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06-08-2015, 11:53 AM
It was another fun evening as the always entertaining Star Antique Racers came to the ¼ mile oval. They weren’t alone as the Pro 4 Modifieds joined the Sportsman Mods, Super Stocks, Thunder Stocks, Mini Stocks, and Young Guns.
The Antique Racers split their division into two six lap heats, and then they rolled out as the first two feature of the night.
It was an exciting 15 lap Sportsman feature that saw Rick McDowell take the checkered flag in his ’76 Chevy Camero SS. It was the first win at Monadnock for the driver of the #76 car.
“I was happy to finally win one here at Monadnock,” McDowell said after the win.
“I’ve never won here before, but I’ve finished second a lot of times.”
McDowell went on saying “I love coming to Monadnock, we always have a great time.”
“Slingshot” Skip Sterns finished in the runner up spot in the #7X automobile. Sterns also voiced his adoration for Monadnock saying, “Thanks for inviting us, I love this little, tight track.”
Ed Mulligan didn’t need a do-over to take home the win in the Modified division for the Star Antique Racers in the #61 Richie Evans ride.
Bob Donoghue came in the runner up position for his second career podium at Monadnock.
Scott Poirier in the #73 Pinto came in third place to fill out the Star Modified Division.
Once the Star Antiques finished the night proceeded straight into the other features with the Young Guns set to kick things off with a 15 lap event.
When the green dropped on the Young Guns feature Dan Starkweather was out front and despite one or two of his opponents taking a spin, Starkweather was able to persevere and bring home the victory.
“It was awesome,” Starkweather said after the race, “It handled great going around all those cars.”
Starkweather had some luck on his side as he snapped Justin Littlewood’s three race win-streak. Littlewood in the #37 was reeling Starkweather in, but just ran out of laps.
“A couple more laps, maybe,” Littlewood said after the race when asked if he thought he had something for Starkweather.
Chris Sontag followed his third place finish last week with a repeat appearance on the podium this week bringing the #12 car home in third.
The yellow flag flew early and often in the Mini Stock Feature with the first caution coming out on just lap 3. Ethan Marsh had an eventful night behind the wheel of the 8X ride. He and Solomon Brow came together on the third lap bringing the caution out over the racetrack.
The caution came out again on lap 9 for a spin on the backstretch. When the field went back to green, last week’s third place finisher, Matt Gauffin in the #68 grabbed the lead and didn’t look back.
Yellow was out on the track for a lengthy period of time when Marsh’s 8X got loose and went around between turns 1 and 2 only to be run into by Kevin McKnight in the #76. The track crew had to carefully separate the two cars as the right front of McKnight had become lodged in the left front of Marsh’s vehicle.
Julia Raymond and Mike McGoldrick each had spins that slowed the field, but each time Guaffin held off the charge from the likes of from DJ Lazelle and Eric Pomosco.
Gauffin had to fend off some tough challenges on a couple of restarts, but was able to fend off his opponents and win the race to the line to bring home the win.
It was a tight race that even Gauffin was unsure of the outcome with all the cautions flying, “I was trying not to [give up the lead],” Gauffin said, “I don’t know if I had it or not but we’ll take it.”
Eric Pomasko came into the night as the points leader for the Mini Stock Division. He did his title chase some good with a solid second place finish followed by DJ Lazelle in third place.
Thunder Stocks took to the track next following the Mini Stock feature. For the Thunders, honorary flag man Bob Sargent Jr threw the green flag and rookie Ben Williams led the field to the green.
Williams got a great start and took the holeshot out to a two car length lead over the field. With the rookie Williams running ahead of the pack, the veteran drivers battled it out behind him.
Among a host of fast cars behind Williams, Paul Barnard in the #24, Craig Chaffee in the #28, Richard Vincent in the# 4, defending series champ Marshall Usher in the #11 and David Greenslit’s #20 all duked it out for position.
On lap 12 the #95 car of Joe Ethier spun out after having a tire go down bringing the yellow out for the first time. Ethier came in 7th place.
Caution came out again on lap 18 when Michelle Leh got into some trouble. Leh would go on to finish 9th.
At the front, Ben Williams was fast enough to hold everyone else off as they battled for position behind him.
Marshall Usher climbed to second after the restart with 8 laps to go. Usher put pressure on the rookie, but ultimately Williams won the race to the checkers.
After his first win, Williams shared how it was for him in the driver’s seat with all those fast cars breathing down his neck, “Every time there was a caution I was like ‘come on, I know they’re coming!’”
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The Antique Racers split their division into two six lap heats, and then they rolled out as the first two feature of the night.
It was an exciting 15 lap Sportsman feature that saw Rick McDowell take the checkered flag in his ’76 Chevy Camero SS. It was the first win at Monadnock for the driver of the #76 car.
“I was happy to finally win one here at Monadnock,” McDowell said after the win.
“I’ve never won here before, but I’ve finished second a lot of times.”
McDowell went on saying “I love coming to Monadnock, we always have a great time.”
“Slingshot” Skip Sterns finished in the runner up spot in the #7X automobile. Sterns also voiced his adoration for Monadnock saying, “Thanks for inviting us, I love this little, tight track.”
Ed Mulligan didn’t need a do-over to take home the win in the Modified division for the Star Antique Racers in the #61 Richie Evans ride.
Bob Donoghue came in the runner up position for his second career podium at Monadnock.
Scott Poirier in the #73 Pinto came in third place to fill out the Star Modified Division.
Once the Star Antiques finished the night proceeded straight into the other features with the Young Guns set to kick things off with a 15 lap event.
When the green dropped on the Young Guns feature Dan Starkweather was out front and despite one or two of his opponents taking a spin, Starkweather was able to persevere and bring home the victory.
“It was awesome,” Starkweather said after the race, “It handled great going around all those cars.”
Starkweather had some luck on his side as he snapped Justin Littlewood’s three race win-streak. Littlewood in the #37 was reeling Starkweather in, but just ran out of laps.
“A couple more laps, maybe,” Littlewood said after the race when asked if he thought he had something for Starkweather.
Chris Sontag followed his third place finish last week with a repeat appearance on the podium this week bringing the #12 car home in third.
The yellow flag flew early and often in the Mini Stock Feature with the first caution coming out on just lap 3. Ethan Marsh had an eventful night behind the wheel of the 8X ride. He and Solomon Brow came together on the third lap bringing the caution out over the racetrack.
The caution came out again on lap 9 for a spin on the backstretch. When the field went back to green, last week’s third place finisher, Matt Gauffin in the #68 grabbed the lead and didn’t look back.
Yellow was out on the track for a lengthy period of time when Marsh’s 8X got loose and went around between turns 1 and 2 only to be run into by Kevin McKnight in the #76. The track crew had to carefully separate the two cars as the right front of McKnight had become lodged in the left front of Marsh’s vehicle.
Julia Raymond and Mike McGoldrick each had spins that slowed the field, but each time Guaffin held off the charge from the likes of from DJ Lazelle and Eric Pomosco.
Gauffin had to fend off some tough challenges on a couple of restarts, but was able to fend off his opponents and win the race to the line to bring home the win.
It was a tight race that even Gauffin was unsure of the outcome with all the cautions flying, “I was trying not to [give up the lead],” Gauffin said, “I don’t know if I had it or not but we’ll take it.”
Eric Pomasko came into the night as the points leader for the Mini Stock Division. He did his title chase some good with a solid second place finish followed by DJ Lazelle in third place.
Thunder Stocks took to the track next following the Mini Stock feature. For the Thunders, honorary flag man Bob Sargent Jr threw the green flag and rookie Ben Williams led the field to the green.
Williams got a great start and took the holeshot out to a two car length lead over the field. With the rookie Williams running ahead of the pack, the veteran drivers battled it out behind him.
Among a host of fast cars behind Williams, Paul Barnard in the #24, Craig Chaffee in the #28, Richard Vincent in the# 4, defending series champ Marshall Usher in the #11 and David Greenslit’s #20 all duked it out for position.
On lap 12 the #95 car of Joe Ethier spun out after having a tire go down bringing the yellow out for the first time. Ethier came in 7th place.
Caution came out again on lap 18 when Michelle Leh got into some trouble. Leh would go on to finish 9th.
At the front, Ben Williams was fast enough to hold everyone else off as they battled for position behind him.
Marshall Usher climbed to second after the restart with 8 laps to go. Usher put pressure on the rookie, but ultimately Williams won the race to the checkers.
After his first win, Williams shared how it was for him in the driver’s seat with all those fast cars breathing down his neck, “Every time there was a caution I was like ‘come on, I know they’re coming!’”
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