{"id":23161,"date":"2018-05-14T16:18:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=23161"},"modified":"2018-05-14T16:18:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:18:33","slug":"derek-ohearn-dominates-opening-night-for-the-sportsman-modified-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2018\/05\/derek-ohearn-dominates-opening-night-for-the-sportsman-modified-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek O\u2019Hearn Dominates Opening Night for the Sportsman Modified Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Derek O\u2019Hearn Dominates Opening Night for the Sportsman Modified Win<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opening night at The Legion Speedway played to a nice crowd in the stands with the Granite State Mini Sprints joining the Peanut\u2019s Auto Sportsman Modifieds, the Homestead Creations Sportsman Late Model Sportsman and the Rand\u2019s Hardware Mini Stocks of the O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Twilight Racing Series.
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Derek O\u2019Hearn, who started on the pole as a result of winning his heat race, zipped into the lead at the drop of the green never to really be challenged, easily maintaining the top spot after each caution to take the dominating victory. Todd Buckwold and Jeff Huntington swapped the runner-up position a few times with Buckwold claiming the spot at the checkers. Huntington was third with Lenny Pillsbury fourth and Tanner Siemons fifth, after coming from the rear being part of the first caution of the night.<\/p>\n

The Homestead Creations Late Model Sportsman saw Travis Smith jump to the lead when the green flew. Smith maintained the lead through a few cautions but was the cause of the next yellow as he spun out of the lead in turn three and collected Jesse Durkee in the process. Toby Stark assumed the lead after Smith\u2019s problems and went on to take the win. Smith made a nice recovery and claimed second at the checkers with Tyler Tremblay finishing third in his first start in a Late Model. Scott Heath was fourth with Jesse Durkee fifth.<\/p>\n

Erin Aiken started fourth on the grid but claimed the lead before a lap of the Rand\u2019s Hardware Mini Stock Feature was complete. Aiken would lead the rest of the way to take the win but it wasn\u2019t easy as she faced intense pressure from Jacob Brown, even momentarily losing the lead while fighting through lapped traffic. Following Aiken across the line was Jacob Brown in second, Mike Lique third, defending Mini Stock Champion Rich Willey fourth and David Flanders fifth.<\/p>\n

The visiting Granite State Mini Sprints saw Joe Kemp jump to the lead in the 500cc feature, leading until the halfway mark when William Pinkham Sr cruised into the lead. It was not to be for Pinkham Sr though as he started to slow with a miss in the motor allowing Tom Chaffee to take the top spot. At the Checkers it was Tom Chaffee for the win with early leader Joe Kemp second and William Pinkham Sr holding onto third. Eric Relation and Riley Chaffee completed the top five. In the 600cc class it was all Tyler Jones as he led 19 of the 20 laps going on to take the win. Tony Shaw finished second with rookie Brady Lamotte third. William Ostertag and Nick Ostertag rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n

This Friday night joining the O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Twilight Racing Series regular divisions will be the Wingless Auto Club with the night concluding with an Enduro.<\/p>\n

The Legion Speedway is located on Route 25 at the Wentworth\/Rumney NH Town line with racing every Friday Night at 7:00 PM. For more information visit www.LegionSpeedway.com<\/p>\n

Unofficial Results-Legion Speedway, Friday May 11th, 2018<\/p>\n

Peanut\u2019s Auto Sportsman Modified Feature<\/p>\n

Derek O\u2019Hearn
\nTodd Buckwold
\nJeff Huntington
\nLenny Pillsbury
\nTanner Siemons
\nJason Sanville
\nWayland Childs
\nDavid Heath
\nRobbie Lacroix
\nBrent Warren
\nRicky Sanville
\nTC Forward
\nAndy Badger-DNS<\/p>\n

Homestead Creations Late Model Sportsman Feature<\/p>\n

Toby Stark
\nTravis Smith
\nTyler Tremblay
\nScott Heath
\nJesse Durkee
\nMatt Pike<\/p>\n

Rand\u2019s Hardware Outlaw Mini Stock Feature<\/p>\n

Erin Aiken
\nJacob Brown
\nMike Lique
\nRich Willey
\nDavid Flanders
\nChris Conroy
\nAustin Tallman
\nTim St. John
\nSean Lantas
\nEric Prescott
\nDavid Comeau
\nNicholas Comeau
\nJack Cook
\nJason Gaudette Jr-DNS<\/p>\n

Granite State Mini Sprint Club-500cc<\/p>\n

Tom Chaffee
\nJoe Kemp
\nWilliam Pinkham Sr
\nEric Relation
\nRiley Chaffee
\nMatt Collins
\nTyler Vickery
\nCody Willette
\nNate Martell
\nTerry Balla
\nCarson Williams
\nDustin Lamotte
\nBill Black
\nTriston Puffinburger
\nWilliam Pinkham Jr
\nRyan Farewell
\nDoug Boisvert-DNS
\nLogan Osmer-DNS<\/p>\n

Granite State Mini Sprint Club-600cc<\/p>\n

Tyler Jones
\nTony Shaw
\nBrady Lamotte
\nWilliam Ostertag
\nNick Ostertag
\nMark Wiggett
\nZach Herbert-DNS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Derek O\u2019Hearn Dominates Opening Night for the Sportsman Modified Win Opening night at The Legion Speedway played to a nice crowd in the stands with the Granite State Mini Sprints joining the Peanut\u2019s Auto Sportsman Modifieds, the Homestead Creations Sportsman Late Model Sportsman and the Rand\u2019s Hardware Mini Stocks of the O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Twilight […]<\/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":[68,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legion-speedway","category-new-hampshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23161","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=23161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23162,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23161\/revisions\/23162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}