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Elbridge, NY – July 3, 2007 – By Gary M. Spaid, Rolling Wheels Raceway Park PR
The Mod Lites and Mid-State Vintage cars helped celebrate Town Mechanical’s ‘Firecracker’ Special at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park on Tuesday, July 3. These events were part of the annual Independence Day special at the ‘Fast Track’ that included the ASCS Patriot Sprints and Twin 50s for the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds.
Brett Hearn and Gary Tomkins shared victory lane after copping the Advance Auto Parts Series features while the ‘Cobra’ Chuck Hebing dominated the 20-lap Patriot Sprint A-main to score his second victory of the season at RWR. (complete reports for both classes can be found elsewhere in separate stories).
In the Mod-Lites division, Paul Klager won a 15-lap feature taking the lead from Jeff Barker on lap nine. Klager, a Merrittville Speedway regular, commented that this was his first time at Rolling Wheels after making the trip to Central New York, “My boss doesn’t know I took the day off to make the races.”
There were two yellow flags that slowed the feature. On lap five, Lowell Zehr spun off the fourth turn and on lap 10, Andrew Schartner looped in the fourth corner. Both cars were able to return to the race. The top-five finishers behind Klager were Barker, Justin Crisafulli, Mike Hay and Adam Murphy.
The race averaged 65.911 mph for the 15 lap distance on a track that must be like a super-speedway to these little cars. Barker is credited with turning in the fastest lap of 90.667 mph.
In Mid-State Vintage racing there were two features run, one for the 50’s and 60’s models and the final 10-lapper for the 70’s cars.
In the 50’s/60’s 10-lap main, Gordy Wood and Shirley Morden swapped the lead back and forth several times once she caught Wood on lap four. As these two went at it at the front, Matt Scott was closing in on the lead duo. Scott faltered on lap nine, almost spinning around in between the third and fourth turns, allowing the front two to battle for the victory. The battle ended with Morden taking the checkers first followed by Wood. Both went to victory lane as Morden represented the 60’s class and Wood the 50’s division.
The 70’s Mid-State Vintage feature was also highlighted by a three-car battle at the front, between Ally Amell, Rich Applebee and Bill Klisslstein. Applebee was able to pass Amell for the lead on lap six and come home the winner. Amell finished second followed by Klisslstein to round out the final top-three finishers.
TOWN MECHANICAL, INC presents THE FIRECRACKER SPECIALS NIGHT SUMMARY
FERRIS COMMERCIAL MOWERS MID-STATE VINTAGE CARS
50’s/60’s FEATURE (10-laps): SHIRLEY MORDEN, GORDY WOOD, Matt Scott, Don Larmon, Frank Blanchard, Norm Richardson, Paul Vassello (DNS).
70’S FEATURE (10-laps): RICH APPLEBEE, Ally Amell, Bill Klisslstein, Rob Casti, James Hilimire, Phil Claussen, Bob Williams Sr., Ron Hadden
TOWN MECHANICAL, INC MOD LITES
HEAT :J. Barker, P. Klager, L. Zehr, M. Hay, A. Schartner.
FEATURE (15-laps): PAUL KLAGER, Jeff Barker, Justin Crisafulli, Mike Hay, Adam Murphy, Lowell Zehr, Andrew Schartner, Ken Gamlen, Steve Miller, Kelly Skinner, Sam Morse.
The DIRTcar Advance Auto Parts Modified Series is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Advance Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire and Sunoco Race Fuels. Promotional partners include AMB i.t., F.X. Caprara Car Companies and the University of Northwestern Ohio and the contingency sponsors are Bert Transmission, Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Integra Shocks, MSD Ignitions, Miller Electric Manufacturing Company and Wrisco Industries.
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