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Legends raced during the Pack the Track season opener event at Riverhead Raceway (NY) on Saturday, May 3. Kyle Ellwood won the feature with Chase VanHouten and Anthony Marsh rounding out the top three. Results below as posted on Race Monitor.
ADDED: Race story by Bob Finan below (Legends portion only):
Perhaps the wildest finish on the night came at the end of the 20-lap INEX Legend Race Car feature where Kyle Ellwood of Riverhead, entering the final turn third came home the winner. Early on Ellwood paced Anthony Marsh for the first four laps of the tilt with Joey Braun making his way towards the front. Braun motored by Marsh for second on lap 5 and just over a lap later passed Ellwood for the lead on lap 7. Another young lion racing towards the front was Chase Van Houten, he made his way to second on lap 8 and for the next dozen laps chased Braun to the finish. Van Houten was in step with leader Braun as the duo worked lapped traffic. On the final lap entering the final time through the third and fourth turns lapped cars suddenly bogged down in front of the leaders. Braun to avoid contact made a hard left with the momentum taking him well onto the Figure Eight course, while Van Houten tried to make a go of it on track. He had to slightly hit the brakes nearly spinning himself out, which allowed the Millennium Limited Contracting machine of Kyle Ellwood to ride the outside lane to his 26th career victory. Despite his infield excursion Joey Braun of Manorville was credited with runner-up honors in his HighMark Building Efficiency machine, Chase Van Houten of Wading River was third in his Hotworx of Easstport coupe.
LEGENDS
1 #36 Kyle Ellwood
2 #09 Chase VanHouten
3 #05 Anthony Marsh
4 #00 Christopher Coleman
5 #88 Chris Sinatro
6 #53 Kevin Nowak
7 #12 Charles Hodge III
8 #8 William Sipala
9 #18 Riley O’Keefe
10 #2 Jim Sylvester
11 #42 Pat Moore
12 #3 Mike Van Houten Jr.
13 #48 Robert Henninger III
14 #56 Brandon Hubbard
15 #78 Philip Alaimo V
16 #57 Alex Halinar
17 #41 Joey Braun
18 #7 Mike Renn
19 #1 Nick Hodge
20 #29 Kendall VanHouten
21 #92 Ed Stadtlander
22 #51 Kevin Ohrnberger
23 #4 Joe Cooke
24 #22 Michael Metcalf
25 #19 Marissa Stewart
26 #14x Jayden Glennerster
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