Vince Quenneville Scores Northeast Crate Nationals 100 Win Monday At Devil’s Bowl

Information By: JUSTIN St. LOUIS / DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY – WEST HAVEN, VT – Vince Quenneville of Brandon, VT scored an extremely popular win in the 12th Annual Northeast Crate Nationals 100 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Memorial Day.

Adam Pierson dominated the Northeast Crate Nationals 100 until a late-arriving Vince Quenneville took command with 11 laps left. Pierson held the lead through 10 restarts during the 100-lap race, but Quenneville pulled to the outside after the final restart on lap 88, ran next to Pierson for a lap, and pulled away in the final circuits. Ultra-popular Quenneville, a three-time Devil’s Bowl champion, is having a resurgent 2021 season and entered the race as the point leader; his $5,000 victory is his first in four years.

Justin Comes drove through traffic late on the inside lane for the runner-up finish, and Kevin Chaffee came from 16th starting position to take third. Pierson faded late to fourth, and Tim Hartman Jr. – driving in substitution for Demetrios Drellos – finished fifth.

Sportsman Modified – Northeast Crate Nationals 100
1. 78 Vince Quenneville – Brandon, VT – $5,000
2. 51 Justin Comes – Middlebury, VT
3. 73 Kevin Chaffee – Bradford, VT
4. 15 Adam Pierson – East Corinth, VT
5. 111 Tim Hartman, Jr. – Niskayuna, NY
6. 5 Tanner Siemons – Orford, NH
7. 36T Tim LaDuc – Orwell, VT
8. 21C Brian Calabrese – Johnstown, NY
9. 1X Justin Stone – Middlebury, VT
10. 17 Elmo Reckner – Ballston Lake, NY
Lap Leaders: Robert Bublak Jr., 1-7; Adam Pierson, 8-89; Vince Quenneville, 90-100.

Sprint Cars of New England – 25 laps
1. 90 Matt Tanner – Stephentown, NY
2. 61 Will Hull – Plainfield, VT
3. 07 Matt Hoyt – Campton, NH
4. 8 Adam Pierson – East Corinth, VT
5. 69K Floyd Billington – South Glens Falls, NY

SUMMARY: Matt Tanner ran a dominant race, needing only three laps to run from fifth starting position to the lead. After two caution flags in the first two laps of the race, Tanner set a blistering pace and lapped all but the top four cars. The race was the first of the season for the SCoNE tour.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Limited Sportsman – 30 laps
1. 51 Austin Comes – Middlebury, VT
2. 92 Steve Pope – Shoreham, VT
3. 89 Dylan Madsen – Spencertown, NY
4. 44D Bill Duprey – Hydeville, VT
5. 60 Randy Ryan – Shoreham, VT

Super Stock – 20 laps
1. M7 Chris Murray – Fair Haven, VT
2. 7 Josh LeClaire – Plattsburgh, NY
3. 5 Chuck Bradford – Addison, VT
4. 3B Paul Braymer – Granville, NY
5. 98 Kevin Elliott – Rutland, VT

Summit Up Construction Mini Sprint – 15 laps
1. 11 T.J. Knight – Wells, VT – First career win
2. 18 Daryl Gebo – Orwell, VT
3. 19 Chris Sumner – Ripton, VT
4. 6 Scott Chandler – Pittsford, VT
5. 7 Tim Simonds – Clarendon, VT

Friend Construction 500cc Mini Sprint – 15 laps
1. 723 Ray Hanson – Orwell, VT
2. 42JR Kamden Duffy – Richmond, NH
3. 23 Austin Chaves – Chester, VT
4. 17 Kaidin White – Monkton, VT
5. 67 Kevin Smith – Brandon, VT