Joey Braun Victorious in Legends Wednesday at Riverhead Raceway

Legends returned to Riverhead Raceway (NY) on Wednesday, August 28, after the previous race date was postponed due to weather. Joey Braun drove his Legends to the feature victory.

A race recap by Bob Finan (on behalf of the track) is below (Legends portion extracted for posting on LN).

Wednesday was indeed a night for drivers to win their second consecutive race as Joey Braun of Manorville joined Solomito and Triola when he won the 20-lap INEX Legend Race Car event for his second straight. Up and coming talent Jayden Glennerster paced the first seven laps of the race over veteran Brad Van Houten before Joey Braun joined the party on the 8th cycle. It was then Braun slid under Van Houten for second, once there, Joey was able to move by Glennerster at halfway for the lead, bringing Van Houten back to second. The yellow waved just after the field completed lap 10 for Mike Van Houten Jr. with a broken left front on the backstretch. On the restart Braun was able to keep his advantage while Brad Van Houten was under attack for second from Ray Fitzgerald. Another double file restart on lap 12 would be what Fitzgerald needed to get by Van Houten for second, but it didn’t matter as Joey Braun drove the HighMark Building Efficiency racer to a 17th career feature event win. Fitzgerald, who also calls Manorville home was second in the EP Milling & Sweeping coupe, third fell to a hard charging 13-year-old Rodney Dowless Jr. of Dix Hills in the Island Thrift machine.

RESULTS

Legend Race Cars: 1. Joey Braun 2. Ray Fitzgerald 3. Rodney Dowless Jr. 4. Brad Van Houten 5. Anthony Marsh 6. Jeff Farruggia Jr. 7. Riely O’Keefe 8. Kyle Ellwood 9. Chase Van Houten 10. Jayden Glennerster 11. Kevin Nowak 12. Chris Sinatro 13. Will Sipala 14. Phillip Alaimo 15. Alex Halinar 16. Colin Volpe 17. Jim Sylvester 18. Chevy Rommeney 19. Pat Moore 20. Nick Hodge 21. Marc Godnick 22. Tucker Bock 23. Michael Metcalf 24. Charles Hodge 25. Ryan Barbieri 26. Mike Van Houten Jr.