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SATURDAY,
OCT. 8th,
2022 |
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www.racingamerica.tv |
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SHAW - HALL - HELLEWLL |
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Photos by
Norm Marx |
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Photos by
Sharon Perry |
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PASS SUPER LATE
MODELS
- WORLD SERIES
UNOFFICIAL RACE
RESULTS - 10-8-22 |
1) 94 -
Garrett Hall
- 75 Laps 2)
27nh - Wayne
Helliwell Jr.
- 75 3)
60 - DJ Shaw
- 75 4)
15ma - Jake Johnson
- 75
5) 17ma - Eddie
MacDonald
- 75 6) 50 -
Gabe Brown
- 75 7) 7ct
- Cory Casagrande
- 75
8) 72 - Ryan Kuhn
- 75 |
9) 18s -
Mike Scorzelli
- 75
10) 4nh - Joey
Polewarczyk Jr. - 74
11) 21 - Josh King -
74
12) 81 - Dan Winter
- 74
13) 60m - Mike
Mayberry - 73 14) 7n -
Isaac Bevin - 60 DNS -
36 - Dave Silvia |
SLM ENTRIES - THOMP
- 10/8 |
Homerun for Hall at World Series |
The Pro All Stars Series and
The New England Supermodified Series
took to the 5/8 mile of Thompson
Speedway Motorsports Park on October
8th for the 60th annual World Series
weekend. This was the first event
for the New England Supermodified
Series at Thompson in their
Inaugural season while the Pro All
Star Series has become a staple at
the track for two events a year.
PASS and NESS joined a host of other
divisions on the weekend, but
Supermodifieds and Super Late Models
always are headliners.
To
start the Pro All Stars Series
action Garrett Hall #94 and Jake
"The Jet" Johnson #15ma each picked
up heat race victories and notched
themselves front row starting
positions for the feature. Garrett
Hall being a former PASS Thompson
Winner and Johnson finishing runner
up at Thompson earlier in the season
at the Ice Breaker made the front
row competition very stout even
though both drivers were winless up
to this point in the 2022 season.
The top points contenders on the
year Ryan Kuhn #72, Gabe Brown #50,
Eddie MacDonald #17ma, and DJ Shaw
#60 would all have to work forward
from the back half of the field due
to PASS handicapping procedures.
Jake Johnsons #15ma Lynn's
Propane car jetted to the lead on
lap 1 but Hall fought back on the
bottom side and regained the lead on
lap 2. As Hall started to pull away
Wayne Helliwell was on the move.
Just five laps in the #27 E Keys for
Cars Machine had worked all the way
up from 7th to the second position.
Just 4 laps later Helliwell flew up
the inside of Hall and took the lead
just 9 laps into the 75 lap main
event. After losing the lead Hall
seemed to slow his pace a little and
Jake Johnson stole the second spot
away quickly.
Another car on
the move was 5 time PASS North
Champion DJ Shaw. After starting
11th Shaw had already worked his way
up to the 4th spot, setting his eyes
on Hall for the 3rd spot just 20
laps in. Connecticut native Corey
Casagrande #7ct was holding steady
in his 5th place starting position
with the top three drivers in points
just behind him. MacDonald, Brown
and Kuhn were running 6th,7th and
8th respectively. As the field
crossed the stripe at halfway
Helliwell, Johnson, Hall and Shaw
could fit under a blanket.
Helliwell's car seemed to start to
fade a bit while Scarborough, Maine
native Garrett Hall started to turn
up the wick. Hall was able to
overtake Johnson for the second
position and would soon be
challenging for the lead. Hall was
able to use the inside line to power
up the inside and put his Norms Used
Cars #94 to the lead with just 24
laps remaining.
DJ Shaw was
one of the fastest cars on the track
but after battling with Jake Johnson
for a dozen laps had allowed
Helliwell and Hall to take off and
open a sizeable advantage. Hall was
able to hold on for his first PASS
win since 2019 over Helliwell. DJ
Shaw came home third while Jake
Johnson and Eddie MacDonald rounded
out the top five in the green to
checkered event.
An even
keeled Garrett Hall explained the
early race struggles in his victory
lane interview. "We worked really
hard getting this car back together
after the (Oxford) 250. Can't thank
the guys enough. At the beginning of
the run, we were just a little too
free. I tried putting some front
brake in it but then I tried
entering the corner a little bit
lower and washing up in the center
and that made a big difference.
That's where I picked up all my
speed." This was Garrett's first win
in a Dale Shaw Racecar and
competitor and chassis builder DJ
Shaw seemed to believe it could be
the first of many.
The Pro
All Stars Series will be back in
action Saturday, October 15th in
their second to last event of the
season. Oxford Plains Speedway will
play host to the event with over 30
cars on the entry list. Oxford
Plains Speedway always has big car
counts and with the Championship
points battle still up for grabs, a
strong run at Oxford will be
imperative for Gabe Brown, Ryan Kuhn
and Eddie MacDonald as they chase
their first PASS North title. DJ
Shaw is no stranger to the stage at
the end of the year awards banquets,
and his quest for a 6th appearance
on the stage is still a strong
possibility with a little luck.
SLM FAST FACTS
Lap Leaders: Jake Johnson 15ma
(Lap 1;) Garrett Hall 94 (Laps 2- 8,
51-75); Helliwell #27 (Laps 9-50)
Most Laps Led: Helliwell #27 -
41 Laps (9-50)
Cautions: 0
Hard Charger: DJ Shaw #60 - 11th
to 3rd (8 Spots)
Hard Luck:
Isaac Bevin #7b - 4th to 14th (10
Spots)
Fastest Lap of the
Race: Wayne Helliwell #27 - 20.133
(Lap 8)
Total Time of Event:
25:35.198 |
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MATT SWANSON #97 |
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NESS SUPERMODIFIEDS
- WORLD SERIES
UNOFFICIAL RACE
RESULTS - 10-8-22 |
1) 97 - Matt
Swanson - 30 Laps 2) 11 -
Ben Seitz
- 30 3) 41 -
Russ Wood
- 30 |
4) 51 - Dave
Duggan
- 29 5) 5 - Rob
Summers
- 17 6) 45 -
Derek Ramstrom
- 7 |
Matt
Swanson Scores NESS
Win |
New England
Supermodified Series
point leader Rob
Summers picked up
another heat race
win in his #5
Hoosier Tire East
entry. The new 572
spec motor was able
to be competitive
once again even on
the biggest
horsepower track on
the schedule.
In the feature,
however, Ben Seitz
was able to take the
lead on the initial
start from the
outside pole. Seitz
in Vic Miller's
legendary #11 was
able to lead the
first 11 laps before
Modified ace Matt
Swanson #97 was able
to find the outside
lane in coming off
turn four coming to
complete lap 12.
Swanson was able to
complete the pass
after wheel-to-wheel
action for a lap.
It would be
smooth sailing for
Swanson as Matt was
able to lead the
last 19 laps and
pick up the feature
win in the 30 Lap
NESS main event. An
exuberant Swanson
addressed the crowd
"I got my start 14
years ago just over
the hill here at
little T Speedway
for this to be my
first win at
Thompson in a Super,
the baddest fastest
race cars that come
to this place. It's
unbelievable"
Swanson picked
up the victory in
just his second ever
supermodified start
over second place
finisher Ben Seitz
and third place
runner Russ Wood
#41.
The
NESS supers have one
more event left on
their schedule for
the inaugural season
at New
London-Waterford
Speedbowl on
Saturday, October
29th along with the
PASS SLMs and the
ACT Late Models. |
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