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TREVOR
SANBORN - #44 |
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GABE
BROWN - #47 - SECOND |
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DEREK
GRIFFITH - #12g -
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PASS SUPER LATE
MODELS - ICEBREAKER
UNOFFICIAL RACE
RESULTS - 4-8-23 |
1) 44 - Trevor
Sanborn - 75 Laps
2) 47 - Gabe Brown -
75
3) 12g - Derek
Griffith - 75
4)
17ma - Eddie
MacDonald - 75
5)
54 - Johnny Clark -
75
6) 94 -
Garrett Hall - 75
7) 39 - Max Cookson
- 75
8) 88 -
Brandon Barker - 75
9) 60 - DJ Shaw - 75
10) 7ct - Cory
Casagrande - 75
11) 12 - Dennnis
Spencer, Jr. - 75 |
12) 7-3d - Joey
Doiron - 75
13)
21 - Josh King - 75
14) 20 - Joe Pastore
- 75
15) 27nh -
Wayne Helliwell, Jr.
- 75
16) 40ri -
Mike Mitchell - 75
17) 18 - Michael
Scorzelli - 74
18) 17 - Kevin Folan
- 74
19) 24j - JP
Josiasse - 73
20)
29 - Austin Teras -
65
21) 28 -
Rowland Robinson -
13
22) 50 - Andy
Shaw - 2 |
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SLM ENTRIES - THOMP - 4/8 |
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Sanborn
Brings Richard Moody
Racing
Back to
PASS SLM Victory
Lane
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Thompson, CT
-- With
the weather
conditions
cooperating one week
later than expected,
the 49th Icebreaker
Weekend at Thompson
Speedway
successfully opened
the 2023 New England
racing season with
plenty of
heart-pounding
thrills to set up
the summer to come
at the Big-T.
Twenty-two
PASS Super Late
Models made
the trip from across
New England to join
Icebreaker Saturday
at Thompson
Speedway. 'The
Outlaw' Eddie
MacDonald and Gabe
Brown brought the
field down for the
green flag with
Trevor Sanborn
having a strong
showing from
fourth-place before
taking over the lead
just five laps in.
After quelling a
challenge by Derek
Griffith, Sanborn
continued to lead
the charge through
the very end to take
his first win with
Richard Moody Racing
since July 31st,
2010, and the first
of their rekindled
partnership for
2023. After a
thrilling three-way
battle for second
place through the
final fifteen
circuits, Gabe Brown
would bring his
family team a
second-place run
followed by Derek
Griffith. Eddie
MacDonald finished a
fourth-place run
followed by Johnny
Clark for fifth.
Honorable mentions
go to Scarborough,
Maine's Garrett Hall
who tackled a
sixth-place run
after starting
shotgun on the field
in 22nd.
The
Sunoco Modifieds
returned for their
doubleheader
Icebreaker Weekend
in their second
30-lap shootout.
Noticeably absent on
Saturday was
defending champion
Stephen Kopcik as
the feature field
was led to green by
young veterans Troy
Talman and Jonathan
Puleo. Talman got
the jump and the
lead as Modified
standout Todd Owen
began to stalk the
Oxford,
Massachusetts
native. Halfway
though, Friday
winner Keith Rocco
joined the top three
to pounce under Owen
and take over
second. With just
eight laps remaining
Rocco caught up to
the rear of Talman
and made a move to
the inside. Three
veteran crossovers
between the two
would be settled
before Troy Talman
took the Sunoco
Modified victory by
just 0.154-seconds
over Keith Rocco
with Todd Owen
rounding out the
top-three.
Thompson's wildest
division had a calm
start to their 2023
Limited Sportsman
track championship
season. Led to green
by Corey Fanning and
Travis Jurcik,
Fanning led the way
through tight
competition provided
by Ryan Waterman,
Jason Chicolas and
Larry Barnett. The
lone caution would
fly for the spinning
Tim Poulin against
the backstretch wall
and bunched the
leaders for a final,
five-lap charge.
'Kid Chaos' Corey
Fanning led off the
restart and took it
right to the
checkered flag
followed by Waterman
and Chicolas to
round out the
top-three. Defending
champion 'Leadfoot'
Larry Barnett took
fourth with Brent
Gleason rounding out
the top-five.
The
SK Lite Modifieds
took the biggest
local field of the
weekend in feature
action led by
Alexander Pearl and
John O'Sullivan.
Pearl, in his
defense of winning
the last SK Lite
feature during the
World Series in
2022, held the lead
until the second
post-caution restart
saw stalwart John
O'Sullivan take
charge. O'Sullivan
would keep the lead
to the very end in
no-contest fashion
followed by Tyler
Chapman and Isaiah
Newcomb to round out
the podium.
Alexander Pearl and
Amanda West would
round out the
top-five.
After several local
teams joined in with
the Mighty Mini
Stock Series on
Friday, the Mini
Stocks began their
championship season
on Saturday
afternoon. Led by
multi-time winners
Dave Trudeau and
Jarred Roy, Roy
would get the upper
hand early until
Tommy Silva began
battling with Roy
halfway through.
Although awarded the
checkers on the
track, Silva refused
technical inspection
giving the win to
Jarred Roy with Ryan
Pomposelli moving up
to second and Rick
LaFlesh rounding out
the top-three.
The Thompson
Outlaw Open Modified
Icebreaker 125 came
down to a stunning
green-white-checker
in one of the most
spectacular open
wheeled races in
recent memory .
The 49th
Icebreaker 125
included some of the
Northeast's best
Modified pilots
ready to tackle the
highbanks for the
$10,000 winner's
share of the $46,000
guaranteed purse.
Keith Rocco and Matt
Swanson brought the
twenty-two-car field
to green with
Swanson getting the
jump in the Gary
Casella-owned #25.
Swanson would hang
tough before a hard
charging Ronnie
Williams overtook
the lead on lap 25
followed by Woody
Pitkat and Chris
Pasteryak as Swanson
slid to fourth. Carl
Medeiros Jr. brought
out the first major
caution on lap 55
with several
mid-pack teams
taking advantage and
heading pit-side for
adjustments.
Realigned
side-by-side to
return the field to
green, Ronnie
Williams got the
jump on a
slip-sliding Pitkat
with Rocco coming
around to steal
second. While
Williams, Pitkat and
Rocco battled hard
in the top-three,
2022 NASCAR Whelen
Modified Tour
champion Jon
McKenney joined the
top-five. McKennedy
would make it to
third with Anthony
Nocella also joining
the top-five before
Anthony Bello's spin
on lap 72 would
bring the first
crucial caution.
While all the top
runners jumped pit
side for fresh
Hoosier Race Tires,
Williams and
McKennedy elected to
stay on the field to
lead the impending
restart.
RJ
Marcotte stole away
the lead from
McKennedy and
Williams as the tire
strategy helped
Swanson and Nocella
battle for second.
Nocella would take
the lead on lap 78
with Pitkat
following and
stretching out their
lead before the
caution flag flew on
lap 107 as the
engine expired on
Teddy Hodgdon's
machine. Nocella
kept the lead while
a four-way battle
for second saw
Pitkat, McKennedy,
Williams and Mike
Christopher, Jr.
toss and turn for
position. Pitkat
brought out the
final caution on lap
123 after backing
into the turn one
wall to set up a
green-white-checker
between Nocella,
Williams, McKennedy,
Christopher Jr. and
Chris Pasteryak.
Nocella gave it all
he could, but Ronnie
Williams rounded the
long-standing leader
to claim the $10,000
49th Icebreaker 125
over Jon McKennedy
and Anthony Nocella.
Mike Christopher Jr.
brought the Baldwin
Racing 7NY home in
fourth and Todd Owen
powered up to round
out the top-five.
Next up at
the Thompson
Speedway Motorsports
Park will be a new
beginning for the
Thompson Outlaw Open
Modifieds as they
compete in the first
of three Dash for
Cash events on the
5/8-mile oval.
Alongside the $5,000
to win, 50-lap
sprint will be the
visiting New England
Supermodified
Series, both setting
up for a collection
of New England's
best open wheeled
talent on Wednesday,
June 21st. Also
included in 2023's
first
Wednesday-night
showdown will be
local championship
series events for
the Late Models, SK
Lite Modifieds,
Limited Sportsman
and Mini Stocks.
Full schedule and
pricing for the
Wednesday, June 21st
event will be
released in the near
future.
For
more information,
contact the ACT
offices at (802)
244-6963,
media@acttour.com,
or visit
www.acttour.com.
You can also get
updates on Facebook,
Twitter, and
Instagram at
@ACTTour.
For
technical
information
concerning all PASS
divisions, and for
media or marketing
questions, please
contact
passracing@roadrunner.com.
Don't forget to
"Like" the Pro All
Stars Series on
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@PASSSLM14 to keep
up with breaking
news as it happens.
For general
Thompson Speedway
inquiries, call
(860) 923-2280,
email
oval@thompsonspeedway.com,
or visit
www.thompsonspeedway.com.
You can follow
Thompson Speedway on
Facebook and
Instagram at
@ThompsonSpeedway or
on Twitter at
@ThompsonSpdwy |
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