Mahaney Sets Blistering Pace To Win Second 358-Modified Feature Of ’19 At Plattsburgh
Story By: MIKE WARREN / PLATTSBURGH AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY – PLATTSBURGH, NY, NY – Mike Mahaney took the lead on the outside lane early in the event, to win his second straight Egglefield Brothers Ford 358 Modified feature Saturday night.
Lance Willix and George Foley led the field to the green in the 30 lap feature event, but it was Steve Bernier who made quick work to get the lead on the outside lane.
Soon after a caution would fall on the speedway, and off the restart Willix went back to the top side to re-take the lead.
He would hold it for a few lap before Mahaney worked the top side to his advantage, to go to the front.
Mahaney would cruise to his second win of the season, lapping up to the sixth place car.
Willix would finish in second, Bernier would come home third, Chris Raabe fourth, and Jessey Mueller would finish fifth.
Connor Cleveland would use the outside lane to his advantage, to win his fifth Poirer’s True Value Sportsman feature of the season.
The Corinth, NY driver would sneak by Patrick Picotin on the top side to take the lead, and drive to the victory.
Picotin would settle for second, Adam Pierson would drive from 18th to third, Nick Heywood fourth, and Chris Frennier fifth.
Shawn Duquette would lead more than three quarters of the 50 lap Super Stock Special event, to win his second race of the 2019 season.
Duquette would get by Jim Mckiernan on the inside lane, en route to the win.
Mckiernan would hold strong to come across the line second, but failed post race inspection.
Tylor Terry would finish in second, after driving his way from the back of the pack, Brent Jarvis would be third, Joe Daniels fourth, and Bill Duprey fifth.
Third generation driver Justin Stone would use the inside lane to pass Robert Laware for his first win in the Novice Sportsman feature event.
Laware would finish in second, Codie Meyers third, Mark Fewster fourth, and Matt Lombombard fifth.
Nathan Smart would use an up front starting position to his advantage, to pick up the win in the Chris Frennier Motorsports Strictly Stock feature event.
Nathaniel Guay would pick up his third top 2 finish in eight days by finishing second, Cody Agoney would finish third, Caleb Tourville fourth, and Chuck Mooney fifth.
EGGLEFIELD BROTHERS FORD 358 MODIFIEDS- 1. MIKE MAHANEY, 2. Lance Willix, 3. Steve Bernier, 4. Chris Raabe, 5. Jessey Mueller, 6. Mathieu Desjardins, 7. Dany Gagne, 8. George Foley, 9. Paul St. Sauveur, 10. Matt Woodruff, 11. Simon Perreaut, 12. Christophe Lupien, 13. Preston Forbes, 14. Ryan Mclean, 15. Mike Maresca
POIRER’S TRUE VALUE SPORTSMAN- 1. CONNOR CLEVELAND, 2. Patrick Picotin, 3. Adam Pierson, 4. Nick Heywood, 5. Chris Frennier, 6. Chris Cayea, 7. Jamy Begor, 8. Travis Bruno, 9. Jamie Lafountain, 10. Lonnie Rivers, 11. Kevin Chaffee, 12. Mike Phinney, 13. Jason Bruno, 14. Bucko Branham, 15. Jason McClatchie, 16. Andy Heywood, 17. Justin Severance, 18. Derrick McGrew Jr., 19. Jack Speshock, 20. Cody Aubin, 21. Dylan Rabtoy, 22. Tanner Forbes, 23. Manuel Piette, 24. Brian McGinley, 25. Chris Reeves, 26. Cory McCoy
ERNIE’S DISCOUNT TOOLS SUPER STOCKS- 1. SHAWN DUQUETTE, 2. Tylor Terry, 3. Brent Jarvis, 4. Joe Daniels, 5. Bill Duprey, 6. Rolland Guay, 7. Austin McKiernan, 8. Michael Wright, 9. Mark Caron, 10. Tyler Irwin, 11. Dave Cook, 12. Curt Giventer, 13. Ron Alger, 14. Richie Turner, 15. Cam Gadue, 16. Jared Blake, 17. Matt Leonard, DQ- Jim Mckiernan.
NOVICE SPORTSMAN- 1. JUSTIN STONE, 2. Robert Laware, 3. Codie Meyers, 4. Mark Fewster, 5. Matt Labombard, 6. Cory Castell, 7. Dale Gonyo.
CHRIS FRENNIER MOTORSPORTS STRICTLY STOCKS- 1. NATHAN SMART, 2. Nathaniel Guay, 3. Cody Agoney, 4. Caleb Tourville, 5. Chuck Mooney, 6. Matt Leonard, 7. Michael Daniels, 8. Clem Bell, 9. Gregory Harris, 10. Adam Stickle, 11. Josh Laporte