LOUDON, N.H. – Roxanne Moore said she was “very impressed” with the way she kept her calm during the Siemens 125 Busch North race.

For a healthy portion of the race, her husband, Kelly, and son Ryan, were battling for the lead and neither was budging.

Her 20-year-old son led for most of that time and his 45-year-old dad was testing him like any other racer would.

“I was hoping it would rain any moment and it would be over and they’d finish one-two,” said Roxanne. “I was thinking how proud Kelly must be, having brought this kid up and now he’s racing like that right in front of him.”

Unfortunately for the Moores, it didn’t rain and Westfield, Mass., native Dale Quarterley was able to get by them both and take the checkered flag.

Kelly Moore finished second, Jerry Marquis of Broad Brook, Conn., was third, Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre was fourth and Ryan Moore came home fifth.

“It was pretty good,” said Ryan Moore about the duel with his dad. “This is one of the biggest races in the Busch North series and to race one-two was pretty fun.

“He did what he had to do [to try to get by me] and we did what we had to do,” added the younger Moore. “We had a really good car and then it got super tight [near the end]. There was nothing we could do but ride and try to get a top five. And that’s what we did.”

“I had a good time with it,” said Kelly. “On a track of this magnitude, there’s plenty of racetrack so you don’t have to beat and bang. I got into him one time. Coming off the corner, he moved down and I stood my ground like anybody would.”

If his son was going to beat him, the elder Moore said he was going to have to earn it.

“I didn’t want to spin him out but he’s got to learn with every lap,” said Kelly.

“I didn’t expect Kelly to give him anything, that’s for sure,” said Roxanne. “They both worked very hard.”

Defending two-time Busch North points champ and current leader Santerre said it was “cool” watching the Moores duel.

He said it also turned out to be advantageous to Kelly just before a dramatic five-lap dash following a red flag caused by a Matt Kobyluck wreck.

“Kelly’s car wouldn’t start so he radioed to Ryan to give him a push. If my car wouldn’t start, I would have been left sitting there on the track,” grinned Santerre. “That was pretty neat.”

Roxanne Moore admitted that she would have preferred to see her son win.

“Kelly has already won here. It’s Ryan’s turn. But it would have been just like a win for Kelly. He would have been so proud,” said Roxanne.

Quarterly also enjoyed the duel, saying it reminded him of the time he raced go-karts with his 9-year-old son, Alex.

“I was beating the crap out of him but I couldn’t get by him. “That was our first father-and-son racing moment. I was crying in my helmet,” said Quarterly.

He said he understood the thought process between the Moores.

“Kelly was thinking ‘I’m not done. I’m not an old fool yet. Ryan was saying ‘Old coot, get back there,” said Quarterley. “Kelly had the better car but Ryan was just as fast. He was muscling his car better than Kelly. He outdrove Kelly but Kelly had a better car.”

Kelly tried to slip past Quarterely on the single-file restart but couldn’t get by.