STAR BROUGHT HISTORY BACK TO MONADNOCK SPEEDWAY

Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, NH was the scene for the Senior Tour Auto Racers on June 7th as cars from all over New England filled the pit area from one end to the other for their first of two stops to Monadnock Speedway for the 2014 season.  Cars rolled in from ME, NH, MA, RI, CT and NY.  It was hot, it was steamy but anything is better than rain.  Mother Nature finally gave all of us a break!

It was nice to see so many fans visit the Stars’ pit area taking photos and talking to the drivers.  It was also nice to see so many different types of cars on hand.  There were flatheads, coupes, sedans, Pintos, Gremlins, Vegas, and Mustangs something for everyone to enjoy and remember.

Star started their day with warm ups and the evening would bring the tour 2 heats and 2 features.

The first to hit the track was the Sportsmen for their heat race.  It would be Bob Harless from NY in his #8 sedan to claim the first victory for the tour that evening.  Skip Stearns from NH in his #7x coupe took down a close second and to top of the pack was Bob Seward from Ma in his #69b coupe to round out the pack with a third.  Now the Modifieds were ready to do their heat race.  When the checkered came down it was on Jamie Ferland from NH in his #194 Pinto to claim the victory for the Modified division, with his dad Danny Ferland from NH with his #21 Pinto with a very close second and rounding off the pack with a third was Scott Poirier from Ct with his #73 Pinto.

As you walked through the pit area you could hear the laughter and joking from the Star members, I knew they were up to something! You never know what they are up to, they never surprise me with things that they do.  Star member Peter Taloumis parked his beautiful #9 yellow flathead coupe right in the middle of the pit area and packed as many Star members he could inside.  You could see bodies out of the windows, doors and the rest of the members stood by the car, laughing and joking.  When I counted how many were inside it was 9 members in the #9!!!!

Then it was race time for the feature races for the Star group.  The Sportsmen hit the track first for their feature race.  It would be Alan Zemla from Me in his #43 coupe to take down the victory for the Sportsmen division.  Charlie Lima from Ma in his #10 Pinto took a second with Alec Gause from NH in his #75 Pinto rounding out the pack with a third.  The top 3 were brought trackside for an out of car interview and awarded with trophies. 

The Modifieds were up next to do their feature race.  When the checkered came down it was on Scott Poirier from Ct in his #73 Pinto to claim the victory for the Modified division.  Gregg Massini from Ma in his #19 Vega pulled off a second and topping off the pack with a third was Ed Mulligan from RI in his #61 Pinto.  The top 3 were brought trackside for an out of car interview and awarded with trophies.  It was great to see so many states representing wins that evening, NY, NH, MA, ME, CT, and RI.

Senior Tour Auto Racers would like to thank Monadnock Speedway and their entire staff for all their hospitality and a “Great Night of Racing”.  Star will be returning to Mondanock on August 2^nd for their second appearance.