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Savary First To Repeat With Lee VMRS Win <\/strong><\/p>\n Lee, N.H. \u2013 Richard Savary used a different approach Friday night breaking away from the norm. He charged to the front from his 11th starting position, challenged early front runners Tom Carey Jr., and Todd Szegedy, to take the lead on lap 55 and go to win the Valenti Modified Racing Series sanctioned \u2018Port City 100\u2019 at Lee USA Speedway, Friday night, June 27. <\/p>\n The win was the Canton, Massachusetts., drivers second this season and his third career VMRS victory. <\/p>\n Instead of doing what most drivers do when competing at Lee, hang back and save their tires for the second half of the race, Savary changed his strategy and ran hard early on to put himself in contention for the lead. <\/p>\n \u201cThis is the first time here for all of us with this new right rear tire so nobody knew what it was really going to do. I took a page out of the Steve Masse book. He seems to get to the front and try to hang there. I thought I\u2019d give that a try tonight. Late in the race we had good clean restarts. Hard racing. I think if the 21 (Bonsignore) was in front of me I would have had my hands full but I\u2019m glad it was someone like him driving the car behind me.\u201d Savary continued, \u201cWe weren\u2019t very good in practice so we made a lot of changes. We rode and then got to the front. I have to thank Justin (Bonsignore) for being a gentleman. I got a little aggressive with him for a couple of laps when we were racing for the lead. He gave it back to me going into three and four for the white (flag). That\u2019s racing. I tried to give him as much room as I could on the outside but I wasn\u2019t going to give up either.\u201d<\/p>\n Holtsville, NY., driver Bonsignore came on late in the race to pressure Savary for the win. Bonsignore showed frustration in victory lane. <\/p>\n \u201c I\u2019m tired of finishing second, that\u2019s four out of seven this year. We\u2019ll just continue with consistency to get ourselves back in it. That\u2019s the first time here with the MRS so I\u2019m pretty happy\u201d<\/p>\n Bonsignore also voiced frustration when talking about making a bid for the lead.<\/p>\n \u201cGotta find where the rules are here. I mean I was up there against the wall down there in (turn) one and had him beat. Can\u2019t be upset with second but when your going for the lead you got to be a little more consistent. We\u2019ll go to Monadnock (July 5) and try and get the W.\u201d<\/p>\n Steve Masse, of Bellingham, MA., finished third. Not the kind of night he hoped based on his game plan. <\/p>\n \u201cUsually here people save tires and go slow so I thought I\u2019d switch it up a bit and pick the pace up..It really didn\u2019t work out. We didn\u2019t have the best car tonight. A third place finish is still good and we\u2019ll take it.\u201d <\/p>\n Dwight Jarvis, of Ascutney, VT, made another of his late race charges to finish fourth, with Rowan Pennink, of Huntingdon Valley, PA, rounding out the top five. <\/p>\n Sixth through tenth were, Chris Pasteryak, David Schneider, Carey, Donnie Lashua, and Max Zachem. <\/p>\n Qualifying heat winners were Lashua, and Szegedy. Lashua was substituting for Todd Owen. <\/p>\n 18 cars entered the event. 15 finished on the lead lap. The series moves to the Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, NH, Saturday night, July 5, for the Firecracker 100.<\/p>\n Lee USA Speedway Unofficial Finish: (1) Savary (2) Bonsignore (3) Masse (4) Jarvis (5) Pennink (6) Pasteryak (7) Schneider (8) Carey Jr (9) Lashua (10) Zachem (11) Mead (12) Szegedy (13) Willis (14) Wrenn (15) Smith (16) Medeiros (17) Nocella (18) Cyr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Savary First To Repeat With Lee VMRS Win Lee, N.H. \u2013 Richard Savary used a different approach Friday night breaking away from the norm. 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\nThe race was completed in 32 minutes, 35 seconds with only two caution flags needed for minor spins. <\/p>\n
\nJune 27, 2014
\nEntrants (18)
\nDistance 100-laps
\nTime of Race: 32:48:405
\nMargin of Victory: 0.072
\nBest Speed: 90.995
\nBest Lap Time: 14.836
\nBest Lap By: Tom Carey Jr
\nLap Leaders: Carey (1-54) Savary (55-83) Bonsignore (89)
\n Savary 85-100
\nLead Changes (3)
\nCautions: Laps- (72, 83)<\/p>\n