It all went downhill for Gary Norris Jr. last weekend the moment he hit the road for Riverside Speedway in Groveton, N.H.The 1st half of a PASS Modified doubleheader weekend ended with a broken axle, a problem compounded by mechanical troubles in Norris' street truck once the them hit the road for its West Gardiner home. Two days later at Wiscasset Raceway, Norris was caught up in an accident and done in with broken suspension parts in the front of the car.
"It was a tough, tough weekend," Norris said after winning Sunday's PASS Modified 40-lap feature at Speedway 95 in Hermon. "We took a big hit in the points and a big hit in the checkbook. This will help the checkbook get flowing again."
Norris started 6th in the 13-car field and was comfortably riding in 3rd by the halfway point of the event. A restart on lap 30 gave Norris the shot he needed, and he uncharacteristically used the bottom groove to launch past leaders Troy Morse and Richie Morse.
Norris then survived a restart with 7 laps remaining, holding off points leader Chris Staples. Norris dropped from 3rd to 8th in the series standings after his 2 DNFs last week, though the top 10 in the standings are separated by fewer than 100 points.
"I just drove it in as deep as I could, really deep," said Norris, who has 3 Modified wins this season, including a season sweep at Speedway 95. "I just hoped it would stick. If it didn't, it didn't."
Staples finished 2nd, with Troy Morse 3rd and Richie Morse 4th. Marc Lucas, Staples' teammate, rounded out the top-5.
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