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Middletown, NY – October 21, 2007 – By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super
DIRTcar Series PR Director
Home track favorite Jeff Heotzler ended a story book season as he outlasted Billy Decker on Sunday to capture the 46th Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Eastern States 200 Big-Block Modified Championship at Orange County Fair Speedway. Heotzler earned the 2007 Orange County points title without a single win before closing out the season with the biggest victory of his career that awarded him the $20,000 first-place prize.
After starting 42nd in the 46-car field, Heotzler sped past Billy Decker when his full tank ran dry on lap 193 and held off three-time defending race winner Brett Hearn in a race that was slowed by 18 caution periods and a trio of red flags. Hearn’s runner-up tally secured him the overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Modified Series Championship, with veteran Rich Eurich crossing the line third ahead of Pennsylvanian Rick Laubach and Captital District runner Kenny Tremont.
Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Race #32 – Orange County Fair Speedway, Oct. 21, 2007 Eastern States 200 Championship Event Summary
FEATURE (200-laps):
FIN STR CAR# DRIVER LAPS
1 42 66 Jeff Heotzler/Wallkill,NY($20,000) 200
2 1 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ 200
3 25 10 Rich Eurich/Warwick,NY 200
4 29 14 Rick Laubach/Quakertown,PA 200
5 35 115 Kenny Tremont/West Sand Lake,NY 200
6 5 44s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY 200
7 19 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY 200
8 8 55 Mitch Gibbs/North Norwich,NY 200
9 20 3 Justin Haers/Phelps,NY 200
10 23 2 Ronnie Johnson/Duanesburg,NY 200
11 33 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY 200
12 15 11 Danny Creeden/Middletown,NY 200
13 11 99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY 199
14 30 Z Butch Tittle/Saylorsburg,PA 199
15 7 32c Vic Coffey/Leicester,NY 199
16 28 88 Steve Dodd/Middletown,NY 199
17 18 17 Donnie Elliott/Middletown,NY 198
18 4 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY 197
19 2 59 Bruce Kline/Bangor,PA 189
20 36 24x Greg Sleight/Hopewell Junction,NY 188
21 44 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY 178
22 46 60 Kenny Stafford/Homer,NY 176
23 6 19 Tim Fuller/Edwards, NY 171
24 17 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY 157
25 21 24 Chris Shultz/Pawling,NY 154
26 22 5 Chuck McKee/Middletown,NY 142
27 10 84 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY 129
28 40 21m Bob McGannon/Garnerville,NY 127
29 31 21k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY 124
30 38 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY 111
31 13 12a Jack Johnson/Duanesburg,NY 102
32 34 25 Mike Kolka/Circleville,NY 83
33 27 20c Craig Hanson/Tribes Hill,NY 75
34 45 44 Frank Cozze/Wind Gap,PA 74
35 26 33-1/3 Tommy Meier/Waldwick,NJ 74
36 16 73 Rick Mill/New Windsor,NY 73
37 41 r2 Rusty Smith/Bethlehem,PA 72
38 39 99b Chuck Bower/Lansing,NY 67
39 12 47 Jerry Higbie/Slate Hill,NY 54
40 37 673 Joe Morel/Boonton,NJ 53
41 24 x2 Jimmy Horton/Neshanic Station,NJ 52
42 32 10s Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY 44
43 3 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY 35
44 14 71 David VanHorn/Phillipsburg,NJ 30
45 9 ofp1 Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT 18
46 43 22g Alan Barker/Norwich,NY 11
GATER NEWS LAP LEADERS: Hearn (1-50), Mill (51-53), Tremont (54-59), Tittle (60), Hearn (61-85), Decker (86-192), Heotzler (193-200).
TOTAL LAPS LED: 107-Decker, 75-Hearn, 8-Heotzler, 6-Tremont, 3-Mill, 1-Tittle.
CAUTIONS: 18 for 88 laps; 3 RED FLAGS (lap 12, lap 60, lap 76).
BUDWEISER/DANA DISTRIBUTORS HALFWAY (LAP 100) AWARD: Billy Decker.
VRP SHOCKS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Danny Creeden.
MAXWELL 31st LAP HARD CHARGER: Jeff Heotzler.
BERT HARD CHARGER: Jeff Heotzler.
AREA AUTO RACING NEWS HARD LUCK AWARD: Clinton Mills.
VRP SHOCKS 5TH-PLACE BONUS: Kenny Tremont.
HEAT WINNERS: Gibbs, Friesen, Tomkins, R.Phelps, Higbie, J.Johnson.
CONSI WINNERS: A.Johnson, Paine, Kolka.
WLR CONSTRUCTION POLE WINNER: Brett Hearn (21.785sec/103.282mph).
INTEGRA SHOCKS FAST TIMER: Brett Hearn (21.785sec/103.282mph).
CARS ENTERED: 81.
TOTAL PURSE: $62,200.
DID NOT QUALIFY(35)
OB's-Oscar Boria/Middletown,NY
X-Ben Rizzo/Middletown,NY
Xk-Ed Kitchell/South Kingston,RI
1-Dave Werber/Brewster,NY
1j-Bobby Varin/Sharon Springs,NY
1k-Robert King/Granville,NY
1LB-Allan Kellogg/Mt.Cobb,PA
6n-Eric Palmer/Cresco,PA
7-Donnie Wilson/Ramsey,NJ
7k-Kirk Horton/Eldred,NY
9-Pierre DagenaisGatineau,QUE
9j-Johnny Guarino/Nanuet,NY
13-Brett Tonkin/Carbondale,PA
14b-Dan Barnes/Honesdale,PA
16-A.J. Romano/Johnstown,NY
17d-Danny O'Brien/Kingston,ONT
17jr.-Jeff Heotzler,Jr./Wallkill,NY
18-Sean Beardsley/Central Square,NY
21-Clinton Mills/Middletown,NY
t21-Roger Chrysler/Lewiston,NY
32-Cliff Ehrmann/Mahwah,NJ
34-Andy Bachetti/Sheffield,MA
44x-Stan Jablonka/Poughquag,NY
51-Jim VanAnden/Stormville,NY
53-Ric Hill/Lafayette,NJ
j66-Jared Petruska/Wayne,NJ
70-Eric Acquaro/New Windsor,NY
77f-Mark Flach,Jr./Coxsackie,NY
82p-Joe Puzzella/Roselle,NJ
85-Erik Nelson/Amsterdam,NY
93x-Craig Mitchell/Wappingers Falls,NY
99w-Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY
7-17-Everett Haubrich/Lafayette,NJ
923-Colin Jackson/Peckville,PA
959-Brett Graham/Kerhonkson,NY
SUNDAY QUALIFYING
Consolation Round (10 laps, top-4 finishers transferred to feature)
#1: A.Johnson, Tremont, Planck, Smith, Beardsley, Werber, Tonkin, K.Horton, Wight, Kellogg, Jackson, Romano (DNS), Acquaro (DNS), Petruska (DNS).
#2: Paine, Sleight, Bower, Heotzler, Bachetti, Varin, Heotzler Jr., Graham, VanAnden, Dunn, Kitchell (DNS), Wilson (DNS), King (DNS).
#3: Kolka, Morel, McGannon, Barker, Dagenais, Mitchell, Flach, Nelson, Stafford, Rizzo, Hill, Mills, Cozze, Boria, Ro.Chrysler (DNS), O’Brien (DNS), Puzzella (DNS).
Guaranteed: Dunn, Cozze.
Provisional: Stafford.
Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Modified Champions
YEAR CHAMPION (wins) ROOKIE of the YEAR
2007 Brett Hearn (7) Mike Bowman
2006 Alan Johnson (6) Kenny Stafford
2005 Tim Fuller (6) Stewart Friesen
2004 Gary Tomkins (4) Justin Hears
2003 Alan Johnson (6) Matt Sheppard
2002 Alan Johnson (5) Joe Beyea
2001 Brett Hearn (7) Frankie Caprara
2000 Steve Paine (4) Jeff Brownell
1999 Danny Johnson (2) Josh Skarzenski
1998 Billy Decker (6) Todd Milton
1997 D.Johnson (7)/B.Hearn (5) Tim McCreadie
1996 Brett Hearn (5) Vic Coffey
1995 Bob McCreadie (6) Tim Fuller
1994 Bob McCreadie (9) Jamie Mills
1993 Brett Hearn (5) Scott Schrader
1992 Danny Johnson (6) Ricky Elliott
1991 Doug Hoffman (5) Lenny Boyd
1990 Brett Hearn (7) Scott Prentice
1989 Danny Johnson (7) John Ventura
1988 Jack Johnson (2) Mike Jeffery
1987 Jack Johnson (2) Steve Behrent
1986 Charlie Rudolph (1) Jim Ruston
1985 Jack Johnson (1) Rich Burgess
1984 Jack Johnson (3) Ray Underwood
1983 Alan Johnson (4) Jimmy Begolo
1982 Jack Johnson (2) Randy Glenski
1981 Alan Johnson (2) Craig Keel
1980 Jack Johnson (5) Roger Phelps
1979 Will Cagle Jim Jarvis
1978 Will Cagle Jerry Knox
1977 Dave Lape Rick Martell
1976 Will Cagle -----
SKIDMARKS
Mr. DIRTcar Champion Crowned: The overall 2007 Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Modified Champion was determined by adding actual points earned in the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series to those bonuses collected in DIRT Regional Racing Series for Big-Blocks. Along with earning valuable Series points throughout the season, each driver attempted to qualify for a minimum of twelve (12) weekly DIRT-sanctioned events in the same class. Drivers received 1200 bonus points towards the overall Mr. DIRT Championship if they attempted to qualify for 12 regional races. That total decreased by 100 points for each appearance less than 12 (i.e. if a driver attempted to qualify for only 10 DIRT Regional Racing Series events that driver received 1000 bonus points, five starts = 500 points, etc.).
Commitment To Excellence: For the third straight year tour officials once again signed up the best Big-Block Modified teams in the Northeast to compete in every Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series show. The star-studded group of drivers that initially accepted contract extensions were reigning Mr. DIRTcar points king and winningest Big-Block Modified driver Alan Johnson, past Mr. DIRT champion Tim Fuller, all-time DIRTcar Modified win leader Brett Hearn, five-time DIRTcar NorthEast Driver of the Year Danny Johnson, ‘04 Mr. DIRTcar titlist Gary Tomkins, third-year tour follower Jimmy Phelps, Canandaigua Speedway record-setter Steve Paine, New Egypt Speedway points champion Matt Sheppard, full-time tour follower Dale Planck, Keystone State open-wheel veteran Frank Cozze, four-time Super DIRT Week Rite Aid 200 champion Billy Decker and Central New York talent Justin Hears.
ORANGE COUNTY "EASTERN STATES 200" MODIFIED CHAMPIONSHIP
DATE LAPS FIRST - SECOND - THIRD - FOURTH - FIFTH
10/21/07 200 Jeff Heotzler – Brett Hearn – Rich Eurich – Rick Laubach – Kenny Tremont
10/22/06 200 Brett Hearn – Frank Cozze – Jerry Higbie – Tommy Meier – Pat Ward
10/23/05 203 Brett Hearn - Wayne Jelley - David VanHorn - Kenny Tremont - Frank Jashembowski
10/24/04 200 Brett Hearn - Billy Decker - Gary Tomkins - Alan Johnson - Doug Hoffman
10/26/03 207 Bobby Varin - Chuck McKee - Tim McCreadie - Jeff Heotzler - Vic Coffey
10/27/02 200 Brett Hearn - Tim McCreadie - Alan Johnson - Jerry Higbie - Chuck McKee
10/21/01 200 Danny Johnson - Alan Johnson - Steve Paine - Kenny Tremont - Pat Ward
10/22/00 200 Chuck McKee - Alan Johnson - Vic Coffey - Steve Paine - Tim McCreadie
10/24/99 204 Alan Johnson - Billy Decker - Danny Johnson - Brett Hearn - Andy Bachetti
10/25/98 200 Billy Decker - Doug Hoffman - Jimmy Horton - Alan Johnson - Danny Johnson
10/26/97 200 Danny Johnson - Alan Johnson - Kenny Brightbill - Tim McCreadie - Chuck McKee
10/27/96 200 Brett Hearn - Jack Johnson - Dave Camara - Dale Planck - Alan Johnson
10/22/95 200 Jimmy Horton - Brett Hearn - Bob McCreadie - Tommy Meier - Jeff Heotzler
11/5/94 200 Bob McCreadie - Jimmy Horton - Doug Hoffman - Kenny Tremont - Rich Eurich
10/24/93 200 Danny Johnson - Brett Hearn - Bob McCreadie - Doug Hoffman - Jeff Heotzler
10/25/92 200 Danny Johnson - Brett Hearn - Jeff Trombley - Mike Ricci - Alan Johnson
10/27/91 200 Jimmy Horton - Doug Hoffman - Jack Johnson - Joe Plazek - Alan Johnson
10/21/90 200 Frank Cozze - Steve Paine - Danny Johnson - Brett Hearn - Roger Horvath
10/22/89 200 Frank Cozze - Danny Johnson - Dave Lape - Brett Hearn - Kenny Tremont
10/23/88 200 Rich Eurich - Frank Cozze - Jack Johnson - Billy Decker - John Strupp
10/25/87 200 Doug Hoffman - Jack Johnson - Kevin Collins - Dave Lape - Alan Johnson
4/25/87 200 Brett Hearn - Jack Johnson - Kevin Collins - Jimmy Horton - Chuck McKee
10/27/85 200 Jack Johnson - Carl Reynolds - Charlie Rudolph - Steve Bottcher - Doug Hoffman
10/28/84 200 Dave Lape - Jack Johnson - Carl Collis - Jeff Heotzler - Bob McCreadie
10/30/83 200 C.D. Coville - Brett Hearn - Jack Johnson - Jimmy Horton - Charlie Shire
10/17/82 200 Harry Behrent - Carl Reynolds - Carl Pittenger - Bobby Malzahn - Charlie Shire
10/25/81 200 Brett Hearn - Larry Brolsma - Richie Smith,Jr. - Harry Behrent - Sammy Beavers
10/19/80 200 Kenny Brightbill - Harry Behrent - Jimmy Horton - Frank Cozze - Jeff Heotzler
10/21/79 200 Brett Hearn - Billy Osmun - Lou Lazzaro - Carl Collis - Darryl Welty
10/22/78 200 Lou Lazzaro - Kevin Collins - Brett Hearn - Buzzie Reutimann - Clayton Husted
10/23/77 200 Gary Balough - Kevin Collins - Sammy Beavers - Don Kreitz,Sr. - Jimmy Horton
11/6/76 200 Gerald Chamberlain - Buzzie Reutimann - Tommy Hager - Jimmy Horton - Don Kreitz,Sr
10/26/75 200 Wayne Reutimann - Rich Eurich - Kenny Brightbill - Gary Balough - Buzzie Reutimann
10/27/74 200 Bobby Bottcher - Kenny Brightbill - Buzzie Reutimann - Ed Delmolino - Charlie Shire
10/28/73 200 Gerald Chamberlain - Tommy Corellis - Will Cagle - Dick Tobias - Johnny Haroll
10/25/72 200 Buzzie Reutimann - Will Cagle - Bobby Malzahn - Wayne Reutimann - Bobby Bottcher
10/31/71 200 Will Cagle - Buzzie Reutimann - Bobby Gerhart - Danny Mitchell - Bobby Malzahn
10/25/70 200 Will Cagle - Bobby Bottcher - Gerald Chamberlain - Rags Carter - Buzzie Reutimann
10/26/69 200 Al Tasnady - Joe Kelly - Buzzie Reutimann - Bobby Malzahn - Whip Mulligan
10/27/68 200 Will Cagle - Bobby Gerhart - Frankie Schneider - Ralph Chittenden - Larry Voss
10/22/67 100 Frankie Schneider - Bobby Malzahn - Al Tasnady - Whip Mulligan - Jackie Evans
10/23/66 100 Will Cagle - Bobby Malzahn - Sammy Reakes - Buzzie Reutimann - Whip Mulligan
10/24/65 100 Ron Lux - Kenny Shoemaker - Rags Carter - Frankie Schneider - Ray Cook
10/25/64 100 Rags Carter - Bobby Malzahn - Al Tasnady - Frankie Schneider - Rene Charland
10/27/63 100 Frankie Schneider - Al Tasnady - Ernie Gahan - Ed Ortiz - Billy Deskovick
10/28/62 100 Frankie Schneider - Bobby Malzahn - Don Stumpf - Ernie Gahan - Kenny Shoemaker
Get Out The Word First: RACEceiver is the Official Driver Communicator of DIRTcar Racing. A compact radio receiver that conveniently fits into a driver’s pocket, a RACEceiver allows each driver to hear directions from series officials, which greatly enhances the safety and timeliness of events. A similar version available to fans will allow RACEceiver users to hear what information series officials are relaying to the drivers. For more information about RACEceiver, visit www.raceceiver.com, call 866/301-7223, or look for their sales trailers at various events.
Tracks Know The Score: In the ongoing effort to assist every sanctioned track with presenting the best possible race programs, DIRTcar Racing has teamed with AMB i.t. which continues to be recognized as the Official Timing System of DIRTcar racing. AMB i.t. is the world’s leader in automatic race timing and scoring systems and the DIRTcar organization is proud to retain the company as a valued partner in the timing and scoring of all DIRTcar Racing events.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The 32nd annual DIRTcar Racing NorthEast ‘Night of Champions’ Banquet is scheduled for Saturday, November 17 at the Oncenter Complex in Syracuse, New York. The banquet will honor the 2007 series champions in the Advance Auto Parts Modified, 358-Modified, Sportsman, Pro Stock and Street Stock divisions. DIRTcar-sanctioned Track Champions will also be recognized at a special Media Luncheon that same afternoon in the Empire Room on the NYS Fairgrounds. Track promoters and operators will convene on Friday, November 16 for the annual DIRTcar track meetings at the Renaissance Hotel Conference Center in downtown Syracuse.
2007 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Schedule
NP=Non-Point event.
Day-Date Laps Track Winner/Rite Aid 200 Qualifier (Location)
Wed-Feb 14 30-NP Volusia Speedway Park Danny Johnson
Thr-Feb 15 30-NP Volusia Speedway Park -rain-
Fri-Feb 16 30-NP Volusia Speedway Park Tim Fuller
Sat-Feb 17 50-NP Volusia Speedway Park Danny Johnson
Sat-Mar 31 100 Hagerstown Speedway Tim Fuller(G)
Thr-May 3 60 Virginia Motor Speedway Danny Johnson(G)
Thr-May 31 75 Orange Co Fair Speedway Frank Cozze(G)
Sat-Jun 9 100 Fulton Speedway Alan Johnson(G)
Thr-Jun 14 100 Susquehanna Speedway -postponed-
Tue-Jul 3 50 Rolling Wheels Raceway Brett Hearn(G)
Tue-Jul 3 50 Rolling Wheels Raceway Gary Tomkins(G)
Fri-Jul 6 100 Ransomville Speedway D.Johnson/Billy Decker(P)
Tue-Jul 10 100 Brockville Ont Speedway Pat O’Brien(G)
Wed-Jul 18 100 Grandview Speedway B.Hearn/Ryan Godown(P)
Sun-Jul 22 100 Cornwall Motor Speedway Billy Decker(G)
Mon-Jul 23 100 Autodrome Drummond B.Hearn/Steve Paine(P)
Fri-Aug 3 100 Brewerton Speedway Dale Planck(G)
Mon-Aug 6 100 Merrittville Speedway D.Johnson/Jimmy Phelps(P)
Thr-Aug 9 50 Canandaigua Speedway B.Hearn/Vic Coffey(P)
Thr-Aug 9 50 Canandaigua Speedway Rain-Cancelled
Sat-Aug 11 100 Lebanon Valley Speedway B.Hearn/Jeff Trombley(P)
Wed-Aug 15 60 New Egypt Speedway B.Decker/Keith Hoffman(P)
Sat-Aug 18 50 Can-Am Motorsports Park T.Fuller/Pat Ward(P)
Sat-Aug 18 50 Can-Am Motorsports Park Steve Paine(G)
Sun-Aug 19 53 Cayuga Co Fair Speedway D.Johnson/ Billy Dunn(P)
Sun-Aug 19 53 Cayuga Co Fair Speedway T.Fuller/Justin Haers(P)
Sun-Sep 2 53 Cayuga Co Fair Speedway B.Decker/Matt Sheppard(P)
Sun-Sep 2 53 Cayuga Co Fair Speedway A.Johnson/Mike Bowman(P)
Mon-Sep 3 50 Rolling Wheels Raceway Jimmy Phelps(G)
Mon-Sep 3 50 Rolling Wheels Raceway G.Tomkins/Willy Decker(P)
Sat-Sep 15 200 Lebanon Valley Speedway B.Hearn/Eddie Marshall(P)
Sat-Sep 22 50 Rolling Wheels Raceway B.Decker/Ryan Phelps(P)
Sat-Sep 22 50 Rolling Wheels Raceway B.Hearn/Chuck Bower(P)
Sat-Sep 22 50 Rolling Wheels Raceway G.Tomkins/Kevin Bates(P)
Sun-Oct 7 200 New York State Fairgrnds Vic Coffey
Sat-Oct 13 50 New Egypt Speedway Matt Sheppard
Sat-Oct 13 50 New Egypt Speedway Keith Hoffman
Sun-Oct 21 200 Orange Co Fair Speedway Jeff Heotzler
*All events subject to change.
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS MODIFIED SERIES SPONSORS
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, Motorsports Safety Systems, Penske Shocks and Wrisco Industries.
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