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JUNE 9 - THUNDER
ROAD
JUNE 21 -
THOMPSON
JULY 8 - OPS
JULY 15 - WHITE
MOUNTAIN
AUGUST 5 - OPS
AUGUST 26 - OPS
AUGUST 27 - OPS
SEPTEMBER 16 -
WHITE MOUNTAIN
SEPTEMBER 30 -
THUNDER ROAD
OCTOBER 8 -
THOMPSON
Postponed from Oct.
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SAT.,
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DAN
BOWES #25 - 2023
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WORLD
SERIES PR RACE RECAP
-- Vern
Romanowski and Ryan
Battle led the New
England
Supermodified Series
(NESS) to green for
their 2023
championship finale.
Championship chaser
Dan Bowes overtook
the two front row
starters to steal
the lead by lap two
as point leader Ben
Seitz also made his
way around the early
leaders to take
chase. Matt Swanson
dove in under Seitz
to battle
side-by-side in
spectacular fashion
lap after lap before
Swanson finally took
the position on lap
11. The lone caution
flag flew on lap 24
for Dave Duggan’s
spin in turn one to
reshuffle the field.
Dan Bowes took
charge once again on
the restart,
schooling
second-place
finisher Matt
Swanson with the win
and passing over
third-place finisher
Ben Seitz to take
the 2023 NESS
championship.
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NESS SUPERMODIFIEDS -
WORLD SERIES
OFFICIAL RACE
RESULTS - 10-8-23 |
1)
25 - Dan
Bowes
2)
97 - Matt
Swanson
3) 11 - Ben
Seitz
4)
52 - Vern
Romanowski
5) 41 - Russ
Wood |
6) 5
- Rob
Summers
7) 13 -
Bobby
Timmons
8) 51 - Dave
Duggan
9)
45 - Mike
Mayberry
10) 9 - Ryan
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FINAL 2023
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NESS SUPERMODIFIEDS -
TROAD
OFFICIAL RACE
RESULTS - 9-30-23 |
1)
97 - Matt
Swanson - 75
Laps
2) 9
- Ryan
Battle - 75
3) 25 - Dan
Bowes - 75
4) 11 - Ben
Seitz - 75
5) 5 - Rob
Summers - 75 |
6)
41 - Russ
Wood - 74
7) 45 - Mike
Mayberry -
71
8) 51
- Dave
Duggan - 46
9) 13 -
Bobby
Timmons - 41
10) 52 -
Vern
Romanowski -
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NESS ENTRIES - TROAD - 9/30 |
TROAD PR RACE RECAP
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Speaking of
lightning fast, the
New England
Supermodifed Series
stole the stage for
their 75-lap Milk
Bowl weekend
spectacular. Ryan
Battle back behind
the wheel of the #9
machine led from the
drop of the green
flag, careening
around lap traffic
within the first
fifteen circuits
around the ¼-mile
Thunder Road
bullring. 2023
winners Vern
Romanowski and Dan
Bowes kept up the
pace as best they
could, but quickly
found themselves
half-a-track back in
second and third.
Matt Swanson powered
up through just
after the halfway
point to take the
lead before Duggan’s
powerplant let loose
coming out of turn
four.
Battle
and Swanson
restarted the field
with thirty-five
laps remaining as
Swanson got shot out
of a cannon on on
the restart to take
the lead from the
outside lane before
Dave Duggan’s spin
in turn two called
the caution once
more. Swanson
powered back up
under green to take
the Thunder Road win
over a hard-charging
Ryan Battle in just
his second
Supermodified start
with Dan Bowes
rounding out the
podium. |
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Saturday, SEPT.
16th,
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DUGGAN -
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NESS SUPERMODIFIEDS
- WMMP
UNOFFICIAL RACE
RESULTS - 9-16-23 |
1)
97 - Matt
Swanson - 50
Laps
2) 5
- Rob Sumers
- 50
3)
51 - Dave
Duggan - 50
4) 52 - Vern
Romanowski -
50
5) 9 -
Danny Lane -
48 |
6)
27 - Dan
Bowes - 45
7) 41 - Russ
Wood - 42
8) 11 - Ben
Seitz - 41
9) 45 - Mike
Mayberry -
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MATT SAWNSON
DOMINATES
NESS
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WMMP PR RACE
RECAP -
Matt Swanson
took the
fast lane
against Dave
Duggan under
the green
flag in the
New England
Supermodified
Series
50-lap
trophy dash.
Rob Summers
immediately
nabbed
second from
his
third-place
starting
spot as
Duggan
settled in
for third.
After
Swanson had
worked up a
half-track
lead on
Summers,
mayhem
ensued on
lap 42 as
NESS point
leader Ben
Seitz slid
backward
into the
turn four
wall with
Danny Lane
spinning to
the infield.
Matt Swanson
would again
make short
work under
the return
to green to
take the
Supermodified
win over Rob
Summers and
Dave Duggan. |
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Sunday, AUGUST
27th,
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Supermodifieds
(50
Laps) |
1)
52 -
Vern
Romanoski
- 50
Laps
2)
45 -
Matt
Swanson
- 50
3)
13 -
Bobby
Timmons
- 50
4)
11 -
Ben
Seitz
- 5 |
5)
97 -
Russ
Wood
- 49
6)
25 -
Dan
Bowes
- 49
7)
51 -
Dave
Duggan
- 43
8) )
5 -
Rob
Summers
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Saturday, AUGUST
26th,
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Supermodifieds
(50 Laps) |
1) 13 -
Bobby
Timmons - 50
Laps
2) 52 - Vern
Romanoski -
50
3) 9 - Matt
Swanson - 50
4) 97 - Russ
Wood - 50
5) 51 - Dave
Duggan - 49 |
6) 11 - Ben
Seitz - 49
7) 25 - Dan
Bowes - 49
8) 45 - Mike
Mayberry -
47
9) 5 - Rob
Summers - 29 |
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Saturday, AUGUST
5th,
2023 |
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NESS SUPERMODIFIEDS - OPS
OFFICIAL RACE
RESULTS - 8-5-23 |
1) 97 - Russ
Wood
2) 13 -
Bobby Timmons
3)
9 - Matt Swanson
4) 11 - Ben Seitz
5) 51 - Dave Duggan |
6) 5 - Rob
Summers
7) 52 -
Vern Romanoski
8)
45 - Mike Mayberry
9) 25 - Dan Bowes |
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Wood - Timmons -
Swanson Top the
Field in the Sherm
Arnold's Flooring 50 |
Oxford ME
- Hall of Fame
Driver Russ Wood
came home the victor
in the New England
Supermodified Series
Sherm Arnold's
Flooring 50
Saturday, August 5th
at Oxford Plains
Speedway. Local hot
shoe Bobby Timmons
III out of Windham,
ME put on a hard
charge but came up a
little bit short and
settled for second
while Massachusetts
driver Matt Swanson
piloted the Lane
Racing number 9 to a
distant third.
Wood, a winner
of over well 100
Supermodified Races
in his illustrious
career, jumped out
front early in the
50 lap contest and
was able to build up
a substantial lead
as the high powered
Big Block winged
racers ripped around
the 3/8 mile oval in
the 13 to 14 second
range. Wood normally
drives his own
number 41 entry, but
was tapped by car
owner Howie Lane to
wheel the popular
number 97 on this
night.
As
the laps ticked
down, that choice
would prove fruitful
as the veteran
driver managed his
lead well over the
second half of the
contest. Timmons
moved into the
second spot just
past the halfway
point and Wood,
sensing the chase,
was able to pick up
the pace over the
final 10 laps and
cruise home to a 2
second victory over
Timmons and teammate
Swanson.
The
NESS tour returns to
action as a part of
the 50th Annual
Spencer Group Paving
Oxford 250 weekend
with a double header
races Friday and
Saturday night
August 25th and
August 26th.
For more information
on The New England
Supermodified Series
please go to
facebook.com/NESupers
or
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Sherm
Arnold’s
Flooring to
Sponsor
NESS
Supermodifieds
at OPS on
8/5 |
Naples,
Maine-
Officials
with the New
England
Supermodified
Series
(NESS) and
Sherm
Arnold's
Flooring out
of Lewiston
Maine have
announced a
partnership
for the
August 5th
race at
Oxford
Plains
Speedway.
The Sherm
Arnold's
Flooring
Supermodified
main event
is part of
the 250
tune-up
slated for
NESS as they
prepare to
be a part of
the richest
short track
weekend in
the
Northeast at
the end of
August.
"We are
so excited
to be a part
of the New
England
Supermodified
Series at
Oxford later
this year,"
said Sherm
Arnold's
Flooring
president
Todd Lebel.
"I come from
a racing
background
and
Supermodified
cars are as
wild as they
get!"
For more
than 50
years, Sherm
Arnold's
Flooring has
been
dedicated to
serving
homeowners
and business
owners in
the
Lewiston, ME
area. They
know that
designing
the home of
your dreams
or your
perfect
business
space begins
with
flooring.
Sherm
Arnold's
Flooring
carries the
highest
quality
products
including,
luxurious
carpet,
timeless
hardwood,
stylish
laminate,
durable
vinyl,
elegant
tile, and
trendy area
rugs.
"Obviously
we are quite
thrilled
that they
have come
aboard to
back this
race," said
President
Tom
Mayberry.
"NESS offers
something
unique,
different,
and fast and
we think
Sherm
Arnold's
Flooring is
a perfect
partner for
this race."
NESS is
embarking on
its second
season
touring New
England with
a 9 race
schedule
slated for
2023. The
high powered
winged
warriors
will compete
at Vermont's
Thunder
Road,
Maine's
Oxford
Plains
Speedway,
Connecticut's
Thompson
Speedway,
and New
Hampshire's
White
Mountain
Motorsports
Park.
When you
walk through
the doors at
Sherm
Arnold's
Flooring at
675 Main St
Lewiston,
ME, you will
find a wide
range of
flooring
options
featuring
some of the
most
innovative
brands in
the home
design
industry,
all in one
place. Find
the exact
type of
carpet,
hardwood,
laminate,
tile or
luxury vinyl
flooring
that your
home needs
today and
get it at
exactly the
right price
for you to
keep you
coming back
over and
over again.
For more
information
shermarnolds.com
or
Oxfordplains.com.
To
take
advantage of
marketing
opportunities
at Oxford
Plains
Speedway
please call
207-577-1836
or inquire
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NESS SUPERMODOFIEDS -
WMMP
OFFICIAL RACE
RESULTS - 7-15-23 |
1) 25 - Dan
Bowes - 50 Laps
2) 97 -
Jeffrey Battle - 50
3)
13 - Bobby Timmons -
50
4) 5 - Rob Summers -
50
5) 11 - Ben Seitz -
50 |
6) 51 - Dave
Duggan - 50
7) 52 -
Vern Romanoski - 50
8)
45 - Mike Mayberry -
39
9) 9 - Ryan Battle -
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10) 41 - Russ Wood -
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DAN
BOWES THE NESS WMMP
WINNER |
It was
Dave Duggan versus
Russ Wood at the
front of the New
England
Supermodified
feature event as the
Big Blocks took the
green flag. Duggan
would set the
blistering pace up
front early with
Bobby Timmons in
tow. Wood got the
early shuffle back
on the outside lane,
later ending his day
on lap 17. Just two
laps later Duggan
slid high rolling
out of turn two and
allowed Timmons to
steal the lead. An
aggressive battle
for second would
ensue between
Duggan, Dan Bowes
and Jeffrey Battle
before the second
and final caution
for Ryan Battle's
hit into the tire
barrier in turn
three.
Timmons and Bowes
lined-up
side-by-side on the
restart with Timmons
taking the edge but
Bowes was not
afraid to use the
outside lane. Much
in the vein of his
June victory at
Barre, Vermont's
Thunder Road, Bowes
took advantage of
the outside lane
banking to launch
around Timmons for
the lead on lap 41.
With laps winding
down, Jeffrey
Battles would work
the back bumper of
Timmons, pulling up
alongside under the
white flag. Under
the checkers, Dan
Bowes would take
his second NESS win
of the 2023 season
followed by Jeffrey
Battle who just
edged Bobby Timmons
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- OPS
OFFICIAL RACE
RESULTS - 7-8-23 |
1) 5 - Rob Summers -
50 Laps
2) 11 -
Ben Seitz - 50
3)
52 - Vern Romanoski
- 50
4) 45 - Mike
Mayberry - 50
5)
9 - Derek Griffith -
50 |
6) 13 - Bobby
Thomas - 49
7) 51
- Dave Duggan - 49
8) 25 - Dan Bowes -
48
9) 97 - Russ
Wood - 13 |
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The New
England
Supermodifieds
rolled into Thompson
for the first time
in 2023 and it was a
dominant performance
by Ben Seitz. The
driver of the No. 11
jumped out to the
lead passing Anthony
Nocella for the top
spot and never
looked back en route
to picking up the
dominating victory.
Danny Bowes was
second and Rob
Summers third at the
end of their 30-lap
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- THOMP
OFFICIAL RACE
RESULTS - 6-21-23 |
1) 11 - Ben
Seitz - 30 Laps
2) 25 - Dan Bowes
- 30
3) 5 - Rob
Summers - 30
4)
97 - Anthony Nocella
- 30
5) 41 - Russ
Wood - 30 |
6) 9 - Matt
Swanson - 30
7)
52 - Vern Romanoski
- 29
8) 45 - Mike
Mayberry - 17
9)
51 - Dave Dugan - 16
10) 2 - Eric Emoff -
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FRIDAY,
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BOWES TAKES
NESS SEASON
OPENER |
Starting off
the
evening's
program the
New England
Supermodified
Series made
their return
to Thunder
Road to
kick-start
the 2023
season for
the
open-wheeled
rockets. Led
to green by
Dan Bowes,
the field
jumped into
single file,
setting a
lightning
pace with
Bowes
himself
taking a
fast-time of
9.971-seconds
during the
event.
Just two
cautions
slowed the
pace with
Bowes
leading the
field each
time out.
The real
battle would
be for
second as it
swapped
between
heavy-hitters
Jon
McKennedy,
Anthony
Nocella and
Matt Swanson
time and
time again.
It
would be Dan
Bowes
triumphant
in victory
lane after a
devastating
wreck at the
Nation's
Site of
Excitement
on Milk Bowl
weekend in
October
followed by
McKennedy
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SUPERMODIFIEDS
- TROAD
OFFICIAL
RACE RESULTS
- 6-9-23 |
1)
25 - Dan
Bowes - 75
Laps
2)
79 -
Jonathan
McKennedy -
75
3) 9 -
Matt Swanson
- 75
4)
97 - Anthony
Nocella - 75
5) 41 - Russ
Wood - 75 |
6)
52 - Vern
Romanoski -
71
7) 11
- Ben Seitz
- 59
8)
51 - Dave
Duggan - 44
9) 5 - Rob
Summers - 33
10) 45 -
Mike
Mayberry
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Year Two |
Naples ME - Excitement is
building in anticipation of the
sophomore season for The New England
Super Modified Tour (NESS) which is
kicking off its steady nine race
schedule at the Thunder Road Speed
bowl on June 9th. With less than
three weeks until opening day at the
"Nations Site of Excitement",
drivers are busily preparing their
high powered, big winged
Supermodifieds to turn sub 10 second
laps around the steeply banked 1/4
mile oval in Barre Vermont.
The 2023 edition of NESS includes a
pair of visits to the aforementioned
Thunder Road with a second date on
September 30th. Oxford Plains
Speedway will dot the schedule three
times with dates on July 8th, August
5th, and August 26th as a part of
the 50th annual Oxford 250 weekend.
White Mountain Motorsports Park has
one date on July 14th and a 2nd to
be confirmed on September 16th.
Finally the High banked 5/8 Mile
Thompson Speedway Plays host to NESS
on June 21st and again on October
7th as a part of the World Series of
racing.
Officials on the
NESS tour have worked hard to keep
the schedule compact and easy on the
teams with as few conflicts as
possible. NESS has also strived to
create a rule book that promotes
close competition, fair and
equitable rules, and cost
containment to reign in spiraling
costs for all teams. "One of the
biggest things NESS has done is cut
down on travel cost," said car owner
Howie Lane. "There is a lot of
driver's right here in New England
with Supermodifieds that just can't
afford to travel to Ohio and
Michigan to race. These teams are
made up of guys that have to be at
work Monday morning. NESS gives us a
place to race without having to book
hotel rooms and travel hundreds of
miles."
The sentiment was
echoed by Windham Maine's Bobby
Timmons III. "For us, we just love
Supermodified racing and have always
had to travel. It's nice having a
big block series that races in our
back yard." said Timmons. The
Timmons family has a long tradition
of Supermodified racing with Timmons
III being a third generation driver,
and the NESS tour has given them the
ability to add more races to their
schedule.
The
June 9th
opening day at Thunder Road
is shaping up to be one of the best
NESS shows yet. Lane cited the
smaller tracks on the NESS tour as
another added safety benefit. "These
smaller tracks naturally keep speeds
in check and the racing close, said
Lane. "Things happen very fast in a
Supermodified." Lane also cited the
possibility of higher car counts at
the opener in Vermont. "With all the
guys I have talked to, I'd say we
may have 12 to 14 entries in Thunder
Road including guys like Ben Seitz,
Anthony Nocella, Russ Wood, and Matt
Swanson. That many cars on that
small track should make for some
great racing."
Inaugural NESS Champion
Robbie
Summers
#5 has
also filed an entry for Thunder Road
as he plans to defend his title in
2023. In addition to cost savings on
travel, Summers cites other cost
savings measures implemented by
officials on the NESS tour.
"Everything has changed so much
since Covid and the cost of
everything has gone up so much. NESS
has made the 572 Spec motor option
available which saves about 10 to 15
thousand dollars on a motor. But
they have also implemented a gear
rule for the open motors, and by
doing that they have made them last
1 to 2 years now instead of 6 races.
That's a big help."
Supermodified racing is a "different
kind of racing," said Summers. Big
Block engines mounted on the side of
the car, giant wings atop the
chassis, and huge slick tires mean
speeds not commonly seen at the
local short track. Typically in
racing, speed means more money, and
that is where NESS steps in. Said
Summers, "They (NESS) have done
everything in their power to make it
affordable and keep it alive while
bringing in new blood." Local short
track aces like Derek Griffith, Nick
Sweet, and Derek Ranstrom have all
taken turns behind the wheel of a
Supermodified, with Griffith
snagging a win at Oxford last year.
The NESS tour has also
implemented additional protocols
like the tire program in order to
help even the competition. Drivers
now must chose and mount their tires
at the race track on race day vs in
advance. This is a regulation that
helps monitor any chemical altering
of tires pervious to the event, and
therefore cutting down on more costs
and man power. NESS president
Tom Mayberry
is optimistic for the coming season.
"We have had a tremendous amount of
interest in the off-season," said
Mayberry. "We think this is on the
verge of becoming something big
enough to do 8 to 10 very big races
every year. We are going to keep
working on cost savings so we can
build this thing into something
special."
With the unique
appearance of a Supermodified, the
high speeds, and a crop of new
drivers and wily veterans, the NESS
tour is poised to launch to the next
level in 2023.
To take
advantage of marketing opportunities
with NESS please call 207-577-1836
or inquire at
opsmarketing@yahoo.com or
passracing@roadrunner.com
For technical information
concerning all PASS/NESS divisions,
and for media, contact
passracing@roadrunner.com. |
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