In the opening 30 lap event, Bill Kimball, looked to create some breathing room in the points chase between himself and Scott MacMichael as Kimball held a slim, 30 point lead over MacMichael.
Kimball started 7th just behind MacMichael. Eric LeClair led the field to green from the pole position, but it wasn't to be for the #84 as he was soon shuffled back through the field.
TJ Bleau in the#15 and Nathan Johnson in the #5J had strong performances as they moved around LeClair. In the #87, Brett Gonyaw was charging hard, but by lap 15 #8 Keith Carzello had his sights set on the top spot. Kimball finished in 7th with MacMichael just behind him in 8th.
“I gotta thank Brian Barnard he put a great set up under this thing. I think about anybody could have won in this thing tonight, it was hooked up,” Carzello said after he claimed victory in the first feature of the night.
Gonyaw came in a close 2nd to Carzello with Tyler Jarvenpaa making a big jump up from the 10th starting position to claim a spot on the podium coming across in 3rd place.
Sportsman Mod feature #2 featured one of the largest fields of cars all year, as there were 22 cars in the grid to start. It was a field that included young Cameron Sontag in his first Sportsman Mod start, as he looks to make the jump to the premier division next season.
That set the stage for the Sportsman Modified feature #2. Before the race it was announced that Monadnock Speedway's Sportsman Modified driver Jason Barden was going to be the NASCAR NH Rookie of the Year, a prize worth $1,000 and an invitation to the yearly National Awards banquet. Barden earned the title by accumulating the most points by a rookie at a NASCAR sanctioned track in the track's premier division.
Sportsman Mod feature #2 featured one of the largest fields of cars all year, as there were 22 cars in the grid to start. It was a field that included young Cameron Sontag in his first Sportsman Mod start, as he looks to make the jump to the premier division next season.
Bill Kimball held about a 30 point lead over Scott MacMichael heading into the final Sportsman Mod points race.
The two drivers were going for the gold early, as tMacMichael went three wide going into turn three. That doesn't usually work out too well, and caution had to be thrown as a result of the pile up that ensued.
Once they got things going again, laps started to tick off quickly. MacMichael had a strong race car and was charging towards the front. Trevor Bleau and Tyler Jarvenpaa had good runs finishing 3rd and 4th respectively.
MacMichael did all he could to gain track position and cut into Kimball's point lead, but nobody had a challenge for Keith Carzello, the winner of the first feature.
Carzello swept the night bringing home the victory, while MacMichael had to finish for second both in the 2nd feature and in the points standings.
When asked about if the prospect of sweeping the night crossed his mind earlier, Carzello said he didn't have any such thought, “With this group of guys, no way,” he said.
“I was able to hang on for dear life with Scotty coming,” Carzello said, “Glad I could get two in a row, I've never done that in my racing career.”
Bill Kimball took the title home with a 5th place finish. Source: Dan Byrne Media Press Release & Facebook Share Photos
Sportsman Modified Results Race 1
Sportsman Modified Results Race #2Sportsman Modified Results Race 1
1
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8
|
KEITH CARZELLO
|
1
|
45
|
2
|
87
|
BRETT GONYAW
|
2
|
11x
|
3
|
22
|
TYLER JARVENPAA
|
3
|
26
|
4
|
11
|
RUSS HERSEY
|
4
|
03X
|
5
|
5J
|
NATHAN JOHNSON
|
5
|
44
|
6
|
47
|
DYLAN ROCK
|
6
|
73
|
7
|
43
|
BILL KIMBALL
|
7
|
2
|
8
|
7
|
SCOTT MACMICHAEL
|
8
|
4VT
|
9
|
27
|
JASON BARDEN
|
9
|
93
|
10
|
99
|
KIM RIVET
|
10
|
91
|
11
|
15
|
TREVOR BLEAU
|
11
|
03
|
12
|
84
|
ERIC LECLAIR
|
12
|
23
|
13
|
09X
|
RAY GRASSETTI
|
13
|
7NH
|
14
|
02
|
PAUL LAPLANTE
|
14
|
96
|
15
|
09
|
CHRIS IGNAZIO
|
15
|
87
|
16
|
25
|
BRIAN ROBIE
|
16
|
22
|
17
|
R11
|
RALPH FLANNERY
|
17
|
69
|
1
|
8
|
KEITH CARZELLO
|
2
|
7
|
SCOTT MACMICHAEL
|
3
|
15
|
TREVOR BLEAU
|
4
|
22
|
TYLER JARVENPAA
|
5
|
43
|
BILL KIMBALL
|
6
|
83
|
MIKE WILLIS
|
7
|
5J
|
NATHAN JOHNSON
|
8
|
87
|
BRETT GONYAW
|
9
|
27
|
JASON BARDEN
|
10
|
28
|
RICH HAMMANN
|
11
|
97
|
CASEY OUELLETTE
|
12
|
84
|
ERIC LECLAIR
|
13
|
25
|
BRIAN ROBIE
|
14
|
99
|
KIM RIVET
|
15
|
13X
|
CAMERON SONTAG
|
16
|
09
|
CHRIS IGNAZIO
|
17
|
47
|
DYLAN ROCK
|
18
|
R11
|
RALPH FLANNERY
|
19
|
11
|
RUSS HERSEY
|
20
|
1
|
SEAN BODREAU
|
21
|
09X
|
RAY GRASSETTI
|
22
|
02
|
PAUL LAPLANTE
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