Waterford — Bill Anderson led almost every lap to win the 35-lap SK Modified feature at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday night.

Anderson, riding in a car owned by Billy Calicchio, earned his first feature win at the Speedbowl since 2002.

In other Speedbowl action, Jason Palmer stormed to his third Late Model victory in a row while Doug Curry took over the Street Stock points lead with his second straight win, Tom Silva won his fifth Mini Stock feature of the season, Wayne Burroughs captured the SK Lite Modified race, Jim Boyle won the Speedbowl Truck feature and John O'Sullivan earned his sixth Legend win of the season.

Anderson had only driven a handful of races since his last win in 2002, but was sharp on Saturday night, holding off Todd Owen over the final five laps.

“This is so unbelievable,” Anderson said. “To come back like this after all these years, this is a dream come true. The car might have been a little tight at the end, but for the most part, the car was great. The Bear (Calicchio) gave me an awesome car.”

Tim Jordan, who had won three in a row, and Andrew Molleur were sidelined early after fracturing the Turn 3 wall.

Owen gave Anderson a scare over the final five laps, but could get no closer than 0.2 of the lead.

Palmer also had an awesome car as he took the lead from Charles Bailey III on an outside power move with eight laps to go and maintained it the rest of the way.

“Charles had an awesome car, and I’m sure he didn’t want to give me a lane,” Palmer said. “But he did and I took advantage of it.”

When a caution flag came out with two laps to go, Palmer had to hold off Ray Christian for the win.

“Me and Ray always race good,” Palmer said. “It was a tough two laps.”

With point-leader Ryan Waterman and Jason Chicolas, third place in points, sidelined early after hitting the wall, Curry was able to move through the field in the Street Stock feature. He took the lead from Nickolas Hovey in the late stages and then held off Eric Lutz at the end.

“Two in a row. Are you serious,” Curry said in victory lane. “It was an awesome race. I knew if we had a late caution and I could get to the bottom I would have a chance, and that’s what happened.”

Silva took his second consecutive Mini Stock race and his fifth of the season by finally figuring out a way to get past David Dorr at the midway mark. Chris Garside made a late charge but came up short.

“I just had to keep him to the outside,” Silva said. “I pinned him out there. The last thing I wanted to do was go sideways.”

After suffering motor problems, defending SK Lite champion Burroughs borrowed a ride last week and finished fifth. He returned to his regular ride Saturday with a repaired motor and blew the field away for his third 2021 win.

Burroughs took the lead from Jake Hines on lap 6 and cruised the rest of the way.

Boyle had to start at the rear of the field after missing his heat race with mechanical woes. But he didn’t stay in the back for long. He blistered his way to the lead, taking the top spot from Josh Stringer, as he thundered to his fourth win of the year.

O’Sullivan had some nervous moments with four laps to go in the Legends feature when Monahan tried to carve underneath him.

“We both went sideways, but Brody lost a lot more,” O’Sullivan said. “His car was spot on today. We were lucky to win.”

Racing resumes on Wednesday with the Legends cars, the Super X-Cars, the X-Cars and the Bandoleros appearing for Wild-n-Wacky Wednesday.