Branden Dion put a stranglehold onto the Rookie of the Year chase as he picked up his second win of the young season. Rob Murphy took off at the drop of the green and set the early pace. As the pace quickened, so did 5 time champion Rick Martin, who moved to the outside. The pair raced wheel to wheel for a dozen laps, swapping the lead back and forth several times between them. At the half way mark, the pair were virtually tied, with Martin holding a slight edge. Dion was third, with John Paiva and Mike Cavallaro rounding out the top five.

As the leaders headed into turn one, just after completing lap 18, the pair drifted up, opening the bottom lane for the younger Dion to make a three wide pass for the lead. Once out front, the rookie never wavered, and led Martin across the stripe by over a second. Paiva moved under Murphy for third on the final circuit, with Murphy and Scott Dion fourth and fifth.

1) Branden Dion 2) Rick Martin 3) John Paiva 4) Rob Murphy 5) Scott Dion 6) Barry Shaw 7) Mike Cavallaro 8) Nick Uhrig 9) Anna Gregoire 10) Lenny Guy 11) Dane Saritelli 12) Mike Duarte 13) Bob Rainville 14) Billy Clarke 15) John Letourneau 16) Chase Belcher 17) Jim Hawkins 18) Taylor Therrien 19) Darryl Church

Former SYRA 750 champion Branden Dion jumped past early leader Lenny Guy on lap four, and held on through a late race restart to pick up his first career Sport Truck win. Guy led the first three circuits before the 15 year old took over.

Branden set the pace early, and had a long green flag run, where he was able to hit his marks on the track, and get more comfortable in only his second truck race. While the rookie was able to stay comfortably out front, the action behind him was hot and heavy. Rob Murphy had settled into second for the first half of the event, holding back the charges John Paiva.

Paiva raced hard and moved into the runner up position at the halfway point. He tried to close in on the youngster, but without a late race caution, couldn’t make up the ground. Mike Cavallaro looked like he was going to be able to make a charge, but slid back a little while he battled with Rick Martin. Mike moved into third on a lap 19 restart but couldn’t make the run to the front.

With only a handful of laps remaining, the rookie had to earn his victory, as he and John Paiva lined up for the race to the checkered. With the drop of the green, Dion took off and held on for a half a truck length victory over Paiva and Cavallaro, who was working the outside over the final laps. Murphy and Martin rounded out the top five.

Mike Cavallaro hasn’t missed a beat over the winter, and picked up the win in the 25 lap Sport Truck main event. Mike took off from his pole position and never looked back. Rick Martin chased him over the distance, but could do nothing with him. John Paive was third, with Scott Dion fourth and Rob Murphy fifth.