Star Speedway 6/1/19 Race Report
Epping, NH – A special 50-lap ACT-type Late Model event headlined the action at Star Speedway on Saturday, with invader Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover taking down the win. The three-time American Canadian Tour champion started ninth on the grid, but caution-free racing saw him methodically make his way to the point.
Helliwell was comfortably out front at the checkers in the Bruce Bernhardt-owned, Ekeys4cars-sponsored machine, with Jeramee Lillie next across the stripe. Opening night winner Charlie Rose took third place honors, with 2018 champ Jay Sands and Jimmy Renfrew, Jr. finishing up the top five.
A winner the last time out, Josh Hedges came home sixth in the extra-distance main, with Tom Mackey, Mikey Toner, Jr., Randy Cole, and Marcel Gravel the remainder of the top ten.
In NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Woody’s Auto Street Stock action, Alby Ovitt of Somersworth maintained his points lead by scoring his third feature win of the season in an action-packed affair. Joey “The Jet” Ventrillo picked off runner-up honors, with Chris Curtis, Anthony Belfiore, and Dylan Bilodeau rounding out the top five.
When Scott Byron broke out of the pack and began to pull away from the field, it looked like J.T. Cashman’s season-long win streak in the Maddy’s Car Wash Six Shooters might come to an end. But it didn’t.
Cashman slowly reeled in the leader and drew alongside Byron at the white flag, and after a side-by-side duel over the final lap, he moved ahead to score the win by just about a car length. Counting the non-points Bunny Brawl, it was Cashman’s sixth straight win, and fifth of the regular season.
Byron’s strong effort netted him a runner-up finish for his best result of the year, with Brandon Flanders, Adam Knowles, and JoJo Roberts finishing up the top five.
A 4-cylinder Enduro closed out the night’s racing action, with E.J. Flannigan scoring his second straight win.
Sources: Rich Hayes/Star Speedway PR