by Jay | Jul 12, 2009 | New
Thompson CT (7/1//2009) Derek Ramstrom turned in a dominant performance to win Saturday nights’ Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Model Full Fender Frenzy 75 at Thompson International Speedway. Ramstrom took the lead on lap one and kept the field in his rear view mirror, leading from green to checker. Richie Dearborn continued his streak of top five finishes with a second place run and Johnny Clark finished third.
Heat race winners Jay Fogleman and Ramstrom brought the field to the green and Ramstrom quickly jumped out front over Travis Benjamin, Kelly Moore, DJ Shaw and Fogleman. The young man who calls Thompson his home track built up a ten car advantage by lap ten and looked dominant from the get go. The race stayed under green for better than fifty laps as Ramstrom continued his drive into the sunset, but the battle for second through fourth between Moore, Shaw and Dearborn heated up. Fogleman took the fifth spot away from Rowe on lap fifty three and set sail after the front four.
D.J. Shaw’s great run ended abruptly in the turn three wall with an apparent flat right front tire. The first caution flag of the night brought Ramstrom back to the field, erasing a huge advantage. The caution remained out for a few additional laps when Fogleman’s ride quit on the front stretch and the Durham North Carolina –based PASS South star was done for the evening. . When the green flew it was Ramstrom and Moore with Dearborn and a resurgent Travis Benjamin in the first four spots. The caution lights came on a second time when Ben Rowe stopped at the top of turn two. Rowe pitted for a right front tire and returned to the speedway but the four time PASS North champ received a one lap penalty for stopping on the track to draw the yellow.
Ramstrom held the point on a wild three wide restart but the third and final caution came four laps later when series point leader Adam Bates pounded the turn three wall in a carbon copy of DJ Shaw’s crash.
Ramstrom, Moore, Dearborn, Benjamin and Johnny Clark took the green on lap fifty-eight, and Ramstrom once again held sway but Dearborn, Clark and Benjamin all made their way around Moore.
Ramstrom continued to build on his advantage as Johnny Clark looked for a way around Richie Dearborn. Dearborn was able to pull away from Clark in the waning laps, but there was no challenging Ramstrom. The seventeen year old from just up the road in Worcester Massachusetts earned his second career PASS super late model victory in convincing fashion.
Eight cars finished on the lead lap in a fast paced shoot out slowed three times for cautions. Ramstrom is the fifth winner in the seven PASS SLM races to date. Only Johnny Clark and Ben Rowe have visited victory lane twice as the season reaches the half way mark.
The Pro All Stars Series super late models get back on track in a hurry with a special Tuesday night July 14 appearance at Lee USA Speedway for the PASS Bastille 200. The PASS Mod s return for race number two of the Twin State series, and Lee’s own small block supermodifieds and Iron Man series will fill the bill. The racing goes green at 6:00 PM.
For more information visit www.leeusaspeedway.com; The Pro All Stars Series is on line at www.racewithpass.com and www.proallstarsseries.com .
Unofficial Results – PASS North super late model Full Fender Frenzy 75 – Thompson International Speedway – Thompson CT – 7/11/2009 – with finishing position, (starting position), car number, driver, hometown, (laps completed)
1 (2) 35 Derek Ramstrom, Worcester MA (75) 2 (5) 33 Richie Dearborn Hollis ME (75) 3 (13) 54 Johnny Clark Hallowell ME (75) 4 (4) 17 Travis Benjamin Morrill ME (75) 5 (3) 47 Kelly Moore Scarborough ME (75) 6 (10) 20 Steve Legendre St. Johnsbury VT (75) 7 (7) 6 Steve Desmarais (75) 8 (19) 17A Scott Alexander, Orrington ME (75) 9 (12) 4 Ben Rowe Turner ME (74) 10 (17) 85 Nick Ribbe West Kingston MA (74) 11 (9) 8 Cassius Clark Farmington ME 12 (74) (8) 12 John Danbrowski West Bridgewater MA (74) 13 (16) 7 Donnie Whitten Wells ME (73) 14 (14) 42 Dave Macomber Manorville NY (73) 15 (15) 36 Dale Silvia Warwick RI (72) 16 (1) 4S Jay Fogleman Durham NC (62) 17 (11) 98 Adam Bates Warner NH (58) 18 (6) 60 DJ Shaw, Center Conway NH (55) 19 (18) 70 Walter Sutcliffe East Haven CT (25)
by Jay | Jul 12, 2009 | New
July 11, 2009
Fredericton, NB – After an exciting weekend of racing last weekend, fans were looking forward to the big races this weekend, the Twin 100’s. The Martin’s Home Heating Sportsman 100 and Coast Tire Best of the Best Pro Stock 100 are now in the books at Speedway 660. Unfortunately Mother Nature has been less than kind this summer. The good news is, it was a gorgeous day for racing.
Today’s event featured regular points racing the in the Coast Tire Street Stock, Martin’s Home Heating division had their first big race of the 2009 season and the second and final race of the Best of the Best two race series sponsored by Coast Tire.
In the Coast Tire Street Stock division Brian Fox was the big winner of the afternoon picking up a win in dash and the 20-lap feature. Fox took the lead late in the race. Trent Noble who was having a good run led a lot of the race but came up a little short. Mike Francis finished a close second and Matt Matheson rounded out the top 3 for a podium Finish.
The Martins Home Heating Sportsman 100 was very exciting. The big battle all evening was between Michael Banks and Calvin Rankin. The two battled back and forth with many lead changes between the two. Competition was fierce tonight. It looked like the race was between Banks and Rankin until Myles Harris sprinted into the picture. Most of the drivers favored the high side of the track until Myles took his # 31 to the bottom and got him in the top spot. Harris came in the scene much later but he was there in the end to take the win in the Martin’s Home Heating Sportsman 100. Michael Banks finished second and picking up seven hundred and fifty dollars in bonus money from Martin’s Home Heating for leading on laps 25, 50 and 75. Unfortunately Michael Banks failed post race technical inspection. Matt Maillet finishes a strong third. This is a very competitive division with a lot of drivers that could take the win each week. The race tonight proved that.
There were 18 cars that started the Coast Tired Best of the Beat Pro Stock 100. When the green flag fell Brian Gillespie sprinted into the early lead and soon after was challenged my Lonnie Sommerville. Lonnie was driver the #87 car for Matt Harris. Harris had won race 1 and was unable to race tonight. Lonnie challenged Brian for the lead and then moved the #87 to the top spot. Around lap15 a huge wreck involving many of the cars took out half of the field. Unfortunately most of the cars involved were unable to get back on track. Luckily no one was injured. This left 9 cars on the restart. The big race after that was for third between Brent Wiggins and Greg Fahey. The two battled back and forth for many laps. Brian Gillespie finished in second and Brent Wiggins rounded out the top three. The Winner of the Best of the Best series was Greg Fahey.
Tune in next Saturday night for the Enduro 200. This is the first time an enduro has been on a Saturday night. The other weekly points divisions will not be racing.
Make sure you don’t miss another action packed weekend of racing at Speedway 660, it is sure to be WicKID!
by Jay | Jul 12, 2009 | New
Wiscasset, ME- Montville’s Bryan Robbins has a lot of racing experience. He and his brothers Jerry and Craig who are known as the Flyin’ Robbins Brothers have raced in everything from a Mini Stock to a Street Stock to a Late Model and more. However Saturday at Wiscasset Raceway Bryan found himself behind the wheel of a Verizon Wireless Super Street and he also found his way to victory lane picking up his first feature win of the season. Robbins beat Ed Drake by about a car length at the finish line. Behind the lead pair Jeremy Glasier held off Brian Fortin for third. Fortin would finish fourth with Allan Moeller Jr. fifth.
In the Aable Auto Parts Mini Stocks Thomas True of Wiscasset picked up another feature victory in his Red’s Eat’s Dodge Neon. Readfield’s Pete McCollett would take home second with 15 year old Tasha Dyer finishing third. 2008 division champion Dylan Lancaster would wind up fourth with Ryan Ripley fifth.
The U.S. Cellular Mini Truck division put on a great show for the crowd which saw Ryan Hayes pick up his third win of the season. Tony Field made his first trip to Wiscasset a worth while one as he would take home second. Opie Allard of Harpswell finished third. Russ Anderson and “The Tool Man” Brian Beauileu finished fourth and fifth respectively.
Ian Bresnehan picked up the feature victory in the New England Transmission Strictly Street division. Rookie Alex Waltz picked up his first career top three in second. Mike Moody finished third. Nate Yeaton took home fourth and Wally Henderson fifth.
In the Steel’s Real Rod’s and Custom’s Late Model’s Sidney’s Chris Thorne won his second feature event of the season. Adam Chadbourne finished second with Nick Reno coming home in third. Fourth would go to Seth Raven and fifth to T.J. Watson.
The Clark’s Car Crushing Pro-Stock’s saw Randy Turner win his third feature of the season at the “Center of Speed”. Randy had to hold off Jeff Burgess for the win. Second would go to Burgess and third to Charlie Colby. Chuck Colby would bring home fourth and Scott Moore fifth.
The North East Mini Stock Tour found their way to Wiscasset Raceway for the first time in the tour’s short history. Emerson Cayer won their fifty lap feature event. Ricky Potter finished second with local hero Tasha Dyer third. Fourth would go to Reggie Bickford and fifth to Loren Smith.
by Jay | Jul 12, 2009 | New
OXFORD, Maine – Five other drivers have won a Oxford Networks Late Model feature at Oxford Plains Speedway this season, but Travis Adams has been around long enough to know there’s something more meaningful about multiple wins.
And then there’s the biggest 40-lap win of all: The one in the final weekly event before the TD Banknorth 250. It makes the victor one of the pre-race favorites.
Some drivers shy from that label. Four championships and now 29 wins into a brilliant career as one of Oxford’s all-time greats, Adams drove Saturday night like he was campaigning for it.
Adams rallied from a near-disaster when two cars tangled in front of him on lap 2, then drove to the front with authority for his third triumph of the season.
Doing much of his work in the outside lane, as has become his custom, Adams made the winning move around Ben Ashline on lap 29.
“I know Shawn Martin was out here last week kind of bragging about how he was running half-throttle behind me (and Ricky Rolfe) last week,” said Adams. “That was all full-throttle right there. That’s the only way to go in the last race before the 250. That’s as fast as I can go next week, so hopefully that’s a good indication.”
Ashline was second, representing the third podium finish of the season for the 18-year-old. Don Wentworth claimed third, with Shawn Knight edging Tim Brackett in the closing laps for fourth.
Mike Short (Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly Stock) and Jimmy Childs (Allen’s Mini Stock) also scored dramatic victories on WTOS Night.
Short was running third just five laps from the Strictly finish when leaders Kim Tripp and Skip Tripp collided in turn three.
The driver known as “Kim Dog” spun from the lead. Defending champion Skip slowed to straighten his ride. Short steered clear and stayed on top for the duration in claiming his third win.
“I guess I went to the outside at the right time,” Short said.
Skip Tripp, who was not penalized because Kim Tripp left most of the inside racing groove open prior to the contact, held on for second and padded his point lead.
B.J. Chapman, Gerry Burgess and Jerry Harrison completed the top five.
Childs shadowed rookie Jake Burns and pressured the leader into a late mistake, yielding the two-time champion his second victory of the summer.
Burns drifted up the track in turn three on the next-to-last circuit and Childs took advantage of the room, cleanly claiming the lead as the white flag appeared.
“Jake is a great driver and he drove a great race, but just chalk that up to experience,” Childs said. “I was in the right place at the right time.”
Ashley Marshall also snuck past Burns to pick up second. Justin Karkos recovered from an early pit stop to finish fourth, with Jeff Beaule winning a torrid battle with Kevin Bishop for fifth.
Dana Cook (Macdonald Motors Runnin’ Rebel) and John Lizotte (Call of the Wild RV Center Sport Truck) topped the Acceleration Series divisions for their first wins of 2009.
Cook prevailed in his second start of the season in Dustin Salley’s #8, pulling away by a comfortable margin over Kyle Hewins and Troy Jordan. Zach Audet and Scott Farrington followed.
Lizotte celebrated memorably after his 10-lap Truck victory, crashing with another car while attempting to make tire doughnuts on the cool-down lap.
He proceeded to spin the tires, anyway, before taking a reverse victory lap after securing his second career set of checkers. Jeff Schmidt (second) and Jeremy Wagner (third) each enjoyed a career-best finish, backed by Herb Farrar and Ryan Varney.
TD Banknorth 250 Speedweek is here, with races scheduled Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Go to www.oxfordplains.com for details and ticket information.
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL (40 laps): 1. Travis Adams, Canton; 2. Ben Ashline, Pittston; 3. Don Wentworth, Otisfield; 4. Shawn Knight, South Paris; 5. Tim Brackett, Buckfield; 6. Travis Stearns, Auburn; 7. Al Hammond, Paris; 8. Jeff White, Winthrop; 9. Shawn Martin, Turner; 10. Carey Martin, Denmark; 11. Corey Morgan, Lewiston; 12. Scott Robbins, Dixfield; 13. Kenny Harrison, Pownal; 14. Nick Brown, Bath; 15. Jason Larrabee, Raymond; 16. Ron Charpentier Jr., Wales; 17. Gerald Parlin, South Paris; 18. Tommy Ricker, Poland; 19. Matt Sanborn, West Baldwin; 20. Gary Chiasson, Peru; 21. Bruce Haley, Minot.
ALLEN’S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (30 laps): 1. Mike Short, Auburn; 2. Skip Tripp, Poland; 3. B.J. Chapman, Bridgton; 4. Gerry Burgess, Sabattus; 5. Jerry Harrison, Freeport; 6. Larry Emerson, Durham; 7. Matt Williams, Brownfield; 8. Sumner Sessions, Norway; 9. Jeff Merrill, Turner; 10. Mike St. Germain, Auburn; 11. Kim Tripp, Oxford; 12. Rick Spaulding, Lisbon; 13. Derek Farrington, Freeport; 14. Tommy Tompkins, Dixfield; 15. Zach Emerson, Sabattus; 16. Keith Stuart, Naples; 17. Ed Burlock, Minot; 18. Richard Kimball, Standish.
ALLEN’S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (30 laps): 1. Jimmy Childs, Leeds; 2. Ashley Marshall, Jay; 3. Jake Burns, Gray; 4. Justin Karkos, Jay; 5. Jeff Beaule, Lewiston; 6. Kevin Bishop, South Paris; 7. Greg Watkins, Bridgton; 8. Danny Morris, Auburn; 9. Steve Barker, Jay; 10. Larry Melcher, Livermore Falls; 11. Matt Moore, South Paris; 12. Ken Daigle Jr., Lisbon; 13. Shane Kaherl, Jay; 14. Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls; 15. Butch Keene, Turner; 16. Nik Coates, Lisbon; 17. Calvin Rose Jr., Turner; 18. Wayne Titus, Minot.
MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN’ REBEL (20 laps): 1. Dana Cook, Auburn; 2. Kyle Hewins, Leeds; 3. Troy Jordan, Turner; 4. Zach Audet, Wilton; 5. Scott Farrington, Minot; 6. Matt Dufault, Turner; 7. Jeff Hebert, Auburn; 8. Mark Childs Jr., Mechanic Falls; 9. Corey Beaulieu, Oxford; 10. Jason Berry, Turner; 11. Craig Farrington, Hebron; 12. Jamie Leavitt, Minot; 13. Charlie Webster, Auburn; 14. Roger Bourgoin, Sabattus; 15. Nate Dubuc, Auburn; 16. Gerard Cote, Oxford; 17. Doug Degroat, Oxford; 18. Jamie Heath, Waterford; 19. Bill Dunphy, New Gloucester; 20. Randy Desmarais, Auburn; 21. Michael Carver, Durham; 22. Kyle Treadwell, Auburn; 23. Rob Lowe, Auburn; 24. Ryan Hewins, Leeds; 25. Craig Bartlett, Denmark; 26. John Childs, Leeds; 27. Gene White, Lisbon.
CALL OF THE WILD RV CENTER SPORT TRUCK (10 laps): 1. John Lizotte, Mechanic Falls; 2. Jeff Schmidt, Mechanic Falls; 3. Jeremy Wagner, Bryant Pond; 4. Herb Farrar, Sumner; 5. Ryan Varney, South Paris; 6. Ryan Farrar, Oxford; 7. Corey Williams, Sumner.
by Jay | Jul 12, 2009 | New
Zuidema, Barnett, Tagg & Taylor Whelen All-American Series Winners
Thompson, CT (July 11, 2009): Ryan Truex of Mayetta, NJ, used tire conservation to win the annual visit of the Camping World East Series event at Thompson International Speedway. Thompson regular Derek Ramstrom of W. Boylston, MA, led wire-to-wire to score a popular victory in the Pro All-Star Series (PASS) feature event.
Jeff Zuidema of N. Brookfield, MA, was back in top form in the Late Models as part of the Pepsi Full-Fendered Frenzy. “Leadfoot” Larry Barnett of Moosup, CT, extended his point lead in the Limited Sportsman division. Second-generation driver Brian Tagg of Oxford, MA, scored his first career win in the TIS Modifieds. Tim Taylor of Wauregan, CT, scored his fourth Mini Stock win of the season.
Ryan Truex of Mayetta, NJ, scored the second win of the season and of his career; joining his famous brother as a winner at Thompson Speedway. After setting fast time during qualifying, Steve Park of E. Northport, NY, who cut his teeth at Thompson early in his career in a Modified, started from the pole position. To the delight of the crowd, Park enjoyed a comfortable lead for the opening portion of the event.
The first glimpse of serious competition came on lap 37, when Eddie MacDonald was able to get by Park in turn two after a restart. A bobble by MacDonald on the same lap opened the door for Park to retain his lead. Under green, Park was able to stretch his lead over MacDonald. Once Truex had worked his way around MacDonald, Park watched as his lead dissipated a bit more with each passing lap. Truex tried on a number of occasions but finally made the pass for the lead on lap 75. Once out front, Truex was able to move out to a sizeable advantage.
The final caution of the event flew on lap 91 for a spin by Jody Lavender. A great restart, gave Park the advantage. A single lap later; however, Truex was able to reassert himself as the leader again. Matt DiBenedetto got around MacDonald for third. In the closing laps, Truex was again able to stretch his lead. Truex went unchallenged to the checkers. Park finished a solid second followed by DiBenedetto. MacDonald and Alan Tardiff completed the top five.
Derek Ramstrom of Worcester, MA, led from the drop of the green flag and held back a host of veterans to score a popular victory in front of his home track crowd. Ramstrom took the lead early and had checked out a sizeable advantage over Kelly Moore and DJ Shaw during a long green flag run. The first caution of the event flew on lap 55 for an incident involving Shaw, who was running strong in third.
Another serious threat, Ben Rowe, came to rest in turn two on the restart with a flat tire. Back under green, things got racy from third on back with Richie Dearborn, Kelly Moore, and Johnny Clark. Point leader Adam Bates made hard contact with the outside wall to bring out the caution once again. The final run to the checkers allowed Ramstrom to run unchallenged. Richie Dearborn held back all advances of Johnny Clark to finish second. Travis Benjamin and Kelly Moore rounded out the top five.
After a sweep on Icebreaker weekend, Jeff Zuidema of N. Brookfield, MA, had been shut out of Late Model victory lane. That all changed on Saturday night when Zuidema scored the win in a heated main event. Rick Gentes took the early lead but quickly felt the pressure from Tommy O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan, who was in search of back-to-back wins after scoring a victory on Thursday night, was in the hunt for the repeat for much of the race.
A restart on lap five set up the battle that would be the highlight of the event. O’Sullivan used the outside groove to get a slight advantage over Gentes. The two swapped the lead back and forth lap-after-lap with neither gaining much of an advantage. Zuidema looked on from third.
On lap 12, O’Sullivan and Gentes made contact exiting turn two. The contact continued down the backstretch. Zuidema saw his opportunity; making it three wide with O’Sullivan and Gentes. Zuidema came out of turn three as the leader. Contact between O’Sullivan and Gentes coming out of turn four sent Gentes spinning and the caution flying; negating the change of the lead. On the restart, O’Sullivan resumed the lead followed by Zuidema and John Materas.
Zuidema asserted himself a lap after the restart as the new leader. The pass stuck as he immediately gained some daylight at the head of the pack. The top three got strung out while there was a great battle for the fifth spot between Oliveira, Yetman, and Gentes.
At the checkers, it was Zuidema scoring the win over O’Sullivan and Materas. After the event, O’Sullivan was penalized and relegated to a last place finish. Materas was credited with the second-place finish. Mark Oliveira, Pete Yetman and Gentes rounded out the top five. Stafford Speedway hotshoe Ryan Posocco of Stafford, CT, made his first appearance of the season at Thompson to finish sixth.
Larry Barnett took his third Limited Sportsman win of the season after a spirited battle for the lead with Joe Arena. Arena took over the top spot from Scott Sundeen to set the pace early. Barnett was on the charge early quickly; making tracks to the head of the pack. Barnett was second by lap five and pressuring Arena for the lead. They were in a virtual dead-heat at the stripe to complete lap five. The two went door to door lap-after-lap while the Sundeen family looked on from third and fourth positions.
Barnett was able to get the edge by a small margin a single lap after halfway. In lapped traffic, Barnett was able to free himself from Arena. Once out front, Barnett was able to stretch his advantage by several car lengths over Arena. The running order remained unchanged over the final two laps. Barnett took down the victory over Arena. Scott Sundeen edged his run on Jay for the third position. Joe Coates completed the top-five.
Each week second-generation driver, Brian Tagg of Oxford, MA, has shown great progress and maturity. The experience paid off when Tagg earned his first career win.
Continuing a tradition started by his father Tom, who was a fan favorite in the Sunoco Mods for many years.
Tagg capitalized on his pole starting position to lead Brian Sullivan early. For the first half of the event, Tagg was able to maintain a five car length advantage over Sullivan. Behind the leaders, there was plenty of action for the third position as Richie Ferreira, Glenn Boss, RJ Marcotte and Cam McDermott jockeyed for position. The battled got too intense with contact between Marcotte and Boss. Boss went spinning while Marcotte was penalized for his involvement. Tagg watched his lead disappear.
On the restart, Tagg was able to grab the advantage but had pressure from Sullivan. McDermott ran along in third followed by Ferreira and John Studley. Over the final laps, Sullivan could get alongside Tagg but could not grab the lead away from the determined young driver. Tagg took down the popular win followed by Sullivan, McDermott, Ferriera and Studley.
An action-packed Mini Stock main event found Tim Taylor of Wauregan, CT, in victory lane. Taylor was locked in a heated battle for the lead with his young son Nate before taking the lead and ultimately the win. Taylor took the lead from Nate on lap four. Once out front, it was anything but smooth sailing for Tim, who had his hands full with both Nate and Scott Michalski. The father son duo went door-to-door for several laps with Sc. Michalski lurking within striking distance. During the long green flag run, T. Taylor was able to distance himself from the battle between N. Taylor and Sc. Michalski.
Thursday night winner Brad Caddick went up in smoke to bring out the caution on lap 13. On the ensuing restart, Michalski got a great run on Taylor but had to settle back in line in second. Randy Churchill had moved into the third spot after the restart. Taylor sailed under the checkers for his fourth feature win of the season. Sc. Michalski continued to have a consistent season finishing second. Churchill, N. Taylor and Eric Bourgeois completed the top five.
Camping World East Series Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Ryan Truex, Mayetta, NJ; 2. Steve Park, E. Northport, NY; 3. Matt DiBenedetto, Grass Valley, CA; 4. Eddie MacDonald, Rowley, MA; 5. Alan Tardiff, Lyman, ME; 6. Matt Kobyluck, Uncasville, CA; 7. Jesus Hernandez, Fresno, CA; 8. Ryan Duff, Hazard, KY; 9. Jonathan Smith, Beacon Falls, CT; 10. Brett Moffitt, Grimes, IA.
Pro All Star Series Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Derek Ramstrom, W. Boylston, MA; 2. Richie Dearborn, Hollis, ME; 3. Johnny Clark, Hallowell, ME; 4. Travis Benjamin, Morrill, ME; 5. Kelly Moore, Scarborough, ME; 6. Steve Legendre, Danville, VT; 7. Steve Desmarais, Westport, MA; 8. Scott Alexander, Orrington, ME; 9. Ben Rowe, Turner, ME; 10. Nick Ribbe, Kington, MA.
Late Model Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Jeff Zuidema, N. Brookfield, MA; 2. John Materas Voluntown, MA; 3. Mark Oliveira, Blackstone, MA; 4. Pete Yetman, Peru, MA; 5. Rick Gentes, Woonsocket, RI; 6. Ryan Posocco, Stafford Springs, CT; 7. Randy Waterman, Killingly, CT; 8. Mike Scorzelli, Malta, NY; 9. Ken Bamford, Coventry, RI; 10. Damon Tinio, Mendon, MA.
Limited Sportsman Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Larry Barnett, Moosup, CT; 2. Joe Arena, Bristol, CT; 3. Scott Sundeen, Douglas, MA; 4. Jay Sundeen, Douglas, MA; 5. Joe Coates, Eastford, CT; 6. Jesse Gleason, Lisbon, CT; 7. Paul Coutu, Jr., Thompson, CT; 8. Kevin Bowe, Pawtucket, RI; 9. Gerald Sevigny, Brooklyn, CT; 10. Joe Plonski, Worcester, MA.
TIS Modified Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Brian Tagg, Oxford, MA; 2. Brian Sullivan, S. Windsor, CT; 3. Cam McDermott, Scituate, RI; 4. Richie Ferreira, Raynham, MA; 5. John Studley, Framingham, MA; 6. Jay Sundeen, Douglas, MA; 7. Leo Oliveira, Raynham, MA; 8. Glenn Boss, Danielson, CT; 9. R.J. Marcotte, Millville, MA; 10. Denis Legere, N. Reading, MA.
Mini Stock Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Tim Taylor, Wauregan, CT; 2. Scott Michalski, S. Killingly, CT; 3. Randy Churchill, Niantic, CT; 4. Nate Taylor, Wauregan, CT; 5. Eric Bourgeois, E. Haddam, CT; 6. Steven Michalski, Brooklyn, CT; 7. Chad Baxter, Pascoag, RI; 8. Steve Romjue, Coventry, RI; 9. Fred Michalski, Dayville, CT; 10. Brent Gleason, Lisbon, CT.
by Jay | Jul 11, 2009 | New
Unity, Maine – Joey Doyon of Winterport won in his first appearance in
the top weekly class at Unity Raceway Friday night, while top support
division wins went to Steve Moulton of Glenburn in the Super Street
division, and Shelby Kimball of Cornville in a special 25-lapper for
the Ladies class as the Raceway celebrated Independence Day a bit late
due to wet conditions on the Holiday’s Eve.
A healthy sum was also raised for the night’s honorary chief starter
for the Late Model race, Eddie Gilblair, who will be meeting NASCAR
Superstar Jeff Gordon later this month at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
during Brickyard 400 weekend, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation..
The youngster waved the green flag with flair while sporting a
neat-looking Gordon tie-die shirt.
Late Model winner Doyon scored a feature race win in his first
appearance this season at Unity Raceway. Doyon inherited the lead in
the main event when Mike Hopkins and Glenn Curtis got together while
racing for the lead following a restart with eleven laps remaining in
the night’s headline event. Doyon just managed to hang on to the lead
on the final lap, edging a fast-closing Hopkins, of Levant, by inches
under the checkered flag. Rookie Dylan Turner of Freedom picked up the
third-place trophy, with David Folsom of Skowhegan and Curtis, of
Hudson, rounding out the top five. Hopkins won the Late Model heat
race.
In a wild, crash-filled Super Street division 25-lapper, Moulton ended
up in victory lane. Moulton led much of the caution-filled race,
surviving several restarts and many bids by point leader Kris Watson
of Hermon to take the frontrunning position away. Watson claimed
runner-up honors, with Chelsea’s Dan Trask coming back from a hard
crash early in the event to finish in an impressive third position at
the finish line. Shawn Austin of Norridgewock finished fourth in his
first Unity Rcaeway appearance of the year, with John Kalel II of
Orrington finishing fifth. Jeremy Glasier of Appleton, who led the
early laps in the main event, won the Super Street heat race.
Shelby Kimball got by early leader Carol Wilson of Chelsea and drove
to victory in the special Ladies division 25-lapper. Mika Wilson of
Chelsea finished second, with Alicia Goodwin of Clinton third. Sandy
Greene of Clinton and Kayla Allen of Bucksport rounded out the top
five. Carol Wilson won the heat race.
Steve Rackliff of Starks won the Late Model Pro Four feature event
following a racelong battle with the race’s early pacesetter, Bryan
Lancaster of Cornville. The top two finishers were the class of the
field on this night, easily outdistancing third-place finisher Jimmy
Dennis of Benton. Ben Clark of Clinton crossed the finish line in
fourth position. Anson’s Ben Nile, who earlier in the night claimed
his first heat race finish in the class, was the fifth-place finisher.
Andy Turbovsky won a thriller in the Wildcat division’s 20-lap feature
race. Turbovsky got to the front early in the race after a great
battle with Unity’s Dustin Hubbard and then survived a restart with
three laps to go against reigning, multi-time Wildcat champion Carl
McAlpine of Burnham. McAlpine’s car quit in the final turn on the
final lap, allowing Chris King to move into second spot in a sideways,
slam-bang finish next to third-place finisher Shawn Racila of
Dover-Foxcroft. McAlpine coasted across the finish line in fourth
position, with Mike Shaw of Troy fifth. Hubbard, while running third,
detonated an engine to set up the three-lap shootout to the checkered
flag. Ed Sleeper also got caught up in that wreck, depriving him of a
likely podium finishing position.. McAlpine won the Wildcat heat race.
Max Zachem of Preston, Connecticut drove from the back of the pack to
victory lane in the NELCAR Legends 20-lap feature event. Second-place
finisher Bobby Weymouth of Topsham led several laps before Zachem went
by. Third-generation racer Bobby Timmons of Windham finished in third
position, followed by Evan Beaulieu of Durham and Tyler Jordan of
Scarborough. Timmons won the heat race.
Defending Monsta Mini champion Mike Wilson of Chelsea got to the lead
quickly and dominated the feature event to extend his point lead in
that class. Bangor’s David Green made a spirited last-lap charge pay
off with a runner-up finish, just beating out Brent Fletcher of Old
Town under the checkered flag. Both Green and Fletcher were making
their first start of the season at Unity. Ralph Allen of Hermon
finished in fourth position, followed by Markus Lowe of Brooks. Brad
Norris of Ellsworth was denied a top-five finish by a last-lap
retaliatory move by a disgruntled, fellow competitor. Green and Wilson
won the Monsta Mini heat races.
Cody Sleeper of Chelsea got to the front of the field early on and
drove to a convincing victory in the Flyin’ 4 division’s 20-lap main
event. Skowhegan’s Mike Mason charged from the back of the pack
following an early-race spin to finish second, taking that spot away
from Unity’s Jeremy Ludden in the closing stages of the race. Ludden
claimed the final trophy, with Tim Robinson of Clinton and Markus Lowe
of Brooks completing the top five rundown. Flyin’ 4 heat race
victories were earned by Sleeper and Mason.
Lucas Porter of Norridgewock drove to victory lane following the
15-lap Teen Thunder division feature race. Porter took command just
past the halfway point, outgunning Brooke Getchell of Pittsfield on a
restart after Getchell had led the first half of the race. Getchell
held on for a fine second-place finish, with Gage Landry of Sdiney
grabbing the final trophy position. Wesley Turner of Montville and
Cole Robinson of Clinton rounded out the top five. Bradley Bosworth
won the Teen Thunder heat race.
Mickey Landry of Anson won his fourth Enduro race of the season to
wrap up the racing program. Landry lapped all of his rivals except for
the second and third-place finishers in a dominant performance. Robert
Paddack of Clinton and Alex Fernald of Benton were second and third in
the finishing order, followed by Henry Boudreau of Bristol and Robert
Dyer.
Unity Raceway is back in action Friday night beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Monsta Mini competitors will race 50 laps in a qualifier for the
Four-Cylinder Nationals next month at Scarborough’s Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway, with all other weekly racing divisions in competition.
Coming up on Friday, July 24 is NWA On Fire Wrestling &Racing, with
feature races in all weekly classes plus wrestling, which will be
recoreded for a future national telecast. For more information call
(207) 453-2021 or visit unityraceway.info
Late Model: 1. Joey Doyon, Winterport; 2. Mike Hopkins, Levant; 3.
Dylan Turner, Freedom; 4. David Folsom, Skowhegan; 5. Glenn Curtis,
Hudson; 6. Frank Moulton, Burnham; 7. Joe Allard, Glenburn.
Super Street: 1. Steve Moulton, Glenburn; 2. Kris Watson, Hermon; 3.
Dan Trask, Chelsea; 4. Shawn Austin, Norridgewock; 5. John Kalel II,
Orrington; 6. Steve Rackliff, Starks; 7. Cory Poulin, Augusta; 8. Hal
Stratton, Belgrade; 9. Jeremy Glasier, Appleton; 10. Donnie York,
Thorndike; 11. Jason Gaboury, Augusta.
Late Model Pro Four: Steve Rackliff, Starks; 2. Bryan Lancaster,
Cornville; 3. Jimmy Dennis, Benton; 4. Ben Clark, Clinton; 5. Ben
Nile, Anson; 6. Shane Smith, Augusta; 7. Corey Walker, New Vineyard.
Wildcat: 1. Andy Turbovsky, Winslow; 2. Chris King, Burnham; 3. Shawn
Racila, Dover-Foxcroft; 4. Carl McAlpine, Burnham; 5. Mike Shaw, Troy;
6. Dustin Hubbard, Unity; 7. Ed Sleeper, Vassalboro; 8. Chet Hanscom,
Benton; 9. Ricky Palmer, Winterport; 10. Tim Hopkins, Camden.
Monsta Mini: 1. Mike Wilson, Chelsea; 2. David Green, Bangor; 3. Brent
Fletcher, Old Town; 4. Ralph Allen, Hermon; 5. Markus Lowe, Brooks; 6.
Brad Norris, Ellsworth; 7. Derick Terrill, Plymouth; 8. Scott
Theriault, South China; 9. Alicia Goodwin, Clinton; 10. Bob Grady,
Pittston; 11. Gary Richards, Stetson.
Flyin’ 4: 1. Cody Sleeper, Chelsea; 2. Mike Mason, Skowhegan; 3.
Jeremy Ludden, Unity; 4. Tim Robinson, Clinton; 5. Markus Lowe,
Brooks; 6. Merv Greene, Clinton; 7. Jordan Hawes, Skowhegan; 8. Chris
Williams, Oakland; 9. Tony DeJuio, Ellsworth; 10. Nick Lizotte,
Sidney; 11. Chad Badger, Milo; 12. Dominic Bailey, Sidney.
Ladies: 1. Shelby Kimball, Cornville; 2. Mika Wilson, Chelsea; 3.
Alicia Goodwin, Clinton; 4. Becky Elston, Carmel; 5. Kayla Allen,
Bucksport; 6. Sandy Green, Clinton; 7. Carol Wilson, Chelsea.
Teen Thunder: 1. Lucas Porter, Norridgewock; 2. Brooke Getchell,
Pittsfield; 3. Gage Landry, Sidney, 4. Wesley Turner, Montville; 5.
Cole Robinson, Clinton; 6. Bradley Bosworth; 7. Matt Kimball,
Cornville.
Enduro: 1. Mickey Landry, Anson; 2. Robert Paddack, Clinton; 3. Alex
Fernald, Benton; 4. Henry Boudreau, Bristol; 5. Robery Dyar; 6. James
Corson, Benton; 7. James Sunn III, Clinton; 8. George Fernald III,
Benton.
NELCAR Legends: 1. Max Zachem, Preston, Connecticut; 2. Bobby
Weymouth, Topsham; 3. Bobby Timmons, Windham; 4. Evan Beaulieu,
Durham; 5. Tyler Jordan, Scarborough; 6. Terry ‘TW’ Kirk, Durham; 7.
Alan Smith, Lincoln; 8. Forest Boucher, Buxton; 9. Ed Getty, Gray; 10.
Kendall Curit, Windham.
