Kevin Hutchens

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Circuit: Other
Team: Hutchens Racing

Hutchens Double Dips In Groveton After a rain out at Lee USA Speedway just two weeks ago, the Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour was set for double features at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, New Hampshire alongside the Pro All Stars Series. The series hadn't seen the high banked quarter mile in over five years and only two drivers in the field, Ed Getty and Bob Weymouth had previous experience at the track. With beautiful weather and plenty of fans packing the seats, it was set to be a great day of racing. For the first feature, the field had been set from heat races at Lee, putting Kevin Hutchens in the 72 car on the pole with the 56 of Evan Beaulieu on his outside. When the field went green for the 25 lap feature, Hutchens got the jump on Beaulieu and was able to get out to a lead while the 29 of Tyler Jordan grabbed second as Beaulieu was stuck on the outside line. The 399 of Bob Weymouth and the 31 of Bobby Timmons were right behind Jordan and got up to third and fourth as Hutchens was pulling away. Timmons was able to make up some ground and get around Jordan for second, and started to hunt down on Hutchens for the lead. He wasn't able to get to him in time though, as Kevin Hutchens crossed the line first for his first win in Legends Car competition. Timmons was second, while Jordan held off Weymouth for third and Kendall Curit finished fifth. After the first feature, the drivers had to turn right around and get ready for their heat races for the second feature. After drawing in the drivers meeting, Jim Mayrand in the 15 was on the pole, while the 33 of Alan Smith, who had a new car he had to prepare just hours before getting to Groveton after a hard hit at Beech Ridge two nights before, was on the inside. Smith was able to get out to the lead, but had Weymouth right behind. While racing for the lead, Weymouth and Smith made contact while racing very hard as the 3 car of Adam Gage blew an oil line and brought out the yellow. When the green flag came back out, Hutchens was able to work his way around Smith with just two laps to go and grab the heat win while Tyler Jordan finished second and Weymouth drove back to third. For the second heat race it was the 10 of Ed Getty and the 87 of Anthony Pagliarulo on the front row. When the field took the green flag, Getty got out to the early lead but Curit in the 48 car was right behind and was able to snatch the lead away from Getty. While both Timmons and Beaulieu were fighting with Getty for the second spot, Curit was able to grab another heat win. Getty held the two young guns off for second as Timmons was third. Feature racing time, and Hutchens was looking to take off where he left off from the first feature. Early on he was able to get out to a healthy lead as Jordan once again drove in second. For the next 35 laps, the field stayed clean and green as Hutchens still lead over Jordan, Weymouth and Timmons. Hutchens was able to seal the deal and put a cap on the day with taking the second feature win and the kid who had yet to get into victory lane, found himself with two wins in just one day. Jordan finished second, as Weymouth held off Timmons in a hard battle for third, and Curit rounded out the top five. The points battle is still close after 13 races and with only eight to go, it's getting to crunch time. Bob Weymouth's lead closes to just nine points over Bobby Timmons. Evan Beaulieu, who had to settle for two sixth places finishes, is now 43 points behind in third. The next race for the Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour will be this coming Thursday at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, racing starts at 7 PM and tickets are only $4. Next week the Tour will be back at the Wiscasset Raceway on Sunday, August 8th, racing starts at 2 PM. For more news, info and how you can get in a Legends car, visit Nelcar.net.

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