{"id":6144,"date":"2011-07-10T22:24:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T02:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-07-10T22:24:52","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T02:24:52","slug":"airborne-recap-july-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/airborne-recap-july-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Airborne recap July 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave Brown photo of Mike Wells attached
\nWells keeps digging, hits Airborne paydirt <\/strong><\/p>\n

Airborne recap July 9
\nSouth Plattsburgh \u2013 Mike Wells of West Chazy had hundreds of underdog rooters on their feet as he retook the lead from Martin Roy with five laps left in the 30-lap DIRTcar Modified feature and drove off to his first career win at Airborne Speedway.
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\nWells started on the pole in the G&G Auto Parts No. 76 and stayed in the lead through four restarts in the first 12 laps before Roy took over on lap 13. The former track champion quickly built a five car-length advantage before a fifth restart tightened the field after 20 laps were completed.<\/p>\n

Suddenly on lap 22, Wells, working the bottom groove with Pat McGrail and Andy Heywood in tow, reached Roy\u2019s door. On lap 25, he regained the lead entering turn three as Roy faded and finally pitted for a new right rear tire.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the No. 90 passed me, I thought \u2013 now I\u2019m racing for second and more of the big guys are coming,\u201d Wells said. \u201cThen I was able to get back to him. I didn\u2019t overdrive when I got to his rear wheel. When I jumped on my horse, she responded.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGrail stayed close for second. Heywood held off Aaron Bartemy and Patrick Dupree to finish third. Dupree pressured Bartemy for the final 15 laps, but couldn\u2019t advance. Positions 6-10 went to Vince Quenneville, Kris Vernold, Max Viens, Martin Hebert and Don Scarborough.<\/p>\n

Wells had shown promise earlier when he won his heat and earned a spot in the Ernie\u2019s Discount Tools Modified six-lap \u201cDash for Cash\u201d. Roy won the dash and said \u201cmaybe tonight it\u2019s my turn,\u201d but Wells had other ideas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so excited,\u201d Wells said after a rooftop dance in victory lane. \u201cIn West Chazy, the beer\u2019s on me.\u201d Wells moved up from the Sportsman division in 2009.<\/p>\n

Bucko Branham, driving the Liquor and Wine Warehouse No. 20, won the J&S Steel Sportsman feature with relative ease after taking the lead on lap 8. Danny Sullivan and Jamy Begor finished 2nd and 3rd. Branham won his heat race as did Travis Bruno.<\/p>\n

Two cautions and a red flag for Gordy Stone, who rolled onto a tire pile at the edge of the jersey barriers on the backstretch, ushered Branham toward the front. When the inside lane opened up in turns three and four n lap six, he drove into second place and challenged the leader Brandon Atkins. On the way to his top finish of the season, Atkins was dicing for second with Sullivan down the back chute and spun when the pair rubbed quarter-panels.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes getting pinned on the bottom has been my downfall this year,\u201d Branham said. \u201cI made the bottom work today.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NAPA Mini Modifieds had two features. Point leader CJ Lavair of Gabrels won the opener after contact on the backstretch with leader Kris Clark, who held on for second with Erick Sayles third. Clark finished second in round two as well, trailing only winner Jamie LaFountain of Keeseville.<\/p>\n

Kevin Boutin won the Renegade feature comfortably ahead of Robbie Favreau and Lance Rabtoy. Josh Durivage scored his fifth win in the Bomber feature. Bill Joyal Sr. and Tyler Bresette were next.<\/p>\n

Airborne has double Sportsman features Saturday, July 16 on Adirondack Hardware Company Driver Autograph Night. Post time 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

1. Mike Wells
\n2. Pat McGrail
\n3. Andy Heywood
\n4. Aaron Bartemy
\n5. Patrick Dupree
\n6. Vince Quenneville
\n7. Kris Vernold
\n8. Maxime Viens
\n9. Martin Hebert
\n10. Don Scarborough
\n11.Pierre Berthiaume
\n12.Matt Woodruff
\n13.Mike Phinney
\n14.Craig Reyell
\n15.Martin Roy
\n16.George Foley
\n17.Dan Brown
\n18.Roger Labreche
\n19.Richard Tisseur
\n20.Bryant Trim
\n21.Ryan McLean
\n22.Jimmy Ryan
\n23.Mike Reyell
\n24.Greg Atkins
\n25.Jason Durgan
\n26.Todd Ormsby
\n27.Chris Cayea
\n28.Jesse Mueller
\n29.Leon Gonyo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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