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Don Harvey Scores Mini Sprint Slam Before Rain Cancels Cayuga County
Weedsport, NY – August 12, 2007 – By Gary M. Spaid, Cayuga County Fair Speedway PR
Donald Harvey, from Milford , NY , powered to a Central New York Mini-Sprint victory on Sunday at the Cayuga County Fair Speedway before rains fell forcing the remainder of the program to be canceled. It was Harvey ’s fourth win in as many outings this season at The Port.
Ninety-three race cars were on hand for the Five Star program; DIRTcar Modifieds, Sportsman Modifieds, Street Stocks, Mini-Sprints and ESDCA Mod Lites. Also canceled was the “World Famous Boat Race,” which has been added to the August 26 program of “Fire & Destruction”. Any fan holding a valid ticket stub for Sunday’s program can use that stub towards a $2 discount for the “Fire & Destruction” show.
The Sportsman main has been added to the September 2 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series card, making for double Sportsman features. The Modified, Mod Lite and Street Stock features are being looked at to find the best make up date possible. Look for press releases covering each of these rain delayed races.
At the start of the 20-lap Central New York Mini-Sprint main two sprinters rolled over in the first turn as the green flag flew. Both Nathan Stefl and Mike Emoff made contact with the outside concrete wall and rolled over simultaneously causing the red flag to fly.
Once the track was ready the green lights reappeared, this time with Michael Kiser in front of the 19-car field. Kiser was about to see that you never know the results until the “fat lady sings.” On lap five, Kiser spun around in the second turn and handed the feature lead over to Harvey, who was continually nagged by Jim Broderick as these two broke away from the rest of the field.
One additional yellow flag flew on lap 15 when Justin Phillips spun out in the second turn. The top-five at the drop of the checkers were Harvey, Broderick, Fredrick Hoffman, Gerald Sehn Jr. and Jared Fink. Rains started to fall in the middle of the CNY program, but never became heavy enough to stop the race.
CAYUGA COUNTY NOTES : A four-car accident took place in the second Modified heat race. Involved and needing to make repairs were heavy hitters Billy Dunn, Derrick Podsiadlo, Steve Paine and multi-time feature winner and division points leader Jimmy Phelps….Dan Williams had the first Mod Lite heat sewn up until his motor let go exiting the third turn on the final lap. He ended up finishing last in his heat race….Heat points were earned in both the Modifieds and Sportsman ranks…Members of the Kids Club ran their “Box Car” races during intermission. There were a number of very creative boxes turned into “race cars”….Nuisance rains persisted throughout the evening ending in the area after 11 p.m.
This coming Sunday will find the “Cars and Stars” of the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series in town on August 19 to make up the Hall of Fame Classic, originally scheduled to run in May. It will be Fan Foto Autograph night. Both DIRTcar Modified 53-lap features will also count in the DIRTcar Modified Five Star Mini-Series points. The program will be rounded out by Sportsman Modifieds, Street Stocks, BattleKarz and NY Modified Midgets. Race time is 7 p.m. sharp.
DISCOUNT MARINA (PORT BYRON)/PICK-N-PULL AUTO NIGHT SUMMARY
UMP/DIRTcar STREET STOCK
HEAT: P. Marsden, D. Mannise, N. Peckham, B. Boynton, N. Rizzo
TBA FEATURE LINE-UP: James Wallace, Steve Woodworth, Nick Rizzo, Dave Mannise, Nathan Peckham, Phil Marsden, Bobby Boynton, Van Grant, Kevin Collins, Mark Alnutt.
CNY MINI-SPRINT
HEAT 1: B. Pomponio, A. Kiser, M. Kiser, J. Fink, G. Sehn Jr.
HEAT 2: D. Harvey, R. Donovan, J. Broderick, F. Hoffman, S. O’Dea.
FEATURE (20-laps): DONALD HARVEY, Jimmy Broderick, Fredrick Hoffman, Gerald Sehn Jr., Jared Fink, Brian Pomponio, Shaun Gosselin, Michael Kiser, Ricky Donovan, Sierra Lister, Sean O’Dea, Justin Phillips, Rachel Melrose, Pat Reddon, James Kiser, Joseph Burkert, Arthur Kiser Jr., Nathan Stefl, Mike Emoff.
ESDCA MOD LITE
HEAT 1: A Schartner, K. Gamlen, J. Gwilt, M. Virginia, R. Rainville.
HEAT 2: R. Leone, Dg. Williams, L. Zehr, J. Barker, J. Blackburn.
HEAT 3: T. Devendorf, J. Crisafulli, J. King, J. Herbert, L. Thomas.
TBA FEATURE LINE-UP: Andrew Schartner, Rocco Leone, Tim Devendorf, Ken Gamlen, Doug Williams, Justin Crisafulli, Joe Gwilt, Lowell Zehr, Jamie King, Mike Virginia, Jeff Barker, Jeff Herbert, Rich Rainville, Jeff Blackburn, Lisa Thomas, Kevin Doll, Mike Rainville, Lorrie Herbert, Matt Rainville, Taylor Caprara, Matt Virginia, Dan Williams, Joe Garafolo, Brenda Rice, Chuck DeMott.
DIRTcar SPORTSMAN MODIFIED
HEAT 1: J. Juhl II, A. Fink, S. Donath, K. Hotchkiss, M. Mahaney.
HEAT 2: J. Juhl, T. Town, T. Currier, A. Steiner, S. Planck.
SEPT 2-MAKE UP FEATURE LINE UP: Keith Hotchkiss, Anthony Steiner, John Juhl II, John Juhl, Mike Mahaney, Todd Town, Alan Fink, Tim Currier, Steve Planck, Jesse Pontello, Dan Sellen, James Spano, Shawn Donath, Bill Coleman, Jeff Isabell Jr., Jeremy Pitcher, Rick Fedrizzi, Donnie Wetmore Jr., John Fitzsimones.
DIRTcar BIG-BLOCK MODIFIED
HEAT 1: M. Bowman, V. Vitale, J. Beyea, J. Potter, D. Rauscher.
HEAT 2: S. Beardsley, C. Homan, J. Haers, T. Juhl, B. Henry Jr.
TBA FEATURE LINE UP: Jason Potter, Sean Beardsley, Mike Bowman , Chad Homan, Joe Beyea, Tom Juhl, Vince Vitale, Billy Dunn, Dave Rauscher, Rob Bellinger, Steve Paine, Shannon Whaley, Bob Henry Jr., Justin Haers, Russ Hefti, Derrick Podsiadlo, Steve Roberts, Jimmy Phelps.
The Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series for Big-Block Modifieds 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, Rite Aid Corporation 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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