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By: Rodney Rescott – Saturday June 2, 2007
West Lebanon, NY- Alarms of Berkshire County and Wohrle’s Foods
presented
Twin 20 lap feature events for the Big Block Modifieds. The crowd
packed
the stands at the Valley of Speed, even under threatening skies.
But once again, Howard Commander’s high banks stayed dry, for the
most part
as the rain made just a brief appearance, only to help the racing
surface,
and cool the heated fans for all the action on the track.
The first of the Twin 20 lap events got under way early in the night,
with
the #24 of John Hewitt at the point. When the green flew, Hewitt
sounded
the alarms, and took off to another zip code.
Back in the field the #4 of Andy Bachetti, who ran a back-up car for
the
rest of the night, had to start at the rear of the field, and struggled
to
pass cars to get toward the front. He could only get as high as 17th.
Back
in the field with Bachetti was the #21J of Jeff Trombley, and the #74
of
J.R. Heffner. The #115 of Tremont finally found the sweet spot and got
into
the second spot at about the halfway point.
It was too late for anyone to get to #24 of Hewitt as he took the
checkers
for win #1 of 2007. Second was Tremont, followed by Wayne Jelley, Ryan
Larkin, and Dickie Larkin to round out the top 5.
The modified feature, part II, began much like the first, this time, it
was
the part-timer, Rick Ricci Jr. driving the #406R to the point at the
drop of
the green. It seemed like De Ja Vu for the rest of the field as
Bachetti
struggled to get a handle on the track, and finished just outside the
top 10
in 14th. J.R. Heffner charged his #74 to another top 10 finish. The
#21J
of Jeff Trombley got to 11th, and the #34 of Steve Hough battled to
crack
the top 10 as well. Tremont drove his #115 to yet another solid top 5
finish.
But right from the start, it was Ricci, leading every lap, taking his
first
win of 2007. Following Ricci was Mark Flach, Guy Sheldon, Keith Flach,
and
Kenny Tremont crossing the line 5th.
The Sportsman division made it only past the first lap, before the
field
came under yellow, as contact on the front stretched forced the #00 of
Chris
Kokosa into the outside wall, ending his evening early. At the drop of
the
next green, it was the #122 of Wayne Keyes out front, that’s right,
the
#122, and he powered out to a strong lead, only to keep getting slowed
by
cautions.
Finally after several yellows, the eighth place starter, the Alligator
Art
Collins, took advantage of cooler tires, and powered past Keyes to take
the
top spot. And once the #68 took over, not even a few more cautions
could
hold back the Alligator from taking the checkers.
At the line, it was Collins, followed by Jeff Watson, Danny Sanchez,
Frankie
Harper, and Wayne Keyes held on to finish 5th, a career high.
The Pro Stock event was full of excitement, as the #78 of Paul
LaRochelle
was in control early in the 20 lap event. By lap 6, the field slowed
by a
multi-car incident on the backstretch involving a good portion of the
field.
The #324 of Jason Casey, the #315 of Jon Routhier, the #38M of Mike
Middleton, and few others. Most were able to continue.
Making their way through the field was the #24 of Robbie Speed, along
with
the #8 of Jay Corbin, and the #54L of Jimmy Langenback. But it was
Corbin
who got to the bumper of the #78 first just after halfway.
The two battled for a few short laps, as Corbin dove under the #78 of
LaRochelle coming out of turn 4. Corbin’s car seemed on a rail, even
as the
two made minor contact down the front stretch. Corbin prevailed,
steering
the #8 to the top spot on lap 12. LaRochelle faded, as he suffered a
left
front flat on lap 13.
The #24 didn’t have enough speed to catch the #8, as Jay Corbin takes
his
second of 2007. Corbin was followed by Jim Langenback, Kevin Arnold,
Mike
Middleton, and Chris Crews. The #24 of Speed who crossed the line 3rd
was
later disqualified during post race inspection.
The Limited Pro Stocks saw the #98 of Justin Herron take his 2nd of
2007,
followed by Dave Colwell, Jery Helms, Joe Mennite, and Rob Maxon
finishing
5th.
Pure Stocks were nearly 50 strong again, packed into 3 eight lap
events.
Pure Stock #1 saw Randy Myers power his #57P to the top spot, winning
his
1st of 2007
Pure Stock #2 had the Tom Murphy cruise to the victory aboard his #13P.
And Pure Stock #3 offered some excellent wheel to wheel battles, with
the
#013P of Jesse Murphy taking the checkers.
Next Saturday night, it’s the Greylock FCU presenting the Pyx106
“Eye Rock
500”. In addition to all classes being on tap for a full card of
events, a
special fund raising effort will take place with blind drivers at the
wheel
of race cars, competing for a huge prize.
We are still in need of several things to make this happen. We Need
Your
Help! Visit our website at www.LebanonValley.com, and click on
Speedway, to
see what is still needed to make sure this goes off without a hitch.
The race is important for Camp Abilities, a camp for blind, blind/deaf,
and
legally blind children in the Capital District. Visit our website for
links, and a letter of gratitude from the founder of Camp Abilities!
Again, for more information on the race, or to get reserved seats or
ticket
info, visit www.LebanonValley.com, or call the Speedway offices at
(518)
794-9606, (518) 794-9965 during normal business hours.
Saturday June 2, 2007 Alarms of Berkshire County and Wohrle’s Foods.
Modified Feature #1 – 1 John Hewitt, 2 Kenny Tremont, 3 Wayne Jelley,
4 Ryan
Larkin, 5 Dickie Larkin, 6 Mike King, 7 Keith Flach, 8 Steve Hough, 9
Paul
Gilardi, 10 Matt Quinn, 11 Guy Sheldon, 12 JR Heffner, 13 Rich Ricci,
14
Eddie Marshall, 15 Mark Flach, 16 Brian Berger, 17 Andy Bachetti, 18
Hector
Stratton, 19 Jeff Trombley, 20 Russ Reckner, 21 Kyle Sheldon, 22 Tim
Dwyer,
23 John Ruchel, 24 Ray Hoard, 25 Dave McFeeters, 26 John Alberti, 27
Danny
Burl, 28 Ken Aanonsen, 29Don Ackner
Modified Feature #2 – 1 Rich Ricci, 2 Mark Flach, 3 Guy Sheldon, 4
Keith
Flach, 5 Kenny Tremont, 6 Paul Gilardi, 7 JR Heffner, 8 Matt Quinn, 9
Eddie
Marshall, 10 Steve Hough, 11 Jeff Trombley, 12 Wayne Jelley, 13 Mike
King,
14 Andy Bachetti, 15 John Hewitt, 16 Brian Berger, 17 Hector Stratton,
18
Dickie Larkin, 19 Kyle Sheldon, 20 John Alberti, 21 Dave McFeeters, 22
Ryan
Larkin, 23 Ray Hoard, 24 Danny Burl, 25 Ken Aanonsen, 26 Don Ackner, 27
Russ
Reckner, 28 Tim Dwyer
Sportsman Feature – 1 Art Collins, 2 Jeff Watson, 3 Danny Sanchez, 4
Frank
Harper, 5 Wayne Keyes, 6 Alan Houghtaling, 7 Ed Harkins, 8 Carmon
Carnibucci, 9 Kory Sandstedt, 10 Chad Pierce, 11 Kevin Lynch, 12 Chris
Tryon, 13 KC Goewey, 14 Kim Lavoy, 15 Jason Tompkins, 16 DJ Faulkner,
17
Kyle Hoffman, 18 Derek Schibi, 19 (Car #97), 20 Brian Sandstedt, 21
Chris
Kokosa, DQ Don Miller
Prostock Feature – 1 Jay Corbin, 2 Jim Langenback, 3 Kevin Arnold, 4
Mike
Middleton, 5 Chris Crews, 6 Bob Duzlak, 7 Steve Goodermote, 8 Victor
Hopkins, 9 Don Carlson, 10 Jason Casey, 11 Brian Keough, 12 Paul
LaRochelle,
13 Don Collins, 14 Ed Bishop, 15 Paul Rogers, 16 John Routhier, 17 Jeff
Kelmel, DQ Robbie Speed
Limited Prostock Feature – 1 Justin Herron, 2 Dave Colwell, 3 Jery
Helms, 4
Joe Mennite, 5 Rob Maxon, 6 Kevin Winters, 7 Bill Hammell, 8 Gary
Ashley, 9
Nick Hilt, 10 Jay Kreutiziger, 11 Don Kennedy
PureStock#1 Winner – Randy Myers
PureStock 2 Winner – Tom Murphy
PureStock 3 Winner – Jesse Murphy
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