MAY 19, 2017

CHECKERED REVIEW

Official Digital Program for Claremont Speedway

Dwight Jarvis visited familiar territory by recording the win in the Casella Modfied feature.

North East Mini Stock Tour - 50 Green Flag LapsSpectator Drags

R.E. Hinkley Super StreetsPepsi Limited SportsmanT-Bird Mini Mart Wildcats

TAKIN’ IT TRACKSIDEBy Toby Batchelder

Tonight is Little League Night. The North East Mini Stock Tour will run 50 green flag laps and according to series promoter Bob Guptill, they are expecting anywhere between 27-35 cars to try and qualify for the $ 500 to win event. If you have never seen a NEMST show, they turn Super Street lap times and the action is fantas-tic.

We also have our Spectator Drags as part of the evening’s event card. Robbie Lacroix has domi-nated these events in the past, and we shall see if anyone has anything for him this year. The R.E. Hinkley Super Streets, Pepsi Limited Sportsman, and T-Bird Mini Mart Wildcats are all in action as well .

Last week we saw a driver record his first racing career win, and we saw one carry the checkers for the 3 millionth time. Okay that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but Dwight Jarvis doing a victory lap makes the chaotic world around us disappear for a bit.

Track managment would like to thank all the fans who attended the On-Track Fan Apprecia-tion Party last week as well as the race teams who participated. It was a great event with lots of smiling faces on the youngsters.

We were saddened to hear of the passing of Super Streeter Craig Smith’s (23) father Dean on Monday. Dean was a former competitor at the speedway and was a fixture in his son’s pit stall at each event. Our thoughts and prayers are with Craig and the entire Smith family as well as the Fellows family during these times.

Next week on May 26, the R.E. Hinkley Super Streets will be running the Dean Smith 52-Lap Memorial Race with an increased purse and var-ious lap incentives. Look for more details next week.

Play Ball!

T-Bird Mini Mart Wildcat driver Kyle Currier (3) hands out lollipops to fans during the On-Track Fan Appreciation Party.

Dylan Rock, driver of the # 47 Modified, makes a kid’s day by signing his autograph sheet.

SUPER STREETSIn a division with Marvel Comic super hero references, it is only fitting the “Green Goblin” piloted by Mark McClay came home victori-ous.

McClay started on the pole and lead all 40 laps en route to his first victory of the season. With his new car down motorless after the first event of the season, McClay dragged out last year’s model, and it did not miss a beat.

Ben Poland finished second while “Radical” Ricky Bly picked up his second podium finish of the year by placing 3rd. “Radical” Russ Davis enjoyed a great run for his first time out coming home 4th while Claremont’s Dylan Bodreau continued a strong early start to his season placing 5th.

A McClay brothers’ front row paced the field to green only to have the first of five cautions fly on Lap 3 as Jack McClay and“Superman” Aaron Fellows came together in Turn 3 with McClay being sent to the back of the lineup.

Mark McClay was able to hold off challenges by Poland on several restarts during the first half of the event as Bly patiently waited and was able to get by Davis on Lap 34 to solidy

the top 3.

Hayden Scott, winner of the Mike Richardson Memorial Race in week 1, came home 6th after starting 17th on the grid. Rookie Craig Smith wheeled another strong run by finishing 7th. “Judge” Joe Brown locked down 8th while Newport’s Craig Smith finished 9th. Jack McClay overcame the early incident to finish 10th.

The R.E. Hinkley Super Streets have a regu-lar 40-lap event tonight with next week being the Dean Smith 52-Lap Memorial Race in memory of former racer and father of Craig Smith (23) who passed away this past Mon-day.

Mark McClay visits KIXX Victory Lane with the “Green Goblin” and records the feature win by leading all 40 circuits.

FEATURE RESULTSFIN START CAR # DRIVER

1 1 6 Mark McClay

2 5 00 Ben Poland

3 6 28 Ricky Bly

4 7 5 Russ Davis

5 4 24 Dylan Bodreau

6 17 30 Hayden Scott

7 11 97 Craig Smith

8 14 51 Joe Brown

9 8 23 Craig Smith

10 2 16 Jack McClay

11 3 29 Aaron Fellows

12 9 37 Zach Jewett

13 10 18 Andrew Martell

14 20 96 Dennis Bergeron

15 13 49 Alex Poisson

16 21 8 Kenny Fowler

17 12 15 Tyler Lescord

18 18 99 Jeff Morse

19 19 11 Bryan Town

20 20 21 Chris Jackman

21 16 3 Mark Blair

22 15 22 Drew Davis

23 19 31 Allen GriffinLAP LEADERSM.McClay 1-40

CAUTIONS5 - Laps 3, 7, 11, 18,19HEAT RACE WINNERS

Fellows, J.McClay, M. McClay

IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT

• Ryan Currier has been unable to get that mon-ey off his back early in the season. Currier lost an engine during the heat race and was unable to make the field.

• Lenny Silver, after a 4th place finish in the first race, had mechanical trouble during practice which ended his evening before the heat rac-es.

• 23 cars started the event with 17 finishing. Of those 17, 15 finished on the lead lap.

• Ricky Bly is your current point leader with a 4 point cushion over Hayden Scott after 2 events. Dylan Bodreau, Jack McClay, and rookie Craig Smith round out the top 5.

Mark McClay was the car to beat as he won both the heat race and the feature.

Alex Poisson leads Andrew Martell during heat race action. Poisson finished 15th in the feature.

Ben Poland started 5th and finished as the runner-up in the R.E. Hinkley Super Street feature.

“Radical” Ricky Bly (pictured from Race 1) finshed 3rd to record his 2nd podium finish of the year.

“Radical” Russ Davis finished 4th in the 40-lap feature event. Davis started 7th and ran in the top 3 for most of the event until Lap 34 when Bly passed him for 3rd.

Denis Bergeron races down the backstretch during the feature event. He finished 14th .

R.E. HINKLEY SUPER STREET POINT STANDINGS

RK NO. DRIVER PTS

1 28 Ricky Bly 101

2 30 Hayden Scott (1) 97

3 24 Dylan Bodreau 86

4 16 Jack McClay 80

5 97 Craig Smith (R) 78

6 00 Ben Poland 75

7 51 Joe Brown 69

8 29 Aaron Fellows 66

- 18 Andrew Martell 66

10 23 Craig Smith 62

11 6 Mark McClay (1) 56

12 8 Kenny Fowler 53

13 37 Zach Jewett 48

14 1 Lenny Silver 46

- 5 Russ Davis 46

- 11 Bryan Town 46

17 15 Tyler Lescord 42

- 22 Andrew Davis 42

19 99 Jeff Morse 38

20 49 Alex Poisson (R) 32

HEAT RACE WINS

RK NO. DRIVER WINS

1 29 Aaron Fellows 2

2 28 Ricky Bly 1

- 00 Ben Poland 1

- 16 Jack McClay 1

- 6 Mark McClay 1

FEATURE LAPS LED

RK NO. DRIVER LAPS

1 6 Mark McClay 40

2 30 Hayden Scott 30

3 29 Aaron Fellows 29

4 11 Bryan Town 16

UNDERSTANDING THE POINT SYSTEM

1 - 50 11 - 28 21 - 8

2 - 46 12 - 26 22 - 6

3 - 44 13 - 24 23 - 4

4 - 42 14 - 22 24 - 2

5 - 40 15 - 20 1-6

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6 - 38 16 - 18 2-5

7 - 36 17 - 16 3-4

8 - 34 18 - 14 4-3

9 - 32 19 - 12 5-2

10 - 30 20 - 10 6-1

CAR NO DRIVER00 BEN POLAND03 RYAN CURRIER1 LENNY SILVER2 ALLEN FELLOWS3 MARK BLAIR5 RUSS DAVIS6 MARK MCCLAY8 KENNY FOWLER11 BRYAN TOWN14 EARL MOUL15 TYLER LESCORD16 JACK MCCLAY18 ANDREW MARTELL21 CHRIS JACKMAN 22 DREW DAVIS23 CRAIG SMITH24 DYLAN BODREAU28 RICKY BLY29 AARON FELLOWS30 HAYDEN SCOTT31 ALLEN GRIFFIN37 ZACH JEWETT39 KEN THOMPSON49 ALEX POISSON 51 JOE BROWN96 DENIS BERGERON97 CRAIG SMITH 99 JEFF MORSE

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Serving food ‘til 11 PM on race night

Happy Hour from 4 - 6 PM (Tuesday - Friday)

BEER GARDENWatch the action from Turns 1 and 2 while enjoying a cold

beverage.

Opens at 6 PMLast Call at 11 PM

Closes promptly at 11:30 PM

Photo identification is required

25 Super Streets were in attendance at the start of the evening. 23 were able to start the feature.

MODIFIEDS

FEATURE RESULTSFIN ST CAR # DRIVER

1 1 28 Dwight Jarvis2 10 14 Dana Smith3 2 3 Jeff Murray4 8 44 Nick Salva5 6 63 Chris Bolton6 7 13 Cameron Sontag7 9 84 Brandee Tree8 3 15 T.J. Bleau9 4 26 Bucky Demers10 5 47 Dylan Rock

LAP LEADERSJarvis 1-30

CAUTIONS3 - Laps 9, 16, and 16

HEAT RACE WINNERSSmith, Jarvis

Dwight Jarvis collects the feature win in “Black Beauty.” Jarvis led all 30 laps.

Dwight Jarvis has recorded hundreds of wins during a storied 45-year racing career. The 13-time Claremont Speedway Modified Champion added one more to his resume by leading all 30 laps in the Casella Modified feature to pick up the victory.

Jarvis fired from the pole with Jeff Murray on his outside and TJ Bleau on his back bumper. Bleau was able to get by Murray on Lap 1 and ran in 2nd until an incident on Lap 15 ended his evening.

Race 1 winner Dana Smith started 10th and was able to join the party on Lap 17 by pulling into 2nd but settled for the runner-up spot as Jarvis and “Black Beauty” held off all challeng-es.

Murray finished 3rd in his first time out in the season. Nick Salva placed 4th with Chris Bolton finishing 5th.

The Casella Modifieds are back in action on May 26.

IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT• The season hasn’t started out well for Sam

Rameau as he suffered motor trouble and was unable to compete at all during the night.

• Cameron Sontag raced for the 1st time with the Casella Modifieds. Sontag competes in the Sportsman Modified Division at Monad-nock as well. Sontag was a former competi-tor on the NEMST.

• An incident on Lap 16 claimed Bleau, Bucker Demers, and Dylan Rock will all retiring for the evening.

• Smith enjoyed the largest position gain with a + 8. He is also the current point leader as he leads Nick Salva by 17 after two races.

• Jeff Murray was very happy with his 3rd place finish for his first time out. Murray’s season started a little rough while at the pre-vious Wednesday practice, Murray’s winch broke in his trailer as well as the handle on his pit box. The winch was still not fixed on Friday so pushing your car inside the trailer after a 3rd is far more satisfying.

T.J. Bleau (15) tucks his nose inside Brandee Tree (84) in Turn 4. Bleau was involved in an incident on Lap 15 during the feature and retired for the night. Tree finished 7th.

CAR# DRIVER04 JOEY JARVIS3 JEFF MURRAY4 JEFF GALLUP6 SAM RAMEAU13 CAMERON SONTAG14 DANA SMITH17 DONNIE LASHUA20 RUSTY BALL23 MIKE DOUGLAS26 BUCKY DEMERS28 DWIGHT JARVIS44 NICK SALVA47 DYLAN ROCK63 CHRIS BOLTON83 MIKE WILLIS JR84 BRANDEE TREE

Dana Smith fired from Row 5 and finished 2nd. Smith moved to 2nd on Lap 17 but was unable to get by Jarvis.

Claremont’s Jeff Murray came home 3rd in his first time out this season.

CASELLA MODIFIEDS POINT STANDINGS

RK NO. DRIVER PTS

1 14 Dana Smith (1) 108

2 44 Nick Salva 91

3 26 Bucky Demers 82

4 63 Christopher Bolton 78

5 84 Brandee Tree 74

6 47 Dylan Rock 73

7 28 Dwight Jarvis (1) 56

8 23 Mike Douglas 52

9 3 Jeffrey Murray 49

10 20 Todd Patnode 42

11 13 Cameron Sontag 41

12 4 Jeffrey Gallup 40

13 39 TJ Bleau 39

14 17 Donnie Lashua 35

15 6 Sam Rameau 33

HEAT RACE WINS

RK NO. DRIVER WINS

1 14 Dana Smith 2

2 28 Dwight Jarvis 1

- 23 Mike Douglas 1

FEATURE LAPS LED

RK NO. DRIVER LAPS

1 14 Dana Smith 30

- 28 Dwight Jarvis 30

UNDERSTANDING THE POINT SYSTEM

1 - 50 11 - 28 21 - 8

2 - 46 12 - 26 22 - 6

3 - 44 13 - 24 23 - 4

4 - 42 14 - 22 24 - 2

5 - 40 15 - 20 1-6

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6 - 38 16 - 18 2-5

7 - 36 17 - 16 3-4

8 - 34 18 - 14 4-3

9 - 32 19 - 12 5-2

10 - 30 20 - 10 6-1

Jim Carley finished 5th in the T-Bird Mini-Mart Wildcat feature event after a 7th during the first week.

All four of the Newport Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series’ divisions participated in the On-Track Fan Appreciation Party prior to the night’s race card.

Hundreds of race fans received signed hero cards, frisbees, or autograph sheets from their favorite drivers.

The pace car awaits to enter the track while the sun begins to set. Photo by Kyle Smith of 949 Pro-ductions.

LIMITED SPORTMANWe are not sure if the Polish Prince spends most of his days on the playground in Jacksonville, VT, or if he has ever been to Bel Air but Tyler Janovsky’s kingdom may very well be Claremont Speedway.

Janovsky led every single lap of the evening in the Pepsi Limited Sportsman division by record-ing both the heat and feature event victories.

A caution on Lap 19 brought the field back togeth-er after Janovsky had put some distance between himself and Scott Vien, but he was able to hold off the Villian as well as Joe Tetreault for his first win of the young season.

Vien and Tetreault finished 2nd and 3rd but failed post-race technical inspection awarding those places to Josh Ruel and Cote Swenson. Chris Colburn ended up 4th while Kenny Thompson was awarded 5th.

FEATURE RESULTSFIN ST CAR # DRIVER

1 1 77 Tyler Janovsky

2 4 2 Josh Ruel

3 7 88 Cote Swenson

4 5 95 Chris Colburn

5 2 39 Kenny Thompson

6 7 21 Mike Salois

LAP LEADERS

Janovsky 1-25

CAUTIONS

1 - Lap 19

HEAT RACE WINNERS

Janovsky

CAR # DRIVER02 BRIANA AKUSIS2 JOSH RUEL4 TRAVIS CASS5 SCOTT VIEN12 CHRIS GILBERT21 MIKE SALOIS27 JAMES RHODES28 KYLE DAVIS39 KENNY THOMPSON70 JEREMY WHITCOMB73 JOE TETREAULT77 TYLER JANOVSKY95 CHRIS COLBURN

Josh Ruel picks up 2nd spot after 2 teams failed tech inspection.

Cote Swenson was awarded 3rd after originally finishing 5th during the feature event.

IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT• Josh Ruel arrived after practice sessions had

been completed as he was working on his car. He ended up 2nd.

• Kenny Thompson enjoyed luck last week but only completed one lap in the event as he was dealt mechanical trouble.

• Chris Colburn suffered some engine issues and retired on Lap 20 ending his evening.

HEAT RACE WINS

RK NO. DRIVER WINS

1 5 Scott Vien 1

- 77 Tyler Janovsky 1

FEATURE LAPS LED

RK NO. DRIVER LAPS

1 5 Scott Vien 25

- 77 Tyler Janovsky 25

PEPSI LIMITED SPORTSMAN POINT STANDINGS

RK NO. DRIVER PTS

1 77 Tyler Janovsky (1) 107

2 39 Kenny Thompson 92

3 2 Josh Ruel 90

4 95 Chris Colburn (R) 82

5 5 Scott Vien (1) 60

6 28 Kyle Davis 46

7 88 Cote Swenson 44

8 21 Mike Salois (R) 38

9 27 James Rhodes 36

10 73 Joe Tetreault 3

The Polish Prince leads Lightning McQueen during heat race action.

A couple of race fans sign the frontstretch wall during the On-Track Fan Appreciation Party Signing the wall turned out to be a huge hit.

The “Outlaw” Mark Blair rotates through Turns 3 & 4. This will be Blair’s 34th season behind the wheel.

A 3rd generation racer already feels he can wheel the car better than dad or his grandfather.

WILDCATSFEATURE RESULTS

FIN ST CAR # DRIVER1 1 21 Dale Squires Jr.2 11 07 Greg Millette

3 2 33 Zach Lyn

4 4 8 Nick Little

5 5 66 Jim Carley

6 3 3 Kyle Currier

7 6 82 Samantha Stoddard

8 9 42 Zachary Morse

9 7 37 Justin Littlewood

10 8 19 Randall Phillip

11 10 13 DJ Girard

LAP LEADERSLyn (1-5, 8-12), Squires Jr. (6-7, 13-25)

CAUTIONSLaps 8 and 19

HEAT RACE WINNERSMillette, Squires Jr.

You always remember your firsts. For Dale Squires Jr, he earned it by fighting off Zach Lyn early in the event and Greg Millette at the end to win his first career race in the T-Bird Mini Mart Wildcat divison.

Squires Jr. started on the point but Lyn was able to lead the first 5 circuits. The two exchanged the lead a couple of times until Lap 13 when Squires Jr. was able to stay out in front for the remainder of the event.

Greg Millette started dead last on the field and came home 2nd. Lyn finished 3rd. Nick Little was consistent yet again as he placed 4th. Jim Carley rounded out the top 5.

There was some excitement late as a caution on Lap 19 brought the field back together but Squires Jr. was able to hold off Millette for the remaining 7 laps to record the victory.

The Wildcats will run this week in addition to the North East Mini Stock Tour.

Dale Squires Jr. picked up his first career victory in the T-Bird Mini Mart Wildcat feature.

CAR # DRIVER

07 GREG MILLETTE

3 KYLE CURRIER

8 NICK LITTLE

13 DJ GIRARD

19 RANDALL PHILLIPS

21 DALE SQUIRES JR

24 KEN LAFONT

26 ZACH DOLE

31 TRAVIS LOCKWOOD

33 ZACH LYN

35 PATRICK KILBURN JR

41 SAM GIVEEN

42 ZACHARY MORSE

46 STEVE MORRIS

50 XANDER EMERSON

66 JIM CARLEY

68 MATTHEW GAUFFIN

82 SAMANTHA STODDARD

88 CHRIS CARVER

99 DAVID DONAHUE

Greg Millette charged from dead last to finish as the runner-up.

Zach Lyn sailed into a 3rd place finish. He led 10 laps.

Nick Little held his ground and finished 4th during the feature event.

IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT• 14 year old Zachary Morse finished 8th

during only his 2nd race in a 4-cylinder.

• Justin Littlewood, Randall Phillip, and DJ Gi-rard all visited the track for the first time this season and all had mechanical trouble.

• Dale Squires Jr. tapped the Turn 4 wall during Wednesday practice but it had no ill effect on the car apparently.

T-BIRD MINI MART WILDCAT POINT STANDINGS

RK NO. DRIVER PTS

1 07 Greg Millette (1) 108

2 21 Dale Squires Jr (1) 105

3 33 Zachary Lyn 95

4 8 Nick Little 87

5 3 Kyle Currier 84

6 6 Jim Carley 80

7 82 Samantha Stoddard 71

8 42 Zachary Morse (R) 64

9 23 Joshua Rondeau 52

10 46 Steve Morris 37

11 37 Justin Littlewood 35

- 41 Sam Giveen (R) 35

13 19 Randall Phillips (R) 32

14 26 Zach Dole 31

HEAT RACE WINS

RK NO. DRIVER WINS

1 07 Greg Millette 2

2 23 Josh Rondeau 1

- 21 Dale Squires Jr. 1

FEATURE LAPS LED

RK NO. DRIVER LAPS

1 07 Greg Millette 25

2 21 Dale Squires Jr 15

3 33 Zachary Lyn 10

Zach Lyn leads by a nose down heading down the frontstretch during heat races.

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R.E. Hinkley Super Streeter Russ Davis gave out decals and signed autographs during the On-Track Party.

little league night

Any idea who this may be?

Can you find the on-track announcer and the flagman in this picture? They were teammates back in 1983.

Grandstand Concessions

STEAK AND CHEESE GRINDER $ 7

ITALIAN SAUSAGE GRINDER $ 7

chicken tenders and french fries $ 7

BURGER AND FRENCH FRIES $ 6

HOT DOG AND FRENCH FRIES $ 4

CHICKEN TENDERS $ 5

BURGERS $ 4

HOT DOG $ 2

FRENCH FRIES $ 3

PEPSI PRODUCTS - 20 OZ OR BOTTLE $ 2

HOT CHOCOLATE $ 2 /$ 1

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LOOKING BACK ON LEGENDS

Claremont Speedway lost two close friends this past week - Edward Pelletier, co-owner of the 11 Modifiied which won 3 championships in a row with Punky Caron from 1986-88 and Dean Smith, former racer and father of current Super Streeter Craig Smith (23). May you both have Victory Lane celebrations in Heaven as you will be missed.