It has been a bit of a struggle early in the 2012 season for Ricky Quick and the Quick Motorsports team as they battle to find some consistency in their program.  They were hoping to get back on track with a solid performance at the famed Fonda Speedway. The night started out well for Quick, winning his qualifying heat after charging from the sixth starting position.  The team was optimistic that they would have a good car for the feature after making some adjustments to the car to keep up with the changing conditions of the track.  Quick would start…More

Coming off a 12th place finish the previous night at Mohawk International Raceway, Brandon Sweet and his Brandon Sweet Racing Enterprises team made the short drive to Chapman’s Can Am Motorsports Park on Saturday night looking to capture the 358 Modified win. Sweet struggled in his eight lap qualifying heat, taking the fifth and final qualifying spot into the 30 lap feature.  After returning to the pits, the team made several adjustments on the car to get ready for the main event. “The car was just way too tight in the heat race”, says Sweet.  “We are going to make…More

After a couple weeks getting up to speed at Merrittville Speedway, Matt Billings was happy to return to his home tracks for their 2012 season openers this weekend.  He learned a lot at Merrittville, getting valuable experience, but nothing is better then racing closer to home. First up was the first trip of the season to Mohawk International Raceway in Hogansburg, New York.  Billings finished second in his qualifying heat, and made some minor adjustments to the car to keep up with the track conditions before the 40 lap feature.  Lining up on the outside of the fourth row in…More

After a couple weeks in recovery mode from appendix surgery, Luke Whitteker was back on the track this past weekend with events at Mohawk International Raceway on Friday night and Brockville Speedway on Saturday. At Mohawk Raceway, Whitteker started the night with a fourth place finish in his qualifying heat, after starting in sixth.  This gave him the 13th starting spot for the 40 lap opening night main event.  Luke was very patient in the early laps, moving up to 11th after a caution on lap eight.  With 10 laps remaining, he was up to seventh, and had one of…More

After opening the season with a win at Can Am just two weeks ago, Joey Ladouceur was back in action on Friday night, this time at Mohawk International Raceway.  The track may have been different, but the results were the same as Ladouceur captured his second win of 2012, and 94th DIRTcar Pro Stock victory, the highest win total of all time in the DIRTcar Pro Stock division. By luck of the draw entering the track on Friday night, Ladouceur started on the front row of his qualifying heat and cruised to the win.  In the 20 lap main event,…More

A perfect weekend in this sport is hard to accomplish, with the ultra competitive field of 358 Modifieds in this area, but that didn’t stop Danny O’Brien from accomplishing the nearly impossible task, as he won the season opening races at Mohawk International Raceway on Friday night, and Brockville Speedway on Saturday. By winning the second heat race of the night at Mohawk, Danny started from the outside of the front row for the 40 lap main event.  By lap two, he had the lead and held it through lap eight until a caution slowed the field.  On the restart,…More

In this sport, nothing is a sure thing, as Billy Dunn found out on Friday night.  Just as it appeared that he had the race won, problems developed on the final lap, coming out of the final corner and what appeared to be a sure win faded away to a disappointing second place finish in a rare appearance with the 358 Modified at Mohawk International Raceway. After a fourth place finish in his heat race at Mohawk Raceway, Dunn had to start the 40 lap main event from 14th place.  It didn’t take long to show that he was the…More

The American Traditions Motorsports team always takes pride in showing off their patriotic twin towers #11 Sportsman car, and this coming Saturday, they will get a chance to do just that as they participate in the annual Armed Forces Day Parade in Watertown, New York this coming Saturday. The parade will commence at the Watertown High School parking lot at 10am on Saturday morning.  The Parade will proceed north on Washington Street to the reviewing stand in front of the Dulles State office building and then on to Stone Street where the parade will dissipate. On the track, Patterson has…More

After two disappointing weeks at Brewerton Speedway to start the 2012 racing season with mechanical issues, Alan Johnson rebounded in a big way on Friday night, picking up his first win since Speedweeks in Florida back in February.  Johnson also had impressive runs at Canandaigua and Utica Rome Speedway. With the bad luck at the start of the year, Johnson has an excellent starting spot for the 35 lap main event at Brewerton.  By lap seven he was in the lead, and challenged only once on a restart before pulling away and capturing the popular victory.  The win was Alan’s…More

(Woodhull, NY) Woodhull Raceway’s Maple City Dodge sponsored night was full of great racing action and nail biter finishes. The S&W Awards & Photos Crate Sportsman kicked off the night. Starting on the pole, John Hargrave led most of the race. However, Ajay Potrzebowski using the cautions to his advantage, worked his way up through the field from 18th. With seven laps to go, Potrzebowski took over the lead, but Hargrave never gave up and kept Potrzebowski within his sights. Russell Morseman closed in on Hargrave in the final laps for second, but as the checkered flags waved, Hargrave edged…More