by Jay | Sep 1, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Louis Maher Jr., Derek Griffith, Keith Caruso, Dean Wendell and Billy Ryder all drove to victory lane in their respective divisions this past Sunday evening at Hudson Speedway.
Travis Nevers and Mark Nevers led the Rookie Stock main to the green flag and ran side by side holding the top two spots for the first three laps. Scotty Duval slipped by the duo bringing teammate Brian Harron along with him. John Morin moved up to third while Harron passed Duval for the lead. The top three ran that way for the mid-portion of the race while Dean Wendell was chasing them down. Wendell caught Morin with five laps to go and went to the outside groove to pass Morin. Staying in the outside lane, Wendell drove past Duval and set his sights on Harron. Harron and Wendell were side by side coming off turn four on the white flag lap but Wendell got off the corner better and nipped Harron by inches. Third through tenth were Duval, Morin Jr., Dan Murphy, Corrie Merritt, Travis Nevers, Jean Desilets, Jerry Lepage and Jared Edson.
It was “All in the Family” night for the Classic Lites as Roger Provost had the early lead in the Classic Lite main before his son Josh Provost took the top spot away. Josh Provost held on to the lead until Jimmy Ryder Jr. blasted past him. Ryder Jr. lost the lead to his brother Billy Ryder who held on for the win. Second through tenth were Ryder Jr., Steve Dickey, Jeff Miller, George Heliwell, Jon Provost, Dennis O’Brien, Danny Shields, Ralph Cook and Roger Provost.
Jef James and Louis Maher traded the lead a few times in the Roadrunner main before Maher settled in and took down the win. James finished second. Loren Smith Jr. made a mad dash in the closing laps and caught the front two but time ran out for Smith and he had to settle for third. Fourth and fifth were Darren Jacobs and Patrick D’Alba.
Hudson, N.H.’s own Derek Griffith won the Thunder Lights main. Finishing second through fifth in Hudson’s youth racing division were Dylan Bilodeau, Bobby Stirk lll, Jen Lord and Dan Fortin.
The V-6 Modified main was much like the Roadrunner main with Walter Boucher and Keith Caruso trading the lead a few times before Caruso settled in the top spot and drove on to victory. Second through fifth were Boucher, Chris Kuebler, Eric Vilandre and Dick Dubois.
Jay Townsend won the Spectator Drags, Scott Duval won the Flagpole Race, and Ronnie Lord won the Spectator Race.
Its back to afternoon racing at Hudson Speedway on Sunday September 6th featuring the return of the Outlaw Sportsman, plus the V-6 Modifieds, Mini Cup Cars, Rookie Stocks, Roadrunners, Thunder Lights, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and Flagpole Race. Gates open at 11am and the first race at 1pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info.
by Jay | Aug 24, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Sammy Gilman, Dave Blanchard, Louie Maher Jr. and John Morin Jr. all found their way to Hudson Speedways victory lane this past Sunday evening.
Gilman drove the race of his young life in the Thunder Lites, Hudson’s youth racing division. Gilman led wire to wire in a caution free event but it wasn’t easy for the Sandown, NH driver with multi-feature winner Bobby Stirk lll within a few car lengths the entire race. Dodging lapped traffic on the last lap, Gilman showed the poise needed to win. Second through fifth were Tyler Hatch, Dan Fortin, Derek Griffith and Dylan Bilodeau.
Blanchard won a hard fought battle in the Outlaw Sportsman. Taking the lead before the midway point, Blanchard held off a slew of challenges with Lee Weldy giving Blanchard the most trouble before contact with a lapped car ended Weldys day. Rob McCrae came home 2nd. Chris Lee recovered from two spins to finish 3rd. Fourth through tenth were Chuck Dehney, Peter Fiandaca, Tim Casey, John Meaney, Mark Parenteau and Keith Nelson.
Mark Nevers led the early part of the Rookie Stock main before getting together with Keith ”Slika” Ennis and spinning to the infield. Andy Nichols took control from there and led the middle laps until John Morin Jr. powered by and took home the checkers. Second through tenth were Dean Wendell, Corrie Merritt, Dan Murphy, Brian Harron, Nichols, Travis Nevers, Jerry Lepage and Ennis.
Louis Maher won his 8th Roadrunner feature. Second through fifth were Jef James, Patrick D’Alba, Darren Jacobs and Peter Raby.
The 4cyl. Enduro was won by Darren Jacobs followed by Patrick D’Alba, Leon Keniston, Ricky Labracque, and Kevin Hardy.
The Grand Enduro was won by Mark Nevers followed by “Recon” John Griffith, Travis Nevers, Brian Distephino and Corrie Merritt.
Buddy Wilkins won the Flagpole Race. Dave Heliwell won the Spectator Drags, and Rich Morrocco won the Spectator Race.
Next Sunday, August 30th at Hudson Speedway, it’s the return of the Classic Lites and V-6 Modifieds plus Rookie Stocks, Roadrunners, Thunder Lites, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and the Flagpole Race. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info.
by Jay | Aug 19, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – The 7th annual Don Hayes Memorial was held this past Sunday evening at Hudson Speedway. Hayes was a pioneer in local racing photography/videography with a career spanning 7 decades at Hudson Speedway from the late 1940s until his death in 2002. This years edition of the Hayes Memorial was expanded from a Roadrunner event to include the Northeast Classic Lite main.
The Roadrunner portion of the Don Hayes Memorial was a two segment event with the lowest combined total determining the winner.
The 1st segment was 20 laps and went green to checker. Louis Maher started last in the 19 car field and steadily moved up, going three wide at times taking over the top spot with five laps to go and drove his Honda over the stripe 1st. Jef James had the early lead in the 15 lap 2nd segment until Maher took command and headed to victory. By winning both segments Maher was clearly the overall winner. Don Mayo finished second overall. Third through tenth overall were James, Gary Stagliola, Eric Pomasko, Patrick D’Alba, Jesse Tellier, Eric Miller, Tom Hamilton and Tim Griffin.
Paul Colson held the lead early in the Classic Lite portion of the Don Hayes Memorial. Lap 4 saw Eric Bacon going backwards off the backstretch into the brush needing help from the wrecker crew to get his mount out and back on its way.
A few restarts later a few cars got crossed up coming off turn 4 ending with Jon Provost doing a double barrel roll in front of the crowd. Provost walked away as his car was towed to the pits.
Billy Ryder had the lead when racing resumed but Bacon had already made his way up to 2nd and Jeremy Wilcox had moved into 3rd. Bacon slipped past Rider taking Wilcox with him. Bacon got a good jump on a late race restart and led the rest of the way. Wilcox had to settle for 2nd and Ryder 3rd. Fourth through tenth were Dennis O’Brien, Jeff Miller, Ralph Cook, Eddie Gilman, Roger Provost, Danny Shields and Tom McGowan.
Jerry Lepage led his usual 5 laps at the beginning of the Rookie Stock Main until Scotty Duval took over the point. Dean Wendell moved up to challenge Duval and got by after a few laps in the outside lane leaving Duval to battle with John Morin and Corrie Merritt for 2nd and 3rd. Duval and Meritt made contact a few times in the closing laps ending with Merritt spinning out of 3rd place in the last corner of the last lap. Wendell picked up his 2nd win of the season. Morin finished 2nd with Duval being penalized for rough driving and Lepage finished 3rd. Fourth through tenth were Brian Harron, Heath Tulrtelotte, Mark Nevers, Ryan Destephan, Larry Fortin, Andy Nichols and Corrie Merritt.
Dylan Bilodeau made it two wins in a row in the Thunder Lite feature followed by Bobby Stirk lll, Derek Griffith, Sam Gilman and Jen Lord.
Derrick Poutre won the Spectator Drags. Keith Cabral won the Spectator Race and Buddy Wilkins won the Flagpole Race.
“Awesome August” continues next Sunday August 23rd with the Outlaw Sportsman, Rookies, Roadrunners, Thunder Lites, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags, Flagpole Race and Enduros. Gates open at 4pm and the first race begins at 6pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info.
by Jay | Aug 11, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Mitch Wendell bested a strong field of Outlaw Sportsman to take his 2nd win of the season this past Sunday evening at Hudson Speedway.
From the pole position, Todd Warren led the early laps in the Outlaw Sportsman feature until Sean Waites got past him and built a big lead. A lap 10 caution bunched the field and pitted Bobby Allen against Waites on the front row for the restart. Allen powered past Waites when the green flag flew and held the top spot for many laps but Wendell was making his way up front and got to the outside of Allen with 5 laps to go. Wendell worked the outside groove for a few laps finally clearing Allen with 2 laps to go and drove on to victory. 2nd through 10th were Allen, last weeks winner Tim Casey, Lee Weldy, Waites, Chris Lee, John Meany, Rick Woodside Jr., Dave Blanchard and Ron Lord Jr.
As he did the previous week, Jerry Lepage led the first five circuits of the Rookie Stock feature before Andy Nichols took control and led the middle part of the race. John Morin charged by Nichols with 5 laps to go leading the final laps to score his 2nd victory of the year. Corey Merritt overcame an early race flat tire to finish 2nd, Dean Wendell made a furious run in the closing laps going from 7th to 3rd in four laps and finished 3rd. 4th through 10th were Nichols, Keith Ennis, Roland Leplante, Brian Harron, Scott Duvall, Lepage and Heath Tuirtelotte.
Jef James led all the laps in the Roadrunner main except the last one. With Louis Maher within a few car lengths the whole race, James went to the top of the track to pass a lapped car on the last lap and Maher went low to pass but the lapped car pushed up and Maher came home 1st followed by James. Eric Miller was 3rd, Peter Raby 4th and Don Soucy 5th.
Dylan Bilodeau won the Thunder Lite feature, 2nd trough 5th were Derek Griffith, Bobby Stirk lll, Gage Harron and Sam Gilman.
Dave Heliwell won the Mini Cup main followed by Chris Igo and Bobby Stirk lll.
Dustin Cheney showed the way in his sleek Honda in the Spectator race, Brian Ethien won the Flagpole race, and Charlie Baldwin won the Spectator Drags.
Next Sunday August 16th at Hudson Speedway it’s the 7th annual “Don Hayes Memorial” featuring special races for both the Classic Lites and Roadrunners, plus Rookies, Thunder Lights, Spectator Drags, Spectator Race, and Flagpole Race. Gates open at 4pm and the first race at 6pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.com
by Jay | Jul 21, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson, NH – The Outlaw Sportsman headlined an action packed show with veteran Lee Weldy picking up his first win of the year in the Jim Daley owned car. Ron Bolduc looked like he had the car to beat after taking over the top spot from Ron Lord Jr. at the halfway mark, but had to pit with a flat tire just three laps from the checkers. Having recovered from an early race spin, Weldy took over the top spot from Bolduc and drove on to victory lane. Second through tenth were Mitch Wendell, Sandy Lee, Chuck Dehney, Ron Lord Jr., Tim Casey, Mark Parenteau, Bobby Allen, Bob Riopelle and Shane Gendron.
Shauna Randall chased Dylan Bilodeau for the last half of the Thunder Lite feature but couldn’t make it past Bilodeau’s Mustang. Randall made it to Bilodeau’s rear bumper a few times but couldn’t get further and had to settle for second. Sammy Gilman beat Gage Harron for third and Tyler Hatch was fifth.
Louie Maher made it three in a row in the Roadrunner feature, followed by Jef James, Loren Smith Jr., Patrick D’Alba and Peter Raby.
Corrie Merritt showed the way in the Rookie stock feature. Roland LaPlante finished second holding off a slew of cars. John Morin finished third. Fourth through tenth were Dean Wendall, Scott Duval, Keith ”Slika” Ennis, John Cianciulli, Brian Harron, Billy Clement Jr. and Heath Gourdellotte.
Dave Heliwell won the Mini-Cups. Kyle Kuchla and Chris Igo finished second and third.
Ron Lord won the Spectator Drags. Timmy Lord won the Spectator Race and Dan Gill won the Flagpole Race.
Next Sunday, July 26th, is “Christmas In July” at Hudson Speedway featuring the return of the Classic Lites, Rookies, Roadrunners, Thunder Lites, Spectator Drags, Flagpole Race, Spectator Race, Enduros, fun and games for the kids including on track bike races and a visit from Santa Claus. Gates open at 3:30pm, kids activities start at 4:30pm and the first race at 6:00pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info
by Jay | Jul 13, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson, NH – Keith Walton made a triumphant return to Hudson Speedway this past Sunday evening by winning the Rookie Stock feature. Making his first appearance since his 2007 Rookie Stock championship, Walton started last in the seventeen car main event. While avoiding several spins, Walton methodically sliced his way to the front by the halfway point enroute to victory. Brian Harron placed second, 2-time champion Scotty Duval was third, fourth through tenth were Corrie Merritt, Dan Murphy, John Morin Jr., Dean Wendell, Billy Clement Jr., Larry Fortin and Jerry Lepage.
The Classic Lite feature was much like the Rookies with Eric Bacon coming from the last row in the twenty-two car main event and winning over Billy Ryder, Steve Dickey, Jeff Miller, Jon Provost, Danny Shields Jr., Jimmy Ryder Jr., Dennis O’Brien, Ralph Cook and Eddie Gilman who recovered nicely from a last race ride into the brush off Hudson’s backstretch.
Points leader Jef James was cruising to victory in the Roadrunner feature when mechanical issues sidelined his VW. Louis Maher took over the lead at that point and held on to it until the checkers fell, cutting James point lead in half. Loren Smith Jr. finished a close second. Third through fifth were Patrick D’Alba, Jeff Guillmette and Peter Raby.
J.R. Gorman, Allen Reiser Jr., and Dick Dubois ran nose to tail for the most of the V-6 Modified main. With two to go, Reiser saw an opening under Gorman that closed up as he got there. Contact between the front two sent them to the rear for a restart. Dubois picked up the lead from there and took his car to the checkers with Keith Caruso, Chris Kuenbler, Walter Boucher and Eric Vilande rounding out the top five.
Shauna Randall become the first female feature winner at Hudson Speedway this season with her win in the Thunder Lights, Hudson’s youth racing division. Second through fifth were Nick Gilcris, Gage Harron, Bobby Stirk and Dan Fortin.
Ralph Coombs won the Flagpole Race, Bryan Either won the Spectator Drags, and Ronnie Lord won the Spectator Race.
Next Sunday at Hudson Speedway is the return of the Outlaw Sportsman, plus Mini-cups, Rookies, Roadrunners, Thunder Lights, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and Flagpole race. Gates open at 4pm with the first race at 6pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info.
