Monadnock: Norton-Lavoie-Rivet-Sontag Winners on Eve of Cinco de Mayo Feature Races
Winchester, NH — Adam Norton took advantage of his outside pole starting spot and rocketed into the lead, past pole setter Eric LeClair, a lead Norton would never give up. This was no easy run for the Brookfield, MA driver as Joey Kendall, Tyler Jarvenpaa, Russ Hersey and a host of others challenged him for the lead. The first of 4 caution flags came on lap 11 when Brian Chapin and Bill Kimball made contact, sending Kimball into a spin off turn 4. The action picked up right where it left off while last weeks’ winner Dan Stebbins got into the mix making a pass on Hersey for 4th. Jarvenpaa made his move on Kendall and the two ran side by side for 3 laps before Jarvenpaa could gain the advantage.
On lap 22 Stebbins bid for win #2 came to an end when he spun in turn 4 with a damaged race car. On the ensuing restart Kendall got a slight advantage over Jarvenpaa and squeezed into the 2nd spot.
Meanwhile Brian Chapin, whom started deep in the pack was the hard charger of the night making his way to the front. After Dylan Bodreau and Alyssa Rivera got locked together and crashed hard into the turn one wall, Chapin found himself running in 5th behind Russ Hersey. On the single file restart, Chapin found more power and got by a fading Hersey. On the next lap, Kimball passed Hersey dropping the defending champ to 6th. The final pass saw Kendall, Jarvenpaa and Chapin putting pressure on the leader Norton, but Adam Norton crossed the finish line first, with Joey Kendall 2nd, Tyler Jarvenpaa 3rd, Brian Chapin 4th and Bill Kimball 5th.
[Photo Gallery] by Crystal Snape
Top 10
17 Adam Norton Brookfield, MA Custom Pallets
13 Joe Kendall Winchendon, MA Chicks’ Tavern
22 Tyler Jarvenpaa Orange, MA Spage Edge Electronics
44 Brian Chapin Palmer, MA Palmer Trailer Sales
43 Bill Kimball Benington, NH Edmunds’ Hardware
88 Russ Hersey Swanzey NH Bond Auto Parts
84 Eric LeClair Easthampton MA Sasson, Turnbull, Ryan & Hoose
199 Jeff wright Jaffery, NH Kemps’ Auto & Truck
60 Jeff Beckwith Bernardston, MA Beckwiths’ Auto
21 Keith Patnode Sawnzey, NH
The Always exciting Super Stocks ran their 25 lap feature with Tyler Lescord powering into the lead past the outside pole setter Nancy Muni. Lescord and Muni ran bumper to bumper until a lap 9 caution slowed the field. The restart saw Muni go to the outside groove where she got shuffled back to mid pack. Ken Springer now found himself in 2nd spot behind Lescord with last weeks’ winner Bill Johnston, John Lavoie and Craig Smith in hot pursuit. Springer wasn’t going to settle for 2nd and on lap 13 made his move on Lescord for the lead. In Lescords bid to keep pace he spun, bringing out the 3rd yellow flag of the race. When the dust settled the top 5 were Springer, Lavoie, Johnston, Smith and Tom Carey III. The restart saw Springer and Lavoie make slight contact, trading paint and Lavoie coming out with the lead. Carey III passed Smith on lap 15 and the 4th and final caution came out on lap 16 for a spin by Eddie Brehio III in turn 2. On the last restart Lavoie was done fooling around and pulled away from the rest of the pack, but Springer, Johnston, Carey III and Smith all ran a tight bumper to bumper race to the end with no one gaining any advantage.
Top 10
33 John Lavoie Hancock, NH Edmunds’ Ace Hardware
18 Ken Springer E. Swanzey, NH
37 Bill Johnston Athol, MA Hubbard Plumbing
5 Tom Carey III New Salem, MA New Salem Auto
23 Craig Smith Newport, NH Randy – Marth Markwell
44 Dennis Stange Athol, Ma
71 Dave Striebel Hinsdale, MA WD Striebel Trucking
15 Tyler Lescord Ascutney, VT Ascutney Country Hair Salon
29 Ed Brehio Baldwinville, MA West Street Service
15x Shawn Stone Montague, MA JLM Builders Inc.
The Mini Stocks always do a great job on the high banks of Monadnock and this was no different. The always popular Beth Adams blasted into the lead with Julia Raymond coming from the 2nd row to fall into the runner up spot. By lap 3, JT Cloutier, Mike Stebbins and defending champion Kim Rivet closed in on the leader. For the next 10 laps it was a 5 car draft running through lapped traffic. On lap 12 Rivet took advantage of a slower car and slid around Stebbins into 4th spot, and 4 laps later, put an inside move on Cloutier for 3rd.
A lap 18 yellow waved and slowed the field, with the restart having Rivet and Raymond exchanging places. Now Rivet set her sights on Adams and lap 22 gave Rivet the chance to use the inside groove. The pair ran side by side with Raymond in tow. Rivet finally gained the lead with 2 laps to go, and took her victory. The boys were not going to ruin this girls’ night out as Rivet #99 was first, Adams #87 was second, and Raymonds’ #62 was third over the finish line. This was history in the making with only girls placing 1,2,3 in Victory Lane at Monadnock Speedway.
Top 10
99 Kim Rivet Chicopee, MA Meadow Motor Cars
87 Beth Adams N. Swanzey, NH Twin Valley Creations
62 Julia Raymond Winchester, NH Raymonds Repair
66 Mike Stebbins Winchester, NH Finishline Auto Work
15 Chris McTaggart Swanzey, NH WR Painting
13 JT Cloutier Fitzwilliam, NH Sontag Pump
69 Louis Maher North Brookfield, MA
71 Eric Pomasko Peterboro, NH Sponsor Wanted
8 DJ Lazelle Swanzey, NH Twin Valley Creations
76 Kevin McKnight Jr. Orange, MA Sponsor Wanted
In the Young Guns 15 lap shootout Michelle Leh led the first 8 laps until Cameron Sontag made a smooth move for the lead, dropping Leh to 2nd, ahead of Joe Collins. Chris Lawrence, whom started last, raced his way up to 4th without the aid of a caution flag, but ran out of time and laps to catch the leaders. At the finish it was Sontag, Leh, Collins Lawrence and Cole Littlewood.
Top 10
13 Cameron Sontag Sterling, MA Sontag Pump
48 Michelle Leh Montague, MA Leh Racing
27 Joe Collins Winchester, NH Trader Johns
62 Chris Lawrence Winchester, NH Lawrence Plumbing
73 Joe Littlewood Orange, MA Sponsor Wanted
1 Mike McGoldrick Jr. Leyden, MA Dimauro Carpet & Tile
45 Sonja Carey Swanzey, NH Dicks Meat Cutting
50 Matt Kimball Bennington, NH Kimball Trucking
11 Hailey Guy Dublin, NH Chucks Auto
A4 Justin Faford Westminster, MA Central Mass Tree
NE Classic Lites
This tour came into town with their 5/8 scale cars at 1200 lbs, loaded with a 600cc Suzuki power plant. Small but mighty, the 25 lap feature was won by Ed Gilden in the #0, second went to Dan Poliquin in the #24, and third over the line was Skofeld in the #30.
Top 8 to cross the line: 0-24-30-04-27-85-18-25
NE Truck Series
5 trucks took the field. Order of finish was 72 Glen Noll Naugatuck, CT Green Noll, 2nd season running, 2012 Rookie of the year 2012.
8 Chris Turbush Riverhead, NY East West Marine
2 Duane Noll Monroe, CT Sparkling Angels Cleaning Service, 2012 Points Champion
151 Tony Lafo (rookie) Higganum, CT American Sign, Higganum Heating
44 Brad Caddick (rookie) Hope Valley, RI Ernie T’s Wee Friendly Pub
Sources: Jim Snape/YankeeRacer.com
Monadnock-5/4/2013 Results
Sportsman Modified
1. #17-Adam Norton
2. #13-Joe Kendall
3. #22-Tyler Jarvenpaa
4. #44-Brian Chapin
5. #43-Bill Kimball
6. #88-Russ Hersey
7. #84-Eric Leclair
8. #199-Jeff Wright
9. #60-Jeff Beckwith
10. #21-Keith Patnode
11. #5A-Alyssa Rivera
12. #45-Dylan Bodreau
13. #33-Ken Thompson
14. #5-Dan Stebbins
15. #8-Keith Carzello
DNS. #94-Steve Fifield
Super Stock
1. #33-John Lavoie
2. #18-Ken Springer
3. #37-Bill Johnston
4. #5-Tom Carey, III
5. #23-Craig Smith
6. #44-Dennis Stange
7. #71-Dave Striebel
8. #15-Tyler Lescord
9. #29-Ed Brehio, III
10. #15X-Jim Mayrand
11. #96-Nancy Muni
12. #11X-Tyler Leary
13. #43-Dana Shepard
14. #13-Leo Martin
DNS. #71L-Ed Laquire
Mini Stock
1. #99-Kim Rivet
2. #87-Beth Adams
3. #62-Julia Raymond
4. #66-Mike Stebbins
5. #15-Chris Mctaggart
6. #13-Jt Cloutier
7. #69-Louis Maher
8. #71-Eric Pomasko
9. #8-Dj Lazelle
10. #76-Kevin Mcknight, Jr.
11. #3-Joe Rogers
12. #43-Adam Manley
13. #68-Matt Gauffin
14. #04-Bill Faford
15. #7-Alecia Fohlin
16. #98-Bill Lambert
17. #52-Bob Chapdelaine
Young Guns
1. #13-Cameron Sontag
2. #48-Michelle Leh
3. #27-Joe Collins
4. #62-Chris Lawrence
5. #1-Mike Mcgoldrick
6. #5-Sonja Carey
7. #50-Matt Kimball
8. #73-Cole Littlewood
9. #A4-Justin Faford
10. #11-Hailey Guy
11. #47-Stephanie Macomber
12. #45-Samantha Macomber
Thunder Stock
1. #145-Ed Lofland
2. #95-Joe Ethier
3. #47-Jason Barden
4. #55-Jon Goddard
5. #87-Scott Thompson
6. #11-Marshall Usher
7. #13-Doug Guy
8. #A7-Barry Schonborg
9. #5-Jeff Staiti
10. #96-Jason Hesse
11. #75-Tyler Janovsky
12. #54-Bucky Sheats
NETS
START-HEAT 1
72
8x
2
151
44
5 (DNS)
FINISH-HEAT 1
2
72
8x
44
151
FEATURE-START
72
8X
2
44
151
5
FEATURE-FINISH
2
151
72
44
5
DQ-8X DQ