WINCHESTER, NH – Five new faces graced victory lane Saturday, August 10, at Monadnock Speedway. Michelle Leh and Sonja Carey each took checkered flag laps after their Young Guns feature wins, as did Julia Raymond, who was victorious in the Mini Stock feature.
Kyle Boniface was a first-time winner in the Lighting Stocks, and Shawn Waites scored his first-ever Monadnock victory, topping the visiting Classic Lites feature race.
Making return stops in victory lane Saturday at the high-banked speedplant were Bill Kimball and Tom Carey III, each scoring their second win of the season, Kimball in the Sportsman Modifieds, and Carey in the Super Stocks, and Rob Richardi, victorious for the third time this season in the visiting Pro-4 Modifieds.
The wins were career firsts on the high banks for Carey, Boniface, and Waites, while Leh and Raymond each rung up their second.
In the Sportsman Modified main, Joey Kendall led the first 20 circuits around the high banks, with Steve Fifield and Tyler Jarvenpaa both in hot pursuit every inch of the way.
Fifield would take command on lap 21, bringing Kimball and Keith Carzello with him, as Kendall and Jarvenpaa were both shuffled back in traffic. Four laps later, Kimball would rocket into the lead, bringing Carzello with him, and the Bennington Bullet would never look back.
With Kimball earning his second victory lap of the summer, Carzello finished his strong night’s work in second, with Jarvenpaa a close third. Fifield and Kendall rounded out the top five.
With the win, Kimball extended his thin points lead, while top-four drivers Brian Chapin and Adam Norton each took a heavy hit in their pursuit of the championship when Norton cut a tire on lap 14, shooting up the track in turn two and forcing Chapin heavily into the backstretch wall.
Tyler Lescord set the pace in the Super Stock main, with Tom Carey III – from row three – taking charge on lap 20 and then speeding off to his second win of the season. Lescord held strong to post his best-ever Monadnock finish in second, with points leader Eddie Brehio III, Robert Hagar, and Bill Johnston rounding out the top five.
In the Mini Stock feature, Julia Raymond led every lap en route to her first win of the summer. She had opened up a large lead when a lap 14 caution brought the thundering herd back to her bumper.
Over the final 11 laps, she would be heavily tested by JT Cloutier and Mike Stebbins, but maintain a perfect line all the way home to lead Stebbins and Cloutier in a nose-to-tail top three finish. Beth Adams, back from a lap-14 spin, charged through the field to salvage a fourth-place finish, just ahead of Joe Rogers.
Michelle Leh led early and often in the first of two Young Guns features, wiring the event to score her first win of the summer. Cole Littlewood chased her all the way before settling for second, with Mike McGoldrick Jr., Cameron Sontag, and Joe Collins rounding out the top five.
In the Young Guns B event, Dylan Stebbins led laps one and two, giving way to Sonja Carey the third trip around the high banks. A lap-four jingle would see Carey refire from the back of the field, but she then methodically dashed to the front, passing Stebbins on the backchute the last trip around to earn her first victory ever.
Stebbins finished his impressive run in second, with Justin Faford, Hailey Guy, and Dylan Morse rounding out the top five.
In the Lightning Stock 30-lapper, Dickie Houle lead the first nine laps, CJ Johnson the next nine, and then Kyle Boniface took over. Once in front, Boniface’s biggest assignment was to keep himself between the charging points leader Chris Davis and the checkers.
Boniface scored the win a single length ahead of Davis, with Johnson, Tim O’Shea, and Pat Houle rounding out the top five.
In the Pro-4 feature, powerhouse Rob Richardi Jr., wheeling his brother Dave’s ride, led all the way. Andy Major was a close second, with Robin Berghman coming home third. First under the checkers in the Limited division was Derek Robbie.
Monadnock Speedway will host Country Western Night this Saturday, August 17, with the Sportsman Modifieds, Super Stocks, Thunder Stocks, and Young Guns all in action, along with the visiting NE Champ Karts, and the NE Mini Stock Tour, making its only appearance of the season. Post time is 6 p.m.
Top Ten Sportsman Modifieds: Bill Kimball, Keith Carzello, Tyler Jarvenpaa, Steve Fifield, Joe Kendall, Scott MacMichael, Dan Stebbins, Nathan Johnson, Alyssa Rivera, Jeff Beckwith
Top Ten Super Stocks: Tom Carey III, Tyler Lescord, Ed Brehio III, Robert hagar, Bill Johnston, John Lavoie, Dave Striebel, Dana Shepard, Josh Wood, Ian MacDonald
Top Ten Mini Stocks: Julia Raymond, Mike Stebbins, JT Cloutier, Beth Adams, Joe Rogers, Chris McTaggart, Eric Pomasko, DJ Lazelle, Louis Maher, Nick Anderson
Top Five Young Guns (A feature): Michelle Leh, Cole Littlewood, Mike McGoldrick, Cameron Sonatg, Joe Collins
Top Five Young Guns (B Feature): Sonja Carey, Dylan Stebbins, Justin afford, Dylan Morse, Hayley Guy