Story By Evan Beaulieu
The Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour returned the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway this past weekend along with the popular Pro All Stars Series, and as usual, the race did not disappoint. 21 Legends Cars took to the 3/8s flat oval this past Saturday in what was a race that was much different than the aggressive and slick surface at New Hampshire Motor Speedway just two weeks prior. With the PASS Pro Stocks, there was plenty of grip being put down on the racetrack and the drivers kept their cool and put on another great show for the fans.
For the first heat race, it was the 38 of Mathew Bourgoine in his first race at Beech Ridge on the pole with previous Beech Ridge winner Kevin Hutchens on the outside. Bourgoine was able to jump out to the lead early on, but he was no match for Hutchens as he took the first heat win over the 83 of Troy Talman and the 48 of Kendall Curit.
Gary Modugno, who has driven just about everything with four wheels, was back behind the wheel and paced the second heat race with longtime veteran Ed Getty on his outside. Modugno was able to pull out from the field, but the 399 of Bob Weymouth lead the 31 of Bobby Timmons and the 56 of Evan Beaulieu through the field and they were able to reel in Modugno with a few laps to go. With just a handful of laps to go, there was contact between Modugno andWeymouth and Timmons’ was able to sneak his way by and take the heat win. Weymouth was second and Beaulieu finished third.
The feature was lined up based on the heat results and Hutchens was in charge of the 21 car field with Timmons on his outside. When the field went green, Timmons was able to use the outside line to his advantage as he shot out to the race lead. The top four cars, Timmons, Hutchens, Beaulieu and the 17 of series president Terry Kirk were able to pull away from the rest of the field. The race would run from the drop of the green flag to the checkered flag without a caution, and Timmons would not relinquish the lead as he crossed the finish line first. Hutchens followed close behind as Beaulieu finished third and Kirk fourth. Bob Weymouth, after having to start at the rear after the heat race incident, drove his way up to round out the top five.
After post race technical inspection, the 31 car of Timmons did not meet the specifications given, thus giving the win to Kevin Hutchens. After two races, Beaulieu leads the points standings by just 14 points over Hutchens and 26 over Weymouth. The next Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour race is this coming weekend, May 7th at Seekonk Speedway. It will be the tours first race at the Massachusetts track in over a decade and promises to be a great race. For more news, info and how you can get into a legends car, visit Nelcar.net.
Results
1 27 KEVIN “Kman” HUTCHENS
2 56 EVAN BEAULIEU
3 17 TERRY KIRK
4 399 BOB WEYMOUTH
5 83 TROY TALMAN
6 46 CHAD HARRINGTON
7 1 AARON LEWIS
8 38 MATHEW BOURGOINE
9 33 ALAN SMITH
10 5 GARY MODUGNO
11 87 ANTHONY PAGLIARULO
12 48 KENDALL CURIT
13 10 ED GETTY
14 2 RYAN HAMMAR®
15 14 LEE BUNDY
16 81 DAN WINTER®
17 88 STEVE FOX
18 25 LARRY POIRIER
19 4 PETER CRAIG®
20 49 PETE CANNELL
21 31 BOBBY TIMMONS