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By: Rodney Rescott
Saturday June 16, 2007
West Lebanon, NY – A special Father’s Day night at the Valley of
Speed that
included the popular Kiddie Rides night presented by Key Bank and
Funplex
Funpark, saw the return of the 2006 points Champ Andy Bachetti return
to
victory lane. And a struggling Chris Kokosa outlasted the field to
capture
his 2nd of 2007.
Beautiful summer weather brought out the young and old to enjoy a full
night
of action packed racing, with the Key Bank Funplex Funpark Big Block
Modifieds 30 lap feature taking to the high banks first.
On the pole, Dave McFeeters #27 brought the field to the green along
side
the #34R of Russ Reckner. The first caution flew for the #24 of John
Hewitt
by lap 2, by this time, the Albreida Waste #4 of Bachetti had powered
from
his 6th starting spot to reach 3rd. On the next restart, Bachetti got
to
the top side of the high backs and began to hunt down the top 2. He
started
his assault, but the caution flew again for the #1A of Tim Dwyer,
making
hard contact with the turn 2 wall.
Bachetti didn’t make it completely past the leader McFeeters, so he
restarted 2nd, but that was merely a sign of the inevitable, as the
green
flew again, the #4 sprinted to the top spot by turn 2.
On lap 11, the caution flew once again, this time there was heavy
contact
involving several cars back in the field. Involved were the #21J of
Jeff
Trombley, the #473 of John Alberti, the #74 of J.R. Heffner, the #60 of
Brian Berger, and the #115 of Kenny Tremont. They were all able to
continue
except for the Berger, who had to make some repairs but returned later,
Alberti suffered severe damage and stayed pitside, and Tremont limped
around
the speedway for the rest of the night with a bent driveshaft.
But on the next restart, the Marshall Oil #98 of Eddie Marshall was
right on
the rear bumper of the #4 of Bachetti, and that was the way they would
race.
Marshall would the faster car tried to go high, and then low, then
high
again, but just couldn’t get enough momentum to complete the pass.
Finally, at the checkers, a last ditch effort came up short, with Andy
Bachetti getting his first win of 2007, and making him the 9th
different
winner of the season. Marshall crossed the line 2nd, followed by Wayne
Jelley, Steve Hough, and Guy Sheldon rounding out the top 5.
The Sportsman 20 lap feature was started with the #1 of D.T. Pickard
and the
#3 of Kim LaVoy on the front row. At the green, LaVoy didn’t take
much time
getting by the #1 of Pickard, and she set sail out front of the field.
But
further back, the man n the move was the #00 of Chris Kokosa. The
Kokosa
Fuels #00 was taking to the high side, or the Bachetti lane, to make
his
move toward the front. By lap 4, Kokosa powered his way to the runner
up
spot, and began to hunt down the #3 of LaVoy.
And by the 10th time around, he cleared LaVoy to take the lead, but was
slowed by a caution on lap 11 for the spinning #77S of Kevin Petrucci.
The
#00 powered away from the field, hampered by a couple more yellows, but
it
was not going to be enough for anyone to get to the man out front. At
the
checkers, it was Chris Kokosa taking his 2nd win of 2007. Following
Kokosa
was the hard charging Jeff Watson to finish 2nd, 3rd across the line
was
LaVoy, followed by Frank Harper, and Kyle Hoffman.
The Pro Stock 20 lapper was next up was pretty much over when it
started, as
Paul LaRochelle, started from the front row, and just set the cruise
control
for a nice Saturday night drive to take his first win of 2007.
Charging
through the field to finish a strong second was the #38M of Mike
Middleton.
A solid finish for the #15 of Dave Blanchard as he crossed the line
3rd; he
was followed by the #322 of Jay Casey, and the #35 of Rick Dempsey.
The Limited’s saw the #17 of Nick Hilt, charge from the rear of the
field to
win his 4th of 2007.
50 cars packed into the Valley of Speed for the Pure Stock division,
for
another night of full fender racing action. The races were divided
into 3
separate 8 lap features. The Key Bank, Funplex Funpark Feature Winners
were: PS# 1 – Shannon McDermott, PS# 2 – Robert Hammell, and PS# 3
– Phil
Wood.
Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages, you need to prepare
yourself for
a night of unbelievable destructive action! It’s the return of the
“Eve of
Destruction”. Waste Management and Heavy Hauler are presenting the
Eve of
Destruction this Tuesday, June 19th. There will be a School Bus Race,
a
Trailer Race, a Reverse Race, plus an Extreme Stunt Show. Bring the
whole
family out for a night of action, destruction, and loads of fun! Gates
will
open @ 5pm, action to begin by 6pm.
Also, next Saturday June 23rd, Anderson Equipment and DMC Racing
Products
present the Bubba Tanner Pro Stock Classic, along with a return of the
Benjamin Moore Paints 358 Super Series. All classes will be in action.
For more information, directions, or ticket info, visit our website at
www.LebanonValley.com. Or call the Speedway offices during normal
business
hours, at (518) 794-9606, (518) 794-9965.
RESULTS: Saturday June 16, 2007 - Key Bank & Funplex Fun Park
Modified Results (30 Laps) - 1 Andy Bachetti, 2 Eddie Marshall, 3
Wayne
Jelley, 4 Steve Hough, 5 Guy Sheldon, 6 Jeff Trombley, 7 Keith Flach, 8
John
Hewitt, 9 Mark Flach Jr, 10 Kyle Sheldon, 11 Russ Reckner, 12 Brian
Berger,
13 Paul Gilardi, 14 Dickie Larkin, 15 Dave McFeeters, 16 Mike King, 17
John
Ruchel, 18 Wayne Figler, 19 J. R. Heffner, 20 Hector Stratton, 21 Kenny
Tremont, 22 Ryan Larkin, 23 Danny Burl, 24 Matt Quinn, 25 John Alberti,
26
Tim Dwyer
Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 1 Chris Kokosa, 2 Jeff Watson, 3 Kim
Lavoy, 4
Frank Harper, 5 Kyle Hoffman, 6 K. C. Goewey, 7 Brian Sandstedt, 8 Art
Collins, 9 Ed Harkin, 10 Neil Stratton, 11 Chris Tryon, 12 Carmon
Carnibucci, 13 Alan Houghtaling, 14 Danny Sanchez, 15 Don Miller, 16
Kevin
Lynch, 17 Kolby Schroder, 18 Bill Singer, 19 Brian Houghtaling, 20 Joe
Carnibucci, 21 Kevin Petrucci, 22 Chad Pierce, 23 Kyle Armstrong, 24 D.
T.
Pickard
Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Paul LaRochelle, 2 Mike Middleton, 3
Dave
Blanchard, 4 Jay Casey, 5 Rick Dempsey, 6 Robbie Speed, 7 Kevin Arnold,
8
Jay Corbin, 9 Tom Brandt, 10 Jim Langenback, 11 Ed Bachand, 12 Chris
Crews,
13 Victor Hopkins, 14 Paul Rogers, 15 Ed Bishop, 16 Brian Keough, 17
Jeff
Kelmel, 18 Don Collins, 19 Kyle Hosier, 20 Don Carlson, 21 Jason Casey,
22
Steve Goodermote, 23 Jon Routhier, 24 Bob Duzlak, 25 Johnny Rivers
Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Nick Hilt, 2 Justin Herron, 3
Jery
Helms Jr, 4 Rob Maxon, 5 Jay Kretuziger Jr, 6 Joe Mennite, 7 Kevin
Winters,
8 Dale Kennedy, 9 Chad Jeseo, 10 George Miles Jr
Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Shannon McDermott, 2 Dave Stickles,
3
Jeff Kreutziger, 4 Richard Puff, 5 Jeff Douglass, 6 Joe Chenail, 7
Chris
Murphy,
8 Jay Martin, 9 Steve Hatch, 10 Dan Olds, 11 Gary Vandenberg, 12 Rich
Douglass, 13 Gil Twing Sr., 14 John Devine, 15 John Quiqley, 16 John
Denue,
17 Tom Davies
Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Robert Hammell, 2 Kirk Stanaway, 3
Dave
Houser, 4 Tom Murphy, 5 Chris Streeter, 6 Doug Olds, 7 Larry Ball, 8
Rob
Partridge, 9 Joe Walcott, 10 Adam Tator, 11 Larry Stickles, 12 Rich
Roger,
13 Karl Castagna, 14 Howard Madsen, 15 Randy Myers, 16 Mike Fachini,
DNS Ron
Hoyt Jr.
Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Phil Wood, 2 Al Relyea, 3 Jay Casey,
4
Tom Harkins, 5 Mike Eichstedt, 6 John Chapman, 7 Dave Streibel, 8 Matt
Humes, 9 Lou Ganzar, 10 Bob Palmer, 11 Ed Hatch, 12 Tim Sayers, 13 Pete
Wiegand, 14 Lynn Wesley, 15 Ray Hall Sr, 16 Jesse Murphy
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