Sunday May 19, 2013 THOROLD, ONTARIO – Mark D’Ilario captured the 25-lap Modified feature event on Saturday night at the Merrittville Speedway. “It got black right across the track,” informed Bobcat of Hamilton 358 Modified Feature Winner Mark D’Ilario after winning the final event of the night, “there wasn’t much to lean on … you had to kind of take it easy in the corners.” D’Ilario, who battled broken shock mounts last week had opened up almost a full straightaway lead on the field by lap 25 – a margin he would maintain until the conclusion at 35 laps. D’Ilario…More

FULTON, NY – MAY 18,2012 (By Dave Medler) – By Pat Ward’s standards 2013 hasn’t gotten off to the start he wanted. On top of that, on Friday night at the Brewerton Speedway, Ward had the fastest car and in the lead on the final lap when second place Ryan Bartlett who lost his brakes, got into Ward taking both out of contention for the win. On Saturday night at the Fulton Speedway, Ward put it altogether and got the monkey off his back, as he outran teammates Billy Decker and Larry Wight for hugely popular win in the Tracey…More

By MIKE MALLETT SELINSGROVE , PA – Home field advantage came into play on Saturday night as the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) invaded the Selinsgrove Speedway for the first time since 1996, 17 years exactly to the day. A strong field of cars was on hand for the Mach1 Chassis Spectacular, Today’s Optical Stars and Stripes tour event but it was the speedway regulars that took center stage. Track regular, TJ Stutts, utilized his knowledge of the speedway to win the 25-lap A-Main which scored him a $3,000 payday. The win was his first of the season at…More

By: Ron Szczerba With four laps to go in the 30-lap Modified feature event at the Fonda Speedway on Saturday evening there were six or more lap cars racing side by side for position in between Danny Varin and the checkered flag. When the checkered flag flew it was Varin who scored the victory, not only over those lap cars but also over defending track champion Stewart Friesen who was closing fast in the final laps of the event. “I saw his crew (Friesen’s crew) getting a little rowdy so I knew something was up,” Varin said in victory lane. “It wasn’t enough tonight though.” Other…More

VERNON, NY- Once again, the fans were treated to another exciting night of short track racing this past Sunday evening that saw the Modified finish again decided in the last handful of laps with some late race drama and the support divisions of Sportsman, Pro Stocks, and Pure Stocks again providing some exciting action of their own. The May 19 program, sponsored by the Mirabito Fuel Group and HR Refuse, was again run off in quick order due to weather concerns which saw Matt Sheppard take the Modified win, Jeremy Vunk the Sportsman winner, the Pro Stock win going to…More

Canandaigua, NY – May 18, 2013 – Dave Roberts, Canandaigua Motorsports Park PR Correspondent For the second week in a row, Matt Sheppard came from the 18th starting spot to win his third of the 2013 season at the Canandaigua Motorsports Park on Saturday night in the Team Tire Masters Big Block Modified 35-lap feature on Empire/Beck’s Recycling and Corby‘s Collision Night. Other repeat winners were Mike Welch (Parts Plus Street Stock), Derek Excell (Pure Stock) and Jordan Siri (Community Car Care of Waterloo Legends Sportsman) while Greg Cool (Safety Awareness Solutions Sportsman) and Darryl Ruggles (Castner Performance 305 Sprints)…More

By FRANK CATIZONE Accord Speedway Media 5/19/2013 ACCORD, NY – Jerry Higbie has been racing through some rough times during the past few seasons at the Accord Speedway. Higbie, a former Modified track champion and winner of the 2009 King of the Catskills championship held here annually in September, has only managed one victory the past two years and his 2013 racing campaign was off to another rocky start. However, Higbie, taking advantage of a front row starting spot, put an end to his recent string of bad luck last Friday night as he led the entire 30-lap distance to…More

Ransomville, NY – Friday, May 17, 2013 – A total of ninety-eight cars filled the pit area last Friday night at Ransomville Speedway set to entertain a grandstand full of race fans. It was a picture perfect day weather wise as bright blue skies greeted all as they entered the Western New York half mile dirt oval. Todd Burley of Spencerport, NY turned his season around last Friday as he captured the win in the Mighty Taco Modified thirty lap feature main. To say Burley has had a tough start to the season would be an understatement. A blown rear-end…More

AFTON, NY (By Steve Clapperton) – For the second time this season a full straightaway lead proved to be too little to guarantee a win as Darwin Greene’s early lead disappeared in heavy lapped traffic allowing defending Modified track champion Mitch Gibbs to catch and pass Greene at I-88 Speedway on Newbauer Construction Night. Greene dominated the early portion of the race pulling out to a half straightaway lead over Tim Currier by lap four. As lapped traffic began to become a factor, Don Hart Jr. came to a stop in turn two bringing out the caution regrouping the field.…More

Modified Feature Results (35 Laps) – 1) RONNIE JOHNSON, 2) Stewart Friesen, 3) MattDelorenzo, 4) Mark Kislowski, 5) Marc Johnson, 6) Peter Britten, 7) Brian Gleason, 8) Rich Scagliotta, 9) Brett Hearn, 10) Ken Tremont Jr, 11) Jeremy Wilder, 12) Jeff Trombley, 13) Neil Stratton, 14) Bodie Bellinger, 15) Keith Flach, 16) Don Ronca, 17) Jimmy Cottrell, 18) Pep Corradi, 19) Rich Ronca, 20) C.G. Morey, 21) Kyle Sheldon, 22) Justin Boehler, 23) Justin Barber, 24) Jamike Sowle, 25) Ray Hoard, 26) Tony Ballestero, 27) Nick Hotaling, 28) Matt Depew, 29) John Proctor, DNS) Floyd Billington Sportsman Feature Results (25…More