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By: Rodney Rescott
Saturday July 7, 2007
West Lebanon, NY: The Valley of Speed was all geared up for a Big
Block
Modified shootout for a big payday. The weather was perfect for the
Freihofer Baking Company and Curtis Hill Modular Homes to present the
Royal’s Garage and DeVries Building Supply night of racing action.
Of course the highlighted event for the night was once again the big
block
Modifieds for their 30 lap feature event for an extra cool $3,000.00.
On
the front row, it was the #39 of Ryan Larkin, along with the #87X of
Paul
Gilardi.
When the green flag dropped, Gilardi took control of the 22 car field.
But
trouble came early for some of the top runners. Eddie Marshall’s #98
got
sideways in turn two, and everyone else checked up to avoid contact on
lap
2. Hector Stratton, Eddie Marshall, Matt Quinn, Guy Sheldon, and Wayne
Figler. All were able to continue, some with some major repairs, while
the
#24 of Figler was the only car done for the night.
On the restart, Gilardi once again lead the field through turns one and
two.
Gilardi led the pack until lap 7; when Steve Hough made heavy contact
with
the outside boiler plate coming down the front stretch bring out
another
yellow. This put the #24 of John Hewitt on his inside on the next
restart. Gilardi once again powered his Fast Loans #87x to the top
spot.
Another caution flew on lap 11 for heavy contact with the #21J of Jeff
Trombley and the #88 of Matt Quinn. Trombley reported that the breaks
failed entering turn one, and just lost control. Trombley was done for
the
night, and the #88 of Quinn continued.
But it was Gilardi at the point, this time with the A. Calarusso & Sons
#74
of J.R. Heffner who wanted to take over. Gilardi didn’t back down,
and the
two fought for the lead for the next eight laps, but this time, Gilardi
held
on, and finally got his first win of 2007.
At the checkers it was the #87X of Gilardi taking the big $3,000.00
payday,
followed by Heffner, Andy Bachetti powered his way into the 3rd spot,
followed by the #115 of Kenny Tremont, while Mark Flach, Jr. finished a
strong 5th.
The 20 lap Pro Stock feature event took to the legendary high banks.
Kyle
Hosier had the early lead, but the caution flew on lap one with several
cars
getting together in the first turn. Included in the melee was the #35
of
Rick Dempsey, the #38M of Mike Middleton, the #243 of Victor Hopkins,
and a
few others.
At the green, the field was under the control of Kyle Hosier’s #71.
The
next caution flew for Ed Bishop’s #11 spinning in turn 3. This put
the
red-hot Speed’s Garage #24 of Robbie Speed right on the deck lid of
Hosier.
The green flew once again on lap 8, and it was the #71 and the #24
dicing it
out for the top spot. Door to door, wheel to wheel for nearly 5 laps,
they
battled fiercely with each other. Finally, by lap 14, the #24 had the
advantage, and it was all over for the rest of the field. Even a late
race
charge by the #8 of Jay Corbin wasn’t going to deny Speed his 2nd win
of
2007.
Following Speed was Corbin at the checkers. Hosier held on to finish
3rd,
followed by Jay Casey, and Jason Casey rounding out the top 5.
The Sportsman took to the Valley of Speed for their 20 lap feature
event of
the evening. D.T. Pickard and Jeff Kelly brought the field to the
green.
And it was clear early on that there was going to be a bit of bumpin’
and
bangin’ through out the event.
Kelly’s #44 took the top spot early, leading the field for the first
several
trips around the high banks. Back in the field, some of the big guns
were
struggling to get through the field to get to the front. Chris
Kokosa’s #00
was involved in several incidences, but managed to drive his Kokosa
Fuels
#00 to an 11th place finish. Also struggling was the Want Ad Digest #2
of
K.C. Goewey. He too was marred in heavy traffic, and was bumped and
banged
around, but managed to rally to an 8th place finish.
Jeff Kelly’s view out front was somewhat short lived, as the #68 of
Art
Collins got to the #44, and moved on by to take over the point. And
that
was all he needed, as the checkers flew on the #68.
Following Collins was the #80 of Kory Sandstedt, the #22 of Defending
Point
Champ Jeff Watson, #5 of Chris Tryon, and the #87 of Neil Stratton
rounded
out the top 5.
In the Limited pro Stocks, it was the same day, just a different date,
as
the N&L Autobody #17 of Nick Hilt started last, and took just 3 short
laps
to power his way to the point. Once out front, he set the cruise
control
and took a Saturday Night cruise. At the checkers, Hilt was followed
by the
#98 of Justin Herron, and the #6 of John Santolin. The rest of the top
5
were Rob Maxon, and Joe Mennite.
The nearly 50 car strong Pure Stock Division winners were: PS#1 –
Joe
Walcott, PS#2 – Ray Hall, Sr., and PS# 3 – Al Relyea.
Phil Difiglio goes 12 for 12 taking the 4 Cylinder Double Cam class,
while
Don Curley survived to win the 4 Cylinder Single Cams.
On the horizon for next Saturday night, it is the return of the
Rifenburg
Construction Night of Features! On the card of events will be the Big
Blocks Modifieds, including the return of one of our past champs, and
the
Benjamin Moore Paints 358 Super Series. The Big Blocks Mods will also
be
gunning for a declared Double Points Night. You are not going to want
to
miss this one!
For more information, details on your favorite driver, or any upcoming
event; visit our website at www.LebanonValley.com, click on
“Speedway”, or
call the Speedway Offices during normal business hours at (518)
794-9606,
(518) 794-9965.
Saturday July 7, 2007 - Freihofer Baking Company & Curtis Hill Modular
Homes
Present The Royal's Garage & DeVries Building Supply $3,000 to Win
Modified
Results (30 Laps) - 1 Paul Gilardi, 2 J. R. Heffner, 3 Andy Bachetti, 4
Kenny Tremont, 5 Mark Flach Jr, 6 John Alberti, 7 John Hewitt, 8 Eddie
Marshall, 9 Guy Sheldon, 10 Keith Flach, 11 Ryan Larkin, 12 Brian
Berger, 13
Hector Stratton, 14 Russ Reckner, 15 John Ruchel, 16 Charlie Humes, 17
Steve
Hough, 18 Matt Quinn, 19 Jeff Trombley, 20 Kyle Sheldon, 21 Danny Burl,
22
Wayne Figler, 23 Mike King, 24 Kenny Aanonsen, 25 Dickie Larkin
Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 1 Art Collins, 2 Korey Sandstedt, 3 Jeff
Watson, 4 Chris Tryon, 5 Neil Stratton, 6 Chad Pierce, 7 Kolby
Schroder, 8
K. C. Goewey, 9 Ed Harkin, 10 Brian Sandstedt, 11 Chris Kokosa, 12
Kevin
Petrucci, 13 Don Miller, 14 Wayne Keyes, 15 Frank Harper, 16 D. T.
Pickard,
17 Kevin Lynch, 18 Jeff Kelly, 19 Danny Sanchez, 20 Carmon Carnibucci,
21
Kyle Armstrong, 22 Bill Singer, 23 Kyle Hoffman, 24 Alan Houghtaling
Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Robbie Speed, 2 Jay Corbin, 3 Kyle
Hosier, 4
Jay Casey, 5 Jason Casey, 6 Mike Middleton, 7 Ed Bachand, 8 Chris
Crews, 9
Steve Hankle, 10 Paul Rogers, 11 Ed Bishop, 12 Paul LaRochelle, 13
Johnny
Rivers, 14 Mike Slauson, 15 Brian Keough, 16 Kevin Arnold, 17 Don
Carlson,
18 Don Collins, 19 Jon Routhier, 20 Rick Dempsey, 21 Victor Hopkins
Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Nick Hilt, 2 Justin Herron, 3
John
Santolin, 4 Rob Maxon, 5 Joe Mennite, 6 Jay Kretuziger Jr, 7 Gary
Ashley, 8
Dirk Lapierre, 9 Dale Kennedy, 10 Chad Jeseo
Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Joe Walcott, 2 Kirk Stanaway, 3 Doug
Olds, 4 Ron Hoyt Jr, 5 Joe Chenail, 6 John Devine, 7 Mike Fachini, 8
Brian
Vandenburgh, 9 John Quiqley, 10 John Acker, 11 Cord Becker, 12 Dave
Houser,
13 Paul Engwer, 14 Clint Bonner
Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Ray Hall Sr, 2 Rob Partridge, 3
Randy
Myers, 4 Chris Streeter, 5 Karl Castagna, 6 Dan Olds, 7 Tom Davies, 8
Wuggie
Burdick, 9 Steve Kahler, 10 Gary VanDenburg, 11 Tim Sayers, 12 Jim
Fachini
Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Al Relyea, 2 Phil Wood, 3 Jay Casey,
4
Matt Humes, 5 Mike Eichstedt, 6 Lou Ganzar, 7 John Chapman, 8 Dave
Streibel,
9 Dave Stickles, 10 Robert Hammell, 11 Shannon McDermott, 12 Ed Hatch,
13
Tom Murphy, 14 Tom Harkins, 15 Jesse Murphy
4-Cylinder Results (20 Laps) - Dual Cam Results - 1 Phil Defiglio, 2
Steven
Loomis, 3 Todd Bartley, 4 Mark Burke, 5 Matt Mooradian, 6 Frank
Sorrento, 7
Bob Butler, 8 Michelle Catone, 9 Mike Dianda, 10 Aaron Roberts, 11
Terry
McNamara, 12 Bill Tossbach, 13 Todd Goldstein
4-Cylinder Results (20 Laps) - Single Cam Results - 1 Don Curley, 2 Joe
Mabb, 3 Bubba Barber, 4 Kevin Winters, 5 Todd Pelkey, 6 Frank Amendola,
7
Brett Van Buren, 8 Adam Petell, 9 Tim Formel, 10 Cody Speed, 11 Chris
White,
12 Tony Arcoleo, 13 Shawn Perez, 14 Brett Davis
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