8/4/2025
Monadnock Speedway
KENDALL WINS MINI 40, LEARY TOPS MODS, SATURDAY AT MONADNOCK
Monadnock Speedway Saturday, August 2, event story
WINCHESTER, N.H. -Defending track 604 Modified champion Tyler Leary wired the night’s main event Saturday, blasting to his second win of the summer on the high banks of Monadnock Speedway.
On the same card, Julia Kendall, she of the famed Bernardston, Mass. Raymond racing family, roared to victory in a special 40-lap Mini Stock feature. Points leader Dylan Zullo won a thriller in the Super Streets, four-holer ace Gordon Farnum stormed to victory in the Pure Stocks, and 15-year-old Hunter Duquette won his fifth Young Guns event of the summer.
The New England Dwarf Car Series was in town, and Andrew Harmon had a huge night, dominating both ends of a 25-lap twinbill to earn two victory laps around the high banks, but also picking up a cool $250 SERVRO bonus for sweeping the feature event pair.
Leary and Joey Jarvis sat up front as the Allstates Materials Group 604 Modifieds went into battle. Leary, whose earlier victory was scored on July 5, would never look back.
Veteran ace Todd Patnode,of Swanzey, who’d won a week earlier, blasted into second on lap nine and would then run the rest of the race in Leary’s shadow, settling for his second strong outing in as many weeks as he tries to claw his way to the top of the 2025 leaderboard.
The best battle in this one was for third. Back from a pit side engine change a week earlier, Trevor Bleau was up to third early but soon had divisional points leader draped all over him. Robie, though, frantically trying high and low, could never find a path to the three spot, as Bleau joined Leary and Patnode in trophy row.
It is said that a full moon over a race track spells pure chaos. If that’s true, what do you get with a half moon on a clear August night? On this one, you got three ultra-focused Twin State Truck Services Super Streets frantically dicing through a wall of noncooperative lapped cars, with a large crowd at the edge of its seats from green to checkers.
JD Stockwell got to the front first, with his buddy Zach Zilinski riding in his shadow. Top points man Dylan Zullo was quickly up to second and closing fast, and the sea of lappers was getting closer and closer.
Zilinski took the top spot in heavy traffic on lap eight, bringing Zullo with him. On lap 16, it was Zullo to the point, Stockwell following forward and looking for a path to the lead, But the final 14 laps would belong to Zullo, as the potent trio made its way to victory lane. Zullo hit the stripe four lengths quicker than Stockwell, with Zilinski in tow too, Wesley Stedt fourth. Hillary Renaud rounded the top five.
Hot shoe Louie Maher led early in the Fabian Fuels Mini Stock 40-lap main event, pulling away easily. Julia Kendall, blasting from row four, was up to second on lap six but still way behind Maher.
A lap-19 caution, though, brought both Kendall and high-flying John Fultz to Maher’s bumper, with the trio then racing under a blanket until Fultz took the top spot on lap 28. Kendall wasn’t done though, rocketing into the lead on lap 32 and then soaring off to win by a comfortable eight lengths, Tim Paquette impressed with a season-best third, just ahead of Cameron Sontag and Maher.
Kyle Begos led early in the Brattleboro Towing and Recovery Pure Stock feature. Four-holer super star Gordon Farnum - he of the double-digit-victory Mini Stock champ seasons - was on a mission though. Dirt tracking most of the way a week ago, Farnum had the Patnode ride dialed in perfectly Saturday.
Taking charge on lap 13, Farnum sailed off to his first win of the season, five lengths ahead of Dominick Stafford, who rocketed from scratch on the starting grid after struggling woefully in his earlier heat race. Pure Stock points leader Kyle Kenny, victorious the night before at Claremont, finished at Stafford’s bumper in third. In a post race inspection, fifth place finisher, Jimmy Zellman was penalized for a camber rule infraction.
Doug’s Auto Body Young Gun top gun Hunter Duquette took the lead from Ella Grabowski on lap three of the youth division feature and dashed off to his fifth win of the summer. Maya Bell was strong in second, and Grabowski came home third.
Andrew Harmon twice took the lead on lap three in the two New England Dwarf Car 25-lap features, and each time he rocketed off into a different time zone to win easily and pocket the $250 SERVPRO bonus cash.
Top Dwarf Car points man Tom Harwood sent a scare through the stands during qualifying, when contact with another car launched him into a violent up-and-over multiple flip in turn one. Uninjured, he returned for the features aboard a loner but finished out of the money. Cody Hodgdon was second in each of the 25-lappers, and Chris Sullivan third.
It’ll be a huge night at Monadnock Speedway next Saturday, August 9, as the storied 55-year-old speedplant unveils the first class of inductees into its speedway Hall Of Fame It's also Monadnock’s annual Duel Team Racing Night, as the popular multi-division concept returns. Post time is 6 p.m.
Article Credit: Gary Dutton
Submitted By: Michelle Cloutier
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