STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn. – Chase Dowling made it back-to-back victories at Stafford Motor Speedway on Friday night with a victory in the 40-lap SK Modified feature.
His win Friday follows his triumph in the biggest SK Modified race of the year last week at the track, the NAPA SK 5k.
In the 40-lap SK Modified feature, Tyler Leary took the early lead after holding off a challenge from Troy Talman. Andrew Molleur was third in line at the start with David Arute fourth and Michael Christopher Jr. fifth.
Talman took the lead from Leary on lap seven and his move kicked Leary to the high groove and he fell back to a side by side duel with Arute for fourth place as Molleur took second and Christopher took third.
Leary was able to get in line in fourth in front of Arute on lap-10. Arute would lose fifth to Chase Dowling on lap-12 as Talman continued to lead Molleur and Christopher. Marcello Rufrano brought the caution out with 16 laps complete with a spin in turn two.
Talman took the lead back under green with Christopher and Molleur going side by side for second. Dowling was fourth in line with Stephen Kopcik up to fifth. Ronnie Williams was side by side with Arute for sixth and Todd Owen was in eighth place. Dowling got by Christopher to move into second place behind Talman on lap 21 and Kopcik was up to fourth as Molleur slid from second back to fifth in line.
With 10 laps to go Talman was still in command but Dowling was right on his back bumper looking high and low for a way to get by and take over the lead. Dowling made the move on lap 31 coming out of turn four and he took over the lead. Christopher was still third with Kopcik, Molleur, Williams, and Keith Rocco making up the top-seven.
Dowling slowly pulled away from Talman over the closing laps to take down his second consecutive win of the 2020 season. Christopher finished third with Kopcik and Molleur rounding out the top-five.
Paul Arute was a winner for the first time this year in the late model feature and Derek Debbis won for the second time in the SK Light feature. Andrew Durand scored his third win in the limited late model feature and Zack Robinson scored his third points paying win and fourth overall win in the street stock feature.