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Hench wins A-Verdi Storage Containers / CNYMS Opener
Sodus, NY - By luck of the redraw, Rick Hench would find himself on the pole
along side Ralph Utter as a hired gun for Ken Latour for the 08 CNYMS tour
races. On the initial start of the race the field bunched up on the bottom
of turn one and the 26 of Shawn Gosselin did an easy roll as he got caught
up in the concrete turtles and mud which brought out a caution. With the
yellow displayed, winner of heat 2, Tim Durland had to avoid a slowing car
going into turn three and caught a heavy cushion which folded his oil cooler
and dropped oil over much of turn 3 & 4. Once all was clear the race would
resume with an original starting line up minus Durland and Gosselin.
Rick Hench would jump out to an early lead and never look back in the
nonstop 20 lap event picking up his first win with CNYMS in almost two
years. "Starting up front definitely helped but we had a good setup today,"
said the driver and chassis builder of the Henchraft No. 1. "Leading out in
front I didn't know if anyone was close, but I guess we were OK."
As Hench stretched out his advantage, Ralph Utter had an impressive opening
performance in Kenny Latour's No. 36, holding off two-time defending
champion Don Harvey Jr. for second. Mike Kiser drove a brand new all-black
car up to a fourth place finish after missing his heat race. Jerry Sehn Jr
put a solid run together to finish fifth. Justin Phillips, Denny Lamke,
Scott Muller, (M&M Motorsports team cars), and two rookie contenders Rick
Russell & Dale Friedly rounded out the top ten.
The next show for the traveling CNYMS Mini Sprints will be May 16th at The
New Glen Ridge Motorsports Park in Fultonville, NY. To stay current with
Central New York Mini Sprints visit the web site at www.cnyms.com
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Race Results:
Heat 1: Hench, Utter, Sehn Jr, Friedly, Muller, Russell, J. Kiser
Heat 2: Durland, Harvey, Lamke, Phillips, Gosselin, Broderick (DNS), M.
Kiser (DNS)
A-Main: Hench, Utter, Harvey, M. Kiser, Sehn Jr, Phillips, Lamke, Muller,
Russell, Friedly, Broderick, Durland, Gosselin, J. Kiser (DNS)
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