The Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour rolled into Epping, New Hampshire’s Star Speedway for the rain-delayed Coastal Clash 150 on Sunday.
Twenty-two cars committed to the reschedule date with Jonathan Bouvrette, Cole Littlewood and Gabe Brown taking the three heat race victories to set the field.
Thunder Road invader Brandon Gray earned the pole position in heat race qualifying action with Derry’s Erick Sands to his outside. Gray would maintain the early lead before Sands fought back to lead lap 12 by a bumper cover. The two-by-two fight for the lead ended abruptly as the hood went up over Kaiden Fisher’s windshield and after three blind laps Fisher spun off turn three to call out the first caution.
Behind them came Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour point leader Gabe Brown, picking off the top-ten slowly but surely before catastrophe struck. A torn alternator wire ended the strong day for Erick Sands, sending him pitside on lap 56 leaving the Gabe Brown Show from then on.
Brown showed the way while chaos ensued in the back of the field as more and more laps on the aged Star quarter mile left those with little grip left in the final chapter of the event. Gabe Brown would take down the Coastal Clash 150 while a successful recovery saw Kaiden Fisher in second and Jake Johnson maintained a top-ten position all race long to finish in third.
Jesse Switser battled back from a heat race penalty to take fourth at the end of 150 laps with Star Speedway regular Nathan Leclair finishing out the top-five. Geoff Rollins and Aaron Fellows took home sixth and seventh, respectively, while rookie Holdyn Sullivan, Dylan Payea and former ACT winner Bryan Kruczek rounded out the top-ten runners.
The Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour is off next weekend before returning to the Canadian Province of Quebec for the Claude Leclerc 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction. The Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour will go head-to-head with the Serie ACT Quebec stars at one of the most entertaining facilities in the Northeast for the $10,000 winner’s check on Saturday, June 27.
Unofficial results for the Coastal Clash 150 at Star Speedway – Epping, NH:
1. 47NH Gabe Brown
2. 18VT Kaiden Fisher
3. 91CT Jake Johnson
4. 25NH Jesse Switser
5. 10NH Nathan Leclair
6. 02WP Geoff Rollins
7. 29NH Aaron Fellows
8. 0NH #Holdyn Sullivan
9. 7ME Dylan Payea
10. 0ME Bryan Kruczek
11. 73MA Cole Littlewood
12. 27MA Chase Curtis
13. 41QC Jonathan Bouvrette
14. 33QC Remi Perreault
15. 23NH Craig Smith
16. 00VT Brandon Gray
17. 00NH Jimmy Renfrew Jr.
18. 30RI #Jacob Burns
19. 36NH Erick Sands
20. 47MA Justin Storace
21. 2CT Derryck Anderson
22. 51QC Jeff Côté