Last Corner Move Nets Evan Roberts First Career Devil’s Bowl Speedway Sportsman Win

Story By: DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY – WEST HAVEN, VT – Young 17-year-old Sportsman rookie Evan Roberts won an absolute thriller at Devil’s Bowl Speedway Sunday evening.

The 40-lap Sportsman feature was a survival-of-the-fittest affair, but the finish was worth the wait. Fletcher, Vt.’s Evan Roberts started on the outside of the front row and took the lead right away, first fending off Josh Masterson and then the surging trio of Mike Fisher, Tim LaDuc, and Troy Audet. Contact at lap 30 between Fisher and Audet took Fisher out of the race, and Audet was involved in a crash after the restart, leaving it down to just Roberts and LaDuc to fight for the win.

LaDuc, a multi-time Devil’s Bowl track champion, took control at the lap 31 restart, and then held Roberts off at the final restart on lap 35. But as the laps clicked away, Roberts reeled LaDuc in, and on the final corner LaDuc left an opening and fourth-generation driver Roberts filled the hole, muscling his way by to steal the first win of his career in the top class and bring the crowd to its feet in approval.

LaDuc settled for the runner-up finish ahead of double-duty racer Siemons, Hard Charger award winner David Boisclair, and Kevin Chaffee. Billy Lussier had a strong run in sixth, and Adam Piper had another solid finish in seventh. Brothers Austin and Justin Comes each rebounded from crashes to finish eighth and tenth, respectively, with Brent Warren sandwiched between them. Qualifying heat wins went to Masterson, Roberts, and Piper, with Travis Green taking the consi.

Orwell, Vt.’s Randy Ryan scorched the Limited Sportsman field to take his second win of the season in a 25-lap run. Rookie Kamden Duffy started first and held the point for the first seven circuits, but Ryan took over at lap 8 and never looked back, even with a restart on lap 15. Ryan streaked away to outlast Duffy, Scott Towslee, Anthony Ryan, and Bob Kilburn.

Sixth place went to Freddie Little, who was followed by Gary English, Chris Murray, Katrina Bean, and William Lussier Jr. Heat wins went to Little, Anthony Ryan, and Towslee, and Alex Layn won the consi.

The four-cylinder Mini Stock division was split into twin 20-lap A-features. The first race was limited to 15 laps by time constraints after a rough race, which was won by Bridport, Vt.’s Brian Blake after a mid-race collision with Clemmy Bell. Blake was able to continue and grabbed his second win of the season, beating out Levi Cram, Adam Stewart, Luke Fellows, and Ronnie Alger.

The second Mini Stock feature went the full distance, and it was entertaining from start to finish. A pack of six cars diced for the lead every step of the way before Rutland, Vt.’s Cody Dion was able to hold off all comers for the win. Jarrod Colburn, birthday boy Jake Mallory, Austin McKirryher, and Donald Olden rounded out the top five.

Devil’s Bowl Speedway returns to action on Saturday, June 24, at 7:00 p.m., as all six regular divisions are on the card including the $300-to-win special for the Hoosier Daddy Racing Novice Sportsmen, the Friend Construction 500cc Mini Sprints, and the 9th State Cannabis Crown Vics. Grandstand general admission is $15 for adults and free for children aged 12 and under. Infield drive-in parking is $20 for adults and free for kids.

Sportsman Modified

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 50X-Evan Roberts[2]; 2. 54-Tim LaDuc[15]; 3. 5-Tanner Siemons[16]; 4. 02-David Boisclair[24]; 5. 73-Kevin Chaffee[14]; 6. 25-Billy Lussier[22]; 7. 66-Adam Piper[3]; 8. 51A-Austin Comes[12]; 9. 2-Brent Warren[10]; 10. 51-Justin Comes[21]; 11. 13A-Troy Audet[18]; 12. 77M-Mike Fisher[8]; 13. 19T-Travis Billington[17]; 14. 60-Jim Ryan[13]; 15. 78-Vince Quenneville[7]; 16. 98H-Walter J Hammond[6]; 17. 19-Floyd Billington[32]; 18. T69-Travis Green[19]; 19. 22R-Dylan Rabtoy[26]; 20. 357-Marty Kelly III[9]; 21. 88H-Walter Hammond Jr[4]; 22. 11X-Josh Masterson[1]; 23. 97-Allan Hammond[11]; 24. 60W-Anthony Warren[23]; 25. 22J-Bubba McPhee[28]; 26. 1D-Wayne Stearns[20]; 27. 514-James Hanson[27]; 28. 36-Brian Whittemore[5]; 29. 78T-Tanner Warner[25]; 30. 13-Frankie Hoard III[31]; 31. (DNS) 7-Josh Leclaire; 32. (DNS) 42-Darryl Nutting; 33. (DNS) 88M-Michael Wagner Fitzgerald

Consi (10 Laps): 1. T69-Travis Green[3]; 2. 1D-Wayne Stearns[1]; 3. 51-Justin Comes[6]; 4. 25-Billy Lussier[9]; 5. 60W-Anthony Warren[5]; 6. 02-David Boisclair[10]; 7. 78T-Tanner Warner[8]; 8. 22R-Dylan Rabtoy[11]; 9. 13-Frankie Hoard III[2]; 10. 514-James Hanson[14]; 11. (DNF) 22J-Bubba McPhee[13]; 12. (DNS) 7-Josh Leclaire; 13. (DNS) 42-Darryl Nutting; 14. (DNS) 19-Floyd Billington; 15. (DNS) 88M-Michael Wagner Fitzgerald

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Josh Masterson[1]; 2. 88H-Walter Hammond Jr[2]; 3. 78-Vince Quenneville[3]; 4. 357-Marty Kelly III[4]; 5. 5-Tanner Siemons[9]; 6. 19T-Travis Billington[10]; 7. 1D-Wayne Stearns[5]; 8. 7-Josh Leclaire[8]; 9. (DNF) 42-Darryl Nutting[11]; 10. (DNF) 02-David Boisclair[7]; 11. (DNF) 88M-Michael Wagner Fitzgerald[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50X-Evan Roberts[1]; 2. 36-Brian Whittemore[2]; 3. 2-Brent Warren[4]; 4. 77M-Mike Fisher[3]; 5. 60-Jim Ryan[7]; 6. 51A-Austin Comes[6]; 7. 13-Frankie Hoard III[8]; 8. 60W-Anthony Warren[9]; 9. 78T-Tanner Warner[11]; 10. 22R-Dylan Rabtoy[10]; 11. 22J-Bubba McPhee[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Adam Piper[1]; 2. 98H-Walter J Hammond[2]; 3. 97-Allan Hammond[4]; 4. 13A-Troy Audet[9]; 5. 54-Tim LaDuc[7]; 6. 73-Kevin Chaffee[6]; 7. T69-Travis Green[10]; 8. 51-Justin Comes[8]; 9. 25-Billy Lussier[5]; 10. 19-Floyd Billington[11]; 11. 514-James Hanson[3]

Limited Sportsman

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 60-Randy Ryan[10]; 2. 42-Kamden Duffy[2]; 3. 23T-Scott Towslee[8]; 4. 211-Anthony Ryan[12]; 5. 77J-Bob Kilburn[1]; 6. 19X-Freddie Little[4]; 7. 53-Gary English[11]; 8. 9TH-Chris Murray[15]; 9. 12-Katrina Bean[3]; 10. 25-William Lussier Jr[21]; 11. 18-Daryl Gebo[7]; 12. 78-Don Williams[13]; 13. 07-Hunter Nutter[9]; 14. 44-Justin Lilly[18]; 15. 813-Jason Quenneville[6]; 16. 751-Alex Layn[16]; 17. 44D-William Duprey[5]; 18. 69-Dakota Green[19]; 19. 75-AJ Munger[20]; 20. 615-Holden Bass[14]; 21. (DNS) 14S-Timmy Aldrighetti; 22. (DNS) 10X-Aaron Clark; 23. (DNS) 9H-Chris Huntington; 24. (DNS) 5EJ-EJ Gallup; 25. (DNS) 47-Kyle Kerr

Consi (10 Laps): 1. 751-Alex Layn[6]; 2. 14S-Timmy Aldrighetti[4]; 3. 44-Justin Lilly[1]; 4. 69-Dakota Green[3]; 5. 75-AJ Munger[2]; 6. 25-William Lussier Jr[9]; 7. 10X-Aaron Clark[5]; 8. (DNF) 9H-Chris Huntington[7]; 9. (DNS) 5EJ-EJ Gallup; 10. (DNS) 47-Kyle Kerr

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19X-Freddie Little[4]; 2. 77J-Bob Kilburn[2]; 3. 44D-William Duprey[5]; 4. 9TH-Chris Murray[9]; 5. 78-Don Williams[7]; 6. 44-Justin Lilly[6]; 7. 14S-Timmy Aldrighetti[1]; 8. 9H-Chris Huntington[8]; 9. 25-William Lussier Jr[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 211-Anthony Ryan[4]; 2. 42-Kamden Duffy[2]; 3. 53-Gary English[6]; 4. 60-Randy Ryan[5]; 5. 18-Daryl Gebo[1]; 6. 75-AJ Munger[3]; 7. 10X-Aaron Clark[7]; 8. 5EJ-EJ Gallup[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23T-Scott Towslee[1]; 2. 813-Jason Quenneville[5]; 3. 12-Katrina Bean[3]; 4. 07-Hunter Nutter[4]; 5. 615-Holden Bass[8]; 6. 69-Dakota Green[7]; 7. 751-Alex Layn[2]; 8. (DNS) 47-Kyle Kerr

Mini Stocks

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 27X-Brian Blake[14]; 2. X9-Levi Cram[12]; 3. 6A-Adam Stewart[2]; 4. 18-Luke Fellows[7]; 5. 54X-Ron Alger[9]; 6. 95D-Justin Cook[3]; 7. 18B-Clement Bell Jr[8]; 8. 88-Nicholas Melotti[4]; 9. 29-Tom Severance[5]; 10. 426-Andrea Noble[16]; 11. 14-Michael Jerome[6]; 12. 10-Griff Mahoney[10]; 13. 15-Tim Robinson[1]; 14. 4-Chase Allen[13]; 15. 70X-Niclaus Clark[15]; 16. 27-Adam Mahoney[11]

A Feature 2 (20 Laps): 1. 143-Cody Dion[5]; 2. 3-Jarrod Colburn[11]; 3. 47-Jacob Mallory[4]; 4. 1X-Austin McKirryher[9]; 5. 4D-Donald Olden[14]; 6. 39-Ryan Patch[3]; 7. 51-Jacob Demgard[16]; 8. 44-Craig Kirby[12]; 9. 11-TJ Knight[6]; 10. 9-Tyler Bell[7]; 11. 25-Damian Olden[2]; 12. 18X-Jake Barrows[10]; 13. 07-Cory Collins[15]; 14. 54JR-Jakobee Alger[8]; 15. 83-Mark Mahoney[13]; 16. 03-Alton Mccoy[1]