WATERFORD – There was a slight chill in the air at the Waterford Speedbowl Saturday night, but the heat was turned up in the pits following the 30-lap Late Model division feature.

After using some contact to try to get around Vin Esposito for the lead during a four lap battle for the lead, Jason Palmer made contact with him and sent him spinning down the backstretch with 11 laps remaining.

Track officials immediately black flagged Palmer and put him to rear of the field, giving the lead to eventual race Staskowski.

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WATERFORD – A junked car after the second week of the season left Louie Bellisle III and his Mini Stock team playing catch-up to the field trying to get a new ride up to the speed.

It’s fair to say Bellisle has caught the guys he was chasing.

For the second consecutive week it was Bellisle, of Griswold, laughing all the way to victory lane in the 25-lap Mini Stock feature Saturday at the Waterford Speedbowl.

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WATERFORD – The missing man on the track at the Waterford Speedbowl on July 31 was one who has garnered so much of the attention at the facility since 2007.

Three-time defending Late Model division champion Bruce Thomas Jr. was a no-show for the division’s 30-lap feature last week.

But Thomas, who said he took the week off to regroup, is back this week to return to competition.

When Thomas wrecked on July 24 at the track it marked the fourth major accident of the year for his team.

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WATERFORD – Fans of the Waterford Speedbowl didn’t have to wait until the features to see dramatics between two of the top two talents at the track Saturday.

The drama began in one of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified heats. After battling for a few laps at the rear of the field, the contact got a little bit more aggressive between Keith Rocco of Wallingford and Doug Coby of Milford.

Rocco is the nation’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series points leader and has eight victories this year at Waterford. Coby returned to the track to compete full-time recently.

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WATERFORD – Despite having a history of gaudy numbers behind the wheel of an SK Modified at the Waterford Speedbowl, Tucker Reynolds Jr. didn’t expect to set the competition on fire when he returned to the division after nearly 10 years away on July 3.

“Yeah, it’s like riding a bike, but sometimes when you get back on the bike you end up scraping your knees up a little bit at first,” Reynolds said.

The scrapes of return behind him, Reynolds, of Westbrook, is looking ready to return to a place at the Speedbowl he was very familiar with a decade ago: The SK Modified division podium.

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The American Canadian Tour announced Thursday that four more drivers from the Late Model division at the Waterford Speedbowl have been invited to test at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in preparation for the second ACT Invitational at the 1.058-mile oval on Sept. 18.

Last week ACT officials announced that Tim Jordan of Plainfield and Jeff Smith of Old Lyme would be invited to test at the track. ACT will hold two days of testing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Aug. 17-18.

The full group of invitees will be split in two with each group getting one day of testing at the track.

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