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Kris Schroeder remained undefeated in Thunder Light features with his third win in a row, a streak that began on opening day. Brian Parker led much of the Thunder Light feature and wasn’t caught and passed by Schroeder until there were two laps to go. Parker had to settle for second but we will see him in victory lane soon enough with the winner’s trophy. Dan Swain also had a good run finishing third followed by Cole Littlewood and Jeremy Decourcy.

Thunder Lights Kris Schroeder with Brian House, owner of A Family Cab

New England V-6 Modifieds

Next up was the first appearance of the season of the New England V-6 Modifieds. Bruce Harrison jumped out to the early lead but Allan Reiser soon took over the top spot and drove away from the field. Keith Caruso got passed Harrison to finish second and Harrison was third followed by Walter Boucher and Eric Vilandre. After the Modified victory lane ceremonies there was a cake brought to the flagstand celebrating the voice of Hudson Speedway John Esburnett’s 15^th birthday and the 3^rd anniversary of Esburnett becoming the speedway’s announcer.

Top Three NE V-6 Modified, (l-r) Bruce Harrison, Allan Reiser, Keith Caruso

Rookie Stock

Bill Heliwell won the Rookie Stock feature. Heliwell held off Anthony Belfiore who looks to be the man to beat in the Rookie Stocks this season. Chad Wendell had struggled a bit in the first two races this season but turned it around with a fine third place finish. 2012 Rookie Champion Jerry Lepage was fourth and Billy Clement Jr. was fifth.

Rookie Stocks (l-r) Chad Wendell, Bill Heliwell, Anthony Belfiore

Roadrunner

Roadruuner Keith Lavigne shows off his landscaping skills

Billy Osborne started eleventh in the Roadrunner feature and was in second place by the second lap and soon took the lead and never looked back on his way to his second win of 2014. Jarrod Soucy was second followed by Ricky Fissette, Max Dolliver and Jef james.

Roadruuner feature Billy Osbourne getting a bit sideways after contact passing a lap car

Roadrunners feature winner Billy Osborne and family

4-cylinder Enduro

Paul Hurtuno won the 4 cyl. Enduro.

Grand Enduro

Scott Duval won the Grand Enduro.

Spectator Drags

Buddy Wilkins won the Spectator Drags.

Spectator Race & Flagpole Race

Buddy Wilkins won the Spectator Race and the Flagpole Race.

June 1^st at Hudson Speedway features the Dwarf Cars, Rookies, Roadrunners, Thunder Lights, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and Flagpole Race. The gates open at 11AM and the first race goes green at 1:03.

May 25^th Results
Text & Photos by Bob Hayes

Roadrunners

Top three Roadrunners threading the needle through lapped traffic

The Roadrunners had a race for the ages with Bob Williams and Melinda McCarthy taking turns out front before Jarrod Soucy worked his way around McCarthy. Soucy held the lead for a few laps until Billy Osbourne took over the top spot. With six or seven laps to go Soucy got outside of Osborne and the top two ran side by side. While Soucy and Osbourne ran side by side Ricky Fissette caught the top duo and was on the inside groove behind Osbourne looking inside trying to make it three wide for the lead. The trio came upon lapped traffic and had to thread the needle by freight-training between a lapped car on the low side and a lapped car on the top side. After that with two to go the trio went right back to the formation of Osbourne leading with Soucy outside and Fissette on Osbourne’s bumper. They ran that way until the last corner when Fissette got a run on Osbourne making it three-wide and the drag race off turn four between Fissette on the low side, Soucy on the high side and Osbourne in the middle. Soucy powered his VW to victory just inches in front of Osbourne and Osbourne beat Fissette to the line by inches. McCarthy and Max Dolliver finished fourth and fifth respectively with impressive runs by both drivers.

Roadrruner Jarrod Soucy won a really close finish

Jarrod Soucy after his Roadrunner win

Outlaw Sportsman

Jay Sands won the Outlaw Sportsman feature. Sands took the lead early in the race and never looked back as he picked up his first win of 2014 at Hudson Speedway. Kevin Kephart and Todd Warren battled hard for second place with Kephart finishing second and Warren third. Ron Lord was fourth and Oscar Leclair was fifth.

Outlaw Jay Sands

Thunder Light

Defending Thunder Light champion Kris Schroeder won his second feature of 2014. Jeremy Decourcy led the race until Schroeder got past him with just two laps to go and finished second. Mikayla Duval was third and Mikayla Lord was fourth.

Thunder Light Kris Schroeder

Rookie Stock

Anthony Belfiore won his second Rookie Stock main of the season. Bill Heliwell didn’t make it easy as he was all over Belfiore bumper but couldn’t get past Belfiore and has to settle for second place followed by “Rockin” Ronnie Robinson, Chad Wendell and Jason Ryan.

Rookie Anthony Belfiore with his dad Mike

On Sunday June 1^st at Hudson Speedway it’s a Dwarf Car Open plus Roadrunners, Rookie Stocks, Roadrunners, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and Flagpole Race. Gates open at 11am and the first race is at 1 PM.

May 18th Results
Text & Photos by Bob Hayes

Thunder Lights

Kris Schroeder kicked off his defense of his Thunder Light championship in the right fashion with a win in the feature event. Cole Littlewood posted a very impressive second place followed by Kim Dombroski , Mikayla Duval and Cody Parker.

Thunder Light-Kris Schroeder

Rookie Stocks

Roger Tanguay Sr. took the lead early in the Rookie Stock main. Tanguay led most of the race but Anthony Belfiore and Bill Heliwell were closing in lap by lap. Tanguay had trouble on the back straight and spun into the tire barrier bringing out a caution. The race resumed with Heliwell on the pole and Belfiore outside of Helliwell. Helliwell was able to keep the lead on the restart but with laps ticking down to a precious few Belfiore was able to get past Helliwell and went on to win and Heliwell finished second. “Rockin” Ronnie Robinson had a great run and finished third followed by Bill Clement Sr and Jerry Lepage.

Rookie Stocks Anthony Belfiore

Outlaws

Kevin Kephart opened his defense of the Outlaw Championship with a feature win. Kephart took off to the lead early and held it the entire race but Norm Warren was slowly closing in on Kephart but ran out of laps to catch him and Kephart finished second followed by Jay Sands, Dave Blanchard and Ben Bosowski.

Outlaw-Kevin Kephart

Roadrunners

Billy Osbourne also started off his defense of his championship with a feature win. The 2013 Roadrunner champion was chased to the finish line with Jarrod Soucy and Ricky Fissette right on his bumper. Soucy was second followed by Fissette, Ken Mcilvane and “Wild” Bill Lambert Jr.

Roadrunner-Billy Osbourne

4-cyl Enduro

Jason Terrio won the 4 cyl endure followed by Chris Fultz and Leon Keniston

Full-size Enduro

Dave Lavigne won the Full-size Enduro followed by Travis Nevers and Ryan Simmons.

Spectator Drags

John Williams won the Spectator Drags.

Flagpole Race

Brian Harron won the Flagpole Race.

Spectator Race

Steve Dickey designed a win in the Spectator Race.

Next weekend there is racing on both Sunday the 25^th and Memorial Day Monday the 26^th. Both days have Rookies, Roadrunners, Thunder Lights, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and Flagpole Race. Sunday includes the Outlaws and Monday includes the New England V-6 Modifieds plus Enduros. Gates open at 11AM and the first race goes green at 1:03 PM on both days.

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