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New Egypt, NJ (June 23, 2007) – Sam Martz of Somerville, NJ finally
got the monkey off his back on Saturday night at New Egypt Speedway
as he broke thru for his first DIRTcar Modified win of 2007. Martz,
who ended the 2006 season on a three race win streak, took the lead
at the halfway mark and went on to claim the $3000 top prize.

“We finally got it all together!” exclaimed an excited Martz, “We
went back to our set-up from last year, and the car worked great.”

Jim Robertson had the early lead in the event when the first stoppage
occurred on lap 7 as the red flag flew when Tad Cox flipped on the
backstretch. On the ensuing restart 2001 champion Keith Hoffman hit
the front stretch wall ending his evening. On the following restart
Modified rookie Rick Wegner spun coming off of turn four triggering a
15 car pileup resulting in several cars being towed of for the
evening including point leader Matt Sheppard.
Things finally settled down on the restart as Robertson continued to
lead with Ron John Koczon, Martz, Bucky Kell and Jimmy Horton giving
chase. Koczon quickly worked his way by Robertson and tried to run
away and hide, but Martz had other ideas. Martz tracked him down and
applied constant pressure until he finally wrestled the lead away at
the halfway mark. Once in the lead, Martz was never headed as he
cruised to his first win of the season. Frank Cozze was fast over the
final 10 laps, but still did not have enough to challenge for the
win, settling for second. Koczon came home third, with Kell fourth
and Bob Drayton rounding out the top five.

In the Bar’s Leaks URC Sprint Series 25 lap feature event, Michael
Carber of Pipersville, PA won his first career URC A Main. Carber
took lead from Randy West on lap 7 and then held off the challenges
of Brian Seidel to take the checkered. Seidel finished a strong
second, chased by Kevin Welsh in third. West and Mark Bitner
completed the top five.

Rocco Infante of Robbinsville, NJ won his third feature of the year
in the 20-lap Sportsman event. John Romano Jr. finished second,
followed by Jack Swain, Gary Butler and Rich Scagliotta.
Kory Fleming of Easton, PA took his third feature win of the season
in the 20 lap Super Stock feature event. Mick Search finished second,
Todd Cray was third, Matt Kall finished fourth and Al Cheney was
fifth.

The Super Late Model feature was another crowd pleaser as David and
Kenny Pettyjohn raced each other hard throughout the entire event
with David coming out on top to the cheers of the crowd. Third
brother Mark Pettyjohn completed the family sweep coming home third,
followed by Dave Graber and Jason Miller.

This Wednesday night, June 27th it is the first Annual 358 Modified
Summer Dash for Cash. The 358’s will run a 40 lap feature paying
$5000 to win. The best drivers in the northeast will be on hand to
compete for the top prize. Outlaw stocks will also be in action as
they will vie for $600 to win. Gates will open at 5pm, with the first
race at 7:30pm. Adult Admission will be only $15, children 7-12 will
be $5.50 and kids 6 and under are always free.

Next Saturday night, June 30th, it will be our Independence Day
Explosion, with the DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds running a 35 lap
feature event. Sportsman, Super Stocks, SS Sprints, Outlaw Stocks and
Crate 1 Sportsman will also be on the card. All divisions will
compete for double points. For more information, call the speedway
office at (609) 758-1900 or log on to www.newegyptspeedway.net.

6/23/07
MODIFIED RESULTS
1st Heat: 1. Tim Tanner Jr. 2. Tad Cox 3. Ryan Godown 4. Ron John
Koczon 5. Bucky Kell 6. Rick Wegner
2nd Heat: 1. Pat Wall 2. Keith Hoffman 3. Jim Robertson 4. Mike
Hendershot 5. Frank Cozze 6. Rich Rutski
3rd Heat: 1. John Keller 2. Sam Martz 3. Matt Sheppard 4. John
Miloszar 5. Bob Drayton 6. Brian Godown
B Main: 1. Jimmy Horton 2. Ken Meisner 3. Tom Carberry 4. Rich
Holsten 5. Randy Laird 6. Carmine Infante
Feature (30 laps): 1. Sam Martz 2. Frank Cozze 3.Ron John Koczon 4.
Bucky Kell 5. Bob Drayton 6. Jimmy Horton 7. Ryan Godown 8. Mike
Hendershot 9. Brian Godown 10. Tim Tanner Jr. 11. John Keller 12.
Rick Wegner 13. Randy Laird 14. Jim Robertson 15. John Miloszar 16.
Keith Hoffman 17. Rich Rutski 18. Matt Sheppard 19. Tad Cox 20. Tom
Carberry 21. Pat Wall 22. Dominick Buffalino 23. Kenny Meisner 24.
Carmine Infante 25. Rick Holsten
DNQ: Donnie Radd, Rob Nixon, John Salvatore, Dennis Halas, Mike
McAleer, Ken Carberry

SPORTSMAN RESULTS
1st Heat: 1. John McClelland 2. Tommy Carberry Jr. 3. Art Liedl 4.
Mike Howardson 5. Alan Bleacher
2nd Heat: 1. Glenn Pyatt 2. Justin Hoffman 3. Mike Krachun 4. Danny
Bouc 5. Mike Brannigan
3rd Heat: 1. Rich Scaglotta 2. John Romano Jr. 3. Glenn Hisko 4.
Billy Tanner IV 5. Ben Donaruma
4th Heat: 1. Chad Barney 2. Gene Stravinsky 3. Willie Osmun 4. Rocco
Infante 5.Jack Swain
1st B Main: 1. Gary Butler 2. Tim Apgar 3. Chris Lane
2nd B Main: 1. Steve Ramsey 2. Clay Butler 3. Bobby Butler (Pts.
Prov. Willie Osmun)
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Rocco Infante 2. John Romano Jr. 3. Jack Swain
4. Gary Butler 5. Rich Scaglotta 6. Tommy Carberry 7. Mike Howardson
8. Mike Krachun 9. Willie Osmun 10. Glenn Hisko 11. Glenn Pyatt 12.
Art Liedl 13. Tim Apgar 14. Steve Ramsey 15. Clay Butler 16. Alan
Bleacher 17. John McClelland 18. Justin Hoffman 19. Chad Barney 20.
Gene Stravinsky 21. Danny Bouc 22. Ben Donaruma 23. Mike Brannigan
24. Billy Tanner IV. 25. Bobby Butler 26. Chris Lane
DNQ: Bill Paulmenn, Brad Freeman, Kenny Huchko, Donnie Kline, Will
Dupree, Marc Herman, Barry Christ, Wayne Bechtel, Bob Hendershot, Joe
Baumann, Everett Taylor, Dave Hunt, Robin McTighe, Lou Farina III

SUPER STOCK RESULTS
1st Heat: 1. Steve Davis 2. Todd Cray 3. George Quinlan 4. Bryan Reed
5. Tony Giglio
2nd Heat: 1. Toyn Bozowsky 2. Kory Fleming 3. Mick Search 4. Jason
Bubeck 5. Al Cheney
Feature (20 laps): 1. Kory Fleming 2. Mick Search 3. Todd Cray 4.
Matt Kall 5. Al Cheney 6. Jason Bubeck 7. Bryan Reed 8. George
Quinlan 9. Bill Liedtka 10. Steve Davis 11. George Marrero 12. Don
Shipley 13. Billy Bauer 14. Ron Coverly 15. Greg Schmidt 16. Tony
Bozowski 17. Jim Hewitt 18. Pete Fogarty 19. Tony Giglio 20. Kevin
Bifulco 21. Bob Vaccaro


URC SPRINT CAR RESULTS
1st Heat: 1. Randy West 2. Kevin Welsh 3. Justin Collett 4. Mark
Bitner 5. Kramer Williamson 6. Gary Gollub
2nd Heat: 1. Michael Carber 2. Dave Ely 3. Jamie Bodo 4. J.J. Grasso
5.Josh Weller 6. Todd Rittenhouse
3rd Heat: 1. Brian Seidel 2. Jason Clauss 3. Adam Gordon 4. Davey
Sammons 5. Robbie Stillwagon 6. Andy Hannula
Feature (25 Laps): 1. Michael Carber 2. Brian Seidel 3. Kevin Welsh
4. Randy West 5. Mark Bitner 6. J.J. Grasson 7. Kramer Williamson 8.
Trevor Lewis 9. Curt Michael 10. Josh Weller 11. Andrew Hannula 12.
Brook Weibley 13. Ed Aikin 14. Adam Gordon 15. Davey Sammons 16.
Robbie Stillwagon 17. Mares Stellfox 18. Dave Ely 19. Justin Collett
20. Jimmy Stitzel 21. Jamie Bodo 22. Mike Haggenbottom 23. Greg
Coverdale 24. Jason Clauss 25. Gary Gollub
B-Main: 1. Curt Michael 2. Trevor Lewis 3. Jimmy Stitzel 4. Ed Aikin
5. Mares Stellfox 6. Brook Weibley
DNQ: Tim Hogue, Mike Haggenbottom, Jimmy Martin, Joey Biasi, Joe
Zuczek, Mike Kostic, Kyle Purks, Chris Coyle

SUPER LATE MODEL RESULTS
Timed Hot Laps: 1. Mark Malcomb 20.162 2. Mark Pettyjohn 20.204 3.
Kenny Pettyjohn 20.284 4. Jason Miller 20.412 5. Dave Graber 20.473
Feature (25 Laps): 1. David Pettyjohn 2. Kenny Pettyjohn 3. Mark
Pettyjohn 4. Dave Graber 5. Jason Miller 6. Mark Malcomb 7. Jake
Roveda 8. Tom Lainhart 9. Al Cheney 10. Ray Deemer 11. Junior Greve
12. Spider Ensinger 13. Eric Midkiff 14. Rob Ormsbee

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