Nick Lascoula, Dave Lougee & TJ Morsehead win Phil’s Propane Triple Crown events; John Robidoux & Devin Miranda also win
SEEKONK, MA — Nick Lascoula picked up another win in the Nick’s Pit Stop Legends and clinched the Phil’s Propane Triple Crown Championship for the division, winning two out of the three events. The win also solidifies his place at the top of the 2013 championship standings.
Branden Martinez set the early pace in the 30 lap main event, leading Chris Robbins until Lascoula moved into second by the fifth lap. By lap 9, the Abington driver was in his familiar place, leading the field. Martinez settled into second until his engine expired just shy of the halfway point.
Joey Parker moved into the runner up spot on the restart, and the three subsequent cautions, but could not unseat the points leader, and settled for second. TJ Thompson made a rare appearance and finished third, with Chris Robbins and Wyatt Alexander fifth in his first run at Seekonk.
1) Nick Lascoula 2) Joey Parker 3) TJ Thompson 4) Chris Robbins 5) Wyatt Alexander 6) Al Wisialko 7) Alan Smith 8) Andrew Carpenter 9) Matt Chagnot 10) Matt Carpenter 11) 12) Jesse Jakubajtys 13) Curt Snow 14) Joe Putnam 15) John Bellucci 16) Brandon Martinez
John Robidoux worked his way to the lead on the Pure Stock feature with just six laps remaining after toiling in the top five the entire race. He had watched Daniel Massa, Jr. lead the first eight laps, then Joseph Fortin take the front through the middle of the race from the second slot.
After toiling mightily to get by, he spent the final laps with current champ Jesse Melberg looking for every possible way to steal the win. At the finish, though, it was Robidoux coming under the checkers first as Melberg had to power slide through turn four and down the front stretch to avoid a looseness situation turning into a spin. Melberg still claimed second with Fortin, Jamie Salley and Earl Curtin III in the top five.
1) John Robidoux 2) Jesse Melberg 3) Joe Fortin 4) Jamie Salley 5) Earl Curtin 6) Amy Arsenault 7) Bill Doyle 8) Ed Gould 9) Mark Murphy 10) Dan Massa Jr 11) Keri Manfredo 12) Tim Demarderosian 13) Melissa Charette 14) Ed Flanagan Jr
Devin Miranda made it two in a row in the 20 lap Sport4 feature, widening his championship points lead over the rest of the grid. Tylar Nailor was the early leader before being overtaken by Eric Pelletier on the sixth lap. Eric’s lead would only last a couple of laps before a deflated tire took him out of contention. Shawn DeMello took over the lead and opened up a comfortable lead on the field.
Miranda moved into second by the halfway point, and started to close in on the youngster. When DeMello encountered lapped traffic, Miranda found his opportunity, and moved underneath the traffic while DeMello tried to go around. When he did, a lapped car cut a tire and made contact with DeMello, ending his shot at the win. Miranda held off Glen Leduc for the win.
1) Devin Miranda 2) Glen Leduc 3) Dave Gargado Jr 4) Mike Glad 5) Dave Westgate 6) Tyler Boudreau 7) Gil Bradstreet 8) Chris Bissell 9) Lenny Sousa 10) Jason Enos III 11) Tylar Nailor 12) Chris Testa 13) Chuck McDonald 14) Henry Lavallee 15) Shawn DeMello 16) Kim Bickford 17) Jason Enos II 18) Eric Pellitier19) Bob Henry
Thomas Morsehead, Jr. took advantage on a restart, and when leader Evan Taylor came into turn four too hot and slid up the track, Morsehead nabbed the low road and rocketed into the lead on the tail end of lap nine. Morsehead powered on to a half-second win over Jessica O’Leary and .75 seconds ahead of third place, Matthew Barboza. David White, who led the division going into the race, was fourth followed by outside polesitter, Joey Lembo.
1) TJ Morsehead 2) Jessica O’Leary 3) Matt Barboza 4) David White 5) Joey Lembo 6) Kendra Levesque 7) Sarah DeMello 8) Cassie Meservey 9) Brett Meservey 10) Eric Lebrun 11) Scott Serydynski Jr 12) Derek Debbis 13) Doug Meservey 14) Evan Taylor 15) Shea Kulpa 16) Madison Birchall 17) Branden Lillie
David Lougee turned his unlucky season around with a monster win, leading the SYRA 750 class throughout the 20 lap feature. Lougee went quickly out to a large lead as the field battled behind him. He held of Christine Cavallaro on the solo (lap 13) restart of the feature and moved away enroute to a .113 second win over tenacious Kaitlyn Donovan. Cavallaro was just .66 off in third.
1) Dave Lougee 2) Kaitlyn Donovan 3) Christine Cavallaro 4) Curtis Rolando 5) Taylor Bowser 6) Shelby Donovan 7) Ashley Kuhn
Sourcees: Kevin Boucher/Seekonk Speedway PR