Epping, NH – The chase for the 2008 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship continued on Saturday night for the All-Star Modifieds, and once again it was points leader Louie Mechalides picking up the win in the 40-lap main event.

After grabbing a heat win earlier in the evening, Brandee Tree picked right up where she had left off in the feature event, running out from the pole to establish herself as the early leader.  Luke Royea and Rusty Ball battled for second behind Tree, who was clicking off some fast laps out front.

The first ten laps were in the record books in short order, with Tree continuing to lead over Royea, Ball, Mike Murphy, and Bruce Batchelder, but Mechalides was already up to sixth and looking for more.

On lap 13, caution was on the field for a spin by Mike Ordway, Jr., and Mechalides sat fifth for the restart.  He knocked off a couple of cars when the action resumed, and on lap 15, he ducked underneath Ball to take the second spot.

Tree remained on the point at halfway, with Mechalides now challenging for the lead.  Bobby Gahan, Ball, and rookie Jacob Dore had moved up to fill out the top five.  Two laps later, Mechalides’ charge to front was complete, as he outbraked Tree heading into turn one and came away with the lead.

Mechalides was in control from there, storming to his sixth feature win of the year, and strengthening his hold on the points lead.  Gahan scored runner-up honors, followed by Tree, Murphy, Dore, Batchelder, Ball, Eric LeClair, Ordway, and Sumner Scott.

The Super Late Models had a special 50-lap feature event on the schedule, with rookie contender Ron Bolduc taking his first-ever win aboard the David’s Race Cars entry.  Bolduc broke to the lead early, with Jay Sands applying heavy pressure for the first ten laps.

Multi-time feature winner and current points leader J.R. Baril soon joined the lead battle, but there was nothing he could do to stop Bolduc, who led every lap on his way to victory.  Baril took second place honors, with Jeff Crowley, Sands, and Jimmy Rosenfield rounding out the top five.

The Super Streets had a first-time winner in their 30-lap feature event, as the popular Shaun Waites, Sr. picked up his first-ever Super Street checker in the caution-free event.  The streeters ran clean and green from start to finish in just over seven minutes, with Waites out front all the way.

Tony Carroll was right with Waites all the way, but he couldn’t pull alongside to challenge for the top spot, and had to settle for a runner-up finish.  Russ Douphinette, Timmy Casey, Sandy Lee, Chris Lee, Lee Weldy, Nick Gravel, Rob DeAlmeida, and Phil Baril were the rest of the top ten.

Ken McIlvaine and Stephen Dubois moved to the front when flagman Mike Walker let the Strictly Stocks loose, taking over the top two spots quickly.

Points leader Steve Douphinette was an early casualty in the event, dropping out when his left rear axle let go and left him three wheeling during an early caution period.

Rick Woodside, Jr. was quickly up from ninth on the starting grid to challenge, and by lap ten; he had the whole field in his rear view mirror.  At halfway, Art Joslin and Gary Beauregard were side-by-side just inches off Woodside’s back bumper, but that’s as close as they got.

Woodside held on the rest of the way to pick up the win, with Beauregard, Joslin, McIlvaine, Chris Augevich, Mike Williams, Jared Mountain, Dubois, John Jimson, and Johnny Gervais the rest of the top ten finishers.

Jef James busted out of the pack to take the lead when the Fast-4 feature went green, but he quickly lost the spot to point leader Jim Deveau, who held on to the top spot until lap seven, when Shaun Waites, Jr. made his move.

Waites swept past into the lead, with Deveau, Tyler Mailhut, Matt Magee, and Jesse Tellier moving up to fill out the top five at halfway.  Waites was unbeatable the rest of the way, pulling out to a half-straightaway lead by the time the checkers flew.