09-08-07 (repost from seekonkspeedway.com)

In the 25-lap Late Model feature, Gerry DeGasparre, Jr. of Pawtucket, RI put an exclamation point on his third championship drive by securing his fourth checkered flag of the season in the Spumoni’s Restaurant-A-1 Custom Auto Body #71 Chevrolet. Bob Hussey led the first two circuits before Mike Becker motored past into the lead. DeGasparre passed Hussey on lap 4, one circuit before a multi-car incident saw three-time winner Kevin Casper go up and over the nose of John Dumas’ machine. DeGasparre outgunned Becker on the restart and drove away from all challengers while Robin Berghman worked her way into third.

At the crossed flag signal, Matt Breault ran fourth, ahead of Jeramee Lillie, Jonathan Dickerman, Kyle Casper, Mark Hudson, Randy Clark, and Mike Taschereau. Kevin Casper slowly reentered the mix, taking 10th on lap 14 and ninth two circuits later. Meanwhile, Breault and Lillie put on a torrid battle for fourth, while Kyle Casper overtook Dickerman for sixth. Contact between Lillie and Breault on lap 20 brought out the final caution of the race, and earned both drivers a trip to the back of the pack.

Kyle Casper and Berghman put on a show for third in the waning laps, but out front it was all DeGasparre, who cruised to his 24th career Seekonk win. In Victory Lane, the driver dedicated the victory to crew member Eric Carrier, whose tour of military duty will take him to Kuwait later this week.

In the 25-lap Late Model feature, Pawtucket, RI’s Gerry DeGasparre, Jr. walked away with top honors for the third time this season, passing Mike Becker at the halfway signal and finishing 1.97 seconds ahead of him to extend his lead atop the point standings. A wild crash on the second lap saw Jonathan Dickerman go up and over the hood of Randy Clark’s Chevrolet, collecting two-time winner Kevin Casper and front-runner Bryan Connors in the process. Becker led the early circuits while Jeramee Lillie rapidly advanced from eighth to second. In their wake, DeGasparre slid into third on lap five just as Kevin Folan came from the top of the race track to the bottom to claim fourth.

As the laps ticked by, Lillie’s car appeared to tighten up and as his ride backpedaled, DeGasparre moved forward. The two-time champion used the inside groove to pass for the lead on lap 12 and drove away unchallenged to the checkers. Becker was second, with previous event winner Matt Breault, Folan, and Lillie rounding out the top five. The sixth through tenth positions went to Robin Berghman, Kyle Casper, Barry Shaw, and Jon Dickerman and Kevin Casper, who rebounded from their early race incident to finish ninth and tenth.

05-25-07 (repost from seekonkspeedway.com)

Jeramee Lillie battles with defending champion Gerry DeGasparre, Jr. to post his first win in nearly two years. DeGasparre climbed from 11th to fourth in the initial 8 laps, as Folan, Mike Becker, and Lillie mixed it up at the head of the class. Two quick cautions for minor spins bunched up the field at the midway portion of the race. The second yellow, which came just as DeGasparre had passed Lillie for the lead, negated the maneuver, as the field reverted back to the last completed green flag lap. Over the final 12 laps of the event, Lillie and DeGasparre put on the show of the night, trading paint and the lead all the way to the checkers.

In the end, Jeramee’s Houle Motorsports-Friendy Guys Pizza-Holmes Jewelers #3 Ford crossed the stripe 0.189 seconds ahead of DeGasparre’s A-1 Custom Auto Body-sponsored Chevrolet.