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(Naples, ME – May 7, 2006) The awesome asphalt track at the Canaan Fair Motorsports Complex in Canaan, NH opened for the 2006 season Saturday night under the management of PASS Racing, Inc with a strong field of cars, including 37 True Value Modifieds.
The rains came near the end of practice and delayed the show for about 45 minutes, but the track was dried quickly because there’s nothing like almost sixty modifieds and Outlaw Late Models to help the track crew dry the track.
The Clear Channel Radio KIXX 100.5 sponsored Weekly Racing Series took to the track first. After two heats for Outlaw Late Model/Pro stocks won by Mark Patten and “Pistol Pete” Fraser and four heats and two concis for the True Value Modifieds, the show moved right into features because of the threat of more showers.
The KIXX 100.5 Outlaw Mini feature went to Scott Boisvert of Lebanon, NH in the #42, followed by Kody Wright of Weathersfield, VT in the #77, and Dave Kendall of Charlestown, NH in the #22 came home third.
In the KIXX 100.5 Super Sportsman feature it was Jay Coulter of Salem, NH in the #77 with the win, followed to the line by Phil Hayes in the #88, Dave Langlois in the very pretty #93, George Baldwin from Lowell, MA in the #LL, who had a wild ride off turn one when he lost a wheel coming to the checkers, and Chick Henry from W. Lebanon, NH in the #81 finishing off the top five.
After a quickie 20 minute rain delay, the KIXX 100.5 Mini Stock feature went to Shawn Waites in the #22, with Raymond LaChance of Derry, NH in the #43 second, Chris Lyman of Hartland, VT in the #05 third, the #18 of David Campo of Springfield, VT fourth, and Trevor Perrault of Enfield, NH in the #17 fifth.
The KIXX 100.5 Kid’s Bandit feature winner was Chris Riendeau of Claremont, NH in the #4, Chris Kingsley in the great looking #68 came home second, and Paul Sullivan in the #99 rounded out the top three.
The Outlaw Late Model 40-lap feature was led to the green by the #07 Mark Patten and #37 of “Pistol Pete” Fraser, with the #44 of Jimmy Rosenfield of Middleboro, MA and hometown hero Donnie Lashua of Canaan in the second row in the #08.
The first yellow came early as Bobby MacArthur, the “Showstoppa,” slowed in turn one on lap two with mechanical problems and limped off as the yellow came out. On the restart, the top eight of Patten, Fraser, Rosenfield, Lashua, Chris Curtis of Rutland, MA in the #26, Bobby Allen’s #38 from Raymond, NH, Walt Hammond from Canaan in the #97, and Kevin Bolduc in the very sharp looking #28 moved away from the other 10 cars to settle it amongst themselves.
Jimmy Renfrew of Candia, NH in the #55R tangled with two other cars down the backstretch and had to pit for left-front damage. He returned after some quick work in the pits. Bolduc got caught up in a tangle in turn three and had to retire to the pits.
The balance of the race was one challenge after another for Patten. First it was Fraser challenging Patten on the outside, then Rosenfield took his turn, to be followed in turn by Lashua, and Hammond, but none of them could get by Patten as they each got caught on the outside and were freight-trained back.
At the flag, it was Patten, with his brakes going away, holding off Hammond, Lashua, Rosenfield, Bob Rugg of Hartland, VT in the #70 with a steady run to fifth, Renfrew back up to sixth after a spirited battle with Bryan Henry from W. Lebanon, NH in the #20 seventh after an early spin, rookie Derrick Ramstrom from W. Boylston, MA in the #35 eighth, Fraser ninth, and Bobby Allen rounded out the top ten.
The True Value Modified Series Chappy’s Concessions 100 presented by Northeast Waste Services and Bly Machine took the green just before 11 pm and got 92 of the 100 laps in before the midnight curfew. At the checkers, it was the #06 of Les Hinckley followed to the checkers by fellow Connecticut driver Ed Dachenhausen in the #48, Dwight Jarvis third, Chris Wentzel fourth, Gary Casella fifth, Jimmy Kuhn. Jr sixth, Dave Berube seventh, Jack Bateman back to eighth after a nasty spill off turn one in the heat, Kirk Alexander ninth, and Dale Evonsion tenth.
