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Photo Courtesy of NE Graphix - Cameron Sontag (Sportsman Modifieds)
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Winchester, NH: This past Saturday, the fans were treated to hot racing action from all the weekly racing divisions plus the Granite State Pro Stock Tour and NE Classic Lites at Monadnock Speedway. Mike Parks won the JBH 100 race event in the Granite State Pro Stock Series followed by Barry Gray and Mike O’Sullivan. Robbie Bryant took the checkers in the NE Classic Lites.
The NASCAR Whelen All American Racing Series Championship titles were also settled with the following competitors capturing the crown; Bill Kimball (Sportsman Modifieds), Joel Monahan (Super Stocks), Solomon Brow (Mini Stocks), James Nowakowski (Thunder Stocks) and Pat Houle (Lightning Stocks).
The first division to roll onto the track were the Young Guns as Alex Barden brought the field to the green flag start. Barden held onto the lead until lap four where Shelby Avery made the pass for the number one spot as Chase Curtis followed for second. The two battled for the top spot with brother Jaret Curtis getting into the mix as he took over third. The top three ran nose to tail as Chase Curtis took the lead on lap six and Jaret Curtis moved into second. The battle continued as the top runners worked their way through lap traffic. At the checkers it was Chase Curtis followed by Jaret Curtis, Avery, Barden and Chris Sontag.
Dan Starkweather and Tim Paquette set the pace for the twenty lap feature. Paquette wasted no time to take over the lead as Ricky Whipple and Mike Stebbins followed suit for second and third. On lap five, the 2016 Champion of Pat Houle pulled off the track under green and retired for the night suffering from a flat tire. On lap seven, Paquette secure a good lead as the wheel to wheel showdown for second was between Whipple and Stebbins. Louis Maher made his move to fourth despite strong efforts from Eric Silvernale defending the spot. Paquette, on cruise control and hoping for no caution, continued to lead as Stebbins secured the second spot from Whipple. Five laps left to go, Renaud put the charge on Silvernale for fifth. Devin Guy, moving up from the Young Guns, made the pass on Silvernale and battled with Renaud for the top five as he made several attempts to make an inside pass. At the end, it was Paquette capturing his first of the season checkers followed by Stebbins, Whipple, Maher and Renaud.
Rookies Justin Littlewood and Alexander Pearl sat side by side for the start of the Mini Stock main event. At the start, Littlewood was shuffled back to third as Pearl had to defend the lead from championship contender Matt Kimball who started in fourth. On lap three, Kimball charged to the front in hopes of a win and the championship. Kimball had to finish nine spots in front of Solomon Brow. Brow, however, kept Kimball in his sight as he moved into the third spot by lap three. Louis Maher and Julia Raymond followed in the top five. On lap nine, Brow and Raymond both advanced a spot leaving Pearl in a battle with Maher for fourth. The first and only caution of the race came out on lap eleven, a caution Kimball did not want to see. On the restart, Kimball continued to lead as Raymond maneuvered around Brow for second. The top three were glued together, bumper to bumper, as Raymond attempted several times for the inside pass on Kimball. On the final lap, out of turn four, Raymond power charged the orange race machine under Kimball to take the checkered flag. Kimball, Brow, Maher and Pearl rounded out the top five.
The Thunder Stocks rolled onto the track with Rookie Bruce Clark setting the pace side by side with Dan Comeau. On lap one, Clark was shuffled back to fifth in a three wide move. Comeau inherited the lead as Jason Kozacka, Craig Chaffee and Richard Vincent followed. On lap four, Kozacka looked to the outside of Comeau and made the pass as Chaffee put the pressure on Comeau for second. A battle for fourth developed between the two championship contenders of Vincent and James Nowakowski as they ran wheel to wheel. By lap ten, Nowakowski ran third as Vincent dropped to sixth. Comeau and Paul Barnard had a side by side challenge for fourth. As the laps winded down, Chaffee made many attempts to take the lead while protecting his spot from Nowakowski. On the final lap, Chaffee made one last charge for the checkers but was denied as Kozacka took the win followed by Chaffee, Nowakowski, Vincent and Marshall Usher.
The Sportsman Modifieds took to the track with Eric Leclair as the pole sitter and Kim Rivet on the outside. At the green, Leclair took the lead with Rivet in an early challenge from Cameron Sontag for second. On lap three, Sontag secured second and placed pressure on Leclair for the lead. Leclair and Sontag ran wheel to wheel for the number one spot for several laps as did Rivet and Nathan Johnson for third. On lap eight, Sontag made his move as he muscled his way on the outside of Leclair. On the next lap, Kimball looked to get into the top five in a three wide move as he approached turn three with Carzello and Rivet. Unfortunately, the move was costly as Rivet went around on the front stretch and Kimball was penalized to the rear. On the restart, Sontag held the lead as Lecalir felt the heat of Carzello on his back bumper. Johnson and Geoff Rollins battled for third as Ben Byrne took over fifth from Leclair. Half way to go, Rollins made his move and took over third as Sontag continued to be challenged by Carzello for the lead. Kimball worked himself up to sixth knocking on the back bumper of Byrne for the top five spot. On lap twenty-three, the caution flew as Rollins who ran in second went too high out of turn two and bounced off Carzello as he tried to straightened his car out. Sontag, once again, had to defend the lead on another restart as green was shown. The top three of Sontag, Carzello and Ben Byrne settled as Kimball charged up to fourth with Johnson in fifth. On the final turn, Carzello gave it his all for the checkers but Sontag took the victory by only inches. Kimball made a late pass and took over third from Byrne. Johnson followed for fifth.
The final Monadnock Speedway weekly division to compete for the night were the Super Stocks, where Dennis Stange, Joel Monahan and Tyler Leary came into the event with only four points separating the three for the championship. Tyler Lescord and Nancy Muni brought the field to the green flag. On lap one, the caution was thrown as Muni spun. On the restart, Monahan moved into the lead followed Cole Littlewood and Robert Hagar. Lescord dropped back to the fourth spot. Stange ran in fifth. On lap six, Stange moved into third and placed pressure on Littlewood in effort to catch the leader of Monahan. Hagar felt Chris Curtis on his back bumper for fourth. Curtis with a bump on Hagar made the pass as Hagar tried to hold off Leary for the top five. In the next lap, Hagar and Leary made side by side contact resulting in both losing positions out of the top five as Duane Noll took over fifth. On lap ten, Hagar was shown the black flag for being under powered. Hagar disobeyed the black flag and what was thought of having a mechanical problem was not the case as he intentionally slowed to spin Leary. The caution flag flew, Leary’s championship run was over as he suffered extensive damage to his car. Hagar was ejected from the event. On the restart, Monahan continued to lead as Stange took over second. Ryan Bell made his way into the top five followed by Noll. Curtis drove hard into the second as Stange attempted to defend third from Bell. Three laps to go, the caution came out setting the field up for a green white checkered finish. On the restart, Monahan showed the way to the checkered flag capturing his first championship at Monadnock Speedway. Curtis, Bell, Stange and Noll rouned out the top five.
Monadnock Speedway’s final race event of the season will be held on Saturday, October 1st. The event will include all the weekly divisions, the North East Street Stock Tour, Spectator Drags, Championship Ceremonies and the Great School Bus Race. Race time is at 2pm. For more information, log onto the speedway’s website at www.monadnockspeedway.com.
Young Guns: Chase Curtis,Jaret Curtis,Shelby Avery,Alex Barden,Chris Sontag,Kevin Pittsinger,Colby Lambert, Cale Skillings, Chloe Wright
Lightning Stocks: Tim Paquette,Mike Stebbins,Richard Whipple,Louis Maher,Hillary Renaud,Devin Guy,Eric Silvernale,Alex Poisson, Dan Starkweather,Pat Houle,Tim Leblanc
Mini Stocks: Julia Raymond, Matt Kimball,Solomon Brow,Louis Maher,Alexander Pearl,Justin Littlewood, Desmond Skillings, Eric Pomasko,Kevin Mcknight,Mike Mcgoldrick ,Ethan Marsh,Bill Lambert
Thunder Stocks: Jason Kozacka,Craig Chaffee,James Nowakowski,Richard Vincent,Marshall Usher,Bruce Clark,Dan Comeau,Paul Smith,Michelle Leh,Stanley Kuklewicz,Paul Barnard,Jason Barden
Super Stocks: Joel Monahan, Chris Curtis, Ryan Bell, Dennis Stange, Duane Noll,Nancy Muni, Tyler Lescord, Cole Littlewood,James Thompson,Mike Heffernan,Tyler Leary,Scott Beck Sr
Sportsman Modifieds: Cameron Sontag,Keith Carzello,Bill Kimball,Ben Byrne,Nathan Johnson,Kim Rivet,Eric Leclair,Scott Macmichael,Geoff Rollins,Paul Smith,Chris Ignazio,Ralph Flannery, Dylan Campbell, Brian Robie, Kirk Alexander
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