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Cozze's A Hero In New Egypt Medal of Honor 40
New Egypt, NJ (May 26, 2007) – Frank Cozze of Wind Gap, PA had all
the answers on Saturday night as he stormed to the front and cruised
to victory in the Medal of Honor 40 lap DIRTcar Modified feature
event at New Egypt Speedway sponsored by Joy Auto Parts.
"We had a really good night tonight," stated Cozze in victory lane,
"I want to thank my crew as they worked very hard to give me a great
car."
At the start of the event John Keller & Tim Tanner Jr. hooked up in a
crowd pleasing side by side battle for the first six laps before
Tanner took control of the field. However the competition was fierce
as several drivers were hot on his heals including Bucky Kell and Sam
Martz. Cozze appeared in the top five for the first time on lap 9 and
began to show everyone that he was a force to be reckoned with as
charged towards the front. Cozze methodically worked his way through
the top five, grabbing the lead for good two laps before halfway.
Bucky Kell made his way into second but was unable to gather enough
speed to challenge Cozze. On the final lap, defending champ Jimmy
Horton saw a sure top five finish disappear as he broke just two
turns from the line. At the checkered it was all Cozze as he picked
up his second win of the season, the 19th of his career. Kell
finished a strong second while Ryan Godown came home third. Martz
grabbed his second straight top five finishing fourth and point
leader Matt Sheppard was fifth.
Starting deep in the field certainly didn't bother Rocco Infante.
Infante of Robbinsville, NJ set his car up to run on the far outside
and then used this to his advantage as he raced to the front from
18th starting position to claim his second win of 2007. Infante used
all 20 laps, as he wrestled the lead from race long leader Willie
Osmun on the final turn. Osmun settled for second, followed by John
Romano Jr. in third, Tim Apgar fourth and Ben Donaruma rounding out
the top five.
Tony Bozowski of New Egypt, NJ claimed his first career feature win
in the 20 lap Super Stock feature event. Bozowski was the class of
the field on this night as he quickly raced to the lead before the
halfway mark and was never headed. Bob Vaccaro finished a strong
second, followed by Matt Kall, George Quinlan and Billy Bauer.
In the eighth race of the Advantage Financial/Cradle Rock Developers
Rookie Sportsman series, Danny Bouc of Plumsteadville, PA won for the
seventh time in eight attempts. With this win Bouc sets the all-time
record for most Rookie feature wins. Matt Holzbaur drove to his best
finish of the season coming home second over Bobby Butler, Eddie
Prentice Jr., and Dan Waisempacher.
The Super Late Models made their second appearance of the season and
brought the crowd to their feet with a tremendous three car battle
for the win. Mark Pettyjohn of Milton, DE passed both his brother
Kenny Pettyjohn and first night winner Ricky Elliott on the final lap
to win his first of the season. Kenny Pettyjohn and Ricky Elliott,
who both lead the event at least twice during the final five laps,
finished second and third respectively. Rob Ormsbee came home fourth
with Tom Lainhart fifth. The Super Late Models will be in competition
at New Egypt every other Saturday night for the rest of the season.
Ken Carberry of Fairless Hills, PA had the Lucas Ford SS Sprints
covered tonight as he won for the second time driving the Wall Racing
#664. Ian Borden finished second, followed by Steve Wilson, Robert
Liedl and Dave Martin.
In the first ever appearance of the 600cc Micro Sprints, second
generation driver Bob Devault drove to victory in the 15 lap feature.
Devault started eighth and took the lead with 5 laps to go for his
first win at NES. Rick Newcomb was second, with Rich McKay, Eddie
Wagner and Rich Mellor completing the top five.
Next Saturday night, June 2nd, it will be Graduation night as the
Advantage Financial/Cradle Rock Developers Rookie Sportsman graduate
into the Sportsman ranks. Before they do, they will run their final
race, a 15 lap double point affair, to decide their championship. The
racing will also feature a full card of DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds,
Sportsman, Super Stocks, Crate1 Sportsman & Outlaw Stocks. Gates open
at 4:00 p.m. with first green at 5:30 pm. Adult admission is $16,
children 7-12 are $5.50, and kids 6 and under are always free. For
more information, call the speedway office at (609) 758-1900 or log
on to www.newegyptspeedway.net.
5/26/07
MODIFIED RESULTS
Heat 1: 1. Pat Wall 2. Rich Rutski 3. Ryan Godown 4. Tad Cox 5. Keith
Hoffman 6. Sam Martz
Heat 2: 1. Brian Godown 2.Bucky Kell 3. John Dixon 4. Jimmy Horton 5.
Ron John Koczon 6. Steve Haggan
Heat 3: 1. Bob Drayton 2. John Keller 3. Mike Hendershot 4. Tim
Tanner Jr. 5. Matt Sheppard 6. Frank Cozze
B Main: 1. John Miloszar 2. Tom Carberry 3. Mike McAleer 4. Darrell
Delnero 5. Doug Ostwald 6. Randy Laird
(Pts. Prov. Jim Robertson)
Feature (40 Laps): 1. Frank Cozze 2. Bucky Kell 3. Ryan Godown 4. Sam
Martz 5. Matt Sheppard 6. Brian Godown 7. Bob Drayton 8. Keith
Hoffman 9. Ron John Koczon 10. Rich Rutski 11. Tom Carberry 12. Mike
Hendershot 13. Jimmy Horton 14. Tim Tanner Jr. 15. John Miloszar 16.
Randy Laird 17. Steve Haggan 18. Tad Cox 19. Pat Wall 20. Darrell
Delnero 21. John Keller 22. Doug Ostwald 23. Mike McAleer 24. Jim
Robertson DNS: John Dixon
DNQ: Rick Holsten, Robbie Nixon, Rick Wegner
SPORTSMAN RESULTS
Rookie Feature (10 Laps): 1. Danny Bouc 2. Matt Holzbaur 3. Bobby
Butler 4. Eddie Prentice Jr. 5. Dan Waisempacher 6. Joe Systo 7.
Wayne Bechtel 8. Joe Baumann
Heat 1: 1. Willie Osmun 2. Gene Stravinsky 3. Art Liedl 4. John
Salvatore Jr. 5. John McClelland
Heat 2: 1. John Romano Jr. 2. Bob Hendershot 3. Glenn Pyatt 4. Jack
Swain 5. Rocco Infante
Heat 3: 1. Dave Hunt 2. Tommy Carberry Jr. 3. Mike Brannigan 4. Ben
Donaruma 5. Marc Herman
Heat 4: 1. Glenn Hisko 2. Mike Krachun 3. Rich Scagliotta 4. Tim
Apgar 5. Lou Farina III
1st B Main: 1. Steve Ramsey 2. Billy Tanner IV 3. Bill Paulmenn
2nd B Main: 1. Chad Barney 2. Justin Hoffman 3. Mike Howardson
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Rocco Infante 2. Willie Osmun 3. John Romano
Jr. 4. Tim Apgar 5. Ben Donaruma 6. Glenn Hisko 7. John McClelland 8.
Tommy Carberry Jr. 9. Chad Barney 10. Rich Scagliotta 11. Billy
Tanner IV 12. Bob Hendershot 13. Dave Hunt 14. Glenn Pyatt 15. John
Salvatore Jr. 16. Mike Krachun 17. Art Liedl 18. Mike Howardson 19.
Danny Bouc 20. Bill Paulmenn 21. Gene Stravinsky 22. Justin Hoffman
23. Lou Farina III 24. Marc Herman 25. Jack Swain 26. Mike Brannigan
27. Steve Ramsey
DNQ: J.T. Trstensky, Scott Singley, Brad Freeman, Chris Bennett, Will
Dupree, Bryan Driver, Donnie Kline, Dan Waisempacher, Kenny Huchko,
Alan Bleacher, Joe Systo, Robin McTighe, Everett Taylor, Wayne
Bechtel, Matt Holzbaur, John Bohadel, Chris Lane, Bobby Butler, Joe
Baumann, Eddie Prentice Jr., Clay Butler
SUPER STOCK RESULTS
Heat 1: 1. Bryan Reed 2. Ron Coverly 3. Tony Bozowksi 4. Bill Liedtka
5. Kory Fleming
Heat 2: 1. Kenny Guyer 2. Bob Vaccaro 3. George Marrero 4. Billy
Bauer 5. George Quinlan
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Tony Bozowski 2. Bob Vaccaro 3. Matt Kall 4.
George Quinlan 5. Billy Bauer 6. Ron Coverly 7. Jason Bubeck 8.
George Marrero 9. Al Cheney 10. Kory Fleming 11. Bryan Reed 12. Don
Shipley 13. Pete Fogarty 14. Bill Liedtka 15. Steve Davis 16. Tony
Giglio 17. Jerry Confer 18. Mick Search 19. Kenny Guyer 20. Greg
Schmidt 21. Jim Hewitt
SUPER LATE MODEL RESULTS
Qualifying Times: 1. Ricky Elliott 18.074 2. Mark Pettyjohn 18.358 3.
David Pettyjohn 18.480 4. Kenny Pettyjohn 18.487 5. Rob Ormsbee
18.552 6. Mark Malcomb 19.072
Feature (25 Laps): 1. Mark Pettyjohn 2. Kenny Pettyjohn 3. Ricky
Elliott 4. Rob Ormsbee 5. Tom Lainhart 6. Mark Malcomb 7. David
Pettyjohn 8. Al Cheney 9. Eric Metcalf 10. Jake Roveda
SS SPRINT RESULTS
Qualifying Times: 1. Kevin Nagy 17.917 2. Ken Carberry 18.160 3. Art
Liedl 18.387 4. Ian Borden 18.433 5. Tom Wyckoff 18.722 6. Dave
Martin 18.777
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Ken Carberry 2. Ian Borden 3. Steve Wilson 4.
Robert Liedl 5. Dave Martin 6. Rick Cozze 7. Tom Wyckoff 8. Mark
Bitner 9. Nick Bardsley 10. Bill Force 11. Glenn Sinibaldi 12. Jimmy
Hoelterling 13. Ryan Miscoski 14. Art Liedl 15. Bryan Kuhl 16. Lee
Taylor Jr. DQ: Kevin Nagy
600cc MICRO SPRINT RESULTS
Heat 1: 1. Jimmy Carpenter 2. Bob Devault 3. Bill Ungler 4. Eddie
Wagner 5. Jessica Lindmeier 6. Travis Ungler
Heat 2: 1. Rich Mellor 2. Rick Newcomb 3. Chris Allen 4. Brian
Kennedy 5. Rich McKay 6. Dick Robbins
Feature (15 Laps): 1. Bob Devault 2. Rick Newcomb 3. Rich McKay 4.
Eddie Wagner 5. Rich Mellor 6. Travis Ungler 7. Kyle Newcomb 8. Shawn
Ward 9. Dick Robbins 10. Brian Kennedy 11. Drew Richmond 12. Jessica
Lindmeier 13. Chris Prychka 14. Justin Moench 15. Robbie Nixon 16.
Jimmy Carpenter 17. Rich Wrubleski 18. Bill Ungler 19. Chris Allen
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