HINCKLEY CHECKERS WISCASSET DEBUT RACE
Windsor Locks, CT., veteran modified driver Les Hinckley
chased race leader Jonathan McKennedy for 94 laps Saturday night
before making an outside pass to go and win the “Wiscasset Ford 100”
for modified race cars at the Wiscasset Raceway, Wiscasset, ME.
For Hinckley , it was his second win of the 2008 season and his
11th career win with the True Value Modified Racing Series. Hinckley
is second on the all-time TVMRS win list. The second generation
driver becomes a guaranteed starter for next months Sunoco Race
Fuels “Mod Mania” race at Thompson, CT Speedway.
The race, originally scheduled in June but postponed by rain, was
run following a two hour rain delay because of downpours. Drivers
and race crews then dealt with late night dampness and fog which
created a different race surface than what drivers practiced on
mid-afternoon.
McKennedy and Hinckley started one-two in an 18 car line-up and
were quick to pull away from the field with Ed Dachenhausen, Tony
Ricci, and Jimmy Dolan in pursuit. The race was caution free until
lap 42 when Dolan came to a stop after a minor spin. It was later
learned that a mechanical issue would force the Bethel, CT., veteran
out of the event.
The race resumed following a caution flagged re-start, with
McKennedy again enjoying a comfortable margin. McKennedy won the
Black Mountain Painting half-way leader award but Hinckley continued
to stay within striking distance. Completing the top ten at the half
century mark were Peter Jarvis, Ricci, Chris Pasteryak, Mike
Holdridge, Vinnie Annarummo, Dachenhausen, Rob Goodenough, and Dale
Evonsion.
Late in the race Jarvis was closing on Hinckley and Hinckley
appeared to be biding his time with McKennedy. On lap 94, as the
cars exited the second turn, with Hinckley and McKennedy side by
side, the 06 powered by the race leader while flagman John Spence
Jr. displayed five laps to go when they came to the line. McKennedy
was all over the new leader at one point trying to make a pass but
was unable too and had to settle for second.
Race Summary:
Wiscasset Raceway, Wiscasset , Maine
August 9, 2008
Race Distance: 100 laps
Lap Leaders: 1-94 (McKennedy) 95-100 ( Hinckley )
Cautions: (2) Lap 42, 42
Race Time: 36 minutes, 09 seconds
Black Mountain Painting Award: McKennedy
Sunoco Race Fuels Hard Charger: Holdridge
The officials order of finish: (1) Hinckley , (2) McKennedy,
(3) Jarvis, (4) Pasteryak, (5) Ricci, (6) Holdridge, (7) Annarummo,
(8) Goodenough, (9) Bateman, (10) Dachenhausen, (11) Evonsion, (12)
Pinkham, (13) Doucette, (14) Masse, (15) Alexander, (16) Perry, (17)
Dolan, 18 (77) White
Next event: Waterford , CT Speedbowl August 16, 2008
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