A strong field of entries featuring many former winners and track champions assembled for the second annual “Big John”, with Billy McCarthy leading a 20-car field to green. McCarty quickly established himself of the man to beat, setting the pace for the first 20 laps of the main event.

A backstretch scramble on lap 22 sent McCarty flying down pit road and off the lead, with Shaun Waites picking up the point for the restart. Waites held the lead for the next five circuits, but he was overtaken by Jimmy Renfrew, who immediately began pulling away from the field.

Former champion Ron Bolduc had been off the radar up to this point, patiently working his way from the back after qualifying troubles left him deep in the field on the start. Sitting fifth at the 40-lap mark, Bolduc continued picking them off one by one, and with ten to go, he was up to second and reeling in leader Renfrew.

Bolduc saw his opportunity on lap 51, and ducked to the low side coming off turn four, moving to the lead as they entered turn one. Bolduc led the remaining laps to collect the AutoMart-sponsored $999 winner’s check, with Renfrew taking runner-up, and Sandy Lee filling out the podium in third.

Fourth spot went to Gary Beauregard, followed by Chuck Dehney, Lee Weldy, Mark Parenteau, Steve Wilmot, and Joe Squeglia, with 2011 race winner Rob MacRae rounding out the top ten finishers.

E Keys 4 Cars Modified action saw another big field of entries on hand, with 16 starters answering the call for the 40-lap feature event. Sumner Scott brought the field quickly under caution when he made contact with the third turn barrier on the first lap, with Mike Douglas leading the way on the restart.

Douglas quickly lost out to the high-flying Russ Wood, Jr., who ran the outside groove to take away the top spot just a couple of laps later. Wood maintained the lead well past the halfway mark, but Richard Savary was closing in fast.

Savary dove to the inside as they headed into turn three on lap 27, and he came away with the lead. Savary ran virtually unchallenged the rest of the way to score the win. Jacob Dore gave it a shot as the laps wound down, but he came up short and had to settle for second at the checkers.

Early leader Douglas scored third place honors, with Jim Boniface fourth and Steve Dickey, Jr. fifth. Sixth spot went to Wood, followed by defending champ Josh Cantara, George Sherman, Rusty Ball, and Jodi Johnson.

Dylan Bilodeau moved out from the pole to lead the first 18 laps of the Woody’s Auto Strictly Stock feature event, but contact caused him to spin out of contention at that point. Chris Kingsley picked up the lead from there and went on to capture his second checkered flag of the 2012 season.

Steve Douphinette challenged for the lead in the late laps, but he eventually finished in second, followed by John Cashman, Chuck Dehney, Matt Kawejsza, Chris Augevich, Rob DeAlmeida, Bobby Bouchard, and Bret Culleton.

The Kimball Auto Body Roadrunners entertained the crowd with their feature race, where Seth Stickney and Billy Osborne battled side-by-side for the lead for the first ten laps. Looking to the low side of the two leaders, Shaun Waites made his move down low on the backstretch to take over the race lead.

Waites went the distance from there to post the win, with Stickney coming out with a runner-up finish for his efforts. Third went to Osborne, with Jarrod Soucy and Jason Plouffe rounding out the top five finishers.