 Just like last season, the Wildcat division title was locked up before the last race of the season, and in 4-cylinder form, this year’s champion, Zachary Lyn, dominated on the way to his first championship ever. Lyn’s worst finish on the season was his Race 1 effort where he finished fourth. Since April 28th, Lyn has visited the podium each week thereafter with 5 wins, 2 runner-ups, and 4 thirds. His 5 wins are a speedway best and his 123 laps led in 12 point events (37.8%) are tops as well. After Lyn, the rest of the division point races are exciting. Even though the title has already been claimed, the race for the runner-up spot is still alive. Comeback driver of the year candidate, Dale “Slingshot” Squires Jr., currently sits 2nd in points with his first career feature win coming in Week 2 of the racing season. Squires has 7 podium finishes, and 11 top 5’s. “Mr. Consistent” Kyle Currier is 3rd and is within 20 points of Squires Jr. doing so quietly. With only 1 podium finish ( a 3rd in Race 10), Currier has 8 top 5’s and is one of only 3 drivers to have finished all 12 races in the top 10. New father Nick Little is 4th in points and mathematically still within distance of the 2nd spot. Little trails Squires by 54 and is only 34 points behind Currier for 3rd. To round out the Top 6, last year’s Rookie of the Year, Samantha Stoddard, is 5th in points only 16 points behind Little for 4th as Jim Carley, the other driver to have top 10’s in all 12 races, is 6th in points only 10 behind Stoddard. From 7th to 10th, Kodi Sabins, the 2016 track champion, is 7th while only running a part-time schedule. Sabins has run 7 races, won both segment races in the Cody Lafont Memorial Twin 25’s, added a couple more feature wins and has not finished outside the top 3. He leads Dr. Sam Giveen by only 1 point (368-367) while Giveen leads his rookie of the year contender, Zachary Morse, by 47 points. Chris Carver rounds out the top 10 with 288 points. So the final night of racing will be wild with a number of positions still to be set. Will Squires Jr. hold off Currier for the runner-up spot? Who will win the rookie title? With an average starting field of 14 cars, heat races and each spot is important. It could make all the difference.   What does over 40 cars trying to qualify for a 100-lap, $ 1,500 to win event for 4-cylinder race cars look like? You’ll have to come to the speedway tomorrow night to find out as the Northeast Mini Stock Tour sanctioned event takes the center ring at the 1/3 mile oval. Cars from all over the northeast are expected to attempt to qualify for the first of its kind event. Household names like Kodi Sabins, Matt Gauffin, Kimmy Rivet, and Ken Thompson will take their shot picking up the big money while 2017 Wildcat Champion Zach Lyn as well as Dale Squires Jr. will also throw themselves into the fray. Series’ full-timer Emerson Cayer has a slim 10 point lead on Nick Anderson heading into the event.
The R.E. Hinkley Super Streets continue their season-long slugfest as Hayden Scott grabbed his 2nd win of the season last week. “Radical” Ricky Bly finished 2nd solidifying his NCWRS point lead over Dylan Bodreau, Scott, and Jack McClay, who dropped to 4th after being involved in a Lap 1 incident last week. The Pepsi Limited Sportsman saw 2nd generation driver Chris Colburn lead the entire event and hold off Bryan Town to win his 2nd feature of the year. “Polish” Prince Tyler Janovsky finished 3rd and holds an 18 point lead on “Hot Stuff” Kenny Thompson and 26 points over Colburn heading into their final 2 events. The T-Bird Mini Mart Wildcats are off this week and with only one week left, 2nd year driver Zach Lyn locked up his 1st championship with his 5th win on the year. The point battles will continue throughout the top 10 on September 29. The NEMST will kick off our evening at 7 PM so you will want to get there on time and bring a friend. With over 300 total laps of green flag action, $ 10 is a great bargain! The rain date for this event is Saturday, September 16. 4-CYLINDER NATIONALS FOR NORTH EAST MINI STOCK TOUR Last Time Winner: None. This is an inaugural event. September 8th Winners: Todd Patnode (Modifieds), Hayden Scott (Supers), Chris Colburn (Limiteds), Zach Lyn (Wildcats) Time: Post time is 7 PM Grandstand Admission: $ 10 for ages 6 and over Grandstand gates open at 4 PM Beer Garden opens at 6 PM Weather: Partly cloudy, 70 degrees with a 15 percent chance of rain Event Hashtag: #4CylinderNats #NCWRS Pit Admission: $ 35 Prep: Pit gates open at 2 PM Story Lines for the Week
 Open-wheeled awesomeness headlines the night’s race card with the Daddy’s Pizza Twin 30’s for our Casella Modifieds. Additional monies have been added to the race purse as well as race bonuses for the top 3 for each race. The Tri Track Open Modified Series has also ponied up some cash for their drivers who decide to compete in this event. A HUGE thank you to them! As this is a point race, the starting lineup for the first race will be set by heat races with the field inverted (lead lap cars in the front) in the 2nd race based on their finish from the first. The lowest average finish of both events will be the overall winner with the tiebreaker being the finish in the 2nd race. Last year, Dana Smith was the overall winner with Nick Boivin finishing 2nd and Scott MacMichael placing 3rd.
Dana Smith leads the ground-pounders in points after recording 3 wins in 5 starts. Prospect, CT’s Nick Salva , in the Michaud entry, currently rides 2nd in points only 39 points behind while Chris Bolton is 61 points behind. Last time out on August 25, Dana Smith just barely held off the charging Jeff Murray for the win. DADDY’S PIZZA TWIN 30’S FOR THE CASELLA MODIFIEDS September 1st Winners: Kenny Fowler (Supers) and Kodi Sabins (Wildcats) Time: Post time is 7 PM Grandstand Admission: $ 10 for ages 6 and over Grandstand gates open at 4 PM Beer Garden opens at 6 PM Weather: Partly cloudy and 60 degrees Event Hashtag: #DaddysTwin30s #NCWRS Running Order (tentative): Modifieds (Race 1), Wildcats, Supers, Modifieds (Race 2), Limited Sportsman Pit Admission: $ 35 Prep: Pit gates open at 3 PM Story Lines for the Week
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