Solid 6th Place For Richie as Pitkat Takes Stafford Checkers The 40-lap SK Modified® feature took the green flag with Matt Gallo pacing the field ahead of Tom Bolles, Doug Coby, Mark Bakaj, and Todd Owen. Bolles would slide back several spots as Coby, Bakaj, and Owen would all move by before the first caution of the race slowed the action with 8 laps complete. Gallo held the lead back under green with Bakaj moving into second place. Bakaj had a strong car in the outside groove and he took several looks to the outside of Gallo, but was not able to make a pass for the lead. The top-5 ran in single file until lap-23 when Owen moved by Coby for third place. The running order was still Gallo, Bakaj, and Owen when the caution came back out with 29 laps complete for a spin by Kirk Zervas. On the restart, Gallo powered into the lead with Owen moving past Bakaj for second place. Owen was then making a move on Gallo to take the lead, but just as Owen made his bid for the lead, the caution came out for a spin by Chris Matthews, putting Gallo back into the lead for the restart. On the restart there was a 9-car pileup in turn 1 that brought the yellow back out. Bakaj moved by Gallo on the next restart to take over the lead for the first time during the race. Woody Pitkat was on the charge from fifth on the restart, moving up to second behind Bakaj on lap-34. Just as Owen had a lead pass stifled by a yellow flag, Pitkat had a pass for the lead on lap-36, but just as he moved to the lead, the caution came out, putting Bakaj back out front. Another pileup in turn 3 slowed the action on the restart. Pitkat grabbed the lead from Bakaj on the restart, but the field only completed one lap before debris brought the yellow back out to set up a three-lap dash to the finish. Pitkat powered into the lead on the restart and he was able to hold Bakaj off over the final three laps to take his first feature victory of the 2009 season. Bakaj finished second, with Owen, Coby, and Ted Christopher rounding out the top-5.