Ben Byrne, of Deerfield, and Todd Patnode each won a 35-lap New Hampshire Short Track Racing Association Modified feature, Saturday at Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, New Hampshire.
It was the fifth victory on the season for Byrne.
Street Stock racer Tommy O’Sullivan earned his first victory lap, while Aaron Fellows won his track-high ninth 2020 main event.
Timmy Leblanc and Chris Davis each won for the second time.
Brian Robie and Matt Kimball started up front in the first Modified 35. Kimball took charge on lap three and looked like the man to beat until, with the white flag in the air, mechanical problems ended the second-generation driver’s race and sent some of the field spinning.
In the aftermath, Byrne got the win with Robie second and Russ Hersey third.
Kimmy Rivet edged Patnode in the slow motion battle for the pole in race number two and, as such, that pair later brought the field to the green in the nightcap. That green flag run, though, was short-lived.
A massive lap-one wreck brought this race to a halt, with no fewer than eight cars leaving the frontchute tangle on the hook. Both Byrne and Robie were caught up, but later returned.
Patnode held strong, but Kimball bolted into second on lap 21 and took command as lap 29 was completed. Patnode, though, wasn’t done.
Completing a bump-and-run, the veteran then held Kimball in his shadow to duplicate his victory of two weeks earlier. Kimball was the runner-up, and Brian Chapin edging Rivet for third.
O’Sullivan, from row four, took the lead from Hillary Renaud on lap 13 of the Street Stock feature, bringing Chase Curtis with him, and then held on for his first win of the summer. Curtis was second, and Renaud third.
The Curtis twins, Chase and Jaret, entered the night tied atop the points parade. When the show was over, Chase went home six points ahead.
Fellows took charge on lap 16 of the Late Model Sportsman feature and then sped away to his ninth win in 10 outings. Camdyn Curtis posted his career-best LMS runner-up finish, with Cole Littlewood third on the night.
Leblanc took the lead from Shelby Avery on lap five of the Mini Stock 25-lapper and then held off all challengers to earn his second victory lap of 2020. Kevin Cormier, the winner a week earlier, snatched second on the white flag lap, with Nathan Wenzel, of Granby, coming home third. Wenzel is second in points, 18 behind Gordon Farnum,
Farnum, after being clobbered on lap one, methodically worked his way back to fifth, losing only four points in his run toward the championship.
Davis, the defending Pure Stock champ, started up front Saturday and made easy work of winning his second feature race of the summer. Matt Lambert held second for 22 laps until points leader Mike Douglas completed his charge from row five to claim runner-up honors.
Monadnock Speedway will host its biggest event of the season Saturday when the NASCAR Whelen Modified Series makes its first visit to the high banks in five years for 200 laps of excitement.
For event information and ticket sales, please visit www.monadnockspeedway.com.
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Saturday’s results
NHSTRA MODIFIED FEATURE 1: Ben Byrne, Brian Robie, Russ Hersey, Keith Carzello, Stewart McCormack, Steve Dickey, Rob Richardi, Cole Littlewood, Andy Major, Todd Patnode, Kim Rivet, Jason Houle, Alyssa Rivera, Brad Zahensky, Matt Kimball, Trevor Bleau, Kevin Pittsinger, Eric Leclair, Solomon Brow, Brian Chapin, Cory Plummer, Cameron Houle
NHSTRA MODIFIED FEATURE 2: Todd Patnode, Matt Kimball, Brian Chapin, Kim Rivet, Cory Plummer, Rob Richardi, Steve Dickey, Brad Zahensky, Jason Houle, Keith Carzello, Kevin Pittsinger, Cole Littlewood, Solomon Brow, Trevor Bleau, Ben Byrne, Stewart McCormack, Alyssa Rivera, Brian Robie, Russ Hersey, Cameron, Houle, Eric Leclair, Andy Major
LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN: Aaron Fellows, Camdyn Curtis, Cole Littlewood, Robert Hagar, Justin Littlewood, John Meany, James Beck, Matt Winter, Nancy Muni-Ruot, Dan Comeau
STREET STOCK: Tommy O’ Sullivan, Chase Curtis, Hillary Renaud, Chris Buffone, Jaret Curtis, Tim Wenzel, Jason Kozacka, Bryan Granger, Paul Barnard, Kenny Thompson, Mike Radzuik
MINI STOCK: Tim Leblanc, Kevin Cormier, Nathan Wenzel, Bill Chaffee, Gordon Farnum, Jeff Asselin, Shelby Avery, Kevin Russell, Jeff Heath, Jake Puchalski, Kevin Clayton, Bobby Kirker, Joshua Hubbard, Ray King, Joshua Wright, Kevin McKnight, Ethan Marsh
PURE STOCK: Chris Davis, Mike Douglas, Matt Lambert, Jimmy Zellman, JD Stockwell, Doug Nelson, Brandon Lavoie, CJ Johnson, Cory Lofland, Bruce Clark, Jason Leray, Nick Houle, Steve Zebrowski, Ben Sylvester