BACK TO BACK FOR ROCCO TO CLOSE OUT THE SEASON; CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT FINALE
WATERFORD – A year ago Timmy Jordan pocketed the big pay day at The Finale and the 2025 edition started no different. He and Eric
Berndt broke away from the field and even though Berndt took over the lead at lap 10, Jordan didn’t stop pressuring for the position. The two pulled away from the pack while navigating lapped traffic until the first caution came out on lap 56 for a spinning Keith Rocco and Rob Janovic Jr. that collected Anthony Flannery. Half the field took advantage of this moment to pit for some long-awaited adjustments, except the top few cars. Berndt took off over Jordan with Jon Puleo and Anthony Bello falling into place. Molleur who restarted third started falling back as Rocco was working his way forward. With 36 to go, Jordan’s race ended abruptly as his car came to a halt. Berndt continued his lead on the restart over Puleo, but Rocco kept the heat on. As Rocco worked his way into the lead Berndt had to collect his car and settle into 5th for the time being. Rocco built up a large lead that as the laps ticked down, Bello chipped away at eventually running out of time. Rocco scored the $5,500 pay day earning back to back victories to close out the season. Molleur was crowned as champion when the dust settled.
Kyle Gero and Derryck Anderson Jr. put on a show at the start of the Late Model feature with Anderson trying to use the low line to break into the lead. Their 8 lap battle came to a halt when the caution flew, giving Jacob Burns and Devin Deshaies a chance to strike. Burns scored the lead on the restart with Deshaies in his tire tracks, where they would build up a big lead from the field. By halfway, Anderson was finally able to clear Gero and the top 3 would string out giving Burns his first Late Model win at he Speedbowl and Deshaies his first championship.
Kali Trapp worked hard to stay at the front of a 22 car SK Light field, but holding off Eddie Gomarlo proved to be a challenge. Trapp
lost the lead but after a lap 5 caution, she was able to use the bottom groove to her advantage getting by Gomarlo to lead for a second time. An incident one lap later racked the field back up but this time Gomarlo got the jump with Matt Brewer and Nickolas Hovey in tow. A restart around halfway began the first of a few drag races between Gomarlo and Brewer at the front of the field. Gomarlo had the advantage but now he had to deal with Hovey. A side-by-side battle as the laps ticked down Hovey gained more time on the low side, winning by a half of a car length and securing the championship all in one shot.
The Street Stocks had an uncharacteristically odd event in the Finale. Ike Chima got the jump off the line over Joe Arena but was met with immediate pressure from Al Stone III. Stone got by Chima relatively early with Aaron Plemons following through until a caution on lap 8 for an unassociated incident requiring ambulance personnel. When the green flag came back out, Stone bested Plemons taking the lead back. Deeper in the field, Chima was working on Bo Norman and after Chima completed the pass, the two got together collecting Arena with five to go. Something broke on Plemons car during the final run as Bill Rheaume was able to slip into second behind Stone, but just after that Plemons had gone around causing on final caution. Stone sailed his way to victory as Plemons recovered for the runner up position and celebrated his back to back championships.
Andy Pellegrini led from the pole in the Trucks under some heavy pressure from Milania Shilosky and Jaysin Beal. Shilosky elbowed
her way though to take the lead until Jaysin was able to work himself by on lap 10 with Ryan Lineham also on the move. A caution near the halfway point set Lineham up to strike as Jaysin’s Truck didn’t get off to a great restart, allowing Charles Beal to move into second. Lineham built up a huge lead on the field and Jaysin was able to claim second back with just five to go, securing his name in the record books as a third generation champion.
Bill Sylvia and Randy Churchill, who was participating in a different car, left Erica Canfield and Sean Olden in their dust initially in the Mini Stocks. Andrew Krzeminski was first to work by the second row and set his sights on the lead two. Olden was able to clear Canfield but Ray Christian III used that opportunity to get by both of them. On a lap 9 restart, Sylvia took off with Krzeminski moving into second. A battle for the lead commenced with 10 to go and only lasted 4 laps with Krzeminski moving into first to win his third race of the season. Christian slotted into third and kept enough of a gap to earn the championship.
Twenty-Five Legend Cars took the green flag in their final point race of the season. Wade Oemcke and Dylan Freeman held it down at
the front while PJ Evans had to work his way through traffic. Evans made a bold three wide move down low to move into the lead taking Riley Paul with him. Unfortunately for Freeman, his run would end on lap 10 when his car shut off. On the restart, Jacob Burns moved into second putting his sights on Evans and sending Oemcke backwards. A restart with 7 to go set Burns up to cross Evans over and engaged in a thrilling side by side battle that would end with Burns scoring the win.
Randy Cabral secured the Northeastern Midget Association championship with a dominant win.
The point season might be done, but we’ve got one race left for 2025. On October 18th we’ve got Smacktoberfest headlined by the Northeast Street Stock Championship. The event also features a $2,500 to win Legend Car race, a $1,000 to win O.G. Street Stock race, an Evolve Pro Truck race, and Enduros. To keep up with the Speedbowl, please visit our website at www.SpeedbowlCT.com, follow us at The New London-Waterford Speedbowl on Facebook, or @SpeedbowlCT on Instagram and X.
Unofficial Results (10/5/25)
SK Modifieds® (100 Laps): 1. 09-Keith Rocco[7]; 2. 51B-Anthony Bello[11]; 3. 7-Jonathan Puleo[9]; 4. 11CT-Eric Berndt[3]; 5. 81-Todd Owen[6]; 6. 35-Andrew Molleur[4]; 7. 51-Rob Janovic Jr[8]; 8. 14-Steven Chapman[17]; 9. 94-Justin Gaydosh[16]; 10. 15-Jeff Fialkovich[14]; 11. 27-Adam Gada[1]; 12. 52-Anthony Forino[18]; 13. 25-Anthony Flannery[5]; 14. 9CT-Joseph Ternullo[12]; 15. 47-Timmy Jordan[2]; 16. 74-Jacob Perry[10]; 17. 81X-Joshua Zentek[13]; 18. (DNS) 9-Paul Buzel
Late Models (30 Laps): 1. 91MA-Jacob Burns[6]; 2. 64-Devin Deshaies[4]; 3. 2-Derryck Anderson Jr[2]; 4. 6-Cory DiMatteo[7]; 5. 37-Jordan Hadley[8]; 6. 09-Shawn Gaedeke[5]; 7. 31-Jaysin Beal[9]; 8. 19CT-Kyle Gero[1]; 9. 39-Douglas Curry[3]; 10. 32-Jason Williams[12]; 11. 28-Shaun Kekacs[13]; 12. 0X-William Kuhn[11]; 13. 22-Kenneth Lavallee[14]; 14. 50RI-Michael Benevides[10]
SK Lights (25 Laps): 1. 16-Nickolas Hovey[10]; 2. 76-Edward Gomarlo[4]; 3. 51-Matt Brewer[1]; 4. 10-Kevin Davis[7]; 5. 07-Tyler Chapman[6]; 6. 18X-Tyler Barry[11]; 7. 21X-Will Anderson[13]; 8. 78-Evan Bourgeois[8]; 9. 11-Robert Bloxsom III[5]; 10. 12X-Bob Charland[14]; 11. 14-Kali Trapp[2]; 12. 18-Anthony Raccio[15]; 13. 15-Ryan West[9]; 14. 3-Steven Midford[3]; 15. 4-RJ Surdell[21]; 16. 22-Cainen Schulz[19]; 17. 79-Adrianna Kimmer[17]; 18. 52-Anthony Forino[18]; 19. 24-Frank Hirt[16]; 20. 8RI-Ryan Souliere[12]; 21. (DNS) 9-Teagan D’Agata; 22. (DNS) 19-John Brunelle
Street Stocks (25 Laps): 1. 52-Al Stone III[3]; 2. 67-Aaron Plemons[4]; 3. 74-Joseph Arena[2]; 4. 43-William Rheaume[6]; 5. 56-Ike Chima[1]; 6. 3-Adam Coutu[7]; 7. 12-Bo Norman[5]
Trucks (25 Laps): 1. 19-Ryan Lineham[7]; 2. 29-Jaysin Beal[6]; 3. 30-Charles Beal[5]; 4. 33-Jake Coutu[11]; 5. 99-Milania Shilosky[4]; 6. 2-Duane Noll[16]; 7. 90-Allen Coates Jr[9]; 8. 6X-Andrew Pellegrini[1]; 9. 30CT-Dylan Cabral[10]; 10. 07-Austin Long[13]; 11. 11RI-Nicholas Uhrig Jr[8]; 12. 54-Cameron Varricchio[2]; 13. 808-Rich Hurne[17]; 14. 16-Brad Caddick[3]; 15. 66-Jon Porter[12]; 16. 25-David Venice[14]; 17. 00-Ryan Bannister[15]
Mini Stocks (25 Laps): 1. 53-Andrew Krzeminski[8]; 2. 88-Bill Sylvia[1]; 3. 93-Ray Christian III[7]; 4. 19-Randy Churchill Jr[2]; 5. 16-Tim Dorr[13]; 6. 83-Christopher Garside[17]; 7. 50-David Lee[6]; 8. 05-Zachery Sangermano[10]; 9. 9-Rick LaFlesh[15]; 10. 25-Charles Canfield[5]; 11. 6-Nicholas Pappacoda[18]; 12. 28-Erica Canfield[3]; 13. 49-Raymond Herman Sr[16]; 14. 77-Carson Peters[11]; 15. 73-Eric Julian[12]; 16. 92-Sean Olden[4]; 17. 81-Stacey Zentek[14]; 18. 22-Hailey Beal[9]; 19. (DNS) 97-Dave Trudeau
Legend Cars (25 Laps): 1. 13-Jacob Burns[9]; 2. 12X-PJ Evans[8]; 3. 91-Riley Paul[5]; 4. 91MA-Ethan Avellar[11]; 5. 14Z-Zachary Martinez[24]; 6. 64-Devin Deshaies[7]; 7. 17-Chase Silvia[13]; 8. 65-Wade Oemcke[2]; 9. 71-Dylan Calabro[19]; 10. 11-Dustin Gagne[6]; 11. 51-John O’Sullivan III[12]; 12. 7X-Patrick Smith[1]; 13. 19-Ryan Pomposelli[3]; 14. 5-Aubry Wasko[16]; 15. 58-TJ Sansoucy[14]; 16. 15-Adam Forster[10]; 17. 04-Brody Wakefield[18]; 18. 116-Jim Silvia[20]; 19. 18-Jake Silvia[23]; 20. 02-Justin Leduc[25]; 21. 57-KJ Rocco[15]; 22. 91A-Ayla Martin[22]; 23. 79-Aiden Kimmer[21]; 24. 26-Sydney Cook[17]; 25. 05-Dylan Freeman[4]
(IMG-Images by TK Race Photo)
