The ball just keeps on rolling for Ronnie Williams, as he
rallied late to prevail in the $10,000-to-win 100-lap Tri-Track Modified Series
race on Wednesday night at Seekonk over Tommy Barrett Jr. and Matt Swanson.
It’s the second big victory in the last four days for
Williams.
On Sunday, he won the Valenti Modified race up at New
Hampahire Motor Speedway in a battle with Anthony Nocella. Now, he has pocketed
another $10,000 thanks to a Tri-Track win against a field of 30 strong.
“Every MRS show or Tri-Track race is gonna be big money, and
you got top competitors here,” Williams said. “To come here and win like we
did, it’s awesome.”
Seekonk hasn’t even been a track Williams enjoyed coming to in the past. Wins, however, do change how one thinks of a track.
“I actually told my spotter Jerry ‘I don’t even like this
track,” Williams said. “I guess my view has changed a little bit over the last
two hours.”
Williams short-pitted much of the competition, putting a
right rear tire on his No. 25 Modified. Once many of the other contenders had
pitted, WillIams became one of the first drivers to have fresh rubber to work
with. Slowly but surely, he climbed through the field, and Williams found
himself in contention to win when it came down to crunch time.
With nine laps to go, Williams made what would be the
race-winning move when he got underneath Swanson to take the lead. That would
not be the last hurdle for Williams to overcome, however.
The race was filled with cautions, including one that
bunched the field up for a five-lap sprint to the checkered flag. While Tommy
Barrett Jr. gave it his all on the restart, giving Williams a couple of shots
to the rear of the car, he was unable to shake Williams.
Williams has had some success here, having run inside the
top-10 in his only other start at Seekonk, the 2017 Seekonk 150.
Matt Hirschman was the highest finishing driver of those who pitted with 46 laps to go, plaing fourth. The race was one where even he couldn’t tell who had the fastest car.
“That was a wild race,” Hirschman said. “I have no idea who
really had the best car tonight. I don’t know where we really stacked up. Did
we have a first-place car? Second? Third? I really don’t know. That’s pretty
cool that you have a race that can be as unpredictable as that is.”
At the end of the
day, it was Williams who kept his winning ways going.
The full results can be found below:
1. Ronnie Williams
2. Tommy Barrett Jr.
3. Matt Swanson
4. Matt Hirschman
5. Todd Patnode
6. Woody Pitkat
7. Austin Kochenash
8. Calvin Carroll
9. Ron Silk
10. Jon Kievman
11. Rob Murphy
12. Anthony Sesely
13. Russ Hersey
14. Keith Rocco
15. Mike Holdridge
16. Les Hinckley
17. Colbey Fornier
18. Andrew Charron
19. Geoff Rollins
20. Andy Jankowiak
21. Kurt Vigeant
22. Chuck Hossfeld
23. Brian Robie
24. Anthony Nocella
25. Kirk Alexander
26. Dana DiMatteo
27. Carl Medeiros
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