Laird drives through week two

Fans were treated to a full night of racing at Laird International Raceway on Thursday night.

Despite a late start to the action, LIR managed to get all of their action in prior to the 11 p.m. curfew.

Late Model action saw Bill Bond from Bay City, Michigan pilot the No. 4 car usually driven by Nick Guerriero to victory. Bond held off Rod Bolduc for the win. Rick Leonard later took second spot after the tech inspections when it was determined that Bolduc, who was driving the No. 94 car after his usual 79 had problems earlier in the night, was driving at a lighter weight and he was disqualified. Jason Praysner was also disqualified for tire violations which led to Paul Seabrook taking third spot in the feature.

In the Factory Stock feature John Hamilton took the victory lap. John Fragale took second and Dick Wellwood moved into third after Cody MacLean was disqualified. MacLean was disqualified after technicians found improper cylinder heads on his car.

In the Modified division, the feature race began with seven cars before being cut down to four thanks to a crash as the race was going green. Nick Kozak, David Slingsby, and Nick Jobst were all involved in the incident and were knocked out of the race. Mav MacDonald raced his way to the win beating Dennis Uhlman and Rick Ellis.

John Gardner took the checkered flag in the Stock 4 division beat out Tyler Parsons for the feature win. Parsons finished the night with second place finishes in the feature, two heat races and the four car dash.

In the four car dashes, Gardner won the Stock 4 dash while Uhlman (Modified), Wellwood (Factory Stock), and Rick Leonard (Late Model) won their respective dashes.

Brandon Penno, John Gardner, Dean Wade and Adam Gardner won heat races in the Stock 4 division. Kozak and MacDonald split the Modified heat races. Wellwood and Fragale won the heat races in Factory Stock and Cory Furkey and Jason Praysner won the Late Model heats.