Nate Weston of Norridgewock survived an early duel with Shane Tatro of Holden as they battled for the lead through 5 restarts early in the Gardner Construction Enterprises 50 lap feature event for the Maine State Lottery Sportsman Division. Weston went on to hold the lead through 4 more cautions to win his first feature race of the young season. Tatro brought out the 6th caution on lap 31 when his motor blew up on the front stretch while slowly fading from the leaders as the motor went bad. D.J. Moody of Prospect came from the rear of the field following the last caution of the race on lap 42 to place second, with Mike Overlock of Franklin finishing third after having caused caution number 2 when a tire went flat, forcing him to pit for repairs. Kris Matchett of Skowhegan ended up fourth after being the only car other than Weston to make all 50 laps without pitting. Steve Moulton finished fifth after running with the leaders early, but having mechanical problems slow his car in the late stages of the event. Only five of the 11 starters were on the lead lap when the race ended. Tatro had won the evening’s qualifier, placing him on the pole for the start. Weston started outside pole by finishing second in the preliminary event.
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Brenton Parritt of Steuben won for the first time in two years as he led the 35 lap Dysart’s Late Model feature from the pole to the checkers. Parritt had to fend off an early challenge from Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs, then fight off Ryan Deane of Winterport through two restarts on his way to the checkers. Deane finished second in the race that was stopped on lap 3 when Alex Waltz of Damariscotta and Dale Swoboda collided on the front stretch, eliminating both cars for the night, The other caution flag flew on lap 15 when Winterport’s Joey Doyon did a solo spin in turn two. Phil Richardson of Hermon finished in third after holding off a strong challenge from last week’s winner, Mike Hopkins of Hermon who finished fourth. Deane Smart of Milford finished fifth. 13 cars went under the green after Parritt and Seekins took the front row by winning the evening’s qualifiers.
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