Another great night of racing was had at Thompson this past Thursday with a special 40 lapper on the docket for
the Limited Sportsman guys. Heat races for all the divisions (except the TIS Mods) would start the night. Couple
notes worth mentioning in the heat races. The Limited Sportsman heat race saw a scary wreck in turn 1 with Chris
Bisson and another car hitting the wall nearly head on with the end result of Bisson taking two rather violent rolls
before landing on all 4 wheels. He would jump out of the car unharmed and later seen having a beer at the beer
stand…I know I would be consuming an adult beverage or two after that. Also in the LM heats, Jeff Zuidema was
knocked around in his heat race and suffer damage that would prevent him from starting the feature. He has had
absolutely no luck with the LM this year.
First feature out would be the TIS Mods and there are now 13 of them as Leo “Bim” Adams made his return to
Thompson. Leo Oliveria would take down his first win of the year with only 1 caution slowing his way for a minor
spin. Glen Boss would apply the pressure but just couldn’t get close enough to do anything. Roger Larson took
3rd, with Mike Viens and Tim O’Sullivan rounding out the top 5.
The mini stocks were next and a big skirmish on the backstretch on the first lap took out many top runners including
Todd Henshaw, Scott Michalski, Andy Publicover just to name a few. Shelly Perry would take command at about half
way and cruised her way for the win retaking the points lead. She was followed by Mike Romano, Rick Blanchard,
Chuck Rogers and Brad Caddick.
The Late Models were next and they had a rough go at it this week. 20 cars would start the race only to see 9
actually still running at the end. Several cautions for wrecks and spins turned this race into a disaster. Rick Gentes
and Mark Palmisano ran up front most of the night until one restart the two got together and ended the night for
Palmisano as he was minus the front end of his racer. Gentes would go on to win and comment saying Mark took
himself out and he had nothing to do with it. I personally didn’t see it, but these two do have a track record with
each other so one only knows. Dave Trudeau, Mark Jension, RJ Marcotte and Steve Landry rounded out the top 5.
This was the first time in about 5 or 6 races Hutchings wasn’t involved in the finish, as his car was just not handling
to his liking this night.
The Limited guys took to the track next for their special 40 Lapper. The race started out rough as everyone was
scrambling early on but few cautions waved. Glenn Boss and Larry Barnett charged through the field and both
were looking for the big win. It was side by side action this week as the 3 and sometimes 4 wide racing wasn’t there.
Boss led Barnett through the late stages of the event with Barnett looking under Boss lap after lap but was unable to
get by him. Everyone knows Barnett passes to the inside so it was no surprise to see Boss keep his car just low
enough to prevent Barnett to get by. That was the way they finished, behind them another side by side battle with
Keith DeSanctis edging Danny Cates for 3rd, and in yet another side by side race having Scott Sundeen edging
Scott Cook for 5th.
The SK mods were next and they ran green to checker with Joe Lemay taking his first career win in the division. He
had the car on cruise control as he finished nearly a straightaway ahead of Tommy Cravenho. Bert Marvin actually
finished the race this week ending up in 3rd with Woody Pitkat and Jimmy Blewett rounding out the top 5.
The Pro Stocks would end the night with 21 cars taking the green, a big difference than weeks past where 13 or so
would show up. Even your racersbored.com member Rob Williams would show up for the night’s race finishing a
respectable 10th staying out of trouble..great job Rob! The action up front was great as the top 7 cars would put
distance on the rest of the field. During all of this Norm Wrenn had established himself as the pace setter with the
hungry field behind him. George Bessette would climb into 2nd and looked low under Wrenn. Contact between the
two in turn two would end their nights as the cars seem to become hooked and both piled into the wall. Fred Astle
would also become a victim as he had nowhere to go except into the back of Bessette’s ride. The next restart Mike
O’Sullivan would inherit the lead but the would last about a ¼ lap as his car just quit on him coming out of turn 2. He
is another guy that has had no luck this year, but that’s the name of the game sometimes! Jeff Zuidema would
cruise on for the win over, Todd Owen and Jeff Connors. Dennis Maxfield and Darrly Stampfl making his first start of
the year would round out the top 5.
Seekonk Speedway played host to their Mid Season Championships on this brutally hot day. Only thing more brutal
is all the torn up racecars from Sat. night due to a variety of reasons as you will see.
The Sport Trucks started the feature portion of the program with their 25 lapper. Several cautions for false starts
(still say it’s because of no “power line”), spins, wrecks, littered this event. But in the end it was pro stock ace
Freddy Astle edging out Mike Cavallaro for the win. Brian Clarke, Chad Hancock and Dave Haywood rounded out
the top 5. Like I said several cautions in this event (and others) took away from some good racing and left a lot of
drivers with a lot of work to do before this coming week’s events. A lot of needless beating and banging going on
out there that’s for sure.
The Street Stocks were next, and they too also had a bunch of cautions that tore up a lot of racecars. I usually
commend them on their racing but not this week. Once again, drivers racing without their head caused a lot of cars
to be torn up. A scary wreck midway through the race occurred in turns 3 and 4 as Ray Negley and Paul Newcomb
got hooked together and stopped in the middle of the turns. Caution waved for them but Al MacNutt didn’t see the
caution lights or something but he went full speed into the back of Negley’s car. All drivers walked away. In the end
Wayne Silvia took down the win unchallenged. Ryan Lineham, Paul Lallier, Ron Barboza and Steve Axon completed
the top 5.
The Late Models continued the carnage as they didn’t want to be showed up by the lower divisions….guess they
wanted to show they could wreck cars just as well and that is what they did. Nine cautions slowed this event, no
surprise with these guys as they all continue to have a tough year getting in clean races. Glen Lawton jumped out
to the lead fairly early and avoided all the wrecks and spins to take the win over Gerry Degasparre. Scott Dion,
Barry Shaw and Jon Dickerman all survived the carnage to muster up top 5’s.
Last event of the night was the Pro Stock feature. Lenny Ellis was looking good out front leading the first 19 laps
until a faulty transmission bit him on a restart. This gave the lead to Tom Scully Sr. Good racing throughout the
pack as this was the cleanest race of the night with only a couple cautions. The field was bunched up one last time
with 12 laps to go as Dave Darling booted Rob Murray while trying to get second from him, this sent both drivers to
the back…rightfully so. The last 12 laps Scully cruised to the win over Todd Annarummo, Vinny Annarummo,
Charlie Rose and John Dabrowski. Scully ended a 9 year drought taking the 50 lapper and $2,000 payday.
Hopefully this coming Saturday will result in better racing as the Late Models are off, but are invited to run with the
ACT Tour.
the Limited Sportsman guys. Heat races for all the divisions (except the TIS Mods) would start the night. Couple
notes worth mentioning in the heat races. The Limited Sportsman heat race saw a scary wreck in turn 1 with Chris
Bisson and another car hitting the wall nearly head on with the end result of Bisson taking two rather violent rolls
before landing on all 4 wheels. He would jump out of the car unharmed and later seen having a beer at the beer
stand…I know I would be consuming an adult beverage or two after that. Also in the LM heats, Jeff Zuidema was
knocked around in his heat race and suffer damage that would prevent him from starting the feature. He has had
absolutely no luck with the LM this year.
First feature out would be the TIS Mods and there are now 13 of them as Leo “Bim” Adams made his return to
Thompson. Leo Oliveria would take down his first win of the year with only 1 caution slowing his way for a minor
spin. Glen Boss would apply the pressure but just couldn’t get close enough to do anything. Roger Larson took
3rd, with Mike Viens and Tim O’Sullivan rounding out the top 5.
The mini stocks were next and a big skirmish on the backstretch on the first lap took out many top runners including
Todd Henshaw, Scott Michalski, Andy Publicover just to name a few. Shelly Perry would take command at about half
way and cruised her way for the win retaking the points lead. She was followed by Mike Romano, Rick Blanchard,
Chuck Rogers and Brad Caddick.
The Late Models were next and they had a rough go at it this week. 20 cars would start the race only to see 9
actually still running at the end. Several cautions for wrecks and spins turned this race into a disaster. Rick Gentes
and Mark Palmisano ran up front most of the night until one restart the two got together and ended the night for
Palmisano as he was minus the front end of his racer. Gentes would go on to win and comment saying Mark took
himself out and he had nothing to do with it. I personally didn’t see it, but these two do have a track record with
each other so one only knows. Dave Trudeau, Mark Jension, RJ Marcotte and Steve Landry rounded out the top 5.
This was the first time in about 5 or 6 races Hutchings wasn’t involved in the finish, as his car was just not handling
to his liking this night.
The Limited guys took to the track next for their special 40 Lapper. The race started out rough as everyone was
scrambling early on but few cautions waved. Glenn Boss and Larry Barnett charged through the field and both
were looking for the big win. It was side by side action this week as the 3 and sometimes 4 wide racing wasn’t there.
Boss led Barnett through the late stages of the event with Barnett looking under Boss lap after lap but was unable to
get by him. Everyone knows Barnett passes to the inside so it was no surprise to see Boss keep his car just low
enough to prevent Barnett to get by. That was the way they finished, behind them another side by side battle with
Keith DeSanctis edging Danny Cates for 3rd, and in yet another side by side race having Scott Sundeen edging
Scott Cook for 5th.
The SK mods were next and they ran green to checker with Joe Lemay taking his first career win in the division. He
had the car on cruise control as he finished nearly a straightaway ahead of Tommy Cravenho. Bert Marvin actually
finished the race this week ending up in 3rd with Woody Pitkat and Jimmy Blewett rounding out the top 5.
The Pro Stocks would end the night with 21 cars taking the green, a big difference than weeks past where 13 or so
would show up. Even your racersbored.com member Rob Williams would show up for the night’s race finishing a
respectable 10th staying out of trouble..great job Rob! The action up front was great as the top 7 cars would put
distance on the rest of the field. During all of this Norm Wrenn had established himself as the pace setter with the
hungry field behind him. George Bessette would climb into 2nd and looked low under Wrenn. Contact between the
two in turn two would end their nights as the cars seem to become hooked and both piled into the wall. Fred Astle
would also become a victim as he had nowhere to go except into the back of Bessette’s ride. The next restart Mike
O’Sullivan would inherit the lead but the would last about a ¼ lap as his car just quit on him coming out of turn 2. He
is another guy that has had no luck this year, but that’s the name of the game sometimes! Jeff Zuidema would
cruise on for the win over, Todd Owen and Jeff Connors. Dennis Maxfield and Darrly Stampfl making his first start of
the year would round out the top 5.
Seekonk Speedway played host to their Mid Season Championships on this brutally hot day. Only thing more brutal
is all the torn up racecars from Sat. night due to a variety of reasons as you will see.
The Sport Trucks started the feature portion of the program with their 25 lapper. Several cautions for false starts
(still say it’s because of no “power line”), spins, wrecks, littered this event. But in the end it was pro stock ace
Freddy Astle edging out Mike Cavallaro for the win. Brian Clarke, Chad Hancock and Dave Haywood rounded out
the top 5. Like I said several cautions in this event (and others) took away from some good racing and left a lot of
drivers with a lot of work to do before this coming week’s events. A lot of needless beating and banging going on
out there that’s for sure.
The Street Stocks were next, and they too also had a bunch of cautions that tore up a lot of racecars. I usually
commend them on their racing but not this week. Once again, drivers racing without their head caused a lot of cars
to be torn up. A scary wreck midway through the race occurred in turns 3 and 4 as Ray Negley and Paul Newcomb
got hooked together and stopped in the middle of the turns. Caution waved for them but Al MacNutt didn’t see the
caution lights or something but he went full speed into the back of Negley’s car. All drivers walked away. In the end
Wayne Silvia took down the win unchallenged. Ryan Lineham, Paul Lallier, Ron Barboza and Steve Axon completed
the top 5.
The Late Models continued the carnage as they didn’t want to be showed up by the lower divisions….guess they
wanted to show they could wreck cars just as well and that is what they did. Nine cautions slowed this event, no
surprise with these guys as they all continue to have a tough year getting in clean races. Glen Lawton jumped out
to the lead fairly early and avoided all the wrecks and spins to take the win over Gerry Degasparre. Scott Dion,
Barry Shaw and Jon Dickerman all survived the carnage to muster up top 5’s.
Last event of the night was the Pro Stock feature. Lenny Ellis was looking good out front leading the first 19 laps
until a faulty transmission bit him on a restart. This gave the lead to Tom Scully Sr. Good racing throughout the
pack as this was the cleanest race of the night with only a couple cautions. The field was bunched up one last time
with 12 laps to go as Dave Darling booted Rob Murray while trying to get second from him, this sent both drivers to
the back…rightfully so. The last 12 laps Scully cruised to the win over Todd Annarummo, Vinny Annarummo,
Charlie Rose and John Dabrowski. Scully ended a 9 year drought taking the 50 lapper and $2,000 payday.
Hopefully this coming Saturday will result in better racing as the Late Models are off, but are invited to run with the
ACT Tour.