{"id":23913,"date":"2018-08-16T12:40:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T16:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=23913"},"modified":"2018-08-16T10:41:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T14:41:10","slug":"plemons-captures-first-super-x-car-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2018\/08\/plemons-captures-first-super-x-car-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Plemons captures first Super X-Car win"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Plemons captures first Super X-Car win
\nBennett recovers from 13-car wreck to win Legends feature
\nRheaume, Shifflett chalk up X-Car wins
\nBrody Monahan cruises to third Bandolero win<\/strong><\/p>\n

WATERFORD \u2014 Super X-Car driver Aaron Plemons pulled off his first New London-Waterford Speedbowl victory the hard way \u2014 with point-leader Dave Yardley breathing down his firesuit. Plemons, however, didn\u2019t succumb to the pressure. He held off Yardley over the final five laps to grab a dramatic win the 25-lap Super X-car feature. Plemons win was one of the highlights of Wednesday\u2019s Wild & Wacky program.<\/p>\n

In other action, Peter Bennett, who was involved in a 13-car crash with 14-laps remaining in the 25-lap Legends feature, recovered to roar past Colin Haley with seven laps remaining to lock up his fourth win of the season. Bill Rheaume grabbed his second win of the season in the first of two X-Car features, but Wayne Shifflett bobbed and weaved his way through traffic to win the nightcap. In the 20-lap Bandolero feature, Brody Monahan led from start to finish to collect his third win of 2018.
\nThe night\u2019s most emotional moment was created by Plemons, who grabbed the early lead in the Super X-Car feature from Jeremy Washburn and opened up a hefty advantage.
\nA caution flag with eight laps to go tightened up the field and enabled Yardley to move into second. Yardley threatened, but couldn\u2019t get by Plemons, who protected the bottom groove o the track.
\n\u201cI was so nervous when that caution came out,\u201d Plemons said. But I was doing whatever I could to keep the lead. I really felt like I had the fastest car out there.\u201d
\nYardley didn\u2019t have enough firepower to get past the rookie.
\n\u201cI couldn\u2019t have moved him, but if he spun around, I would have been sent to the rear,\u201d Yardley said. \u201cI\u2019m going for the championship, so I couldn\u2019t let that happened. I had to play it safe.\u201d
\nThe comeback of the night was pulled off by Bennett, the Legends point leader. He was running second with 14 laps remaining when he and Brandon Remson got tangled up, resulting in a 13-car altercation that knocked several drivers out of the race.
\nBennett made a pit stop to check his car out and rejoined the field in seventh place. It took him eight laps to get back to the front.
\nHe got the edge on Shileigh Martinez on a restart with three laps to go to put a padlock on the win.
\nIn the first of two 25-lap X-Car features, Rheaume was the dominant force. He took the lead midway through the race, storming past leader Christopher Lee on the outside. T.J. Racicot moved into second place with four laps to go but didn\u2019t have an answer for Rheaume.
\n\u201cI had no worries out there,\u201d Rheaume said. \u201cI just do what I can do and get done what has to be done. I worked my butt off.\u201d
\nIn the second race, Shifflett started deep in the pack, but wasted no time in picking his way through the field. He squeezed past Steve Olsen with six laps left to scorch his way into the lead and held on the rest of the way.
\nShifflett said in victory lane he was finally able to free up his schedule so he could visit the Speedbowl.
\n\u201cThis was a blast,\u201d Shifflett said. \u201cI had a lot of fun.\u201d
\nBrody Monahan was challenged on almost every one of the 20 laps in the Bandolero race by P.J. Evans, but was able to hang on to get his third win.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t look at my mirrors,\u201d Monahan said. \u201cI was just praying for the entire race that no one was behind me.\u201d
\nP.J. Evans hung on for second and Maddie Harkin finished third and maintained her 20 point lead in the standings.
\nRacing resumes Saturday with Military Night at the Speedbowl, consisting of the Valenti Modified Racing Series, the SK Modified and SK Lite Modifieds. Twin Mini Stock Features, .the Late Models, the Ct. Pro 4 Modifieds, the Open Vintage Modifieds and the Super X-Cars. All active and past members of the military, showing proper ID, will receive a free grandstand ticket.
\n20-lap Bandoleros: 1, Brody Monahan, Waterford; 2. P.J. Evans, Uncasville; 3. Maddie Harkin, Portsmouth, RI; 4. Sawyer Reiss, Guilford; 5. Nickolas Hovey, Chaplin; 6. Conor Jencik, Canton; 7. Anthony Bevilacqua, Newington; 8. Madelyn Hovey, Chaplin; 9. Emma Monahan, Waterford; 10. Aiden Sullivan, East Hampton.
\n25-lap X-Car Race No. 1: Bill Rheaume, Uncasville; 2. T.J. Racicot, Quaker Hill; 3. Christopher Lee; Oakdale; 4. Eddie Loomis, Plainfield; 5. Wayne Shifflett, Preston; 6. Bruce Sperry, Waterford; 7. Christopher Strickland, Uncasville; 8. Chuck McDonald, Groton; 9. Raymond Herman, Groton; 10. Dylan DeCoster, Waterford.
\n25-lap X Car Race No. 2: 1. Wayne Shifflett, Preston; 2. Steven Olsen, Essex; 3. T.J. Racicot, Quaker Hill; 4. Bill Rheaume, Uncasville; 5. Christopher Lee, Oakdale; 6. Eddie Loomis, Plainfield; 7. Dylan DeCoster, Waterford; 8. Matthew Menders, Niantic; 9. Chuck McDonald, Groton; 10. Raymond Herman Sr., Groton.
\n25 lap Super X-Car: 1. Aaron Plemons, Uncasville; 2. Dave Yardley, Berlin; 3. Mitch Bombard, Willimantic; 4. Marc Shafer, Groton; 5. Donald Berge, Uncasville; 6. Peter Martin, Plainville; 7. Ed Ryan Jr., Preston; 8. Denny Hoffman, Westbrook; 9. Bud Kuehne, Clinton; 10. Keith Brown, Griswold.
\n24-lap Legends Feature: 1. Peter Bennett, Cromwell; 2. Shileigh Martinez, North Kingston; 3. Joe Marfeo, Exeter R.I.; 4. Eric Lebrun, Newtown; 5. Colin Haley, Ashford; 6, Brandon Remson, Norwalk; 7. Devon Jencik, Canton; 8. Zachary Matinez, North Kingston, R.I.; 9. Ryan Griffin, Griswold; 10. Brandon Martinez, North Kingston, R.I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plemons captures first Super X-Car win Bennett recovers from 13-car wreck to win Legends feature Rheaume, Shifflett chalk up X-Car wins Brody Monahan cruises to third Bandolero win WATERFORD \u2014 Super X-Car driver Aaron Plemons pulled off his first New London-Waterford Speedbowl victory the hard way \u2014 with point-leader Dave Yardley breathing down his firesuit. […]<\/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":[3,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-waterford-speedbowl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23913","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=23913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23914,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23913\/revisions\/23914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}