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New Egypt, NJ (June 2, 2007) – Matt Sheppard of Waterloo, NY turned
in a stupendous performance on Saturday night at New Egypt Speedway
as he captured the 30-lap DIRTcar Modified feature. Starting 14th on
the grid, Sheppard charged thru the pack, taking the lead with 3 to
go and claimed the $3000 top prize in the non-stop event.
"I really want to thank the track crew," praised Sheppard during the
post race interview, "They have really gone to work on the track
surface and tonight the fans saw a track with at least three racing
grooves. This is the way racing should be!"
At the start of the event John Keller led the field to the green flag
with Tim Tanner Jr. jumping out in front quickly. Tanner looked quick
in the early going as he opened up a comfortable lead. Defending
champ Jimmy Horton had other ideas as he worked his way up from 9th
starting spot to 2nd by lap 11. Horton then chased Tanner until lap
17 when he was able to complete his pass for the lead. Horton seemed
as though he would be headed to his 2nd win of the season, when
suddenly all eyes turned to the #44s of point leader Matt Sheppard.
Sheppard, who was in 9th at this point, appeared to be on a rail as
he raced thru traffic. With 5 to go, he got by Tanner for second,
and two laps later, made the winning pass on Horton. Sheppard then
cruised to his second win of the season. Horton held on to finish
second with Keith Hoffman crossing the line third. Ryan Godown, who
was also very fast over the last 10 laps of the race, came home
fourth with Tanner finishing fifth.
John McClelland of Martinsville, NJ used the far outside groove in
the 20-lap Sportsman feature to pull off a spectacular 2 car pass
with just 2 laps remaining to get his first win of the year. John
Romano Jr. settled for second on this night, followed by Rich
Scagliotta in third, Chad Barney fourth and Willie Osmun fifth.
Al Cheney of Cranbury, NJ took his second feature win of the season
in the 20 lap Super Stock feature event. Cheney wrestled the lead
away from race long leader Don Shipley with 7 laps to go and drove to
victory. Shipley finished a career best second, with Bill Liedtka
third, Kory Fleming fourth and George Quinlan fifth. In the make-up
feature held over from 5/19/07 Bryan Reed of Howell, NJ won his first
of the year, beating Mick Search to the stripe. Quinlan, Cheney and
Jason Bubeck rounded out the top five results.
In the final race of the Advantage Financial/Cradle Rock Developers
Rookie Sportsman series, Danny Bouc of Plumsteadville, PA capped off
graduation night as he won for a record eighth time. With this win
Bouc becomes the 2007 NES Rookie champion. Joe Systo was second over
Dan Waisempacher, Eddie Prentice Jr., and Wayne Bechtel.
The Crate-1 Sportsman feature was won by second generation driver
Scott Cranstoun. Mike Fattori was second with Dave Gorbatuk third. In
the Outlaw Stock 10 lap event, Gary Klimeczak won his first of the
season over Brian Ludwig and Rob Longo.
Next Saturday night, June 9th, it will be a full card of DIRTcar
Big-Block Modifieds, Super Late Models, Sportsman, Super Stocks, and
the Lucas Ford SS Sprints. In addition, we will have the vintage
stock cars of the Garden State Vintage Stock Car Club on hand. 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.
6/2/07
MODIFIED RESULTS
1st Heat: 1. Tim Tanner Jr. 2. Frank Cozze 3. Bucky Kell 4. John
Keller 5. Rick Rutski 6. Brian Godown
2nd Heat: 1. Bob Drayon 2. Jimmy Horton 3. Mike Hendershot 4. Sam
Martz 5. Ryan Godown 6. Rick Holsten
3rd Heat: 1. Keith Hoffman 2. Matt Sheppard 3. Tad Cox 4. Pat Wall 5.
Scott VanGorder 6. Tom Carberry
1st B Main: 1. John Miloszar Jr. 2. Mike McAleer 3. Ron John Koczon
4. Carmine Infante 5. Jim Robertson 6. Randy Laird
Feature (30 laps): 1. Matt Sheppard 2. Jimmy Horton 3. Keith Hoffman
4. Ryan Godown 5. Tim Tanner Jr. 6. Bob Drayton 7. Mike Hendershot 8.
Bucky Kell 9. Tad Cox 10. Rich Rutski 11. Frank Cozze 12. Sam Martz
13. Pat Wall 14. Brian Godown 15. Tom Carberry 16. Rick Holsten 17.
Ron John Koczon 18. John Miloszar Jr. 19. John Keller 20. Scott
VanGorder 21. Randy Laird 22. Carmine Infante 23. Mike McAleer 24.
Jim Robertson
DNQ: Rick Wegner, Rob Nixon, Keith Fleming, Steve Haggan, Doug
Ostwald.
SPORTSMAN RESULTS
Rookie Feature (15 laps): 1. Danny Bouc 2. Joe Systo 3. Dan
Waisempacher 4. Eddie Prentice 5. Wayne Bechtel 6. Matt Holzbaur DQ:
Bobby Butler.
1st Heat: 1. Gene Stravinsky 2. Art Liedl 3. Rocco Infante 4. Mike
Brannigan 5. Justin Hoffman
2nd Heat: 1. Willie Osmun 2. John Romano Jr. 3. Dave Hunt 4. Jack
Swain 5. Ben Donaruma
3rd Heat: 1. Mike Howardson 2. Tim Apger 3. John McClelland 4. John
Salvatore Jr. 5. Marc Herman
4th Heat: 1. Rich Scagliotta 2. J.T. Trstensky 3. Chad Barney 4. Mike
Krachun 5. Lou Farina III
1st B Main: 1. Tommy Carberry Jr. 2. Bob Hendershot 3. Steve Ramsey
2nd B Main: 1. Glenn Hisko 2. Glenn Pyatt 3. Clay Butler
Feature (20 Laps): 1. John McClelland 2. John Romano Jr. 3. Rich
Scagliotta 4. Chad Barney 5. Willie Osmun 6. Mike Krachun 7. John
Salvatore Jr. 9. Tommy Carberry Jr. 10. Steve Ramsey 11. Clay Butler
12. Glenn Hisko 13. Art Liedl 14. Justin Hoffman 15. Gene Stravinsky
16. J.T. Trstensky 17. Glenn Pyatt 18. Ben Donaruma 19. Dave Hunt 20.
Mike Brannigan 21. Mike Howardson 22. Jack Swain 23. Rocco Infante
24. Lou Farina III 25. Danny Bouc 26. Bob Hendershot 27. Marc Herman
DNQ: Dan Waisempacher, Bill Paulmenn, Everett Taylor, Alan Bleacher,
Dwight Laird, Eddie Prentice Jr., Brad Freeman, Robin McTighe, John
Bohadel, Bobby Butler, Joe Systo, Chris Bennett, Bryan Driver, Wayne
Bechtel, Matt Holzbaur.
SUPER STOCK RESULTS
Feature held over from 5/12/07 (20 laps): 1. Bryan Reed 2. Mick
Search 3. George Quinlan 4. Al Cheney III 5. Jason Bubeck 6. Billy
Bauer 7. Kory Fleming 8. Bill Liedka 9. Bob Vaccaro 10. George
Marrero 11. Pete Fogarty 12. Al Burdge 13. Jim Hewitt 14. Ron Coverly
15. Tony Bozowski 16. Matt Kall 17. Don Shipley DNS: Nick Gargiulo,
Kenny Guyer
Feature (20 laps): 1. Al Cheney III 2. Don Shipley 3. Bill Liedtka 4.
Kory Fleming 5. George Quinlan 6. Matt Kall 7. Mick Search 8. Tony
Bozowski 9. Bryan Reed 10. Jason Bubeck 11. George Marrero 12. Ron
Coverly 13. Bob Vaccaro 14. Billy Bauer 15. Todd Cray 16. Al Burdge
17. Tony Giglio 18. Jim Hewitt 19. Pete Fogarty
OUTLAW STOCK RESULTS
Feature (10 Laps): 1.Gary Klimeczak 2. Brian Ludwig 3. Rob Longo 4.
Spider Ensinger Sr. 5. Billy Wroble 6. Tom Wolf 7. Goop Mondelli 8.
Chris Felber
CRATE- 1 SPORTSMAN RESULTS
Feature (10 Laps): 1. Scott Cranstoun 2. Mike Fattori 3. Dave
Gorbatuk 4. Richie Cass Sr. 5. E.J. Harrington
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