LRRS, Legends and Bandolero Champions Crowned At Season Ending Banquet 117 Trophies and $16,880 to be awarded Saturday night LOUDON, N.H. – New Hampshire Motor Speedway officials will crown champions at the 2013 season ending Loudon Road Race Series, U.S. Legend Cars International and Bandoleros Awards Banquet held at the Crowne Plaza in Nashua, N.H. on Saturday at 6 p.m. Prizes include 117 trophies and $16,880 in payouts will be awarded to overall series and class champions. The names on the trophies will look familiar as Rick Doucette and Shawn Buffington each retained their titles in the LRRS and Granite State Legends Car Series, respectively. In the inaugural Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream Bandolero Series season, 10-year old Casey Call took home a championship. The LRRS invades “The Magic Mile” for seven weekends – one per month – from April to October with $10,000 in payouts on the line. The Granite State Legends Cars Mini-Oval Series, Moat Mountain Road Course Series and Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream Bandolero Series run an extended schedule with 13 point race weekends totaling $6,880 in the championship awards fund. “We are proud to host these exciting two and four-wheeled racing series throughout the summer,” said Jerry Gappens, executive vice president and general manager of New Hampshire Motor Speedway. “Congratulations to this year’s podium winners. There is a rich history of great racing in New England, and these men and women prove that racing talent is in our area.” Doucette won six expert class championships this season and retained the Loudon Road Race Series overall championship for a fourth straight year. Scott Greenwood, Shane Narbonne, Seth Hahn and Cory Hildebrand round out the overall top five behind Doucette. A native of Sandown, N.H., Doucette will take home titles in the Formula 40 Lights, GTL, LW Grand Prix, LW Superbike, LW Supersport and Thunderbike. The Dash for Cash/Middleweight Grand Prix championship trophy will go to Greenwood of Dunbarton, N.H., who will also finish atop the GTU, MW Supersport, Unlimited Superbike and Unlimited Supersport classes, while Hildebrand (Milford, N.H.) won the GTO and HW Supersport class titles. The HW Superbike, MW Superbike and Super Twins trophies will once again go to Eric Wood of Ashburnham, Mass. Trevor Arvidson of Bolton, Conn., won the Ultralight Superbike and Super Singles class championships. Enfield, Conn. native, Larry Graffam won the overall Loudon Road Race Series Amateur Achievement award along with the GTU class championship. Rick Kaeser, Bruce Marshall, Justin Pallein and Brad Erling round out the overall top five behind Graffam. Rick Kaeser and Justin Pallein led the Amateur winners with four class championships each. Kaeser, a native of New Boston, N.H., was a class champion in the LW Grand Prix, LW Superbike, Formula 50 Lights and Formula 40 Lights. Pallein (Lebanon, Conn.) was tops in the HW Supersport, Unlimited Supersport, MW Grand Prix and MW Supersport. John Linn and Samuel Greenwood each won three classes while Roger Ealy Sr. and Brad Erling were double class champions. Linn (Bristol, Vt.) will receive class titles in the GTL, Ultralight Superbike and P-89 Lights. Greenwood (Dunbarton, N.H.) was tops in Lightweight Sportsman, Super Singles and Motard classes. Ealy (New Durham, N.H.) finished the season on top of the GTO and Unlimited Grand Prix classes; and Erling (Essex Junction, Vt.) was a HW Superbike and Unlimited Superbike class champion. Samuel Witham of Newmarket, N.H. was won the Thunderbike class and was named VANSON Rookie of the Year. Buffington won the overall Granite State Legends Car Series track championship at NHMS for the third consecutive season while also coming in first place in both the Moat Mountain Road Course Series and the Granite State Legends Car Mini-Oval Series. In 27 starts this year, Buffington (Plainfield, Conn.) picked up 20 wins and three runner-up finishes. It was an impressive season for Buffington, who now has 35 race wins in 49 career starts at “The Magic Mile.” For the second year in a row, Thomas Gray of Baltic, Conn. finished second in the road course and mini-oval standings. Windham, N.H. native and 15-year old female racer, Taylor Martin, rounded out the top three in the mini-oval series while Mike Alton of Nashua, N.H. finished third in the road course series. Alex Vorrilas of North Reading, Mass. was named Legend Car Rookie of the Year. Casey Call of Pembroke, N.H. placed first in the inaugural Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream Bandolero Series Championship while 12-year old Robby Gordon Douglas from Derry, N.H. and nine-year old Charles Macko from Chester, Vt. round out second and third, respectively. The Loudon Road Race Series, the Granite State Legends Cars and the Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream Bandoleros will bring back the excitement in 2014 for several action-packed weekends. For more information fans are encouraged to visit www.nhms.com. 2013 Loudon Road Racing Series Overall Championship (Finish) Rider, Points, Total Money Expert (1) Rick Doucette, 1764, $1,100 (2) Scott Greenwood, 1282, $550 (3) Shane Narbonne, 1028, $0 (4) Seth Hahn, 978, $650 (5) Cory Hildebrand, 883, $550 *Points Fund awards are only awarded to riders who competed in all 2013 LRRS events including the Loudon Classic. Amateur (1) Larry Graffam, 1050, $0 (2) Rick Kaeser, 992, $0 (3) Bruce Marshall, 928, $500 (4) Justin Pallein, 920, $350 (5) Brad Erling, 818, $300 *Points Fund awards are only awarded to riders who competed in all 2013 LRRS events including the Loudon Classic. 2013 Loudon Road Race Series Class Championships (Finish) Rider, Money 125 Grand Prix Expert (1) Jake Vader, $0 (2) Shawn Spear, $0 (3) Adrian Jasso, $0 125 Grand Prix Amateur (1) Harlan Hildebrand, $225 (2) Roland Arsenault, $200 (3) Joseph Ufnal, $0 Formula 50 Lights Expert (1) Dan Frisbie, $0 (2) Douglas Fogg, $0 (3) Victor Landau, $0 Formula 50 Lights Amateur (1) Rick Kaeser, $0 (2) Douglas Santerre, $0 (3) Salvatore Finocchiaro, $0 Formula 40 Lights Expert (1) Rick Doucette, $550 (2) Brett Guyer, $0 (3) Seth Hahn, $325 Formula 40 Lights Amateur (1) Rick Kaeser, $0 (2) Bruce Marshall, $550 (3) Mark Parker, $100 Formula 40 Expert (1) Dennis Levesque, $0 (2) John van Lenten, $550 (3) Jim Rich, $325 Formula 40 Amateur (1) Mike Clark, $275 (2) Larry Graffam, $0 (3) Chris Bouchard, $0 GTL Expert (1) Rick Doucette, $550 (2) Seth Hanh, $325 (3) Charles Sandoz, $200 GTL Amateur (1) John Linn, $250 (2) Brady Ward, $0 (3) John Dorans, Jr., $0 GTO Expert (1) Cory Hildebrand, $550 (2) Scott James, $325 (3) Shane Narbonne, $0 GTO Amateur (1) Roger Ealy, Sr., $0 (2) Kevin Patterson, $0 (3) Philip O’Donnell, $0 GTU Expert (1) Scott Greenwood, $550 (2) Christian Cronin, $0 (3) Brett Guyer, $0 GTU Amateur (1) Larry Graffam, $0 (2) Jack Mach, $125 (3) Brett Babaian, $0 Heavyweight Superbike Expert (1) Eric Wood, $0 (2) Kip Peterson, $0 (3) Jason Carter, $0 Heavyweight Superbike Amateur (1) Brad Erling, $300 (2) Mike Clark, $0 (3) Tyler Santerre, $0 Heavyweight Supersport Expert (1) Cory Hildebrand, $0 (2) Rick Doucette, $0 (3) Shane Narbonne, $0 Heavyweight Supersport Amateur (1) Justin Pallein, $350 (2) Mike Clark, $0 (3) Walter French, Jr., $0 Lightweight Sportsman Expert (1) Shane Narbonne, $0 (2) Trevor Chiappisi, $0 (3) Jason Cavanaugh, $0 Lightweight Sportsman Amateur (1) Samuel Greenwood, $150 (2) Harlan Hildebrand, $0 (3) Roland Arsenault, $0 Lightweight Grand Prix Expert (1) Rick Doucette, $0 (2) Charles Sandoz, $0 (3) Sean Byrnes, $0 Lightweight Grand Prix Amateur (1) Rick Kaeser, $0 (2) Bruce Marshall, $0 (3) Brady Ward, $0 Lightweight Superbike Expert (1) Rick Doucette, $0 (2) Seth Hanh, $0 (3) Sean Byrnes, $0 Lightweight Superbike Amateur (1) Rick Kaeser, $0 (2) Bruce Marshall, $0 (3) Sam Witham, $0 Lightweight Supersport Expert (1) Rick Doucette, $0 (2) Peter Gaboriault, $0 (3) Charles Sandoz, $0 Lightweight Supersport Amateur (1) Bruce Marshall, $0 (2) Mark Parker, $0 (3) Brady Ward, $0 Motard Expert (1) Trevor Chiappisi, $0 (2) Shane Narbonne, $0 (3) Jason Cavanaugh, $500 Motard Amateur (1) Samuel Greenwood, $0 (2) Christopher Priore, $0 (3) Jake LaForge, $0 Middleweight Grand Prix Expert (1) Scott Greenwood, $0 (2) Eric Wood, $0 (3) Cory Hildebrand, $0 Middleweight Grand Prix Amateur (1) Justin Pallein, $0 (2) Walter French, Jr., $0 (3) Larry Graffam, $0 Middleweight Superbike Expert (1) Eric Wood, $0 (2) Scott Greenwood, $0 (3) Cory Hildebrand, $0 Middleweight Superbike Amateur (1) Walter French, Jr., $0 (2) Brett Babaian, $0 (3) Larry Graffam, $0 Middleweight Supersport Expert (1) Scott Greenwood, $0 (2) Cory Hildebrand, $0 (3) Riley Rogers, $0 Middleweight Supersport Amateur (1) Justin Pallein, $0 (2) Walter French, Jr., $0 (3) Larry Graffam, $0 P-89 Lights Expert (1) William Morey, $0 (2) Robert Nigl, $0 (3) Eugene Berrio, Jr. , $0 P-89 Lights Amateur (1) John Linn, $0 (2) Savvas Kosmidis, $0 (3) Richard Paxson, $0 Production Twins Expert (1) Steven Heider, $500 (2) Branch Worsham, $325 (3) Jonathan Vaughan, $200 Production Twins Amateur (1) Michael Vaughan, $0 (2) Bruce Marshall, $0 (3) N/A Super Singles Expert (1) Trevor Arvidson, $0 (2) Jason Cavanaugh, $0 (3) Eric Shaw, $0 Super Singles Amateur (1) Samuel Greenwood, $0 (2) Christopher Priore, $0 (3) Jake LaForge, $0 Super Twins Expert (1) Eric Wood, $0 (2) Dennis Levesque, $0 (3) Jim Rich, $0 Super Twins Amateur (1) Christopher Bouchard, $0 (2) Daniel Rosato, $0 (3) Douglas Cabral, $0 Thunderbike Expert (1) Rick Doucette, $0 (2) Brett Guyer, $0 (3) Seth Hahn, $0 Thunderbike Amateur (1) Sam Witham, $0 (2) Bruce Marshall, $0 (3) Douglas Cooke, $0 Ultralight Superbike Expert (1) Trevor Arvidson, $0 (2) Jason Cavanaugh, $0 (3) Jake Vader, $0 Ultralight Superbike Amateur (1) John Linn, $0 (2) Harlan Hildebrand, $0 (3) Christopher Priore, $0 Unlimited Grand Prix Expert (1) James Scott, $0 (2) Shane Narbonne, $0 (3) Robert Bloodgood, $0 Unlimited Grand Prix Amateur (1) Roger Ealy, Sr. , $0 (2) Keith Cotter, $0 (3) Kevin Patterson, $0 Unlimited Superbike Expert (1) Scott Greenwood, $0 (2) Antonio Marchetti, Jr., $0 (3) Justin Torres, $0 Unlimited Superbike Amateur (1) Brad Erling, $0 (2) Tyler Santerre, $0 (3) Brett Babaian, $0 Unlimited Supersport Expert (1) Scott Greenwood, $0 (2) Rick Doucette, $0 (3) Justin Torres, $0 Unlimited Supersport Amateur (1) Justin Pallein, $0 (2) Mike Clark, $0 (3) Brad Erling, $0 2013 Granite State Legends Car Mini-Oval Standings (Finish) Driver, Points, Money (1) Shaun Buffington, 1091, $240 (2) Thomas Gray, 1073, $236 (3) Taylor Martin, 1028, $226 (4) Jordan Lamonthe, 702, $154 (5) Albert Wisialko, 429, $94 2013 Moat Mountain Road Course Standings (Finish) Driver, Points, Money (1) Shaun Buffington, 1352, $561 (2) Thomas Gray, 1338, $555 (3) Mike Alton, 1230, $510 (4) Taylor Martin, 1227, $509 (5) Bobby Weymouth, 1163, $483 2013 Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream Bandolero Standings (Finish) Driver, Points, Money (1) Casey Call, 1158, $104 (2) Robby Gordon Douglas, 1063, $96 (3) Charles Macko, 889, $80 (4) Nathaniel Parkin, 862, $78 (5) Jordan Lamothe, 774, $70