Payea Captures First Win of the 2016 Season
Waterbury, VT – Milton, VT’s Scott Payea took the lead for the second time of then afternoon on lap 117 and never looked back winning the NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway.
Payea drove a smart and patient race from his third starting spot, running up front all day, the leading laps 49-54 and saving his tires for the late run sprint to the finish. Defending race winner and 2015 ACT Champion Wayne Helliwell Jr., raced to a second place finish coming from the 9th starting spot with Rhode Island’s Ray Parent ending a strong weekend in third. St-Albert, Quebec’s Alex Labbe finished fourth with Quinny Welch of Lancaster, NH rounding out the top 5. Nineteen-year-old Emily Packard raced to a sixth place finish with last week’s Oxford 100 winner Bobby Therrien finishing seventh. The “outlaw” Eddie MacDonald was eighth with Kyle Welch and Brad Babb rounding out the top ten.
The ACT Tour heads to “The Nations Site of Excitement” Thunder Road for Merchants Bank 150 Sunday, May 1st with the downtown Barre car show set for Saturday, April 30th.
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Unofficial Results:
1.Scott Payea Milton, VT
2.Wayne Helliwell, Jr. Dover, NH
3.Ray Parent Tiverton, RI
4.Alex Labbe St-Albert, QC
5.Quinny Welch Lancaster, NH
6.Emily Packard E. Montpelier, VT
7.Bobby Therrien Hinesburg, VT
8.Eddie MacDonald Rowley, MA
9.Kyle Welch Newport, NH
10.Brad Babb Windham, ME
11.Nick Sweet Barre, VT
12.Todd Davis Claremont, NH
13.Jimmy Hebert Williamstown, VT
14.Dillon Moltz Waterford, CT
15.Ryan Olsen N. Haverhill, NH
16,Devin O’Connell Madison, CT
17.Mike Ziter Barre, VT
18.Corey Mason Groveton, NH
19.Matt Anderson Franklin, NH
20.Luke Hinkley Claremont, NH
21.Miles Chipman Nottingham, NH
22.Rowland Robinson Jr. Steuben, ME
23.Rich Dubeau Lebanon, NH
24.Adam Gray Granby, MA
25.Brandon Atkins AuSable Forks, NY
26.Bryan Mason Stark, NH
27.Claude Leclerc Lanoraie, QC
28.Jeff Morse Cornish, NH
29.Mark Jenison Warwick, RI
30.Oren Remick Warner, NH
31.Mark Hudson Norton, MA
32.James Linardy Somerville, MA
Lap Leaders: Rowland Robinson Jr., 1, Todd Davis 2-48, Scott Payea 49-54, Ray Parent 55-76, Quinny Welch 77-103, Parent, 104-116, Payea 117-150 (6 lead changes among 5 drivers)
Time of Race: 59:23 Margin of Victory: 2.086 seconds
Cautions: 3 (laps 46, 140, 141)
Heat Winners: Jimmy Hebert, Alex Labbe, Wayne Helliwell Jr., Ray Parent
Consi Winners: Matt Anderson, Dillon Moltz
Sources: Jeffery Boyce/ACT PR