By DAVID M. WIERNUSZ Kyle Casper won the 35-lap Sportsman feature event at Seekonk Speedway. Driving the Rich Courser-owned No. 21, Casper became the fourth driver in as many events to visit victory lane. Casper started on the pole and lead every lap. The 34-year-old from Lakeville, MA commented on the late race pressure from Paul Lallier: “Paul had a […]
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By DAVID M. WIERNUSZ Ed Perry drove the wheels off his Dutch Auto Body No. 06 to take the win in Seekonk Speedway’s Sportsman twenty-five lap feature event. Perry, who started on the pole, was under constant pressure from Corey Fanning and Steve Axon. “We tried to hang one or two on the outside; hopefully they would bunch up behind […]
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By DAVID M. WIERNUSZ “As soon as I took the lead, I hit the afterburners and I was outta here!” Those were the comments of Paul Lallier in victory lane as he compared his No. 70 Stafford Electric / Chaz’s Auto Body Sportsman to a jet engine’s dramatic flame and jolt of thrust. Dick Benoit and defending champion Scott Bruneau […]
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By DAVID M. WIERNUSZ “It was a tough one, but we held on to it.” Those were part of the comments that Scott Bruneau made after parking his Phil’s Propane No. 74 in victory lane. The defending Sportsman champion started on the outside of the second row and managed to repeatedly hold off restart challenges by John Hanafin and “Sparky” […]
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By DAVID M WIERNUSZ A crash following a three-wide battle for the lead ended up with Limited Sportsman diver Al Stone III exiting his race car to chase down fellow competitor Ryan Waterman. Waterman, who was still strapped in his No. 75, evaded Stone’s foot pursuit by first backing up, banging into the front end of Jon Porter’s parked No. […]
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By DAVID M. WIERNUSZ Rain showers brought a premature end to Seekonk Speedway’s Sunday afternoon opening event. Each of the four divisions – Pro Stocks, Sportsman, Sport Trucks and Late Models – were able to complete their qualifying heats. However, three laps into the first feature event light rain started to fall bringing a close to the day’s racing. The […]
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By DAVID M WIERNUSZ “We were trying to hold on because I knew we had a good car,” said Scott Serydynski as he was catching his breath after his third Sportsman win of the season. “Unfortunately we got a little banged up in the front, which wasn’t too bad, we were still able to stay up front and we were […]
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By DAVID M. WIERNUSZ “A little slow and low never hurt anybody!” was the word from a very happy Paul Lallier in victory lane as he discussed his late race driving strategy that closed the door on the inside to hold off a persistent challenge from Scott Serydynski. “It was a little iffy with the 22 (Serydynski) behind me but […]
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By DAVID M WIERNUSZ “Finally we got it. It’s been a long time coming – four years in the making,” said Ryan Flood, the eighteen-year-old driver from Sandwich, MA marking his first trip to victory lane in the Sportsman division. When asked about the wall of cars that that closed in on him on all sides at […]
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By DAVID M WIERNUSZ “Don’t die on me! Don’t die on me!” is what Rob Murphy was saying to his No. 1 Barboza Trucking Sportsman for most of twenty-five lap main event before he pulled it into victory lane for his first win this season. “[The car] was fine. Then ten laps in it made a pop like […]
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