EVANS MILLS, NY.....Many drivers coming through the gates Friday night at Caprara's Thunder Alley Speedpark were making their first visit to the Evans Mills, NY oval as competitors in the Canadian Modified division at Brighton Speedway Park joined Thunder Alley's IMCA Modified regulars for the first race of a four race series between the two speedways.
For Rob Keller, the extra competition proved to be good motivation, as he held off challenges from IMCA and Canadian Modified competitors over the 25-lap feature distance to score the win. Keller took the lead early and survived numerous restarts and challenges to park his Dirt Works chassis in victory lane. "It was a fun night," Keller said in the victory lane interview. "We had a bunch of the Canadian Modified competitors pitted around us, and it gave us a chance to make some new racing friends. We're looking forward to making a trip to Brighton to race against them on their home turf."
While Keller pulled away in the second half of the feature event, Canadian Modified racer Doug O'Blenis battled with IMCA regular Chris Taylor and his namesake from the Canadian Modified division. In the end, O'Blenis came home the runnerup, with the two Taylors in third and fourth. Dan Archibald completed the top five. 4 IMCA Modified regulars and 6 Canadian Modifieds made up the top ten finishers.
The series continues on Sunday, May 22nd at the Dirt Works Victoria Day Weekend event at Brighton Speedway Park.
IMCA/CANADIAN MODIFIED CHALLENGE (25 laps) -
21 ROB KELLER (IMCA)
32 Doug O'Blenis (CM)
8T Chris Taylor (IMCA)
02 Chris Taylor (CM)
7 Dan Archibold (CM)
06 Tim Burke (CM)
46 Warren Mowat (CM)
16J Aaron Jacobs (IMCA)
57 Charlie Sandercock (CM)
29 Tom Conklin (IMCA)
21 Brad Sheffield (CM)
81 Jason Dinzler (IMCA)
621 Brian Holder (IMCA)
1 Shawn Gregory (CM)
07 Tim Kerr (CM)
M14 Dean Mitchell (IMCA)
25 John Mason (IMCA)
6 Jon Dumas (IMCA)
25 Greg Belyea (CM)
DNS: 20, Terry Hunt (CM), 36C, Mark Webb (IMCA), 31, Tim
Bradley (CM).
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