into tonight's event, with newcomer Kevin Mathison (sp) joining the field, as well as Jess Hilger in the #2 SK Modified returning for the second time and owned by Catskill Mountain IMCA Driver John Cote Jr. Apparently, after being involved in a practice crash his first night of competition (also involving Donny Lia), Hilger left SMS due to unrepairable mechanical problems that night and hadn't returned since. This will be his first ever SK feature and we wish the New Milford resident a safe run tonight.
The SK heats were won by Chuck Docherty and Kenny Horton!
The feature events are starting now with the Dare taking the track first, and tentative schedule being the Late Models, SK's and Lmited Late Models running scratch this evening. That schedule is subject to change of course.
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The chatroom will be open as soon as I can get there, join us tonight for LIVE podium results from SMS as they come in! Click on the link below to join us!
The Dare Podium Results from tonight's feature were as follows:
Mike Sweeney
Aaron Goff
John Hurley
Side note: Tony Lafo was allowed to compete in the Late Model 16 consi race, but we are not sure if he qualified, or if he will have take a provisional to get into tonight's feature event.
Keep watching, the Late Model feature is currently under green and we are in the chatroom with live results from tonight's action.
-- Edited by bratmaster at 18:35, 2005-06-04
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Ryan Possocco had mechanical trouble tonight causing him not to finish the event, good points night for everyone else because of it. Tom Fearn's #92 did not run tonight due to mechanical trouble as well. Tom drove Mike Quintillianos's #6 and finished toward the back.
The Sk's are on the track now!
-- Edited by bratmaster at 07:36, 2005-06-04
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After a horrendous second lap crash by Chuck Docherty brought out the red flag (so that the SMS track crew could repair damage to the wall between turns 1 & 2), the race went green until lap 34. Chuck is fine, but did not continue the race. Newcomer Mathison did not start the feature, leaving only 22 cars to compete. Apparently a malee' on the last lap left cars spinning after the caution.
SK Results:
Ted Christopher
Frank Rocco
Eric Berndt
Donny Lia
Willie Hardie Jr
Todd owen
Doug Coby
Brad Hietela
Keith Rocco
Kurt Brainard
Kenny Horton
Chris Osella
Jeff Baral
Lloyd Agor
John Sandberg
Kenny Voight
Jeff Johnson
Jeff Malave
Woody Pitkat
Jess Hilger
Chuck Docherty
Mike Holdridge
-- Edited by bratmaster at 22:28, 2005-06-03
-- Edited by bratmaster at 22:36, 2005-06-03
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Tonight's event was capped off by another win by Michael Bennett in the Limited Late Model Feature.
Michael Bennett
Andrew Durand
Dan King
Thanks to everyone who made tonight's chat a great success. It was really a fun time. Hope to see you all next Friday night at 8:30pm for our next LIVE chat from SMS!
The checker has fallen!
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Hi, its Tony Lafo- no E. The incident with JJ Hill was a racing incident, I spoke to him immediately after on the infield, he was cool with it. I was black flagged from the heat, qualified in the 16 and finished 16th in the feature. thats all, no big controversy.
We really respect that you took me up on my offer to reply to what happened on the track last night, Tony. We hope that more drivers will take the opportunity to share "their side of the story" with the fans who only get the view from the stands, and/or hear the opinions of sometimes unobjective reporters in the booth. We wish you much success in the rest of your 2005 Late Model season at SMS!
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