Published at June 20, 2010
in Seekonk.
Seekonk, MA — It took Radical Rick Martin 19 laps to thread his way from his 7th place starting position into the lead at Seekonk Speedway Saturday night, but once into the free air, none of his competitors were able to catch him. This, after battling to second in the Seekonk, Sport Trucks division earlier in the evening. Martin had been close in that event to setting up for a dual win, but was held off by winner Dylan Estrella on the final go-’round.
West Bridgewater’s John Dabrowski leapt off the starting line from his pole position and seemed headed all the way to victory lane with a very fast line. Steve O’Brien, who had been at the outside pole position, suddenly found Somerset’s Kevin Casper underneath him as they entered the backstretch on lap one. The duo began scrapping for second until lap 3, when O’Brien spun coming into the frontstretch, leaving a thick cloud of smoke and initiating a mad scramble to avoid him. He came to rest in front of the starter’s stand with a sudden, short burst of flame under his hood. He re-fired his motor, confirming the fire was un-burnt fuel expending itself. However, it did initiate the evening’s only red flag, which continued while crews cleared debris from the straightaway and spread speedy-dry to mop up spilled fluids. Officials penalized Ray Parent with a trip to the back of the field for initiating Dabrowski’s spin. Casper was able to thread his way around Dabrowski’s outside on lap 9. But the latter dived back underneath to reclaim his lead 2 laps later. Contact in the pack sent Taunton’s Ken Spencer to the sidelines for the evening. Tom Ellis, visiting from North Carolina also took the Ellis Racing 41 to the pits with damage to the driver’s side front. Rob Murphy was in and out of the pits. Fred Astle also left the track, only to return with most of the front bodywork and his driver’s side door missing. His car spent the rest of the evening looking like a modified racer.
On the restart, Dabrowski and Casper came out side-by-side and began a duel for supremacy until lap 9, when Casper finally forged into the lead. Not to be denied, Dabrowski went back under to reclaim the position on the twelfth circuit. By lap 15, Casper was again at the front with Dave Darling putting Dabrowski under attack. By lap 18 he was moving easily with a two-lap lead over Dabrowski. Martin had threaded his way through the pack and ran by into second on the 19th pass and began to chase down Casper.
[Photo Gallery] by Nicholas Teto
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Oxford, ME — Rowley MA’s Eddie MacDonald took the checkers in the second ACT Late Model Tour event at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday, June 19. MacDonald led the last 43 laps of the 150 lap event after taking the lead from current ACT Late Model Tour point leader Brian Hoar.
Ricky Rolfe would claim second, TJ Brackett third, Corey Morgan fourth and Hoar would hold on to fifth. Tommy Ricker, Brent Dragon, Tim Brackett, Jeff White and Austin Theriault completed the top ten.
The 150 lap event was completed with just four cautions and took one hour and four minutes. A total of 50 cars attempted to qualify with 33 making the starting grid. All but two were on the track for the checkered flag.
Continue reading ‘Eddie MacDonald Wins Second ACT Tour at OPS’
Brockton, MA — Jeff Abold, one of the area’s most promising open-cockpit racers, will return to Northeastern Midget Association action Friday night, June 26 at Lee USA Speedway. The 21-year old will drive a Gaerte-powered Hawk, a joint effort between the Abold and Seymour families.
Abold has a case if he believes the tricky Lee layout owes him. Driving the Seymour 29, the son of Pat Abold was well on his way to victory last year when he lost a rocker arm. He did turn the fastest feature lap (13.521) at Lee last year.
Defending champion and current point leader Randy Cabral, coming off a win at Twin State leads NEMA into Lee. Jeff Horn, a winner at Lee last year, Adam Cantor, Russ and Greg Stoehr, Chris DeRitis and Jim Miller are other threats.
Continue reading ‘Jeff Abold Returns To NEMA at Lee’
Waterford, CT — Waterford Speedbowl hosted Laps for Lupus on Saturday, treating fans to a five-division NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing program benefitting Lupus Foundation of America’s Connecticut Chapter. Keith Rocco of Wallingford took command early in the race then mastered several restarts to claim his sixth SK Modified® win of the year. Walt Hover Jr. of Chaplin dominated the Street Stock race to collect his first win of the season, extending his lead in the championship points. Danny Field of Deep River won his first Norwich Bulletin Mini Stock race of the year in dominating fashion, while Ledyard’s Allen Coates won the A.B. CDL Driver Training Center Truck race and etch his name further into the Speedbowl record books. Nicholas Sowa of Middletown won the Bandolero race. Over $10,000 was raised for the Lupus Foundation of America when the event had concluded.
Teammates Glenn Pressell III and Diego Monahan led a full field of ground pounding SK Modifieds® to green for a 35-lap main event. Pressell took command of the race with Shawn Solomito and Kyle James making up the top three positions behind. Solomito challenged Pressell with a bold move down the backstretch of lap two, but the two made contact that resulted with Pressell spinning in turn three ahead of a hard charging field. Several cars piled in behind with all but Jeff Pearl and Mark Bakaj able to drive away. Others ducked pit-side for service to their cars under the caution.
Solomito reclaimed the lead over James on the restart. That was short lived as Rocco powered under him in turn two to take over at the front. Rob Janovic Jr. followed suit into second and set chase on Rocco. Todd Ceravolo was on the move back in his familiar #16 car, first moving by Joe Gada then past Monahan to advance to third. The second caution waved when Gada fell off the pace and came to rest between turns three and four on lap eight.
Continue reading ‘Rocco Returns to Winner’s Circle; Hovey, Field, Coates and Sowa winners’
