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#14 Waterford Speedbowl Street Stock

Seekonk Race

Our first and only trip to Seekonk, Ma. was a succesful one

East Hartford, CT’s George Correra outdueled fellow Waterford Speedbowl regular Steve Barrett to claim the 25-lap feature for the Kraze’s Speed Equipment Pure Stock division at Seekonk Speedway on Sunday evening, August 5, in conjunction with the 1/3-mile Bay State oval’s Demolition Derby-Monster Truck Sunday Spectacular.

Rookie Bob Hinckley started on the pole and led the first half-dozen laps with Steve Cromwell, Charles Beal, Carlos Silva, and Rob Corey in tow.  As Cromwell applied the pressure to Hinckley, Silva and Corey took him three-wide for second, with Corey coming away with the honor.

Barrett, meanwhile, quickly advanced from the 15th starting berth using the high line, taking fourth on lap 5.  After some brief side-by-side racing, Corey and Barrett swept the top two positions as the field completed the seventh circuit.  Correra had advanced from the 17th starting spot to third when the lone caution was displayed after Amy Arsenault tangled with Carlos Silva, sending the #77 spinning.

Barrett snatched the lead on the restart with Corey and Correra following.  Point leader Bill Chouinard worked his way to fourth, with previous race winner Mark Boisvert and Cromwell in fifth and sixth.

Correra claimed second from Corey on lap 14 and was followed into third by Chouinard three circuits later.  Correra took the inside lane away from Barrett and led lap 20, but Barrett countered in the outside groove.  Coming to the two-to-go signal, Correra smartly used a lapped car as a pick, trapping Barrett behind the slower machine en route to victory in his first visit to the speedway.  “This place is awesome,” the winner announced.  “It was great coming here to race today.  I hope we can come back at some point.”

Barrett finished second with Chouinard, who extended his lead atop the standings to 16 points, in third.  Corey was fourth, followed by Steve Cromwell and Scott Cestodio.  Charles Beal was seventh, ahead of Hinckley, Boisvert, and Tom Blackwell, who started and finished in tenth position.

 

Pure Stock Feature (25 laps)

  1. #22x-George Correra, East Hartford, CT
  2. #14-Steve Barrett, Preston, CT
  3. #8-Bill Chouinard, Swansea, MA
  4. #91c-Rob Corey, East Hartford, CT
  5. #10-Steven Cromwell, Fairhaven, MA
  6. #01-Scott Cestodio, Swansea, MA
  7. #30-Charles Beal, Ledyard, CT
  8. #13-Bob Hinckley, Acushnet, MA
  9. #47-Mark Boisvert, Uxbridge, MA
  10. #0-Tom Blackwell, Taunton, MA
  11. #77-Carlos Silva, Swansea, MA
  12. #36-John Frias, Fairhaven, MA
  13. #20-Mark Branchaud, Shrewsbury, MA
  14. #38x-Jon Porter, Canterbury, CT
  15. #91-Tom Melnick-Holland, Coventry, RI
  16. #93-John Robidoux, Swansea, MA
  17. #9-Amy Arsenault, Attleboro, MA
  18. #61-Tank Terpening, Fall River, MA
  19. #5-Randy Moretti, West Warwick, RI
  20. #39-John A. Robidoux, Swansea, MA
  21. #51-Joe Carpenter, Seekonk, MA
  22. #33-Fred Villeneuve, Pawtucket, RI (DNS)