Star Speedway 8/25/18 Race Report
Epping, NH – Double features were the order of business for most divisions at the famed Star Speedway on Saturday night, with Strafford ace Mike Collins breaking a two-year drought and collecting his first-ever 350 Super win in the held-over feature event from the week before.
Dave “Hollywood” Helliwell was second, with former champ Matt Seavey third in the Rod Majowicz machine. Rookie James Witkum collected his best finish of the year in the fourth spot, with Jeffrey Battle rounding out the top five.
Former Strictly Stock champ Mike Murphy of Groveland, MA was sixth, but unfortunately, that was the highlight of his night, after a tangle with Moe Lattime sent him hard into the frontstretch wall just three laps into the second feature event.
Rookie sensation Jeffrey Battle looked to be well on his way to victory in the second feature, but with just two laps remaining, Helliwell moved past to take the lead and the win. Battle was runner-up, followed by third-generation racer Bobby Timmons of Windham, ME, Seavey, and Steve Duphily of Plaistow.
Alby Ovitt of Barrington picked up the win in the held-over Woody’s Auto Strictly Stock main, outrunning John Cashman of Danvers, MA, Jim Storace of Kingston, Bill Fiske of Chester, Jeremy Scott of Derry, Michele Fushpanski of Salisbury, MA, Joey Ventrillo of Methuen, MA, Don Woodburn of Kingston, Kenny Scott of Salem, and Ray Dinsmore of Sanford, ME.
Cashman picked up the win in the second feature, with Ovitt, Dinsmore, Ventrillo, Fushpanski, Jeremy Scott, Bobby Bouchard, Kenny Scott, Jared Edson, and Justin Beecher the rest of the top ten.
Tyler Chase of Sandown doubled up in Brickyard Roadrunner action, taking both ends of the doubleheader. Jay Townsend, Dan Sweeney, Andrew Harmon, and Aaron Day were the top five in the opener, while Day, Townsend, Sweeney, and John Boomhower closed out the top five in the nightcap.
Jason Hodgdon of Pittsfield scored his first win of the year in the L & W Auto Repair Six Shooter feature event, with Cody Hodgdon of Pittsfield, Kyle Augevich of Fremont, Joe Roberts, Jr. of Epping, and Scott Byron of Haverhill, MA the rest of the top five.
Next Saturday night, Sept 1, the NEMA Lites return to Star, along with the Big John DiBurro 59, double features for the R & R Late Models and Northeast Classic Lites, the Brickyard Roadrunners, and L & W Auto Repair Six Shooters.
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Sources: Rich Hayes/Star Speedway PR