STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn. — Stafford Speedway hosted the NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final headlined by the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series with the SK Modified and extra distance 40-lap King of the Crate SK Light feature events.
Matt Hirschman scored the Monaco Modified feature win.
Andrew Molleur helped extend his SK Modified points lead heading into the Oct. 4 NAPA Champions Night event at Stafford while Tyler Chapman cemented his 2024 SK Light championship with his 10th win of the 2024 season, which brought with it a $2,100 payday from the over $12,000 King of the Crate purse.
In the 40-lap SK Modified feature event, Anthony Flannery took the early lead after Michael Gervais, Jr. went three-wide with Flannery and Wesley Prucker at the start. Gervais moved up to second at the start and he took the lead from Flannery on lap two. Steven Chapman was now third behind Gervais and Flannery with Molleur in fourth and Michael Christopher Jr. in fifth.
Chapman took second from Flannery on lap six and he then went by Gervais on lap nine to move into the lead. Gervais settled into second behind Gervais with Molleur third, Christopher fourth and Mikey Flynn fifth. Molleur moved into second on lap 13 and Christopher followed him past Gervais to move into third and drop Gervais back to fourth.
Flynn went by Gervais on lap 15 to move into fourth place and David Arute took fifth as Gervais fell back to sixth.
Molleur made a move to the inside of Chapman to take over the race lead just as the race hit the halfway mark of lap 20. Christopher was tucked right behind Gervais to make a three-car train for the lead with Arute in fourth and Flynn fifth. Todd Owen was sixth followed by Jon Puleo, Teddy Hodgdon, Troy Talman and Marcello Rufrano.
Owen went around in the middle of turns three and four to bring the caution flag out with 27 laps complete. Talman was sent to the rear of the field for making contact with Owen.
Molleur took the lead back under green while Arute took second from Chapman. Flynn was fourth behind Chapman with Hodgdon and Christopher side by side for fifth place. On lap 32 the car of Rufrano dropped off the pace and he slowly made his way back to pit road. Molleur and Arute were starting to pull away from Flynn in third with Hodgdon fourth and Tyler Hines up to fifth.
Arute couldn’t get close enough to Molleur in the closing laps to make a bid for the lead as Molleur took down his second win of the 2024 season. Hodgdon finished third with Flynn and Hines rounding out the top five.