Dillion Moltz Creates History at Stafford Motor Speedway

September 8- Westfield, MA--- What happens when you put the SK’s out for the last feature event? They finish their race in only a half hour, and they competed on the clean side!

When the green flag flew it was the #6 of Wade Mattesen taking charge of the twenty-eight car field. Even though Mattesen got the better jump over the field, that didn’t mean that he wasn’t challenged. The first person to go after the lead was the #2 of Rich Pallia Jr. Pallai challenged and took the lead on lap five. As that happened the field started to settle down.

As all this was happening I notice that the field seemed to be awful racy at the beginning of the race. And I couldn’t help but think that the field was setting themselves up for a caution.

Even though most of the field was settling down, Keith Rocco in the #78 was just getting started. Rocco was constantly challenging Pallai for the top position. Pallai was able to hold him off until a lap ten restart. As the front cars settled into line, eight back were battling constantly. After many hard charges and a hand full if cautions Keith Rocco was able to take down the win.

In the Late Models little did any one realize history was going to be made that night. Attempting to take the lead was the #38 of Mark Lewis. But that didn’t happen. Sixteen year old Dillion Moltz in the #94 took command of the field. Once Moltz was in the lead he just took off. As that was happening fourth back was battling for position. But that didn’t last that long. By lap ten the field was single file racing. That only last for three laps. The field started to challenge each other again, which then lead to the first caution on lap fourteen. On the restart Moltz took right off and left the rest of the field to battle side by side. The only time that Moltz had to worry about his lead was on the second restart on lap nineteen. The reason being the #17 of Jim Peterson and the #48 of Woody Pitkat were looking to crack into the top three. After a few more cautions Dillion Moltz ended up taking down the win.

And as a side note the record that Moltz beat was set by Charlie Lewendowski, who was 17 1/2 when he first won at Stafford.

When the SK Lights took to the track it was the #38 of George Nocera taking command of the field. But on lap one the caution flag flew. With this restart it set Nocera up for many challenges. Challenging him for the lead first was the #70 of Brit Andersen. Andersen did all he could to get around the leader but couldn’t get around him. The next car in line to challenge for the lead was the #7 of Aaron Goff. Goff successfully passed Nocera on lap four and started to walk away with the lead.

As I was watching the other cars on the track I noticed that Alan Provost in the #23 machine was doing extremely well after putting his car back together after last weeks altercation.

By lap nine the field started to settle down. One car that didn’t settle down though was the #29 of Chris Matthews. He caught the leader at lap ten and spent the next four laps trying to find a way to get around him. Matthews took the lead on lap fourteen and held it to the very end. Due to a yellow checker flag situation Matthews took down the win.

In the Limited Late Models it was the #43 of Andrew Durand taking down the win.