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| Photo by Simply the Best, Crystal Snape |
Reversing the field for the second 50 put Troy Talman of Oxford MA on the pole and clean air was all that he needed to go from green to checkered. Like Meservey Jr. it was his first tour type modified win. It was no easy run for the 22 year old as 6 caution flag periods gave other drivers the chance to knock off the leader.
Dennis Perry of Pawcatuck CT tried his best to take over the top spot but a lap 15 scramble sent him pit side while it eliminated George Sherman of Framingham MA and Andy Shaw of Center Conway NH. Second charger for the runner up spot was Matt Mead of Richmond NH with the 88 of Russ Hersey and the 12 in tow. Another caution included several cars, and destroyed the 88. Restart was the 3 and the 77 on the front line and then Rob Richardi Jr. of Taunton, MA took over the 2nd spot. Donnie Lashua also gave it a try by racing to the back bumper of Talman, but wasn't able to pull off the pass. An impressive drive by Geoff Gernhard of Bozrah, CT, who took over the runner up spot from Lashua with 9 laps to go, could only close to within 1.7 seconds of Talman at the finish line.
Carl Medieros Jr. of Westport,MA. who will celebrate his 21st birthday on Monday 7/24 came from the 21st starting position and nipped Lashua for the third spot. Fifth thru tenth were Jeff Gallup, Anthony Ricci, Matt Mead, Rob Richardi Jr., Dennis Perry and Jeff Rocco.
Carl Medieros Jr. was the hard charger of the event picking up 20 positions.
Talman said, "At the beginning I just tried to save my tires, if I got too far ahead my spotter was great with information. It's a good car. This place really chews up the tires and its really all about discipline, you can get on the gas and go fast for a few laps but your car will be junk after that. So you have to have throttle control to keep your tires underneath you, anytime the car gets away from you you're chewing up the right rear. We also didn't have a lot of gear here, I only turned like 6500 RPMs. This is my first race here, it's definitely a cool track. I can't wait to get to Beech Ridge (Speedway, Scarborough, ME) with the M.R.S."
Summary
Second 50 Lap
Margin of Victory--1.723 seconds
Best Lap Time--15.181
Best lap By--#93-George Sherman
Cautions--6--laps-(15-15-15- 35-43-44)
Lap Leader--1--#3-Talman-(1-50)
Unofficial Finish
1---3-Troy Talman
2---11-Geoff Gernhard
3---50-Carl Medieros Jr.
4---17-Donnie Lashua
5---4-Jeff Gallup
6---20-Anthony Ricci
7---77-Matt Mead
8---12MA-Rob Richardi Jr.
9---76-Dennis Perry
10--85-Jeff Rocco
11--55-Joe Doucette
12--47-Dylan Rock
13--83-Mike Willis Jr.
14--16-Colbey Fournier
15--22-Roy Seidell Jr.
16--27-Derek Robbie
17--66NH-Andy Shaw
18--88-Russ Hersey
19--92-Anthony Nocella
20--45-Dan Meservey Jr.
21--6-Sammy Rameau
22--81-Josh Cantara
23--93-George Sherman
Next Event--Aug. 12 2017--New London Waterford Speedbowl. Waterford,CT.
by James Snape
photos by Crystal Snape
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