Pat Miner & Bubba McPhee Split 30-Lap Sportsman Mains Sunday At Devil’s Bowl Speedway

Story By: DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY – WEST HAVEN, VT – Pat Miner and Bubba McPhee each collected their first-career Devil’s Bowl Sunoco Sportsman Modified features on Sunday at Devil’s Bowl.

Mid-Season Championship night meant double features for all classes except for the overflowing Fisher Auto Parts Mini Stocks, sending a litany of winners to victory lane, some for the very first time.

Miner and Johnny Bruno led the first 30-lap feature to green with Miner gaining the early lead. The race was halted on lap seven as Marty Kelly wound up backwards in the south end. Upon the restart, Bruno took the lead from Miner and held strong up front. Near the halfway point, the race was halted again as AJ Munger and Dave Camara were tangled up on the backstretch. Miner retook the top spot on lap 21 and did not give it up. He scored his first-career win in the headline class. Vince Quenneville came up to run 2nd and Bruno was 3rd.

Bubba McPhee won the second 30-lap sportsman contest with a late slide-job on race leader Tim LaDuc. AJ Munger led most of the race before LaDuc got by him on a restart on lap 21. Munger was collected in an incident on another restart a few laps later that also involved Camara, Anthony Warren, Jimm Ryan and Billy Lussier, setting up a short dash to the finish with McPhee also scoring his first win in Devil’s Bowl’s headline class. LaDuc was 2nd with Josh Masterson 3rd.

The night’s first O’Reilly Limited Sportsman Feature was won by Steve Miller, who beat Scott Towslee and Billy Duprey. Miller led all 20 laps while Towslee and Duprey came from row seven to hit the podium again.

Salisbury, Vt.’s Freddie Little wired the second limited feature, taking the lead on the opening lap from polesitter Tyler Travis. Alex Layn started 8th and got into 2nd position with eight laps remaining, but could not track down Little, as he took his first win of 2024, his second in the limited class. Springfield, Vt.’s Cody O’Brien raced from 6th to 3rd.

In the Hoosier Racing Tire Novice Ranks, Josh Bussino returned to Devil’s Bowl Victory Lane, taking the lead from Leicester’s Matt Cram with just six laps left to run. Matt Wade joined them on the podium after starting 6th.

Cram redeemed himself in the second feature, dominating every circuit to make his first trip to Devil’s Bowl Speedway Victory Lane just a little over two months in to his racing career. Bobbi Hults and Logan Denis joined Cram on the podium.

Matt wasn’t the only Cram to win on Sunday. Rutland, Vt.’s Bradford Cram (unrelated) added his name to the short list of all-time 9th State Cannabis Crown Vic winners in the second feature. After Rob Steele went from 7th to win the first feature for the budding class, Cram got on his horse early in the second act, beating Steele to the front of the field and holding him at bay for the second half of the race to pick up his first win. Chad Merrill impressed as well, going from 10th to 3rd. The crown vics are back in action July 20.

Young, stud drivers Gage Provencher and Quinn Quenneville continued their season-long, tit-for-tat battle in the Friend Construction 500cc Mini Sprint ranks. Provencher won the first feature over Ray Hanson and Vern Woodard, who continued a streak of consistent success. Quenneville had issues and ended up 14th, but came back with a vengeance in feature No. 2, torching the field to collect another win on the year. Provencher was 2nd with Hanoon 3rd and Woodard running well again in 4th.

The Fisher Auto Parts Mini Stocks ran split features for full points and added prize money. Ryan Patch and Ronnie Alger had the front row in the first feature, but it was 10th starter Jarrod Colburn flexing his muscles early, speeding to the front by lap four. Things were looking good for Colburn, until lap 11 when Chase Allen drove by for the lead. Allen was coming off a win during last Sunday’s Independence Day program and went on to repeat the feat. Brian Blake was 2nd with Patch 3rd. Colburn Faded to 4th in the closing laps. Griff Mahoney was 5th.

In the nightcap, Chris Charbonneau scored his first win of 2024 with his No. 4 Mustang, marking the first win for a rear-wheel-drive car in the mini stock class in quite some time. Granville, N.Y.’s Jake Mallory was 2nd with Willie Rice 3rd in a substitute role for Austin McKirryher. Cody Vanguilder turned in a season-best 4th place run, and Dawson Thompson finished 5th.

Devil’s Bowl Speedway is back on Saturday, July 13 at 7PM with Hometown Heroes Night, offering FREE general admission to first-responders, fire personnel, ems, police, medical professionals and military with proper ID. There will be another ‘wild and crazy’ 50-lap enduro. General admission is $15 with kids 12 and under always free. Infield tailgating is available for $20 per person. Pit admission is $28 for members and $38 for non-members.

Sportsman Modified

Feature #1 (30 Laps): 1. 00-Pat Miner; 2. 78-Vince Quenneville; 3. 22-Johnny Bruno; 4. 514-James Hanson; 5. 13-Frankie Hoard III; 6. 11X-Josh Masterson; 7. 8-Kevin Chaffee; 8. 5-Tanner Siemons; 9. 25-Billy Lussier; 10. 60W-Anthony Warren; 11. 13A-Troy Audet; 12. 54-Tim LaDuc; 13. 60-Jim Ryan; 14. T69-Travis Green; 15. 2-Brent Warren; 16. 7-Josh Leclaire; 17. 357-Marty Kelly III; 18. 24-Jordan Fornwalt; 19. 66-Adam Piper; 20. 60R-Randy Ryan; 21. 11VT-Joey Scarborough; 22. 51-Justin Comes; 23. 22J-Bubba McPhee; 24. 26-Dave Camara; 25. 151-Austin Comes; 26. 36-Brian Whittemore; 27. 88-Fire Swamp; 28. 75-AJ Munger

Feature #2 (30 Laps): 1. 22J-Bubba McPhee[5]; 2. 54-Tim LaDuc[8]; 3. 11X-Josh Masterson[22]; 4. 78-Vince Quenneville[19]; 5. 357-Marty Kelly III[10]; 6. T69-Travis Green[15]; 7. 8-Kevin Chaffee[17]; 8. 13A-Troy Audet[21]; 9. 13-Frankie Hoard III[20]; 10. 2-Brent Warren[3]; 11. 7-Josh Leclaire[18]; 12. 11VT-Joey Scarborough[7]; 13. 60W-Anthony Warren[6]; 14. 60R-Randy Ryan[13]; 15. 26-Dave Camara[12]; 16. 25-Billy Lussier[9]; 17. 24-Jordan Fornwalt[26]; 18. 75-AJ Munger[2]; 19. 22-Johnny Bruno[4]; 20. 60-Jim Ryan[16]; 21. 5-Tanner Siemons[14]; 22. 66-Adam Piper[11]; 23. 51-Justin Comes[24]; 24. 36-Brian Whittemore[1]; 25. 151-Austin Comes[25]; 26. 00-Pat Miner[23]; 27. (DNS) 514-James Hanson; 28. (DNS) 88-Fire Swamp

Hot Laps 1: 1. 24-Jordan Fornwalt, 00:19.598[7]; 2. 13A-Troy Audet, 00:19.674[1]; 3. 66-Adam Piper, 00:19.804[19]; 4. 78-Vince Quenneville, 00:19.815[20]; 5. 25-Billy Lussier, 00:19.823[14]; 6. 8-Kevin Chaffee, 00:19.879[4]; 7. 54-Tim LaDuc, 00:19.904[12]; 8. 22J-Bubba McPhee, 00:20.008[16]; 9. 357-Marty Kelly III, 00:20.024[11]; 10. 26-Dave Camara, 00:20.045[3]; 11. 51-Justin Comes, 00:20.079[6]; 12. T69-Travis Green, 00:20.096[8]; 13. 13-Frankie Hoard III, 00:20.098[10]; 14. 151-Austin Comes, 00:20.181[5]; 15. (DNS) 22-Johnny Bruno; 16. (DNS) 514-James Hanson; 17. (DNS) 7-Josh Leclaire; 18. (DNS) 11X-Josh Masterson; 19. (DNS) 00-Pat Miner; 20. (DNS) 75-AJ Munger; 21. (DNS) 60-Jim Ryan; 22. (DNS) 60R-Randy Ryan; 23. (DNS) 11VT-Joey Scarborough; 24. (DNS) 5-Tanner Siemons; 25. (DNS) 60W-Anthony Warren; 26. (DNS) 2-Brent Warren; 27. (DNS) 36-Brian Whittemore; 28. (DNS) 88-Fire Swamp

Limited Sportsman

Feature #1 (20 Laps): 1. 06-Steve Miller; 2. 23T-Scott Towslee; 3. 44D-William Duprey; 4. 52X-Adam Lafountain; 5. 75-Derrick Counter; 6. 77J-Bob Kilburn; 7. 77-Eric Shaw; 8. 42-Kamden Duffy; 9. 751-Alex Layn; 10. 53-Gary English; 11. 1VT-Marty Hutchins; 12. 25-William Lussier Jr; 13. 2X-Michael Clark Jr; 14. 78-Don Williams; 15. 27X-Cody O’Brien; 16. 19X-Freddie Little; 17. 4X-Joshua Patterson; 18. 44-Justin Lilly; 19. 9-Tyler Travis; 20. 813-Jason Quenneville

Feature #2 (20 Laps): 1. 19X-Freddie Little[2]; 2. 751-Alex Layn[8]; 3. 27X-Cody O’Brien[6]; 4. 53-Gary English[11]; 5. 52X-Adam Lafountain[14]; 6. 813-Jason Quenneville[9]; 7. 25-William Lussier Jr[4]; 8. 1VT-Marty Hutchins[16]; 9. 23T-Scott Towslee[17]; 10. 06-Steve Miller[19]; 11. 44D-William Duprey[18]; 12. 77-Eric Shaw[10]; 13. 77J-Bob Kilburn[15]; 14. 75-Derrick Counter[12]; 15. 4X-Joshua Patterson[13]; 16. 9-Tyler Travis[1]; 17. 78-Don Williams[7]; 18. 44-Justin Lilly[5]; 19. 42-Kamden Duffy[3]; 20. (DNS) 2X-Michael Clark Jr

Hot Laps 1: 1. 42-Kamden Duffy, 00:19.689[3]; 2. 19X-Freddie Little, 00:19.889[11]; 3. 53-Gary English, 00:19.939[5]; 4. 751-Alex Layn, 00:19.952[9]; 5. 06-Steve Miller, 00:19.962[13]; 6. 9-Tyler Travis, 00:20.022[19]; 7. 77-Eric Shaw, 00:20.185[17]; 8. 77J-Bob Kilburn, 00:20.257[7]; 9. 75-Derrick Counter, 00:20.407[2]; 10. 52X-Adam Lafountain, 00:20.475[8]; 11. 2X-Michael Clark Jr, 00:20.478[1]; 12. 23T-Scott Towslee, 00:20.481[18]; 13. 4X-Joshua Patterson, 00:20.528[15]; 14. 44-Justin Lilly, 00:20.535[10]; 15. 27X-Cody O’Brien, 00:20.535[14]; 16. 1VT-Marty Hutchins, 00:20.538[6]; 17. 813-Jason Quenneville, 00:20.634[16]; 18. 25-William Lussier Jr, 00:20.637[12]; 19. 78-Don Williams, 00:20.871[20]; 20. (DNS) 44D-William Duprey

Novice Sportsman

Feature #1 (15 Laps): 1. 2X-Josh Bussino; 2. 77X-Matthew Cram; 3. 510-Matthew Wade; 4. 24-Logan Denis; 5. 12R-Randy Edson; 6. 5-Nick Austin Neil; 7. 12VT-Aiden Benoure; 8. 99-Russell Farr III; 9. 28X-Bobbi Hults; 10. 74S-Keegan Tabor; 11. 57-Jarron Maguire; 12. 76-Raelin Dunham

Feature #2 (15 Laps): 1. 77X-Matthew Cram[2]; 2. 28X-Bobbi Hults[4]; 3. 24-Logan Denis[8]; 4. 5-Nick Austin Neil[7]; 5. 99-Russell Farr III[3]; 6. 510-Matthew Wade[6]; 7. 76-Raelin Dunham[1]; 8. 2X-Josh Bussino[9]; 9. 12VT-Aiden Benoure[5]; 10. 57-Jarron Maguire[10]; 11. 74S-Keegan Tabor[11]; 12. (DNS) 12R-Randy Edson

Hot Laps 1: 1. 5-Nick Austin Neil, 00:20.016[1]; 2. 24-Logan Denis, 00:20.024[5]; 3. 2X-Josh Bussino, 00:20.029[3]; 4. 28X-Bobbi Hults, 00:20.164[9]; 5. 12R-Randy Edson, 00:20.428[7]; 6. 12VT-Aiden Benoure, 00:20.542[2]; 7. 77X-Matthew Cram, 00:20.721[4]; 8. 99-Russell Farr III, 00:20.760[8]; 9. 510-Matthew Wade, 00:20.848[12]; 10. 74S-Keegan Tabor, 00:20.848[11]; 11. 76-Raelin Dunham, 00:21.076[6]; 12. 57-Jarron Maguire, 00:24.089[10]

500cc Mini Sprints

Feature #1 (12 Laps): 1. 11A-Gage Provencher; 2. 68-Raymond Hanson; 3. 73-Vern Woodard; 4. 17-Chris Lennox; 5. 15P-Chris Pierce; 6. 727-Jenna Zak; 7. 10-John Smith; 8. 4-Tommy Kasuba; 9. 67-Kevin Smith; 10. 81-Alex Reed; 11. 13NH-brandon emerson; 12. 20-AJ Vanderpool; 13. 80-Alyssa Vanderpool; 14. 9Q-Quinn Quenneville; 15. 743-Ashleigh Kulzer

Feature #2 (12 Laps): 1. 9Q-Quinn Quenneville[6]; 2. 11A-Gage Provencher[11]; 3. 68-Raymond Hanson[10]; 4. 73-Vern Woodard[8]; 5. 67-Kevin Smith[3]; 6. 727-Jenna Zak[4]; 7. 17-Chris Lennox[9]; 8. 10-John Smith[14]; 9. 81-Alex Reed[2]; 10. 4-Tommy Kasuba[1]; 11. 13NH-brandon emerson[5]; 12. 80-Alyssa Vanderpool[12]; 13. 20-AJ Vanderpool[13]; 14. 15P-Chris Pierce[7]; 15. (DNS) 743-Ashleigh Kulzer

Hot Laps 1: 1. 68-Raymond Hanson, 00:21.393[2]; 2. 11A-Gage Provencher, 00:21.806[5]; 3. 15P-Chris Pierce, 00:22.110[4]; 4. 13NH-brandon emerson, 00:22.293[1]; 5. 73-Vern Woodard, 00:22.373[12]; 6. 67-Kevin Smith, 00:22.429[9]; 7. 727-Jenna Zak, 00:22.563[13]; 8. 10-John Smith, 00:22.604[8]; 9. 17-Chris Lennox, 00:22.607[15]; 10. 9Q-Quinn Quenneville, 00:22.632[6]; 11. 4-Tommy Kasuba, 00:22.974[3]; 12. 743-Ashleigh Kulzer, 00:23.026[14]; 13. 80-Alyssa Vanderpool, 00:23.077[11]; 14. 81-Alex Reed, 00:23.089[7]; 15. 20-AJ Vanderpool, 00:23.556[10]

Mini Stocks

Feature #1 (15 Laps): 1. 4-Chase Allen[11]; 2. 27X-Brian Blake[8]; 3. 39-Ryan Patch[1]; 4. 3-Jarrod Colburn[10]; 5. 10-Griff Mahoney[6]; 6. 83-Mark Mahoney[5]; 7. 81X-Adam Mahoney[4]; 8. 79-Jeremy Brownell[3]; 9. 22B-Quinton Bishop[12]; 10. 54X-Ron Alger[2]; 11. 39M-Mike Bussino[15]; 12. 57-Carl Lapoint[9]; 13. 25-Damian Olden[7]; 14. 143-Cody Dion[14]; 15. 88-Nicholas Melotti[13]

Feature #2 (15 Laps): 1. 4C-Chris Charboneau[9]; 2. 47-Jacob Mallory[10]; 3. 1X-Austin McKirryher[11]; 4. 66C-Cody Vanguilder[3]; 5. 80-Dawson Thompson[13]; 6. 19-Chris Sumner[7]; 7. 6A-Adam Stewart[8]; 8. 5-Christopher Hewitt[2]; 9. 54JR-Jakobee Alger[12]; 10. 51-James Murray[5]; 11. 15-Tim Robinson[1]; 12. 65-Luke Marcheski[4]; 13. 44M-Richard Fleury[6]; 14. 77NY-Kris Clark[14]; 15. 34C-Eric Wade[15]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 19-Chris Sumner, 00:24.238[26]; 2. 3-Jarrod Colburn, 00:24.339[9]; 3. 4-Chase Allen, 00:24.601[3]; 4. 80-Dawson Thompson, 00:24.611[27]; 5. 81X-Adam Mahoney, 00:24.689[14]; 6. 4C-Chris Charboneau, 00:24.806[8]; 7. 77NY-Kris Clark, 00:24.865[30]; 8. 79-Jeremy Brownell, 00:24.937[6]; 9. 39-Ryan Patch, 00:25.099[23]; 10. 65-Luke Marcheski, 00:25.110[18]; 11. 22B-Quinton Bishop, 00:25.140[4]; 12. 66C-Cody Vanguilder, 00:25.476[28]; 13. 39M-Mike Bussino, 00:25.580[7]; 14. 5-Christopher Hewitt, 00:25.807[12]; 15. 6A-Adam Stewart, 00:25.854[25]; 16. 44M-Richard Fleury, 00:25.861[11]; 17. 1X-Austin McKirryher, 00:26.322[19]; 18. 57-Carl Lapoint, 00:26.357[13]; 19. 34C-Eric Wade, 00:27.983[29]; 20. 51-James Murray, 00:28.526[21]; 21. 143-Cody Dion, 00:29.038[10]; 22. (DNS) 54JR-Jakobee Alger; 23. (DNS) 54X-Ron Alger; 24. (DNS) 27X-Brian Blake; 25. (DNS) 10-Griff Mahoney; 26. (DNS) 83-Mark Mahoney; 27. (DNS) 47-Jacob Mallory; 28. (DNS) 88-Nicholas Melotti; 29. (DNS) 25-Damian Olden; 30. (DNS) 15-Tim Robinson

Crown Vic

Feature #1 (12 Laps): 1. 227-Rob Steele; 2. 312-Bradford Cram; 3. 17T-Ron Tollner; 4. 91-Norm Morrill; 5. 23-Chad Merrill; 6. C4-Scott Cram; 7. 91X-Mathew Decker; 8. 722-Hellen Steele; 9. 4-Eric Friend; 10. 22G-Elisabeth Dupont

Feature #2 (12 Laps): 1. 312-Bradford Cram[8]; 2. 227-Rob Steele[9]; 3. 23-Chad Merrill[10]; 4. 17T-Ron Tollner[6]; 5. 91-Norm Morrill[5]; 6. 91X-Mathew Decker[3]; 7. C4-Scott Cram[2]; 8. 722-Hellen Steele[1]; 9. (DNS) 22G-Elisabeth Dupont; 10. (DNS) 4-Eric Friend

Hot Laps 1: 1. 312-Bradford Cram, 00:24.611[1]; 2. 23-Chad Merrill, 00:24.946[10]; 3. 4-Eric Friend, 00:25.154[5]; 4. 17T-Ron Tollner, 00:25.172[9]; 5. 22G-Elisabeth Dupont, 00:25.756[4]; 6. 91-Norm Morrill, 00:25.841[6]; 7. 91X-Mathew Decker, 00:26.886[3]; 8. C4-Scott Cram, 00:27.220[2]; 9. (DNS) 722-Hellen Steele; 10. (DNS) 227-Rob Steele