Pure Stock Heat I
1 8 Bill Chouinard 8
2 11 Nick Uhrig 8
3 7 Doug Benoit 8
4 28 Ed Flanagan Jr 8
5 36 John Frias 8
6 5 Randy Moretti 8
7 14 Jamie Burch 8
8 9 Amy Arsenault 8
9 55 Earl Curtin 8
10 24 Dirk Eykelhoff 8
11 29 Timothy DerMarderosian 8
12 8 Derek DeMoura 8
13 53 Vinny Pangelinan 8
14 3 Paul Morrin 8
Pure Stock Heat II
1 87 Jamie Salley 8
2 10 Melissa Charette 8
3 65 Mark Miranda 8
4 93 John Robidoux 8
5 15 Jeremy Lamberx 8
6 6 Kent Hopkins 8
7 97 Steve Larose 8
8 81 David Desrosiers 8
9 66 William Doyle 8
10 86 Joseph Choquett 8
11 41 Daniel Massa Jr. 8
12 19 Al MacNutt 8
13 17 Brendan Lord 8
Pure Stock Feature
1 55 Earl Curtin 25
2 5 Randy Moretti 25
3 28 Ed Flanagan Jr 25
4 81 David Desrosiers 25
5 53 Vinny Pangelinan 25
6 7 Doug Benoit 25
7 14 Jamie Burch 25
8 93 John Robidoux 25
9 24 Dirk Eykelhoff 25
10 87 Jamie Salley 25
11 97 Steve Larose 25
12 11 Nick Uhrig 25
13 65 Mark Miranda 25
14 29 Timothy DerMarderosian 25
15 10 Melissa Charette 25
16 9 Amy Arsenault 25
17 41 Daniel Massa Jr. 25
18 8 Bill Chouinard 25
19 86 Joseph Choquett 25
20 8 Derek DeMoura 25
21 66 William Doyle 25
22 36 John Frias 24
23 3 Paul Morrin 19
24 19 Al MacNutt 14
25 6 Kent Hopkins 7
26 15 Jeremy Lamberx 7
Sport4 Feature
1 6 Ed Gould
2 99 Taylor Therrien
3 49 Ron Washburn
4 28 Ken Silva
5 81 Bob Henry
6 10 Bob Alteri
7 2
S.R.Y.A. 750 Heat
1 95 Kaitlyn Donovan 8
2 75 Adam Swift 8
3 18 Ashley Kuhn 8
4 9 Nate Bubello 8
5 96 David Hutchins 8
S.Y.R.A. 750 Feature
1 75 Adam Swift 1
2 95 Kaitlyn Donovan 1
3 9 Nate Bubello 1
4 18 Ashley Kuhn 1
5 96 David Hutchins 1
S.Y.R.A. 600 Heat I
1 4 Branden Dion 8
2 33 Nicholas Lascuola 8
3 48 Curtis Rolando 8
4 5 Willy Sanchez 8
5 15 Shelby Donovan 7
6 10 Kiera Carpenter 7
S.Y.R.A. 600 Heat II
1 22 David Lougee 8
2 81 Chase Belcher 8
3 3 Jason Enos 8
4 4 Christine Cavallaro 8
5 9 Tylar Nailor 8
S.Y.R.A. 600 Feature
1 33 Nicholas Lascuola 25
2 4 Branden Dion 25
3 48 Curtis Rolando 25
4 81 Chase Belcher 25
5 22 David Lougee 25
6 5 Willy Sanchez 25
7 4 Christine Cavallaro 25
8 15 Shelby Donovan 25
9 9 Tylar Nailor 24
10 3 Jason Enos 20
11 10 Kiera Carpenter 1
Allison Legacy Heat
1 44 James Logan 8
2 46 Eric Bourgeois 8
3 3 Kyle Poodiak 8
4 9x Emily Packard 8
5 24 Peter Portante 8
6 36 Troy McNeil 8
7 17 Melissa Fifield 8
8 38 T. J. Jeski 8
9 43 Devin O'Connell 8
Allison Legacy Feature
1 44 James Logan 25
2 3 Kyle Poodiak 25
3 46 Eric Bourgeois 25
4 36 Troy McNeil 25
5 9x Emily Packard 25
6 17 Melissa Fifield 25
7 24 Peter Portante 25
8 43 Devin O'Connell 25
9 38 T. J. Jeski 24
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Penalties from Saturday, September 4, 2010
Review of Saturdays actions have drawn the follow penalties from the General rules section 8.0
#80 Rob Murphy:
Rough riding/Excessive contact: Repositioning to the rear of the field.
Intentional contact after race completion: One race probation.
#27 Mike Brightman:
Intentional contact after race completion: One race probation.
Unsportsmanlike conduct/Endangering safety of others: $ 100 fine & DQ from race event.
Changes will be made to the September 4th race points and adjustments to purses paid that night to reflect these penalties.
#80 Rob Murphy:
Rough riding/Excessive contact: Repositioning to the rear of the field.
Intentional contact after race completion: One race probation.
#27 Mike Brightman:
Intentional contact after race completion: One race probation.
Unsportsmanlike conduct/Endangering safety of others: $ 100 fine & DQ from race event.
Changes will be made to the September 4th race points and adjustments to purses paid that night to reflect these penalties.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Mark Boisvert picks up first Pure Stock win in front of packed house.
For several years, Mark Boisvert has been making the trip to Seekonk Speedway to compete in the Pure Stock division. Each time he’s headed home empty handed, falling short of victory lane. That all changes on Sunday, September 5th, in front of a packed stadium. Mark started 23rd in the 25 car field, and made quick work of the heavy traffic in front of him. With timely cautions at laps 5, 10 and 15, he was able to close up through the field. On the lap fifteenth restart, he moved to the inside, and went from fifth to first in a lap. From there, it was on a cruise to victory, as he had over an 8/10 lead by the time the checkered flag flew.
Melissa Charette and Kent Hopkins brought the field down to the green. Hopkins led lap one, but former champion Bill Chouinard moved up from his fifth place start to take over the lead. Chouinard held the lead through three restarts, keeping Hopkins, Doug Benoit and Randy Moretti behind him before Boisvert slid by for the lead on the 16th circuit.
Randy Moretti ran second for much of the middle portion of the race until he spun out from contact with points leader Nick Uhrig on lap 15. Uhrig was penalized for the contact, and sent to the rear of the field.
Over the final ten laps, Ed Flanagan Jr moved into third, but was too far behind to make any moves. Amy Arsenault finished fourth with John Frias rounding out the top five. Earl Curtin III, Jamie Salley, Doug Benoit, Jamie Burch and Vinny Pangelinan were sixth through tenth.
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Melissa Charette and Kent Hopkins brought the field down to the green. Hopkins led lap one, but former champion Bill Chouinard moved up from his fifth place start to take over the lead. Chouinard held the lead through three restarts, keeping Hopkins, Doug Benoit and Randy Moretti behind him before Boisvert slid by for the lead on the 16th circuit.
Randy Moretti ran second for much of the middle portion of the race until he spun out from contact with points leader Nick Uhrig on lap 15. Uhrig was penalized for the contact, and sent to the rear of the field.
Over the final ten laps, Ed Flanagan Jr moved into third, but was too far behind to make any moves. Amy Arsenault finished fourth with John Frias rounding out the top five. Earl Curtin III, Jamie Salley, Doug Benoit, Jamie Burch and Vinny Pangelinan were sixth through tenth.
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Astle, Vanasse, Mitchell & Cavallaro win ARC. Tyler Anderson picks up 1st Pro4 Mod win.
Flyin’ Freddy Astle took down his fourth feature win of the season, second in as many weeks, and kept his edge on the championship even over runnerup David Darling. It wasn’t as easy as it sounds for the Westport driver. The previous week saw him lead the final 30 laps to the checkers. This time around, he wasn’t in the lead until the thirty-fifth circuit. And his prime antagonist, Darling, had loomed in his windshield since the twelfth go-around. And the Rehoboth driver hung on his tail, challenging through the final laps.
Jake Vanada suffered a big disappointment as he had led from lap 8 to lap 34, only to be passed by Astle and Darling in the closing revolutions. The speed merchant from Berkley hung on for third place at the checkers.
The points race between Astle and Darling should remain with the 21-point spread at which they stood coming into the night’s confrontation. Darling had finished two up on Astle in their heat race, won by West Warwick’s Jeramee Lillie, earning two points; Astle got that pair back by finishing one-up on Darling.
Somerset’s Kevin Casper and Saunderstown, Rhode Islander Tom Scully, Jr. rounded out the top 5.
Casper led off from the pole, and outrushed Lillie to the front. Dick Houlihan came from the third starting spot underneath Lillie for second and began to duel Casper. Lillie settled into third for two laps before Vanada, moving up from his fifth place starting slot, grabbed third.
Back in the pack, Darling and Astle were already battling: Darling had started outside the fourth row and Astle was right behind him in row five. Astle edged ahead into ninth place on the third lap, and they began a slow climb through the field.
Mike Brightman squeezed under Lillie before the latter could finally gain the low groove on lap 7. But Kenny Spencer slowed to avoid and Scully was on his bumper. The two made contact and spun, bringing out a caution. Casper now had Houlihan beside him on the front, Vanada and Lillie backed them up. Mike Brightman, Astle, Darling and Rob Murphy made a tough combo restarting behind them.
Casper was auguring for the lead with Houlihan giving him a hard time when Vanada powered up to make it three wide at the front, coming out of turn 2. Houlihan eased back, out of the hotbox, and Vanada successfully challenged for the lead. Brightman passed Houlihan for third and Darling followed through into fourth. Astle and Murphy were chasing Houlihan followed by Lillie, Scully and Rick Martin.
By lap ten, Vanada had a one-car lead over Casper and it was 5 cars back to Darling, who had passed Brightman. Astle was on Darling’s tail and Brightman followed. The race had become a long pace line at this time. Lap 17 saw Vanada pulling away from Casper, and Darling moving in behind the latter with Astle for a shadow. On the next lap, Murphy got into Brightman and loosened him up, but an incredible save kept the 27 of Brightman going straight.
Vanada held a 6 car lead over Casper and Darling was trying to work his way underneath for second, finally getting by on lap 24, Astle riding through on his tail.
Paul Reichert and Phil Meany got together, spun, straightened out and appeared ready to continue, but the caution had already come out. Now, Vanada was restarting with Darling on his shoulder and Astle behind him. Casper was high on the second row, and Brightman and Scully backed them up.
Vanada went to the lead on the backstretch of the restart and a quick lead line developed with Vanada, Darling and Astle winding the track just inches apart. Vanada started getting a bit wide on lap 29, with Darling edging up. A caution came out for debris in turn three. The same trio set up for the restart with Casper high on the second row, Brightman, Scully, Murphy and Lillie followed.
Again Vanada went to the front. Darling tried to work underneath, but was held off and Astle then tried to get around him into second. Casper got back into third, passing Brightman, then Scully worked past into fourth. Murphy, coming up next, got together with Brightman, and Mike slid up the track and the field surged by under him.
Lap 32 saw Reichert spin at the stripe to set the yellow flying. Again Vanada surged to the front, but this time, Astle followed and got under Darling. On the next circuit, Fred went to the bottom and he and Vanada went door-to-door with Darling on their tails. Astle emerged into the lead on lap 35 and Darling moved Vanada back to third on the next trip around.
The final four laps saw Astle trying to shake Darling and Vanada, at best keeping it straight and heading for the checkers. Darling made every attempt he could to pass, but was held off. At the finish it was Astle, Darling, Vanada and Casper, all in the same second. Scully, Murphy, Houlihan and Spencer, followed by Lillie and John Dabrowski made up the top 10.
New Hampshire hot shoe Tyler Anderson pulled off a win from the pole in the Pro-four modified race in the Kraze’s Special 25-lapper. Anderson had to survive 7 restarts in the race which saw only 10 of the 18 starters finish the race.
First warning of the race’s nature was on the initial lap, when 3 cars ended up in a pile between turns 3 and 4. Cape Codder Dan Meservey, Jr., George Sherman of Framingham and Somerset’s Billy Joerres had to be separated, with Meservey and Joerres unable to finish. A lap had not been completed, so the original grid, minus the pitted duo, lined up to begin the race once again. But not before a second attempt was called back for a false start.
Anderson beat Whitinsville, MA driver Stan Metz off the line. Plymouth’s Cory Cleary ducked under Metz for second and Dave Richardi got door-to-door with Metz for third. With Cleary beginning to reel Anderson in, lap 6 saw Metz rotate in turn 3 and collect Henry Sirignano. Phil Lausier had to spin to miss the pile and the 3 lay stalled in the curve. Wreckers had to be called to separate Metz and Sirignano and they became the next casualties of the race.
Anderson faced off with Cleary on the restart. Cleary made a good lunge at the green flag, but Anderson went to the lead down the backstretch. Jeff Zuidema’s car began trailing sparks and he retired to the pits. A lap 8 spin in the first turn by Brian Vincent stopped the race again, and Zuidema returned, just one lap down. Vincent turned pit side and the field was relined.
Now, Anderson had Adam Norton on his shoulder with Easton Massachusetts’ Dave Richardi and Cleary behind. They ran under the green side-by-side, but Anderson was into the lead on turn 4. Richardi went under Norton to begin a battle for second, while Cleary worked below Norton, who wrestled with him for the spot but finally had to relinquish. Cleary quickly started working under Richardi on lap 13.
Dave Bedard spun between turns 3 and 4 and Lausier again spun to miss him, coming to a stop.
Anderson and Cleary faced off on the lap 13 restart and Anderson was at the front by the second turn. Richardi came quickly up behind Anderson and bumped his rear. He wiggled and slowed, but kept the lead. Cleary made for the pits on lap 15.Entering lap 18, Anderson was pursued by Richardi, Frank Perry, Norton and Sherman. But Bedard spun in turn 4. At the same time, Lausier was around in turn two and yet another caution was called.
Anderson won the restart over Richardi, but Lausier was again around in turn two. He was pushed to the pits. Ten cars were now left with 8 on the lead lap.
Anderson again went to the lead on the backstretch with Perry giving chase, followed by Dave Richardi and Norton, who was trying to get under Richardi. By lap 20, Anderson was moving easily at the front, but Rob Richardi, Jr. had been moving smoothly up through the field and now was past Norton into third and troubling his brother, Dave for second. Perry followed Norton.
Anderson came home for his first win as a Pro Four rookie. The Richardi's traded places, with Rob edging Dave for second. Norton captured fourth and Sherman was fifth. He was followed by Perry, Bedard, Jeff Zuidema (a lap down) as were Vincent and Charette to round out the top 10.
Following his lap with the checkered flag, Anderson made a rookie move directly to victory lane, leaving the announcer and trophy handlers flat-footed at the Start-Finish line.
Ryan Vanasse of Warwick, RI, hauled down his fourth win of the season and further tightened his grasp on the lead in the Late Models division with a going-away win. Only four drivers held the lead in the 30-lap race, and Vanasse led the most; the final 13. Acushnet driver Matt Breault finished second, followed by Tyler Thompson of Somerset, Kyle Casper of Somerset and Fairhaven’s Kyle DeSouza.
Bob Hussey led the first two laps off his pole position. On the second, Colbey Fournier and Bob Pelland III got together in turn one with Pelland ending up sideways on the track and a big pileup sending him, Kyle Casper, Gerry DeGasparre, Jr., and last week’s winner Randy Burr to the pits. DeGasparre and Burr suffered excess damage and were unable to return.
Cape Codder Hussey and Thompson faced off for the lap one restart. Thompson went to the lead on the backstretch. Matt Breault went around on the second lap, but continued and began challenging Thompson by the fourth circuit. He tried underneath on the sixth and seventh laps, then started outside on lap 8. By lap 10 Breault was edging a nose past.
On lap 11, Pelland slowed to a stop on the backstretch, and drove pit side after the caution flew. Officials penalized him a lap for causing a false caution. He did not return to racing.
Breault had Thompson on his shoulder for the lap ten restart, with Vanasse down low in the second row; Dennis Stange held the outside. DeSouza and Mike Cavallaro followed. Breault won the race for the lead and Vanasse ran in under Thompson, taking second on the backstretch on lap 11.
By lap 15, Breault was still leading with Vanasse chasing. Thompson, Stange, DeSouza, Casper and Cavallaro paraded behind them. Fournier’s spin out of turn four just as Vanasse was beginning to overtake Breault, brought out another yellow flag. Fournier went to the pits along with Kevin Folan and Cavallaro. They were all back for the lap 16 restart.
Breault and Vanasse waged withering warfare on the restart, but on lap 17, Breault’s car wiggled on the track coming out of turn four, allowing Vanasse to move to the lead, which he would not relinquish. Breault had a new problem, with Thompson, Casper and DeSouza on his tail.
Cavallaro’s right rear tire went down on him on lap 27, and he spun on the frontstretch. The tire could be seen deflating as the car came off the fourth turn.
Breault was too quick on the trigger on the restart, and they were called back to go it again.
This time, Vanasse grabbed the lead and Breault settled in to be hounded by Thompson and Casper. Stange and DeSouza diced it up for fifth spot.
Three more quick laps and Vanasse had locked down his fourth win of the season, breaking the three-win tie he had with Casper, his closest competition in the championship points race. The 38 point spread between them will extend a bit with Casper taking down fourth place to Vanasse’s win.
Mike Mitchell worked his way gradually from ninth on the starting grid to first under the checkered flag as the tight Street Stock division race saw competitors at the top coming closer together.
The Cumberland, RI driver saw his score closing up on leader Ryan Lineham of Coventry, who was held to an 11th place finish.
Scott Serydynski’s second place also closed his gap to the leader as did Steve Axon’s ninth. Axon, of Attleboro, held second to Lineham, and though the points were few between them, Axon gained.
With two races remaining in the season’s schedule, THE BALL is in everybody’s corner.
Brian Spillane, who finished third on the evening, had led from lap 2 to lap 18. The Attleboro driver has had ignition problems spoil his previous two races. This night, he raced to the finish for a solid third.
Spillane took the lead from Joe Kohler in the first lap, then survived challenges from the field and a host of cautions. Kohler had gone ahead at the green, but Woonsocket’s Gerard Berthelette worked under Kohler and Spillane took advantage to claim the lead. Paul Newcomb began working on Kohler on the high side with Berthelette on their tails. By lap 5, they’d settled in: Spillane, Kohler, Newcomb, Berthelette and Michael Lema.
On the next lap, Sparky Arsenault, Lineham and Serydynski were running in a group when Arsenault lost a tire and looped. The others scrambled to avoid him and Lineham took his car directly to the pits.
Newcomb hounded Spillane from lap 7 all the way to lap18, when Newcomb looked underneath Spillane for the lead. They traded paint in turn 4 and Newcomb took the lead on lap 19, when debris in turn 2 caused a caution, a large piece of sheet metal. Tyler Jarvenpaa went to the pits, and when the sheet metal was lifted from the track, it was Jarvenpaa’s door, as determined by the number.
On the restart, Mitchell was in the second row, behind Newcomb and Spillane. Spillane got underneath Newcomb and had the lead back to himself on lap 22. Mitchell was working his way under Newcomb. Newcomb had a tire go down just as Mitchell started to get under Spillane.
Serydynski had quickly closed to third on lap 24, when Newcomb got underneath Spillane and they were side-by-side. Serydynski lost no time on the white flag lap making the lead a 3-wide and Spillane was stuck in the middle. His car bobbled slightly and fell back, leaving Serydynski and Mitchell trading paint from turn 4 all the way to the finish line. Mitchell squeaked out a .041 second lead over Serydynski, with Spillane being forced to settle4 for third. Ken Bamford and Rey Lovelace rounded out the top 5.
It took Seekonk’s Mike Cavallaro just 11 laps to go from his eleventh starting position to the lead, and from there, he was unassailable to the finish of the Kraze’s Special 30 lap extended Trucks feature. He wasn’t without drama, as Fall River’s fast Ed Gannon picked him up on lap 12, and chased him to lap 23, where Westporter Rick Martin stepped in to bother Cavallaro the rest of the way to the finish line. Martin and Gannon nabbed second and third, while Dylan Estrella and Lenny Guy rounded out the top 5.
Billy Clarke led from the pole and outran Michelle Dumas of Quincy for the lead. When Lenny Guy spun in turn two, the field was called back to restart the race. Clarke again grabbed the front with Dumas still fighting him. Gannon jumped into third from his second row, outside start. Mashpee driver Mike Ronhock went to fourth and, while he was doing it, bumped Gannon in turn three. Gannon spun to the infield.
Ron Cornell got by Dumas and set his sights on Clarke. But Rob Andreozzi got around on the frontstretch on lap 4. Clarke restarted with Cornell alongside. Cornell was trying to power by Clarke on the outside when Ronhock went high for a 3-wide. Dumas went around and collected Russ Borges, bringing out the caution. Ronhock received a trip to the rear for the contact.
Clarke grabbed the lead again, while Dan Leach got by Cornell. Ronhock spun in turn 2, but continued. Clarke got wide and Leach wasted no time getting underneath for the lead. Cavallaro had been working his way up from his starting position back in eleventh. He followed Leach through into second and Gannon charged in to capture third. Martin grabbed fourth as Clarke was falling back on the outside. Gannon and Martin then edged Leach out on the next lap and guy passed on lap 13. By the fifteenth circuit, Cavallaro led Gannon in second. Martin was th8ird, followed by Guy, Estrella and Leach.
Cavallaro now was leading a parade around the oval, which continued until Dane Saritelli spun in turn four. His motor kept running, and he tried to get on with the race, but the caution was called. Cavallaro and Gannon battled on the restart, with Martin on Cavallaro’s tail. Estrella and Guy were at it for fourth.
Gannon got stuck to the outside with Martin on Cavallaro’s rear bumper and had to settle in for third. Ted Berube did a solo spin on lap 24, but continued.
With three laps remaining, Martin was all over Cavallaro’s tailgate and pestered him all the way to the finish line. Cavallaro edged him out by .25 seconds at the line. Gannon came across third. Estrella edged Guy for fourth and Lenny settled in ahead of Leach, Clarke, Ronhock, Andreozzi and Saritelli for the top 10.
Berube finished 13th and Martin’s second place adds more points to his first place lead over Berube, with just two races remaining on the regular season.
Jake Vanada suffered a big disappointment as he had led from lap 8 to lap 34, only to be passed by Astle and Darling in the closing revolutions. The speed merchant from Berkley hung on for third place at the checkers.
The points race between Astle and Darling should remain with the 21-point spread at which they stood coming into the night’s confrontation. Darling had finished two up on Astle in their heat race, won by West Warwick’s Jeramee Lillie, earning two points; Astle got that pair back by finishing one-up on Darling.
Somerset’s Kevin Casper and Saunderstown, Rhode Islander Tom Scully, Jr. rounded out the top 5.
Casper led off from the pole, and outrushed Lillie to the front. Dick Houlihan came from the third starting spot underneath Lillie for second and began to duel Casper. Lillie settled into third for two laps before Vanada, moving up from his fifth place starting slot, grabbed third.
Back in the pack, Darling and Astle were already battling: Darling had started outside the fourth row and Astle was right behind him in row five. Astle edged ahead into ninth place on the third lap, and they began a slow climb through the field.
Mike Brightman squeezed under Lillie before the latter could finally gain the low groove on lap 7. But Kenny Spencer slowed to avoid and Scully was on his bumper. The two made contact and spun, bringing out a caution. Casper now had Houlihan beside him on the front, Vanada and Lillie backed them up. Mike Brightman, Astle, Darling and Rob Murphy made a tough combo restarting behind them.
Casper was auguring for the lead with Houlihan giving him a hard time when Vanada powered up to make it three wide at the front, coming out of turn 2. Houlihan eased back, out of the hotbox, and Vanada successfully challenged for the lead. Brightman passed Houlihan for third and Darling followed through into fourth. Astle and Murphy were chasing Houlihan followed by Lillie, Scully and Rick Martin.
By lap ten, Vanada had a one-car lead over Casper and it was 5 cars back to Darling, who had passed Brightman. Astle was on Darling’s tail and Brightman followed. The race had become a long pace line at this time. Lap 17 saw Vanada pulling away from Casper, and Darling moving in behind the latter with Astle for a shadow. On the next lap, Murphy got into Brightman and loosened him up, but an incredible save kept the 27 of Brightman going straight.
Vanada held a 6 car lead over Casper and Darling was trying to work his way underneath for second, finally getting by on lap 24, Astle riding through on his tail.
Paul Reichert and Phil Meany got together, spun, straightened out and appeared ready to continue, but the caution had already come out. Now, Vanada was restarting with Darling on his shoulder and Astle behind him. Casper was high on the second row, and Brightman and Scully backed them up.
Vanada went to the lead on the backstretch of the restart and a quick lead line developed with Vanada, Darling and Astle winding the track just inches apart. Vanada started getting a bit wide on lap 29, with Darling edging up. A caution came out for debris in turn three. The same trio set up for the restart with Casper high on the second row, Brightman, Scully, Murphy and Lillie followed.
Again Vanada went to the front. Darling tried to work underneath, but was held off and Astle then tried to get around him into second. Casper got back into third, passing Brightman, then Scully worked past into fourth. Murphy, coming up next, got together with Brightman, and Mike slid up the track and the field surged by under him.
Lap 32 saw Reichert spin at the stripe to set the yellow flying. Again Vanada surged to the front, but this time, Astle followed and got under Darling. On the next circuit, Fred went to the bottom and he and Vanada went door-to-door with Darling on their tails. Astle emerged into the lead on lap 35 and Darling moved Vanada back to third on the next trip around.
The final four laps saw Astle trying to shake Darling and Vanada, at best keeping it straight and heading for the checkers. Darling made every attempt he could to pass, but was held off. At the finish it was Astle, Darling, Vanada and Casper, all in the same second. Scully, Murphy, Houlihan and Spencer, followed by Lillie and John Dabrowski made up the top 10.
New Hampshire hot shoe Tyler Anderson pulled off a win from the pole in the Pro-four modified race in the Kraze’s Special 25-lapper. Anderson had to survive 7 restarts in the race which saw only 10 of the 18 starters finish the race.
First warning of the race’s nature was on the initial lap, when 3 cars ended up in a pile between turns 3 and 4. Cape Codder Dan Meservey, Jr., George Sherman of Framingham and Somerset’s Billy Joerres had to be separated, with Meservey and Joerres unable to finish. A lap had not been completed, so the original grid, minus the pitted duo, lined up to begin the race once again. But not before a second attempt was called back for a false start.
Anderson beat Whitinsville, MA driver Stan Metz off the line. Plymouth’s Cory Cleary ducked under Metz for second and Dave Richardi got door-to-door with Metz for third. With Cleary beginning to reel Anderson in, lap 6 saw Metz rotate in turn 3 and collect Henry Sirignano. Phil Lausier had to spin to miss the pile and the 3 lay stalled in the curve. Wreckers had to be called to separate Metz and Sirignano and they became the next casualties of the race.
Anderson faced off with Cleary on the restart. Cleary made a good lunge at the green flag, but Anderson went to the lead down the backstretch. Jeff Zuidema’s car began trailing sparks and he retired to the pits. A lap 8 spin in the first turn by Brian Vincent stopped the race again, and Zuidema returned, just one lap down. Vincent turned pit side and the field was relined.
Now, Anderson had Adam Norton on his shoulder with Easton Massachusetts’ Dave Richardi and Cleary behind. They ran under the green side-by-side, but Anderson was into the lead on turn 4. Richardi went under Norton to begin a battle for second, while Cleary worked below Norton, who wrestled with him for the spot but finally had to relinquish. Cleary quickly started working under Richardi on lap 13.
Dave Bedard spun between turns 3 and 4 and Lausier again spun to miss him, coming to a stop.
Anderson and Cleary faced off on the lap 13 restart and Anderson was at the front by the second turn. Richardi came quickly up behind Anderson and bumped his rear. He wiggled and slowed, but kept the lead. Cleary made for the pits on lap 15.Entering lap 18, Anderson was pursued by Richardi, Frank Perry, Norton and Sherman. But Bedard spun in turn 4. At the same time, Lausier was around in turn two and yet another caution was called.
Anderson won the restart over Richardi, but Lausier was again around in turn two. He was pushed to the pits. Ten cars were now left with 8 on the lead lap.
Anderson again went to the lead on the backstretch with Perry giving chase, followed by Dave Richardi and Norton, who was trying to get under Richardi. By lap 20, Anderson was moving easily at the front, but Rob Richardi, Jr. had been moving smoothly up through the field and now was past Norton into third and troubling his brother, Dave for second. Perry followed Norton.
Anderson came home for his first win as a Pro Four rookie. The Richardi's traded places, with Rob edging Dave for second. Norton captured fourth and Sherman was fifth. He was followed by Perry, Bedard, Jeff Zuidema (a lap down) as were Vincent and Charette to round out the top 10.
Following his lap with the checkered flag, Anderson made a rookie move directly to victory lane, leaving the announcer and trophy handlers flat-footed at the Start-Finish line.
Ryan Vanasse of Warwick, RI, hauled down his fourth win of the season and further tightened his grasp on the lead in the Late Models division with a going-away win. Only four drivers held the lead in the 30-lap race, and Vanasse led the most; the final 13. Acushnet driver Matt Breault finished second, followed by Tyler Thompson of Somerset, Kyle Casper of Somerset and Fairhaven’s Kyle DeSouza.
Bob Hussey led the first two laps off his pole position. On the second, Colbey Fournier and Bob Pelland III got together in turn one with Pelland ending up sideways on the track and a big pileup sending him, Kyle Casper, Gerry DeGasparre, Jr., and last week’s winner Randy Burr to the pits. DeGasparre and Burr suffered excess damage and were unable to return.
Cape Codder Hussey and Thompson faced off for the lap one restart. Thompson went to the lead on the backstretch. Matt Breault went around on the second lap, but continued and began challenging Thompson by the fourth circuit. He tried underneath on the sixth and seventh laps, then started outside on lap 8. By lap 10 Breault was edging a nose past.
On lap 11, Pelland slowed to a stop on the backstretch, and drove pit side after the caution flew. Officials penalized him a lap for causing a false caution. He did not return to racing.
Breault had Thompson on his shoulder for the lap ten restart, with Vanasse down low in the second row; Dennis Stange held the outside. DeSouza and Mike Cavallaro followed. Breault won the race for the lead and Vanasse ran in under Thompson, taking second on the backstretch on lap 11.
By lap 15, Breault was still leading with Vanasse chasing. Thompson, Stange, DeSouza, Casper and Cavallaro paraded behind them. Fournier’s spin out of turn four just as Vanasse was beginning to overtake Breault, brought out another yellow flag. Fournier went to the pits along with Kevin Folan and Cavallaro. They were all back for the lap 16 restart.
Breault and Vanasse waged withering warfare on the restart, but on lap 17, Breault’s car wiggled on the track coming out of turn four, allowing Vanasse to move to the lead, which he would not relinquish. Breault had a new problem, with Thompson, Casper and DeSouza on his tail.
Cavallaro’s right rear tire went down on him on lap 27, and he spun on the frontstretch. The tire could be seen deflating as the car came off the fourth turn.
Breault was too quick on the trigger on the restart, and they were called back to go it again.
This time, Vanasse grabbed the lead and Breault settled in to be hounded by Thompson and Casper. Stange and DeSouza diced it up for fifth spot.
Three more quick laps and Vanasse had locked down his fourth win of the season, breaking the three-win tie he had with Casper, his closest competition in the championship points race. The 38 point spread between them will extend a bit with Casper taking down fourth place to Vanasse’s win.
Mike Mitchell worked his way gradually from ninth on the starting grid to first under the checkered flag as the tight Street Stock division race saw competitors at the top coming closer together.
The Cumberland, RI driver saw his score closing up on leader Ryan Lineham of Coventry, who was held to an 11th place finish.
Scott Serydynski’s second place also closed his gap to the leader as did Steve Axon’s ninth. Axon, of Attleboro, held second to Lineham, and though the points were few between them, Axon gained.
With two races remaining in the season’s schedule, THE BALL is in everybody’s corner.
Brian Spillane, who finished third on the evening, had led from lap 2 to lap 18. The Attleboro driver has had ignition problems spoil his previous two races. This night, he raced to the finish for a solid third.
Spillane took the lead from Joe Kohler in the first lap, then survived challenges from the field and a host of cautions. Kohler had gone ahead at the green, but Woonsocket’s Gerard Berthelette worked under Kohler and Spillane took advantage to claim the lead. Paul Newcomb began working on Kohler on the high side with Berthelette on their tails. By lap 5, they’d settled in: Spillane, Kohler, Newcomb, Berthelette and Michael Lema.
On the next lap, Sparky Arsenault, Lineham and Serydynski were running in a group when Arsenault lost a tire and looped. The others scrambled to avoid him and Lineham took his car directly to the pits.
Newcomb hounded Spillane from lap 7 all the way to lap18, when Newcomb looked underneath Spillane for the lead. They traded paint in turn 4 and Newcomb took the lead on lap 19, when debris in turn 2 caused a caution, a large piece of sheet metal. Tyler Jarvenpaa went to the pits, and when the sheet metal was lifted from the track, it was Jarvenpaa’s door, as determined by the number.
On the restart, Mitchell was in the second row, behind Newcomb and Spillane. Spillane got underneath Newcomb and had the lead back to himself on lap 22. Mitchell was working his way under Newcomb. Newcomb had a tire go down just as Mitchell started to get under Spillane.
Serydynski had quickly closed to third on lap 24, when Newcomb got underneath Spillane and they were side-by-side. Serydynski lost no time on the white flag lap making the lead a 3-wide and Spillane was stuck in the middle. His car bobbled slightly and fell back, leaving Serydynski and Mitchell trading paint from turn 4 all the way to the finish line. Mitchell squeaked out a .041 second lead over Serydynski, with Spillane being forced to settle4 for third. Ken Bamford and Rey Lovelace rounded out the top 5.
It took Seekonk’s Mike Cavallaro just 11 laps to go from his eleventh starting position to the lead, and from there, he was unassailable to the finish of the Kraze’s Special 30 lap extended Trucks feature. He wasn’t without drama, as Fall River’s fast Ed Gannon picked him up on lap 12, and chased him to lap 23, where Westporter Rick Martin stepped in to bother Cavallaro the rest of the way to the finish line. Martin and Gannon nabbed second and third, while Dylan Estrella and Lenny Guy rounded out the top 5.
Billy Clarke led from the pole and outran Michelle Dumas of Quincy for the lead. When Lenny Guy spun in turn two, the field was called back to restart the race. Clarke again grabbed the front with Dumas still fighting him. Gannon jumped into third from his second row, outside start. Mashpee driver Mike Ronhock went to fourth and, while he was doing it, bumped Gannon in turn three. Gannon spun to the infield.
Ron Cornell got by Dumas and set his sights on Clarke. But Rob Andreozzi got around on the frontstretch on lap 4. Clarke restarted with Cornell alongside. Cornell was trying to power by Clarke on the outside when Ronhock went high for a 3-wide. Dumas went around and collected Russ Borges, bringing out the caution. Ronhock received a trip to the rear for the contact.
Clarke grabbed the lead again, while Dan Leach got by Cornell. Ronhock spun in turn 2, but continued. Clarke got wide and Leach wasted no time getting underneath for the lead. Cavallaro had been working his way up from his starting position back in eleventh. He followed Leach through into second and Gannon charged in to capture third. Martin grabbed fourth as Clarke was falling back on the outside. Gannon and Martin then edged Leach out on the next lap and guy passed on lap 13. By the fifteenth circuit, Cavallaro led Gannon in second. Martin was th8ird, followed by Guy, Estrella and Leach.
Cavallaro now was leading a parade around the oval, which continued until Dane Saritelli spun in turn four. His motor kept running, and he tried to get on with the race, but the caution was called. Cavallaro and Gannon battled on the restart, with Martin on Cavallaro’s tail. Estrella and Guy were at it for fourth.
Gannon got stuck to the outside with Martin on Cavallaro’s rear bumper and had to settle in for third. Ted Berube did a solo spin on lap 24, but continued.
With three laps remaining, Martin was all over Cavallaro’s tailgate and pestered him all the way to the finish line. Cavallaro edged him out by .25 seconds at the line. Gannon came across third. Estrella edged Guy for fourth and Lenny settled in ahead of Leach, Clarke, Ronhock, Andreozzi and Saritelli for the top 10.
Berube finished 13th and Martin’s second place adds more points to his first place lead over Berube, with just two races remaining on the regular season.
Seekonk Speedway Reults 9/4 and 9/5 2010
ARC Saturday Results 9/4/2010
Pro Stock Heat I
Pos No. Name Laps
1 50 Jeramee Lillie 12
2 52 Dave Darling 12
3 27 Mike Brightman 12
4 30 Fred Astle 12
5 46 Jake Vanada 12
6 14 Rick Martin 12
7 12 John Dabrowski 12
Pro Stock Heat II
1 88 Kevin Casper 12
2 03 Ken Spencer 12
3 41 Dick Houlihan 12
4 2 Tom Scully Jr. 12
5 80 Rob Murphy 12
6 5 Philip Meany 12
7 07 Paul Reichert 12
Pro Stock Feature
Pos No. Name Laps
1 30 Fred Astle 40
2 52 Dave Darling 40
3 46 Jake Vanada 40
4 88 Kevin Casper 40
5 2 Tom Scully Jr. 40
6 80 Rob Murphy 40
7 41 Dick Houlihan 40
8 03 Ken Spencer 40
9 50 Jeramme Lillie 40
10 12 John Dabrowski 40
11 5 Philip Meany 40
12 27 Mike Brightman 40
13 07 Paul Reichert 40
14 14 Rick Martin 39
Late Models Heat I
Pos No. Name Laps
1 22 Tyler Thompson 12
2 20 Matt Breault 12
3 12 Robert Pelland III 12
4 66 Dennis Stange 12
5 71 Gerry DeGasparre, Jr. 12
6 17 Kevin Folan 12
7 21 John Paiva 12
Late Model Heat II
1 11 Ryan Vanasse 12
2 80 Robert Hussey 12
3 7 Kyle Casper 12
4 32 Randy Burr 12
5 57 Colbey Fournier 12
6 88 Kyle DeSouza 12
7 87 Mike Cavallaro 12
Late Model Feature
Pos No. Name Laps
1 11 Ryan Vanasse 30
2 20 Matt Breault 30
3 22 Tyler Thompson 30
4 7 Kyle Casper 30
5 88 Kyle DeSouza 30
6 66 Dennis Stange 30
7 80 Robert Hussey 30
8 57 Colbey Fournier 30
9 17 Kevin Folan 30
10 87 Mike Cavallaro 30
11 12 Robert Pelland III 9
12 21 John Paiva 6
13 71 Gerry DeGasparre, Jr. 1
14 32 Randy Burr 1
Pro4 Heat I
Pos No. Name Laps
1 25 Tyler Anderson 10
2 4 Cory Cleary 10
3 13 George Sherman 10
4 10 Brian Vincent 10
5 16 Stan Mertz 10
6 83 Frank Perry 10
7 07 Phil Lausier 10
8 00 Dave Richardi 10
9 12 Rob Richardi Jr 10
Pro4 Heat II
1 01 Adam Norton 10
2 5 Dan Meservey Jr 10
3 29 Jeff Zuidema 10
4 58 Henry Sirignano 10
5 99 Billy Joerres 10
6 56 Dave Bedard 10
7 86 Mark Charette 10
8 73 Jim Darlington 3
9 07x Robin Berghman 0
DNS 49 Joe LeMay 0
Pro4 Feature
Pos No. Name Laps
1 25 Tyler Anderson 25
2 12 Rob Richardi Jr 25
3 00 Dave Richardi 25
4 01 Adam Norton 25
5 13 George Sherman 25
6 83 Frank Perry 25
7 56 Dave Bedard 25
8 29 Jeff Zuidema 24
9 10 Brian Vincent 24
10 86 Mark Charette 24
11 07 Phil Lausier 17
12 4 Cory Cleary 14
13 73 Jim Darlington 8
14 16 Stan Mertz 5
15 58 Henry Sirignano 5
16 99 Billy Joerres 0
17 5 Dan Meservey Jr 0
18 07x Robin Berghman 0
Sport Truck Heat I
Pos No. Name Laps
1 10 Ed Gannon 10
2 80 Michael Cavallaro 10
3 46 Dylan Estrella 10
4 44 Michelle Dumas 10
5 5 Michael Ronhock 10
6 92 Ronny Cornell 10
7 49 Jim Hawkins 10
8 29 Dane Saritelli 10
Sport Truck Heat II
1 91 Ted Berube 10
2 14 Rick Martin 10
3 3 Jariah Roderick 10
4 43 Dan Leach 10
5 77 Lenny Guy 10
6 1 Billy Clarke 10
7 02 Joseph Gardner 10
8 2 Robert Andreozzi 9
9 16 Russ Borges 8
Sport Truck Feature
Pos No. Name Laps
1 80 Michael Cavallaro 30
2 14 Rick Martin 30
3 10 Ed Gannon 30
4 46 Dylan Estrella 30
5 77 Lenny Guy 30
6 43 Dan Leach 30
7 1 Billy Clarke 30
8 5 Michael Ronhock 30
9 2 Robert Andreozzi 30
10 29 Dane Saritelli 30
11 3 Jariah Roderick 30
12 49 Jim Hawkins 30
13 91 Ted Berube 30
14 02 Joseph Gardner 30
15 92 Ronny Cornell 30
16 44 Michelle Dumas 30
17 16 Russ Borges 5
Street Stock Heat I
Pos No. Name Laps
1 22 Brian Spillane 10
2 1 Scott Serydynski 10
3 96 Sparky Arsenault 10
4 39 Michael Lema 10
5 04 Steve Axon 10
6 4 Gerard Berthelette 10
7 74 Scott Bruneau 10
8 14 Rey Lovelace 10
9 79 Chris Beaulieu 10
10 8 Crystal Serydynski 10
11 17 Mark Henshaw 10
12 23 Gary Boutelle 10
13 93 Chuck Taylor Jr. 10
Street Stock Heat II
1 64 Paul Newcomb 10
2 40 Michael Mitchell 10
3 19 Ryan Lineham 10
4 3 Rob Murray 10
5 12 Ken Bamford 10
6 44 Craig Pianka 10
7 08 Chris DeMoura 10
8 30 Ken Kohler 10
9 41 Tony Oliviera 10
10 61 Ray Negley 10
11 47 Tyler Jarvenpaa 10
12 5 David Banville 10
13 98 Tim Eaton 10
14 09 Walter Carpenter 6
Street Stock Feature
Pos No. Name Laps
1 40 Michael Mitchell 25
2 1 Scott Serydynski 25
3 12 Ken Bamford 25
4 14 Rey Lovelace 25
5 30 Ken Kohler 25
6 3 Rob Murray 25
7 79 Chris Beaulieu 25
8 04 Steve Axon 25
9 74 Scott Bruneau 25
10 19 Ryan Lineham 25
11 8 Crystal Serydynski 25
12 17 Mark Henshaw 25
13 39 Michael Lema 25
14 61 Ray Negley 25
15 41 Tony Oliviera 25
16 44 Craig Pianka 25
17 5 David Banville 24
18 93 Chuck Taylor Jr. 24
19 64 Paul Newcomb 22
20 23 Gary Boutelle 21
21 98 Tim Eaton 18
22 4 Gerard Berthelette 18
23 08 Chris DeMoura 18
24 09 Walter Carpenter 17
25 47 Tyler Jarvenpaa 15
26 96 Sparky Arsenault 6
DQ 22 Brian Spillane 25
Pure Stock Feature 9/5/2010
Pos No. Name Laps
1 47 Mark Boisvert 25
2 8 Bill Chouinard 25
3 28 Ed Flanagan Jr 25
4 9 Amy Arsenault 25
5 36 John Frias 25
6 55 Earl Curtin 25
7 87 Jamie Salley 25
8 7 Doug Benoit 25
9 14 Jamie Burch 25
10 53 Vinny Pangelinan 25
11 24 Dirk Eykelhoff 25
12 5 Randy Moretti 25
13 10 Melissa Charette 25
14 11 Nick Uhrig 25
15 6 Kent Hopkins 25
16 93 John Robidoux 25
17 81 David Desrosiers 25
18 29 Timothy DerMarderosian 25
19 08 Derek DeMoura 25
20 12 Paul Jodat 24
21 41 Daniel Massa Jr. 24
22 15 Jeremy Lambert 24
23 66 William Doyle 23
24 07 Christopher Lima 8
Pro Stock Heat I
Pos No. Name Laps
1 50 Jeramee Lillie 12
2 52 Dave Darling 12
3 27 Mike Brightman 12
4 30 Fred Astle 12
5 46 Jake Vanada 12
6 14 Rick Martin 12
7 12 John Dabrowski 12
Pro Stock Heat II
1 88 Kevin Casper 12
2 03 Ken Spencer 12
3 41 Dick Houlihan 12
4 2 Tom Scully Jr. 12
5 80 Rob Murphy 12
6 5 Philip Meany 12
7 07 Paul Reichert 12
Pro Stock Feature
Pos No. Name Laps
1 30 Fred Astle 40
2 52 Dave Darling 40
3 46 Jake Vanada 40
4 88 Kevin Casper 40
5 2 Tom Scully Jr. 40
6 80 Rob Murphy 40
7 41 Dick Houlihan 40
8 03 Ken Spencer 40
9 50 Jeramme Lillie 40
10 12 John Dabrowski 40
11 5 Philip Meany 40
12 27 Mike Brightman 40
13 07 Paul Reichert 40
14 14 Rick Martin 39
Late Models Heat I
Pos No. Name Laps
1 22 Tyler Thompson 12
2 20 Matt Breault 12
3 12 Robert Pelland III 12
4 66 Dennis Stange 12
5 71 Gerry DeGasparre, Jr. 12
6 17 Kevin Folan 12
7 21 John Paiva 12
Late Model Heat II
1 11 Ryan Vanasse 12
2 80 Robert Hussey 12
3 7 Kyle Casper 12
4 32 Randy Burr 12
5 57 Colbey Fournier 12
6 88 Kyle DeSouza 12
7 87 Mike Cavallaro 12
Late Model Feature
Pos No. Name Laps
1 11 Ryan Vanasse 30
2 20 Matt Breault 30
3 22 Tyler Thompson 30
4 7 Kyle Casper 30
5 88 Kyle DeSouza 30
6 66 Dennis Stange 30
7 80 Robert Hussey 30
8 57 Colbey Fournier 30
9 17 Kevin Folan 30
10 87 Mike Cavallaro 30
11 12 Robert Pelland III 9
12 21 John Paiva 6
13 71 Gerry DeGasparre, Jr. 1
14 32 Randy Burr 1
Pro4 Heat I
Pos No. Name Laps
1 25 Tyler Anderson 10
2 4 Cory Cleary 10
3 13 George Sherman 10
4 10 Brian Vincent 10
5 16 Stan Mertz 10
6 83 Frank Perry 10
7 07 Phil Lausier 10
8 00 Dave Richardi 10
9 12 Rob Richardi Jr 10
Pro4 Heat II
1 01 Adam Norton 10
2 5 Dan Meservey Jr 10
3 29 Jeff Zuidema 10
4 58 Henry Sirignano 10
5 99 Billy Joerres 10
6 56 Dave Bedard 10
7 86 Mark Charette 10
8 73 Jim Darlington 3
9 07x Robin Berghman 0
DNS 49 Joe LeMay 0
Pro4 Feature
Pos No. Name Laps
1 25 Tyler Anderson 25
2 12 Rob Richardi Jr 25
3 00 Dave Richardi 25
4 01 Adam Norton 25
5 13 George Sherman 25
6 83 Frank Perry 25
7 56 Dave Bedard 25
8 29 Jeff Zuidema 24
9 10 Brian Vincent 24
10 86 Mark Charette 24
11 07 Phil Lausier 17
12 4 Cory Cleary 14
13 73 Jim Darlington 8
14 16 Stan Mertz 5
15 58 Henry Sirignano 5
16 99 Billy Joerres 0
17 5 Dan Meservey Jr 0
18 07x Robin Berghman 0
Sport Truck Heat I
Pos No. Name Laps
1 10 Ed Gannon 10
2 80 Michael Cavallaro 10
3 46 Dylan Estrella 10
4 44 Michelle Dumas 10
5 5 Michael Ronhock 10
6 92 Ronny Cornell 10
7 49 Jim Hawkins 10
8 29 Dane Saritelli 10
Sport Truck Heat II
1 91 Ted Berube 10
2 14 Rick Martin 10
3 3 Jariah Roderick 10
4 43 Dan Leach 10
5 77 Lenny Guy 10
6 1 Billy Clarke 10
7 02 Joseph Gardner 10
8 2 Robert Andreozzi 9
9 16 Russ Borges 8
Sport Truck Feature
Pos No. Name Laps
1 80 Michael Cavallaro 30
2 14 Rick Martin 30
3 10 Ed Gannon 30
4 46 Dylan Estrella 30
5 77 Lenny Guy 30
6 43 Dan Leach 30
7 1 Billy Clarke 30
8 5 Michael Ronhock 30
9 2 Robert Andreozzi 30
10 29 Dane Saritelli 30
11 3 Jariah Roderick 30
12 49 Jim Hawkins 30
13 91 Ted Berube 30
14 02 Joseph Gardner 30
15 92 Ronny Cornell 30
16 44 Michelle Dumas 30
17 16 Russ Borges 5
Street Stock Heat I
Pos No. Name Laps
1 22 Brian Spillane 10
2 1 Scott Serydynski 10
3 96 Sparky Arsenault 10
4 39 Michael Lema 10
5 04 Steve Axon 10
6 4 Gerard Berthelette 10
7 74 Scott Bruneau 10
8 14 Rey Lovelace 10
9 79 Chris Beaulieu 10
10 8 Crystal Serydynski 10
11 17 Mark Henshaw 10
12 23 Gary Boutelle 10
13 93 Chuck Taylor Jr. 10
Street Stock Heat II
1 64 Paul Newcomb 10
2 40 Michael Mitchell 10
3 19 Ryan Lineham 10
4 3 Rob Murray 10
5 12 Ken Bamford 10
6 44 Craig Pianka 10
7 08 Chris DeMoura 10
8 30 Ken Kohler 10
9 41 Tony Oliviera 10
10 61 Ray Negley 10
11 47 Tyler Jarvenpaa 10
12 5 David Banville 10
13 98 Tim Eaton 10
14 09 Walter Carpenter 6
Street Stock Feature
Pos No. Name Laps
1 40 Michael Mitchell 25
2 1 Scott Serydynski 25
3 12 Ken Bamford 25
4 14 Rey Lovelace 25
5 30 Ken Kohler 25
6 3 Rob Murray 25
7 79 Chris Beaulieu 25
8 04 Steve Axon 25
9 74 Scott Bruneau 25
10 19 Ryan Lineham 25
11 8 Crystal Serydynski 25
12 17 Mark Henshaw 25
13 39 Michael Lema 25
14 61 Ray Negley 25
15 41 Tony Oliviera 25
16 44 Craig Pianka 25
17 5 David Banville 24
18 93 Chuck Taylor Jr. 24
19 64 Paul Newcomb 22
20 23 Gary Boutelle 21
21 98 Tim Eaton 18
22 4 Gerard Berthelette 18
23 08 Chris DeMoura 18
24 09 Walter Carpenter 17
25 47 Tyler Jarvenpaa 15
26 96 Sparky Arsenault 6
DQ 22 Brian Spillane 25
Pure Stock Feature 9/5/2010
Pos No. Name Laps
1 47 Mark Boisvert 25
2 8 Bill Chouinard 25
3 28 Ed Flanagan Jr 25
4 9 Amy Arsenault 25
5 36 John Frias 25
6 55 Earl Curtin 25
7 87 Jamie Salley 25
8 7 Doug Benoit 25
9 14 Jamie Burch 25
10 53 Vinny Pangelinan 25
11 24 Dirk Eykelhoff 25
12 5 Randy Moretti 25
13 10 Melissa Charette 25
14 11 Nick Uhrig 25
15 6 Kent Hopkins 25
16 93 John Robidoux 25
17 81 David Desrosiers 25
18 29 Timothy DerMarderosian 25
19 08 Derek DeMoura 25
20 12 Paul Jodat 24
21 41 Daniel Massa Jr. 24
22 15 Jeremy Lambert 24
23 66 William Doyle 23
24 07 Christopher Lima 8
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Jeff Abold repeats in Boston Louie. Nocella wins NEMA Lites. Astle, Burr, Guy & Bruneau alco victors.
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.
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.
Earl Curtin III and Christine Cavallaro pick up career firsts. Taylor Therrien and Dave Hutchins Jr repeat.
On Friday, August 27, Earl Curtin III Earl started eleventh in the 23 car field, and was able to use the high and low lanes to find himself up front. Curtin crossed into the top five on lap eleven, and into second with six laps remaining. A timely caution for Earl came out on lap 20, when Melissa Charette Curtin touched the outside wall with his right rear bumper cover. But it was not enough to slow his momentum, and he went on to edge the former champion by .018 at the finish line.
Outside pole sitter Jeremy Lambert followed Melissa Charette Westport
Points leader Nick Uhrig Randy Moretti Randy started sixteenth, and by the completion of lap one, he sat seventh. He made his way up to third, and spent the final ten laps swapping that position with Lambert, edging him out at the checkers. The top five were Curtin , Chouinard, Moretti, Lambert and Uhrig.
Second generation racer Christine Cavallaro Mike Cavallaro
The SYRA 750 class has belonged, for the most part, to Dave Hutchins Jr Waterford CT Kaitlyn Donovan Westport Donovan for several laps, swapping the lead back and forth. Lap nine saw him take the lead for the final time, and he led to the checkers. He was followed by Donovan , Adam Swift , Ashley Kuhn and Nate Bubello
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