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Story By: DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY – WEST HAVEN, VT – Fire Swamp ended the 2024 season at Devil’s Bowl with a win Saturday, locking the gates behind him, closing out his career season the same way it started, checkered flag in hand.
Behind him, chaos and disorder abounded for title contenders LaDuc and Quenneville, eventually netting LaDuc his third championship in the last four seasons.
Other 2024 titlists included Scott Towslee (O’Reilly Auto Parts Limited), Logan Denis (Hoosier Racing Tire Novice) Brian Blake (Fisher Auto Parts Mini Stock), Gage Provencher (Friend Construction Mini Sprint), and Rob Steele (9th State Cannabis Crown Vic).
Shawn McPhee and Jimmy Ryan had the front row for the 30-lap Sunoco Sportsman Modified Feature on a slick track just after 8PM Saturday. Championship hopefuls Tim LaDuc and Vince Quenneville, Jr, started 19th and 15th, respectively. Quenneville made handicap in his heat race and LaDuc didn’t. Joey Scarborough’s 14th starting spot was the best of any driver with a chance to win it all, but he also was burdened with the biggest deficit, 36 points out coming into the night.
McPhee and Ryan dueled early, following each other around the outside lane while Fire Swamp and Jim Nagle ran behind them. An early yellow for trouble at the back of the pack saw LaDuc sent to the tail for contact, the first twist in a crazy race for the title.
Not many laps later, Nagle spun out in turn one on a restart, resulting in damage to Vince Quenneville’s mount, adding another layer to the drama. Fire Swamp and Randy Ryan used the yellows to ladder forward on the bottom, with Swamp eventually getting around McPhee for the lead.
Quenneville and LaDuc both moved forward, each trying to get ahead of the other for the title. Joey Scarborough was also moving through the field with proficiency.
Near the end, a few restarts set up a great battle between Swamp and McPhee with Swamp eventually taking the upper hand and driving off with the win. Scarborough was 2nd with McPhee 3rd. Justin Comes came up to finish 4th with Marty Kelly, III in 5th. Quenneville finished 6th with LaDuc 8th, giving LaDuc the title by the narrowest of margins, unofficially, two points. Scarborough earned the final Elmo’s Pit Stop $100 hard charger bonus of the season, going from 14th to 2nd.
The O’Reilly Auto Parts Limited Sportsman put on an incredible show for the race and championship title. Gary English, Jr., of Salisbury, led the points coming into the night with Alex Layn and Scott Towslee having a chance to win the title. English started 11th in the main with Towslee to his outside and Layn back in 18th. William Lussier, Jr. led the early going of the feature from the pole, rolling around the bottom with “Santa” Bob Kilburn pacing him from 10 cars back. Towslee was 4th and Layn was up to 8th with English behind him in 9th, but a lap 15 restart changed everything, and while Towslee rocketed up to the lead, English and Layn struggled to move forward. Towslee assumed control of the lead and the season on lap 18, leading the final seven circuits to collect the win and the championship over English and Layn. Eric Shaw raced up to 2nd with Lussier 3rd, Boomer Patterson 4th and Marty Hutchins completing the top five.
The Hoosier Racing Tire Novice Sportsman race and championship were also won by the same driver, Logan Denis, who had virtually sewn up the title when his truck and trailer pulled into the gate Saturday. The youngster from Whiting added some sprinkles on the title cake for good measure, starting 8th and rolling around everyone in the 20-lap feature, leading on lap six, ripping the outside and cruising to the win. Randy Edson was 2nd with Bobbi Hults 3rd, Nick Austin-Neil 4th and Aiden Benoure 5th.
The Friend Construction 500cc Mini Sprint title was won by Gage Provencher. On a night where Quinn Quenneville rocketed to his 5th win of the year including segments, Gage Provencher maximized his heat race points by winning the second qualifier, earning five points to Ray Hanson’s three for placing 3rd in his qualifier, giving Provencher a one-point lead headed into the main event. While Quenneville stole the show with Destin St. Clair in 2nd, Provencher ran 3rd with Hanson 4th, giving the young driver from Bridport the championship by only three points, unofficially, over Hanson.
Cornwall’s Brian Blake became a back-to-back champion in the Fisher Auto Parts Mini Stocks Saturday. Blake entered the night with a 12-point cushion over Benson driver Griff Mahoney, who charged from 17th to 2nd in Saturday’s 15-lap feature. Blake started 15th and made it up to 5th position to secure the title by eight points, unofficially. Orwell’s Jakobee Alger won the feature from 7th starting position, nabbing some redemption after suffering a mechanical failure last week at the front. Jarrod Colburn was 3rd behind Griff Mahoney with Mark Mahoney in 4th and Blake 5th. The B-Feature was won by Quinton Bishop for his first trip to victory lane of the year. Bishop also picked up the drivers’ bike race during intermission.
Bomoseen’s Rob Steele completed his second, dominant year in the 9th State Cannabis Crown Vic division, earning his 13th feature in the class Saturday with a late-race pass on Bristol’s Eric Friend. Steele sold his car following the race Saturday and will be moving up to race in the Hoosier Racing Tire Novice Sportsman in 2025. Rookie Brad Cram was 2nd in the standings and finished 3rd on Saturday.
The season-ending, 100-lap enduro was won by Dan Desforges. Desforges began the night with a good draw coming through the gate, putting him out the outside of the front row for the 34-car affair. After a rocky start with multiple stoppages in the first few laps, Desforges sailed away with the win to close out the 2024 season.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway wishes to congratulate all of its racers on a great year and thanks everyone for their participation and support.
Sportsman Modified
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 88-Fire Swamp[8]; 2. 11VT-Joey Scarborough[14]; 3. M2-Shawn McPhee[1]; 4. 51-Justin Comes[11]; 5. 357-Marty Kelly III[3]; 6. 78-Vince Quenneville[15]; 7. 60R-Randy Ryan[5]; 8. 54-Tim LaDuc[19]; 9. 22J-Bubba McPhee[10]; 10. 5-Tanner Siemons[13]; 11. 13-Frankie Hoard III[12]; 12. T69-Travis Green[20]; 13. 13A-Troy Audet[16]; 14. 11X-Josh Masterson[23]; 15. 2-Brent Warren[6]; 16. 26M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[17]; 17. 26-Dave Camara[18]; 18. 00-Pat Miner[7]; 19. 66-Adam Piper[9]; 20. 75-AJ Munger[22]; 21. 60-Jim Ryan[2]; 22. 25-Billy Lussier[21]; 23. 115-Montgomery Tremont[25]; 24. 10-Jim Nagle[4]; 25. (DNS) 17-Bruce Loomis
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Fire Swamp[2]; 2. M2-Shawn McPhee[1]; 3. 5-Tanner Siemons[6]; 4. 51-Justin Comes[5]; 5. 60R-Randy Ryan[4]; 6. 78-Vince Quenneville[7]; 7. 26-Dave Camara[8]; 8. 25-Billy Lussier[9]; 9. 17-Bruce Loomis[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13A-Troy Audet[6]; 2. 00-Pat Miner[1]; 3. 2-Brent Warren[4]; 4. 357-Marty Kelly III[2]; 5. 13-Frankie Hoard III[5]; 6. 115-Montgomery Tremont[8]; 7. 54-Tim LaDuc[7]; 8. 75-AJ Munger[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Adam Piper[2]; 2. 22J-Bubba McPhee[4]; 3. 26M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[8]; 4. 11VT-Joey Scarborough[6]; 5. 60-Jim Ryan[1]; 6. 10-Jim Nagle[3]; 7. T69-Travis Green[7]; 8. 11X-Josh Masterson[5]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 13-Frankie Hoard III, 00:18.981[5]; 2. 78-Vince Quenneville, 00:19.033[18]; 3. 60-Jim Ryan, 00:19.068[19]; 4. 51-Justin Comes, 00:19.097[3]; 5. 17-Bruce Loomis, 00:19.276[8]; 6. 66-Adam Piper, 00:19.439[17]; 7. 2-Brent Warren, 00:19.473[25]; 8. 11X-Josh Masterson, 00:19.492[10]; 9. 13A-Troy Audet, 00:19.525[1]; 10. 25-Billy Lussier, 00:19.555[9]; 11. 00-Pat Miner, 00:19.561[14]; 12. 115-Montgomery Tremont, 00:19.584[24]; 13. 26-Dave Camara, 00:19.651[2]; 14. T69-Travis Green, 00:19.652[4]; 15. 10-Jim Nagle, 00:19.663[16]; 16. 54-Tim LaDuc, 00:19.834[7]; 17. M2-Shawn McPhee, 00:19.867[13]; 18. 88-Fire Swamp, 00:19.902[23]; 19. 22J-Bubba McPhee, 00:19.923[12]; 20. 11VT-Joey Scarborough, 00:19.982[21]; 21. 60R-Randy Ryan, 00:20.005[20]; 22. 75-AJ Munger, 00:20.094[15]; 23. 26M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr, 00:20.095[11]; 24. 357-Marty Kelly III, 00:20.144[6]; 25. (DNS) 5-Tanner Siemons
Limited Sportsman
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 23T-Scott Towslee[12]; 2. 77-Eric Shaw[3]; 3. 25-William Lussier Jr[1]; 4. 4X-Joshua Patterson[8]; 5. 1VT-Marty Hutchins[14]; 6. 751-Alex Layn[18]; 7. 27X-Cody O’Brien[5]; 8. 77J-Bob Kilburn[2]; 9. 53-Gary English[11]; 10. 06-Steve Miller[7]; 11. 44D-William Duprey[13]; 12. 78-Don Williams[4]; 13. 40-Ed Bell[17]; 14. 52X-Adam Lafountain[16]; 15. 19X-Freddie Little[9]; 16. 9-Tyler Travis[15]; 17. 65-John Gosselin[19]; 18. 75-Derrick Counter[6]; 19. 2X-Michael Clark Jr[10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23T-Scott Towslee[4]; 2. 25-William Lussier Jr[2]; 3. 27X-Cody O’Brien[5]; 4. 9-Tyler Travis[3]; 5. 75-Derrick Counter[1]; 6. 52X-Adam Lafountain[6]; 7. 65-John Gosselin[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Eric Shaw[4]; 2. 06-Steve Miller[1]; 3. 44D-William Duprey[6]; 4. 2X-Michael Clark Jr[3]; 5. 19X-Freddie Little[2]; 6. 40-Ed Bell[5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 77J-Bob Kilburn[2]; 2. 4X-Joshua Patterson[1]; 3. 78-Don Williams[4]; 4. 1VT-Marty Hutchins[6]; 5. 53-Gary English[3]; 6. 751-Alex Layn[5]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 1VT-Marty Hutchins, 00:19.699[7]; 2. 52X-Adam Lafountain, 00:19.904[9]; 3. 53-Gary English, 00:19.942[5]; 4. 65-John Gosselin, 00:19.950[6]; 5. 19X-Freddie Little, 00:19.988[11]; 6. 77-Eric Shaw, 00:20.052[16]; 7. 751-Alex Layn, 00:20.055[10]; 8. 9-Tyler Travis, 00:20.059[18]; 9. 78-Don Williams, 00:20.106[19]; 10. 25-William Lussier Jr, 00:20.117[12]; 11. 77J-Bob Kilburn, 00:20.141[8]; 12. 27X-Cody O’Brien, 00:20.185[14]; 13. 06-Steve Miller, 00:20.274[13]; 14. 23T-Scott Towslee, 00:20.313[17]; 15. 40-Ed Bell, 00:20.493[1]; 16. 75-Derrick Counter, 00:20.505[3]; 17. 4X-Joshua Patterson, 00:20.565[15]; 18. (DNS) 2X-Michael Clark Jr; 19. (DNS) 44D-William Duprey
Novice Sportsman
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 24-Logan Denis[8]; 2. 12R-Randy Edson[1]; 3. 28X-Bobbi Hults[3]; 4. 5-Nick Austin Neil[6]; 5. 12VT-Aiden Benoure[9]; 6. 99-Russell Farr III[2]; 7. 510-Matthew Wade[4]; 8. 625-Robert Steves[11]; 9. 23N-John Macaluso[12]; 10. 77X-Matthew Cram[7]; 11. 2X-Josh Bussino[5]; 12. 00-Dennis Wischman[10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12R-Randy Edson[1]; 2. 5-Nick Austin Neil[4]; 3. 28X-Bobbi Hults[2]; 4. 2X-Josh Bussino[3]; 5. 24-Logan Denis[5]; 6. 625-Robert Steves[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Russell Farr III[1]; 2. 510-Matthew Wade[2]; 3. 12VT-Aiden Benoure[3]; 4. 77X-Matthew Cram[4]; 5. 00-Dennis Wischman[5]; 6. 23N-John Macaluso[6]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 24-Logan Denis, 00:20.193[5]; 2. 5-Nick Austin Neil, 00:20.359[1]; 3. 2X-Josh Bussino, 00:20.360[3]; 4. 510-Matthew Wade, 00:20.389[11]; 5. 12R-Randy Edson, 00:20.390[6]; 6. 12VT-Aiden Benoure, 00:20.401[2]; 7. 77X-Matthew Cram, 00:20.667[4]; 8. 625-Robert Steves, 00:20.867[10]; 9. 00-Dennis Wischman, 00:20.979[12]; 10. 23N-John Macaluso, 00:21.228[9]; 11. (DNS) 99-Russell Farr III; 12. (DNS) 28X-Bobbi Hults
500cc Mini Sprints
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9Q-Quinn Quenneville[5]; 2. 25D-Destin St Clair[4]; 3. 11A-Gage Provencher[6]; 4. 68-Raymond Hanson[7]; 5. 727-Jenna Zak[3]; 6. 8-Scott Bachand[8]; 7. 4-Tommy Kasuba[1]; 8. 81-Alex Reed[11]; 9. 13NH-brandon emerson[10]; 10. 80-Alyssa Vanderpool[9]; 11. 73-Vern Woodard[2]; 12. (DNS) 743-Ashleigh Kulzer
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 25D-Destin St Clair[1]; 2. 9Q-Quinn Quenneville[4]; 3. 68-Raymond Hanson[5]; 4. 4-Tommy Kasuba[2]; 5. 8-Scott Bachand[6]; 6. 743-Ashleigh Kulzer[3]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 11A-Gage Provencher[5]; 2. 727-Jenna Zak[4]; 3. 73-Vern Woodard[3]; 4. 80-Alyssa Vanderpool[6]; 5. 81-Alex Reed[1]; 6. 13NH-brandon emerson[2]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 68-Raymond Hanson, 00:20.955[3]; 2. 9Q-Quinn Quenneville, 00:21.024[7]; 3. 25D-Destin St Clair, 00:21.122[9]; 4. 8-Scott Bachand, 00:21.229[1]; 5. 727-Jenna Zak, 00:21.292[11]; 6. 11A-Gage Provencher, 00:21.447[6]; 7. 13NH-brandon emerson, 00:21.675[2]; 8. 743-Ashleigh Kulzer, 00:21.970[5]; 9. 4-Tommy Kasuba, 00:22.035[4]; 10. 73-Vern Woodard, 00:22.175[10]; 11. 81-Alex Reed, 00:22.258[8]; 12. 80-Alyssa Vanderpool, 00:22.552
Mini Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 54JR-Jakobee Alger[7]; 2. 10-Griff Mahoney[17]; 3. 3-Jarrod Colburn[13]; 4. 83-Mark Mahoney[2]; 5. 27X-Brian Blake[15]; 6. 79-Jeremy Brownell[19]; 7. 4C-Chris Charboneau[9]; 8. 39-Ryan Patch[16]; 9. 54X-Ron Alger[14]; 10. 47-Jacob Mallory[5]; 11. 73-Willie Rice[6]; 12. 46-Greg Zindler[23]; 13. 44M-Richard Fleury[4]; 14. 19-Chris Sumner[18]; 15. 17E-Glenn Engstrom[22]; 16. 81X-Adam Mahoney[8]; 17. 11-TJ Knight[21]; 18. 143-Cody Dion[10]; 19. 6A-Adam Stewart[3]; 20. 44-Craig Kirby[12]; 21. 7-Thomas Cram[20]; 22. 15-Tim Robinson[24]; 23. (DNS) 65-Luke Marcheski; 24. (DNS) 25-Damian Olden
B Feature 1 (6 Laps): 1. 22B-Quinton Bishop[1]; 2. 5-Christopher Hewitt[2]; 3. J30-Kyle Jordan; 4. J31-Jerry Jordan Sr[7]; 5. 57-Carl Lapoint[8]; 6. 66C-Cody Vanguilder[12]; 7. 13W-Joe Warren[4]; 8. 54D-Ryan Keays[10]; 9. 9-Joe Malzac[5]; 10. 51-James Murray[6]; 11. 03-Bob Wood[3]; 12. JR31-Gerard Jordan Jr[11]; 13. 4D-Donald Olden[9]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 4C-Chris Charboneau[6]; 2. 27X-Brian Blake[8]; 3. 83-Mark Mahoney[4]; 4. 19-Chris Sumner[9]; 5. 44-Craig Kirby[7]; 6. 11-TJ Knight[11]; 7. 47-Jacob Mallory[5]; 8. 7-Thomas Cram[10]; 9. 22B-Quinton Bishop[1]; 10. 13W-Joe Warren[12]; 11. J31-Jerry Jordan Sr[2]; 12. 54D-Ryan Keays[13]; 13. 66C-Cody Vanguilder[3]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 54JR-Jakobee Alger[3]; 2. 65-Luke Marcheski[1]; 3. 39-Ryan Patch[8]; 4. 6A-Adam Stewart[4]; 5. 3-Jarrod Colburn[7]; 6. 73-Willie Rice[5]; 7. 17E-Glenn Engstrom[11]; 8. 143-Cody Dion[6]; 9. 5-Christopher Hewitt[2]; 10. 9-Joe Malzac[10]; 11. 57-Carl Lapoint[12]; 12. JR31-Gerard Jordan Jr[9]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 79-Jeremy Brownell[4]; 2. 81X-Adam Mahoney[2]; 3. 54X-Ron Alger[6]; 4. 10-Griff Mahoney[7]; 5. 44M-Richard Fleury[3]; 6. 46-Greg Zindler[10]; 7. 25-Damian Olden[5]; 8. 15-Tim Robinson[11]; 9. 03-Bob Wood[8]; 10. 51-James Murray[1]; 11. 4D-Donald Olden[9]; 12. (DNS) J30-Kyle Jordan
Hot Laps 1: 1. 10-Griff Mahoney, 00:24.076[18]; 2. 3-Jarrod Colburn, 00:24.215[7]; 3. 17E-Glenn Engstrom, 00:24.288; 4. 79-Jeremy Brownell, 00:24.289[5]; 5. 54JR-Jakobee Alger, 00:24.295[1]; 6. 39-Ryan Patch, 00:24.319[26]; 7. 19-Chris Sumner, 00:24.344[30]; 8. 44M-Richard Fleury, 00:24.360[10]; 9. 73-Willie Rice, 00:24.491[27]; 10. 81X-Adam Mahoney, 00:24.537; 11. 83-Mark Mahoney, 00:24.543[19]; 12. 6A-Adam Stewart, 00:24.716[29]; 13. 25-Damian Olden, 00:24.737[24]; 14. 65-Luke Marcheski, 00:24.747[22]; 15. 46-Greg Zindler, 00:25.085[34]; 16. 44-Craig Kirby, 00:25.192[15]; 17. 4C-Chris Charboneau, 00:25.349[6]; 18. 57-Carl Lapoint, 00:25.946[17]; 19. 66C-Cody Vanguilder, 00:26.446[31]; 20. 13W-Joe Warren, 00:26.501[32]; 21. 15-Tim Robinson, 00:26.562[28]; 22. 5-Christopher Hewitt, 00:26.729[11]; 23. 51-James Murray, 00:26.760[23]; 24. 03-Bob Wood, 00:26.774[33]; 25. 4D-Donald Olden, 00:26.969[25]; 26. J31-Jerry Jordan Sr, 00:27.112[13]; 27. 22B-Quinton Bishop, 00:27.117[3]; 28. (DNS) 54X-Ron Alger; 29. (DNS) 27X-Brian Blake; 30. (DNS) 7-Thomas Cram; 31. (DNS) 143-Cody Dion; 32. (DNS) JR31-Gerard Jordan Jr; 33. (DNS) J30-Kyle Jordan; 34. (DNS) 11-TJ Knight; 35. (DNS) 47-Jacob Mallory; 36. (DNS) 9-Joe Malzac
Crown Vic
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 227-Rob Steele[7]; 2. 4-Eric Friend[6]; 3. 312-Bradford Cram[4]; 4. 91-Norm Morrill[3]; 5. 22G-Elisabeth Dupont[2]; 6. 23-Chad Merrill[5]; 7. C4-Scott Cram[1]; 8. 722-Hellen Steele[8]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 312-Bradford Cram[3]; 2. 4-Eric Friend[6]; 3. 91-Norm Morrill[5]; 4. 227-Rob Steele[7]; 5. 23-Chad Merrill[4]; 6. C4-Scott Cram[1]; 7. 722-Hellen Steele[8]; 8. 22G-Elisabeth Dupont[2]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 4-Eric Friend, 00:24.453[4]; 2. 312-Bradford Cram, 00:24.601[1]; 3. 91-Norm Morrill, 00:25.075[6]; 4. C4-Scott Cram, 00:25.848[2]; 5. 22G-Elisabeth Dupont, 00:25.897[3]; 6. (DNS) 23-Chad Merrill; 7. (DNS) 722-Hellen Steele; 8. (DNS) 227-Rob Steele
