{"id":308,"date":"2009-06-08T05:27:48","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T10:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2009-06-08T05:27:48","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T10:27:48","slug":"all-star-speedway-6-6-race-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/all-star-speedway-6-6-race-report\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Star Speedway 6-6 Race Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">Epping, NH \u2013 Former Strictly Stock  champion Mike Murphy scored his first career win in the All-Star Modifieds  last Saturday night, coming from deep in the field to score the victory  aboard the Ken Giles machine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">Eric Hudson looked unbeatable in the  early going, moving out to a comfortable lead in the Newmarket Sand  and Gravel entry.\u00a0 Two-time winner Joe Lemay challenged Hudson  quickly for the lead, but contact sent both to the rear of the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">Bill Boudreau picked up the lead on  the restart, running the race of his life as the field sorted out behind.\u00a0  Second year Modified driver Mike Murphy was next up to challenge for  the lead, and he took over to set the pace at halfway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">Murphy was in control the rest of the  way, leading them under the checkers to score career win number one.\u00a0  Boudreau picked his best-ever finish in the runner-up slot, with Marty  Radewick, Lemay, Bobby MacArthur, J.R. Baril, Hudson, Kurt Vigeant,  Dana Smith, and Sumner Scott the rest of the top ten.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">\u201cRacin\u2019 Jason\u201d Ferreira was the  man to beat in the Super Street main, as the rookie ran off to set the  pace for the first half of the race.\u00a0 Rob DeAlmeida followed in  his tire tracks at halfway, but two-time Gary Beauregard was on the  move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">Beauregard made it past DeAlmeida to  challenge Ferreira for the lead, but the pair tangled, putting DeAlmeida  outside of two-time feature winner Nick Gravel for the restart that  followed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">Gravel had a tire going down and drifted  to the high side of the track in turn one, with DeAlmeida ducking to  the low side to take advantage of the situation and move to the lead. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">DeAlmeida went on to score the win,  with Gravel charging back through the field to finish second.\u00a0  Steve Wilmot, Matt Kawejsza, and Ferreira were the rest of the top five.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">Keith Walton finally shook the monkey  off his back, scoring his first career All-Star Speedway win in the  Strictly Stock feature event.\u00a0 Walton took over the lead on lap  five, and he held off a determined Mark Parenteau to score the win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">Third spot went to last week\u2019s feature  winner Chris Augevich, with Mike Williams, Keith \u201cSlika\u201d Ennis,  Randy Carmichael, Chuck Roberto, Johnny Gervais, Matt Robinson, and  Jimmy Gervais the rest of the top ten.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">Tyler Mailhot grabbed his second Fast-4  feature event win of the season, with runner-up Joey Fernandez and \u201cUncle  Dana\u201d Sullivan joining him on the post-race podium.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epping, NH \u2013 Former Strictly Stock champion Mike Murphy scored his first career win in the All-Star Modifieds last Saturday night, coming from deep in the field to score the victory aboard the Ken Giles machine. 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