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| Keith Carzello, Sportsman Modified Winner. Photo Courtesy of New England Graphix) |
Carzello Celebrates Sportsman Modified Victory
Winchester, NH: The Valenti Modified Racing Series were at the high banked ¼ mile of Monadnock Speedway with McKennedy winning the Firecracker 100 on the last turn of the last this past Saturday night. Along with the Valenti Modifieds there was a full celebration with the six regular divisions and plenty of fireworks to end the night.
The Young Guns came out for their 15 lap feature with Mariah Stebbins leading the field. On the first lap Alex Barden quickly moved up a position into third. Stebbins and Devin Guy continued to lead the field until Chase Curtis took over second on lap 10. Chase Curtis fought hard to move through the pack to get the lead on lap 13. This marked the fifth win of the season for Curtis. The top five finishers for the night were Chase Curtis, Mariah Stebbins, Devin Guy, Alex Barden, and Shelby Avery.
The Lightning Stocks ran a 25 lap feature with Eric Silvernale leading the field and Justin Littlewood on the outside. It didn’t take long for Kris Kristolaitis to take over the lead with Silvernale right behind him. By lap 5 Tim Leblanc took over the second position. Caution on lap 10 gave Leblanc the advantage to take over the lead on the restart. Pat Houle gained positions over the next 10 laps to finally pick up the lead on lap 21. The top five finishers for the night were Pat Houle, Tim Leblanc, Kris Kristolaitis, Tim O’Shea, and Dan Starkweather.
The Mini Stocks brought out the usual excitement during their feature. Kevin McKnight led the field out onto the track with Alexander Pearl in the second position. Matt Kimball moved himself up into the third position just before the caution on lap 8. A red light would stop the field for a pile up on the back stretch which involved Solomon Brow, Julia Raymond, Matt Kimball and Alexander Pearl. On the restart McKnight led them to the green, Nick Anderson took over first going into lap 9. Raymond and Brow started in the rear, but quickly moved up. Raymond took over second with Brow right behind her for third. The race ended with Nick Anderson celebrating his first win of the year. The top five finishers were Nick Anderson, Julia Raymond, Solomon Brow, Kevin McKnight and Eric Pomasko.
The Thunder Stock feature brought a first win for Craig Chaffee as he led the 20 lap feature green to checkered. Michelle Leh was unable to make the feature this week after an injury from last week’s hard hit in the front wall kept her out of the driver’s seat. Richard Vincent started on the outside, he kept that position until the end. Dan Comeau fell to the back which left Ed Lofland and Scott Vien in the top five. The caution free race ended with the top five finishers Craig Chaffee, Richard Vincent, James Nowakowski, Ed Lofland and Scott Vien.
The Sportsman Modifieds had a full field for their 30 lap event. Ben Byrne led the field with Eric LeClair on the outside onto the track. Byrne was black flagged for leaking fluid before the start of the race leaving LeClair to lead the pack on the green with Brian Robie on the outside. Geoff Rollins moved into second on the first lap. On lap 3 Rollins took the lead and by lap 5 Keith Carzello had the lead with Rollins in second. Lap 9 brought out a lot of changes as Nathan Johnson moved into second and Bill Kimball moved into the top five. On lap 15 Kimmy Rivet moved up into third which left Rollins back in the fifth position when Kimball moved into fourth. By lap 24 Kimball would take over third from Rivet. The last six laps would leave the top five finishers as Keith Carzello, Nathan Johnson, Bill Kimball, Kim Rivet, and Geoff Rollins.
The Super Stocks rolled onto the track with Nancy Muni on the pole with Tyler Lescord on the outside. Craig Smith made his first appearance at the speedway this week. Cole Littlewood, Robert Hagar and Tyler Lescord went three wide on lap 1 going into turn 3. Hagar picked up second with Littlewood right behind him. Lap 4 Littlewood picked up second and the caution came out for Lescord, who went around on turn 4 with assistance from Duane Noll. The next lap Littlewood took over the lead and Joel Monahan moved up into second. Chris Curtis worked hard to pick up that fourth position from Hagar but just couldn’t quite make the move. Caution would come out for James Thompson and force a green, white, checkered single file restart. The top five finishers Cole Littlewood, Joel Monahan, Nancy Muni, Robert Hagar and Chris Curtis.
This Saturday, Monadnock Speedway will host their annual Christmas in July where they will collect unwrapped toys for local charities to hand out at Christmas time. Racing will include Sportsman Modifieds, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Thunder Stocks, Young Guns and NEAR. Race time is at 6pm.
Sportsman Modifieds: Keith Carzello, Nathan Johnson, Bill Kimball, Kim Rivet, Geoff Rollins, Eric Leclair, Cameron Sontag, Brian Robie, Brian Chapin, Casey Ouellette, Mike Chamberlain, Dylan Campbell, Jason Barden, Ben Byrne
Super Stocks: Cole Littlewood, Joel Monahan, Nancy Muni, Robert Hagar, Chris Curtis ,Tyler Leary, Dennis Stange, Scott Beck Jr, Allen Griffin, Duane Noll, Craig Smith, Glen Noll, James Thompson, Tyler Lescord, Scott Beck Sr, Shawn Stone
Mini Stocks: Nick Anderson, Julia Raymond, Solomon Brow, Kevin McKnight, Eric Pomasko, Ethan Marsh, Bill Lambert, Louis Maher, Matt Kimball, Alex Pearl, Mike McGoldrick
Thunder Stocks: Craig Chaffee, Richard Vincent, James Nowakowski, Ed Lofland,Scott Vien,Joe Zellman, Jason Kozacka, Dan Comeau, Bruce Clark, John Rowan
Lightning Stocks: Pat Houle, Tim Leblanc, Kris Kristolaitis, Tim O’Shea, Dan Starkweather, Eric Silvernale, Greg Millette, Justin Littlewood, Tim Paquette, Josh Houle, Jim Drew
Young Guns: Chase Curtis, Mariah Stebbins, Devin Guy, Alex Barden, Shelby Avery, Colby Lambert, Jaret Curtis
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