Finocchario Wins Sunoco Fuels New York Super Stocks By Insinger Performance Season Opener

Chris Finocchario Wins Sunoco Fuels New York Super Stocks By Insinger Performance Season Opener

Story By: Shylo Fuchs/NYSS

Photos By: Mark Ranalletta/RacersGuide.com

Not a bad way to start the season off with the NYSS after the loss of his father. Chris Finocchario in his #8 machine started his heat on the outside pole and quickly pulled out in front from that position winning the heat with ease. He would go on to draw the 9th starting position for the feature during the intermission.

The Sunoco New York Super Stocks would make their way onto the track just after 10 pm on what turned out to be a classic June evening in Williamson. The cars were pulled around to the front stretch and a moment of silence was observed for Chris’s late father Charlie Finocchario. With the help of the fans the command was given for the “ladies and gentlemen to start their engines” and a few pace laps were taken under yellow to get some heat in the tires. This presented the opportunity to talk to Chris Finocchario about his racing style and his hopes for the evening. Chris shared that he preferred the high side at Spencer and that he hoped to bring home a win in honor of his Dad. The green flag would soon fly over the field of 22 and the #38 of Shaun Frarey would dart out into the lead from the pole position. Shaun and the #75 of Zach Willis would soon find themselves in a drag race turn after turn, lap after lap, until Zach was able to overcome on lap 7. While this was all happening at the front of the field, Chris Finocchario in his Charile’s Paving #8 was working his way forward and was going to be ready to battle for the lead when he got up front. Lap 14 hit and Zach and his #75 started being challenged at every turn by Finocchario. One time Chris would go high and the next he would go low trying to get the run that would push him ahead for the lead. Zach would later say he was trying to “make him go high” in order to maintain the lead and his plan had worked well for about 9 laps. After two consecutive cautions around lap 19 that lost the #84 of Josh Schoonmaker, the #91 of Dylan Bancroft and the #11 of Terry Cheetham after they sustained major damage from contact with the outside wall on the front straight, Chris was finally able to gain the lead, on the outside, with just 3 laps to go. The checkered flag would fly and Chris Finocchario would come out on top.

In a post race interview he said “This one’s for my Dad, this helps the healing a lot. Dad loved racing and he got me into it, which was stupid, because it’s a waste of money but, this was great.”

The Sunoco New York Super Stocks by Insinger Performance will race again on

Friday June 15th back at Spencer Speedway in Williamson For Aratari Auto Color & Detail Night.

Heat Winners: #25 Joe Gleason, #91 Dylan Bancroft, #8 Chris Finocchario

Complete Feature Finish: #8 Chris Finocchario, #15 Nick Robinson, #38 Shaun Frarey, #25 Joel

Gleason, #51 Chris Vogler, #78 Robert Fink, #40 Jason Dinzler, #17 Amber VanOrden, #37

Steve Perez, #5 S.J. Rotunda Jr, #12 Matthew Larivee, #77 Jim Helt, #84 Josh Schoonmaker,

#91 Dylan Bancroft, #11 Terry Cheetham, #46 Cole Hicks, #41 Doug Gavette, #03 Dale

Lazzaro, #52 Kenny Atkins, #9 Joe Miller, #6 Griffin Miller, #75 Zach Willis-DQ, #64 Scott Dinzler DNS