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Saturday July 28, 2007
By: Rodney Rescott
West Lebanon, NY - Lebanon Valley Speedway squeaked out a full night of
racing action as the rains held off. The fans packed the Valley of
Speed
not only to enjoy the “Fan Night” festivities, but for the heated
racing
action on the legendary high banks.
GE Plastics and Dig Safely NY presented a full card of action, along
with a
autograph session with the Valley’s big guns. Kenny Tremont Jr., Eddie
Marshall, Keith Flach, and Kevin Arnold, along with a several other
drivers
signed pictures, t-shirts, hats, and much more for the fans before the
night
of action began.
Once it was time for the racing, the Big Block Modifieds took to the
speedway for their 30 lap feature event. On the front row it was the
Hough
Motors #34 of Steve Hough and the Thoma Tire #55 of Mike King. At the
drop
of the green, Hough powered out front to take the top spot on the
field.
The first caution flew on lap 3 as everyone got bunch up in turns three
causing a few cars to spin including points leader Eddie Marshall.
That
left the Marshall Oil #98 to play catch up for the rest of the night to
try
and maintain his slim point lead. At the restart, Hough once again
powered
out front, but was later slowed again on lap 17 as the #77F of Mark
Flach
and the #44 of Dave Leckonby made contact, causing Flach’s car to head
up
the track and into the wall, taking the Leckonby with him.
At this point of the race, the big guns have made their way to the
front.
The Mighty Matt Quinn was sitting in 2nd for most of the race, but
behind
him the #115 of Kenny Tremont, the #4 of Andy Bachetti, and the #74 of
J.R.
Heffner, were all poised to take over the front two spots.
At the green, the racing got hot and heavy, but it was Bachetti who
found
the fast way around and vaulted from 5th spot to 2nd in about 2 laps.
By
then, Hough had checked out on the field, making difficult for the
Albreada
Waste #4 to catch him. But as luck would have it, the caution flew on
lap
27 for the #21J of Jeff Trombley who suffered a catastrophic blown
motor in
turn 4. This put Bachetti right on the rear bumper of Hough for a 3
lap
shoot out.
On the restart, Bachetti dove to the outside of the #34 going into turn
1,
but lost the handle, and drifted high. That was as close as he would
come,
as the #74 of Heffner snuck by to take second, and tried to make a run
at
Hough, but it was not to be, as the Steve Hough takes his first win of
2007.
Following Hough was Heffner’s #74, the #4 of Bachetti, Tremont crossed
in
4th, and Quinn’s #88Q rounded out the top 5.
In the Sportsman 20 lap feature event, it was almost like De Ja Vu, as
the
Waste Management #3 of Kim LaVoy powered out to the front from her
front row
spot.
Everyone was chasing her down, till lap 15, when the #80 of Kory
Sandstedt
passed her to take the lead, but on the very next lap, broke something
in
the rear end, and dropped out of competition. This gave LaVoy back the
lead. Caution flew again on lap 17 as the Sports Page Café #09 of
Kevin
Lynch lost a drive shaft, taking out the Want Ad Digest #2 of K.C.
Goewey.
This set up a 3 lap shoot out for the win. As the green flew, the LP
Adams
Lumber #5 of Chris Tryon bolted from 2nd, past LaVoy, into the lead.
As the
checkers flew, Tryon takes his 3rd win of 2007.
Following Tryon was the #3 of LaVoy; Carmen Carnibucci’s #95 crossed
the
line 3rd, followed by the #9 of Ed Harkin, and rookie Kevin Petrucci
held on
for a strong 5th place finish.
The Pro Stock 20 lap feature event was a battle from lap one, for 2nd
on
back anyways. A the Speed’s Garage #24 of Robbie Speed took over the
top
spot on lap 3, and set the cruise control for his 3rd win of 2007.
Following Speed’s #24 across the finish was the current point leader
Kevin
Arnold to finish 2nd. 3rd across the line was the hard charging #38M
of
Mike Middleton, who started last on the field; 4th across the line was
the
#8 of Jay Corbin, and the #243 of Victor Hopkins rounded out the top 5.
In the Limited Pros, it was the 8th win for the N&L Autobody #17 of
Nick
Hilt. In the Pure Stocks, this week’s winners were: PS#1 – Dan Olds,
PS#2 –
Ed Hatch, and PS#3 – Phil Wood.
Current Point Standings: (top 5 of each class)
Big Blocks Mods: 1) J.R. Heffner 751, 2) Eddie Marshall -9, 3) Andy
Bachetti
-9, 4) Guy Sheldon -43, 5) Kenny Tremont -45.
Benjamin Moore Paints 358’s: 1) Andy Bachetti 162, 2) Keith Flach 162,
3)
J.R. Heffner -6, 4) Jeff Trombley -18, 5) Matt Quinn -26.
Sportsman: 1) Jeff Watson 630, 2) Art Collins -37, 3) Frank Harper -61,
4)
Chris Tryon -73, 5) Kyle Hoffman -80.
Pro Stock: 1) Kevin Arnold 691, 2) Mike Middleton -21, 3) Jay Corbin
-26, 4)
Robbie Speed -35, 5) Jay Casey -73.
Limited PS: 1) Nick Hilt 359, 2) Justin Herron -57, 3) Chad Jeseo -89,
4)
Rob Maxon -122, 5) Joe Mennite – 143.
Pure Stocks: 1)Matt Humes 332, 2) Al Relyea -25, 3) Jay Casey -58, 4)
Jesse
Murphy -75, 5) Dave Streibel -80.
Next week is the Benjamin Moore Paints and Heavy Hauler night of action
that
will include the Benjamin Moore paints 358 Super Series, along with all
other classes.
Then, prepare yourself for a mid-summer showdown of racing action, as
Budweiser presents a two day Valley of Speed Party Weekend. Starting
Friday
August 10th the Sportsman will headline the night’s action along with
the
Limited Pro Stocks, Pure Stocks, 4 Cylinders, and the ACOT Midgets.
Then on
Saturday August 11th, it’s a special 100 lap Big Block Modified DirtCar
Series Tour Event, also featuring the Pro Stocks. Get you weekend
passes
now as they are going to go fast.
For more information on tickets, passes, directions, or your favorite
drivers, 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 28, 2007 - GE Plastics & Dig Safely NY Present "Fan
Night"
Modified Results (30 Laps) - 1 Steve Hough, 2 J. R. Heffner, 3 Andy
Bachetti,
4 Kenny Tremont, 5 Matt Quinn, 6 Guy Sheldon, 7 Brian Berger, 8 Eddie
Marshall, 9 Paul Gilardi, 10 Keith Flach, 11 John Hewitt, 12 Mike King,
13
Russ Reckner, 14 Ryan Larkin, 15 Dave McFeeters, 16 Jeff Trombley, 17
Wayne
Figler, 18 Hector Stratton, 19 Robert Allen, 20 Dave Leckonby, 21 Mark
Flach
Jr, 22 Kyle Sheldon, 23 Kenny Aanonsen, 24 Dickie Larkin, 25 John
Ruchel
Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 1 Chris Tryon, 2 Kim Lavoy, 3 Carmon
Carnibucci, 4 Ed Harkin, 5 Kevin Petrucci, 6 Art Collin, 7 Danny
Sanchez, 8
Chad Pierce, 9 Kolby Schroder, 10 Jeff Watson, 11 Kyle Hoffman, 12 Neil
Stratton, 13 Brian Sandstedt, 14 Frank Harper, 15 Don Miller, 16 Wayne
Keyes, 17 Kyle Armstrong, 18 D. J. Faulkner, 19 Bill Singer, 20 Bobby
Henchsel, 21 Kevin Lynch, 22 K. C. Goewey, 23 Alan Houghtaling, 24 Kory
Sandstedt
Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Robbie Speed, 2 Kevin Arnold, 3 Mike
Middleton, 4 Jay Corbin, 5 Victor Hopkins, 6 Paul LaRochelle, 7 Jay
Casey, 8
Rick Dempsey, 9 Jason Casey, 10 Chris Crews, 11 Kent Clark, 12 Justin
Herron, 13 Ed Bishop, 14 Mike Slauson, 15 Johnny Rivers, 16 Kyle
Hosier, 17
Jon Routhier, 18 Don Collins, 19 Ed Bachand, DNS Brian Keough
Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Nick Hilt, 2 Jay Kretuziger Jr,
3
Joe Mennite, 4 Gary Ashley, 5 Kevin Winters, 6 Chad Jeseo, 7 Rob Maxon
Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Dan Olds, 2 Karl Castagna, 3 Brian
VanDenberg, 5 Harold Tarantino, 6 Gary VanDenberg, 7 John Quiqley, 8
John
Hubbard, 9 Jeff Douglass, 10 Paul Engwer, 11 Ron Hoyt Jr, 12 Joe
Chenail, DQ
Cord Becker, DQ Chris Streeter
Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Ed Hatch, 2 Tim Sayers, 3 Rob
Partridge,
4 Doug Olds, 5 Kirk Stanaway, 6 Lynn Wesley, 7 Richard Puff, 8 Dave
Houser,
9 Johnny Lane, 10 Joe Walcott, 11 Howard Madsen, 12 Bob Palmer
Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Phil Wood, 2 Al Relyea, 3 Matt
Humes, 4
Dave Streibel, 5 Jesse Murphy, 6 Lou Ganzar, 7 Jay Casey, 8 Shannon
McDermott, 9 Dave Stickles, 10 Ray Hall Sr., 11 Mike Eichstedt, 12 Tom
Harkins, 13 John Chapman
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