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Mr. DIRTcar Modified Champ Hearn Earns 4th Gater News Lap Leader Award
Weedsport, NY – October 31, 2007 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director
Winning DIRTcar Championships has become one of the hardest habits to break for Big-Block Modified star Brett Hearn. And being ranked atop the list of Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series lap leaders has become another annual ritual enjoyed by DIRTcar NorthEast’s winningest Modified driver through the years.
For the seventh straight year Gater Racing Photo News is recognizing the Advance Auto Parts Series lap leader with its special bonus award program developed at the start of in the new millennium. For the fourth time in his career, Hearn has won the "Gater Leads The Way" lap award and in 2007 will collect a prize package valued in excess of $1,000, including a gift certificate from Leaf Racewear, Gater News subscriptions and a commemorative trophy.
The award will be presented by Gater News editor Joe Patrick at the upcoming DIRTcar Racing NorthEast ‘Night of Champions’ Banquet on Nov. 17 at the Oncenter Complex in Syracuse, New York. “This is an award that demands consistency up front throughout the year so its something both racers and fans can pay attention to all season long,” said Patrick, whose father Norm Patrick ---retired publisher of Gater and '97 DIRT MotorSports NE Hall of Fame Inductee--- co-founded Central New York 's top-rated tradepaper in 1966. "We’re proud that this award has grown in stature over the years and retained its unique quality at the same time.”
Hearn claimed the inaugural Gater News lap award in 2001, also taking top honors the next year before following up with a repeat performance in 2004. The ‘Jet’ flew to the top of the field on 11 occasions in 32 feature races run this season, leading a total of 630 laps and scoring a division-high seven tour triumphs along the way.
Past "Gater Leads The Way" Award winners include Tim McCreadie, who led the most Advance Auto Parts Series laps in 2003, and overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Modified Champions Alan Johnson (2006) and Tim Fuller (2005).
Editions of Gater Racing Photo News continue to be printed 37 times annually with one-year subscriptions available for $42.00 (US funds) and can be ordered by phone (315/457-0175) or writing to P.O. Box 2187 – Syracuse, N.Y. 13220. For more information log into www.gaternews.com on the internet.
2007 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series
Gater Racing News Big-Block Modified Lap Leaders (Evts)
630 Brett Hearn(11)
263 Tim Fuller(6)
205 Danny Johnson(7)
280 Billy Decker(7)
155 Alan Johnson(4)
154 Dale Planck(5)
118 Jimmy Phelps(4)
97 Matt Sheppard(3)
95 Vic Coffey(5)
91 Frank Cozze(2)
86 Gary Tomkins(3)
83 Keith Hoffman(2)
67 Pat O'Brien(2)
49 Steve Paine
48 Justin Haers(2)
31 Eddie Marshall
25 Jason Barney
22 Billy Dunn
22 Ronnie Johnson
19 Chad Brachmann
17 Andy Bachetti
13 Ryan Phelps
11 Pat Ward(2)
8 Jeff Heotzler
7 Duane Howard
6 Kenny Tremont
3 Alain Boisvert
3 Rick Mill
2 Clement Therrien
1 Pete Bicknell
1 Butch Tittle
2007 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Events
DATE TRACK LAPS LAP LEADERS
Mar. 31 Hagerstown 105 73-Fuller, 25-Haers, 7-Decker
May 3 Virginia 60 47-D.Johnson, 13-Planck
May 31 Orange County 75 75-Cozze
Jun. 9 Fulton 100 71-A.Johnson, 18-Fuller, 10-Hearn, 1-Ward
Jul. 3 Rolling Wheels 50 50-Hearn
Jul. 3 Rolling Wheels 50 31-Tomkins, 19-Brachmann
Jul. 6 Ransomville 100 78-Planck, 22-D.Johnson
Jul. 10 Brockville 100 88-Fuller, 12-O'Brien
Jul. 18 Grandview 100 93-Hearn, 7-Howard
Jul. 22 Cornwall 100 55-O'Brien, 37-Hearn, 3-Decker, 3-Boisvert, 2-Therrien
Jul. 23 Drummond 100 84-Hearn, 16-Cozze
Aug. 3 Brewerton 100 59-Planck, 41-A.Johnson
Aug. 6 Merrittville 100 99-D.Johnson, 1-Bicknell
Aug. 9 Canandaigua 50 29-Coffey, 20-Hearn, 1-Planck
Aug. 11 Lebanon Valley 100 100-Hearn
Aug. 15 New Egypt 60 33-Hoffman, 27-Decker
Aug. 18 Can-Am 50 46-Fuller, 4-D.Johnson
Aug. 18 Can-Am 50 49-Paine, 1-D.Johnson
Aug. 19 Cayuga County 53 26-Phelps, 14-D.Johnson, 13-Coffey
Aug. 19 Cayuga County 53 31-Fuller, 22-Dunn
Sep. 2 Cayuga County 53 18-Decker, 18-D.Johnson, 17-Phelps
Sep. 2 Cayuga County 53 39-Hearn, 14-A.Johnson
Sep. 3 Rolling Wheels 50 29-A.Johnson, 21-Phelps
Sep. 3 Rolling Wheels 50 28-Tomkins, 19-Sheppard, 3-Planck
Sep. 8 Lebanon Valley 200 85-Hearn, 84-Decker, 31-Marshall
Sep. 22 Rolling Wheels 50 34-Decker, 13-R.Phelps, 3-Coffey
Sep. 22 Rolling Wheels 50 37-Hearn, 10-Ward, 3-Coffey
Sep. 22 Rolling Wheels 50 27-Tomkins, 23-Haers
Oct. 7 NYS Fairgrounds 200 54-J.Phelps, 47-Coffey, 28-Sheppard, 25-Barney, 22-R.Johnson, 17-Bachetti, 7-Fuller
Oct. 13 New Egypt 50 50-Sheppard
Oct. 13 New Egypt 50 50-Hoffman
Oct. 21 Orange County 200 107-Decker, 75-Hearn, 8-Heotzler, 6-Tremont, 3-Mill, 1-Tittle
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., Rite Aid Corporation and the University of Northwestern Ohio and the contingency sponsors are Bert Transmission, Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Crane Cams, Integra Shocks, MSD Ignitions, Motorsports Safety Systems, Penske Shocks and Wrisco Industries. |
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