Ed Flanagan Jr, Nick Lascoula, Shawn Demello, Taylor Bowser & Kendra Levesque Pick Up Final Fast Friday Wins
SEEKONK, MA — Ed Flanagan Jr picked up his first win in over 2 years in the 25 lap Pure Stock feature. Dan Johnson of Rehoboth jumped out at the green and set the pace for the first half of the event. Flanagan ran second for a bit before Jamie
Salley got by and tried to chase down the rookie. With the leaders racing, the point championship contenders, John Robidoux and Earl Curtin III, were battling each other for position. The pair raced together, swapping positions in the top five as they tried to work through the field.
While they were racing for the fourth position, at the lap 12 mark, the pair made contact, and Curtin could not hold on, hitting the wall and ending his night.
On the restart, Flanagan moved his NY Systems #5 past Johnson, and rolled to his first win of the season. Over the final several laps, Robidoux moved into second, and held on to win his first Pure Stock Championship. Bill Doyle was third, with Johnson and Joe Fortin rounding out the top five.
1) Ed Flanagan Jr 2) John Robidoux 3) Bill Doyle 4) Dan Johnson 5) Joe Fortin 6) Jamie Salley 7) Mark Murphy 8) Amy Arsenault 9) Melissa Charette 10) Earl Curtin III 11) Jeremy Lambert 12) Shawn Gaedek DNS) Ed Gould DNS) Lou Robinson
Nick Lascoula picked up another win on his way to the 2013 Nick’s Pit Stop Legends Championship. Chris Robbins jumped out front early and led the first five laps before Lascoula moved up and past for the final time of the season.
The only caution came out on lap 21, when Joey Parker and John O’Sullivan got together. On the restart, Stephen Kopcik was lined up on the outside of Lascoula, but couldn’t get past the champion. Kopcik finished second, with Robbins, Al Wisialko and Dennis Pantani third, fourth and fifth.
1) Nick Lascoula 2) Stephen Kopcik 3) Chris Robbins 4) Al Wisialko 5) Dennis Pantani 6) Matt Carpenter 7) Joey Parker 8) Jesse Melberg 9) Jesse Jakubajtys 10) Curt Snow 11) Joe Wisialko 12) John O’Sullivan 13) Joe Putnam
Devin Miranda came into the 20 lap Sport4 feature with a two point cushion over eight on Shawn DeMello. When it was all said and done, DeMello won the race, trying to overtake the Dighton, MA native, but fell short as Miranda finished second in the race and first in the championship standings.
Glen Leduc led the first 13 laps of the non-stop 20 lap feature and looked to be on the way to his first career win, but was overtaken by DeMello with seven laps remaining. Miranda was right behind, following the rookie through the field. Tyler struggled a little getting through the field, and settled for a fourth place finish, behind Eric Pelletier. Mitchell Bombard rounded out the top five.
1) Shawn DeMello 2) Devin Miranda 3) Eric Pelletier 4) Tyler Boudreau 5) Mitchell Bombard 6) Glen Leduc 7) Henry Lavallee 8) Michael Glad 9) Kim Bickford 10) Chuck McDonald 11) Lenny Sousa 12) Bob Henry 13) Dave Gargaro Jr 14) Gil Bradstreet 15) Christopher Lee 16) Chris Testa 17) Nick Mattera 18) Chris Bissell19) Dave Westgate
Curtis Rolando rolled to his second championship in three years, this time in the SYRA 750 class. Curtis struggled in qualifying with mechanical issues, but got the car straightened out for the 20 lap feature. It just wasn’t enough to pick up his sixth win of the season.
Taylor Bowser led the 20 lap feature from green to checker with some mid race pressure from Dave Lougee. Lougee got past Rolando on the sixth lap for second, but had nothing for his fellow rookie competitor on this night. Rolando got back by Lougee with three laps remaining and finished second. Lougee crossed third with Ashley Kuhn and Christine Cavallaro fourth and fifth.
1) Taylor Bowser 2) Curtis Rolando 3) Dave Lougee 4) Ashley Kuhn 5) Christine Cavallaro
Kendra Levesque closed out her rookie season in the SYRA 600 in winning style, picking up her first career win in the 20 lap feature. Kendra beat Eric LeBrun to the start and never looked back. Madison Birchall moved into second on the opening lap and picked up her best finish of the season as well.
TJ Morsehead came into the night with a handful of points between he and David White for the title. Throughout the feature, while he struggled in traffic, White was able to put some distance between he and the leader. White moved several cars ahead, but Morsehead kept him within sight. In the end, the Seekonk native picked up his first title to top off a 4 win season.
1) Kendra Levesque 2) Madison Birchall 3) Eric Lebrun 4) Shea Kulpa 5) Matt Barboza 6) Joey Lembo 7) David White 8) Bob Borthwick Jr 9) Derek Debbis 10) TJ Morsehead 11) Brett Meservey 12) Doug Meservey 13) Jessica O’Leary 14) Cassie Meservey 15) Scott Serydynski 16) Brandon Lillie 17) Matt Norton
Sources: Kevin Boucher/Seekonk Speedway PR