Nancy Muni & Paul Barnard Celebrate First Victories of the Season

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Super Stock Winner - Nancy Muni (Photo Courtesy of New England Graphix) 

Winchester, NH:

This past Saturday, the fans of Monadnock Speedway saw first time winners as Nancy Muni and Paul Barnard took the checkers celebrating late season victories.  The Pro 4 Modifieds made their final stop of the season at the high banks as Brett Meservey scored his first career win in the 35 lap Paul Roach Memorial Race.  

September 10, 2016 Monadnock Speedway Results Combined
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Heat Points	Feature Points	Total Points
1	5	Brett Meservey	3	50	53
2	60	Andy Major	0	48	48
3	07x	Robin Berghman	2	46	48
4	07	Phil Lausier	1	44	45
5	1M	Norm Wrenn III	1	42	43
6	00	Dave Richardi	1	40	41
7	86 L	Mark Charette	1	38	39
8	93	Randy Clark	0	36	36
9	80 L	Tom Royer	2	34	36
10	37 L	Allen Rieser	1	32	33
11	0	J.R. Gorman	1	30	31
12	4x L	Steve Dumas	3	28	31
13	36 L C	Dave Hodgkinson	1	26	27
14	67	Doug Meservey, Jr.	0	24	24
15	11A	Dan Meservey, Sr.	1	15 DNS	16
	(L) Indicates Lite Pro 4 Division Competitor
	(C) Indicates Canadian Competitor

The Young Guns rolled onto the track first with Alex Barden setting the pace to the green.  On lap one both Devin Guy and Jaret Curtis made contact bringing out the first caution and only caution on lap one.  On the restart, Chase Curtis quickly took the lead from Barden. A few laps later, Guy from the back of the pack was up to fourth and began to pressure Shelby Avery for third.  Guy looked to the outside as he also protected his position from Jaret Curtis that moved into fifth. As a four-way battle brewed for second between Barden, Avery, Guy and Jaret Curtis, Chase Curtis began to develop a good lead. On lap nine, Guy and Avery went to wheel as Guy took over third.  On the next lap, Jaret Curtis passed both Guy and Avery for the third spot. Barden held onto second.  At the final wave of the checkers, it was Chase Curtis followed by Barden, Jaret Curtis, Guy and Avery.

Tim Paquette and Hillary Renaud brought the Lightning Stock field to the green for the twenty-lap feature. Paquette took the lead as an early challenge for second between Ricky Whipple, Mike Stebbins and Matt Gauffin developed.  The top four ran nose to tail as Stebbins made his move into second leaving Whipple to hold off Gauffin for third. On lap six, Stebbins muscled his way to the number one spot as Whipple followed for second. Pat Houle, who started deep in the field moved into fifth. On lap ten, after a wheel to wheel challenge, Houle took over second as Gauffin followed for third.  Stebbins continued to lead as Gauffin and Whipple ran hard against each other for third. Renaud, in sixth, looked underneath Paquette to move into the top five.  With two laps to go, Gauffin and Whipple made contact with each other as Renaud moved into third. At the end it was Stebbins followed by Houle, Renaud, Paquette and Steve Fucile.

Mini Stocks were up next with Kevin McKnight taking the lead early.  Mike McGoldrick followed in second as Eric Pomasko and Solomon Brow challenged each other for third. In lap four, Brow attempted to take over third but was denied coming out of turn four. On the next lap, Brow attempted again and moved into third on lap six as Eric Pomasko found himself in a wheel to wheel battle for fourth with Matt Kimball. By lap nine, McGoldrick felt the heat of Brow on his back bumper and off of turn four, Brow took over second as Kimball followed to settle into third. Brow began to reel in McKnight as Pomasko tapped the backstretch wall and limped into turn three as the first caution came out on lap thirteen. On the restart, McKnight quickly gained the lead again as Brow and Kimball ran side by side for second. Kimball powered his way into second as the top three ran nose to tail.  On lap seventeen, Kimball took over the top spot out of turn two as Brow followed for second. On lap twenty the second caution came out as McGoldrick spun.  On the single file restart to the checkers, it was Kimball for the win followed by Brow, McKnight, Justin Littlewood and Ethan Marsh.

  

The Thunder Stocks hit the pavement for their feature event as Paul Barnard and Paul Smith sat side by side for the green flag start.  On lap two, the yellow flag flew for Craig Chaffee as he spun on the backstretch. On the restart, Barnard led the field as Smith, Jason Kozacka and James Nowakowski battled for second.  A few laps later, Kozacka broke away from the challenge and took over second as Nowakowski began to tap the back bumper of Smith.  On lap ten, Nowakowski took over third as the leader of Barnard saw a mirror full of the orange machine of Kozacka on his back bumper.  On lap fourteen a caution came out for Rookie Bruce Clark.  On the restart, Barnard remained the leader despite the hard effort from Kozacka who attempted to take over the top spot on the outside in turn one. Kozacka felt the pressure from Nowakowski on his back bumper.  At the checkers it was Barnard taking the victory.  Nowakowski made a late charge under Kozacka out of turn four to take second.  Richard Smith and Paul Smith followed for fourth and fifth.

Nancy Muni and Cole Littlewood sat side by side for the start of the Super Stock event. At the green, Muni grabbed the number one spot followed by Littlewood, Tyler Leary, Dennis Stange and Robert Hagar.  The top five ran single file, nose to tail for several laps.  On lap fifteen, Littlewood went sideways and lost grip as Leary took over second underneath. Stange, in fourth, put the pressure on Littlewood as Leary was on a mission to catch the leader of Muni.  On lap nineteen, Stange made his move and settled into third as Leary was on the back bumper of Muni for the lead.  Championship contender, Joel Monahan ran in sixth as looked for a way around Hagar for fifth.  On the final lap and around the final turn, Leary dropped underneath Muni, Muni shut the attempt down and picked up first win of the season.  Leary, Stange, Littlewood and Hagar followed for the top five.  Only four points separate the top three of Stange, Monahan and Leary as they compete for the championship this upcoming Saturday.

The night cap of the evening were the Sportsman Modifieds as Kim Rivet and Brian Robie set the pace for the green flag start.  Rivet had a good start as Robie slipped back fifth as Cameron Sontag, Nathan Johnson and Bill Kimball ran second through fourth.  The field was slowed for their first caution of the night for Tyler Jarvenpaa.  On the restart, Rivet again held the lead but on lap nine it ended as Rivet spun coming out of turn two. On the second restart, Sontag inherited the lead as Johnson, Rollins, Kimball and Keith Carzello followed for the top five. On lap sixteen, the field was slowed again as Chapin lost control of his race machine collecting Jarvenpaa, Rivet and newcomer David Miller. On the restart, Sontag and Johnson ran wheel to wheel for the top spot as Rollins sat in third awaiting his opportunity.  The opportunity came for Rollins on lap eighteen has he made the move on Johnson for second and by lap twenty made the pass on Sontag in a wheel to wheel battle for the lead. The top five settled in as Johnson dropped back fifth, Carzello moved into the fourth spot.  At the checkers, it was Rookie Rollins for his second victory followed by Rookie Sontag, Kirk Alexander, Carzello and Johnson.     

This Saturday, Monadnock Speedway will host the JBH 100 that was rained out in August.  The special event will include 100 lap Granite State Pro Stock Series and the final points show for the championship in the speedway’s weekly divisions plus the NE Classic Lites.  Race time is at 5pm.

Young Guns: Chase Curtis, Alex Barden, Jaret Curtis, Devin Guy, Shelby Avery, Kevin Pittsinger, Chloe Wright (DNS)

Lightning Stocks: Mike Stebbins, Pat Houle, Hillary Renaud, Tim Paquette, Steve Fucile, Matt Gauffin, Eric Silvernale, Dan Starkweather, 79, Richard Whipple

Mini Stocks: Matt Kimball, Solomon Brow, Kevin Mcknight, Justin Littlewood, Ethan Marsh, Mike Mcgoldrick, Eric Pomasko

Thunder Stocks: Paul Barnard, James Nowakowski, Jason Kozacka, Richard Vincent, Paul Smith, Ed Lofland, Bruce Clark, Dan Comeau, Michelle Leh, Craig Chaffee

Super Stocks: Nancy Muni, Tyler Leary, Dennis Stange, Cole Littlewood, Robert Hagar, Joel Monahan, James Thompson, Scott Beck Sr, Tyler Lescord

Sportsman Modifieds: Geoff Rollins, Cameron Sontag, Kirk Alexander, Keith Carzello, Nathan Johnson, Brian Robie, Bill Kimball, Brian Chapin, Eric Leclair, Kim Rivet, Chris Ignazio, Tyler Jarvenpaa, David Miller Jr