Airborne Park Speedway

Stone takes first career 358 modified win, Lussier back on top; Guay, Doner and Tourville all find winners’ circle

7/1/2024

Airborne Park Speedway

Stone takes first career 358 modified win, Lussier back on top; Guay, Doner and Tourville all find winners’ circle

PLATTSBURGH, NY. -- Middlebury, V.T.’s Justin Stone won Thursday’s Be Cool Heating and Air Conditioning 358 Modified Feature at Airborne Park Speedway over Mike Mahaney and Chris Raabe, securing his first-career 358 win.

Patrick Dupree and Tanner Siemons led the field to green with Dupree taking the early lead, but the caution fell on the first circuit as Felix Roy slowed on the backstretch. He retired to the pit area and did not return. Upon the restart, a melee in turn three brought out the yellow flag again.

Things picked up from there, and as the race got going Siemons took the lead from Dupree, but Justin Stone was advancing quickly, He took the lead from Siemons on lap four. As Stone worked through lapped traffic some laps later, Mike Mahaney passed Franklin Mackin for 3rd position and then took down Siemons three laps later.

Another pair of yellows slowed the race on lap 18 as Steve Bernier went for a spin, and then Mackin and Jordan Fornwalt crashed in turn one. Upon the restart, Stone pulled away, leading the final 12 laps to earn his first modified win. Mahaney was 2nd with Raabe 3rd, Jeremy Roy 4th and Tim Fuller 5th.

In the J&S Steel Sportsman, Donovan Lussier won his third race of 2024 on a green-white-checkered restart after a last-lap incident in turn one with Josh Jock and Dave Camara. Charlotte Morin and Pat Miner battled for the lead up front, but the kate yellow grouped the field together again with Lussier and Heywood having charged from the back. Lussier held the bottom lane well off the second turn and pulled away for the win over Heywood, Miner, Max Dolliver and Codie Aubin. Morin wound up 6th.

Nate Guay won an exciting 9th State Cannabis Renegade feature over Zack Daniels. Hunter Sawyer and Levi Bombard led the field to green for the 20-lap affair. Daniels started 6th and made his way forward early, taking the lead on lap five, while Guay moved into 2nd behind him. Tylor Terry got into trouble early and went outside, returning in the late stages several laps down.

Guay then took the lead from Daniels on lap nine and held it for the remainder of the race. Daniels closed in at the end, leaving Guay with a margin of victory of just .245 seconds. Josh Terry was 3rd, earning the Precision Heating and A/C $50 Hard-Charger bonus. Shawn DuQuette was 4th and Bombard was 5th.

In the Moore Recycling Mini Stocks, it was Rick Doner collecting his first win of 2024. Doner started 11th and took the lead from Chris Clark on lap eight. Nick Harnden crossed behind Doner for 2md, but failed to make weight post-race and was disqualified. Clark was awarded 2nd with Ryan Senecal 3rd. Jake Fountain and Chris Sumner completed the top-five. The B-feature was won by Caleb Tourville.

Airborne Park Speedway is back in action this Wednesday, July 3rd with an Independence Day Spectacular, featuring one of the North Country’s biggest and best fireworks shows! The sportsman, renegades and mini stocks will take center stage. The pro-stocks will also be back in the house, along with the first 50-lap enduro of 2024. The 358 modifieds will have the night off. Racing begins at 7PM with Hot laps scheduled for 6:15: Grandstand admission is $20, kids 12 and under are free. Pit admission is $35 for members and $45 for non-members.

OFFICIAL RESULTS - JUNE 27, 2024 - Powered by New England Ford Dealers

Be Cool Heating and Air Conditioning 358 Modifieds (30 laps)

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