WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Mike King won his first 750cc Mini Sprint feature of the year at Whip City Speedway on Saturday night; in fact it was the first feature win in nearly three years for the20Agawam High School student.

“We made some changes to the car just before we went out for the feature and they helped a lot,” King said. “The car was not only fast, but it was handling great too.”

It was a wire to wire victory for King, who started on the outside pole and survived a single caution flag on his way to Victory Lane.

In only his third start in a 1200cc Mini Sprint, Anthony Nocella picked up a win to add to the two wins he has this season in his 600cc Mini Sprint.

Nocella is a busy young man, racing 600cc and 1200cc Mini Sprints at The Whip and piloting Bobby Seymour’s Midget on the NEMA Lites tour.

Brian Boudreau became the first driver to put four notches on his six gun this season with a victory in the 270cc Mini Sprint feature. Boudreau started 9th and took the lead on lap 12.

Putting the disappointments of a challenging season behind her, Bethany Viets won the Quad 4 Midget feature. Former Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Denny Zimmerman was on hand in Victory Lane to add his congratulations.

Rookie Tyler Jackson picked up his third 750 Sportsman win of the season with a last lap pass on Shelby Klekotka, who had led from the start. Klekotka came away with a career best runner-up finish.

Rich Crooker extended his 600cc Mini Sprint points lead with his second victory of the season.

Last season, Brian Peterson finished second in Modified Lite points, but this season he’s only competed twice. He defeated an 11 car field this week, taking the lead with 4 laps to go.

Whip City Speedway will be closed on July 4 so that our competitors can spend time celebrating Independence Day with their families. We’ll get back to action on Saturday July 11 with an afternoon program of Kart racing and an evening program of Mini Sprints, Midgets and Modified Lites.

RESULTS

270cc: BRIAN BOUDREAU, Brian Hurd, Wayne Ibitz, Grant Sabo, Joe Scanlon, Zach Aszklar, Tara Galko, Frank Russo, Ben Martelle, Kelly McCarthy, Kendall Segar, Bryan Russo, Seth Carlson, Matt Galko, Scott Franqueza, Shayne Prucker, Kurt Conklin, Cody Chick.

600cc: RICHARD CROOKER, Jim DeCambra, Anthony Nocella, Ryan Bigelow, Ricci Hirth, Greg Smith, Susan Lescynski, Brandon Igo, Dylan Menditto, Paul Bigelow, Chris Lennox.

750cc: MIKE KING, Mark Taylor, Kyle Spencer, Tony Montesi, Walt Feldman, Phil Bessette, Chris Haskell, John Virgilio, Rock Stone, Edward Adametz, Dan Schaubert, Kristen Phillips, John Cole, Michael Parolo.

Modified Lite: BRIAN PETERSON, Joe Anselmo, Eric Bacon, Brett Crowther, Bob LaForge, Rich Ashlaw, Ryan Nicewicz, Roger Angers Jr., Ryan Charland, Bob Poloski, Bill Carter.

1200cc: ANTHONY NOCELLA, R.J. Tufano, Jamie Beaudry, Jon Moore, Pat Potter, Peter Dance, Paul Rose, Greg Hoffman, Charlie Pease.
Quad 4: BETHANY VIETS, R.J. Tufano, Joe Krawiec, Doug Meyer, Kelly Ferrell, Vince Jacobs, John Marangio, Scott Viets, Jamie Spalding.
750cc Sportsman: TYLER JACKSON, Shelby Klekotka, Jack Fogarty, Makayla Lucia, John Missale, Brandon Hunt.
Novice: KACIE HEATH, Spencer Brockman, Kayle Heath.

Turquoise: COREY LEMELIN, Nora Lemelin, Ryan Irish, Dylan Irish, Jeffrey Champagne, E.J. Adametz, Tyler Kirley.

Junior: CULLEN PIKE, Kyle Smith, Mike Hauser, Kate Lafreniere, Ryan Fujimoto.

Lite: KARA FRANQUEZA, Justin Dube, Dylan Campbell, Anna Coons, Joshua Bucchere, Will Coons.

Heavy: GARY SOKOLOSKI, Bill Tack, Jake Sapowsky, R.J. Currey, Bruce Dodge, Tim Gallant, Arthur Martelle.

250cc Youth: KARA FRANQUEZA.

4 Cyl: STEPHANIE BANACH, Jamie Beaudry, Fred Cheney, Darren Sallee, Keith Holtman.