LEE, N.H. — The Lee USA Speedway weekly track championship series kicked off on Friday night with a five-division showdown.
Starting the evening were the Tri-City Lining Street Stocks for their season debut. A three-way wreck at the start/finish line ended the night early for Connor McDougal while Austin Erickson and Dave Cameron piled in for a rough opening lap. Back under green, Jimmy Renfrew Jr. ran away with the opening day win over Jason Curtis and Erickson who made it back up to third in the end.
The 350 Supermodifieds returned for the first of several planned visits this summer with a 40-lap main event. Ben Tinker showed the way throughout the first 25 laps but had one car on his tail the whole time.
On lap 26 the #10 of Ben Seitz finally made his way around Tinker’s No. 19 and never looked back to take the win with Justin Harris following Tinker across the line for third.
The popular Ridge Runners were next on the track with Kyle Dumas taking the early lead and never looking back in the flag-to-flag, caution-free event.
The sophomore, second-generation Lee USA Speedway racer took down his first career win in the Ridge Runners while Derek McKeen kept it lean and green all race long to hold onto second and Tyler Fish rounded out the podium.
The Super Late Models took on one hundred laps at New Hampshire’s Center of Speed with Eddie MacDonald leading from the drop of the green flag. After working the outside groove single handedly, longtime racer Corey Bubar finally made it stick all the way to lead lap 25 while Travis Stearns made his way under Joey Doiron for fourth.
As the field dove into lap traffic, Bubar’s lead expanded while MacDonald and young-gun Sylas Ripley fought in close quarters for second. While entering that runner-up battle, Stearns lost control to bring the lone caution out on lap 72. Back under green, Sylas Ripley fired from a cannon on the outside groove to steal the lead and never looked back to take the $2,000 win over Bubar and Joey Doiron.
The Crown Vics rounded out Friday’s Weekly Series Opener with Thomas Harton blistering the field, Adam Lovejoy coming home second and Ty Mello rounding out the final podium of the evening.
