Santerre opens Busch North defense with victory

LEE, N.H. – Andy Santerre’s quest for a third straight Busch North Series points championship began the same way the last two did.

That would be with a trip to Victory Lane at Lee USA Speedway as he took over the lead midway through the race and never looked back in winning the 150-lap season opener Sunday.

“The car was awesome. We were pretty dominant,” said Santerre, who qualified third. “We tested here a week ago and we weren’t as good as we wanted to be. So we made some changes and we hit the setup [we wanted]. And our pit stop was the best ever.”

Joey McCarthy of Randolph, N.J., was second. Rounding out the top five were Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Mass., 2003 Rookie of the Year Ryan Moore of Scarborough, and Mike Stefanik of Coventry, R.I.

Scarborough’s Kelly Moore, Ryan’s father, was 12th among the 27 finishers and Yarmouth’s Billy Penfold finished 18th.

Speedway 95

At Hermon, Steve Moulton of Glenburn recorded a season-opening victory in the Super Street division Sunday at Speedway 95.

Brent Parritt of Steuben finished second in the Super Street race and Ross Robinson of Frankfort took third.

OTHER SPEEDWAY 95 RESULTS

PASS Modifieds: 1. Steve Reno (Bath), 2. Wayne Allard (Stetson), 3. Scott Chubbuck (Wiscasset); Allison Legacy Series: 1. Kyle Coolidge (Poland), 2. Ron Bryant (Livermore), 3. Dave Sullivan (New Gloucester); Sport-4: 1. Lewis Batchelder (Dixmont), 2. Colin Arey II (Greenville), 3. Darrin Durrell (Newburgh)

Wiscasset Raceway

At Wiscasset, Peter Oakes of Boothbay motored around Mercer’s Jeff Taylor and Charlie Colby of Newcastle on the outside to take the lead and the win Saturday in the Prostock feature. Taylor finished second, Colby was third, Mike Brown of Hope finished fourth, and Boothbay Harbor’s Corey Williams rounded out the top five.

OTHER WISCASSET RESULTS

Limited sportsman: 1. Maurice Young (Chelsea), 2. John Rideout (Washington), 3. PeeWee Brown (Winterport), 4. Puncin St. Clair (Liberty), 5. Nick Reno (West Bath); super street: 1. Toby Plummer (South Bristol), 2. Craig Robbins (Oakland), 3. Dean Rice (Nobleboro), 4. Adam Chadbourne (Woolwich), 5. Jerry Reynolds (Liberty); strictly street: 1. Ed Peirpont (Jefferson), 2. Derek Mingo (Ellsworth), 3. Alan Lane (Walpole), 4. Wayne Ripley (Thomaston), 5. Richard Spaulding (Lewiston); lightweight A demon: 1. Brent Roy (Vassalboro), 2. Seth Wills (Rome), 3. Mike Delano (Woolwich), 4. Bob Studley (Sidney), 5. Pete McCollat (Randolph); lightweight B demon: 1. Brian Lancaster (Skowhegan), 2. Kevin Sherman (Wiscasset), 3. Marje Albert (Chelsea); flagpole: 1. Wayne Ambrose Sr. (Brunswick), 2. Wayne Ambrose Jr. (Brunswick)

Beech Ridge Motor Speedway

At Scarborough, Doug Shores of Falmouth held off Brockie Gerry of Fryeburg to take the win in the NASCAR Pro Series on Sunday. Standish’s Bub Bilodeau was third, Curtis Gerry of South Waterboro finished fourth, and Old Orchard Beach’s Bill Rodgers was fifth.

OTHER BEECH RIDGE RESULTS

NASCAR Sport Series: 1. Clyde Hennessey (Windham), 2. Barney Boyle (Barrington, NH), 3. Mike Landry (Oakland), 4. Chris Smith (Scarborough), 5. Donnia Morse (Windham); wildcat: 1. Bobby Nadeau (Hollis), 2. Troy Graffam (Sanford), 3. Randy Snow (West Buxton), 4. Russell Thistlewood (Limington), 5. Nate Leavitt (Scarborough); trucks: 1. Wally Henderson (Litchfield), 2. Steve Coffin (Windham), 3. Cole Watson (Naples), 4. Michael R. Roe (Kennebunkport), 5. Ray Letellier (Hollis); lightning bugs: 1. Bob Diffin (Biddeford), 2. Brian M. Beaulieu (Saco), 3. Ron Linger (Beverly, Mass.), 4. Randy Bernier (Standish), 5. Steve Riche (Lyman)