Late/Model Results from Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park 7-27-16

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

The Late Models started off the night strong with good, close racing throughout the field for their 25-lap feature. The complexion of the race changed several times, including after the race itself was finished, with the early domination by Jared Materas starting off a strange trend for the event when Matera’s dominance was cut short after he lost control of his car six laps into the race. The spin creating a multi-car incident that retired Materas from the race while series regular Brian Tagg took over the lead after an extensive cleanup process.

Tagg would soon find himself under attack by several cars, eventually being involved in a close, hard battle with Marc Curtis before the two made contact, causing Curtis to spin and Tagg to be sent to the back of the field, ruining his chance at a win as well. Meanwhile the stage was set for a dramatic finish as points leader William Wall made a hard charge to the front to compete with his closest rival in the points, Rick Gentes, for third in the final ten laps. Up at the front Lloyd Anderson and Matt Lowinski-Loh added to the action as the two sought their first ever respective wins in the series. In the end it was Lloyd Anderson who came out of top over Lowinski-Loh, or so it appeared. Anderson celebrated in victory lane after crossing the line in a backup car but the win was stripped away as after the event Anderson’s team was informed they were disqualified from the Late Model race due to a right front lower control arm of the car that did not meet specified measurements. This turn of events put an end to an interesting Late Model feature and gave the win to Lowinski-Loh, his first in the series. Gentes finished second in the adjusted results after spinning across the finish line and Wall finished an eventual third.

LATE MODEL FINISH: 1. Matt Lowinski-Loh (Milford, MA); 2. Rick Gentes (Harrisville, RI); 3. William Wall (Shrewsbury, MA); 4. Mark Curtis (Brookfield, MA); 5. Ryan Lineham (Hope Valley, RI); 6. Nick Johnson (Rehoboth, MA); 7. Brian Tagg (Oxford, MA); 8. Larry Gelinas (Buxton, ME); 9. Michael Bennett (Willington, CT); 10. Walt Sutcliffe (East Haven, CT); 11. Brandon Warren (Chicopee, MA); 12. Jared Materas (Westfield, MA); 13. Tom Carey, III (Orange, MA); 14.  Scott Serydyniski; Disqualified -  John Studley (Framingham, MA);

1	4	WILLIAM WALL	333	0
2	70	RICHARD GENTES	326 -	7
3	27	MARC CURTIS	295 -	38
4	91	LARRY GELINAS	292	41
5	5	TOM CAREY III	271	62
6	9	BRIAN TAGG	268	65
7	17	MATTHEW LOWINSKI-LOH	263	70
8	55	BRANDON WARREN	238	95
9	23	LLOYD ANDERSON, JR	215	118
10	13	JARED MATERAS	212	121
11	81	PAUL CHARETTE	168	165
12	6	NICHOLAS JOHNSON	145	188
13	11RI	COREY FANNING	143	190
14	16	MICHAEL BENNETT	138	195
15	94	JASON PAQUETTE	126	207