{"id":16393,"date":"2016-08-03T20:03:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T00:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracing.com\/16\/?p=16393"},"modified":"2016-08-03T20:03:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T00:03:16","slug":"the-most-highly-anticipated-race-of-the-year-comes-to-lee-usa-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2016\/08\/the-most-highly-anticipated-race-of-the-year-comes-to-lee-usa-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"The most highly-anticipated race of the year comes to Lee USA Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lee1\"Lee, NH – The most highly-anticipated race of the year comes to Lee USA Speedway this Friday<\/span> night, August 5<\/span>, with the annual running of the \u201cOllie Silva Memorial Classic\u201d for the International Supermodified Association (ISMA) showcasing the world\u2019s fastest short-track racing machines in lightning-fast action at \u201cNew Hampshire\u2019s Center of Speed\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Fresh off a dominating performance last weekend that saw him collect the checkers in both the preliminary \u201cFast 40\u201d on Friday<\/span> night and the tradition-rich Hy-Miler Nationals 100 last Saturday night at the famed Sandusky Speedway in Ohio, Dave Shullick, Jr. has to be counted among the favorites in the Ollie Silva Memorial race.<\/p>\n

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Ohioan Shullick been hot on the ISMA trail since June, winning three out of four races, and he\u2019s the defending Ollie Silva Memorial champion as well.\u00a0 Shullick\u2019s win last August was his second at Lee, having already visited victory lane in the 2008 edition of the race.<\/p>\n

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Shullick\u2019s 2015 win put him in some fast company along with Chelmsford, MA ace Jon McKennedy (2012 and \u201814) and Nokie Fornoro (2003, \u201805) as two-time winners of the event.\u00a0 Only Chris Perley has won more.<\/p>\n

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All the cars and stars of ISMA are expected to compete this Friday<\/span>, including several local drivers who cut their racing teeth at the fast 3\/8th<\/sup>\u2019s mile oval and still consider Lee USA their \u201chome track\u201c.\u00a0 Former Lee Supermodified champions Dan Bowes of Byfield, MA, Eddie Witkum, Jr. of Westford, MA, and Mike Ordway, Jr. are just a few drivers among that group.<\/p>\n

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Second-generation racer Ordway of nearby Fremont grabbed multiple wins back in his Small Block Super days, and already has an ISMA win to his credit this season, his first handling the driving duties in the famed Clyde Booth machine.\u00a0 Car owner\/designer\/builder Booth is no stranger to Lee\u2019s victory lane either, as it was his entry that brought Shullick to the 2008 win here.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Locke of Raymond is another driver with feature event wins on his resume, both here at Lee and on the ISMA trail, and he\u2019s expected to be fast as always.\u00a0 Milford\u2019s Dave Duggan and Jamie Timmons of North Andover, MA typically add the Lee ISMA race to their itinerary as well.<\/p>\n

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Veteran Justin Belfiore of Haverhill, MA has only made limited appearances with ISMA this season, but the Ollie Silva Memorial is always one he and his team circle on the calendar as a \u201cmust run\u201d.\u00a0 The same goes for Chris Perley of Rowley, MA, ISMA\u2019s winningest driver, a six time champion (2003, \u201904, \u201906, \u201907, \u201908, and \u201909), and winner of the Ollie Silva four times (\u201904, \u201907, \u201910, and \u201911).<\/p>\n

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Our north of the border neighbors in Ontario, Canada will send a contingent of contenders to Lee, including drivers Mike Lichty (an ISMA winner last month at Jennerstown, PA), and Dave McKnight and Mark Sammut, both of whom have visited Lee\u2019s winner\u2019s circle in past ISMA events.<\/p>\n

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Add to the list Trent Stephens, Mike McVetta, Timmy Jedrzejek and Danny Shirey from OH, New Jersey\u2019s Jon Gambuti, PA drivers Lou Cicconi, Jr. and Allison Cumens, Ben Seitz from MA, and Rob Summers from CT to see the geographic diversity among the field of drivers that are expected to assemble at Lee USA for the Ollie Silva Memorial.<\/p>\n

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In addition to the big race for the ISMA Supermodifieds, Bentley Warren, the legendary Supermodified racer and proprietor of Bentley\u2019s Saloon in Arundel, ME, will be holding his annual charity motorcycle ride to benefit Victory Junction Camp which traditionally ends with a couple of laps around the speedway.<\/p>\n

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And if that\u2019s not enough, Lee\u2019s weekly EKeys4cars Supermodifieds, R & R Public Wholesalers Late Model Sportsmen, David\u2019s Race Cars and Components Hobby Stocks, Tri-City Line-X Ironmen and MLM Diagnostics Pure Stock racers will be in action as well.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t miss a minute of the action this Friday<\/span> at Lee USA Speedway, 380 Calef Highway (Rte. 125), Lee, NH.\u00a0 For more information, call the race hotline at 978-462-4252<\/a>, log on to www.leeusaspeedway.com<\/a><\/u>, or find us on Facebook.<\/p>\n

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Lee, NH – The most highly-anticipated race of the year comes to Lee USA Speedway this Friday night, August 5, with the annual running of the \u201cOllie Silva Memorial Classic\u201d for the International Supermodified Association (ISMA) showcasing the world\u2019s fastest short-track racing machines in lightning-fast action at \u201cNew Hampshire\u2019s Center of Speed\u201d.   Fresh off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,18,1,6],"tags":[1000,949],"class_list":["post-16393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lee-speedway","category-maine-racing-news","category-uncategorized","category-new-england-racing-news","tag-isma","tag-lee-speedway-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}