{"id":23159,"date":"2018-05-14T08:10:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T12:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=23159"},"modified":"2018-05-14T08:10:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T12:10:11","slug":"payea-holds-on-late-for-win-in-new-hampshire-governors-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2018\/05\/payea-holds-on-late-for-win-in-new-hampshire-governors-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Payea Holds on Late for Win in New Hampshire Governor\u2019s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Defending ACT Champion Scott Payea celebrates his first win of the season in the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup at Lee USA Speedway. (Daniel Holben\/Big D’s Photos)<\/p><\/div>\n

Lee, NH \u2013<\/i>\u00a0Defending American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Champion Scott Payea put himself in the early catbird’s seat for the 2018 crown by taking the win in the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup at Lee USA Speedway on Saturday, May 12. Colchester, VT\u2019s Payea grabbed the lead from polesitter Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA on lap 108 for the 150-lap event. He then held off a final charge for this first win of the season and 14th<\/sup>\u00a0of his ACT Late Model Tour career.<\/p>\n

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MacDonald started on the pole and looked to be in control for the first two-thirds of the event, which was run nearly a month after its originally scheduled date due to weather-related delays. After fending off outside polesitter Corey Mason in the early going, he spent most of the race\u2019s middle stages at the head of a 4-car battle that included Payea plus New Hampshire racers Miles Chipman and Rich Dubeau. Despite a series of cautions, which included a 4-car pileup against the turn-3 wall on lap 70, he was able to keep the field at bay.<\/p>\n

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But the seventh and final caution for Mike Ziter\u2019s spin on lap 106 was the break Payea needed. The veteran put the nose up front for the first time a lap following the restart and cleared MacDonald a few laps later. Payea was able to pull away some on the final green-flag run before heavy lapped traffic in the closing circuits allowed MacDonald, Chipman, and Dubeau to make a final push. The challenge came up short though as Payea led them all to the checkered flag for his second New Hampshire Governor\u2019s Cup win in the last three seasons.<\/p>\n

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MacDonald finished second to keep pace with Payea in the early standings. Chipman took third for his first ACT podium finish in nearly a decade while Dubeau was right on his tail in fourth. Williamstown, VT\u2019s Jimmy Hebert charged back through the field to finish fifth after multiple mid-race pit stops for a sway bar problem. Pier-Luc Ouellette, Corey Mason, Matt White, Ray Parent, and Bryan Mason completed the top-10.<\/p>\n

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ACT will head to Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway next Sunday, May 20 at 2:00pm for the opener of the Summer Showdown Series. The 150-lap, $5,000-to-win event is part of a doubleheader with the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Models. The PASS Modifieds will round out the card. Admission is $20 for adults, $10 for kids ages 6-12, and $45 for a family of four (2 adults, 2 kids).<\/p>\n

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For more information, contact the ACT offices at (802) 244-6963,\u00a0media@acttour.com<\/a>, or visit\u00a0www.acttour.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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NEW HAMPSHIRE GOVERNOR\u2019S CUP<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pos \u00a0 Start Pos \u00a0 Driver \u00a0 Car # \u00a0 \u00a0 Hometown \u00a0 Laps<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. ( 6 ) Scott Payea ( 37VT ) , Colchester, VT , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

2. ( 1 ) Eddie MacDonald ( 17MA ) , Rowley, MA , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

3. ( 9 ) Miles Chipman ( 0NH ) , Nottingham, NH , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

4. ( 10 ) Rich Dubeau ( 30NH ) , Lebanon, NH , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

5. ( 16 ) Jimmy Hebert ( 58VT ) , Williamstown, VT , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

6. ( 3 ) Pier-Luc Ouellette ( 48QC ) , Terrebonne, QC , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

7. ( 2 ) Corey Mason ( 1NH ) , Groveton, NH , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

8. ( 7 ) Matt White ( 42VT ) , Northfield, VT , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

9. ( 4 ) Ray Parent ( 98RI ) , Tiverton, RI , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

10. ( 8 ) Bryan Mason ( 10NH ) , Stark, NH , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

11. ( 12 ) Brian Tagg ( 9MA ) , Oxford, MA , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

12. ( 5 ) Adam Gray ( 97MA ) , Granby, MA , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

13. ( 14 ) Claude Leclerc ( 11QC ) , Lanoraie, QC , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

14. ( 11 ) Shawn Swallow ( 04NH ) , Lancaster, NH , 150 Laps<\/p>\n

15. ( 19 ) Chip Grenier ( 9VT ) , Graniteville, VT , 149 Laps<\/p>\n

16. ( 13 ) Matt Anderson ( 49NH ) , Franklin, NH , 149 Laps<\/p>\n

17. ( 20 ) Mike Ziter ( 54VT ) , Barre, VT , 149 Laps<\/p>\n

18. ( 18 ) #Dylan Payea ( 7NH ) , Milton, VT , 148 Laps<\/p>\n

19. ( 17 ) #T.J. Moreshead ( 00MA ) , Seekonk, MA , 148 Laps<\/p>\n

20. ( 24 ) Walter Sutcliffe ( 78CT ) , East Haven, CT , 146 Laps<\/p>\n

21. ( 23 ) #Reilly Lanphear ( 21VT ) , Duxbury, VT , 142 Laps<\/p>\n

22. ( 15 ) James Linardy ( 77MA ) , Somerville, MA , 140 Laps<\/p>\n

23. ( 22 ) #Peyton Lanphear ( 22VT ) , Duxbury, VT , 68 Laps<\/p>\n

24. ( 25 ) #Christopher Pelkey ( 41VT ) , South Barre, VT , 68 Laps<\/p>\n

25. ( 21 ) C.J. McLaughlin ( 04MA ) , Bellingham, MA , 68 Laps<\/p>\n

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Lap Leaders:<\/strong>\u00a0Eddie MacDonald 1-107; Scott Payea 108-150. (1 lead changes among 2 drivers)<\/p>\n

Time of Race:<\/strong>\u00a01:12:40<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Margin of Victory:<\/strong>\u00a00.487 seconds<\/p>\n

Cautions:<\/strong>\u00a07 (laps 4, 43, 68, 70, 71, 74, 106)<\/p>\n

Heat Winners:<\/strong>\u00a0Ray Parent, Adam Gray, Scott Payea<\/p>\n

Consi Winner:<\/strong>\u00a0 T.J. Moreshead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lee, NH \u2013\u00a0Defending American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Champion Scott Payea put himself in the early catbird’s seat for the 2018 crown by taking the win in the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup at Lee USA Speedway on Saturday, May 12. Colchester, VT\u2019s Payea grabbed the lead from polesitter Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA on lap 108 for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,7,8,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-act","category-lee-usa-new-hampshire","category-new-hampshire","category-touring-series-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23160,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23159\/revisions\/23160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}