Tuthill Wins Back to Back in ALNRS at Monadnock
Newburgh, NY — The ALNRS took to the track for the second time this season at the fastest high banked quarter mile in the East, Monadnock Speedway. With a full fifteen car field the ALNRS drivers were eager to get back to racing after being off for several weeks following the Budweiser Nationals at The Waterford Speedbowl.
On the pole for the feature was Washingtonville, NY driver Paul Tuthill in the #81 Interstate Batteries Ford Thunderbird. On the outside was Dighton, MA driver James Logan in the #44 Anheim Auctions of NE, Macron Electric Ford Thunderbird.
Unfortunately for James the start of the race would be a little challenging as he spun in the middle of turns one and two at the drop of the green flag, bringing out the first of four cautions. On the restart the field would go back to the original lineup with the exception of the 44 who had to drop to the rear of the field.
Lap six would see the #99 of Tommy Barrett of Millis, MA spin down the back stretch into the infield. Tommy was unable to get his Victory Lane Bar and Grill Monte Carlo fired up and back on the track and the caution had to be thrown on lap nine.
On the restart it would be the #81, the #88 of East Hadaam, CT. driver Eric Bourgeois in the KMV Racing, V-Twin Mfg. sponsored Ford Thunderbird followed by the #89 of Cody Gneiting of Somers, CT in his Custom Homes by Cooker Construction Ford Thunderbird. Rounding out the top five would Taunton, MA driver Shane D’Agostino in the #79 After Hours Auto Body Monte Carlo followed by Newburgh, NY driver Michael A. Vasquez, Sr. in the KMV Racing, V-Twin Mfg sponsored Ford Thunder bird.
There would be green flag racing until lap twenty one when a single car spin by aDP Rivet Rookie of the Year Contender Mickey D’Agostino spun his #25 Tech Mechanical Systems Monte Carlo. Two laps later fellow aDP Rivet Rookie of the Year Contender Nathan Johnson, of Troy, NH would spin his #5 Ford Thunderbird in the middle of turns three and four.
On the restart it was Tuthill, who led every lap in the race thus far, followed by Logan who worked all the way back to the front, followed by Bourgeois, Gneiting and Shane D’Agostino. The top five would stay the same all the way to the checkers.
Tuthill is two for two has he clinched his second win of the 2009 season. Bourgeois who has returned to the ALNRS after a one year absence had a career best third place finish. The aDP Rivet Rookie of the Race would go to Peter Portante of Plainville, CT in his #24 MBG, Northern Construction sponsored Chevy Monte Carlo who finished eighth place.
The ALNRS will be off until May 30, 2009 when they return to the half mile Adirondack Int. Speedway in Lowville, NY.
Sources: ALNRS PR