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Racing Loses a Legend

Lou Blaney 1940 - 2009.

Northeast News Headline

Blaney was an incredible competitor on the track, piling up more than 600 victories and more championships than he could count in Sprint Cars and Modifieds during a legendary career that ultimately earned him a Hall of Fame induction in 2000.

Off the track, Blaney was a gentleman. He was calm, quiet and extremely knowledgeable. He was highly respected not only as a racer, but as a person. Few men have represented the racing community with such grace and elegance as Lou Blaney, who called Hartford, Ohio, his home.

His feats at Lernerville Speedway are matched only by the elite drivers in the track’s 41-year history. He is second to only Bob Wearing Sr. in career feature wins (118) and track championships (seven).

Lou Blaney in one of his many victory lane visits from the years gone by. RIP Lou Photo Courtesy - Mercer Raceway Park Archives

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Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series

2008 Schedule

2/13 Volusia Speedway Park - Billy Pauch

2/14 Volusia Speedway Park - Brett Hearn

2/15 Volusia Speedway Park - Dale Planck

2/16 Volusia Speedway Park - Jimmy Horton

3/22 Hagerstown Speedway - Cancelled

5/1 Virginia Motor Speedway - Matt Sheppard

5/4 Rolling Wheels Raceway -

Billy Decker/Dale Planck

5/25 Cayuga Co Fair Speedway - Dale Planck

6/7 Fulton Speedway - Billy Decker

7/3 Ransomville Speedway - Billy Decker

7/10 Brockville Ontario Speedway - Billy Decker

7/11 Autodrome Granby - Brett Hearn

7/12 Autodrome Drummond - Dale Planck

7/13 Cornwall Motor Speedway - Rescheduled for Aug. 17th

7/16 Grandview Speedway - Billy Decker

7/17 Georgetown Speedway - HJ Bunting III

7/31 Orange County Fair Speedway - Brett Hearn

8/4 Merrittville Speedway - Jimmy Phelps

8/9 Canandaigua Speedway -

Billy Decker/Billy Decker

8/15 Brewerton Speedway - Billy Decker

8/16 Can-Am Motorsports Park - Gary Tomkins

8/17 Cornwall Motor Speedway - Gary Tomkins

8/31 Cayuga Co Fair Speedway - Alan Johnson / Billy Decker

9/1 Rolling Wheels Raceway - Billy Decker

9/6 Lebanon Valley Speedway

9/20 Canandaigua Speedway

9/27 Rolling Wheels Raceway

10/12 New York State Fairgronds

10/19 Orange County Fair Speedway

Current Standings after Rolling Wheels Raceway

9/1/2008

Billy Decker 1,753
Dale Planck -189
Jimmy Phelps -254
Brett Hearn -285
Gary Tomkins -321

Race of Champions Dirt Modified Tour

2008 Schedule

3/15 Selinsgrove Speedway • Rick Laubach
5/11 Utica Rome Speedway • Danny Johnson
7/8 Five Mile Point Speedway • Brian Weaver
7/23 Utica Rome Speedway • Rescheduled
7/29 Penn Can Speedway • Pat Ward
8/6 Five Mile Point Speedway • Stewart Friesen

8/13 Utica Rome Speedway • Billy Decker
9/14 Penn-Can Speedway •
9/26 Accord Speedway •
10/25 Five Mile Point Speedway •

Current Point Standings After Utica-Rome 8/13/08

Pat Ward         843

Stewart Friesen -117

Jeff Rudalavage   -159

Brian Weaver   -187

Mike Colsten    -203

T3 All-Star Modified Series

2008 Schedule

4/26 Five Mile Point Speedway • Brian Weaver
6/26 McKean County Raceway • Cancelled
7/3 Little Valley Speedway • Fogged Out-Rescheduled to Sept. 20th

8/20 Thunder Mountain Speedway • Billy Decker
9/13 Woodhull Raceway •
9/20 Little Valley Speedway •
7/12 McKean County Raceway •
9/27 Mercer Raceway Park •
10/3 Woodhull Raceway •

Current Standings after Thunder Mountain 8/21/2008

Includes Show up Points for Little Valley

Dale Welty 119

Brad Rapp -7

Mark Frankhouser -10

Jimmy Holden -11

Bryan Terwilliger -11

Brian Weaver -14

BRP Modified Tour

2008 Schedule

5/25 Tri-City Speedway • Gary Smoker
5/30 Lernerville Speedway • Brian Swartzlander
7/13  Tri-City Speedway • Brian Swartzlander
7/26 Tyler County Speedway • Brian Swartzlander
8/16 Mercer Raceway Park • Russell King
8/31 Eriez Speedway •
9/12 Lernerville Speedway •

9/20/21 Sharon Speedway •

Current Standings after Mercer 8/16/2008

Brian Swartzlander 195

Rex King Jr. -1

Dave Murdick -13

Kevin Bolland -13

Kevin Hoffman -23

Jerimiah Shingledecker -25

Other Racing Series

• Lucas Oil Canadian Series

• Lucas Oil Shoot-Out

• Mr. DIRTcar 358 Series

• Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman Series

• Thunder On The Hill

• United States Modified Touring Series

• United States Racing Association

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