Dominic Roselli Locks Into Vermont 200 At Devil’s Bowl With Victory In Saturday’s “Win & You’re In” Race

Story By: DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY – WEST HAVEN, VT – Two drivers can sleep easy on Saturday night, after racing their way into Sunday’s Fabian Earth Moving Vermont 200 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway.

Dom Roselli and Scott Towslee earned qualifying berths into the biggest race of the year, and Roselli, Bob Kilburn, Rob Steele earned feature wins at the Saturday event, which was presented by the Community College of Vermont.

Lockport, N.Y.’s Dom Roselli earned his qualifying spot in the 30-lap CCV “Win & You’re In” main event for the Sunoco Sportsman Modified division. Roselli, who is a regular competitor at the Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y., drew the outside pole starting spot and ran away from the field at the drop of the green flag. The race went non-stop without a caution flag, which meant Roselli was forced to navigate heavy lapped traffic.

Roselli was bounced around in three-wide action with a pair of backmarkers at the halfway mark, but he was able to quickly regroup and resume his dominance. Roselli’s first Devil’s Bowl win backed up his third-place finish in the “Prelude to the 200” event held in August, and he automatically becomes a pre-race favorite for Sunday’s $10,000-to-win event.

Devil’s Bowl championship contenders Justin Comes and Tim LaDuc were strong all race and finished second and third, respectively. Former Vermont 200 winner Demetrios Drellos finished fourth with Tanner Warner fifth. Alex Bell, Brian Whittemore, Walter J. Hammond, Josh Masterson, and Neil Stratton completed the top 10 in order. Qualifying heat wins went to Tanner Siemons, Bell, Ron Proctor, and Roselli, and Brian Calabrese won the last-chance consolation race. Thirty-nine cars attempted to qualify for 30 starting positions.

Fair Haven, Vt.’s Bob Kilburn dominated the 40-lap “Win & You’re In” feature race for the O’Reilly Auto Parts Limited Sportsman division, leading every step of the way. Kilburn faced the field on eight restarts, but he was never challenged at any of them. The popular 67-year-old, known by fans as “Santa Bob” received a massive ovation as he climbed out of his car in victory lane, but he declined the guaranteed starting spot in Sunday’s Vermont 200.

That put Manchester, Vt., youngster Scott Towslee in the catbird seat, as he scored the runner-up finish and accepted the Vermont 200 starting position. Towslee started eighth on the field and survived several close calls on his way through traffic.

Hunter Nutter finished third ahead of a hard-charging William Lussier Jr., who started last on the 20-car field. The recently-married Katrina (Bean) LeClaire rounded out the top five, followed by Alex Layn, Justin Lilly, Jason Quenneville, Randy Ryan, and William Duprey. Qualifying heat wins went to Anthony Ryan and Quenneville.

Ronnie Alger was a popular first-time winner in the Mini Stock division. The longtime Orwell, Vt., racer took the lead late in the 20-lap feature and survived a green-white-checker restart in the final two laps to hold on for his landmark victory. Early leader Damian Olden held on for the runner-up finish in a wild scramble at the end, outlasting Brian Blake, Chase Allen, and Craig Kirby. Levi Cram, Olden, and Adam Mahoney won the qualifiers, and Fair Haven, Vt.’s Tom Severance won the 8-lap “B” Feature.

Orwell, Vt.’s Ray Hanson won the first of three 10-lap segments for the Friend Construction 500cc Mini Sprint division. The second and third segments of the cumulatively scored race will be held on Sunday. Hanson and John Carleton won the qualifying heats.

The Hoosier Daddy Racing Novice Sportsman division ran a pair of qualifying heats and the Tom’s Auto Reconditioning “Dash for Cash” to set the field for Sunday’s feature. Monkton, Vt.’s Pat Miner will try for the weekend Triple Crown, sweeping his heat and $100-to-win Dash; Derrick Counter won the other heat.

The 9th State Cannabis Crown Vic class also ran a 15-lap main event, with Bomoseen, Vt.’s Rob Steele capturing his fourth win of the year in a close finish with Shawn Moquin. Former Mini Stock champion Moquin was in his first Crown Vic start and put together a good run. Norman Morrill finished third ahead of Mike Whalen and Jackson Ducharme. Moquin won the lone qualifier.

Racing starts at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 3. All Sportsman Modified qualifying and the 200-lap, $10,000-to-win Fabian Earth Moving Vermont 200 will take place on Sunday, along with action for the Sprint Cars of New England, Novice Sportsman, and 500cc Mini Sprints.

Sportsman Modified

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 80-Dom Roselli[2]; 2. 51-Justin Comes[4]; 3. 54-Tim LaDuc[5]; 4. 111-Demetrios Drellos[3]; 5. 98T-Tanner Warner[1]; 6. 12S-Alex Bell[11]; 7. 36-Brian Whittemore[6]; 8. 98H-Walter J Hammond[14]; 9. 11X-Josh Masterson[12]; 10. 35R-Neil Stratton[8]; 11. 21C-Brian Calabrese[25]; 12. 50X-Evan Roberts[13]; 13. 78-Vince Quenneville[19]; 14. 60-Jim Ryan[15]; 15. 5-Tanner Siemons[9]; 16. 7-Josh Leclaire[16]; 17. 14T-Payton Talbot[20]; 18. 02-David Boisclair[23]; 19. 11-Drew Boniface[27]; 20. 88H-Walter Hammond Jr[21]; 21. 357-Marty Kelly III[17]; 22. 33-Pat Reiser[28]; 23. 66-Adam Piper[22]; 24. 24-Jimmy Davis[10]; 25. 97-Allan Hammond[18]; 26. 10-Jim Nagle[29]; 27. 514-James Hanson[24]; 28. 25-Billy Lussier[26]; 29. 60W-Anthony Warren[30]; 30. 52-Ron Proctor[7]

Consi (10 Laps): 1. 21C-Brian Calabrese[4]; 2. 25-Billy Lussier[1]; 3. 11-Drew Boniface[6]; 4. 33-Pat Reiser[3]; 5. 10-Jim Nagle[5]; 6. 60W-Anthony Warren[8]; 7. T69-Travis Green[11]; 8. 514-James Hanson[2]; 9. 2-Brent Warren[14]; 10. 19-Floyd Billington[7]; 11. 32X-Scott Duell[9]; 12. 12-John Miller[10]; 13. 46-RYAN STORTINI[13]; 14. 61-Alex Palmer Sawyer[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Tanner Siemons[1]; 2. 11X-Josh Masterson[2]; 3. 98T-Tanner Warner[3]; 4. 50X-Evan Roberts[5]; 5. 357-Marty Kelly III[7]; 6. 14T-Payton Talbot[9]; 7. 25-Billy Lussier[8]; 8. 10-Jim Nagle[4]; 9. 99-Russ Farr[10]; 10. 61-Alex Palmer Sawyer[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12S-Alex Bell[3]; 2. 35R-Neil Stratton[1]; 3. 51-Justin Comes[7]; 4. 98H-Walter J Hammond[6]; 5. 13A-Troy Audet[4]; 6. 88H-Walter Hammond Jr[9]; 7. 514-James Hanson[5]; 8. 11-Drew Boniface[10]; 9. 32X-Scott Duell[8]; 10. 46-RYAN STORTINI[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Ron Proctor[1]; 2. 24-Jimmy Davis[6]; 3. 36-Brian Whittemore[9]; 4. 60-Jim Ryan[8]; 5. 97-Allan Hammond[3]; 6. 66-Adam Piper[7]; 7. 33-Pat Reiser[4]; 8. 19-Floyd Billington[10]; 9. 12-John Miller[2]; 10. (DNS) 2-Brent Warren

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 80-Dom Roselli[1]; 2. 111-Demetrios Drellos[2]; 3. 54-Tim LaDuc[4]; 4. 7-Josh Leclaire[3]; 5. 78-Vince Quenneville[5]; 6. 02-David Boisclair[6]; 7. 21C-Brian Calabrese[7]; 8. 60W-Anthony Warren[9]; 9. T69-Travis Green[8]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 00:19.703[8]; 2. 80-Dom Roselli, 00:19.730[30]; 3. 60-Jim Ryan, 00:19.787[31]; 4. 12S-Alex Bell, 00:19.857[2]; 5. 50X-Evan Roberts, 00:20.038[29]; 6. 51-Justin Comes, 00:20.071[6]; 7. 357-Marty Kelly III, 00:20.079[16]; 8. 54-Tim LaDuc, 00:20.146[17]; 9. 33-Pat Reiser, 00:20.246[28]; 10. 35R-Neil Stratton, 00:20.247[34]; 11. 85P-Mike Palmer, 00:20.267[24]; 12. 78-Vince Quenneville, 00:20.277[27]; 13. 36-Brian Whittemore, 00:20.295[39]; 14. 14T-Payton Talbot, 00:20.295[35]; 15. 11X-Josh Masterson, 00:20.305[20]; 16. 02-David Boisclair, 00:20.330[3]; 17. 88H-Walter Hammond Jr, 00:20.362[12]; 18. 98H-Walter J Hammond, 00:20.407[14]; 19. 25-Billy Lussier, 00:20.438[19]; 20. 97-Allan Hammond, 00:20.470[13]; 21. 66-Adam Piper, 00:20.473[25]; 22. 13A-Troy Audet, 00:20.478[1]; 23. 24-Jimmy Davis, 00:20.509[7]; 24. 10-Jim Nagle, 00:20.567[22]; 25. 12-John Miller, 00:20.597[21]; 26. 60W-Anthony Warren, 00:20.613[37]; 27. 11-Drew Boniface, 00:20.616[4]; 28. 514-James Hanson, 00:20.643[15]; 29. 5-Tanner Siemons, 00:20.769[32]; 30. T69-Travis Green, 00:20.843[11]; 31. 7-Josh Leclaire, 00:21.016[18]; 32. 61-Alex Palmer Sawyer, 00:21.343[23]; 33. 46-RYAN STORTINI, 00:21.581[33]; 34. (DNS) 21C-Brian Calabrese; 35. (DNS) 32X-Scott Duell; 36. (DNS) 99-Russ Farr; 37. (DNS) 52-Ron Proctor; 38. (DNS) 98T-Tanner Warner; 39. (DNS) 2-Brent Warren

Limited Sportsman

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 77J-Bob Kilburn[1]; 2. 23T-Scott Towslee[8]; 3. 07-Hunter Nutter[5]; 4. 25-William Lussier Jr[20]; 5. 12-Katrina Bean[2]; 6. 751-Alex Layn[4]; 7. 44-Justin Lilly[9]; 8. 813-Jason Quenneville[6]; 9. 60-Randy Ryan[11]; 10. 44D-William Duprey[14]; 11. 34X-Robert Gauthier[15]; 12. 211-Anthony Ryan[7]; 13. 00-Steve Miller[10]; 14. 2X-Michael Clark Jr[13]; 15. 53-Gary English[12]; 16. 75-AJ Munger[16]; 17. 42-Kamden Duffy[17]; 18. 14S-Timmy Aldrighetti[18]; 19. 98T-Corky Warner[19]; 20. 19X-Freddie Little[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 211-Anthony Ryan[2]; 2. 53-Gary English[4]; 3. 00-Steve Miller[6]; 4. 07-Hunter Nutter[1]; 5. 751-Alex Layn[7]; 6. 44-Justin Lilly[5]; 7. 2X-Michael Clark Jr[9]; 8. 34X-Robert Gauthier[8]; 9. 42-Kamden Duffy[3]; 10. (DNS) 25-William Lussier Jr

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 813-Jason Quenneville[1]; 2. 77J-Bob Kilburn[3]; 3. 60-Randy Ryan[7]; 4. 23T-Scott Towslee[2]; 5. 12-Katrina Bean[4]; 6. 19X-Freddie Little[6]; 7. 44D-William Duprey[5]; 8. 75-AJ Munger[8]; 9. 14S-Timmy Aldrighetti[9]; 10. 98T-Corky Warner[10]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 00-Steve Miller, 00:20.258[13]; 2. 211-Anthony Ryan, 00:20.674[17]; 3. 19X-Freddie Little, 00:20.688[11]; 4. 53-Gary English, 00:20.727[6]; 5. 12-Katrina Bean, 00:20.766[2]; 6. 07-Hunter Nutter, 00:20.843[15]; 7. 751-Alex Layn, 00:20.887[9]; 8. 60-Randy Ryan, 00:20.917[18]; 9. 77J-Bob Kilburn, 00:20.923[8]; 10. 34X-Robert Gauthier, 00:20.937[7]; 11. 75-AJ Munger, 00:20.965[14]; 12. 813-Jason Quenneville, 00:20.989[16]; 13. 23T-Scott Towslee, 00:21.030[19]; 14. 14S-Timmy Aldrighetti, 00:21.136[1]; 15. 44D-William Duprey, 00:21.151[5]; 16. 42-Kamden Duffy, 00:21.181[4]; 17. 44-Justin Lilly, 00:21.315[10]; 18. 2X-Michael Clark Jr, 00:22.015[3]; 19. (DNS) 25-William Lussier Jr; 20. (DNS) 98T-Corky Warner

Novice Sportsman

Dash 1 (6 Laps): 1. 00-Patrick Miner[1]; 2. 12-Randy Edson[5]; 3. 40-Ed Bell[3]; 4. 75-Derrick Counter[2]; 5. 99-Russell Farr III[6]; 6. 49-Allen Hewitt[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Patrick Miner[1]; 2. 40-Ed Bell[5]; 3. 12-Randy Edson[3]; 4. 78-Don Williams[4]; 5. 4X-Joshua Patterson[6]; 6. 52X-Adam Lafountain[7]; 7. 10X-Aaron Clark[8]; 8. (DNF) 5-Nick Austin Neil[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Derrick Counter[5]; 2. 49-Allen Hewitt[6]; 3. 99-Russell Farr III[1]; 4. 77-Eric Shaw[7]; 5. 9-Tyler Travis[3]; 6. 28X-Bobbi Hults[2]; 7. 510-Matthew Wade[4]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 00-Patrick Miner, 00:21.694[10]; 2. 12-Randy Edson, 00:21.642[5]; 3. 40-Ed Bell, 00:21.511[2]; 4. 75-Derrick Counter, 00:22.400[4]; 5. 99-Russell Farr III, 00:22.117[6]; 6. 49-Allen Hewitt, 00:22.441[7]; 7. (DNS) 5-Nick Austin Neil; 8. (DNS) 10X-Aaron Clark; 9. (DNS) 28X-Bobbi Hults; 10. (DNS) 52X-Adam Lafountain; 11. (DNS) 4X-Joshua Patterson; 12. (DNS) 77-Eric Shaw; 13. (DNS) 9-Tyler Travis; 14. (DNS) 510-Matthew Wade; 15. (DNS) 78-Don Williams

500cc Mini Sprints

Segment 1 (10 Laps): 1. 68-Raymond Hanson[9]; 2. 24-Logan Denis[8]; 3. 4-Tommy Kasuba[2]; 4. 54-Roger Laduc[7]; 5. 10-John Smith[6]; 6. 100-Lane Saville[11]; 7. 11A-Gage Provencher[5]; 8. 67-Kevin Smith[10]; 9. 5-John Carleton[4]; 10. 9Q-Quinn Quenneville[3]; 11. 12-Aiden Benoure[1]; 12. (DNS) 743-Ashleigh Kulzer

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 68-Raymond Hanson[6]; 2. 10-John Smith[4]; 3. 67-Kevin Smith[5]; 4. 4-Tommy Kasuba[2]; 5. 12-Aiden Benoure[1]; 6. 9Q-Quinn Quenneville[3]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 5-John Carleton[1]; 2. 24-Logan Denis[6]; 3. 54-Roger Laduc[4]; 4. 100-Lane Saville[5]; 5. 11A-Gage Provencher[3]; 6. 743-Ashleigh Kulzer[2]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 68-Raymond Hanson, 00:21.171[4]; 2. 24-Logan Denis, 00:21.430[3]; 3. 54-Roger Laduc, 00:21.532[7]; 4. 5-John Carleton, 00:21.655[2]; 5. 10-John Smith, 00:21.898[11]; 6. 67-Kevin Smith, 00:22.003[12]; 7. 11A-Gage Provencher, 00:22.036[8]; 8. 100-Lane Saville, 00:22.214[10]; 9. 4-Tommy Kasuba, 00:22.465[5]; 10. 12-Aiden Benoure, 00:22.779[1]; 11. 9Q-Quinn Quenneville, 00:23.712[9]; 12. (DNS) 743-Ashleigh Kulzer

Mini Stocks

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 54X-Ron Alger[4]; 2. 25-Damian Olden[2]; 3. 27X-Brian Blake[16]; 4. 4-Chase Allen[11]; 5. 44-Craig Kirby[9]; 6. 54JR-Jakobee Alger[18]; 7. 18X-Jake Barrows[19]; 8. 47-Jacob Mallory[15]; 9. 18-Luke Fellows[5]; 10. 83-Mark Mahoney[17]; 11. 1X-Austin McKirryher[13]; 12. 39-Ryan Patch[14]; 13. 27-Adam Mahoney[6]; 14. 143-Cody Dion[8]; 15. 03-Alton Mccoy[12]; 16. F30-Royal Harrison Jr[3]; 17. 88-Nicholas Melotti[1]; 18. 10-Griff Mahoney[10]; 19. X9-Levi Cram[7]; 20. 11-TJ Knight[20]; 21. (DNS) 3-Jarrod Colburn

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 29-Tom Severance[1]; 2. 51-Jacob Demgard[4]; 3. 70-Hunter Clark[5]; 4. 99-Nick Stark[3]; 5. 254-Derek Lachapelle[7]; 6. 4D-Donald Olden[2]; 7. (DNS) 58S-Brandon Lauzon; 8. (DNS) 15-Tim Robinson

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. X9-Levi Cram[2]; 2. 83-Mark Mahoney[8]; 3. 4-Chase Allen[5]; 4. F30-Royal Harrison Jr[4]; 5. 18X-Jake Barrows[7]; 6. 11-TJ Knight[9]; 7. 03-Alton Mccoy[6]; 8. 29-Tom Severance[3]; 9. 51-Jacob Demgard[1]; 10. 254-Derek Lachapelle[10]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 25-Damian Olden[3]; 2. 54X-Ron Alger[5]; 3. 44-Craig Kirby[4]; 4. 1X-Austin McKirryher[6]; 5. 54JR-Jakobee Alger[8]; 6. 47-Jacob Mallory[7]; 7. 88-Nicholas Melotti[2]; 8. 4D-Donald Olden[1]; 9. 70-Hunter Clark[10]; 10. 15-Tim Robinson[9]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 27-Adam Mahoney[1]; 2. 10-Griff Mahoney[4]; 3. 27X-Brian Blake[7]; 4. 18-Luke Fellows[5]; 5. 3-Jarrod Colburn[2]; 6. 143-Cody Dion[3]; 7. 39-Ryan Patch[6]; 8. 99-Nick Stark[8]; 9. 58S-Brandon Lauzon[9]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 27-Adam Mahoney, 00:25.094[17]; 2. 10-Griff Mahoney, 00:24.986[18]; 3. 27X-Brian Blake, 00:24.881[5]; 4. 18-Luke Fellows, 00:25.369[11]; 5. 3-Jarrod Colburn, 00:25.354[7]; 6. 143-Cody Dion, 00:25.828[10]; 7. 39-Ryan Patch, 00:25.816[26]; 8. (DNS) 54JR-Jakobee Alger; 9. (DNS) 54X-Ron Alger; 10. (DNS) 4-Chase Allen; 11. (DNS) 18X-Jake Barrows; 12. (DNS) 70-Hunter Clark; 13. (DNS) X9-Levi Cram; 14. (DNS) 51-Jacob Demgard; 15. (DNS) F30-Royal Harrison Jr; 16. (DNS) 44-Craig Kirby; 17. (DNS) 11-TJ Knight; 18. (DNS) 254-Derek Lachapelle; 19. (DNS) 58S-Brandon Lauzon; 20. (DNS) 83-Mark Mahoney; 21. (DNS) 47-Jacob Mallory; 22. (DNS) 03-Alton Mccoy; 23. (DNS) 1X-Austin McKirryher; 24. (DNS) 88-Nicholas Melotti; 25. (DNS) 25-Damian Olden; 26. (DNS) 4D-Donald Olden; 27. (DNS) 15-Tim Robinson; 28. (DNS) 29-Tom Severance; 29. (DNS) 99-Nick Stark

Crown Vic

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 227-Rob Steele[3]; 2. 4-Shawn Moquin[4]; 3. 91-Norm Morrill[2]; 4. 20W-Mike Whalen Jr[5]; 5. 18-Jackson Ducharme[1]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 4-Shawn Moquin[4]; 2. 91-Norm Morrill[3]; 3. 227-Rob Steele[2]; 4. 20W-Mike Whalen Jr[5]; 5. (DNF) 18-Jackson Ducharme[1]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 18-Jackson Ducharme, 00:25.079[1]; 2. 227-Rob Steele, 00:25.288[4]; 3. 4-Shawn Moquin, 00:25.349[2]; 4. 91-Norm Morrill, 00:27.002[3]; 5. 20W-Mike Whalen Jr, 00:27.002[5]