Monadnock Speedway May 14 event story
By Gary Dutton
WINCHESTER, N.H. – The Winchendon, Mass. Driver, Keith Johnson, not only won for the second time in only three outings Saturday, but did it in convincing style, taking on a major league cast to win the prestigious Teddy Bear Pools Triple Crown Series 50-lap Street Stock main event at Monadnock Speedway
In a battle of Mini Stock royalty Saturday, Gordon Farnum won a furious back-and-forth battle with defending division champion Louie Maher. NHSTRA Modified blaster Tyler Leary repeated his win of a week earlier, as did Young Gun Colton Martin.
And in the night’s Late Model Sportsman 25-lapper, Cole Littlewood earned his first victory lap of the season and, with it, bragging rights at Sunday’s family barbeque, as he held his brother Justin in his shadow all the way to jump up to third in the early season points parade.
Bay State Blaster Tommy O’Sullivan, who’d dominated the Teddy Bear Pools Series a summer ago, set fast time in qualifying Saturday, making him the odds-on favorite to top the night’s main event. A top-ten redraw put Johnson outside of Adam Gray on row one as the 50-lapper went green, with O’Sullivan firing from sixth.
And, while O’Sullivan’s night would end quickly without fanfare, Gray jumped all over the opening lead, bringing Johnson, hot shoe Chris Buffone, and Chris Lindquist along with him.
Twenty-three laps later, though, the second of eight event cautions waved, as the leading Gray pulled up lame on the backchute. That moved Buffone to the point, but only three laps later; Chief Starter Chris Horton’s yellow was in the air again, this time for Buffone.
Through all the chaos at the front Johnson, who’d wired the Street Stock 25-lapper a week earlier stayed strong in the musical chairs battle for the lead. Taking command on a lap-28 restart, he then held Tim Wenzel and Geoff Rollins in his back pocket the rest of the way to score the big win. Although winless on the night, Rollins still impressed, earning runner-up honors in both the Street Stock and Modified features.
Eleven months ago, Tyler Leary scored the first two NHSTRA Modified victories of his career with back-to-back wins in June 2021. This season, he’s again won consecutive feature events, turning the trick in May this time out.
JOHNSON TOPS TEDDY BEAR POOLS 50 SATURDAY AT MONADNOCK
Monadnock Speedway May 14 event story
By Gary Dutton
WINCHESTER, N.H. – The Winchendon, Mass. Driver, Keith Johnson, not only won for the second time in only three outings Saturday, but did it in convincing style, taking on a major league cast to win the prestigious Teddy Bear Pools Triple Crown Series 50-lap Street Stock main event at Monadnock Speedway
In a battle of Mini Stock royalty Saturday, Gordon Farnum won a furious back-and-forth battle with defending division champion Louie Maher. NHSTRA Modified blaster Tyler Leary repeated his win of a week earlier, as did Young Gun Colton Martin.
And in the night’s Late Model Sportsman 25-lapper, Cole Littlewood earned his first victory lap of the season and, with it, bragging rights at Sunday’s family barbeque, as he held his brother Justin in his shadow all the way to jump up to third in the early season points parade.
Bay State Blaster Tommy O’Sullivan, who’d dominated the Teddy Bear Pools Series a summer ago, set fast time in qualifying Saturday, making him the odds-on favorite to top the night’s main event. A top-ten redraw put Johnson outside of Adam Gray on row one as the 50-lapper went green, with O’Sullivan firing from sixth.
And, while O’Sullivan’s night would end quickly without fanfare, Gray jumped all over the opening lead, bringing Johnson, hot shoe Chris Buffone, and Chris Lindquist along with him.
Twenty-three laps later, though, the second of eight event cautions waved, as the leading Gray pulled up lame on the backchute. That moved Buffone to the point, but only three laps later; Chief Starter Chris Horton’s yellow was in the air again, this time for Buffone.
Through all the chaos at the front Johnson, who’d wired the Street Stock 25-lapper a week earlier stayed strong in the musical chairs battle for the lead. Taking command on a lap-28 restart, he then held Tim Wenzel and Geoff Rollins in his back pocket the rest of the way to score the big win. Although winless on the night, Rollins still impressed, earning runner-up honors in both the Street Stock and Modified features.
Eleven months ago, Tyler Leary scored the first two NHSTRA Modified victories of his career with back-to-back wins in June 2021. This season, he’s again won consecutive feature events, turning the trick in May this time out.
