LEE, N.H. — The 350 Supermodifieds returned to Lee USA Speedway for a special Triple 20 showdown with three 20 lap segments building up to a grand finale and an overall winner.
With the first segment set by fast time in the final practice, Ben Tinker handily ran away with the opening 20 lap main event. The full-field invert set the segment two lineup with Scott Watts and John Leonard leading the field back to green.
With the fast cars clawing their way back to the front to keep their low point scores intact, trouble brewed midpack. Two single-car spins for the James Witkum No. 45 machine occurred prior to Ryan Battle’s hard lick with the fronstretch wall, leaving him with a destroyed rear end dashed hopes for the overall win.
Tinker would take over on that lap 16 restart to claim segment two. Looking for the hat trick, Witkum led the third and final segment green to checkers but combined with a third place run Ben Tinker took the overall with just five points to his credit over Ben Seitz’s 8 points and Witkum’s 11-point total.
Ty Mello and Ethan Williams led the MLM Diagnostic Services Crown Vics to green. The two world traveler Crown Vic veterans kept pace out front while Curtis brothers Chase and Jaret went to battle for third in the early goings. Mello would take his first ever Crown Vic division win at New Hampshire’s Center of Speed followed by multi-time Thompson Speedway hotshoe Ethan Williams and the prevailing Curtis brother Jaret in third.
The popular Ridge Runner class was next to take the field with former track champion Brian Caswell leading the field to green. Caswell led the most recent winner Carl Gagnon as Tyler Fish, Trystin Bodwell, Josh Hodgdon and Derek McKeen battled hard for third.
Running nose-to-tail around the three-eighths-mile separated by inches, the top runners played plenty of bumper tag to the very end. Caswell took down his first win of the season as the fifth different winner in the division this summer over Carl Gagnon and Tyler Fish.
Looking to beat the bad luck, David Cameron led the Tri-City Lining Street Stocks to green and took off early to lead the single-file train. Behind him, former track champion Milton Duran motored his way up through the pack, making his way to second by lap 3. Duran kept the momentum up on the outside groove to pass Cameron and take the win in his first visit of the 2026 season over Cameron and point leader Jason Curtis.
Next up at Lee USA Speedway is the PASS Friday Night Throwdown 200 on Friday, July 24! The PASS Super Late Models will charge through 200 laps at New Hampshire’s Center of Speed alongside the Big Block Supermodifieds of the New England Supermodified Series (NESS), PASS Modifieds, the Ridge Runners and MLM Diagnostic Services Crown Vics with a 6:45pm Start Time!
