RPW Exclusive: Looking Back: Third Week Of April

Column Compiled By: PHIL SMITH / RPW – WESTERLY, RI – Seventy five years ago in 1950 at the Seekonk Speedway, owner and promoter D.Anthony Venditti was forced to cancel because of rain.

Seventy years ago in 1955 Don Collins made it two in a row in Modified action at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. Lou Tetreault followed suit as he made it two in a row in non-Ford action at the Conn. shoreline oval.

Sixty five years ago in 1960 Wild Bill Slater, driving the famous Connecticut Valley Rocket V-8, was the 25 lap Modified feature winner at what was called then, the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. Charlie Webster was the non-Ford winner and Newt Palm was victorious in the Bombers. Down in the southland at the South Boston Speedway in Virginia, Johnny Roberts won a 50 lap NASCAR Modified National Championship event.

Sixty years ago in 1965 Sal Dee became an early season repeat winner as he notched the 35 lap Modified win at Waterford. Bill Scrivner was the Bomber winner.

Fifty five years ago in 1970, Martinsville ran their spring 100 lap modified event on Saturday afternoon. To no ones surprise, Ray Hendrick took the win over Jerry Cook, Jimmy Hensley and Fred DeSarro. Stafford ran twin 25’s on Saturday night. Leo Cleary, driving the Koszela NO.15 took the opener over Bob Melnick and Ed Yerrington. Yerrington came back to win the nightcap despite a lot of pressure from Bill Greco and Don Flynn. At Fonda, Jerry Pennock and Lou Lazzaro shared victory lane .Don Wayman finished second to Pennock and was followed by Lee Millington and Rene Charland and Bob Langevan. Cook managed to fly back to Fonda where he recorded a sixth. At Thompson on Sunday, Bugsy Stevens and Moose Hewitt shared victory lane as they both won 25 lap events. At the Waterford Speedbowl, Glynn Shafer took the Modified win while Larry Crandall was victorious in the Late Model Daredevils.

Fifty years ago in 1975, the Modifieds ran at Beltsville on Friday night. Joe Thurman took the win over Geoff Bodine, Billy Hensley and Jerry Cook. Richie Evans ran out of gas and finished 10th.Evans made up for Beltsville on Saturday night as he took the win at Shangri-La. George Kent finished second with Ronnie Bouchard, third. Evans gambled that it would rain at Fulton and he hit it right as he headed for Franklin County in Virginia for a Sunday afternoon event. John Bryant took the top spot over Joe Thurman and Ray Hendrick. Evans had problems and finished 11th. Blast Off ’75 at the Waterford Speedbowl fell victim to rain.

Forty five years ago in 1980, the only weekend action was at Shangri-La where Jerry Cook took an 80 lap win over Richie Evans and George Kent. A dispute over race purses between competitors and Wall Stadium owners caused track owners to cancel racing indefinitely.

Forty years ago in 1985, all eyes were on Riverside Park where Doug Hevron, in the Mario Fiore N0.44, took an 85 lap win. Reggie Ruggiero finished second with Ted Riggott, third. In Winston Cup action at North Wilkesboro, Neil Bonnett took the win.

Thirty five years ago in 1990, Stan Gregger was the Saturday night winner at Riverside Park. Tom Bolles finished second and was followed by Dan Avery, Bob Polverari and Steve Park. Stafford ran their Sizzler on Sunday. A glorious day turned to sadness when Tony Jankowiac lost his life in a bad crash. Mike Stefanik was the eventual winner and was followed by Mike McLaughlin and George Kent. In Winston Cup action at North Wilkesboro, Brett Bodine scored his first Winston Cup Win

Thirty years ago in 1995, Reggie Ruggiero broke Chris Kopec’s streak at Riverside as he won the 50 lap main event on Saturday night. Chris Young took the opener at Riverhead over Lenny Fischer and John Fortin. Mike Ewanitsko in the Art Barry No.21 won the 200 lap Spring Sizzler on Sunday by a large margin over Rick Fuller and Mike Stefanik. Reggie Ruggerio led the first 70 laps before going down one lap because of worn tires. Ewanitsko took the lead from Fuller in turn two on lap 178.Dan Avery finished fourth and Satch Worley rounded out the top five. Steve Park won the 80 lap-SK-Mod Feature. Last but not least, DIRT Legend, Barefoot Bob McCreadie scored his 400th career win at Canadaigua Speedway on Sunday night.

Twenty five years ago in 2000, it was Easter weekend. Scheduled events at Riverhead, Wall and Waterford were rained out.

Twenty years ago in 2005, The Waterford Speedbowl ran under clear but cool skies. Rob Summers made up for the previous weeks disappointment as he won the SK Modified feature. Summers never got to race on opening night as his engine expired during a qualifying heat. Summers started on the pole. Mike Finkeldey had a career high second place finish. Finkeldey now had Rick Ceravolo as his crew chief. Rob Janovic, Jay Miller and Kurt Lenehan rounded out the top five. Carl Eriksson edged Bruce Thomas for the Late Model win and Jim Procaccini was the Sportsman winner. George Whitney took the victory in the Legends Car feature.

In Whelen Modified Tour Series news, Eric Beers, driver of the Boehler Racing Enterprises No.3 was on the mend at his home in North Hampton, PA after suffering a broken collar bone and hairline fractures of two ribs at the Thompson Ice Breaker. Beers stated that he hoped to be in competition at Stafford the following weekend and would like it to be known that his LaJoie seat and the rugged construction of the Boehler No.3 saved him from what could have been severe injuries. After much thought it was decided by Beers and car owner Mike Boehler to put Todd Szegedy in Ole Blu for the Sizzler.

Connecticut Speedway Developer Gene Arganese was forced to wait until April 25 to learn what property will be rezoned to establish the resort/recreational development (C-5) zones he needs to build his proposed racetrack and convention center in the town of Plainfield. On April 12 the Planning and Zoning Commission decided to delay a decision on creating the zones on land off Interstate 395 exits 87 and 88 until the Town Planner could define more clearly the properties that could be included in the zones.

In some sad news it was learned that Leon Drake, known better as Leo Hill, passed away on April 9 at the age of 66. For many years Drake’s garage in North Stonington Ct housed the Modified driven by Johnny Thompson at the Norwood Arena and later at Thompson and Stafford. Drake was a Plumber by trade and was also a welder and steel fabricator as he did numerous repairs and built more than his share of race cars including a replacement V-8 for Bill Slater when he was hurt at Thompson in the late 60’s.

Greg Biffle won the Nextel Cup event at the Texas Motorspeedway. Kasey Kahne was the Busch Series winner. Junior Miller won the Whelen Southern Modified Tour 100 at the Caraway Speedway in North Carolina,

Fifteen years ago in 2010, the Waterford Speedbowl began their Saturday night racing series with Keith Rocco making it two in a row in the SK Modifieds. Prior to the event Rocco indicated that his car did not have a Jerico Racing Transmission. He stated his car was equipped with a Saginaw 3-speed transmission. Rocco’s big secret is the fact that his car out-handles his competition, especially in the outside groove.

Dan Field and Allen Coates repeated in the Norwich Bulletin Mini Stock and Truck divisions. Other winners were Ronnie Oldham Jr. in the Street Stocks and Giovanni Giarratana in the Legends Cars.

A full field of SK Modifieds went to post for the 35 lap main event. Rocco, who started 12th, took the lead from former Legends Car track champion Mark Bakaj on lap 20. For the remaining 15 laps Rocco was on cruise control. Justin Gaydosh ended up in second with Rob Janovic third. Bakaj ran up front all night to finish fourth and Jeff Paul rounded out the top five. Todd Ceravolo, who finished second on opening day, was headed to the front to muster a challenge, had the misfortune of having an engine go bad which forced him to drop out. Ceravolo was credited with a 23rd finish.

The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour visited the South Boston Speedway in Virginia last Saturday for a 150 lap event. Connecticut native James Civali, driving the Roger and Sandra Hill No. 79 took the victory after withstanding a late race charge from LW Miller. Civali and Miller were out front for most of the race as the pair swapped the lead eight times with Miller getting past Civali for the final time on Lap 144. Civali was able to get back by on Lap 147 and hold on for the win. Miller finished second, while Andy Seuss recovering from an early-race accident that took him out of the lead to finish third. Thomas Stinson was fourth. Zach Brewer, who won his first Coors Light Pole Award with a track record of 14.765 seconds (97.528 mph), finished fifth. Tim Brown finished sixth. He started on the point after drawing the pole in the post-qualifying redraw of the top eight spots, but was involved in the early accident with Seuss. John Smith, Burt Myers, Brian King and Brian Loftin completed the top 10.

Kevin Harvick took advantage of a late caution to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway. Harvick and crew chief Ernie Cope gambled by taking two tires when the eighth yellow flag of the day came out with 34 laps to go. That enabled Harvick to seize the lead from Kyle Busch, who was unable to mount a challenge as the race wound down. Harvick, strong on long runs all day, led three times for 52 laps, including the final 34.

Harvick, driving his own Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet, beat Reed Sorenson by 0.2 seconds. Busch, who beat Harvick in the Trucks race on Friday night, was third. Justin Allgaier, coming off a victory two weeks ago at Bristol, was fourth, and Brad Keselowski rallied to finish fifth.

There were eight cautions for 43 laps including a five-car pileup that brought out a 14-minute red flag. Two cautions involved rookie James Buescher and veteran Jason Leffler. They tangled in turn two early in the race and Leffler was ejected later after crashing Buescher into the wall on the front straightaway. NASCAR’s Sprint Cup division was off in observance of Easter.

Ten years ago in 2015, In Modified action in the south land, With his now-proven 2015 LFR chassis underneath him after a NASCAR-sanctioned win one week ago at Langley (Va.) Speedway, defending KOMA Unwind Modified Madness Series champion Burt Myers continued to make the tour his personal playground as he took the victory at the Ace Speedway in North Carolina on Saturday night.

Myers took the lead from brother Jason with 31 laps to go following a late-race restart in the AutismSmilesLLC.org 125 presented by KOMA Unwind and never looked back, running away from the field and exerting his dominance on a series of four late-race restarts to notch his second-straight series victory in the second race of the season. The win was Myers’ fourth career KOMA tour victory and extends his series points lead. The Citrusafe No. 1 started second on the grid and in total, led 105 of the race’s 125 laps en route to the winner’s circle. Jason Myers finished second.

Chris Pasteryak came home third, with Dan Speeney fourth and Gary Putnam rounding out the top five at the finish. There were 16 cars on hand for the event.

The management and staff of the New London-Waterford Speedbowl had been taking advantage run of good weather and expected to have the facility in great shape for the season opener and re-birth for the May 2 opener.General Manager Shawn Monahan stated that the entire midway and grandstand was given a new coat of paint. All grandstands were repaired and are up to code. New owner Bruce Bemer purchased new cooking equipment and a new concession trailer. Steve Rubin, who runs the concessions at Thompson, and would be a definite asset to promoting the family friendly atmosphere which the new management hoped to attain. In addition Monahan stated that Victory Lane would be moved back on to the track and their will be a family section directly in front of the officials tower. “We want fans to be at home when they come to the track”, said Monahan.

Area Auto Racing News editor Len Sammons made an interesting observation at the recent NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event at Thompson. He stated that Hoosier Tires are now $40 cheaper for competitors on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. The same tire that sold for $190 last year is now being offered, before taxes, for $150. While tires are now cheaper thanks to NASCAR’s new contract, it came at the expense of a loyalty bonus program that for many years rewarded top point teams with two free tires at each event. Hoosier is now rewarding teams with new cash programs reportedly worth $2,500 per race.

At Thompson, a team was allowed to buy as many as ten tires, but only seven of those could be used in the race. They were also allowed to buy four more tires, only in advance, that could be used only for practice. Teams on a budget often buy six tires. The four tires used to time trial must also be used to start the race. Since the two front tires and left rear are the same compounds, but the right rear is harder, these teams need to get two spares just in case they get a flat. Only the seven race tires, that are impounded before the event, can be used. Practice tires are marked differently.

These budget teams that ran all the races and were on the loyalty tire program last year now have a higher per race tire bill, despite the cheaper price. When they bought six before at $190, they only paid for four since they got two free, so their bill was $760. Now they pay for all six at $150 and their bill is higher at $900. A well-financed team that buys the maximum of 14 tires now has a per race tire bill of $2,100, whereas last year after getting two for free they paid $2,280 so they have seen a reduction in cost.

Hoosier’s new contingency program favors the top teams with money going to the driver who leads the most laps and runs the fastest lap. There are two Hoosier Most Improved Awards, however that goes to a driver who improves the most positions during the course of each event. An award will be given at mid-race and then again at season end.

Matt Kenseth claimed victory in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Food City 500 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in an event that, because of rain delays, ended nearly nine hours after it began. Kenseth had to hold off Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon on a green-white-checkered restart following a final red flag for showers. Joey Logano led all 300 laps of the NASCAR XFINITY Series’ Lilly Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 to score his 23rd career win in the series and his second of the season.

Five years ago in 2020, From the way it looked the Jennerstown Speedway was prepared to run its scheduled May 23 Whelen Modified Tour event as planned. Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf extended that state’s stay at home order Monday from May 2 to May 8. Jennerstown was originally scheduled to be the fifth of 17 races on the 2020 Whelen Modified Tour schedule.

As far as racing in New England went the Tri-Track Open Modified Series was slated to open its season on May 9 at Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, N.H. The race was originally scheduled to run on May 2. New Hampshire had a state at home order through May 4.The race was rescheduled from its May 9 date.

The Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park announced on Friday, Apr 17, that the 46th annual Liquid Death Icebreaker, originally rescheduled for May 15-16, will not happen during that weekend as it has been postponed to a yet to be announced later date.

Scheduled racing at Stafford was on track. Opening night will be on Friday, May 22 with a full card of live racing. One week later, Friday, May 29, will see the Call before You Dig Pro Late Model Special event followed om Saturday and Sunday with the Annual Spring Sizzler.

Late last week it was announced that Connecticut could possibly begin a multi-step process of loosening restrictions on businesses and gatherings by June, a co-chairman of Gov. Ned Lamont’s advisory committee said Thursday.

Indra Nooyi, a former CEO of Pepsi, said the Reopen Connecticut Advisory Group will present the Democratic governor a list of options and considerations for reopening the state, backed with modeling data, in time for a May 20 deadline. That’s when Lamont’s “stay-at home” order suspending all in-person, nonessential functions is set to expire.

Last year, 2024, The Bowman-Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, NC began their 75th season last Saturday Night with the Hayes 200 for the NASCAR Modifieds. Qualifying was held on Friday night. Burt Myers toured the flat quarter mile oval in 13.393 sec for the pole. Outside pole went to Brandon Ward who turned in a 13.399. Third fastest was Lee Jeffereys. Tim Brown and Danny Bohn rounded out the top five.

With close to 17,000 fans who paid only $12.00 to get in for the 76th opener of the longest running NASCAR-sanctioned weekly series Burt Myers led all 200 laps in the featured Hayes Jewelers 200. It was his 92nd career win, second to Tim Brown who has 98, and it was vintage Burt Myers. Myers, the winner of 10 Modified championships, didn’t mince words when asked about his expertise on the restarts with 14 caution flags in the long race. He never panicked, hit his mark in each of the restarts and stayed in front the entire way.

Many drivers took turn on the cone restarts jumping out to Myers’ right to try and break him but nothing worked. The closest was Brown who finished second and was right on Myers’ tail for the final 10 laps. By the half way mark of the race. Brown, Danny Bohn and defending champion Brandon Ward were all in the hunt at one point. But Myers held them all off to get his season off to a good start as he chases title No. 11. Finishing behind Brown was Chris and Jordan Fleming who were third and fourth. Finishing fifth was Ward and Ryal Flores, who lives in Huntersville, was sixth. Burt’s brother, Jason, rebounding after a wreck to finish seventh.

The 52nd Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler® is set for Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28. Saturday, April 27th and will consist of two 40-lap NAPA Duel qualifying races for the Open Modified division. The 40-lap races will each pay $3,500 to win and will set the field for Sunday’s NAPA Spring Sizzler®. Stafford’s Late Model, Limited Late Model, and Street Stock divisions will complete Saturday’s racing program with qualifying and feature racing.

Sunday, April 28th will play host to the $20,000 to win 52nd NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler®. Filling out Sunday’s racing card will be qualifying and feature racing for the SK Modified® and SK Light Modified divisions along with last chance qualifiers for the NAPA Spring Sizzler®.

Numerous improvements were made over the winter including all new mens and ladies restrooms on the midway.

Stafford Speedway’s 52nd Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler® has added ARCA Menards Series driver and Modified veteran Andy Jankowiak to the entry list. Jankowiak will be piloting his family owned #73 with sponsorship from Automotive Consultants, Florida Safety Systems, and Yukon Creek Sportsman Club. Jankowiak has had the Sizzler® in his sights for the last several seasons, but scheduling conflicts with the ARCA Menards Series had prevented him from making the trip to the Connecticut half-mile facility.

As of last weekend 35 entries were received for the open Modified Spring Sizzler. FloRacing will live stream the entire weekend from Stafford. The speedway hosted a pre-season practice session on Saturday that drew in the neighborhood of 109 cars including 15 open mods, 24 SK Modifieds, 30 SK Lights, 14 Late Models, 12 Limited Late Models and 14 Street Stocks. Among those really getting around in the Open Mods were George Bessette, Kieth Rocco, Jacob Perry and Paul Arute. Quickest in the SK ranks were Tyler Barry and Andrew Molleur. Quickest in the Late Model ranks was Alexandra Fearn. All in all, one would have to guess that there will be between 140 to 160 cars on hand for Sizzler weekend.

Following a late-race battle with Roger Coss, Matt Hirschman scored the victory in the Spring Meltdown 75 at Mahoning Valley Speedway in Pennsylvania to kick off the 2024 Race of Champions Asphalt Modified Series season. Hirschman passed Coss on the outside of the tight Mahoning Valley bullring in the closing laps, leading just the final four circuits of the event for his 58th career ROC win. Hirschman started 12th after a re-draw. Zane Zeiner finished third.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Series continues on Spring Break. Next stop for the tour will be on May 4 at the Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, NH. After three events Ron Silk with two wins and a second is the point leader with a nine point edge over Justin Bonsignore. Jake Johnson currently sits third, 15 points behind Bonsignore. Craig Lutz sits in fourth spot, six points behind Johnson. Rounding out the top five is rookie sensation Trevor Catalano who is 5 points behind Lutz. Catalano was on the march to the front at Thompson when a dead battery did him in.

Bob Finan sends word from the Riverhead Raceway that cool and damp conditions greeted race teams and fans alike early on Saturday thanks to a frontal boundary working its way from west to east over Long Island. However, track owners Connie Partridge and Tom Gatz held firm that the practice session, albeit later than they’d planned would be completed Saturday. GM John Ellwood and the track facilities staff went to work once the moisture stopped to ready the track for action and nearly two hours later than planned the Blunderbusts hit the track to start 2024.

Timmy Solomito of Islip would click off the fastest lap among the 15 NASCAR Modifieds on hand touring the quarter mile in 11.662 during the third and final session. “The Natural” was a four-time winner in his USNE Chevy in 2023 racing just a handful of events due to his rapidly expanding Natural Designs firm. Timmy made seven starts last season.

In NASCAR Cup racing, Tyler Reddick stole a NASCAR Cup victory at Talladega Superspeedway, speeding across the line after front-runner Michael McDowell was swerving back and forth in a desperate bid to hold the lead, crashed with the finish line in sight. McDowell, the pole-sitter, dominated the closing laps and was in position to give Ford its much-needed first victory of the year. But his desperate efforts to block Keselowski, another Ford driver, wound up costing them both.

McDowell spun out, Keselowski had to check up and Reddick sped by to claim his sixth career Cup victory by 0.208 seconds. A pile of cars behind them were taken out, as well. Corey LaJoie’s No. 7 machine slid across the finish line on its side, pinned against the wall in front of the massive grandstands. Ryan Preece finished 14th.

Officials of the American – Canadian Tour are not fooling around when it comes to the enforcing of their motor rules. Following the conclusion of the Northeast Classic at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday, April 14, three engines were taken by American-Canadian Tour technical officials to an independent engine builder for further inspection. Following that inspection, the Redline Performance engine used by apparent winner Jesse Switser and the #25NH team was deemed to have had multiple infractions, this will result in the #25NH being disqualified from the win. This discovery of multiple infractions has also prompted officials to eliminate Redline Performance, based in Hallowell, Maine, from the American-Canadian Tour Approved Engine Builders list for one calendar year.

With the move, Derek Gluchacki has officially been declared the winner of the 4th annual Northeast Classic with Alexendre Tardif now second and Brandon Barker rounding out the official top three. The 25NH team has been stripped of the win and will receive last place points. “After inspection with tech officials, industry experts and with a member of the 25NH team present at engine teardown, it became clear that the Redline Performance engine was not within ACT specs,” said ACT managing partner Cris Michaud. “We appreciate the professionalism of the #25NH team. This is an unfortunate situation for everyone involved, but the team is ultimately responsible for the parts on their car.”

“The ACT Engine Program is a vital part of our Tour,” said ACT Director of Competition Pete Knights. “We’ll continue to make it clear that we will do whatever we need to ensure the continued success of this program with our approved engine builders.” With the ruling, Redline Performance will not be affiliated with the ACT Approved Engine Builder program for one calendar year. Redline Performance will be allowed to apply for reinstatement on April 18, 2025. The three engines taken following the Northeast Classic also included that of the #03MA and the #46x. These engines met specifications and were returned to the teams this week.

In 1967 the Stafford Motor Speedway was paved. The NASCAR Modifieds were the headline division. For 20 years thru 1986 Stafford would host and provide competition from the best in the busines from throughout New England, New York State, Long Island and from the south. Names like Eddie Flemke, Bugsy Stevens, Fred DeSarro, Reggie Ruggerio, Ray Miller, Richie Evans, Maynard Troyer, Geoff Bodine, Charlie Jarzobeck, Greg Sacks, Wayne Anderson, Jamie Tomaino, Satch Worley and Ray Hendrick would be in the line-up and would record victories.

The all new book, The Modified Years At Stafford, by the Grace of God and 600 hp, is gaining interest and has become a must have in race fans and competitors library. Race by Race, Year by Year, it’s all there. Read all about it! Books are now available on Amazon.com and Coastal 181 (877-907-8181 toll free) and are available thru Stafford’s web site in their store. Order yours now. Makes a great gift!

With the cooperation of the Arute family another book has been published with pictures and biographies of the 50 Greatest Drivers at Stafford.

The Stafford Motor Speedway had become the epicenter of NASCAR Modified racing in the northeast by the late 1980’s. From its dirt beginnings to its lightning-fast asphalt, Stafford had become the toughest and most gratifying track to score a victory. The Arute family which has owned and guided the destiny of the facility commissioned their thousands of loyal fans to name their favorite drivers. In alphabetical order so as not to offend anyone:

Tom Baldwin, Gene Bergin, Brett Bodine, Geoff Bodine, Ken Bouchard, Ron Bouchard, Mario “Fats” Caruso, Rene Charland, Ted Christopher, Leo Cleary, Tim Connolly, Jerry Cook, Corky Cookman, Pete Corey, Fred DeSarro, Richie Evans, Mike Ewanitsko, Ed Flemke, Sr., Jeff Fuller, Rick Fuller, Ernie Gahan, Bill Greco, Bo Gunning, Ray Hendrick, George “Moose” Hewitt, Tony Hirschman, George Janoski, Charlie Jarzombek, George Kent, Buddy Krebs, Randy LaJoie, Jan Leaty, Jerry Marquis, Mike McLaughlin, Ray Miller, Steve Park, Bob Polverari, Bob Potter, Brian Ross, John “Reggie” Ruggiero, Greg Sacks, Ollie Silva, “Wild” Bill Slater, Jimmy Spencer, Mike Stefanik, Carl “Bugsy” Stevens, George Summers, Jamie “The Jet” Tomaino, Maynard Troyer and Satch Worley.

Books are priced at $17.95 each and be purchased at the track at the Novelty Booth or at the Stafford Motor Speedway on line store. Books are also available at Amazon.com and at Coastal181 (877-907-8181).