Hudson NH – Todd Warren was the man to beat in the Outlaw Sportsman on Sunday Oct 7th at Hudson International Speedway. Warren has been slowly improving the last few season and finally got his breakthrough first win in the last appearance of the Outlaw Sportsman at Hudson Speedway in 2012. Warren had a few podium finishes and led a lot of laps this season and put it all together to go home with the winners spoils.
Warren started on the outside pole and spent a lap or two in overtaking polesitter Ron Lord. Warren stretched his lead while perennial front runners Geoff Rollins and Dean Wendell were making their way up through traffic. At the half-way point of the thirty lap feature Rollins had caught Warren and Wendell was just a car length or two behind Rollins. From that point on Warren made no mistakes slicng through lapped traffic better than Rollins and Wendell and was hung onto to drive under starter Bob Munroe’s unfurled checked flag for a well deserved victory.
Rollins finished second in the 2012 Outlaw Sportsman Champion. Wendell was third followed by Matt Bosowski and Pinky Tuscadero. Lord won the heat.
Kelly Cunningham snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the Roadrunner main. Cunningham started on the outside pole and quickly jumped out to a big lead in the caution-free race. Cunningham still had a big lead going into turn three on the last lap but overdrove the corner and went from the bottom of the track straight to the top and off into the dirt off the track. Cunningham gathered it back together while holding the lead and headed down the front stretch toward the checkers but his momentum was slowed and Niko Maniatis blasted by him just feet before the finish line. Cunningham was second followed by Jake Joslin, Erica Page and Bill Osbourne. Manatis and Page won the heats.
Kris Shroeder won his fourth Thunder Light main of the season. Shroeder started second to last in the field and blasted his way to the front within a few laps. Nick Dombroski started last in the field and followed Schroeder up through the field until he was running a close second to Schroeder. Dombroski was on Shroeder’s bumper for the rest of the race but wasn’t able to muster a challenge and had to settle for second place. Andrew Morin came back from a early race spin to finish third followed by Max Chaput , Jarrod Howard and Mckayla Lord.
Jason Ryan took advantage of his pole position starting spot to lead the first laps of the Rookie Stock Main. Chad Wendell started fifth and made his way up towards the front and took over the point from Ryan at the halfway mark. Wendell cruised to the win from that point with Ryan hanging on to finish second followed by Jerry Lepage, John Morin Jr. and Billy Clement Jr.
Allan Reiser won the V-6 Modified feature. Reiser was followed by Bruce Harrison, Eric Vilandre, Allan Mann and Lenard Johnson.
Mr. Symonds won the Spectator Race and the Spectator Drags.
Scott Duval won the Flagpole Race World Championship.
Sunday October 14th is Pumpkinfest 2012. The season finale includes Double Point Championships for the New England V-6 Modifieds, Roadrunners, Rookies, and Thunder Lights. Enduros are also on tap along with the Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and Flagpole Race. For the kids there will be Bike and Power Wheel Races at 11:30am plus kids trick or treat and a costume contest. Gates open at 11am and the first auto race goes green at 1:00pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info.