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 New Hampshire 200

New Hampshire Motor Speedway
June 18th, 2008
 
Whelen Modified Online Tour
Race Results
1. JD Laird
2. Richie Coy
3. Zach Truesdail
4. Jeff Marble
5. Bobby Ambroceo
6. Rick Dutra
7. Steve Rogers
8. Chuck Darling
9. Charli Brown
10. Michael Pares, Jr.
11. Rick Underwood
12. Tony Hanbury
13. Phil Jacques
14. Ryan Curran
15. Dennis Frates
16. TJ Ingerson
17. Steve Rohner, Jr.
18. Richard Davidowitz
19. Keith Joseph


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June 18th, 2008
JD Laird wins the rain shortened New Hampshire 200. - By Charli Brown


JD Laird won the rain-shortened New Hampshire 200 Wednesday night at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Loudon, NH - For the second season in a row, Alta Loma, California's JD Laird won the opening event in the SIModified.com Online Racing Leagues. Laird led a race high 73 laps in the rain shortened New Hampshire 200 for the Whelen Modified Online Tour Wednesday night at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Laird opened his 2008 Summer Season campaign with the Coors Brewing Company 21 Means 21 Pole Award with a lap time of 29.427 seconds at 129.432 mph and would lead the field to the green flag.

As the field exited turn two on the initial start, Laird and outside pole sitter Charli Brown rubbed nerf bars sending Brown into the outside wall and losing several positions as Chuck Darling and Zach Truesdail snuck by. Brown would fall in line behind Bobby Ambroceo, who was sixth in line to complete the first lap.

JD Laird led the first 18 laps to the race's third caution for Keith Joseph who spun his Thompson Center Chevrolet in turn one. As Laird hit pit road for service, TJ Ingerson, Dennis Frates and Rick Dutra followed, handing the lead to Chuck Darling who stayed out behind the Chevrolet Monte Carlo pace car.

Darling led the field to the restart on lap 21 over Zach Truesdail, Richie Coy, Tony Hanbury and Bobby Ambroceo. Sixth through tenth were Michael Pares, Jr., Jeff Marble, Steve Rogers, JD Laird and TJ Ingerson.

Turn two seemed to be the trouble spot early on as Richie Coy and Tony Hanbury made contact while racing for the third spot on the restart. Hanbury spun his Kolba Construction Chevrolet as a result of the contact and did a masterful job of saving his car and drove off with no contact while the rest of the field took evasive action.

Under this caution, race leader Chuck Darling, Richie Coy and Steve Rohner, Jr. all hit pit road for service while handing the lead to Zach Truesdail, who stayed out.

Truesdail led until lap 29 when the race's fifth caution came for Tony Hanbury and Ryan Curran, who both spun in seperate single car incidents. As the field cycled through another round of pit stops, JD Laird would reclaim the lead on lap 30 in his Haas Automation Toyota.

Laird led to the restart on lap 32 over Chuck Darling, Dennis Frates, Rick Dutra and Phil Jacques. Sixth through tenth were Jeff Marble, Michael Pares, Jr., Charli Brown, Richie Coy and Zach Truesdail.

Dennis Frates would lose control of his BRE Racing machine and spin out of the third position as the field raced off turn four on lap 34. Several cars had no where to go and were collected in the multi-car incident including Phil Jacques, Charli Brown, Ryan Curran and Michael Pares, Jr. Richie Coy and Jeff Marble both drove through the wreck and gained several spots as the field came to the race's sixth caution flag.

As the leader came to the King Design Halfway lap, JD Laird continued to lead the way over Rick Dutra, Jeff Marble, Richie Coy and Charli Brown. Sixth through tenth were Zach Truesdail, Michael Pares, Jr., Bobby Ambroceo, Steve Rogers and Chuck Darling.

JD Laird would give up the lead on lap 55 with another pit stop after Zach Truesdail spun in turn one to bring out the race's tenth caution. Richie Coy would take over the top spot ahead of Charli Brown, Michael Pares, Jr., Steve Rogers and Rick Underwood. Sixth through tenth were Chuck Darling, JD Laird, Jeff Marble, Rick Dutra and Zach Truesdail.

Richie Coy and Chuck Darling both took turns at leading until the race's 12th caution flew for Rick Underwood spinning in turn three in another single car incident. As the entire field hit pit road, JD Laird and Bobby Ambroceo stayed out to complete lap 70. The race off pit road was won by Chuck Darling, followed by Jeff Marble, Zach Truesdail and Richie Coy.

Laird survived two more restarts and a late race charge from Richie Coy to win the race, which was shortened by officials at the original halfway point of lap 100. Coy would come home second followed by Zach Truesdail, Jeff Marble and Bobby Ambroceo. Sixth through tenth were Rick Dutra, Steve Rogers, Chuck Darling, Charli Brown and Michael Pares, Jr.

The Whelen Modified Online Tour now takes a week off before traveling west to the new Iowa Speedway for the Featherlite Trailers 200. JD Laird leads the Summer Season point standings by ten over defending Spring Season champion, Richie Coy.