Jimmy Ryan Celebrates A Popular Win Saturday Night At Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Information By: JUSTIN ST. LOUIS / DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY – WEST HAVEN, VT – Veteran 59-year-old racer Jimmy Ryan ended a two-year winless drought at Devil’s Bowl Speedway Saturday night after a sensational mid-race battle with point leader Demetrios Drellos.
The pair traded slide jobs twice before Drellos and Joey Scarborough took each other out on lap 20 while chasing Ryan.
Sportsman Modified Feature – 30 Laps
1. 60 Jimmy Ryan – Shoreham, VT
2. 51 Justin Comes – Middlebury, VT
3. 54 Tim LaDuc – Orwell, VT
4. 514 James Hanson – Orwell, VT
5. 1X Justin Stone – Middlebury, VT
O’Reilly Auto Parts Limited Sportsman Feature – 25 Laps (Extended to 26)
1. 00 Beau Reeves – Plattsburgh, NY
2. 44D Bill Duprey – Hydeville, VT
3. 51 Austin Comes – Middlebury, VT
4. 13 Troy Audet – Bridport, VT
5. 92 Steve Pope – Shoreham, VT
SUMMARY: Bill Duprey appeared to have his first win in hand at lap 22. but 15-year-old Beau Reeves made a surprise move to the inside to take the lead at lap 23. Two green-white-checkered restarts were no match for Reeves, and the youngster scored his third win out of four races held in the month of July.
Super Stock Feature – 25 Laps
1. 22 Mark Norris – Benson, VT
2. 5 Chuck Bradford – Addison, VT
3. M7 Chris Murray – Fair Haven, VT
4. 55 Andrew FitzGerald – West Rutland, VT
5. 3B Paul Braymer – Granville, NY
SUMMARY: Mark Norris, 63, fended off several challenges by rookie Chuck Bradford – especially in the closing laps – for his second win of the season.
Summit Up Construction Mini Stock Feature – 20 Laps (Cut to 11 Laps)
1. 27 Adam Mahoney – Rutland, VT – FIRST CAREER WIN
2. 18 Daryl Gebo – Orwell, VT
3. 11 T.J. Knight – Wells, VT
4. 007 Lynn Denton – Milton, VT
5. 25 Damian Olden – Poultney, VT
SUMMARY: Rookies ran the roost, with six of the top nine finishers being first-year racers. Adam Mahoney scored the first win of his career by holding off a fast-closing Daryl Gebo. Point leader Chris Sumner of Ripton, VT walked away from a violent flip on lap 2.
Friend Construction 500cc Mini Sprint Feature – 15 Laps
1. 10 John Smith – Poultney, VT – FIRST CAREER WIN
2. 17 Kaidin White – Monkton, VT
3. 11A Gage Provencher – Bridport, VT
4. 54 Roger LaDuc – Orwell, VT
5. 723 Ray Hanson – Orwell, VT
SUMMARY: John Smith was a first-time winner in a convincing run, and he also scored the first win ever for a Honda engine, racing against the more popular Kawasaki powerplants of the division. The top five finishers ran the gamut in age: Winner Smith is 50; runner-up Kaidin White just turned 12 two weeks ago; third-place Gage Provencher, a rookie, is 11; fourth-place Roger LaDuc is 65, and fifth-place finisher, point leader Ray Hanson, is 32.
Enduro Series Feature – 50 Laps
1. 510 Matt Wade
2. 67 Dustin Tierney
3. 222 Keith Benoit
4. 74 Ryan Benoit
5. 666 Dan Desforges
