race of August. The crowd was there in anticipation of what the Flying
Fernald was going to jump thru this year. The fans were pleased to
find out it was another mobile home. This year the jumping vehicle was
a mini van. The jump had to be just perfect. George again proved to be
right on the mark as he cleared the whole trailer on the first jump.
The fans were in for a treat as he made the jump a second and third
time. The only thing that calmed him down was the van had seen it's
better day. We can only wonder what next year will bring.
The Ladies division is getting more and more competitive each week.
This week saw thirteen cars challenge for the lead. The heat race saw
caution fly on lap one as Kayla Robinson spun in turn one. Melissa
Higgins used this opportunity to jump to the lead. Meagan Allen made a
return trip to the track to run a close second. Higgins increased her
lead and took her first checkered flag of the season. The feature
would again have caution fly on lap one. A spinning machine forced
point leader, Samantha Letourneau, hard into the turn one banking.
This would force Letourneau to the pits for the night. Meagan Allen
would jump to the lead. Carol Wilson is using the inside lane to fly
up thru the pack. Wilson catches Allen and charges by on the inside.
Rhonda Lyford has taken over second position from Allen. Allen is
being challenged for third by Molly Feeney. Shelby Kimball, moving up
from the Teen division to run with the Ladies, breaks into the top
five from her rear starting position. Feeney has cleared Allen and put
her sights on Lyford. Feeney makes her way around Lyford. Wilson has
driven away from the field. Time is running out for Feeney to catch
Wilson. Wilson bobbles out of four allowing Feeney to close up the
gap. Wilson is able to hold on for the win. Feeney finishes a very
close second. Rhonda Lyford joins the pair in victory lane with third.
Allen has a strong run in fourth. Shelby Kimball finishes fifth in her
debut in the Ladies division.
Ben Clark and Cary Davis cleared the field and started pulling away in
the heat race. Davis challenges Clark in the inside. Rackliff has
joined the pair. Clark holds them off for the heat race win. Jim Denis
takes the early race lead. Davis moves into the second spot. Steve
Rackliff uses the inside lane to take over third from Ben Clark. Bill
Ellis is having a fine run in fifth. Rackliff has moved to the inside
of Davis to challenge for second. The pair are catching leader, Denis.
Mechanical problems for Dennis causes him to spin and bring out the
first caution. Dennis is taken to the pits, but is able to rejoin the
field before the restart. Rackliff and Davis race side by side for the
lead. Clark has moved back into the third spot. Rackliff has cleared
Davis and taken the lead. Clark is gaining slightly on Davis. Dennis
has weaved thru traffic to take over the fourth spot. Rackliff cruises
to the win. Davis follows in second. Ben Clark has another fine run in
third. Dennis recovers from his spin to finish in fourth. Corey Walker
follows up last weeks top three with a fifth place finish.
Brandon Greenleaf started the Teen division heat race out with a bang.
The #68 machine rolled under the flag stand bringing out the red flag.
Greenleaf was okay, but the car was done for the night. Ben Nile and
Shelby Kimball go side by side on the restart for the lead. Nile is
able to take the lead from Kimball and cruise to the heat race win.
Lucas Porter is able to clear traffic and take the early race lead.
Shelby Kimball is following in a strong second. Jeremy Ludden is
passing the field on the outside. Ricky Palmer tries to follow Ludden,
but the door is shut. Ludden has caught Porter and taken over the lead
spot. Palmer has cleared the traffic and moved into the second
position. Ben Nile is making his presence known in the top five by
passing Kimball for fourth. Ludden is pulling away from the field.
Nile is reeling in the third place Porter. Caution would fly on lap 12
as ten year old, Westley Turner, would spin in turn 3. Ludden and
Palmer would race for the lead on the restart. Palmer would take the
lead and the win. Ludden would take home second. Lucas Porter would
bring home the hardware with a third place finish. Ben Nile has a
strong run in fourth. Shelby Kimball finishes out the top five.
The Unity Variety and Video Wildcats heat race saw point leader,
Dustin Hubbard, jump to the early race lead. Carl McAlpine weaves thru
traffic from his last place starting position to take over second.
Hubbard has a commanding lead and cruises to the win. Hubbard again
would take the lead on the start of the feature. Troy Patterson clears
Mike Snow to take the second position. Patterson has a rear view
mirror full of Carl McAlpine. The pair go side by side with McAlpine
using the inside lane to take second. Tim Hudson is up to challenge
Patterson for third. Hubbard has a straight away lead over McAlpine.
Todd Rollins is having a fine run in fifth. Hubbard's lead would be
erased as the spinning lapped car of Tim Hopkins comes in contact with
Hubbard's machine bringing out the caution. McAlpine would jump to the
lead on the restart. Hubbard would take over second position. Tim
Hudson followed the pair in third. Hubbard continues to gain on
McAlpine. Time would run out. McAlpine takes another win. Hubbard
would follow a close second. Hudson follows in third. Troy Patterson
cruised to a fine fourth place finish. "Hurricane" Hal Stratton
finished out the top five.
The Sportsman division saw a fine battle between the Bill Smith and
Bryan Robbins. Smith jumped to the early race lead. Robbins would try
every line around the leader. He could just not quite have enough to
get around. Smith would take home his first heat race win of the
season. Kris Huff recovered from last weeks crash to jump to the early
race lead. Bryan Robbins follows in second. Bill Smith and Kris Watson
bump coming off turn 2 to bring out the first caution closing up the
field. Huff would again jump to the lead. This time Brad Bellows would
follow Huff. Bellows would take the lead has Huff would experience
transmission problems at the start finish line. Caution would fly
again as Mark Dodge spins off turn 3. The Dodge machine would not
refire and retired to the pits. Bellows would take the lead. Don York
moves into second as Bryan Robbins is getting loose. Brian Fortin
returns to the track running in the fourth position. Bill Smith has
moved into the fifth spot. Robbins is trying the inside line around
York. Bellows has checked out on the field to take the win. York beats
Robbins to the line for second. Bryan Robbins, to the liking of son
Colby, takes home the third place trophy. Fortin has a fine run in
fourth. Bill Smith finishes out the top five.
The Enduro divison saw a fine field of cars start the race. Dominic
Bailey jumped to the early race lead. Nick Lizotte followed in second.
Bobby Seger followed a close third. As the leaders caught lapped
traffic, the field was jumbled. Mickey Landry, Jr., making his debut
in the Enduro division, took the lead. As Landry was weaving thru the
traffic, Douglas Kus was trying to keep the 01 machine in his sights.
Dominic Bailey had given up his lead, but the leaders were not pulling
away. Henry Boudreau, moving to the machine vacated by Alex Fernald,
is running in the fourth position. The red flag would fly as a racing
competitor did not stay in his car and was walking the infield. The
restart would find Landry in the lead again. Kus and Bailey would
follow. Boudreau has problems with a lapped car allowing the field to
close up for the fourth position. When the dust cleared, it was Landry
taking the checkered. Kus follows in second. Bailey has a fine run in
third. Boudreau would recover from his spin to take home the fourth
spot.
The Men's Peanut division saw Ryan Ripley jump to the lead in the heat
race. Josh Childs has cleared traffic and gaining on the leader.
Childs can't catch the leading Ripley as he takes the heat race win.
Cody Sleeper streaks to the early race lead. Kyle Gallant follows in
second. Ripley has already broken into the top three from his rear
starting position. Childs is attached to the rear bumper of Chris
Williams running in fourth and fifth. Cody Sleeper continues to check
out on the field. Ripley works his way around Gallant for second.
Childs follows him thru for third. Ripley is catching Cody Sleeper but
the laps are winding down. Cody Sleeper is able to hold on for the
win. Ripley follows a very close second. Josh Childs makes another
trip to victory lane in third. Kyle Gallant has a fine run in fourth.
Dan Quillia, making his 2008 debut at the track, finishes out the top
five.
Josh St Clair and Deane Smart race door to door. Josh St Clair gains a
little on the outside only to have Smart fight back on the inside.
Josh St Clair gets loose on the outside bringing out the caution. The
restart finds Joey Doyon and Smart going door to door. Smart is again
able use the inside to take the heat race win. Dustin Hubbard would
take the lead in the feature. Josh St Clair would challenge Hubbard on
the inside. A caution on lap 4 would close the field up. Josh St Clair
would take the lead on the restart. Brad Bellows fights for the second
position on the inside. Hubbard is hanging tough on the outside. Smart
is passing the field on the inside and is challenging for the second
spot. Joey Doyon has moved up from the rear of the field into the
fourth position. Seth Raven, making is first 2008 Unity start,
challenges Hubbard for fifth. Smart has caught Josh St Clair. Smart
sneaks by Josh St Clair on the inside to take the lead. Bellows is
holding on to the third position. Doyon and Hubbard finish out the top
five. Smart is checking out on the field. Bellows catches Josh St
Clair. The pair go side by side. Smart crosses the line first for the
win. Josh St Clair holds off Bellows for second. Bellows continues his
fine runs in third. Doyon takes home the fourth spot. Hubbard finishes
out the top five with a fine run.
Richard Jackson took the lead in the dirt from Duane Dunifer Sr in the
Monsta Mini heat race. Richard Jackson would follow in the footsteps
of girlfriend, Melissa Higgins, by taking the heat race win. Gary
Richards takes the lead with Markus Lowe on his bumper in the feature.
Richard Jackson has already taken over third position from the rear of
the field. Richard Jackson is challenging Lowe on the inside for
second. Chad Elkins is keeping the leaders in his sights in fourth.
Point leader, Mike Wilson, runs in fifth. Lowe and Richard Jackson
continue to run door to door for second. A violent rollover on lap 9
brings out the red flag. Duane Dunifer Sr caught the front tire of the
spinning Matt Picard launching the car in the air. Dunifer would get
out of his car under his own power. The car was retired. Richards
jumps to the lead again on the restart. Richard Jackson is able to use
the inside line to take the lead. Wilson and Lowe battle for third.
The restart would have the battle between Richard Jackson and Richards
surface again. Richards would use the outside to take the lead. Lowe
is all over the rear bumper of Richard Jackson's machine. Richard's
drifts wide out of turn four allowing Richard Jackson to take the
lead. Richards would try the inside and out to get back by. Richard
Jackson would take his first checkered of the 2008 season after many
second place finishes. Richards would follow up in second. Lowe would
make a trip to victory lane in third. Chad Elkins would have a fine
run in fourth. Paul Jackson finished with another top five finish.
This week will have the return of the Nelcar Legends, the final kids
bike race of the season, as well as the fund raiser for the Humane
Society. Teen Thunder drivers, Ben Nile and Shelby Kimball, will also
be having a raffle with all proceeds going to the Children's Miracle
Network. Hope to see you all there.
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