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Gray says 3 is just as sweet and Chapin is feeling fabulous with win number 2!
By Ryan Lawliss
Winchester, NH: The “ACT” Type Late Models took to the High Banks of Monadnock Speedway for their 3rd special event of the season and would be joined by the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series weekly divisions along with the Young Guns. Victory Lane would see some familiar faces and new ones alike. Race fans would see a race decided on the track only to have the victory disqualified in technical inspection, but more on that later. Your winners on the night would be Skillings (Young Guns), Guy (Mini Stocks), Curtis (Super Stocks), Renaud (Lightning Stocks), Gray (“ACT” Type Late Models), and Chapin (Sportsman Modifieds).
Super Stocks would roll onto the track next for their feature event. The Littlewood brothers would lead the field to the green flag. Little brother Justin Littlewood in the 37 would get the advantage over Cole in the #12 at the drop of the green. As Justin took the 37 to the lead Chris Curtis in the 26 would get around Cole Littlewood for 2nd place. Curtis wouldn’t settle for 2nd place as he would pass Justin Littlewood for the lead on Lap 6. Curtis would never surrender the lead on his way to another Super Stock victory. Curtis would have very few challenges for the lead but the excitement would be behind him as Tyler Leary in the 11x would find himself at the rear of the field a few times and would drive to the front the first time but wouldn’t have enough time the second time. This would result in Leary losing some ground in the championship point’s battle. Justin Littlewood would hold onto 2nd place resulting in his best finish in the Super Stock division to date. Craig Smith in the 52 would hold on to finish third. Curtis was excited to find himself back in victory lane but was a man of few words tonight as he needed to head back to the pits to get ready for the “ACT” type late model feature.
The last feature of the night was the Sportsman Modifieds. Cole Littlewood in the 5c and Kim Rivet in the 99 would start on the front row. At the drop of the green Littlewood would take the lead and the remainder of the field would be 2 by 2 back through 10th place. Littlewood wouldn’t have the lead for long as the 03 of Joel Monahan would get underneath Littlewood going into turn 3 and Monahan would waste no time taking the lead. Brian Chapin in the #44 would pass Littlewood for 2nd place. On lap 4 the first of 2 caution flags would fly as the 13x of Cameron Sontag would spin out as he exited turn 4. Monahan would take the lead on the restart but it wouldn’t last long as Chapin would assume the lead on line lap 8. Chapin would hold onto the lead for the remainder of the race though he would be tested on a lap 26 restart. Monahan and the 6 of Ben Byrne would go back and forth for 2nd place but in the end Monahan would cross the finish line in 2nd place and Byrne would be 3rd. After a very emotional victory lane for Brian Chapin, in which there was plenty of hugging, I was able to sit down with him for a few minutes to discuss how getting his 2nd win of the season felt. Chapin stated he has never won 2 modified races in the same season. Chapin mentioned that it was well timed after a few weeks of rough finishes. When asked if he can get a 3rd win this season Chapin responded with “I’m going to try.”
Monadnock Speedway will be back into action this Saturday featuring Sportsman Modified Twin 25s plus Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Lightning Stocks, Young Guns, Classic Lites and STAR Antique Racers. Race time at 6PM.