CENTER LISLE, N.Y. — The final night of the third annual Monster Bash on the Mountain saw seventh-starting Bobby Hackel IV take the lead in the closing laps to claim the 40-lap Stafursky Paving Modified feature event.
Hackel passed race-long leader Matt Smith on lap 38 to claim the victory. Third place went to eighth-starting Dan Creeden, with Brandon Loucks and Willy Decker rounding out the top five in the $4,000-to-win Stafursky Paving Modified feature event.
Sixth-starting Tony Finch II raced from his starting position to claim the $2,000 victory. Finishing in second was Derrick McGrew Jr. Chris Darling was third, with Dylan Piersall in fourth. 23rd-starting Cody Manitta rounded out the top five.
The Ed and Jan Billings Classic for the NY-Penn IMCA Modifieds saw 12th-starting Edward Sites claim the $3,016 victory, the richest race for IMCA Modifieds in the Northeast. Finishing in second was Rodney Morgan, with Matt Roberts in third. Jake Ingham was fourth, with Myron DeYoung rounding out the top five.
Following Green across the finish line in the 600cc Modified feature were Justin LaDue, Tyler Talada, Dustin Zimmer and David Hackett, rounding out the top five.
Jack Miller made all the right moves to win the Mohawk Valley Vintage Dirt Modified Series Modified feature. Merv Blackwell captured the Sportsman Division feature. Martt Sargen took the Mystique division win. It was Chris Pedro in the Antique division.
The finish:
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 97IV-Bobby Hackel IV[7]; 2. 28S-Matt Smith[1]; 3. 16X-Dan Creeden[8]; 4. 23-Brandon Loucks[2]; 5. 1X-Willy Decker[6]; 6. 28-Alan Fink[13]; 7. 4-Billy VanInwegen Jr[23]; 8. 82S-Will Shields[19]; 9. 19-Tommy Collins[3]; 10. 57H-Remington Hamm[21]; 11. 18$-Sean Beardsley[17]; 12. 6H-JR Hurlburt[12]; 13. 14-Coleman Gulick[20]; 14. 27K-Brett Tonkin[22]; 15. 44W-Shannon Whaley[15]; 16. 11X-Eric Leet[24]; 17. 79-Eric Winsor[14]; 18. 34F-Wyatt Frink[27]; 19. (DNF) 22-Noah Walker[25]; 20. (DNF) 71-Jimmy Zacharias[5]; 21. (DNF) 98-Rocky Warner[10]; 22. (DNF) 1H-Travis Green[16]; 23. (DNF) 284-Jamie Kamrowski[11]; 24. (DNF) 99-Jordan Millard[9]; 25. (DNF) 44-Ryan Barrett[4]; 26. (DNF) 4D-Marc Goodwin[18]; 27. (DNF) 08-Rich Talada[26]
