TROY RANDALL CLAIMS HIS FIRST
PRE-HANGOVER AT RIVERSIDE SPEEDWAY
Not even Mother Nature could spoil the fun of the 3rd Annual Pre-Hangover 150 this past Saturday afternoon at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, New Hampshire. The event sponsored by Rick’s Renovations and Dan’s Contracting and Mobile Homeworks was once again deemed a huge success, and the 4th annual event is already plotted on the calendar for 2009.
A prediction of freezing rain and rain put the event in jeopardy, but the bad weather never materialized until late Saturday morning, mostly just in the form of rain. By that time, track officials were committed as heavy rain and temps in the 50’s scheduled for Sunday would have wiped out the track’s snow covered racing surface. “We spent countless hours preparing the track for this years’ event and I was not going to lose it, stated General Manager, Dick Therrien. This race was going to happen today whether we had empty grandstands or not. The rain stopped at around 1pm, and the crowd started to arrive. The four hundred people in the stands got a great show full of thrills and spills, and for those who passed it up due to the weather, all I can say is wait til next year!”
Troy Randall from Wheelock, Vermont grabbed the early lead and overcame countless tense moments, especially during the latter stages of the event where he had to dodge several moving bullets. Randall crossed the finish line with a two lap advantage over Lyndonville, Vermont’s, Paul Schartner III. Gerard Cote from Oxford, Maine placed third. Fourth through tenth were, Matt Leblanc, Ryan Delabruere, Kevin Harran, Jerrad Ainsworth, Joseph Pralicz, Bronson Roy and Ryan Avery. Runner-up, Paul Schartner III grabbed the top prize of $100 and the nice trophy for the “Best Themed” vehicle as his car donned a Christmas tree with all the trimmings and ornaments on the roof. Ironically, the tree stayed on the entire event.
Forty-one racing vehicles including cars, trucks and an El Camino participated in the event. Drivers from throughout New England, New York, Ohio and North Carolina competed for the $500 first place prize.
That concludes the racing activities at Riverside Speedway for the 2008 racing season. Visit the track website at www.riversidespeedway.org for all the latest news including photos of the Pre-Hangover 150. The 2009 rules are now posted on the site, and the 2009 schedule will be posted soon. Riverside Speedway is located on Brown Road, off Route 3 in Groveton, New Hampshire.
COMPLETE RESULTS: CAR NUMBER, NAME, #OF LAPS COMPLETED
1. 19 TROY RANDALL 150
2. 4 PAUL SCHARTNER III 148
3. 05 GERARD COTE 144
4. 77X MATT LEBLANC 144
5. 27 RYAN DELABRUERE 144
6. 59 KEVIN HARRAN 143
7. 94 JERRAD AINSWORTH 140
8. 52 JOSEPH PRALICZ 140
9. 666 BRONSON ROY 140
10. 01 RYAN AVERY 137
11. 117 TODD BAKER 118
12. 76 PAUL BLACK 117
13. 5 JESSE SWITSER 106
14. 13.5 JOE KENDALL 84
15. 41 JEFF AINSWORTH 79
16. 474 KEVIN WHITTUM JR. 74
17. M7 JIMBO SHURKUS 71
18. 15X MICHAEL LANGMAID 68
19. 46 ERICK EMERY 67
20. 92X NICK REED 64
21. 55 JAMIE LONGLEY 60
22. 23X LARRY MACDONALD 46
23. 27H HAROLD SHERWOOD 32
24. 07 SCOTT FOWLER 32
25. 26 SCOTT KEITHAN 31
26. 3 ALAN DERRINGTON 30
27. 12VT TYLER THERRIEN 28
28. 53 CAMERON TYLER 21
29. 92 DAVID HARTSHORN 21
30. 7 TODD DERRINGTON 20
31. 13S SHAUNA RANDALL 19
32. 619 DOUG BANDY 16
33. -10 PAUL WOOD 13
34. 12 BRADY THERRIEN 10
35. ONO BRUCE MCKAY 8
36. 210 ?????? 8
37. 77 JAMES LAMBERT 7
38. 16 JOEY BECKER 3
39. 63 LOUIS JONES 3
40. 35 KRIS WATSON
41. 89B BRENNAN JOHNSON