Track: New London-Waterford Speedbowl (CT)
Date: Saturday, September 2, 2023
Winners: Isaiah Newcomb (Legends feature 1); Dylan Cote (Legends feature 2)
Photo credit: track posted
Results and story below as posted on the track’s website.
Nick Bulkeley was a force to be reckoned with in both INEX Legend Car feature events of the evening. He got to the lead early in the first event, holding off the multi-time winner Isaiah Newcomb, Riley Paul, Dylan Freeman, and outsider Chase VanHouton. Several cautions kept putting Bulkeley’s lead in jeopardy, and it wasn’t until lap 16 when Newcomb took over the top spot. Paul, VanHouton, and Freeman picked off Bulkeley putting him in fifth place. Newcomb would then cruise to the win, padding his point lead.
After hard contact in practice the week before Eddie Gomarlo started race two strong leading the first couple laps until Bulkeley rolled back into the top spot, not missing a beat from the first race. Paul, Newcomb, and Dylan Cote followed Bulkeley, breaking away from the field all jockeying for position. A caution with 10 to go bunched the field back up, and 2 laps later trouble at the front when Newcomb and Bulkeley got together sending both to the rear. The restart put Cote and Paul on the front row, and gave a hard charging VanHouton a chance to strike after starting deep in the field. Cote cleared Paul for the lead and ran away while VanHouton put the pressure on Paul for second. Contact between those two shuffled the field up a little and allowed Newcomb to rebound and break in the podium, passing Freeman in a three wide move. Cote’s third win of the season comes after a less than ideal run during the daytime.
INEX Legend Cars #1 (25 Laps): 1. 22-Isaiah Newcomb[8]; 2. 91-Riley Paul[7]; 3. 09-Brad Vanhouton[9]; 4. 05-Dylan Freeman[5]; 5. 27N-Nicholaus Bulkeley[3]; 6. 76-Edward Gomarlo[1]; 7. 77-Dennis Pantani[2]; 8. 86-Scott Limkemann[11]; 9. 89-Dylan Cote[6]; 10. 24-Rodney Dowless[10]; 11. 26-Sydney Cook[12]; 12. 04-Jaden Hamilton[13]; 13. 7X-Patrick Smith[15]; 14. 80-Steven Woytysiak[14]; 15. 65-Wade Oemcke[4]; 16. 15-Scott Kinsman[17]; 17. 2-Jordan Rosado[16]; 18. 29NY-Kendall VanHouten[18]
INEX Legend Cars #2 (25 Laps): 1. 89-Dylan Cote[8]; 2. 22-Isaiah Newcomb[10]; 3. 09-Brad Vanhouton[15]; 4. 91-Riley Paul[9]; 5. 05-Dylan Freeman[7]; 6. 27N-Nicholaus Bulkeley[6]; 7. 77-Dennis Pantani[5]; 8. 86-Scott Limkemann[4]; 9. 24-Rodney Dowless[16]; 10. 7X-Patrick Smith[3]; 11. 04-Jaden Hamilton[17]; 12. 26-Sydney Cook[2]; 13. 80-Steven Woytysiak[13]; 14. 15-Scott Kinsman[11]; 15. 65-Wade Oemcke[12]; 16. 76-Edward Gomarlo[1]; 17. (DNS) 2-Jordan Rosado; 18. (DNS) 29NY-Kendall VanHouten
