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Weedsport, N.Y. - Dale Planck out of Cortland, N.Y., racing in his no.77x Kevlar powered Teo Pro Car, sponsored by RezXRacing/Grow it Hydroseeding mount landed in Victory Lane on Sunday night at the Cayuga County Fair Speedway.
Planck started the feature in the third starting position and at the drop of the green wasted no time moving into second place on the first lap over Chad Homan. The pole sitter, Justin Hears, took off with the early lead and held it until lap twenty-one when the “Plankinator”, Dale Planck moved up to the high side of turn for to gain the lead at the start/finish line.
Before the pass, Planck was using up most of the speedway changing from the low groove to the high groove to gain any advantage that he could to get by Haers.
“I was trying the outside, I basically was trying to race where he wasn’t in the beginning, and he was pushing his car a little bit harder than I was, early. I was just trying to save the car; I have been fast too many times the first 25-30 laps and end up lapped traffic by the end of the race. I was trying to keep the car under me in general and to see if possibly I would be in a situation that I have always been in and use the car too much early, and then I started getting looser coming off the corner.”
I asked Dale if he was watching the lap counter at all to see if he knew that Danny “The Doctor” Johnson was behind him.
“No radios or anything, they won’t tell me on the one-way if he was coming. (Joking around about not having radios) I saw Danny Johnson on the scoreboard, and anytime you see Danny Johnson, the first thing I was thinking is whoever is leading, they are a“sitting duck”; wait a minute, I was leading.(Laughing) He has done quite a few laps around this place.”
“I didn’t change much from the heat race to the feature, just the basic stuff that we have been changing the last few races. Tires were the key tonight for the victory; ultimately we do our homework on setups and stuff it comes down to the tires, they got to be good and not seal over and the motor helps too, it is a really smooth motor. The Kevlar powerplant under the hood helps, Kevlar has been a real good friend for years. We finally got a good package together with the new team. (Carey Terrance owned team) Everything is out of the same stable, the guys are the same that prepare the cars, and to be this successful, it doesn’t get any better than that. I would like to thank Kevlar for the power plant and Bobby Hearn of Teo Pro Car, Carey Terrance for the car and chance to drive. The whole crew, and family, there is too many to thank. You can’t do much in this sport with out a lot of backing, even if it isn’t financial backing. I’m looking forward to the Fulton SDS race,and over the years, this place (Cayuga County) and Rolling Wheels have been my two worst tracks, and I have a win now at both places. Hopefully we will keep the luck going for the next race at Fulton where I’m usually good.”
The “Doctor” Danny Johnson from Rochester N.Y. in a Troyer chassis no.27j finished in the third position and he put on one heck of a move to pass Justin Haers and Alan Johnson going into turn three.
“They got slowed up by lap traffic and I was able to maintain my momentum and I had some room up there(high side of the track) and there was still some bite up there, that helped me get by them. I didn’t do many changes from the heat to the feature. We are playing it day by day for now and see how it goes at Fulton Speedway for the next SDS race.”
Danny mentions that he is not sure yet weather or not he will be racing a late model on the seventh of June or racing the modified at Fulton.
“I am having fun with both of them (Modified and LateModel), I really don’t know myself, that is something that we still have to decide, we have to make that decision.”
Jimmy Phelps from Baldwinsville, N.Y. raced his way up from a tenth starting position and charged his way to a third place finish in the no. 98h Troyer chassis with a Finger Lakes powered machine.
“I think on a longer run, I felt better, the track slicked up so much, the yellows helped me get right upon there bumpers. I’m happy; the yellows helped me track position wise, my car seemed better on a long green. We are happy, I think this helps us going into Fulton, we have been knocking on the door every night(at Fulton) getting top fives , and going to my hometrack hopefully we will get the breaks and be there in the end.”
At the beginning of the show, Alan Johnson set fastest time in hot laps with a 17.604 sec lap while in time trials, Vic Coffey set fast time with a 17.492 lap while Chuck Bower set the second fastest time with a 17.512 lap. Alan ended up in fifth place in time trials. The track looked like it was going to be a slick and hard and most was thinking Alan Johnson would be a force to reckon with, as Alan usually runs smooth on tracks like this condition but faded from the fourth starting spot and finished in seventh place. By lap fifteen Alan was closing the gap and moving closer to Justin Hears and Dale Planck, but didn’t have what it takes to get them.
Following Planck, Danny Johnson and Jimmy Phelps was Tim Fuller and Justin Hears.
Heat wins went to Vic Coffey, Tim Fuller, Dale Planck, and Larry Wight. Billy Decker and Billy Dunn won the two consolation races to get into the show.
SIDE NOTES and QUOTES: The No.18 modified of Sean Beardsley wound up getting a right front flat on lap three sending him to the pits and putting him a lap down early.
“Everybody was getting jockeyed around there and there wasn’t enough room for my nose, I went over the jersey barrier, I did make it back out but got a lap down. I’m trying to do this SDS series and also the Late Model series and I have only ran four shows and have less than a hundred laps under my belt. I am not sure yet if I’ll be going to Fulton for the SDS show or go the Late Model series race, I’m a regular at Fulton and the team won’t know until like 5 minutes before we leave.”
Chad Homan out of Maceden N.Y. drew the outside pole for the feature event and he was excited about that.
“My 2003 Bicknell modified is working good, I am glad I am starting out front so that I can see, and I’m going to do my best when the green flag drops.”
Chad ended up finishing in fifteen position. Chad also mentions that he is just a low budget team and can’t really afford to put new tires on the car every time they go to the track, and is worried about the new softer compound tires that will be legal to use starting next week. Chad mentions that these new tires will most likely last for about 35 laps, and that he will have a hard time keeping up as he knows the“bigger” teams will have a new tire on every time they are out there. He told me the tires he had on wereabout 5-6 races old.
“I love the modified and I am having a lot of fun racing, and that is what it’s all about.”
After time trials, Chuck Bower in the no.99b Bicknell mount was seen changing carburetors on the car.
“The track is a bit slick out there and we are actually detuning the car a bit to give it less horsepower in hopes that this will help forward momentum.”
Vic Coffey who set fast time thought that the inversion for the heat races has definitely helped him. The pill that was drawn was zero, so no cars were inverted in the heat races. This put him on the polefor the first heat, which at the end he took the win.
Dale Planck mentioned “it is a good thing that we are all racing on the same track,” talking about how the track was slicked up. Apparently it seemed that he had it figured out.
Justin Haers who was the second to last person to drawin the redraw for the top 12 starting spots jokingly said to Shane Andrews (announcer) “I just don’t want to start on the pole, and ironically the hat that he chose was none other than just that, number 1.
Bill Clark took the win in the DIRTcar sportsman division while Wayne Ellison took the win in the UMPStreet Stock feature. The Midstate Vintage Modifieds were on hand and Mike Mclaughlin and Rich Applebeetook feature wins in the two features they contested.
Todd Town in the sportsman division took a wild ride going off the turn one jersey barrier where the car ended up on its roof and he was not injured and got out safely.
Overall, the night was jammed pack with great racing and the DIRTcar staff put on a great show and in a timely manner as well.
For any and all comments good or bad please send themto me at tomames@dirttrackdigest.com and from here on out, be sure to be safe, have fun and keep it on, “The Write Track”.
Full results are below. Ferris Mowers presents Hall of Fame Weekend EventSummary (5/25/08) Midstate Vintage Modifieds Heat #1: Richardson, McLaughlin, Larmon, Scott,Williams, Wood, Blanchard, Litzenberger, Morden,Applebee, Dumolin, Byerly, Rohr, Holmes, Monroe Heat #2: Applebee, Kissestein, Hilimire, Chalczuk,Casti, Hadden, Walsh, Litzenberger Feature #1 (12-laps): 1) 7- MIKE MCLAUGHLIN, 2) 25-Matt Scott, 3) 47- Norm Richardson, 4) 52- BobWilliams, 5) 36- Bryan Litzenberger, 6) 96- GordieWood, 7) 21- Ed Rohr, 8) 32- Don Larmon, 9) A-1-Shirley Morden, 10) 35- John Applebee, 11) 47- AlByerly, 12) 64- Ray Dumolin, 13) 24- Bill Holmes, 14)82- Frank Blanchard, 15) 12m- Paul Monroe Feature #2 (12-laps): 1) 1- RICH APPLEBEE, 2) 37- BillKissestein, 3) 16x- Ron Hadden, 4) 3- John Walsh, 5)111- James Hilimire, 6) 23c- Rob Casti, 7) 36- BradLitzenberger, 8) 99- Dave Chalczuk UMP Street Stocks Heat #1: Caprara, Fisher, Boynton, Mannise, Grant,Hoffman Sr., Alnutt, Vaughn Heat #2: Ellison, Woodworth, Fisk, Welch, Depuy,Rizzo, DeGroff Feature (20-laps): 1) 18- WAYNE ELLISON, 2) 33- AndyFisk, 3) 2- Steve Woodworth, 4) 00- Mike Welch, 5) 37-Chris Fisher, 6) 99- Adam Depuy, 7) 55- TaylorCaprara, 8) 8x- Dave Mannise, 9) 21a- Mark Alnutt, 10)6- Rich DeGroff, 11) E4- Van Grant, 12) 3L- BobbyBoynton, 13) 11- Mike Vaughn, 14) 115- Nick Rizzo, 15)71- Dan Hoffman Sr. DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds Heat #1: Clark, Occhino, Entwistle, Hilkert, RichmondJr., Schneider, Town, Fowler Heat #2: Sellen, Spano, Pitcher, Ridley, Currier,Planck, Peckham, Dinkins Heat #3: Kingsley, Juhl, Wright, Marcuccilli, Friesen,Petrowicz, Dixon , Rand Feature (Ferris 25): 1) 99- BILL CLARK, 2) 10- TimCurrier, 3) 14- Jeremy Pitcher, 4) 35- Jason Occhino,5) 4- Daryl Hilkert, 6) 85- John Petrowicz, 7) 3k- AJKingsley, 8) 1- Jim Spano, 9) 17d- Tom Juhl, 10) m93-Mike Entwistle, 11) 93- Rob Richmond Jr., 12) 19w-Justin Wright, 13) 20x- Kevin Ridley, 14) m1- DaveMarcuccilli, 15) 52- James Friesen, 16) 90- NatePeckham, 17) 140- Mark Dixon, 18) 57s- Beth Schneider,19) 12- Dan Sellen, 20) 410- Mike Fowler, 21) 77x-Brandon Planck, 22) 9r- Tyler Rand, 23) 17- MarcusDinkins Currier Plastics Wheel of Fortune Bonus: 4- DarylHilkert Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Race #4 –Cayuga County Fair Speedway, May 25, 2008 17th Hall ofFame Classic presented by Ferris Mowers Big-BlockModified Event Summary FIN STR CAR# DRIVER 1 3 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY($6,000) 2 8 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY 3 10 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY 4 12 19 Tim Fuller/Edwards, NY 5 1 3 Justin Haers/ Phelps , NY 6 21 91 Billy Decker/ Unadilla , NY 7 4 10 Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY 8 6 84 Gary Tomkins/ Clifton Springs , NY 9 23 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ 10 20 fx1 Frankie Caprara/Watertown,NY 11 11 32c Vic Coffey/ Leicester , NY 12 14 99 Ryan Phelps /Fulton,NY 13 22 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY 14 18 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY 15 2 91h Chad Homan/Macedon,NY 16 5 99L Larry Wight/ Phoenix , NY 17 17 29 Jeff Brownell Jr./ Waterloo , NY 18 15 6 Pat O'Brien /Kingston,ONT 19 27 18 Sean Beardsley/Central Square, NY 20 7 99b Chuck Bower/Lansing,NY 21 29 85 Dan Vauter/ Forest City , PA 22 25 42b Kevin Bates/ Lake Ariel , PA 23 9 48too Dave Rauscher/Waterloo,NY 24 26 8 Rob Bellinger/ Dexter , NY 25 28 5 Jason Potter/ Pulaski , NY 26 24 21 Derrick Podsiadlo /Penn Yan,NY 27 19 16 Mike Bowman/ Baldwinsville , NY 28 16 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY 29 30 44 Shannon Whaley/Pavilion,NY 30 13 93 Ryan Bartlett/Adams,NY EVENT SUMMARY: LAP LEADERS: Haers (1-20), Planck (21-76). CAUTIONS: 3 (lap 3, lap 50, lap 68). HEAT WINNERS: Coffey, Fuller, Planck, Wight. DIG SAFELY NEW YORK LAST CHANCE RACE WINNERS: Decker,Dunn. BICKNELL RACING PRODUCTS WINNER AWARD: Dale Planck. CRANE CAMS WINNER AWARD: Dale Planck. RISLONE OIL STABILIZER & TREATMENT WINNER AWARD: DalePlanck. BARS LEAKS RUNNER-UP AWARD: Danny Johnson. CRANE CAMS RUNNER-UP AWARD: Danny Johnson. SYRACUSE RITE AID 200 QUALIFIER: Danny Johnson (P). HALFWAY LEADER: Dale Planck. BERT/KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER AWARD: BillyDecker. HOLLEY HARD LUCK AWARD: Steve Paine. PENSKE POWER POSITION AWARD (21st): Dan Vauter. INTEGRA SHOCKS FAST TIME AWARD: Vic Coffey(17.492sec/77.178mph). TOTAL PURSE: $27,575. CARS ENTERED: 37. NEXT EVENT: Fulton Speedway "Showdown at Sundown" -June 7, 2008. DID NOT QUALIFY(7) 7j-Joe Isabell/ Pennellville , NY 11j-Alan Fink/ Pennellville , NY 13-Tony Steiner/ Jamesville , NY 33-Mike Mahaney/King Ferry,NY 56-Vince Vitale/ Phoenix , NY 66w-Wallace Stacey/Kahnawake,QUE 79-Mike Storms/ Wantage , NJ QUALIFYING FAST AVE TIME MPH CAR# DRIVER 1 17.492 77.178 32c Vic Coffey/ Leicester , NY *$100 Integra Shocks Fast Qualifier Award 2 17.512 77.090 99b Chuck Bower/Lansing,NY 3 17.527 77.024 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY 4 17.530 77.011 99L Larry Wight/ Phoenix , NY 5 17.535 76.989 10 Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY 6 17.572 76.827 19 Tim Fuller/Edwards, NY 7 17.578 76.801 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY 8 17.607 76.674 48too Dave Rauscher/Waterloo,NY 9 17.608 76.670 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY 10 17.651 76.483 91h Chad Homan/Macedon,NY 17.651 76.483 99 Ryan Phelps /Fulton,NY 12 17.659 76.448 84 Gary Tomkins/ Clifton Springs , NY 13 17.710 76.228 79 Mike Storms/ Wantage , NJ 14 17.730 76.142 3 Justin Haers/ Phelps , NY 15 17.747 76.069 6 Pat O'Brien /Kingston,ONT 16 17.791 75.881 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY 17 17.809 75.804 93 Ryan Bartlett/Adams,NY 18 17.823 75.745 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY 19 17.828 75.724 16 Mike Bowman/ Baldwinsville , NY 20 17.849 75.634 fx1 Frankie Caprara/Watertown,NY 21 17.884 75.486 29 Jeff Brownell Jr./ Waterloo , NY 22 17.886 75.478 56 Vince Vitale/ Phoenix , NY 23 17.907 75.390 21 Derrick Podsiadlo /Penn Yan,NY 24 17.927 75.305 8 Rob Bellinger/ Dexter , NY 25 17.952 75.201 42b Kevin Bates/ Lake Ariel , PA 26 17.979 75.088 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY 27 18.099 74.590 5 Jason Potter/ Pulaski , NY 28 18.111 74.540 85 Dan Vauter/ Forest City , PA 29 18.208 74.143 13 Tony Steiner/Jamesville,NY 30 18.240 74.013 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ 31 18.261 73.928 44 Shannon Whaley/Pavilion,NY 32 18.365 73.509 11j Alan Fink/Pennellville,NY 33 18.465 73.111 18 Sean Beardsley/Central Square, NY 34 18.485 73.032 66w Wallace Stacey/Kahnawake,QUE 35 18.534 72.839 33 Mike Mahaney/King Ferry,NY 36 18.595 72.600 7j Joe Isabell/Pennellville,NY 37 - NT- ----- 91 Billy Decker/ Unadilla , NY |
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