(“Herbie” Kevin Nowak drove to victory lane for the fourth time of 2019 at Riverhead Raceway)
RIVERHEAD, NY : There was no hotter driver in the Northeast in INEX Legend Race Car competition during the month of August that Kevin Nowak of Medford who scored his fourth Riverhead Raceway win of 2019 in a 30-lap contest. Nowak in August also won at Seekonk Speedway, Wall Stadium and Evergreen Raceway Park.
Ray Fitzgerald of Manorville set the standard in qualifying with a lap of 13.760 but when it came time to start the 30-lap tilt defending champion Jim Sylvester broke to the early race lead chased by Nowak and championship leader Richie Davidowitz.
On lap 12. Davidowitz moved past Nowak for second and set sail for race leader Sylvester. The top three cars ran under a blanket until lap 22 when slight contact was made between Sylvester and Davidowitz sent Sylvester into a spin from contact, which officials deemed incidental.
When the Sylvester-Davidowitz get together occurred Nowak was more than willing to fill the opening to the inside to take the race lead, a lead the driver of the Allison Auto of Holbrook entry would hold until the checkered flag for his 13th career win to move him into sole possession of 4th on the all-time win list.
On the strength of a lap 24 pass during a restart fast qualifier Ray Fitzgerald placed second in the Benimax Trucking machine while Eric Hersey of Commack was third in the Long Island Luau mount. Davidowitz with perhaps right front suspension damage for the Sylvester contact fell to 5th.
INEX Legends Feature Results :
- Kevin Nowak
- Ray Fitzgerald
- Eric Hersey
- Riely O’Keefe
- Richie Davidowitz
- Allan Pedersen
- George Tomko, Jr.
- Jerry Curran
- Vinny Delaney
- Colin Volpe
- Stephen Coleman
- Patrick Moore
- Austin Bellemare
- Joseph Costello
- Joseph Braun
- Mike Benton
- Nick Morabito
- Scott Cheslak
- Ed Cheslak
- Rich Braun
- Jim Sylvester
- Jeff Otto, Jr.
- Jason Castaldo
- Mike Van Houten, Jr.
- Jeffrey Farruggia, Jr.
Riverhead Raceway press release by Bob Finan
