May 24 Race Report
By Karen Specht
May 30, Riverhead, NY--- A beautiful day greeted us on
Saturday, May 17th. Warm, sunny with a light breeze... and most importantly dry!
There was a better than normal turnout for the division tonight.
Cars have returned that had been gone since last season with new paint
schemes and sponsors. It was nice to see Steve Stadler and Will Farrell
on the track again.
Our race was last on the schedule again. Rain was approaching and
threatening. The race started with the "0X" and "00", team-mates on the
front row. It was Tom Ferrara in the lead from the drop of the green
flag through the checker. Many drivers challenged each other throughout
the race for positions that were often changing. Through various
banging, beating and on-track skirmishes the race was run. It seemed
that most cars had some type of damage at the end. A few cars retired
early with what appeared to be over-heating problems, steam or smoke
spewing from the engine area. Some cars starting up front were able to
hold on to those positions but not better their positions; just
maintain.
Roger Maynor made the most position changes coming from the rear
of the field to challenge repeatedly for the lead to no avail. It was
Tom Ferrara's night to win, justly earned and well deserved.
Congratulations Tom.
