Jeff Abold of Penniville, NY, started 10th on the NEMA midget field, too 10 laps to get to the front, then waltzed the rest of the way home in the 29 lap Boston Louie Memorial race for NEMA midgets. The win, in a Seymour Enterprises car made a sweep of the Boston Louie Memorial for the companies that Boston had founded. Anthony Nocella had won the NEMA Lites division also in a Seymour car.
Anthony Marvuglio started on the pole and saw outside pole Jim Miller grab a quick lead, but John Zych and Barry Kittredge tangled at the start. Kittredge was stopped in turn 2, facing the wrong direction. As Zych drove his car to the pits, a push start got Kittredge underway again. He returned to the pack.
On the lap 0 restart, Marvuglio took the lead Miller, who grabbed second, followed by Chris Deritis, Adam Cantor, Bridgewater’s Russ Stoehr, BJ MacDonald and Plymouth driver Randy Cabral.
With Marvuglio at the front, Miller, Deritis, Cabral, and Russ Stoehr were shadowed by a charging Abold who was moving his way up. Stoehr was his next victim as Abold went underneath into fifth place on lap 4. Cabral yielded to Abold on the backstretch of lap 6, who then began working under Deritis for third.
But Deritis passed Jim Miller for second, with Abold following him through into third. On lap 9, he took second from Deritis and a lap later he was by Marvuglio for the lead. He would not relinquish that lead for the remaining 20 laps. Deritis slipped back to third, as Marvuglio filled the spot, but moved back up on lap 15. Cabral chased him through into third, relegating Marvuglio to fourth.
Cabral worked his way into second place on lap 21 with an outside pass of Deritis. Russ Stoehr and Aaron Wall gave chase. Cabral couldn’t find a way to overhaul the rocketing Abold, who now had a half straightaway lead. On lap 26, MacDonald slowed and took his car off the track and then Brian Cleveland took a turn 4 spin on lap 27, bringing out caution with three laps remaining.
The lap 26 restart was single file with Abold leading Cabral, Stoehr, Deritis, Wall and Greg Stoehr. Abold dropped the hammer early, coming into turn 4. Cabral made a Herculean effort to chase him down, but Abold slipped away and into Victory Lane.
Flyin’ Fred Astle was living like his nickname, Saturday night at Seekonk Speedway. The Pro Stock multi- champ from Westport (he holds three Seekonk Pro crowns) had stormed his way to the front of the Phil’s Propane 75-lap race by lap 10 and refused to relinquish the top spot all the way to the checkered flag. It was a new jewel in Astle’s crown, as he had not yet won a 75-lap race at the Cement Palace.
The win also granted him breathing room over his nemesis this season, David Darling of Rehoboth. The duo entered the evening just one point apart in the standings and had see-sawed the lead over the past few weeks. Astle held two victories while his antagonist had nabbed three. Darling’s eleventh place finish, exacerbated by losing a tire on-track due to body metal rubbing the right front, will allow Astle some breathing room with three races remaining, but not much.
E for Effort honors on the evening go to Berkley, MA hot shoe Jake Vanada who came up to seriously hound Astle throughout the latter stages of the event. In the pre-race qualifying heat, Jake had outrun Astle to the finish line, and that was strong in the fans’ minds as the feature began to unwind. Vanada, who has seen a win on the year, has suffered a yin-yang series of fortunes with mechanical problems on his Pro Stock. It was running like a clock on the evening and Vanada was taking full advantage of his fortune.
Rob Murphy nabbed third, which should ease him ahead of Mike Brightman in the standings. Brightman managed sixth and will see Murphy overcome the one point lead, causing them to exchange places in the standings. Ken Spencer and Tom Scully, Jr. nailed down fourth and fifth, and the points exchange will further tighten their competition.
John Dabrowski of West Bridgewater started on the pole with West Warwick’s Jeramee Lillie on his shoulder. After the first start was called back due to Lillie pulling a quick trigger at the line, Dabrowski went to the lead, entering the backstretch. Lillie was hung on the outside by a quick charge from Dick Houlihan. Lillie battled back alongside Dabrowski and they were door-to-door through lap 4.
With Lillie edging ahead in lap 5, Dabrowski, whose car had been wiggling on the track, lost traction and spun in front of the pack. A mad scramble to avoid his car ensued, but little damage was done as all managed to steer clear. Dabrowski went to the rear as an accident car. Track officials sent Scully back to join him for an assist on the spin.
Lillie inherited the pole and diced it up with Houlihan on the lap 5 restart. Lillie spun coming off turn 4, but regained control and continued. At about the same moment, Dabrowski spun at the rear and this brought out the caution flag. Lillie went quickly to the pits.
Astle had been moving up steadily from his twelfth spot; up to sixth on the lap 5 restart and now was fourth, on the outside of the second row. Houlihan had the pole with Brightman on his shoulder. Warwick’s Ryan Vanasse was low on the second row. Vanada was behind Vanasse and Westport’s Rick Martin tailed Astle. Houlihan nabbed the lead over Brightman, and Astle sought immediately to go around Brightman. Paul Reichert looped on the frontstretch of lap 8 with a locked up wheel that sent him to the pits.
The lap 8 restart saw Astle now on Houlihan’s outside for the front row of the restart. Brightman and Vanasse and Vanada and Spencer were the next two rows. Houlihan grabbed the lead but Astle powered past into turn 3 as the green again flew. Vanasse went after Brightman for third, but Brightman pulled ahead, leaving him on the outside with Vanada under him. Martin had powered up to study their bumpers. On lap 13, Darling had moved into eighth. Going into lap 15, Astle led Houlihan, Brightman, Vanada, Martin, Murphy, Vanada and Darling in that order.
Vanada spotted an opening underneath Brightman and went low, taking Martin with him. Brightman was hung outside and unable to get back down into the racing groove until 7 cars had reeled past him. On lap 24, he spun in turn four and went to the pits to make some adjustments to his handling.
Astle went to the lead over Houlihan on the restart, and Vanada got underneath and into second. Murphy tailed him to third and on lap 26, Vanada was chasing Astle. There were 51 laps remaining.
Martin went wide and slapped the outside wall on the backstretch, but continued. It was a question of what might have happened in that brush.
By lap 29, Astle held a 3 car lead. Vanada, Murphy, Spencer, Scully and Vanasse followed. Darling was holding seventh on the field and moving well.
Astle was unable to shake Vanada and the latter was unable to overtake as the laps wound into the 30’s. Murphy was 4 behind Jake with Spencer on his tail. This remained unchanged at the halfway point, lap 38, with Astle, Vanada, Murphy, Spencer, Scully, Darling and Vanasse. Martin, his handling having fallen off from the wall impact, was back to eighth. Brightman, Lillie and Houlihan followed.
Lap 41 saw Vanada closing and lapped traffic lay ahead, which they encountered on lap 45. The pair slipped easily under Phil Meany and Dabrowski. Slower traffic was moving to the outside and the leaders continued to pour it on.
On the 49th circuit, Spencer took aim at Murphy, but the latter held him off. Now Vanada was inspecting Astle’s rear bumper and Darling was trying to get under Spencer. But on lap 59, clouds of smoke were issuing from under Darling’s car from body metal pressing against the front tire. With the smoke getting worse, Murphy began pulling away once more.
With 10 laps remaining, Astle had one of his better leads over Vanada, about 5 cars.
But on the sixty-fifth circuit, Darling’s tortured right front finally let go in turn 4. The driver did a masterful job to keep his car off the wall. He and Martin went immediately to the pits. Both returned for the restart at the rear of the field.
Astle and Vanada faced off on the front row with Murphy and Scully behind them. Third echelon belonged to Spencer and Vanasse. Brightman and Craig Weinstein were behind them. As the green dropped with 11 to go, Astle grabbed an edge, but Vanada battled through the lap until Astle took over at the stripe. Murphy took the opportunity to go underneath for second. Vanasse got sideways going into turn 4, but a bump from Weinstein straightened him out. The field scattered, leaving Lillie immobile in turn 4.
Astle and Vanada set up for another face-off, with Fred taking the lead and Jake settling in. Murphy, getting loose, settled into third. Spencer was working his way underneath Scully, with Houlihan and Brightman giving chase. By lap 68, Astle was nursing a half-car lead and Darling was chasing Brightman. By lap 71, Astle led by three car lengths.
Then, Somerset’s Steve Desmaris went around in turn 4 with damage to his car. He went to the pits for the evening, with 5 laps remaining.
Astle and Vanada hunkered down for the restart again. This time, Astle went to the lead. Opportunist Murphy stayed on his tail and tried to work under Vanada, sticking him on the outside. This freed Astle to run ahead while the battle for second raged. Spencer, Scully, Brightman and Darling followed.
Astle crossed the line unharried, but Murphy and Vanada dueled bitterly to the line. Vanada, on the outside, managed to hold off the determined Murphy by inches -- .031 seconds. Spencer and Scully filled out the top 5.
Flyin’ Fred Astle was living like his nickname, Saturday night at Seekonk Speedway. The Pro Stock multi- champ from Westport (he holds three Seekonk Pro crowns) had stormed his way to the front of the Phil’s Propane 75-lap race by lap 10 and refused to relinquish the top spot all the way to the checkered flag. It was a new jewel in Astle’s crown, as he had not yet won a 75-lap race at the Cement Palace.
The win also granted him breathing room over his nemesis this season, David Darling of Rehoboth. The duo entered the evening just one point apart in the standings and had see-sawed the lead over the past few weeks. Astle held two victories while his antagonist had nabbed three. Darling’s eleventh place finish, exacerbated by losing a tire on-track due to body metal rubbing the right front, will allow Astle some breathing room with three races remaining, but not much.
E for Effort honors on the evening go to Berkley, MA hot shoe Jake Vanada who came up to seriously hound Astle throughout the latter stages of the event. In the pre-race qualifying heat, Jake had outrun Astle to the finish line, and that was strong in the fans’ minds as the feature began to unwind. Vanada, who has seen a win on the year, has suffered a yin-yang series of fortunes with mechanical problems on his Pro Stock. It was running like a clock on the evening and Vanada was taking full advantage of his fortune.
Rob Murphy nabbed third, which should ease him ahead of Mike Brightman in the standings. Brightman managed sixth and will see Murphy overcome the one point lead, causing them to exchange places in the standings. Ken Spencer and Tom Scully, Jr. nailed down fourth and fifth, and the points exchange will further tighten their competition.
John Dabrowski of West Bridgewater started on the pole with West Warwick’s Jeramee Lillie on his shoulder. After the first start was called back due to Lillie pulling a quick trigger at the line, Dabrowski went to the lead, entering the backstretch. Lillie was hung on the outside by a quick charge from Dick Houlihan. Lillie battled back alongside Dabrowski and they were door-to-door through lap 4.
With Lillie edging ahead in lap 5, Dabrowski, whose car had been wiggling on the track, lost traction and spun in front of the pack. A mad scramble to avoid his car ensued, but little damage was done as all managed to steer clear. Dabrowski went to the rear as an accident car. Track officials sent Scully back to join him for an assist on the spin.
Lillie inherited the pole and diced it up with Houlihan on the lap 5 restart. Lillie spun coming off turn 4, but regained control and continued. At about the same moment, Dabrowski spun at the rear and this brought out the caution flag. Lillie went quickly to the pits.
Astle had been moving up steadily from his twelfth spot; up to sixth on the lap 5 restart and now was fourth, on the outside of the second row. Houlihan had the pole with Brightman on his shoulder. Warwick’s Ryan Vanasse was low on the second row. Vanada was behind Vanasse and Westport’s Rick Martin tailed Astle. Houlihan nabbed the lead over Brightman, and Astle sought immediately to go around Brightman. Paul Reichert looped on the frontstretch of lap 8 with a locked up wheel that sent him to the pits.
The lap 8 restart saw Astle now on Houlihan’s outside for the front row of the restart. Brightman and Vanasse and Vanada and Spencer were the next two rows. Houlihan grabbed the lead but Astle powered past into turn 3 as the green again flew. Vanasse went after Brightman for third, but Brightman pulled ahead, leaving him on the outside with Vanada under him. Martin had powered up to study their bumpers. On lap 13, Darling had moved into eighth. Going into lap 15, Astle led Houlihan, Brightman, Vanada, Martin, Murphy, Vanada and Darling in that order.
Vanada spotted an opening underneath Brightman and went low, taking Martin with him. Brightman was hung outside and unable to get back down into the racing groove until 7 cars had reeled past him. On lap 24, he spun in turn four and went to the pits to make some adjustments to his handling.
Astle went to the lead over Houlihan on the restart, and Vanada got underneath and into second. Murphy tailed him to third and on lap 26, Vanada was chasing Astle. There were 51 laps remaining.
Martin went wide and slapped the outside wall on the backstretch, but continued. It was a question of what might have happened in that brush.
By lap 29, Astle held a 3 car lead. Vanada, Murphy, Spencer, Scully and Vanasse followed. Darling was holding seventh on the field and moving well.
Astle was unable to shake Vanada and the latter was unable to overtake as the laps wound into the 30’s. Murphy was 4 behind Jake with Spencer on his tail. This remained unchanged at the halfway point, lap 38, with Astle, Vanada, Murphy, Spencer, Scully, Darling and Vanasse. Martin, his handling having fallen off from the wall impact, was back to eighth. Brightman, Lillie and Houlihan followed.
Lap 41 saw Vanada closing and lapped traffic lay ahead, which they encountered on lap 45. The pair slipped easily under Phil Meany and Dabrowski. Slower traffic was moving to the outside and the leaders continued to pour it on.
On the 49th circuit, Spencer took aim at Murphy, but the latter held him off. Now Vanada was inspecting Astle’s rear bumper and Darling was trying to get under Spencer. But on lap 59, clouds of smoke were issuing from under Darling’s car from body metal pressing against the front tire. With the smoke getting worse, Murphy began pulling away once more.
With 10 laps remaining, Astle had one of his better leads over Vanada, about 5 cars.
But on the sixty-fifth circuit, Darling’s tortured right front finally let go in turn 4. The driver did a masterful job to keep his car off the wall. He and Martin went immediately to the pits. Both returned for the restart at the rear of the field.
Astle and Vanada faced off on the front row with Murphy and Scully behind them. Third echelon belonged to Spencer and Vanasse. Brightman and Craig Weinstein were behind them. As the green dropped with 11 to go, Astle grabbed an edge, but Vanada battled through the lap until Astle took over at the stripe. Murphy took the opportunity to go underneath for second. Vanasse got sideways going into turn 4, but a bump from Weinstein straightened him out. The field scattered, leaving Lillie immobile in turn 4.
Astle and Vanada set up for another face-off, with Fred taking the lead and Jake settling in. Murphy, getting loose, settled into third. Spencer was working his way underneath Scully, with Houlihan and Brightman giving chase. By lap 68, Astle was nursing a half-car lead and Darling was chasing Brightman. By lap 71, Astle led by three car lengths.
Then, Somerset’s Steve Desmaris went around in turn 4 with damage to his car. He went to the pits for the evening, with 5 laps remaining.
Astle and Vanada hunkered down for the restart again. This time, Astle went to the lead. Opportunist Murphy stayed on his tail and tried to work under Vanada, sticking him on the outside. This freed Astle to run ahead while the battle for second raged. Spencer, Scully, Brightman and Darling followed.
Astle crossed the line unharried, but Murphy and Vanada dueled bitterly to the line. Vanada, on the outside, managed to hold off the determined Murphy by inches -- .031 seconds. Spencer and Scully filled out the top 5.
Once the traffic was sorted and the early red flag situation was cleared, Lenny Guy put his Sport Truck into the lead on lap two and did not relinquish his hold on first place in a race that ran green flag for 24 of 25 laps. Seekonk’s Mike Cavallaro jumped into second and spent 20 laps doing everything he could to make life miserable for the leader, but could not, in the end, make the pass into first. In addition to his trophy and checkered flag lap, he was issued a big hug by his wife. “You won and you got a huge hug,” noted track announcer Kevin Boucher. What do you think of that? “I got lucky,” beamed Guy.
Quincy’s Michelle Dumas led off from the pole with Bob Andreozzi of Portsmouth on the outside. At the dropping of the green, Andreozzi went to the lead, but Dane Saritelli came through from the second row as Dumas got sideways in front of him. They came together amid clouds of smoke, but with little damage. The field scattered and avoided more contact
Dumas, Andreozzi, and Jariah Roderick restarted from the rear. Saritelli gained the pole with Dan Leach on the outside. Ed Gannon and Guy made up the second row. On the restart, Saritelli looped it coming off turn 2, and divisional leader Rick Martin, trying to avoid, went hard against the backstretch wall, throwing a tire from the right rear, which sailed high into the air before bouncing into the infield. Roderick got into Saritelli hard and Dumas spun around the wreck, ending up sliding to the infield in turn three.
Martin limped his truck from the backstretch to turn three before he realized his tire was down. He stopped by the wall. A red flag was thrown as Martin was unable to respond immediately, having had his breath knocked out of him. He was given a trip to the ambulance for a check, but found in acceptable condition.
It took a long time to separate Roderick from Saritelli, and Roderick’s truck came away with no fenders, hood or front bumper. The crash ended the evening for Martin, Saritelli and Roderick. Ed Gannon went to the rear for the assist on the spin.
With one lap complete, the trucks were again lined up. Dan Leach of North Dighton held the pole with Guy on his shoulder. Mike Cavallaro and Mike Ronhock were behind them. Ron Cornell, Andreozzi, Jim Hawkins, Gannon, Dumas, Dylan Estrella, Ted Berube and Saritelli made up the field in that order for the restart.
Guy edged into the lead on the second turn and had a door on Leach by the third. Cavallaro pursued with Ronhock at his back. Cavallaro was under Leach into second in lap 4. Ronhock also got through and Leach settled in on his tailgate. Ten laps in, Guy was leading with Cavallaro pursuing. Leach, Ronhock, Estrella and Gannon making up a fast pursuit team.
At the halfway point, Cavallaro had begun to close on Guy and was knocking on his tailgate by lap 13. It was the pair working each other without assistance as the nearest pursuer – Leach – was 10 lengths back.
On lap 18, Gannon was on Ronhock’s bumper and auguring for an underneath move, making it good on turn 2.
Now, it was a 5-lap parade to the finish of the 25-lapper. Cavallaro had tried and continued to the stripe, but Guy held straight for his second win of the season. Cavallaro grabbed second, followed by Leach, Gannon, Ronhock, Dylan Estrella and Ted Berube.
Tiverton driver Scott Bruneau found himself in a pursuit position for most of the Street Stock feature before finding himself in the lead when Chris DeMoura’s car broke down on the 23rd of 25 laps. DeMoura, of North Dighton, had started in the fourth row behind polesitter Ken Kohler and began to wend his way toward the front as numerous cautions slowed the field and eliminated competitors. Thirteen of 24 starters eventually finished the race.
In the championship challenge, where Scott Serydynski had led Ryan Lineham by a single point, fate was not kind to the former, as Serydynski, of West Greenwich, lost a wheel during one of the on track incidents and was forced to retire with a DNF just 13 laps in. He finished in23rd, while Lineham, from Coventry, RI, picked up after early race incidents and finished a solid 6th.
DeMoura had gone to the front early and picked up Attleboro driver, Brian Spillane on his tail in the fourth circuit. A crash brought out caution on the fifth lap and DeMoura and Spillane made up the front row. Kohler and Bruneau were now behind them, with Kenny Bamford and Justin Travis making up the third row. DeMoura won the run to the lead and was holding off Spillane until a lap 9 caution for debris on the track. Bamford, by this time, had moved into third with Bruneau behind him. Tony Oliveira and Travis followed.
DeMoura and Spillane were door-to-door again. They made contact off turn 4 and DeMoura edged into the lead as Spillane went very wide in turn two. Bamford got under Spillane in a bid for second leading to a real battle between them. But Bamford suddenly slowed on the frontstretch in lap 14. Lineham went around trying to avoid and Bamford went to the infield grass, to be pushed to the pits. Lineham also went to the pits.
Spillane started outside DeMoura on the front again, with Bruneau and Steve Axon behind them. Travis held the fifth spot and Chris Beaulieu sixth. DeMoura again went t ahead when Spillane’s car suddenly slowed on the backstretch with mechanical problems. It was the second consecutive week for Spillane, who had been leading the previous event late in the race, only to lose his distributor. The sudden loss of speed sent cars careening into each other. It was at this point that Scott Serydynski lost his left rear wheel and had to retire. Spillane was also off the track. Crystal Serydynski had spun in turn 4 to avoid, but was able to continue, and Woonsocket’s Gerard Berthelette was immobile in turn 4.
Now DeMoura squared off with Bruneau for the restart. They went side-by side, but DeMoura had begun to show smoke from his right rear. During a lap 18 caution, he was called aside, checked and deemed fit to continue. By this time, Lineham had made his way up to 10th place.
The lap 18 restart was called for a single-file to move the race ahead. DeMoura won the drag race for the lead and Lineham, in the middle, began one of his high groove runs toward the front. But on lap 20, Scott Cestodio dropped to the infield and another caution ensued.
Again, the single file restart put DeMoura ahead of Bruneau, Tony Oliveira, Travis and Axon. DeMoura went to the lead once more, while Oliveira went high and wide, then slid back to fifth. On lap 23, DeMoura’s car suddenly broke down on the frontstretch, but he limped it off turn two into the infield to allow the race to continue, and Bruneau suddenly found himself with the lead, a lap-and-a-half from the finish. He outpaced Travis through the white flag lap and across the line with a 1/3-second lead. Axon, of Attleboro, followed for third, Beaulieu fourth, Tivertonian Rob Murray fifth, Lineham holding down sixth, Cumberland, Rhode Islander Mike Mitchell seventh, Bamford returning to come in eighth, Ray Negley ninth and Rey Lovelace rounding out the top 10.
Anthony Nocella of Woburn, MA, drove a Seymour Enterprises NEMA Lite midget to victory in the memorial race named for the Enterprises’ founder, Boston Louie Seymour. Nocella came on shortly into the race to use great speed and handling to run to a clear cut victory on the third of a mile oval. Andy Barrows of New Ipswich, NH, followed him across for a well-earned second. Plymouth’s Randy Cabral took third. Taunton driver Ed LeClerc, who has won earlier in NEMA Lite competition in Fast Fridays Competition at Seekonk placed fourth, Russ Wood, Jr. of Pelham, NH claimed fifth.
First lap of the race was marred by a red flag accident, between front row starters Kevin Park and Eric Cabral. They had run hard from the start, and coming off turn 4 on the initial lap, they touched wheels, often a formula for disaster in open wheel racing. Cabral’s number 36 car spun, bouncing him off the wall between the end of turn 4 and the starter’s platform. The dynamics of the wheel contact launched Park’s car into the air and then brought him down hard and propelled him into the wall and then back to mid-track. Three of the four wheels on the car were either wrenched away from their mounts or broken off completely The right front was torn off and embedded in the right side of the body; the left front was bent back towards the cockpit. Only the left rear wheel was still in position.
Park immediately unstrapped and ran to check on Cabral, as the red lights came on around the track.
Cabral’s vehicle was towed from the track on its wheels, but Park’s had to be slid onto the ramp truck for the trip back to the pits.
This placed Lanson Fornoro on the pole with Paul Bigelow on the outside. Andy Barrows and Russ Wood, Jr. lined up behind them with Paul Lugelle and Nocella in the third row.
Fornoro snapped to the lead out of turn 1 with Bigelow and Barrows in full pursuit. But 3 cars locked wheels in turn two after a lap had passed. Lugelle was among the trio, and pulled away, leaving a large puddle, probably alcohol fuel, and came all the way around to the start/finish then into the infield, where he began spilling another large puddle of the liquid, indicative of a broken fuel line.
Again they lined up with Fornoro and Bigelow on the front, followed by Barrows and Wood. Nocella was low on the third row with Jesse State to his outside. At the green, Fornoro again grabbed the lead. Nocella went under Barrows and Wood into third. On lap 4, he got under Bigelow in turn 2 for the runnerup spot. Nocella set his sights on Fornoro and was setting up for an underneath pass when Ryan Tidman had his motor die while trying to get into the infield from turn 2 and the caution came out.
The lap 5 restart had Nocella on Fornoro’s high side with Bigelow and Barrows in the second row. Wood and state were behind them. Fornoro broke into the lead with Nocella on his tail. The latter waited, made an outside move then dived underneath through the turn to turn the advantage on Fornoro. He began to accelerate away, leaving Barrows to chase Fornoro.
Five laps later, Nocella had built a straightaway lead over Fornoro, who had Barrows to contend with, and on lap 13, Barrows went for an underneath move to take second. By lap 15, he had secured second place.
Lapped traffic loomed for the leader on the 19th circuit, but it hardly seemed to slow his progress. Barrows was still a good distance behind, with Randy Cabral following and Jim Santamaria at his back. Fornoro was now fifth. Eddie LeClerc was moving up rapidly and now was sixth.
Santamaria did a solo pirouette on lap 25 in turn 4 and a pair of cars got tied together. Bethany Viets and Carl Medeiros were pushed to the infield, leaving 10 cars in the field which had started 18. Five laps remained.
Nocella led a single file restart with Barrows on his tail, followed by Randy Cabral, Santamaria, LeClerc, State, Wood and Fornoro. Nocella jumped hard on the restart; Barrows made an attempt to battle him, but Nocella moved quickly away. Cabral was attempting to pass on the high side. Barrows pulled away on lap 26 as LeClerc passed Santamaria for the fourth spot.
It was parade laps for the finishers through to the 29th and final lap.
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