Ron Normandin Scores First Win of 2009

Winchester, NH: This past Saturday, Monadnock Speedway was filled with heroes of the past and present as they held the first annual Heroes of Yester-Year Celebration. The fans were able to mix and mingle with the former and present competitors during the very popular Open Track Party presented by Ford Brattleboro. Ron Normandin celebrated his first 2009 victory for Mini Stocks where he is now guaranteed a starting spot for the Stafford Motor Speedway Fall Finale.  Kirk Alexander took the checkers in the Modified division after suffering several weeks of mechanical problems.  Super Stock Bill Johnston topped the feature event as Mike Parks took back to back Outlaw Pro wins. Dick Houle and Rob Morton won the Enduro events.

Grand Marshall, Bob Whitcomb, waved the green where Beth Adams led the Mini Stock field early in their feature event. Ron Normandin, Jamey King, Chris McTaggart and Joey Kendall followed close behind battling for position. On lap seven, a caution came out as James Hancock and Derek Bergquist made contact. On the restart, Adams had a great start securing the top spot. On lap eleven, Normandin began to pressure Adams as the ran wheel to wheel. One lap later, Normandin took the lead as King went to the inside of Kendall for third. On alp thirteen, the caution flew again. On the restart, Normandin continued to lead as Adams felt Kendall and Jackson on her  back bumper. Ten laps to go, Kendall tries the high side as Jackson attempted the low groove. Both were denied as Adams held strong in second. Five laps to go, Normandin showed the way as Kendall attempted the inside of Adams in turn one.  Once again, Kendall could not make it and began to battle wheel to wheel with Jackson for third. One lap to go, Kendall gave one last attempt as Adams went high coming out of turn two. Adams scraped the back wall dropping out of the top five leaving Jackson to battle with Kendall for second. King moved into fourth. At the checkers, it was Normandin followed by Kendall, Jackson, King and McTaggart.

Super Stocks rolled onto the track with David Streibel setting the pace. Streibel was scored as the early leader but felt the presence of Bill Johnston on the high side. On lap three, the side by side battle was won by Johnston as he took over the lead. Johnston began to pull away as Streibel held off the challenges from Nancy Muni and Jeremy Sorel. On lap ten, Streibel pulled away in second as Muni held of the challenges from Jeff Wright for third. In the next lap, Sorel and Wright battled for the fourth spot. Ten laps to go, Johnston and Streibel distanced themselves away from the field as Muni, Wright and Sorel continued to run nose to tail for third. Five laps to go, as they entered turn one, Wright made contact with Muni resulting in both Muni and Wright dropping out of the top five. Muni got back on the gas and joined the back of the field with no caution.   Sorel, Andy Brook and Nick Gravel took over in the top five. As laps winded down, Johnston remained to lead as Sorel began to gain ground on Streibel for second. On the final lap it was Joshnton followed by Streibel, Sorel, Brooks and Gravel.

Aric Blanchette and Steve Gauthier side by side brought the field to the green. On the start, Gauthier on the outside got the jump as the starter of the race brought the caution out. As the caution was displayed both Blanchette and Gauthier made heavy contact resulting in extensive damage to the Gauthier machine. On the restart of the start of the race, Barry Gray found himself in the number one spot. Bryon Baker, starting on the outside wasted no time to take the lead over as Mike Parks followed and moved into second. By lap two, Hersey went to the outside of Gray and settled in third. Baker continued to lead attempting to hold off both Parks and Hersey. Parks tried the high side but was denied as Parks and Hersey ran wheel to wheel for second. Lap seventeen, Parks had a good run of turn four and challenged Baker again on the outside. As they both came out of turn two, Parks took the lead as Hersey followed for second.  The top three ran bumper to bumper as Gray and Brandon Ovitt battled for fourth. Ten laps to go, the top three began to approach lap traffic. Both Parks and Hersey maneuvered through the lap cars as Baker was held up. Five to go, Parks and Hersey continued to battle as Ovitt began to catch Baker for third. At the wave of the checkers, it was Parks for back to back victories followed by Hersey, Baker, Ovitt and Gray.

Rob Williams led the Modified field to the green for their 50 lap feature event. Williams quickly secured the lead as Eric LeClair and Marty Radewick ran close behind. On lap two, the field was slowed by a caution. On the restart, Williams again controlled the top spot as Radewick moved into second. Kirk Alexander sat in third followed by LeClair and Frank L’Etoile. The top three ran bumper to bumper as Alexander went to the outside of Radewick for second.  By lap ten, the top three broke away as a huge battle for fourth and fifth developed between LeClair, L’Etoile, Dale Evonsion, Ed Reed and Dave Berube. Few laps later, Evonsion broke from the battle on made the pass on the outside of L’Etoile for fifth and worked on LeClair for fourth. Twenty laps in the book, the top three continued to stand on their own as the field maneuvered around heavy lap traffic battling for the top five. On lap twenty five, the caution was shown collecting Evonsion, Rusty Ball, Jim Boniface and Kevin Bolduc. On the restart, Alexander took the lead as Williams fought back. Radewick continued to run third followed by Todd Patnode and Berube. Ten laps to go, the top three again approached heavy lap traffic as L’Etoile and Ed Reed challenged each other for the sixth spot. Five lap to go, Williams again attempted to get back the top spot as fifth place Berube pulled off with a mechanical problem. At the wave of the checkers, it was Alexander with the victory followed by Williams, Radewick, Patnode and Bryan Shumway.

This Saturday, Monadnock Speedway will welcome back the Pro 4 Modified to the high bank ¼ mile oval along with Outlaw Pros, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks and 4-cylinder Enduros. Race Time is at 6pm.

Top Ten Modifieds: Kirk Alexander, Rob Williams, Marty Radewick, Todd Panote, Bryan Shumway, Frank L’Etoile, Dale Evonsion, Ed Reed Jr, Eric LeClair

Top Ten Outlaw Pros: Mike Parks, Russ Hersey, Bryon Baker, Brandon Ovitt, Barry Gray, Aric Blanchette, Eric Poulin, Adam Brooks, Steve Gauthier

Top Ten Super Stocks: Bill Johnston, David Streibel, Jeremy Sorel, Andy Brooks, Nick Gravel, Matt Mead, Bob Bedaw, Ed Brehio Jr, Kevin Ouellette, Jeff Wright

Top Ten Mini Stocks: Ron Normandin, Joey Kendall, Tim Jackson, Jamey King, Chris McTaggart, Chris Davis, Dennis Wallace, Beth Adams, James Hancock

Top Ten 4-cylinder Enduros: Dick Houle, Jonah Delgenio, Heath Reanud, Eric Pomasko, |CJ Johnson, Matt Gauffin, Scott Hatt, Fred Rogers, John Walker, Julia |Raymond

Top Ten Full Size Enduros: Rob Morton, Jared Edson, Dan Yagmin, Ryan Rivet, Barry Schonborg, Ed Lofland, Mike Petalas, Adam Gray, Randy Rameau, Trevor Dyer