Jon Moore Takes The High Road At Whip City Speedway
BY MARK McKEON
WESTFIELD, MA – Former champ Jon Moore solidified his points lead with his second win of the season in the marquee 1200cc class. “We had a pretty good race,” Moore said. “It seemed like I was racing with Jerry Sehn all night. I got underneath him in the heat and got by him. He wasn’t about to let that happen again in the feature, so I had to make a run for the high side going down the backstretch and I got by him coming off turn four. I think he was having a good time; I know I was.”
Seth Carlson extended his points lead over Kurt Conklin with another 270cc feature win. Kendall Segar, who later debuted in a 750 Sportsman, was second and Conklin came home third.
Former track champ Jay Coppo won the heat and then picked up his first 600cc victory of the year on double points night. Luke Greenwood, who also competes with the Granite State Mini Sprints, was second and points leader Ricci Hirth finished third.
Phil Bessette won both the heat and the feature to grab the lead in the highly competitive 750cc points battle. Tyler Jackson and John Casazza were second and third in the feature, which is also their points standing.
Kyle Smith and Makayla Lucia swapped their 750 Sportsman finishing position from last week. It was win number five for Smith.
Skip Matczak’s Seals-It sponsored team led the Quad 4 Midgets. Joe Krawiec took the honors followed by former Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Denny Zimmerman.
Brett Crowther is batting .666 in the Modified Lites with two wins in his last three outings. Last week’s winner Bob Poloski and points leader Ryan Nicewicz tangled, with Nicewicz flipping end over end and getting serious airtime. He was unhurt.
270cc: 1. Seth Carlson, 2. Kendall Segar, 3. Kurt Conklin, 4. Wayne Ibitz, 5. Brian Boudreau, 6. Matt Seymour, 7. Ben Martelle, 8. Jake Sapowsky.
600cc: 1. Jay Coppo, 2. Luke Greenwood, 3. Ricci Hirth, 4. Greg Smith, 5. Jim DeCambra, 6. Susan Lescynski, 7. Dylan Campbell, 8. Richard Crooker, 9. Chris Lennox.
750cc: 1. Phil Bessette, 2. Mark Taylor, 3. Tyler Jackson, 4. Rick Stone, 5. John Casazza, 6. Ed Adametz, 7. Dan Schaubert, 8. Nikki Ouellette.
750 Sportsman: 1. Kyle Smith, 2. Makayla Lucia, 3. Tim Stick, 4. Cori Tufano, 5. Shelby Klekotka, 6. Kendall Segar, 7. R.J. Currey.
1200cc: 1. Jon Moore, 2. Paul Rose, 3. Mark Taylor, 4. Joe Szczapa, 5. John Virgilio, 6. Jerry Sehn, 7. Kristen Phillips, 8. Jamie Beaudry, 9.Peter Dance.
250 Youth: 1. Derek Robbie.
Quad 4 Midget: 1. Joe Krawiec, 2. Denny Zimmerman, 3. Kevin Tefft, 4. Scott Viets, 5. Tim Gallant, 6. Jamie Spalding.
Modified Lite: 1. Brett Crowther, 2. John Durst, 3. Roger Angers Jr., 4. Bob LaForge, 5. Dale Shallow, 6. Rick Ashlaw, 7. David Deskis, 8. Casey Ouellette, 9. Ryan Nicewicz, 10. Robert Poloski.
4 Cyl. Street Stocks: 1. Keith Holtman, 2. Darren Sallee, 3. Wade LaFogg, 4. Brian Hohenstein, 5. Fred Cheney, 6. Steven Banach, 7. Stephanie Banach, 8. Michael Pierce.
Karts – Novice: 1. Jake Ellis, 2. Tanner Correia, 3. Aidan Pike, 4. Keriann Adamsky, 5. Lauren Hauser.
Turquoise: 1. Corey Lemelin, 2. Dylan Irish, 3. Matthew McCuin, 4. Timothy Shallow, 5. Spencer Brockman.
Junior: 1. Connor Leighton, 2. Jeff Champagne, 3. Nora Lemelin, 4. Travis Snow, 5. Alex Fuller, 6. Ryan Irish.
Lite: 1. Kate Lafreniere, 2. Steven Banach, 3. Stephanie Banach, 4. Brandon Sorel, 5. Mike Hauser, 6. Bob Byron.
Heavy: 1. Jake Sapowsky, 2. David Comeau.
Modified: 1. Roger Fujimoto, 2. Rick Ashlaw, 3. Scott Kalber, 4. Gary Hublard, 5. Paul Luntta, 6. Eric Jorgenson, 7. David Comeau.
2 Stroke: 1. Bruce Dodge, 2. Ernie Whidden, 3. Eric Snow, 4. Steve Rockwood, 5. Roger Angers Jr., 6. Jason Wood.