The Late Models started off the afternoon’s lineup of main events as one of the closest points races of 2018 with only eight positions separating Nicholas Johnson and Tom Carey III for the championship. It
was a tale of two races for the points leaders as Johnson was involved in two separate incidents only four laps into the race, including a crash on a restart that also collected Woody Pitkat who was third in points coming into the race. Carey on the other
hand spent much of the race in the top five and managed to wrestle his way to second place seven laps into the event before another caution slowed action on the track. Yet another caution flag waved soon after when contact between William Wall and Walt Sutcliffe
in a battle for the top three created a multi-car incident resulting in a red flag and Sutcliffe approaching Wall’s stationary car to confront Wall face to face. The wreck was also the third incident involving Nicholas Johnson who spun to successfully avoid
damage from the incident.
After two more cautions race control changed the restarts to single file allowing Tom Carrey III to take the lead while Nickolas Johnson worked his way through the field into the top five with eight laps to
go. Carey went on to dominate the second half of the race scoring his first Late Model win at Thompson. Nicholas Johnson completed his comeback performance with a fifth-place finish making him perfect in top five finishes for 2018 in the division going into
the final event. Carey celebrated the win in style with his family in victory lane and called it a long time coming.LATE MODEL FEATURE TOP 10: 1. Tom Carey III (New Salem, MA); 2. Mark Jenison (Warwick, RI); 3. William Wall (Shrewsbury, MA); 4. Nick Johnson (Rehoboth, MA); 5. Ryan Morgan (Gales Ferry, CT);
“It’s been a long three years. I feel like we should have won here a couple of times, but we just never seem to be able to punch the ticket – I knew we had a good piece today and I said if that door isn’t
going to open I’m going to kick it in,” Carey said in victory lane. With the title now within his grasp and only mere positions separating him and Johnson Carey said his team never races for points and they don’t plan to change that approach when they return
for the World Series next month. “I’m going to go out there and do what I normally do,” said Carey. “It seems to be when people start points racing you start making silly mistakes. If Nick wins the championship than he deserves it and if I win the championship
than I deserve it.” Source: Thompson Speedway Media Press Release
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