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By: Rodney Rescott – Saturday May 12, 2007
West Lebanon, NY: The stars were all aligned, the moon was in the new
phase, and Sagittarius was lined up with Venus; whatever the case,
whatever
excuse or explanation you want to come up with, great, the bottom line
is,
it’s a win!
Doherty Brothers Construction, and Chatham Printing featured the Royals
garage $3,000.00 to win 30 Lap Modified feature event, and it was a dog
fight from lap one. At the point, Dave McFeeters and Tim Dwyer brought
the
field to the green, and by turn two it was the #1A of Dwyer taking
control
of the top spot. The caution flew on lap two for a few cars spinning
in
turn two; including the #45 of Wayne Jelley, and the #4 of Andy
Bachetti.
On the restart, Dwyer once again took the point, but a few rows back,
it was
“the New Guy” Jeff Trombley aboard his #21J launching out the 6th
starting
spot taking 2 positions on the first start, and on the lap 2 restart,
bolted
into the runner-up spot.
Trombley began to flex his muscle by lap 5, diving low on Dwyer down
the
front shoot. Tim Dwyer wasn’t about to give up, especially with
$3,000.00
on the line. The two raced side by side for the next 6 laps, wheel to
wheel, door to door, with no one giving of getting an advantage.
Finally,
on lap 12, Trombley’s persistence paid off, he got the bite he was
looking
for, and shot past Dwyer down the backstretch.
Back in the field, current point leader J.R. Heffner was methodically
driving through the field gaining every spot he could from starting
back in
16th. Following Heffner was the #115 of Kenny Tremont. He too, was
picking
through the field, along with the #98 of Eddie Marshall.
Back even deeper, Jelley and Bachetti were struggling to get through
the
field. But it didn’t matter, because the #21J ATS TEO Pro Car was
out
front, and gone. Not even Eddie Marshall could catch Trombley after a
late
race charge. When the checkers finally waved, it was Trombley taking
home
the win, along with the Royals Garage $3,000.00.
Following Trombley across the line was Marshall. Tim Dwyer held on for
3rd,
followed by Brian Berger, and Matt Quinn. Notables were: last week’s
winner
Guy Sheldon 6th, J.R. Heffner 8th, Tremont 9th, and Bachetti 11th.
The 20 Lap Sportsman feature was up next, and there was plenty of
reasons to
celebrate. Not only was it Mother’s Day weekend, but the Kokosa clan
just
added another member this past Monday, introducing Grace Frances to the
family, but then, Dad had to go out and win the feature event, too.
Now
that’s a good week.
At the drop of the green, it was Kokosa taking over the top spot from
his
second starting spot. After a couple cautions slowed the field; the
worse
being the #95D of D.J. Faulkner and the #117 of Jason Tompkins getting
together on the backstretch, crashing into the inside wall, once the
green
flew, there was nothing holding back the #00 from taking the victory
after
struggling all year to this point. He wasn’t taking any chances, as
he
stretched the lead out every chance he got to finally get the Kokosa
Fuels
#00 to victory lane.
Following Kokosa was Don Miller’s #11; the #5 of Chris Tryon, 4th was
Brian
Sandstedt, while K.C. Goewey rounded out the top 5.
In addition to the open wheelers, the full fendered stars took to the
Valley
of Speed. And once again, it was another struggling driver that made
it to
victory lane. At the start, the field was too close to call, as Rick
Dempsey took the point with Bob Duzlak and Ed Bachand in tow. A tense
moment happened just 4 laps into the event as the #29 of Duzlak and the
#165
of Bachand made heavy contact coming out of turn two, coming to rest
against
the outside wall just past the outside gate.
Only a few other cautions slowed the field, but it was enough for the
#24 of
Robbie Speed to get to the #35 of Dempsey by lap 9. They, too, went
door to
door for several laps, until Speed got the advantage coming out of turn
4 by
lap 12. Once the Speed’s Garage #24 had the point, everyone else was
racing
for 2nd. And a great battle for 2nd through 5th had the fans on their
feat
the entire 2nd half of the 20 lap feature.
As the checkers flew, it was Speed crossing the line first; Dempsey
held on
for 2nd, 3rd was Mike Middleton, followed by Jay Corbin, and Jason
Casey.
In the Limited Pro Stocks, it was Chad Jeseo taking his first career
win.
The PureStocks once again put on a great show as over 40 cars took to
the
high banks in three separate features. PS#1 was captured by Tom
Harkins.
PureStock #2 was won by Jay Casey, and PS# 3 saw Peter Wiegand his 3rd
of
the year.
Next Saturday its Little League night. With Waste management
presenting the
action with all classes scheduled to compete. In addition, there is
also a
4, 6, and 8 cylinder Demo Derbies.
For more information, tickets, or directions, visit our website at
www.LebanonValley.com, and click on “Speedway”. Or call the
Speedway
offices during normal business hours at (518) 794-9606, (518) 794-9965.
Saturday May 12, 2007 - Doherty Bros. Construction & Chatham Printing
Present The Royals Garage $3,000 to Win Modified Feature - Modified
Results
(30 Laps) - 1 Jeff Trombley, 2 Eddie Marshall, 3 Tim Dwyer, 4 Brian
Berger,
5 Matt Quinn, 6 Guy Sheldon, 7 Steve Hough, 8 J. R. Heffner, 9 Kenny
Tremont, 10 John Hewitt, 11 Andy Bachetti, 12 Mark Flach Jr, 13 Mike
King,
14 Dickie Larkin, 15 Keith Flach, 16 Hector Stratton, 17 Wayne Jelley,
18
Rich Ricci Jr, 19 Ryan Larkin, 20 Dave McFeeters, 21 Kyle Sheldon, 22
John
Ruchel, 23 Danny Burl, 24 J. C. Flach, 25 Paul Gilardi, 26 Russ
Reckner, 27
Ken Aanonsen, 28 Mark Pullen, 29 Jeff Sukup, DNS Rich
Salisbury
Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 1 Chris Kokosa, 2 Don Miller, 3 Chris
Tryon, 4
Brian Sandstedt, 5 K. C. Goewey, 6 Frank Harper, 7 Jeff Watson, 8 Danny
Sanchez, 9 Derek Schibi, 10 Chad Pierce, 11 Kevin Lynch, 12 Carmon
Carnibucci, 13 Jeff Kelly, 14 Alan Houghtaling, 15 Kyle Hoffman, 16
Wayne
Keyes, 17 D. J. Faulkner, 18 Bill Singer, 19 Jason Tompkins, 20 Earl
Thitchener, 21 Ed Harkin, 22 Art Collins, 23 Mike Mason, 24 Neil
Stratton,
DNS Bob Bouchard, DNS Kolby Schroder, DNS Korey Sandstedt, DNS Lisa
Schoonmaker, DNS Kyle Armstrong, DNS Joe
Carnibucci, DNS Kevin Petrucci, DNS D. T. Pickard
Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Robbie Speed, 2 Rick Dempsey, 3 Mike
Middleton, 4 Jay Corbin, 5 Jason Casey, 6 Paul LaRochelle, 7 Kevin
Arnold, 8
Jay Casey, 9 Victor Hopkins, 10 Don Carlson, 11 Jon Routhier, 12 Chris
Crews, 13 Steve Goodermote, 14 Ed Bishop, 15 Brian Keough, 16 Dave
Blanchard, 17 Paul Rogers, 18 Johnny Rivers, 19 Kyle Hosier, 20 Jeff
Kelmel,
21 Don Collins, 22 Bob Duzlak, 23 Ed Bachand, 24 Jim Langenback, DNS
Steve
Hankle, DNS Kent Clark
Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Chad Jeseo, 2 Dave Colwell, 3
Justin
Herron, 4 Nick Hilt, 5 Joe Mennite, 6 Rob Maxon, 7 Jery Helms Sr, 8
Mark
Stevens, 9 Gary Ashley, 10 Kevin Winters, 11 Dale Kennedy
Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Tom Harkins, 2 Doug Olds, 3 Lloyd
Tomlin,
4 Dave Houser, 5 John Quiqley, 6 Dave Stickles, 7 Randy Meyers, 8 Tom
Murphy, 9 Karl Castagna, 10 Dan Olds, 11 Jeff Douglass, 12 Chris
Keller, 13
Jim Fachini, DQ Jeff Kreutziger
Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Jay Casey, 2 Howard Madsen, 3 John
Chapman, 4 Rich Douglass, 5 Jesse Murphy, 6 Lou Ganzar, 7 Joe Walcott,
8
Adam Tator, 9 Joe Chenail, 10 Gary VanDenburg, 11 Shawn Dixon, 12 Rich
Roger, 13 Dave Fachini Jr
Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Pete Weigand, 2 Matt Humes, 3
Shannon
McDermott, 4 Al Relyea, 5 Larry Ball, 6 Ray Hall Sr, 7 Tim Sayers, 8
Lynn
Wesley, 9 Dave Streibel, 10 Richard Puff, 11 Ron Hoyt Jr, 12 Bob
Palmer, 13
Jery Helms Jr, 14 Robert Hammell, 15 Mark Dwyer, DNS Ed Hatch |
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