SEEKONK, Mass. — It’s been a good season to be a Vanasse in the Seekonk Grand Prix Bandolero Outlaw division at Seekonk Speedway in 2023. Friday night, Collin Vanasse drove his No. 78 to his second win of the season in the 15-lap feature, doing it in rather dominating fashion. Through the first eight events, the Vanasse family has won all but one of the feature events. Ben Moribito finished second, continuing to show speed in his ride, while Ryan Vanasse Jr. came back from mid-race trouble to finish third. Bryson Robidoux and Andrew Gomes followed in fourth and fifth at the finish. Zachary Keith, Dylan Calabro, RJ Murphy, Brody Wakefield and Mikey LeFort III finished off the top-10. The Seekonk Grand Prix Bandolero Outlaws will return to the track on Friday, August 4 for another 15-lap feature. For more information on Seekonk Speedway, visit SeekonkSpeedway.com and follow the track on social media for the latest news and updates.
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SEEKONK, Mass. — Entering Friday night, the 2023 season had already been everything Jarrod Freitas could have imagined, with two feature wins already to his credit. After using the outside lane to rocket to the front once again, Freitas is now a three-time winner in the Sport 4's. He used the top groove to pass Richie Johnson for the lead, officially taking the top spot on lap 20, and didn’t look back. Freitas is showing himself to be the one of the favorites in the division as the summer continues to heat up. Justin Leduc followed up his first career win by finishing second, while Johnson finished on the podium in third. Crystal Murray followed in fourth and Mikey LeFort finished off the top-five. Henry Lavallee, Taylor Bowser, Christine Cavallaro, Daniel Hayes and Joseph Mello rounded out the top-10. The Sport 4’s will return to the track on Friday, August 4 for another 25-lap feature. For more information on Seekonk Speedway, visit SeekonkSpeedway.com and follow the track on social media for the latest news and updates. SEEKONK, Mass. — Isaiah Newcomb seems to have figured out the Nick’s Pit Stop Legends at Seekonk Speedway the last few weeks. Friday, in the second round of the Everett’s Auto Parts Triple Crown, Newcomb jumped out to the lead on lap 24 and held off all challengers in the final six laps to win the 30-lap feature. The win was the second of the season for the driver of the No. 22, but it didn’t come easy. Brenden LaBelle crossed the line second, charging his way through the field in the final laps. Nicholaus Bulkeley followed up his first career win with a solid third-place finish in the No. 27. Behind them, Josh Parsons and Jacob “Rowdy” Burns finished the official top-five. Mason Tessier finished sixth, followed by Richie Helger Jr., Jase Mongeon, Kevin Davis and Ethan Avellar. The Nick’s Pit Stop Legends Cars will return to the track on Friday, August 4 for another 25-lap feature. For more information on Seekonk Speedway, visit SeekonkSpeedway.com and follow the track on social media for the latest news and updates. SEEKONK, Mass. — Sam Macedo had a tough task for the final few laps of Friday’s Seekonk Grand Prix Bandolero Bandit feature. Even though he jumped out front right away and led the entire 15-lap race, he had Nick Uhrig Jr. breathing down his back bumper for just about all of it. Uhrig tried everything he could to get around the No. 16, but in the end, it just wasn’t enough. Macedo claimed his third victory of the season in Seekonk’s most youth division, holding off Uhrig by a small margin for the win in his green No. 16. Parker Davis finished third after a clean battle to the finish. Mason Silva was fourth, with Mike Hanafin rounding out the top-five. Behind them, Luka Dib finished sixth, with Jace Chaber, Carl Satterlund Jr., Ryder Aguiar, Alya Martin and David Bernier completing the field. The Seekonk Grand Prix Bandolero Bandits will return to the track on Friday, August 4 for another 15-lap feature. For more information on Seekonk Speedway, visit SeekonkSpeedway.com and follow the track on social media for the latest news and updates. SEEKONK, Mass. — For the fourth time this season, Scott Cestodio was carrying the checkered flag in the Helger’s South Coast Power Equipment Pure Stocks on Friday night at Seekonk Speedway. Cestodio took advantage of leaders Nick Brightman and Ed Gould getting together to grab the lead in the middle of the race, then held off a hard charge from Greg Perry to take the win in the No. 15. Perry posted his best finish of the 2023 season, as the former champion struggled to start the year, but seems to be coming on lately. Former winner Ethan Souza followed in third, followed by Jared Cordeira and Danny Massa, who finished off the top-five. Tim Ouellette, Nick Brightman, Josh Badach, Don Courtemanche and Michael Marcou rounded out the top-10. The Helger’s South Coast Power Equipment Pure Stocks will return to the track on Friday, August 4 for another 25-lap feature. For more information on Seekonk Speedway, visit SeekonkSpeedway.com and follow the track on social media for the latest news and updates. As the month of July comes to a close this weekend at Seekonk Speedway, the second annual Sunoco Drive For The Cup is coming up in September. Most divisions at the track have either four or five races remaining before their fields will be set with who will be eligible for the championship heading into September. This week and every week leading into the playoffs, we will profile the playoff battles in all divisions as the racing gets set to roll. Let’s start with Fast Friday heading into their show on July 28th at 7PM. BANDOLERO BANDITS In the Bandolero divisions, six drivers will qualify for the playoffs. And right now, it looks like seven drivers in the Bandit division are going to settle the battle, with one on the outside looking in when it starts. Nick Uhrig Jr., Sam Macedo, Mike Hanafin and Parker Davis — all season winners — are at the top of the standings and barring a miracle of something really going wrong, they will be in the playoffs. Mason Silva and Ryder Aguiar and fifth and sixth right now, with Silva ahead of Aguiar by 12 points. With Aguiar on the cut line, Luka Dib is the first driver out, 14 points behind. Points are earned with 50 going to the winner of each race, 48 to second, 46 to third, etc., down through the field. As of right now, it’s a seven-spot gap Dib needs to make up in the final five races. It’s possible — and this battle looks like it is going down to the wire. Carl Satterlund Jr. is in eighth, but is 44 points from the cutline and would need someone to have a problem to have a chance to advance into the playoffs. BANDOLERO OUTLAWS Sixth is the magic spot in the Outlaws as well, right now held by Dylan Calabro. Of the two Bandolero divisions, this one is going to be the toughest to determine who gets in at this point. Ryan Vanasse Jr., with five wins, is comfortable at the top with Brent Robidoux, Collin Vanasse and Bryson Robidoux also feeling good in second, third and fourth. Andrew Gomes is fifth, but is 24 points ahead of Calabro, who sits in the final spot. The driver of the No. 71 holds eight points ahead of Zachary Keith, the first driver out of the playoffs as they run. Mikey LeFort III is 34 points back in eighth, with RJ Murphy back in ninth, 44 points behind. It looks like right now, without major change, Keith and Calabro may battle for the sixth and final spot. But, with still five races to go and the Outlaw division showcasing more than 15 cars each week, anything could happen. SPORT 4’S It may be a bit of a surprise to some, but Jarrod Freitas leads the Sport 4 standings heading into the end of July. He’s ahead of Henry Lavallee, defending champion Crystal Murray, Richie Johnson and Taylor Bowser for the top-five spots. Daniel Hayes and Christine Cavallaro are sixth and seventh, but Cavallaro holds a 26-point lead over the cut spot. Remember, in all divisions except Bandolero’s, the top-eight will advance. Right now, after missing the race last week due to mechanical troubles, former champion Mikey LeFort holds the eighth and final spot by 2 points over Tyler Duhancik. This is significant because leading into the season, LeFort and Duhancik would have been two drivers that many would have had on their bingo card to race for the the title. Like LeFort, Duhancik had troubles and wasn’t able to run the race last week. So, as it sits right now with five races still to go, the two drivers in trouble could be Hayes and Cavallaro, with LeFort and Duhancik going to be going full force trying to cement their spot. PURE STOCKS The Pure Stock division is also set to go down to the wire with their own big name outside the cutoff spot. Ethan Souza and Danny Massa are at the top of the standings, followed by Scott Cestodio, Sam Lincoln and Mike Henriques. With Henriques sitting 66 points ahead of the final spot, looks like these five will advance comfortably. Tim Ouellette won a few weeks ago and is sixth, 36 points up on the cut. Jared Cordeira is behind him, 26 points ahead. The final spot right now belongs to Don Courtemanche. Don leads Matt Talbot by just two points, but it’s Greg Perry outside looking in, 14 points behind. A former champion outside going down the final stretch? This one could get exciting! Can Perry get his way in? If he does, who ends up out? The Pure Stock division has at least 10 drivers battling for the eight spots, and who knows who else may sneak their way into the battle before it’s settled. LEGENDS CARS The story of the Nick’s Pit Stop Legends Cars division has been consistency for Jacob “Rowdy” Burns. Although he has one victory, he’s been up front just about every week and leads their points over Isaiah Newcomb by over 30 points. Nicholaus Bulkeley is third, with Richie Helger Jr and Mason Tessier rounding out the top-five. Tessier’s gap over eight is 32 points, with rookie Chase Silvia in sixth, just 16 points ahead. Brenden LaBelle does have three wins, but missed two races, and is seventh, six points to the good. Josh Parsons missed one race and holds the final spot as of now, with Jimmy “Pepe” Silvia in ninth, 36 points out. As of right now, if everything keeps going in the direction it has been going, it looks like the eight drivers who are in position right now are the eight who will race for the title in the Legends Cars. ————— You are not going to want to miss the final five Fast Friday’s before the Sunoco Drive For The Cup begins in September. And if Mother Nature steps in at any point, the number of races will dwindle even more. Drivers will be up on the wheel! Buy tickets for all Seekonk Speedway events today at SeekonkSpeedway.com and follow the track on social media for the latest news and updates. SEEKONK, Mass. — It didn’t take long for Mike Hanafin to get his second career win at Seekonk Speedway. After seven years of trying, he won his first in the Seekonk Grand Prix Bandolero Bandits a few weeks ago. Friday night, July 21, he added another win to his young career in the No. 76.
Hanafin picked up his second career win in the 15-lap feature, holding off defending champion Sam Macedo to do it in the final laps. Macedo tried everything to get around, it just wasn’t meant to be. Hanafin crossed the line ahead of what ended up being a three-wide battle for the runner-up spot, with Nick Uhrig Jr. sneaking through to grab second at the finish. Macedo would finish third, with two-time season winner Parker Davis in fourth and Mason Silva rounding out the top-five. David Bernier, Carl Satterlund Jr., Luka Dib, Jayden Sprague and Ryder Aguiar completed the field. The Seekonk Grand Prix Bandolero bandits will be back on the track on Friday, July 28 for another 15-lap feature. For more information on Seekonk Speedway, visit SeekonkSpeedway.com and follow the track on social media for the latest updates. SEEKONK, Mass. — Ryan Vanasse Jr. is on fire in the Seekonk Grand Prix Bandolero Outlaw division in 2023 at Seekonk Speedway. Vanasse picked up yet another win on Friday night, his fifth of the season, and it did it in mostly dominating fashion once again. He used the inside lane to get ahead of mostly everyone in the field, then passed for the lead on lap five and never gave up the top spot. As Ben Morabito tried to close in during the final laps, Vanasse was on top of his game - posting the fastest lap of his race on the final lap of the 15-lap feature. Morabito crossed the line second after giving it his best shot -- his best run of the season -- with Brent Robidoux crossing in third. Andrew Gomes and Bryson Robidoux followed in fourth and fifth. Dylan Calabro, Nathan Rioux, Zachary Keith, Mikey LeFort III and Brody Wakefield finished sixth through 10th. The Seekonk Grand Prix Bandolero Outlaw division will be back on the track on Friday, July 28 for another 15-lap feature. For more information on Seekonk Speedway, visit SeekonkSpeedway.com and follow the track on social media for the latest updates. SEEKONK, Mass. — When it came down to the final laps of Friday’s Sport 4 feature, Justin Leduc was using one hand to drive the car and one to keep it running. The mechanical gremlins under the hood weren’t enough to stop him though - as Leduc picked up his first career Sport 4 win at Seekonk Speedway. He used the outside lane to pass Taylor Bowser for the lead, then held off a late charge from defending champion Crystal Murray to take his first career win. Murray would cross second, with two-time season winner Jarrod Freitas rebounding from an early incident to finish in third in the 25-lap feature. Richie Johnson was fourth and Henry Lavallee behind him in fifth. Christine Cavallaro led laps early and finished sixth, followed by Bowser, who also led laps. Daniel Hayes, Jacob Budznya and Joseph Mello rounded out the top-10. The Sport 4 division will be back on the track on Friday, July 28 for another 25-lap feature. For more information on Seekonk Speedway, visit SeekonkSpeedway.com and follow the track on social media for the latest updates. SEEKONK, Mass. — The fourth race of the Helger’s South Coast Power Equipment Pure Stock season finally marked a new winner on Friday night. Danny Massa, who dominated the early stages of last year, became the first driver not named Scott Cestodio to get to the top spot after 25 laps in 2023. Massa started from the pole position and led the entire distance to score the win, holding off Mike Henriques on multiple restarts to accomplish the goal.
Ethan Souza worked his way up from a 10th-place starting spot to finish third in the No. 30, another consistent run to open his season. Behind them, Sam Lincoln was fourth and Timmy Ouellette fifth. Don Courtemanche, Cestodio, Josh Badach, Gary Conrad and Greg Perry finished the top-10. Cestodio was charging to the front running for second with Henriques in the middle of the race but spun and had to come from the rear to finish in seventh. The Helger’s South Coast Power Equipment Pure Stocks will return to the track after an off week from competition on Friday, July 7 for another 25-lap feature race. For more information on Seekonk Speedway, visit SeekonkSpeedway.com and follow the track on social media. |
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