by Jay | Jul 6, 2009 | New
BARRE, VT – Reno Gervais “The King of the Kingdom” of Island Pond, VT took home his first career Late Model win in the 50 lap main event during Thunder Road’s 50th Holiday Celebration on Sunday, July 5th. Gervais is a former two –time NAPA Tiger Sportsman champion has returned full-time to Thunder Road for the 50th Anniversary Season.
Gervais held off another former NAPA Tiger Sportsman champion Craig Bushey on the final restart of the race and didn’t look back. Bushey would hold on for second followed by Jamie Fisher, Matt White and Rich Lowrey to round out the top five. Nick Sweet, Cris Michaud, Trampas Demers, Joey Becker, and Dave Pembroke filled out the sixth through tenth positions respectively.
Washington’s Ricky Roberts scored the victory in the NAPA Tiger Sportsman feature from his tenth starting division. Roberts received no pressure from second place finisher Brian Delphia as he won going away. Delphia took over second late in the race and held off third place finisher Jeff Bousquet. Bousquet was chased to the line by Brendan Moodie and Pete Ainsworth rounding out the top 5. Tom Therrien finished sixth followed by his brother Bobby Therrien, Joey Laquerre, rookie Erik Steel, and Tim Potter rounding out the top ten.
The Allen Lumber Street Stock/Power Shift Junkyard Warriors Main Event lacked in the Warrior department as no Warriors qualified for the first time this season. Tim Campbell of West Topsham took home the win followed by David Allen and Ron Gabarre with podium finishes. Bruce Melendy and David Greenslit completed the top five while Vern Woodard, Mike Martin, Lloyd Blakely, David Whitcomb and Greg Adams rounded out the top ten.
The top three in the Reserve Feature were Lloyd Blakely, Josh Lacourse and current Allen Lumber Street Stock point leader Jason Corliss. All three took advantage of their opportunity to transfer to the Main Event.
No Power Shift Junkyard Warriors managed to qualify for the Main Event so Kevin Streeter of Waitsfield was crowned the highest finishing Warrior with his 7th place finish in the Reserve Feature. He was followed by Donnie Yates and Josh Erwin who finished 8th and 9th respectively in the Reserve.
The “Nation’s Site of Excitement” will be back in action this Thursday night, July 9 for Charter Communications Night. Any kid’s wearing their Scout’s uniform will get in free while adults admission is $9.50, kids ages 6 to 12 without a Scout uniform are $3 and a family of four, two adults and two kids are only $20. Post time will be 6:30pm.
Unofficial Late Model Feature Results – 1. Reno Gervais (12vt) Island Pond, VT, 2. Craig Bushey (05) Cambridge, VT, 3. Jamie Fisher (18) Shelburne, VT, 4. Matt White (42vt) Northfield, VT, 5. Rich Lowrey (8vt) Charlotte, VT, 6. Nicholas Sweet (88) Barre, VT, 7. Cris Michaud (6) Northfield, VT, 8. Trampas Demers (85) South Burlington, VT, 9. Joe Becker (16) Jeffersonville, VT, 10. Dave Pembroke (44) Montpelier, VT, 11. Jean-Paul Cyr (11vt) Milton, VT, 12. Jay Laquerre (50) East Montpelier, VT, 13. Pete Fecteau (75) Morrisville, VT, 14. Grant Folsom (81) Waitsfield, VT, 15. Eric Chase (40vt) Milton, VT, 16. David Whitcomb (25) Essex Jct., VT, 17. Tony Andrews (1) Northfield, VT, 18. Doug Murphy (4) Tunbridge, VT, 19. Jerry Lesage (74) Winooski, VT, 20. Cal Poulin (87) Braintree, VT, 21. Dylan Smith (34) Randolph, VT, 22. Mike Bailey (00) Barre, VT, 23. Brooks Clark (68) Fayston, VT, 24. Phil Scott (14) Montpelier, VT, 25. John Donahue (26vt) Graniteville, VT, 26. Steve Fisher (24) Shelburne, VT.
Unofficial NAPA Tiger Sportsman Feature Results – 1. Ricky Roberts (9) Washington, VT, 2. Brian Delphia (55) Waterbury, VT, 3. Jeff Bousquet (60) Montpelier, VT, 4. Brendan Moodie (94) Wolcott, VT, 5. Pete Ainsworth Jr. (80) Middlesex, VT, 6. Tom Therrien (48) Hinesburg, VT, 7. Bobby Therrien (4) Hinesburg, VT, 8. Joey Laquerre (15) E. Montpelier, VT, 9. #Erik Steel (32) Barre, VT, 10. Tim Potter (28) Plainfield, VT, 11. Mike Ziter (26) Williamstown, VT, 12. David Finck (37) Barre, VT, 13. Lance Allen (18) Barre, VT, 14. Josh Demers (10) Middlesex, VT, 15. Tony Rossi (90) Barre, VT, 16. Joel Hodgdon (36) Craftsbury, VT, 17. Shawn Fleury (31) Middlesex, VT, 18. James Hebert (58) Williamstown, VT, 19. Scott Coburn (1) Barre, VT, 20. Cody Blake (99) Barre, VT, 21. Derrick O’Donnell (68) Bradford, VT, 22. Joe Steffen (00) Essex Jct., VT, 23. Mark Barnier (0) Essex Jct., VT, 24. Steven Quenneville (88) Barre, VT, 25. #Shawn Powell (40) Jericho, VT, 26. John Lambert (2) Northfield, VT, 27. Sean McCarthy (86) Williamstown, VT, 28. Kris Grout (49) Waterbury, VT.
Unofficial Allen Lumber Street Stocks/Power Shift Junkyard Warriors Main Event Results – 1. Timmy Campbell (34ss) W. Topsham, VT, 2. David Allen (11ss) North Troy, VT, 3. Ron Gabaree (9ss) Barre, VT, 4. Bruce Melendy (68ss) Danville, VT, 5. David Greenslit (20ss) Waitsfield, VT, 6. Vern Woodard (73ss) Burlington, VT, 7. Mike Martin (01ss) Craftbury Comn,VT, 8. Lloyd Blakely (30ss) Graniteville, VT, 9. Dave Whitcomb (77ss) Elmore, VT, 10. Greg Adams Jr. (38ss) Hardwick, VT.
Unofficial Allen Lumber Street Stocks/Power Shift Junkyard Warriors Reserve Feature Results – 1. Lloyd Blakely (30ss) Graniteville, VT, 2. Josh LaCourse (82ss) Barre, VT, 3. Jason Corliss (61ss) Danville, VT, 4. Martin Ingram (7ss) Essex Jct., VT, 5. #Justin Gay (16ss) Barre, VT, 6. #Danny Doyle (51ss) Hancock, VT, 7. Kevin Streeter (61jyw) Waitsfield, VT, 8. Donny Yates (05jyw) N. Montpelier, VT, 9. Josh Erwin (57jyw) Waterbury, VT, 10. Jeff Martin (08ss)
by Jay | Jul 5, 2009 | New
Fan Fest Draws an Enormous Crowd
July 4th, 2008
Fredericton, NB – Mother nature has not been to kind to us lately as it has rained on our parade or so to speak the past couple weekends. She did not win this weekend. All week the forecast has been showing rain for this weekend. Track officials made the decision to wait until later in the day to make the decision whether to race or not to race. The right decision was definitely made as the races went on and what exciting racing it was.
It was the first FANFEST 2009 presented by Sojourn Signs + Weekly Racing event at Speedway 660 and it was a huge success. Drivers, crews and race fans of all ages were admitted into the track for FREE. This was a great opportunity to show appreciation for all the support that the drivers, crews and fans show each and every week. It was good to see a lot of regular race fans and a lot of new faces in the crowd tonight. Guaranteed they will become regulars now that they have seen what they have been missing. Racing is a wonderful sport and one that can be very addictive once you have heard the cars, and have seen racing from some of the finest drivers in Canada each and every week.
In the Coast Tire Street Stock division, Rick Cashol came out strong winning his heat, dash and feature and taking home the Robin’s Inn Hat Trick Award. Cashol is a contender each and every week. He had a little weight lifted off his shoulders tonight as he was not pulling double duty by racing in both the Coast Tire Street Stock and Martin’s Home Heating Sportsman divisions. It was reported that Bradley Logan was in the # 54 Sportsman car tonight. Logan has filled in for a few drivers this season. Finishing a strong second was Trent Noble and Matt Matheson also with a strong podium finish in third.
In the Martin’s Home Heating Sportsman Division, John Rankin was the big winner of the evening. Rankin has had a very good season thus far. Ranking finished second in the heat and dash and quickly moved though the field in the 30-lap feature to battle Dave Biggar for the lead. Rankin had a huge lead until the caution came out. Rankin got back out front and never looked back. This is a very exciting and al competitive division and tonight was a great show. Dave Biggar also had a very good night winning his heat, dash and coming in third in the feature. Glyn Nott passed Dave Biggar to take second place.
In the Irving Lubricants ProStock division, Robert Tomlinson came out strong in the heat until the last lap when Brad Mann took the lead and went on to win the race. Tomlinson also lead the first part of the feature until the first caution when a couple of cars got together and spun. Brad Mann sprinted out to take the lead on the restart. Mann got shuffled back in the pack but came back to take fourth. Big Kevin Moore was the big feature winner of the evening. Greg Fahey challenged Mann but came up a little short ending up with a second place finish. Glen Rasmussen had a good night finishing in third. There were a couple familiar faces on track tonight as Dan Eddy and Jerry Curtis were in the Pro Stock field.
Next weekend will be the TWIN 100s-COAST TIRE “Best of the Best” Pro Stock 100 + Martins Home Heating Sportsman 100. Fans will see some exciting racing for sure.
Be sure to come on out to the Geary woods this weekend and check out Speedway 660 for some WicKID Family Fun!
by Jay | Jul 4, 2009 | New
Unity, Maine – Josh St.Clair of Liberty celebrated Independence Day
Eve with a wire-to-wire, 75-lap Late Model feature race victory Friday
night at Unity. The third-generation Liberty racer, and grandson of
multi-time Unity Raceway track champion Dave “Boss Hogg” St.Clair,
also drove to victory lane following the 25-lap main event for the
Super Street division.
In the 75-lap Late Model race St.Clair’s main challenger was veteran
Bar Harbor driver “Big”John Phippen, a longtime rival and friend of
the winner’s grandfather. Phippen stayed close enough to make it a
show, but never seriously challenged the winner. Another
third-generation competitor at the raceway, Freedom’s Dylan Turner,
claimed the third-place trophy, bouncing back from a pair of early
spins. David Folsom of Skowhegan finished fourth, followed by Joe
Allard of Glenburn. Point leader Frank Moulton of Burnham was the
sixth-place finisher after a penalty for intentionally causing a
caution flag period after suffering a flat tire while running in
second position. St.Clair also won the Late Model heat race.
St.Clair’s Super Street victory wasn’t sealed until the final turn on
the final lap after a racelong battle with the division’s point
leader, Kris Watson of Hermon. St.Clair and Watson swapped the lead
several times and spent much of the race side-by side in front of the
field. Watson followed St.Clair under the checkered flag, with Donnie
York of Thorndike third after starting dead last following a pit stop
just prior to the green flag to start the event. York outdueled
Orrington’s John Kalel II in a torrid battle for the final trophy
position. “Hurricane” Hal Stratton of Belgrade rounded out the top
five. Augusta’s Jason Gaboury was the heat race winner.
Jimmy Dennis of Benton scored a wire-to-wire victory in the 20-lap
Late Model Pro Four main event. Dennis held off a fast-closing Ben
Clark of Clinton to earn his trip to victory lane. Corey Walker of New
Vinyard crossed the line in third position, with the top five
completed by Ben Nile and Steve Rackliff. Dennis won the heat race.
The Wildcat division main event featured a three-car contest for
supremacy with Burnham’s Carl McAlpine coming out on top. McAlpine,
honored as Unity Raceway’s Driver of the Month for June prior to the
night’s racing action, had to get past both Andy Turbovsky and Dustin
Hubbard to claim victory, and then survive an extensive post-race
inspection to officially emerge triumphantly from the night’s action.
Winslow’s Turbovsky was the runner-up, with hometown racer Hubbard
third. Ed Sleeper of Vassalboro and Chris Gray of Burnham were the
fourth and fifth-place finishers, respectively. Turbovsky claimed the
checkered flag in the heat race.
Mike Wilson of Chelsea continued to dominate Monsta Mini division
competition with heat and feature race victories. Wilson swapped the
lead early in the main event with Brad Norris, but a spirited, late
charge by Clinton’s Alicia Goodwin was enough to get by Norris on the
final lap and she claimed second position under the checkered flag,
matching her career-best finish in the division.
Shadow Folsom of Skowhegan drove from deep in the starting lineup to
victory lane in the Flyin’ 4 division’s 20-lap feature event. Folsom
made up a lot of ground on the third-mile oval chasing down early race
leaders Cody Sleeper and Markus Lowe, who raced side-by-side in front
of the pack for twelve laps before Folsom found the room he needed to
move on by whiles were dealing with a thick pack of lapped traffic.
Sleeper, of Vassalboro, managed to hang on to second spot until the
finish, with Mike Mason of Skowhegan making a late charge into third
position at the finish. Lowe, of Jackson, finished in fourth position,
followed by Justin Moore of Skowhegan. Folsom also won the race.
Mika Wilson of Chelsea joined her dad on the list of winners for the
night, claiming victory in the 15-lap Ladies race. The younder Wilson
took the lead away from her mother, Carol Wilson, then outran Shelby
Kimball of Cornville to the checkered flag. Carol Wilson finished
third, ahead of Alicia Goodwin and Kayla Allen. Kimball won the heat
race.
Bradley Bosworth drove from the back of the starting lineup to the
front of the field, winning his third consecutive Teen Thunder
division main event. Lucas Porter and Gage Landry also scored podium
finishes. Bosworth also won the Teen Thunder heat.
Due to an unfavorable forecast for thundershowers and soggy infield
conditions, the fireworks display scheduled for the July 3 racing
program was postponed until Friday, July 10 It will also be Unity
Residents Night at the Raceway, with hometown residents admitted to
the grandstand area at half-price Friday night. Post time for all
weekly Friday night racing programs has been moved to 6:30 p.m., due
to the expansion of heat races to all divisions competing weekly. For
more information visit www.untiyraceway.info or call (207) 453-2021.
Feature race finishes:
Late Model: 1. Josh St.Clair, Liberty; 2. John Phippen, Jr., Bar
Harbor; 3. Dylan Turner, Freedom; 4. David Folsom, Skowhegan; 5. Joe
Allard, Glenburn; 6. Frank Moulton, Burnham; 7. Scott Pooler,
Vassalboro; 8. Mike Lynch, Winterport; 9. Rowland Robinson, Jr.,
Steuben.
Super Street: 1. Josh St.Clair, Liberty; 2. Kris Watson, Hermon; 3.
Donnie York, Thorndike; 4. John Kalel II, Orrington; 5. Hal Stratton,
Belgrade; 6. Jeremy Glasier, Appleton; 7. Steve Rackliff, Starks; 8.
Jason Gaboury, Augusta; 9. Corey Poulin, Augusta; 10. Ryan St.Clair,
Liberty; 11. Dan TRask, Chelsea; 12. Bernie Dinsmore, Hope.
Late Model Pro Four: 1. Jimmy Dennis, Benton; 2. Ben Clark, Clinton;
3. Cory Walker, New Vineyard; 4. Ben Nile, Anson; 5. Steve Rackliff,
Starks.
Wildcat: 1. Carl McAlpine, Burnham; 2. Andy Turbovsky, Winslow; 3.
Dustin Hubbard, Unity; 4. Ed Sleeper, Vassalboro; 5. Chris Gray,
Burnham; 6. Mike Shaw, Troy; 7. Chet Hanscom, Benton; 8. Tim Hudson,
Windsor; 9. Brent Chase, Burnham.
Monsta Mini: 1. Mike Wilson, Chelsea; 2. Alicia Goodwin, Clinton; 3.
Brad Norris, Ellsworth.
Flyin’ 4: 1. Shadow Folsom, Skowhegan; 2. Cody Sleeper, Vassalboro; 3.
Mike Mason, Skowhegan; 4. Markus Lowe, Jackson; 5. Justin Moore,
Skowhegan; 6. Tim Robinson, Clinton; 7. Kyle Hewins, Leeds; 8. Nick
Lizotte, Sidney; 9. Jordan Hawes, Skowhegan; 10. Merv Greene, Clinton;
11. Chris Williams, Oakland; 12. Tony DeJulio, Ellsworth, 13. Troy
Patterson, Stockton Springs; 14. Jeremy Ludden, Unity.
Ladies: 1. Mika Wilson, Chelsea; 2. Shelby Kimball, Cornville; 3.
Carol Wilson, Chelsea; 4. Alicia Godwin, Clinton; 5. Kayla Allen,
Bucksport.
Enduro: 1. Mickey Landry, Anson; 2. Donny Blanchard, Bangor; 3. Henry
Boudreau, Winterport; 4. George Fernald III, Benton; 5. Robert
Paddack, Clinton; James Corson, Benton.
