Monadnock Speedway Victories to Stebbins, Johnston, Stebbins, Davis and Lawrence
Dan Stebbins Takes the Monadnock Sportsman Modified Win
Winchester, NH — After his 15th place finish in last week’s opening event, Stebbins took advantage of his outside pole start. It wasn’t all fun and games as pole setter Ken Thompson bogged down at the green flag and Alyssa Rivera climbed over his rear tire, putting Thompson out for the remainder and Alyssa to the rear.
The new restart put Stebbins on the pole and Joe Kendall on the outside. Stebbins would not be dangerously challenged for the lead, but there was all kinds of action behind him. Bill Kimball quickly drove inside Kendall for second and then Keith Carzello made an inside move on Kendall for 3rd.
The first of 3 yellow flags flew on lap 5 for Keith Patnode and Jeremy McCutcheons spin off turn 2. On the restart Stebbins drove away again, but on lap 7 Steve Fifield made his presence be known by slipping by a fading Kendall for 4th. The next lap Kendall lost another spot to Adam Norton, but on lap 12 Norton and Fifield made contact on the front stretch. Norton slid through the infield and pitted with a broken rack and pinion. This restart bunched up the leaders and on lap 13 Carzello powered by Kimball into the 2nd spot. A caution on lap 13 was the result of Russ Hersey, last years’ track champion, and Tyler Jarvenpaa making contact on the front straightaway. The remainder of the race ran caution free. Stebbins and Carzello started pulling away from the pack while on lap 18 Fifields’ mount overheated, forcing him to give up 5th spot to pit.
[Photo Gallery] by Crystal Snape
Brain Chapin, last week’s winner, took over 5th while Stebbins and Carzello staged a bumper to bumper race.
Kimball, Kendall and Chapin ran like they were tied together for the remainder of the race. At the finish it was Stebbins, Carzello, Kimball, Kendall and Chapin for the top 5.
In victory lane Stebbins said, ”We redeemed ourselves after last week’s poor finish,” and a “new motor with less power made the car faster.”
2nd place Carzello said, “I thought I had something for him, but with 10 to go the water light came on. I know my motor man is going to be mad.”
3rd place driver Kimball said, “Each year there’s better competition. We gotta step up and go back to work.”
Summary
Track: Monadnock Speedway
Distance: 30 laps
Time: 17 minutes
Lead Changes: 0
Leader: #5 laps 1-30
Cautions: 3: lap 5, 12, 13
Heat Winners: 13, 5, 88
Bill Johnston Claims Monadnock Super Stock Feature
In a division that is steadily growing the Super Stocks ran their 25 lap feature with Nancy Muni and Tyler Lescord pacing the line up to green. Muni quickly jumped into the lead. A lap 2 yellow flag, one of five for their night, slowed the field. By lap four Lescord overtook Muni for the lead and the next lap #88 Mike LeDoux brought out the 3rd yellow. He was shown the black flag for creating 3 yellows in the first five laps of the feature.
The restart now had Lescord leading, Muni 2nd, Bill Johnston, Ed Brehio III and Ken Springer as the top five. On lap seven Lescord got sideways off of turn 4 made contact with Johnston, with Lescord ending up backwards against the front stretch wall, ending his bid for victory. This scramble of cars brought Johnston to the lead, Brehio III in 2nd, Tom Carey III in 3rd. John Lavoie, your 2012 Champion in 4th, and Craig Smith at 5th. On lap 8 Lavoie demonstrated why he is the defending champion making an inside move on Carey III for 3rd.
After a lap 11 spin by Muni, the restart went single file. At halfway Lavoie got inside Brehio III, raced side by side for a lap, then set his sights on Johnston. With 10 laps to go the 5 lead cars ran bumper to bumper to the finish. At the end it was Johnston with the win, Lavoie coming from 14th to 2nd and Smith from 10th to 3rd, Tom Carey III 4th, Ed Brehio III for 5th.
Track: Monadnock Speedway
Laps: 25
Leaders: 3: #96-Lap 1 to lap 3, #15 Laps 4 to lap 7. #37 Laps 8 to lap 25
Cautions: 5 Lap 2, 3, 5,7,11
From Wreckers to Checkers for Mike Stebbins in the Mini Stock Feature
After last week’s hard crash into the turn one wall, #66 Mike Stebbins came back to win his first of the year. Stebbins and #87 Beth Adams who was also involved in the turn one crash from last week, paced the 18 car field to the green flag. Stebbins shot into the lead, a lead he never gave up. While Adams, #43 Adam, Manley and #62 Julia Raymond chased Stebbins, #15 Chris McTaggart; last week’s feature winner, worked his way up from his mid field starting spot. McTaggart caught Raymond and made his move to 4th, then set his sights upon, Manley, and two laps later he slipped into 3rd. With the laps winding down McTaggart caught Adams and powered his way by, but ran out of time to do anything with Stebbins except follow him across the finish line. At the conclusion it was Stebbins, McTaggart and Adams for 1, 2, 3.
In the Young Guns division, #5 Sonja Carey of Swanzey, NH and the #47 Stephanie Macomber of Orange, MA brought the 13 car field to green with Carey taking the lead. A lap 2 yellow, the only one of the night, would tighten up the field giving #62 Christopher Lawrence of Winchester, NH, whom started 4th, a chance to close in on Carey. By lap 6 Lawrence got around Carey and pulled away. By lap 10 the #13 Cameron Sontag worked his way around Carey for second. At the finish it was Lawrence for the win, Sontag 2nd Carey 3rd, last week’s winner #27 Joe Collins of Winchester, NH for 4th and #73 Cole Littlewood of Orange, MA rounding out the top 5.
April 27, 2013 Race Results
Sportsman Modified
Finish Car No. Driver Hometown Sponsor Owner
1. #5 Dan Stebbins Bernardston, MA Allstate Asphalt (Dan Stebbins)
2. . #8 Keith Carzello Somers, CT Get Smart Fight Back (Brian Barnard)
3. #43 Bill Kimball Bennington, NH Edmunds Hardware (Bill Kimball)
4. #13 Joe Kendall Winchendon, MA Chick’s Tavern (Joe Kendall)
5. #44 Brian Chapin Palmer, MA Palmer Trailer Sales (Wayne Chapin)
6. #88 Russ Hersey Swanzey, NH Bond Auto Parts (Russ Hersey)
7. #45 Dylan Bodreau Claremont, NH Casinos Racing Simulators (Dylan Bodreau)
8. #22 Tyler Jarvenpaa Orange, MA Spage Edge Electronics (Ken & Olivia Bouchard)
9. #60 Jeff Beckwith Bernardston, MA Beckwith’s Auto (Jeff Beckwith)
10. #5J Nathan Johnson Fitzwilliam, NH A.L. Johnson & Sons Roofing (Nathan Johnson)
11. #84 Eric LeClair Easthampton, MA Sasson, Turnbull, Ryan & Hoose (Eric LeClair)
12. #21 Keith Patnode Swanzey, NH (Keith Patnode)
13. #94 Steve Fifield S. Deerfield, MA Norcom Mortgage (Brian Barnard)
14. #17 Adam Norton Brookfield, MA Custom Pallets (Anne Rzewnicki)
15. #4 Jeremy McCutcheon Swanzey, NH Wayside Animal Hospital (Jeremy McCutcheon)
16. #199 Jeff Wright Jaffrey, NH Kemps Auto & Trucking, LLC. (William Kemp)
17. #33 Ken Thompson Alstead, NH Fuller Machine (Ken Thompson)
18. #5A Alyssa Rivera Bellows Falls, VT Alex’s Welding Service (Alyssa Rivera)
Super Stock
Finish Car No. Driver Hometown Sponsor Owner
1. #37 Bill Johnston Athol, MA Hubbard Plumbing (Bill Johnston)
2. #33 John Lavoie Hancock, NH Edmunds Ace Hardware (John Lavoie)
3. #23 Craig Smith Newport, NH Randy and Martha Markwell (Dean Smith)
4. #5 Tom Carey III New Salem, MA New Salem Auto (Tom Carey, Jr.)
5. #29 Ed Brehio III Baldwinville, MA West St. Service Center (Ed Brehio III)
6 #00 Ben Poland Charlestown, NH (Calvin Poland)
7. #18 Ken Springer E. Swanzey, NH (Ken Springer)
8. #44 Dennis Stange Athol, MA (Dennis Stange)
9. #71L Ed LaQuire Jr. Newport, NH Pro-Cut (Ed LaQuire, Sr.)
10. #71 David Striebel Hinsdale, NH W.D. Striebel Trucking (Bill Striebel)
11. #43 Dana Sheppard Putney, VT Stop & Go Oil (Charles Shepard)
12. #96 Nancy Muni-Ruot Harwington, CT Pac Graphics (Raymond Ruot)
13. #11x Tyler Leary Hatfield, MA Amherst Trucking (Martin Leary)
14. #15 Tyler Lescord Ascutney, VT Ascutney Country Hair Salon (Tyler Lescord)
15. #88 Mike LeDoux Nelson, NH Clearwater Pools & Spa (Corey Cashman)
Mini Stock
Finish Car No. Driver Hometown Sponsor Owner
1. #66-Mike Stebbins-Winchester, NH-Finishline Auto Wholesalers (Mike Stebbins)
2. #15-Chris McTaggart-Swanzey, NH- W.R. Painting (Chris McTaggert)
3. #87-Beth Adams-N. Swanzey, NH- Waxy O’Connor’s (Scott Adams)
4. #43-Adam Manley-Putney, VT-(Marc Manley)
5. #62-Julia Raymond-Winchester, NH-Raymond’s Repair (Chris Raymond)
6. #99-Kim Rivet-Chicopee, MA- Meadows Motor Car (Ron Rivet)
7. #68-Matt Gauffin-Antrim, NH-(Matt Gauffin)
8. #3-Joe Rogers-Ludlow, VT-(Joe Rogers)
9. #8-DJ Lazelle-Swanzey, NH-Twin Valley Creations (Roy Soskin)
10. #71-Eric Pomasko-Peterborough, NH Sponsors Wanted (Eric Pomasko)
11. #76-Kevin McKnight, Jr.-Orange, MA-(Linda McKnight)
12. #13-JT Cloutier-Fitzwilliam, NH-Sontag Pump Co. (Storm Racing)
13. #98-Bill Lambert Rutland, MA (Bill Lambert)
Lightning Stocks
Finish Car No. Driver Hometown Sponsor Owner
1. #16-Chris Davis Winchester, NH (Chris Davis)
2. #45-Tim Leblanc Winchester, NH (Tim Leblanc)
3. #28-Craig Chaffee Keene, NH Bond Auto Parts (Dave Castor)
4. #95-CJ Johnson Keene, NH (CJ Johnson)
5. #19-Tim O’Shea Northfield, MA (Tim O’Shea)
6. #7-Pete Hyrne Northfield, MA (Pete Hyrne)
7. #08-Ian MacDonald Bradford, NH (Ian MacDonald) Lovering Volvo
8. #129-Fred Rogers Ludlow, VT (Fred Rogers)
9. #88-Hillary Renaud
10. #9-Matt Croteau
11. #603-Ian Stevens
12. #15-Trevor Carey
13. #46-Gordon Farnum Winchester, NH Mountainside Auto (Gordon Farnum)
14. #39-Bruce Clark Greenfield, MA Antonio’s Pizza (Bruce Clark)
15. #4-Eric Silvernale Winchester, NH Guyer & Son (Eric Silvernale)
16. #57X-Pat Houle Vernon, VT (Pat Houle)
17. #93-Tim Paquettte (Tim Paquette)
19 #93 TIM PAQUETTE NONE SAME No Sponsor Listed 22
18. #62-Dick Houle Brattleboro, VT (Dick Houle)
19. #43-Bill Elliot
20. #12-Josh Ling Hinsdale, NH Shipee Auto (Josh Ling)
Young Guns
Finish Car No. Driver Hometown Sponsor Owner
1. #62-Chris Lawrence
2. #13-Cameron Sontag Sterling, MA Sontag Pump Co., LLC.
3. #5-Sonja Carey Swanzey, NH Dick’s Meat Cutting
4. #27-Joe Collins Winchester, NH Trader John’s Gun Shop
5. #73-Cole Littlewood Orange, MA
6. #A4-Justin Faford Westminster, MA Central Mass. Tree
7. #50-Matt Kimball Bennington, NH Kimball Trucking
8. #09-Corey Wheeler Ware, MA
9. #48-Michelle Leh Montague, MA Leh Racing
10. #47-Stephanie Macomber Orange, MA
11. #1-Mike McGoldrick, Jr. Leyden, MA Dimauro Carpet & Tile
12. #11-Hailey Guy Dublin, NH Chuck’s Auto
DNS. #03-Joel Monahan Whately, MA Monahan Trucking
DNS. #45-Samantha Macomber Orange, MA
Winchester, NH Lawrence Bros. Plumbing & Heating
Sources: Jim Snape/YankeeRacer.com