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06/28/2014 |
SAVARY FIRST
TO REPEAT
WITH LEE VMRS WIN |
Richard
Savary used a different approach Friday night
breaking away from the norm. He charged to the front
from his 11th starting position, challenged early
front runners Tom Carey Jr., and Todd Szegedy, to
take the lead on lap 55 and go to win the Valenti
Modified Racing Series sanctioned ‘Port City 100’ at
Lee USA Speedway, Friday night, June 27.
The win was the Canton, Massachusetts., drivers
second this season and his third career VMRS
victory.
Instead of doing what most drivers do when competing
at Lee, hang back and save their tires for the
second half of the race, Savary changed his strategy
and ran hard early on to put himself in contention
for the lead.
“This is the first time here for all of us with this
new right rear tire so nobody knew what it was
really going to do. I took a page out of the Steve
Masse book. He seems to get to the front and try to
hang there. I thought I’d give that a try tonight.
Late in the race we had good clean restarts. Hard
racing. I think if the 21 (Bonsignore) was in front
of me I would have had my hands full but I’m glad it
was someone like him driving the car behind me.”
Savary continued, “We weren’t very good in practice
so we made a lot of changes. We rode and then got to
the front. I have to thank Justin (Bonsignore) for
being a gentleman. I got a little aggressive with
him for a couple of laps when we were racing for the
lead. He gave it back to me going into three and
four for the white (flag). That’s racing. I tried to
give him as much room as I could on the outside but
I wasn’t going to give up either.”
Holtsville, NY., driver Bonsignore came on late in
the race to pressure Savary for the win. Bonsignore
showed frustration in victory lane.
“ I’m tired of finishing second, that’s four out of
seven this year. We’ll just continue with
consistency to get ourselves back in it. That’s the
first time here with the MRS so I’m pretty happy”
Bonsignore also voiced frustration when talking
about making a bid for the lead.
“Gotta find where the rules are here. I mean I was
up there against the wall down there in (turn) one
and had him beat. Can’t be upset with second but
when your going for the lead you got to be a little
more consistent. We’ll go to Monadnock (July 5) and
try and get the W.”
Steve Masse, of Bellingham, MA., finished third. Not
the kind of night he hoped based on his game plan.
“Usually here people save tires and go slow so I
thought I’d switch it up a bit and pick the pace
up..It really didn’t work out. We didn’t have the
best car tonight. A third place finish is still good
and we’ll take it.”
Dwight Jarvis, of Ascutney, VT, made another of his
late race charges to finish fourth, with Rowan
Pennink, of Huntingdon Valley, PA, rounding out the
top five.
Sixth through tenth were, Chris Pasteryak, David
Schneider, Carey, Donnie Lashua, and Max Zachem.
Qualifying heat winners were Lashua, and Szegedy.
Lashua was substituting for Todd Owen.
18 cars entered the event. 15 finished on the lead
lap.
The race was completed in 32 minutes, 35 seconds
with only two caution flags needed for minor spins.
The series moves to the Monadnock Speedway,
Winchester, NH, Saturday night, July 5, for the
Firecracker 100.
Lee USA Speedway - June 27,
2014
Entrants (18)
Distance 100-laps
Time of Race: 32:48:405
Margin of Victory: 0.072
Best Speed: 90.995
Best Lap Time: 14.836
Best Lap By: Tom Carey Jr
Lap Leaders: Carey (1-54) Savary (55-83)
Bonsignore (84) Savary (85-100)
Lead Changes (3)
Cautions: Laps (72, 83)
Unofficial Finish: (1) Savary (2) Bonsignore
(3) Masse (4) Jarvis (5) Pennink (6) Pasteryak (7)
Schneider (8) Carey Jr (9) Lashua (10) Zachem (11)
Mead (12) Szegedy (13) Willis (14) Wrenn (15) Smith
(16) Medeiros (17) Nocella (18) Cyr |
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Source: John Spence Sr / Valenti Modified Racing Series
Posted:
June 28, 2014 |
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