WEST HAVEN, Vt. – Vince Quenneville scored a popular win in the 12th annual Northeast Crate Nationals 100 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway Monday evening.
Adam Pierson dominated the Northeast Crate Nationals 100 until a late-arriving 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.
Quenneville, a three-time Devil’s Bowl champion, is having a resurgent 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.
In other action, Matt Tanner ran a dominant race during the 25-lap Sprint Cars of New England feature, 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.
Other winners included Austin Comes (O’Reilly Auto Parts Limited Sportsman), Chris Murray (Super Stock), T.J. Knight (Summit Up Construction Mini Sprint) and Ray Hanson (Friend Construction 500cc Mini Sprint).