Waterford Speedbowl capped its popular Wild ‘n Wacky season with the annual awards presentation at the speedway grounds on Wednesday evening. Jason Palmer was crowned the Legends Champion. The Bandolero Champion was Tyler Chalue.

The Legends Car season was an epic one for Berlin's Jason Palmer.  He rolled to 12 victories in 15 events including the first six weeks, dominating the series.  It was the third consecutive Wednesday Legends Car championship for the twenty-one year old competitor.  The only drivers to stop Palmer from reaching the winners circle were rookie Tony Flannery of East Hampton, who ended up runner-up in the standings and collected two wins, and visiting North Carolina hotshoe Steven Ross.   Palmer had some memorable battles in several feature events, making the winning move in the final laps or some instances, the final corner. 

The continuation of the youth movement in the Legends Car series was evident, with several newcomers improving week by week.    The future of the division and racing is bright with drivers such as Flannery who at fifteen years of age also scored 11 top-fives.  Seventeen year old Giovanni Giarratana of Newington finished third overall in the standings after a consistent season in which he placed five top-five finishes.  Alessandro Vitelli, Dana DiMatteo, William Munro, and Dave Garbo were just some of the other teens new this season who improved and found success as the weeks wore on.  Veterans Carl Blandina, Dennis Pantani, George Whitney and Ed Field all battle-tested the youngsters and ended up with top results in the season standings.

The Bandolero class came to the Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday season just after the year began and showed growth during the summer.  Several out-of-state drivers took to the shoreline oval to compete and it was Tyler Chalue of Dudley, Massachusetts coming out on top winning two races.  He bested fellow Massachusetts driver Matt Carpenter by 34 points.  Drivers from Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and as far as Nova Scotia competed.    

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Final 2009 Waterford Speedbowl Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday standings, hometown:
(Feature wins in parenthesis)

Legends Cars (top-ten):   
1. Jason Palmer, Berlin, 740 - (12); 
2. Anthony Flannery, East Hampton, 608 (2);  - Rookie of the Year
3. Giovanni Giarratana, Newington, 544;
4. Carl Blandina, Milford, 538; 
5. Dennis Pantani, Branford, 528; 
6. Roger Coss, Lafayette, NJ, 466; 
7. Alessandro Vitelli, Woodbridge, 444; 
8. Ed Field, Deep River, 426;  
9. George Whitney, Westbrook, 420;   
10. Dana DiMatteo, Farmington, 352

Additional Feature Winners:
Steven Ross, Stanfield, NC (1)

Bandoleros (top-ten):  
1. Tyler Chalue, Dudley, MA, 506 - (2); 
2. Matt Carpenter, Auburn, MA, 472 - (1); 
3. Chris Lomartire, 418 - (3); 
4. Andy Carpenter, Auburn, MA, 406 - (2); 
5. Nick Matera, Warwick, RI, 374;
6. Jordan Churchill, Lisbon, 252; 
7. Ryan Mackintosh, Amherst, Nova Scotia, 100 - (2); 
8. Daniel Stolte, Northbridge, MA, 98 - (1); 
9. Dylan Duhaime, Loudon, NH, 88; 
10. Dylan Liseo, East Hartford, 46