Kimball Takes the Sportsman Modified Checkers
Winchester, NH: This past Saturday there was a full venue of racing at high bank ¼ mile of Monadnock Speedway. The evening’s winners included Bill Kimball, Joel Monahan, Solomon Brow, Tim Leblanc and Dan Starkweather for the weekly racing divisions. In the visiting NEMA tour, Joey Payne took the checkers as Megan Cuginl won the NEMA Lite feature event.
Jaret Curtis paced the field in the Young Guns for their feature event. By lap seven, Dan Starkweather took control of the number one spot as Jaret Curtis held off brother Chase Curtis for second. Cole Littlewood running in fourth started to reel in Curtis for third. With two laps to go, Chase Curtis and Littlewood make contact setting up for a two lap shoot out. On the final lap, Starkweather cruised into victory lane followed by Jaret Curtis and Littlewood making a late pass on Hailey Guy for third.
The Lightning Stocks came roling out as Hillary Renaud and Tim Paquette took the field to the green. On lap five the fans saw a new leader of Pat Houle followed by Mike Stebbins and Jim Drew. On lap fourteen, the red flag waved as Richard Whipple flipped after Kyle Boniface made contact with him bringing him up to the turn 2 barriers. On the restart, Stebbins took control with Tim Leblanc awaiting the opportunity to pass Littlewood for the second spot. With five laps to go, Leblanc took the lead bringing CJ Johnson with him. At the checkers it was Leblanc followed by Johnson and Stebbins.
Kevin McKnight sat on the pole for the Mini Stock main event. McKnight held on to the top spot despite strong effort by Solomon Brow attempting to take the number one spot. Brow succeeded on lap 10 to take the lead leaving McKnight a battle with Matt Gauffin for second. Mid way through the race, Julia Raymond became a factor as she ran hard with Gauffinf for third. Five laps to go, Brow comfortably lead the field as McKnight, Gauffin and Eric Pomasko run hard for third. At the wave of the checkers, it was Brow celebrating his second win followed by Raymond with McKnight holding on for third.
A hearty field of Super Stocks came out for their feature with Tyler Lescord leading them to the green. Right on the start of the race, Muni sitting in third lost her brakes and made contact with Lescord. On the restart, Joel Monahan inherited the lead as Tyler Leary ran second. Stange silently moved into the third spot. With five laps to go, Monahan survived multiple restarts to continue his lead as Leary fough hard for the spot. Stange ran third but felt the threat of Tom Carey attempting for the podium spot. Rookie Monahan took the checkers as Leary took second with Stnage holding off the charges from Carey for third.
The final event of the night were the Sportsman Modifieds. Kim Rivet and Rich Hamman set the pace for the 30 lap event. On lap two a caution came out for Ben Byrne and Rich Hamman. On the restart, Gonyaw muscled by Leclair and Rivet for the lead. On lap eleven, Gonway had a good lead as Keith Carzello and Scott MacMichael fought for second. Point leader, Bill Kimball was sitting in fourth. With five laps to go, Rivet makes hard contact with Leclair on the front stretch ending his night as the leader of Gonyaw came around turn four making contact with Leclair under the yellow. Gonyaw went to pit area but did return before the restart. Scott MacMichael and Bill Kimball ran side by side for the restart. MacMichael took over the lead as Kimball fought hard on his back bumper attempting to make the pass for the lead. Both competitor ran the last laps hard for the victory. On the final lap, both were wheel to wheel on the back stretch. Going into the final turn, MacMichael tried to shut down Kimball but in the middle of turn both made wheel contact with each other as MacMichael unable to correct made contact with the front stretch wall. Kimball went on to take the victory followed by Carzello and Trevor Bleau.
This Saturday, Monadnock Speedway will host their NASCAR Whelen Weekly Racing divisions along with the visiting Champ Kart tour. Race time is at 6pm.
Young Gun Finish: Dan Starkweather, Jaret Curtis, Justin Littlewood, Hailey Guy, Shelby Avery, Chase Curtis
Lighting Stock Finish: Tim Leblanc, CJ Johnson, Mike Stebbins, Cole Littlewood, Pat Houle, Jim Drew, Tim Paquette, Eric Silvernale, Kris Kristolaitis, Josh Houle, Hillary Renaud, Sonja Carey, Richard Whipple, Kyle Boniface, Steve Fucile
Mini Stock Finish: Solomon Brow, Julia Raymond, Kevin McKnight, Eric Pomasko, Matt Gauffin, Matt Kimball, Joel Monahan, Cameron Sontag, Joe Rogers, Mike McGoldrick, Chris Jackman
Super Stock Finish: Joel Monahan, Tyler Leary, Dennis Stange, Tom Carey, Chris Curtis, Adam Gray, Chris Riendeau, Tyler Lescord, Craig Smith, Bryan Towne, Scott Beck, Cole Littlewood, James Thompson, James Beck, Ed Brehio Jr, Nancy Muni, Robert Hagar
Sportsman Modified Finish: Bill Kimball, Keith Carzello, Trevor Bleau, Dennis Charette, Brett Gonyaw, Rich Hammann, Jason Barden, Scott MacMichael, Kim Rivet, Casey Ouellette, Ray Grassetti, Eric Leclair, Nathan Johnson, Ben Byrne