Gary English (53) and Kamden Duffy (42) battle for the lead and the win during the Limited Sportsman Modified feature that would see Gary English come across the line first. It would be the fifth edition of the Northeast Crate Nationals from the Devils Bowl Speedway with 100 laps and 5,000 on the line for the Sportsman Modified after two straight days of rain pushed the show to Memorial Day Monday. The other divisions that would be in action that evening would be the 9th State Cannabias Renegades, O'Reilly Auto Parts Limited Sportsman Modified, Renegades, Friends Construction 500cc Mini Sprints, Fisher Auto Parts Mini Stocks, and the Hoosier Tire Novice Sportsman Modified. After all the qualifying was done the first feature out of the box would be the Crown Vics and Bradford Cram would get the lead off the start of the race but there would be a hard charger coming from the back and would see Eric Friend come and take the lead and get his second straight feature win. Then we would have the O'Reilly Auto Parts Limited Sportsman Modified for their 30-lap feature, and it would see Kamden Duffy get the lead off the start of the race. He would hold it for most of the event until there was a late race restart, and it would see a duel between him and Gary English that would see Gary English cross the line first for the win. Then next up would be the Renegades for their 20-lap feature, where they would see Tyler Irwin get the lead off the start, but Josh Bussino would keep fighting and get around Irwin for the win and the $500 first-place check. Then we would have the Friend Construction 500cc Mini Sprints for their 15-lap race, and there would be a battle up front for most of the race between Gage Provencher and Quinn Quenneville, until the closing laps when they would touch wheels in turn four, sending Quenneville flipping into the catchfence, ruining his night. Then there would be a two-lap shootout to finish the race to see Jenna Zak get around a wounded Gage Provencher for the win. Then it would be time for the main event of the evening, the 100 Sportsman Modified Northeast Nationals. It would see an early battle for the lead between Brent Warren and Chad Edwards that would go to Edwards. Still, the real battle would be the one between Edwards and Lussier that would see them trade the lead back and forth as they would duel for that first-place check, and in the end, the check would go back North of the Border as Donovan Lussier would get to the checkered flag first and capture the win. Then there would be a pair of Mini Stock features. The first one would see Ron Alger get the early lead, but the Airborne Speedway invader, Jake Fountain, would come from an 8th-place start to go after the lead and win on the night. The feature would be a race marred in cautions and wrecks that would end two laps short of its scheduled distance and see Jeremy Brownell get his first win of the season. Then, to finish the night, it would be the Novice Sportsman Modified for their 20-lap event. It would see Raelin Dunham get the lead off the start of the race and hold it for a while, but Rob Steves would keep coming and get around her for the lead and get his first career Novice Sportsman Modified win to conclude the day of racing. The Devils Bowl Speedway will return on May 30th for the Mini Sprints Special. Gallery

Jenna Zak (727) and Gage Provencher (11a) battle for the win during the Friend Construction 500cc Mini Sprints feature that would see Jenna Zak cross the line first for the win. Gallery

Jordan Fornwald (24 and Jeremy Roy (90jr) battled for the lead in the Hartson Total Opening 358 Modifieds, which would see Roy get around him for his first career win at the Airborne Park Speedway. After two weeks off due to Mother Nature the Airborne Park Speedway would come back to life wth all five weekly divisions back in action on Hometown Heros Night with the Hartson Total Opening 358 Modifieds, JS Steel Sportsman Modified, 9th State Cannabias Renegades, Mini Stocks and the Hoosier Tire Limited Sportsman Modified as we would have 85 entries in the pits. After all the qualifying was done, the night's first feature would be the Hartson Total Opening 358 Modifieds for their 30-lap affair, where Jordan Fornwalt would get the lead off the start of the race. Still, there would be a pair of chargers coming from the middle of the field, like Jeremy Roy and Mike Mahaney, and would see Jeremy Roy get around Fornwalt for the win and his first career at the Airborne Park Speedway. Then we would have the 9th State Cannabias Renegades for their 20-lap event, and Tyler Irwin would get the early lead. There would be an early battle between him and Nathaniel Guay for the lead, but the cream would rise to the top as Taylor Terry and Shawn Duquette would come and challenge for the lead, and Terry would get the lead late to get his third win of the season in just six races. Then it would be onto the JS Steel Sportsman Modified for their 25-lap race. It would crowd favorite Jamy Begor start on the pole and take the lead and hold it throughout most of the night until a hard charging Nick Heywood would come up from his 14th starting spot and battle for the lead and get the lead without five laps to go to secure the win over Begor and Donovan Lussier would round out the top three. Then it would be time for the Mini Stiock 15 lap event to see five cautions in the first four laps of the race. Once the chaos got out of the way, they would do the last 11 laps caution-free, and Glenn Engstrom would take the lead. Still, Ryan Senecal would come charging from the 15th starting spot and win the game over Steven Bressette and Glenn Engstrom. Then to finish off the night, it would be the Hoosier Tire Limited Sportsman Modified for their 15-lap race, and it would see Raelin Dunham get the lead off the start. It would hold til inside the final five laps when she was battling with Kobe Hernandez for the race lead, and Hernandez would take the lead. Off the restart, it would see Hernandez and Parker Dermodey go after the lead as Hernandez would get his second win of the season. The Airborne Park Speedway will be back in action next Thursday, June 12th, when the Dirtcar 358 and Sportsman Series invade the speedway, and then two days later, the track will be back in action for Toppless Night for the Sportsman Modified. Gallery

Rico Hernandez (4) captures the flag for his second win on the season, the Hoosier Tires Limited Sportsman Modified and takes over the points lead. Gallery

Speedy Bressette (95) dives under Josh Laporte Jr. (4) as he goes after the lead in the Mini Stock feature, and he would capture the checkered flag. It would be the 5th night of racing from the Airborne Park Speedway, powered by the New England Ford Dealers, and the main event of the evening would be the 30-lap 9th State Canabias Renegades $500 to win. To start the night off, it would be the Hoosier Tire Limited Sportsman Modifieds with their makeup feature from the rain-shortened event from a couple of weeks ago, and it would see Gary English go wire to wire for the win. Then it would be the heat races for this week's races, and when those were done, we would be onto the features for the May 15th event, and the first one up would be the Hartson Total Opening 358 Modifieds. It would see Tanner Siemons get the lead at the start of the race and hold it for most of the race. Still, there would be challenges from Felix Roy, Justin Stone, and Favid Hebert, and on a late race restart, it would see Felix Roy get around Siemons for the win and take the points lead in the early stages of the season. Then we would have the main event of the evening with the 9th State Cannabias Renegades $500 to win, 30 30-lap event. It would see Josh Terry get the lead at the start of the race and have an early battle with Roland Guay, but he would fade away. Then Brad Bushey would be in the fight, but there would be a hard charger coming from the last row start, Shawn Fountain, and it would be a three-way battle down the stretch for the checkers and checkers, and with the pass on the highside, Brad Bushey would get his second win of the early season. Then we would have the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified for their 25-lap event. We would see the cagey veteran Bucko Branham start on the front row and get the lead off the start of the race. Still, he would have a challenge from Mike Phinney for most of the event. Still, a hard charger would come from deep in the field, like last year's points champion Donovan Lussier, who would come from 17th and get up to fourth before the checkered dropped. Bucko Branham would get his first win since the middle of the last season and move into 4th in the early-season points. Then we would have the Mini Stocks for their 15-lap event, and see Tyler Van Weort getting the lead at the start of the race. Still, he would have a challenge from Haiden Bourdeau in the early stages, and then we would see Steven Bressette and Lightning McQueen make their way to the front, and we would have a duel at the front between him and Ryan Senecal for the win that would see Bressette get the checkered flag. Then to finish off the night it would be Hoosier Limited Sportsman Modified for there second feature on the night and t would see Parker Dermody get the lead off the start of the race and the battle would be between him and Gary English who would be going for the sweep on the night and when it was looking like Dermody would get that first win English would come around for the lead and get the win for the sweep on the night. Gallery

Felix Roy (91) captures the checkered flag in the Hartson Total Opening 358 Modifieds with a late race pass over Tanner Siemons. Gallery

Shawn Duquette captures the checkered flag during the first feature on the evening with the 9th State Cannabias Renegades. It would be the second week of the Thursday Night Thunder Series, and this week we would have double features for the Renegades as part of the rain-shortened event from the week before, along with the spectator races. The evening would start with the makeup for the Renegades feature from last week's rain-shortened event. It would see Shawn Fountain get the lead at the start of the race over Nathan Irland Guay. Still, there would be a battle up front between Shawn Duquette and Shawn Fountain through the middle part of the event that would see Duquette get the lead and take it to the house for the victory over Fountain and Tylor Terry. Then we would run the heat races for the races that were scheduled this week, along with the Spectator races that were run at intermission, which would see RJ Rivera get the win. Then, for the night's first feature, we would have the Dirtcar 358 Modifieds that would see Tanner Siemos and Justin Stone start on the front row, and Stone would get the lead off the start of the race. There would be a battle up front between him and Jordan Formwalt for most of the event but there would a hard charger that would come up from his 12th starting spot and put his nose in the fight down the stretch and that would be Mike Mahanney but it would not be enough as Justin Stone would get the win on this night. Then we would have the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified and see Brent Warren get the lead off the start over Jason McClatchie, and there would be a duel between them for the first few laps. Although there would be a pair of hard chargers that would make there way up from the 18th and 16th starting spots and get there nose in there and that woiuld be a pair of champions in the names of Donovan Lussier and Nivk Heywood, Lussier would get the lead late and score his second win of the season over Warren and Heywood. Then we would have the Mini Stocks for their 15-lap event, and it would see Jamie Whitney get the lead off the start of the race over Kyle Hart, but the battle up front for the early part of the race would be between Whitney and Harnden. Although as in the earlier races on the night there would be charge from middle of the pack this time from JP Corrow that would see him get by Whitney in the last five laps and then the battle would be on up front between Corrow Blake and Botala that would see Corrow get his second right win on the season. Then we would have the Hoosier Tire Limited Sportsman Modified for their 15-lap event and would see Parker Dermody get the lead off the start of the race over Lea Jeanne Lauzire, but Garin Thompson would come up and get by both of them for the lead and ride that to his first win of the season. Then to finish off the night of racing, we would have the second 9th State Cannabias feature on the day that would see Josh Terry get the lead off the start of the race and see him and Tyler Irwin go after the lead in the early stages. Still, Taylor Terry would come up from his eighth-place start and get the lead and second win. The racetrack will come back to life next week with another edition of Thursday Night Thunder with a special for the 9th State Cannabias Renegades. Gallery

Donovan Lussier (61) passes Jason McClatchie for second places as he charged from his 18th starting spot for the win in the J+S Steek Sportsman Modified main. Gallery

JP Corrow (61) and Tyler Bell battle for the lead and the win in the late stages of the race that would see Corrow get his first win of his career. It would be the third round of racing from the Airborne Park Speedway and the first Thursday Night Thunder of the year, and the five main divisions would be in action with the Hartson Total Opening 358 Modifieds, J+S Stell Sportsman Modified, 9th State Cannabias, Hoosier Limited Sportsman Modified, and the Mini Stocks. After the dust would settle from the heat races, it would be onto the Main Events of the night, and the first one up would be the Hartson Total Opening 358 Modifieds for their 30-lap show, and Carey Terrance would get the lead off the start of the race. Still, the lead would be short-lived as Jeremy Roy would get around him in a couple of laps and be the field class until late in the race when he would need to pull off for a flat tire. Off the late race restart, Tim Fuller would get the lead of the restart, but David Hebert would come charging and get the lead and the win on the night. Next up would be the Mini Stocks for their 15-lap event, and Nick Harden would get the lead off the start of the race for the first few laps. A big wreck on the start-finish line would block the track and bring out the red flag. Harden would keep the lead off the restart, but there would be a charge from JP Corrow, and he would get around Holden in the closing laps and close the deal for his first career win. Then we would have the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified for their 25-lap event and see Codie Aubin get the lead off the start of the race. Still, he would have a challenge on the night as Robert Laware would stay with him most of the race, but there would be a charge from Donovan Lussier from the 18th starting spot up to second, but he would just run out of time, and Aubin would get his first win of the season. However, that would be the end of racing on the night, as the rain would come in and end the night before we could get the Renegade or Limited Sportsman Modified feature. The track will be back in action with the five divisions again, plus the popular spectator races. Gallery

Codie Aubin (7) dives it down into one during the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified main with Robert Laware and Michael Wright in tow.Gallery