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07-15-2013, 02:44 PM
The NEMA Midgets and NEMA Lites joined the weekly Benson Lumber and Hardware Small Block Supermodifieds, David’s Race Cars and Components Hobby Stocks, and American Used Auto Parts Ironman division on the program at Lee USA Speedway on Friday night, with another crop of first-time winners putting their names into the record books.
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour ace Bobby Santos made the quick trip over to Lee after taking care of business at NHMS in nearby Loudon preparing for Saturday’s tour race, and he jumped into Adam Cantor’s NEMA Midget and dominated the action in the NEMA midget feature.
Santos was clearly the class of the field in the main event, pulling away from the field and putting down some incredibly fast laps on his way to victory. Jimmy Chambers, who was a weekly competitor in the Lee Small Blocks early in his racing career, just held off Ian Cumens for the runner-up spot at the stripe.
Fourth spot went to “Liquid Lou” Cicconi, followed by teammate Todd Bertrand to put two Bertrand Motorsports entries inside the top five, with John Zych Jr., Greg Stoehr , Joey Payne, Jim Santa Maria, and Bethany Stoehr rounding out the top ten.
The NEMA Lites had a major incident just past the halfway mark of their main event that knocked several cars out of contention, and cause a lengthy delay for track cleanup in its aftermath. One car oiled down the track heavily coming off turn four, with several others making heavy contact with each other and the wall as a result.
Heat winner Logan Rayvals was among the first to hit the slick spot, and he ended up against the outside retaining wall, where he was subsequently collected hard by Andy Barrows, who then went tumbling end-over-end down the front straightaway. All drivers walked away from the incident uninjured.
Small Block Super competitor Jake Stergios, who was a winner the last time the Lites were at Lee, was among those eliminated after hard contact with the wall when he tried to maneuver through the mess, joining Avery Stoehr, Steve Powers, and several others on the dnf list.
After the track crew completed their duties, Kevin Hutchens led the field to the restart, but he soon fell to the charge of Carl Medeiros, Jr., who went on to score the win. “Liquid Lou” Cicconi, Hutchens, Kenney Johnson, and Richie Morocco rounded out the top five.
It was the final tune-up for the Small Block Supers before the July 19th Moneybags Special, a three-segment event with big money on the line, and the added challenge of ISMA Supermodified racers Chris Perley and Justin Belfiore, who have both filed entries for the race.
Making his first foray into the Small Block Super wars for the 2013 season, 2004 Lee USA Speedway Late Model and NASCAR Weekly Series New England regional champion Ricky Wolf, Jr. was the man to beat this time out, becoming the seventh winner in eight races when the checkered waved.
Wolf led flag-to-flag to pick up his first victory of the year, holding off a fast-closing Jake Stergios at the stripe. Third spot went Mike Murphy, who collected his first career Small Block podium finish after an impressive drive from the tenth starting spot.
After surviving a scary moment in his heat race when a component in his steering broke, Tony Carroll drove to a fourth place finish in the main, followed by Mike Spurling, Ryan Gath, Leslie Keyser, Mike Netishen, Moe Lattime, and defending champ Tommy Tombarello, Jr. Stergios and Lattime won the qualifying heats.
Longtime campaigner Patrick Tanguay finally shook the monkey off his back and posted win number one of the 2013 season in the Hobby Stock main, holding off a determined challenge from sophomore competitor Kyle Sawyer to get the job done.
Wade Worster rounded out the podium in the third spot aboard the Jeff and Nancy Trask machine, with Paul Palen making it a sweep of the top four spots for Camaro entries. Billy Clement, Jr. came across the line in the fifth spot, with David MacDonald taking down sixth.
Seventh went to two-time feature winner Jim Piaseczny, followed by Brian DeStefano, Niko Maniatis, who rolled his old Hobby Stock out of mothballs with the Late Model Sportsmen taking the night off, and Chris Jacobson, who rounded out the top ten. Sawyer and Jacobson scored the heat wins.
Hannah Shaw led the field of Ironman competitors to the green flag, but Tyler Mitchell quickly made his way past and into the lead. Mitchell, the 2012 Rookie of the Year in the entry-level division, kept it out front the rest of the way and finally made that long-awaited first-career trip to victory lane.
Wayne Osborne had another strong run to come across the stripe for runner-up honors, with Shaw rounding out the podium in the third spot ahead of Zach Washburn and Evan Horvath.
Don't miss the Moneybags Race Event which is presented by Benson Lumber & Hardware on Friday, July 19th. The show will get under way at 6:45pm for time trials for the Supermodifieds.
Lee USA Speedway
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour ace Bobby Santos made the quick trip over to Lee after taking care of business at NHMS in nearby Loudon preparing for Saturday’s tour race, and he jumped into Adam Cantor’s NEMA Midget and dominated the action in the NEMA midget feature.
Santos was clearly the class of the field in the main event, pulling away from the field and putting down some incredibly fast laps on his way to victory. Jimmy Chambers, who was a weekly competitor in the Lee Small Blocks early in his racing career, just held off Ian Cumens for the runner-up spot at the stripe.
Fourth spot went to “Liquid Lou” Cicconi, followed by teammate Todd Bertrand to put two Bertrand Motorsports entries inside the top five, with John Zych Jr., Greg Stoehr , Joey Payne, Jim Santa Maria, and Bethany Stoehr rounding out the top ten.
The NEMA Lites had a major incident just past the halfway mark of their main event that knocked several cars out of contention, and cause a lengthy delay for track cleanup in its aftermath. One car oiled down the track heavily coming off turn four, with several others making heavy contact with each other and the wall as a result.
Heat winner Logan Rayvals was among the first to hit the slick spot, and he ended up against the outside retaining wall, where he was subsequently collected hard by Andy Barrows, who then went tumbling end-over-end down the front straightaway. All drivers walked away from the incident uninjured.
Small Block Super competitor Jake Stergios, who was a winner the last time the Lites were at Lee, was among those eliminated after hard contact with the wall when he tried to maneuver through the mess, joining Avery Stoehr, Steve Powers, and several others on the dnf list.
After the track crew completed their duties, Kevin Hutchens led the field to the restart, but he soon fell to the charge of Carl Medeiros, Jr., who went on to score the win. “Liquid Lou” Cicconi, Hutchens, Kenney Johnson, and Richie Morocco rounded out the top five.
It was the final tune-up for the Small Block Supers before the July 19th Moneybags Special, a three-segment event with big money on the line, and the added challenge of ISMA Supermodified racers Chris Perley and Justin Belfiore, who have both filed entries for the race.
Making his first foray into the Small Block Super wars for the 2013 season, 2004 Lee USA Speedway Late Model and NASCAR Weekly Series New England regional champion Ricky Wolf, Jr. was the man to beat this time out, becoming the seventh winner in eight races when the checkered waved.
Wolf led flag-to-flag to pick up his first victory of the year, holding off a fast-closing Jake Stergios at the stripe. Third spot went Mike Murphy, who collected his first career Small Block podium finish after an impressive drive from the tenth starting spot.
After surviving a scary moment in his heat race when a component in his steering broke, Tony Carroll drove to a fourth place finish in the main, followed by Mike Spurling, Ryan Gath, Leslie Keyser, Mike Netishen, Moe Lattime, and defending champ Tommy Tombarello, Jr. Stergios and Lattime won the qualifying heats.
Longtime campaigner Patrick Tanguay finally shook the monkey off his back and posted win number one of the 2013 season in the Hobby Stock main, holding off a determined challenge from sophomore competitor Kyle Sawyer to get the job done.
Wade Worster rounded out the podium in the third spot aboard the Jeff and Nancy Trask machine, with Paul Palen making it a sweep of the top four spots for Camaro entries. Billy Clement, Jr. came across the line in the fifth spot, with David MacDonald taking down sixth.
Seventh went to two-time feature winner Jim Piaseczny, followed by Brian DeStefano, Niko Maniatis, who rolled his old Hobby Stock out of mothballs with the Late Model Sportsmen taking the night off, and Chris Jacobson, who rounded out the top ten. Sawyer and Jacobson scored the heat wins.
Hannah Shaw led the field of Ironman competitors to the green flag, but Tyler Mitchell quickly made his way past and into the lead. Mitchell, the 2012 Rookie of the Year in the entry-level division, kept it out front the rest of the way and finally made that long-awaited first-career trip to victory lane.
Wayne Osborne had another strong run to come across the stripe for runner-up honors, with Shaw rounding out the podium in the third spot ahead of Zach Washburn and Evan Horvath.
Don't miss the Moneybags Race Event which is presented by Benson Lumber & Hardware on Friday, July 19th. The show will get under way at 6:45pm for time trials for the Supermodifieds.
Lee USA Speedway