Zachem Continues Dominace, Wins Sixth Tour Race
After being postponed weeks ago due to rain, the Nelcar tour was back at Unity Raceway for their 11th event of the season. What has been named, “New England’s toughest oval,” holds true for some of the trickiest cars to handle. The previous two races have been won by two of the series best, Bob Weymouth won the first round while Max Zachem held the checkered flag in the second round.
Terry Kirk in the 17 car lead the field to the green flag for the heat race, but Weymouth was able to get his 399 car to the lead early, and didn’t look back as the incident free 10 lap heat was completed with Weymouth taking the checkered flag. Bobby Timmons was able to grab second, while Zachem made his way to third.
For the feature race, it was the 29 of Tyler Jordan on the pole, while Kirk was on the outside for the green. When the flag flew, Jordan opened up quite a lead on the field, as he lead the first portion of the event until Zachem’s 20 car made his way through and challenged Jordan for the top spot. Just as he took the top spot, the 83 of Brandon Ingalls, making his Legends car debut, spun in turn three, as rookie Tyler Braunschweig went into the sand bank to avoid the spin. When the two were back on the track, the green flag flew again as Zachem took off from the lead, as Timmons’ grabbed second. Zachem didn’t look back, and continued his dominance in the series, grabbing his sixth win. Timmons’ finished second, while Weymouth was able to get around Jordan for third, and Alan Smith had a good run, rounding out the top five.
The next scheduled race is August 28th at Unity once again, and with only a handful of races to go, the rest of the field is running out of time to catch Preston, Connecticut’s Max Zachem, as he holds on to the points lead over Weymouth and Timmons’. Evan Beaulieu was able to compete at Unity after his hard wreck at Beech Ridge the Thursday before, in Terry Kirk’s owned car, once driven by series standout Chris Seavey. Beaulieu currently holds fourth in points ahead of Kirk, who rounds out the top five. For more info, news, and points, visit Nelcar.net.