Epping, NH – Joe Lemay was a man on a mission in the All-Star Modifieds on Saturday night, outrunning the field to collect his division-leading fourth checkered flag of the 2009 season.
Kenny White, Jr. quickly moved past early-race leader Dana Smith to take over the lead, and he ran off to a several car lengths lead over the first half of the race. Further back, Smith had his hands full with Eric Hudson and Lemay trying to hang on to second.
Lemay was the first to get by Smith, and he immediately started reeling in White, catching the leader at the halfway point. Five laps later, White brushed the frontstretch wall coming off turn four, which opened up the inside for Lemay.
Lemay made it stick, leading the final 15 circuits to add another feature win to his already-impressive 2009 total. White held on to collect runner-up honors, with J.R. Baril, Eric Hudson, and Smith rounding out the top five.
In the Super Streets, a race-long battle with former champion Ron Bolduc resulted in a popular win by Rosebud Shea, who picked up her first feature win of the 2009 campaign in the 30-lap main event.
Bolduc was right on her bumper waiting for a mistake over the second half of the race, but that mistake never came, and Shea proudly carried the checkers around the high banks after her win.
Bolduc’s effort netted him his best finish of the year in the runner-up slot, with Rob DeAlmeida, Tim Casey, Jr., and John Bourdelais closing out the top five finishers.
The Strictly Stocks were nothing short of wild in their 25-lap feature event, racing three and sometimes four wide in the early going. Mark Parenteau was a contender early, but he got collected by a lapped car late in the race and clobbered the wall to end his night.
Jimmy Silvia made his first visit of the year a good one, holding off the tough Mike Williams to score his first career All-Star win. Williams, Steve Dubois, Chris Augevich, and Johnny Gervais were the rest of the top five.
In Fast-4 action, Greg Cummings led the first lap, but it was all Tyler Mailhot after that. Mailhot ran off to score his third win of the season, with Cindy Sevigny, Ken Mailhot, Jason Hodgdon, and Cory Sullivan second through fifth.