7/28/2025
Monadnock Speedway
PATNODE AND BROUSSEAU SPLIT MODIFIED TWINS SATURDAY AT MONADNOCK
Monadnock Speedway Saturday, July 26, event story
WINCHESTER, N.H. - Todd Patnode and Andrew Brousseau each won a Modified feature on the high banks of Monadnock Speedway Saturday, the potent pair each roaring to victory on New England’s fastest quarter-mile oval.
Andrea St. Amour was awarded the Pure Stocks win after a post-race inspection penalized Kyle Begos, and Erik Smith was victorious in the Super Street main event.
Young Gun Hunter Duquette continued his summer of success, scoring his fourth 2025 feature win. And while top 604 Modified point man Brian Robie came up short of winning for the fifth time this season, he still had a strong night all the same.
Todd Patnode and Brian Chapin led the Allstates Materials Group 604 Modifieds to the green in round one of the open-wheeled rocket ships twin 35-lap main events. Patnode jumped all over the opening lead, bringing teen blaster Ty Leclerc – launching from row two – with him.
The Swanzey competitor, a past speedway champion and winner of volumes of both Modified and Pro Stock main events here, would be sorely tested but would never bend en route to ending a two-season personal drought on the high banks.
Robie, charging from row four, got up for second on lap 13, yielded it back to rookie phenom Ty Leclerc on lap 20, and the battle was on, as Leclerc, Robie, and Chapin fought tooth-and-nail for the number two spot. Leclerc prevailed for a career-best runnerup finish, and Robie nudged past Chapin to steal third on the final lap,
In the nightcap 35, Brousseau started up front and never looked back. The second-generation hot shoe survived several strong restart bids by Colton Martin to stay on top as he blasted to his second win of the summer.
In a post-race inspection, 604 Modified competitor Brian Chapin was disqualified from both features as result of not complying to the engine rules of having a sealed engine.
Erik Smith had raced to many near misses in Twin State Truck Services Super Street features this summer but had never quite sealed the deal. Saturday, he put all that behind him, as the Green Mountain State hat shoe roared to victory.
Smith’s win didn’t come easily though. Had he extended his arm out the window, he could have high-fived points leader Dylan Zullo almost all the way, as the high-flying Claremont speedster rode in his shadow from start to finish.
With JD Stockwell finishing at Zullo’s bumper in third, Zullo finished the night still a handful of points atop the leader board. Zach Zalinski and Hillary Renaud were close behind in Saturday’s nose-to-tail top five finish.
In the Pure Stocks, Kyle Begos led the field from the green to the checkers. Defending track Pure Stock champ Andrea St. Amour trailed Begos and ended in second on the night with Markus O’Neil in third. In a post-race inspection, Begos was penalized to ninth place finish for a camber rule violation.
Hunter Duquette wired the Doug’s Auto Body Young Gun feature to earn his fourth victory lap of the season. Heat race winner Ella Grabowski was second, and Sofia Rego, aboard a loner ride, came home third.
In Senior Tour Auto Racers support card events, Chris Jarrett, aboard his 1970 Pinto open-wheeled entry, topped the STAR Sportsmen, with Ken Archambault second and Skip Stearns third. Windham, Maine’s Alan Zemla was victorious in the STAR Modifieds, leading a trio of vintage coupe racers under the checkers, just ahead of Dennis Desautels and Skip Swiantek.
Monadnock Speedway returns to action next Saturday, August 2, with a special Mini Stock main event atop a full card of NASCAR Auto Zone Weekly Racing Series competition. Post time each Saturday is 6 p.m.
Article Credit: Gary Dutton
Submitted By: Michelle Cloutier
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