In the Late Models It was a long time coming for defending champion Brian Tagg but the series regular finally found his way back to victory lane at Thompson with his first win of 2016 in the series’ 25-lap feature. Tagg faced tough competition from points leader William Wall and Marc Curtis to complete his long awaited return to his winning ways. The reigning series titleholder was ecstatic as he climbed out of his car to greet family, teammates and friends.“I know coming through the back straightaway I got hit in the right rear and it felt like it changed the handling of the car,” Tagg said in victory lane. “I guess it was good. It all came together. We’ve been running into every bad break we could this year and we had a great year last year but it’s been a lot of fun racing down here.” The win capped off a busy day for Tagg who spent the morning in Loudon, New Hampshire qualifying for the American Canadian Tour event before making the trip back down to Thompson for the night’s event.
The driver who was absent tonight was division contender and a recent winner at Thompson, Larry Gelinas #91 who Tagg now leapfrogs over in his slim chance for a repeat as the Late/ Model champion in 2016. Wall and Gentes are not going to easy to pass in the last two duels at the super speedway.
LATE MODEL FEATURE FINISH: 1. Brian Tagg (Oxford, MA); 2. William Wall (Shrewsbury, MA); 3. Nick Johnson (Rehoboth, MA); 4. Rick Gentes (Harrisville, RI); 5. Jared Materas (Westfield, MA); 6. Matt Lowinski-Loh (Milford, MA); 7. Brandon Warren (Chicopee, MA)
8 Mark Curtis #27 DQ Camshaft, 9 L. Anderson Jr.#23 DQ Camshaft
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