by Jay | Oct 12, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – J.R. Baril returned to Hudson Speedway this past Sunday afternoon after fourteen years away and won the twenty eight car Outlaw Sportsman feature race.
Shawn Waites led the Outlaw field to the green and led most of the first half of the race while fighting off a tough Peter Fiandaca. Fiandaca and Waites battled side by side for many laps until a caution flew and Fiandaca restarted first. Waites and Lee Weldy made contact on the ensuing restart sending Waites spinning and championship points leader Mitch Wendell to the pits for repairs after hitting the back of Weldys car trying to avoid the spin. After Waites spin, Baril restarted second next to Fiandaca and contact with Fiandaca sent Fiandaca spinning off the backstretch. Sandy Lee had moved into second but wasn’t able to mount a challenge as Baril cruised under the checkers.
Mitch Wendell won the Outlaw Sportsman championship but it wasn’t easy as he had damage from the Waites spin, pitted, restarting last with ten laps to go and needed to make up nine positions to win. Wendell made a furious charge through the field and with his last pass of the race moved back into first place in points. It was Wendells second championship at Hudson, he was the 1995 Bud Light Champion.
Second through tenth were Lee, Bobby Allen, Tim Casey, John Lavoie, Geoff Rollins, Wendell, Eddie Brehio Jr., Weldy and Fiandaca.
Shane Reinhold led the Classic Lites to their green flag and held the top spot for half the race until Jimmy Ryder Jr. finally chased him down and took over. Ryder Jr’s lead only lasted a few laps until Eric Bacon took his usual top spot. Bacon took it home from there with Ryder Jr. second. Reinhold held on for his first podium finish in third, Danny Shields ran a fine race coming in fourth and Dennis O’Brien rounded out the top five.
Dylan Bilodeau extended his points lead in the Thunder Lights by winning the feature. Derek Griffith finished second getting within a few car lengths of Bilodeau but not able to mount a serious challenge. Bobby Stirk lll spun early and recovered to finish third. Jen Lord finished fourth and Dan Fortin fifth.
Louie Maher won his thirteenth Roadrunner feature of the year. Jef James was second for the thirteenth time and Eric Miller was third. Patrick D’Alba was fourth and Peter Raby fifth.
John Cianciulli won his third Rookie feature of the year. Second through tenth were Dean Wendell, John Morin, Heath Toutellotte, Andy Nichols, Dan Murphy, Larry Fortin, Scott Duval, Jerry Lepage and John Desilets.
Doug Simes won the Flagpole Race. Ron Lord Jr. won the Spectator Race and Gary Boutreau won the Spectator Drags.
Next Sunday, October 18th is Pumpkinfest ’09 at Hudson Speedway with championships for the Classic Lites, V-6 Modifieds, Rookie Stocks, Roadrunners, Thunder Lights plus Enduros, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and Flagpole Race. The kids bike races start at 1130am. Gates open at 11am and the first race at 1pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info.
by Jay | Oct 12, 2009 | All-Star Speedway, New England, New Hampshire
Epping, NH – The thunder of the ISMA Supermodifieds rolled into All-Star Speedway on Saturday night for the 44th running of the annual Classic, with a full field of the high-powered open-wheelers signed into the pits for the night’s action.
Looking to tie all-time Classic win leader Bentley Warren, five-time winner Russ Wood started out in fine form, setting fast time when the Supers hit the high banks for qualifying. But the best he could do in the main was a fifth place run.
Bobby Haynes led the 22-car field to green, but outside polesitter Justin Belfiore flew past on the outside to take the lead in the early going. Belfiore was running as if on rails, pulling away to a straightaway lead by the 30-lap mark.
By halfway however, Belfiore had Mike Lichty right on his tail, and points leader Chris Perley lurked right behind Lichty in the potent Vic Miller machine. Belfiore got tangled up as he negotiated lapped traffic on lap 52, with Lichty coming out of the scramble with the lead.
Perley immediately went to work on Lichty, and on lap 66, he made the pass and took over the top spot. He was on cruise control the rest of the way, leading them under the checkers to score his second straight Classic win, and fourth overall.
Former event winner Lou Cicconi of Pennsylvania had to settle for runner-up honors aboard the Rick Wentworth machine, with Ohio driver Dave Shullick, Jr. taking home the third spot in the Clyde Booth entry.
The All-Star Modifieds ran a special 50-lap feature event as part of the Classic night festivities, with Kenny White, Jr. holding off a tough challenge from four-time winner Eric Hudson to pick up the win.
J.R. Baril led the first 35 laps of the race, but he fell to the hard-charging White on lap 36, with Hudson following him past Baril to the front. Hudson challenged hard in the closing laps, but White held on to pick up his first win of the year.
Hudson came up just short in the runner-up slot, with Baril holding on to collect a third place finish. George Baldwin put in a strong run to checker fourth, with Sumner Scott beating out Brandee Tree to close out the top five.
Grant Aither made his second appearance of the year in the Super Streets, and for the second straight time, he went home with the feature win. Aither finished third in qualifying, but he stepped it up a notch for the main event.
Pulling away from the field by as much as a straightaway at times, Aither was easily the class of the field on the way to victory. Former champ Ron Bolduc came up short in the second spot, with heat winner Tony Kawejsza taking the final podium spot.
The 350 Supers were another special addition to the Classic night program, and they put on quite a show in their feature event. Third-generation driver Billy Osborne was the man to beat in that one, collecting his first career Super win in the process.
Tommy Tombarello, Jr. put in a strong bid to take the win away from Osborne, but he eventually settled for second. Third spot went to Dan Bowes, with Mike Netishen, Steve Dickey, Mike Spurling, Doug Sanborn, John Burke, Matt Riley, and Scott Keddy following.
Stephen Dubois looked like he had a sure shot at victory in the Strictly Stock feature, pulling ahead to nearly a straightaway lead in the early laps. But when Mike Williams finally broke out of the pack, he set his sights on the leader and went to work.
Williams slowly reeled the Dubois in, catching him with the laps quickly winding down. With the finish in sight, Williams made the pass, and he went on to score the win. Dubois checkered second, with Mark Parenteau, Randy Carmichael, and Chuck Roberto the rest of the top five.
Jason Hodgdon set a fast pace as he pulled away to the early lead in the Fast-4 feature event, but it was Chris Jacobson who was out front when it counted. Jacobson made his way to the front by halfway, and he held off Jason Poisson to score the win.
Ken McIlvaine came home in the third spot, with Joey Fernandez, Gary West, Sr., Tyler Mailhot, Greg Cummings, Ken Mailhot, Cindy Sevigny, and Matt Magee rounding out the top ten finishers.
by Jay | Oct 6, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – George Baldwin won the Inaugural race for the Independent Modified Racing Series this past Sunday at Hudson Speedway. It was fitting that the race named the Gate City Classic, a race name revived after many years dormant, was won by Baldwin who drove to many victories and the 1992 Thunder Car Championship at Hudson Speedway in the 80’s and 90’s. Baldwin led from green to checker and was never challenged while running a flawless race. Joining Baldwin in victory lane was his father Choppy and brother, Johnny, both of them former feature winners at Hudson Speedway.
Dave Flammia Jr. drove a steady race and finished second. Gregg Hurley struggled with handling issues, spun a few times, and finished third. Tony Carroll also had handling issues and after contact with Hurley put him into the backstretch tire barrier and had to call it a day and finished fourth. Len Johnson retired early with mechanical woes and finished fifth.
Heath Tourtellotte took the win in the Rookie Stocks, also leading from green to checker, for his first career win. The win wasn’t as easy for Tourtellotte as John Cianciulli made his way from his fourteenth starting spot to second by the halfway mark and set his sights on Tourtellotte. Cianciulli made up ground on Tourtellotte but fell short when the checkers fell by a few car lengths and had to settle for second. Third through tenth were Corrie Merritt, John Swain, John Morin Jr., Dean Wendell, Jerry Lepage, Scotty Duval, Brian Harron and Larry Fortin.
Dan Fortin returned to victory lane in the Thunder Light division. Bobby Stirk lll was second. Third through fifth were Derek Griffith, Tyler Hatch and Jen Lord.
Louie Maher continued his dominance in the Roadrunners with his twelfth win of the year. Jef James, Don Soucy, Darren Jacobs, Patrick D’Alba, Peter Raby, Eric Miller, Ron Lord Jr. and Nick Gilman all finished in the top ten.
Bob Murphy won the Grand Enduro followed by John Swain and Scotty Duval.
Patrick D’Alba won the 4 Cyl. Enduro followed by Tom Hamilton and Johnny Reefer.
Ricky Marrocco won the Spectator Drags, Danny Angrove won the Flagplole Race and Jay Beaudoin won the spectator Race.
Next Sunday October 11th it’s a doubleheader at Hudson Speedway with the Outlaw Sportman and the Classic Lites plus Rookie Stocks, Roadrunners, Thunder Lites, 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 | Oct 5, 2009 | New England, New Hampshire
Claremont, NH – October 4, 2009 – The Pro Four Modifieds of New England (PFMNE) completed their twelfth race of the season at Twin State Speedway. Fifteen modifieds hit the pavement for the Bot-L-Gas and RF Logic feature at Open Wheel Sunday in Claremont, NH. The #58 of Henry Sirigano and the #00 of Dave Richardi won their respective heat races and also finished in the top five for the feature. But it was the #1m of Norm Wrenn who proved unstoppable in the race to the finish.
The PFMNE 25-lap main event was led by D. Richardi and the #07 of Phil Lausier. Wrenn started in ninth, but quickly moved into the high groove, passing the #31 of Michael Crawford, the #26 of Mike Patnaude, and Sirigano on the first lap. By lap three, Wrenn tucked in behind the #4 of Cory Cleary, who saw an open door under the #11a of Dan Meservey. Coming out of turn four on the sixth lap, the #86 of Mark Charette drove outside the #34 of Mark Giordano for eleventh as he chased down a spot in the top ten. Wrenn found an opening below Cleary and passed him on lap seven for the fourth position. On lap seven, a caution came out for the #99 of Billy Joerres who spun in turns three and four.
On the restart, D. Richardi and Lausier continued to lead the field, followed closely by the #10 of Brian Vincent and Wrenn. Within one lap of the restart, Wrenn drove outside Vincent and had begun racing side by side with Lausier. The battle continued for a lap before Wrenn’s machine claimed the second position. Meanwhile, Meservey and Cleary raced side by side, vying for the fifth position, but Cleary was able to keep his advantage. Wrenn challenged D. Richardi for the lead, and the two raced side by side for several laps—with neither holding the advantage for very long. By lap fourteen, however, Wrenn’s machine completed the pass and would took over the lead for the rest of the race with D. Richardi at his heels. On that same lap, Cleary drove under Vincent to claim the fourth position. On lap sixteen, Joerres was about to pass Charette but had an unfortunate spin in turns three and four that brought out the second caution of the event.
Wrenn and D. Richardi led the field on the restart, followed by Lausier and Cleary. Sirigano restarted in seventh, but quickly made his way around Meservey and was looking to pass Cleary as well. But on lap seventeen, Cleary headed to the pits and was unable to return to the track. The third caution of the event occurred on lap twenty, when the #16 of Stan Mertz and Joerres spun on the frontstretch.
A single file restart brought on some side by side racing in the back of the field, but within five laps, it was Wrenn who claimed his tenth victory of the season. He was followed by D. Richardi, Lausier, Vincent, and Sirigano to complete the top five. Meservey, Patnaude, Mertz, Charette, Joerres, Crawford, Giordano, Cleary, the #56 of Dave Bedard, and the #07x of Robin Berghman rounded out the rest of the finishing order. Stan Mertz was the first Limited Pro Four to cross the finish line, followed by Joerres and Giordano.
The PFMNE’s next race will be at the D. Anthony Venditti Memorial at Seekonk Speedway on Saturday.
by Jay | Oct 1, 2009 | New England, New Hampshire
Winchester, NH – September 26, 2009 – The Pro Four Modifieds of New England (PFMNE) completed their eleventh race of the season on Saturday at Monadnock Speedway. The Bot-L-Gas and RF Logic-sponsored race brought out the best car count of 2009, with a total of 21 cars. The #5 of Dan Meservey, Jr. and the #83 of Franky Perry each won a heat race, but it was the #1m of “Stormin’ Norman” Wrenn who claimed the victory, his ninth of the season.
The PFMNE were led by the #00 of Dave Richardi and the #13 of George Sherman as the field took the track for their 25-lap feature. As the green flag waved, the #07 of Phil Lausier advanced from his fourth starting position into second, around the #12 of Rob Richardi, Jr. and Sherman. The #10 of Brian Vincent followed close behind Lausier to claim the third position. Towards the back of the pack, the #19 of Tim D’Amico passed under the #86 of Mark Charette and the #31 of Michael Crawford for the eleventh position. But on lap three, Richardi Jr. and Sherman got loose and made contact heading into the backstretch, necessitating the first caution of the event.
Before the restart, the #39 of Travis McCalister headed to the infield for the remainder of the race. When racing got underway again, it was D. Richardi and Lausier who led the field. D’Amico moved under the #16 of Stan Mertz to claim the eighth position. Vincent was able to move himself around Lausier to claim the bridesmaid spot, but then the second caution came out, slowing all progress.
The restart quickly became a caution when D’Amico found himself in the frontstretch wall; he was unable to return to the event. Dave Richardi and Vincent led the field on the restart, followed closely by Lausier and the #4 of Cory Cleary—who had started the feature in tenth. Perry drove his machine passed the #11a of Dan Meservey, while the #49 of Joe Lemay headed pit side. Wrenn drove under the #07x of Robin Berghman to capture the ninth position; and Cleary was able to steal the third spot away from Lausier. On lap five, however, the caution flag was brought out for #34 of Mark Giordano, who spun alone on the frontstretch.
On this restart, D. Richardi and Vincent led the field again. Wrenn drove into the seventh spot, after moving under Charette and the #99 of Billy Joerres; and within one more lap, he’d driven under Meservey and Lausier to claim a spot in the top five. On lap seven, D. Richardi got loose coming out of turns three and four; Vincent was able to pass him to claim the lead. Meservey, Jr. was making an impressive run through the field from his 20th starting position; on lap nine, he passed Meservey for seventh. On lap ten, the caution flag was displayed for the #26 of Mike Patnaude who spun.
On the restart, Vincent and D. Richardi took the green with Perry and Wrenn at their heels. One lap later, Meservey and the #60 of Andy Majors were putting on some great side-by-side racing, with the nose of Majors’ machine holding a slight advantage. On lap twelve, however, Lausier spun in turn two, bringing out another caution.
When racing got underway again, it was Vincent, Perry, Wrenn, D. Richardi, and Cleary in the top five. Majors moved from seventh into sixth position when he passed under Meservey, Jr. Fighting their way to the front, Richardi, Jr. followed Lausier as they passed under Joerres and Charette. On lap fifteen, Wrenn moved his machine ahead of Perry to claim second. By lap nineteen, Wrenn had caught up to Vincent and had begun challenging him for the lead. But on the next lap, Perry and Cleary made contact, and Cleary’s machine spun on the backstretch. Cleary parked his car for the rest of the night, while Perry restarted at the rear of the field.
Because there were only five laps to go, the PFMNE had a single file restart. But on the first attempt, D. Richardi spun and brought out the caution. He drove into the infield, where he remained for the rest of the race, while Meservey, Jr. headed into the pits. Once racing began again, Wrenn moved outside Vincent on the backstretch, but they stayed side-by-side for a lap before Wrenn held the advantage. When the checkers unfurled, Wrenn claimed the win, followed closely by Vincent, Majors, Meservey, and Berghman to round out the top five. Right behind them, Lausier, Richardi, Jr., Perry, Patnaude, Giordano, Charette, Cleary, D. Richardi, Meservey, Jr., Joerres, Mertz, Sherman, D’Amico, Lemay, Crawford, and McCalister rounded out the rest of the field. Charette was the first Limited driver to cross the line, followed by Joerres and Mertz.
Catch the PFMNE at Twinstate Speedway in Claremont, NH next Sunday afternoon for their twelfth race of the 2009 season.
by Jay | Sep 28, 2009 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
Winchester, NH: This past Saturday, Monadnock Speedway held its Coca Cola Season Finale where Mini Stock Chris McTaggart and Super Stock Jeremy Sorel were crowned the 2009 champions. Dick Houle won the 4-cylinder Enduro Championship as did Dan Yagmin in the Full Size Enduros. Emerson Cayer won the Mini Stocks, John Lavoie took the Super Stock Checkers. Other winners include pro 4 Modifieds Norm Wrenn, All Star Race Trucks Brandon Warren and Allison Legacy North Tommy Barrett.
The Mini Stocks rolled onto the ¼ mile high banked speedway where Chris Davis was scored the early leader. Lap five, Davis continued to lead as Joey Kendall put the pressure on for the lead. Jamey King ran third as Chris McTaggart and Emerson cayer battled for fourth. Lap ten, the leaders began to work through heavy lap traffic as Emerson Cayer challenged Davis for the lead. The side by side battle ended on lap thirteen as Cayer took the lead and Kendall slipped into second. Lap twenty, Cayer gained a good lead as Kendall sat in second. Davis and Kimg battled for third. On lap twenty nine, the caution was displayed for James Hancock as he made hard contact with the backstretch wall. Hancock was not injured. On the restart, Cayer mad it to the line first as a three way battle for third developed between Davis, McTaggart and King. Tow laps to go, Kendall began to reel in the leader of Cayer as King moved into third. At the checkers, it was cater followed by Kendall, King, McTaggart and Davis.
Kevin Ouellette led the Super Stocks out for their final 2009 event. Ouellette brought the field to the green but had an early challenge from Ken Springer. Springer took over the lead by lap two until the field was shown a caution for Austin Brehio who spun on the front stretch. On the restart, Springer took the lead for one more lap until John Lavoie moved into the number one spot. Andy Brooks followed in third as Ed Brehio III and Scott McDonald battled for fourth. On lap seven, the caution was displayed as Ed Brehio III spun on the backstretch. On the restart, Lavoie led the field as Matt Mead joined the top five and placed pressure on McDonald for fourth. Lap ten, Mead made his move to the inside of Springer to take over third. Half way to go, Lavoie continued to lead as Mead made several attempt to pass Brooks staying on his back bumper. Geoff Rollins ran fourth as Springer and McDonald battled for fifth. Lap twenty nine, the forth place runner of Rollins suffered mechanical problems and retired to the pit area. As the laps winded down, Mead continued to make the pass on Brooks for second as Springer felt the challenges from Sorel for fourth. At the checkers, it was Lavoie followed by Brooks, Mead, Springer and Sorel.
The 2009 race season is official over at the high banked ¼ mile of Monadnock Speedway however one more event is on the schedule, the Mud Slinger Fall Classic Mud Bog. The Mud Slinger Fall Classic will be held on Saturday, October 17th with a rain date of Sunday, October 18th. The mud will start flying at 11am.
For more information regarding the Mud Slinger Fall Classic or the 2009 awards Banquet, please log onto www.monadnockspeedway.com or call the speedway’s office at 603-239-4067.
Mini Stock Results: Emerson Cayer, Joey Kendall, Jamey King, Chris McTaggart, Chris Davis, Tim Jackson, Derek Bergquist, Beth Adams, Kim Rivet, Rich Fournier, Dennis Wallace, Joe Rogers, Robert Carter, Jason Roberts, Louis Maher, Brad Curtis, Alicea Fohlin, Kevin McKnight, Shawna Wallace, Brennan Johnson, James Hancock, Bob Chapdelaine, Travis Grover, Ron Normandin
Super Stock Results: John lavoie, Andy Brooks, Matt Mead, Ken Springer, Jeremy Sorel, Ed Brehio III, Bill Johnston, Scott McDonald, Josh King, Dana Shepard, Kevin Ouellette, Nancy Muni, Brian Chapin, Craig Cashman, Buster Duncan, Dave Striebel, Geoff Rollins, Nick Gravel, Chris Wilk, Austin Brehio
Top Twenty 4-cylinder Enduro results: Matt Gauffin, Heath Renaud, Tyler Lescord, Tim LeBlanc, Julia Raymond, Scott Hatt, Adam Houle, John Walker, Pat Houle, Rob Thompson, Fred Rogers, Billy Chaffee, Kris Kristolaitis, Eric Pomasko, Tim Paquette, Justin Morse, Darren Jacobs, Eric Silvernale, Dick Houle, Gordon Farnum
Top Twenty Full Size Enduro results: Robert Morton, Dan Yagmin, Ryan Rivet, Dan Figueiredo, Duane Stonier, Bill Davis, Barry Schonborg, Jared Edson, John Yagmin, William Faford, Joe Ethier, Jon Wyman, Robert Thompson, Bucky Sheats, Trevor Dyer, Seth Petalas, Christopher Harris, Roger Lamoureaux, Blaze Stonier
