Ken Tremont Wins at Devil's Bowl on Sunday

W. HAVEN VT -- Taking advantage of an eighth place start, Ken Tremont of West

Sand Lake, NY once again proved the long haul to Devil's Bowl is worth his

while. Tremont moved into first on the sixth lap and stayed out in front for

the remainder of the 30 lap!

event. In sportsmen action, Joe Budka of Scotia, NY sat in victory lane for

the first time this year.

The modified field was on the small side, with 20 cars in the starting lineup.

Jim Ryan was the early leader, followed by Chris Donnelly and Ron Dwyer. A lap

four caution for John Harrison saw Ryan get shuffled all the way back to

fourth as Dwyer took the l!

ead, Tremont moved into second after taking four spots in one circuit, and

Jack Cottrell also slipped by him to move into third place. One lap later Mike

Perrotte slammed into the wall in turn three after Tremont took the lead from

Dwyer. Tremont chose the !

high side on the start and stayed there, despite two more caution periods. The

last caution was thrown on lap 16 as Ron Dwyer spun after getting jammed from

behind by Cottrell, who was put to the rear by officials. Don Ackner pitted

for a flat tire but didn!

't go down laps.

When the green flew once again Tremont got out quickly to a six-car lead with

10 laps to go. The field began to string out, as Vince Quenneville tried to

run down Tremont from second and Bob Savoie worked on Quenneville in third. A

good battle was going for!

fourth with Dan Douville and Lee Nutting swapping places several times with

Nutting coming out the winner in that one. At the checkers it was Tremont,

Quenneville, Savoie, Nutting and Douville, with Ron Proctor, Chris Donnelly,

Mike Ronca, Mike Ricci and C!

huck Elms rounding out the top 10.

In sportsmen racing Joe Budka notched his first win over Tim LaDuc and Sput

Shaw. A lap nine incident saw Chuck Higley go up and over the wall in turn

three as leader Terry Stacy tried to hold off Budka in second. A rookie

mistake several laps later cost St!

acy the lead, as he drifted up too high and got into the wall slightly, losing

three spots as the field charged by and Budka took the lead. One more incident

with 10 to go saw five cars done for the night in a pile up on the guardrail

between turns one and !

two. Budka held on for the win, followed by Tim LaDuc, Sput Shaw, Jim Davis

and Mike Ballestero.

The street stock winner was Chad Miller, but in post-race inspections both he

and second place finisher Lucas Baker were disqualified, handing the win to

third place finisher Pete Kimball. Taking over second place was John

Fitzgerald, followed by Bill Bryde!

n. In hobby stock action, Chuck Knowlton of Hudson Falls, NY took his fourth

win of the year. He was followed across the line by Gene Wetherington and Mike

Bennefield.

MODIFIEDS: KEN TREMONT, Vince Quenneville, Bob Savoie, Lee Nutting, Dan

Douville, Ron Proctor, Chris Donnelly, Mike Ronca, Mike Ricci, Chuck Elms,

Jeff Trombley, Jack Cottrell, Ron Dwyer, Don Ackner, Jim Ryan, Todd STone, Don

Scarborough, Mike Perrotte, Joh!

n Harrison, Terry Hayes.

SPORTSMEN TOP 10: JOE BUDKA, Tim LaDuc, Sput Shaw, Jim Davis, Mike Ballestero,

Frank Hoard Jr., Terry Stacy, Alan Larter, Todd Morey, Ron Johnson.