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Wayne Anderson Tabs Timmy
Solomito As Driver Of
The Eastport Feeds NASCAR Modified At Riverhead Raceway In 2013
by Bob Finan
Wayne
Anderson, a former five-time Riverhead Raceway NASCAR Modified champion,
announced Tuesday that 21-year old Timmy Solomito of Islip would drive
his famed Eastport Feeds NASCAR Modified at the ultra-competitive
quarter mile oval in 2013. The Anderson/Solomito pairing will start
their quest not only for the NASCAR Modified championship at Riverhead
but also for the New York State title in the Whelen All-American Series on
Saturday evening May 4th in Twin 30 main events. Solomito is the
defending opening night winner.
In 2012 Anderson, the 1994 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion had Ted
Christopher at the helm of his #15 racecar with the tandem scoring one
feature event win and a 4th place tally in the 2012 championship
standings. "Teddy loved running Riverhead but the travel just got to be
too much" Anderson admitted. Christopher would either fly or drive to
Riverhead from his Plainville, Ct. home weekly after racing on some
occasions the two previous nights.
"We looked as a few drivers" Anderson revealed "in the end we liked
Timmy as our driver, he qualifies well and races hard and clean. We hope
to cultivate our relationship with Timmy, not just this season but for
the future as well". Anderson also noted that long time sponsor Eastport
Feeds played a major role in this decision "We can't thank Doug Corwin
and his company enough for their support". The team is currently in
talks with East-West Marine who came on board midway through 2012 to
return for 2013. Anderson announced that Blue Moon Deli of Patchogue
would return this season to the team along with his own Axel Anderson
Truck Repair and Long Island Fuel Oil Accessories.
Kenny Lechner will once again serve as the crew chief for the
Anderson/Solomito combination with a Performance Technology engine under
the hood.
Dubbed "The Natural" during his rookie season, Timmy Solomito was
thrilled when he got the phone call from the Anderson team, "it was
awesome to get the call from Wayne and the team letting me know I'd be
their driver" Solomito, a young historian of the sport is not lost on
what the Anderson team has accomplished over the years and what they
hope to accomplish in 2013. "I'm very excited about this season, I hope
we can get to victory lane often and make a run for the Riverhead and
New York State championship in the process".
"The atmosphere is really something" Solomito furthered, "it's much more
than a race team, it really is one big family and I'm proud to be a part
of it".
The 2013 chase for the NASCAR Modified title at Riverhead Raceway will
start on Saturday evening May 4th with Twin 30 feature events. The
Whelen All-American Series championship chases will start as well that
night for the Late Models, Figure Eights, Chargers, Blunderbusts, Super
Pro Trucks and Legend Race Cars.
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