PAIVA HOLDS OFF MURPHY FOR SPORT TRUCKS WIN

 

After two early-race cautions, at Seekonk Speedway,  the Sport Trucks feature ran caution free from lap two through the lap 25 checkers with John Paiva coming on with one-third of the laps remaining to deprive Mike Cavallaro of the lead and rush on through the remaining eight laps to Victory Lane. Cavallaro had one lap previous deprived leading rookie on the division, Eric LeBrun of his fifteen lap stint in the lead.

 

Rob Murphy then cruised in to edge Cavallaro out of second and Chase Belcher sat Mike in third. Late in the race, points leader David Lougee pried Cavallaro out of fourth. LeBrun had gone from the pole to the lead, and Joseph Fortin II got under Dan Johnson into second. But Mike Duarte had come out of the box to spin at the stripe, bringing the field back for a complete restart. The spin had been a mechanical problem which sent Duarte to the sidelines.

 

Again LeBrun grabbed the lead before Johnson spun sideways in turn four, taking a big hit from Bob Rainville, sending them both to the pits and ending their nights. LeBrun once again secured the lead but Lougee spun on lap two, from fluid he was leaking. He went to the pits, but dropped a lot of fluid, which initiated a major cleanup with speedy dry, lasting 20 minutes. The delay was long enough that Lougee’s crew was able to correct the fault and get him back out just as the field hit the starting box.

 

As LeBrun continued to lead Cavallaro, Murphy followed Paiva and Church stayed tight on Mufphy’s bumper

LeBrun outran Fortin and Cavallaro got underneath to steal second. Murphy rushed into second with Paiva at his back. Three laps later, Paiva had displaced Murphy and was on Cavallaro’s tail. By lap 9, Paiva was looking underneath as a tight line assembled with LeBrun leading Cavallaro, Paiva, Murphy, Darryl Church and Belcher. Lougee was making up lost time and closing rapidly on the group and ran up to Belcher’s tailgate.

 

Paiva was working all over Cavallaro’s back end. Mike decided to lose the annoyance by going around LeBrun for the lead. As Mike cruised outside, LeBrun left space underneath and Paiva seized the moment. He got underneath, forcing a three wide with LeBrun in the middle, under Cavallaro. They went three wide through turns three and four until LeBrun fell back leaving Cavallaro outside Paiva. Murphy ran up to Paiva’s bumper as Cavallaro fell back alongside. Belcher, Lougee and LeBrun pursued.

 

Murphy ran under Cavallaro with five to go and Paiva ran out to a five car lead. Murphy cleared Cavallaro and Belcher shuttled him back an additional place. Lougee then went under Cavallaro into fourth with LeBrun in sixth.

Paiva, the Triple Crown champ, claimed another feature win. Lougee’s fourth protected his slim lead over Belcher and Murphy.

Rounding out the top ten were: Church, Ed Perry, and Shawn DeMello.

 

BLAIS OUTRUNS PARENT FOR LATE MODEL WIN

 

Austin Blais made a hard run for the money in the laps-added, double-points, Phils Triple Crown race for Late models. Blais started third, moved immediately to second, then harried leader Nick Uhrig to the halfway point of the 50-lapper before taking over the lead. Blais made it work on the outside lane. After taking over the lead, the chore grew no easier, as points leader Bobby Pelland III pulled in behind on lap 34, then was immediately replaced by Ray Parent, visiting his home track for the extra-laps feature. Parent scissored after Blais for the final 15 laps, but the contender for leading rookie had the race in hand.

 

Parent took second in a close finish that saw him looking underneath in the final turns but unable to work past. Uhrig finished third and collected the Phil’s Propane Triple Crown championship for Late Models. Uhrig leads Blais in the rookie competition.

Fourth went to Uhrig’s Team V mate, Ryan Vanasse, again visiting his old division for the extra laps feature while Dylan Estrella rounded out the top five.

 

Uhrig assumed the pole when original polesitter TJ Moreshead ran into stalling problems and had to be assisted, forcing him from the pole to a rear-end start on the race. And Uhrig went immediately into the lead. Blais started behind Uhrig and was quickly past Mark Hudson and into second, while Pelland climbed from fifth to third. He ran under Blais, who put up a fight on the outside as Gerry DeGasparre, Jr. moved into fourth.

 

As Hudson drifted back, Nick Johnson moved into fifth on DeGasparre’s tail and three laps later, Parent moved into position behind him. Ryan Vanasse was having difficulties early in the race and edged backward over the first quarter of the race. Charlie Rose had started eleventh, but was cutting his way upward through the field, falling in behind Parent on lap 14, in seventh position.

 

By lap 20, Uhrig had Blais on his bumper but they were alone, as there was a twelve-car space back to DeGAsparre who was working with Johnson on his bumper. Parent was pursuing and lap 20 saw Dylan Estrella arrive in seventh just behind Parent. Estrella moved Rose out of seventh and Rob Murphy, doing double duty, slid onto Rose’s bumper.

 

The field was running a very tight line as Blais went to Uhrig’s outside for the pass. Blais would not or could not drop back in and pressured Uhrig lap after lap. Lap 25 saw Blais edging ahead and finally into the lead, but remaining in the second groove with the centrifugal force built up in the pass. Uhring ran hard in the low groove as Blais finally settled in.

 

But the smooth, fast race began to encounter some uneven territory as John Mahoney spun in turn one, to bring the caution. Restarts on laps 32, 33 and 34 resulted in Blais coming away the leader. Pelland moved briefly into second for a challenge. Parent’s move in behind Pelland set Uhrig back to fourth. DeGasparre had fallen back during the restarts but quickly ran past Pelland, who had succumbed to Uhrig. But Vanasse was now resurgent and passed Pelland to get behind DeGasparre and then past him into fourth. Gerry held on in fifth into lap 43, when Estella gave challenge and went by and DeGasparre acquired Murphy as a chaser. Vinny Arrenegado moved into eighth on Murphy’s bumper.

 

The finishing order of the leaders had been established, save for a lap 49 pass by Murphy, easing DeGasparre out of sixth. Estrella and Vanasse swapped places over the final three laps, but Vanasse made the last move in side-by-side racing to hold on to fourth and Estrella claimed fifth. Sixth went to Murphy, followed by DeGasparre, Arrenegado, Dave Hutchins, Sr., Pelland, Hudson and Rose.

 

LALLIER DOUBLE IN STREET STOCKS AS PAUL OUTRUNS TYLER FOR THE WIN

 

Paul Lallier took another win in Street Stock competition, further cementing his points lead over the rest of the division. He led the final ten laps over Sam Porazzo and Kid Chaos, Corey Fanning. And then he had to watch out for the skills he’d taught his son, Tyler who spent the last three laps looking to steal Dad’s thunder. But the elder Lallier wasn’t to let that slip and powered home for the win. Tyler was second, followed by Scott Bruneau and Fanning.

 

The event began with Anthony Kohler zooming away from polesitter Adam Dion on the outside. Dion held him out there at first, but Kohler got the distance to settle to the low groove. Porazzo took over third with Chris Rioux on his tail. Paul was working his way forward, under Ed Flanagan, Jr.

 

Kohler gained a two car lead but it close back up and the lead six cars ran a tight line, nose-to-tail. Kohler, Dion, Porazzo, Rioux, Lallier and Fanning buzzed furiously around the oval. Dion looked under Kohler but had the door slammed on him. Porazzo then worked under Dion for position. Porazzo got up to Kohler’s bumper and looked under. He was able to push through into the lead out of turn four. Rioux got under Kohler and into second while Lallier followed into third after Kohler faded to fourth.. Paul Lallier then got by Rioux and Porazzo into the lead. Porazzo continued to pursue in second with Fanning on his tail. Bruneau had come up and was purusing fanning while Tyler was working on Bruneau.

 

A lap 20 restart saw Fanning duck under Porazzo for second briefly, but Tyler came up onto his bumper in third and then underneath as Bruneau watched. Tyler grabbed second and Bruneau forged under Fanning for third with three laps to go. Jeremy Walker and Porazzo followed Fanning. On the final circuit, Bruneau was able to overtake Fanning for third, leaving the latter in fourth. Porazzo was able to make a last minute pass of Walker for fifth. Walker finised sixth, followed by Vinny Pangelinan, Kohler, Dan Soloman and Jay Steele.

 

RADICAL RICK CLIMBS BACK INTO VICTORY LANE

 

Rick Martin fought it out over a sloppy Pro Stock race and proved that experience counts when the going gets tough. Nine cautions slowed the race, causing the forty laps to take forty minutes to run. Interruptions were frequent and 7 of the 19 competitiors were sidelined along the way.

 

Martin started third, fell to fourth and the fifth before picking up stride following a lap 15 restart. He then shadowed leader Ryan Lineham, getting underneath and into the lead on lap 25. Lineahm faded to eighth and The Radical One acquired a new pursuer: Kyle Casper, driving absent brother Kevin’s 88 car. Kyle had the car running hard and he both pursued Martin while holding off Craig Weinstein. But Weinstein took second on lap 31 and chased Martin to the checkers. Angelo Belsito, despite starting eighteenth, came back to grab third place ahead of Ryan Vanasse, who edged Casper on the final circuit.

 

Current champ Kenny Spencer III grabbed the lead right out of the box and led Bob Hussey through lap eight, A caution restart when Tom Scully Jr. spun then sent Mighty Mike Brightman to the front with Ryan Lineham on his shoulder after Spencer and Hussey went to the rear as they got together on the first attempt at a restart. Brightman got the edge on Lineham and after a couple laps side by side, Brightman had the front.

 

Freddy Astle mad moved into third on the lap 8 restart and now pused by Lineham on a lap 12 restart. But Astle got into Brightman, sending him pitside, not to return and Lineahm faced off with Casper. Casper got onto his bumper as Martin movedin and took second. Casper went to third with Vanasse, Weinstein and Houlihan in tow. Belsito had moved inot seventh.

 

Martin was able to get past Lineahm on lap 24 and Casper moved into second. Weinstein captured third and went on to pass Casper for second on lap 30. Martin had a 5-car lead by this time. Belsito got by Casper into third and the field stretched into a line of pursuit. With three to go, Vanasse went under Casper for position. They battled until Vanasse was able to move past with one lap remaining, forcing Casper to settle for fifth. Completing the top ten on the feature were Astle, Scully, Lineham, Hussey and Daryl Stampfl.

 

Source: Seekonk Speedway PR