Woody Pitkat Ends Season Rolling At Stafford Speedway With Third ...

STAFFORD - Bittersweet was the taste of the day for Woody Pitkat Sund Woody Pitkat Mug 9-11-11.jpgay at the CarQuest Fall Final at Stafford Motor Speedway.

Pitkat closed out the season at Stafford with his third consecutive victory in the 30-lap Late Model feature but came up far short in his chase for a second championship in the division.

Pitkat's team overcame two disqualifications and a wreck in three of the first four events of the season to claw back into title contention.

"It hurts, but what are you going to do?" Pitkat said. "We had two disqualifications and a [did not finish]. Anybody else that had that, it would have probably devastated their whole team and they probably wouldn't have even finished in the top-five in points.

?To be able to come back and still have a chance at winning it just shows how much hard work and dedication my guys put into it."

Mark St. Hilaire of Berlin was second. Dillon Moltz of Waterford finished third on the track but was disqualified for refusing to go through post-race inspection, moving Patrick Townsend of Springfield, Mass. third place.

Ryan Posocco, by virtue of a fourth place finish after the Moltz disqualification, clinched his sixth Late Model division championship, finishing the season 18 points ahead of Pitkat.

Pitkat had a division high six victories in 2011, Posocco had two wins.

"We went out there and won the last three races," Pitkat said. "We knew we had to win every race. What are we going to do? All [Posocco] had to do was protect and made sure he lived and he got it. Those guys know what they have to do to win a championship."

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Source: http://blogs.courant.com/autoracing/2011/10/woody-pitkat-ends-season-rolli.html

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