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Woodhull, NY… A huge crowd packed Woodhull Raceway Saturday night on Fireman’s Appreciation night, sponsored by Brico Technologies and Colden Enterprises night. The fans were treated to a show featuring 136 cars representing Woodhull’s regular six divisions.
Curt VanPelt took advantage of a third place starting spot to even the score with brother Billy and pick up his second feature win of the 2008 season. By virtue of his victory, Curt kept Vern Wasson’s bounty on the VanPelt brothers alive and well for another week. Pole sitter Stacy Jackson jumped to an early lead, but soon had Curt trailing close behind. An early race caution lined the pair up side by side on the restart and Curt won the drag race at the drop of the green flag. Jackson’s hold on the runner up spot was short lived, as veteran Ron White powered by as Curt lengthened his lead to six car lengths. By this time, Curt’s brother, Billy VanPelt, had methodically worked his way around the high side of the high banks, running eighth and closing fast. As Curt and White began encountering heavy lap traffic, Frank Dunning moved up to the third spot and Billy VanPelt continued his charge by passing Jackson for fourth. From this point, Curt VanPelt relied on his years of experience at Woodhull to slice through lap traffic and open up his lead over White by more than 10 car lengths. At the drop of the checkers, Curt cruised home easily with the win over the distant machine of White. Frank Dunning was able to fend off the charging Billy Van pelt for third, with Jackson holding on for fifth.
Ray Smith and Dave Yehl paced the S&W Awards Crate Sportsman feature to the green, with Smith getting the edge at the drop of the green flag. Former feature winner Art Goodier bolted from his 4th place starting spot to lock on for third while AJ Costly took his machine to the extreme high side of the speedway in fourth. Smith planted his #12 machine solidly in the middle of the race track as Goodier muscled by Yehl for 2nd. The three cars stayed bunched up throughout the entire race, and Yehl eventually got back around Goodier for the runner-up position. The handling on Smith’s car appeared to fade a bit late in the race; buy Yehl couldn’t get the run he needed to claim the top spot. At the finish line it was Smith garnishing his first-ever feature win, with Yehl holding Goodier back for second. Perhaps the run of the night was turned in by Donnie Lawson. Lawson had to use a qualifying spot from the consolation race just to make the main event. Lawson showed his years of open wheel expertise as he sliced his way through the field to gather up a fourth place finish. Defending co-champion Bill Brewer logged in a solid top five by claiming fifth.
Wayne Robertson took another step towards turning his 2008 luck around by motoring to his second win of the season. Robertson had suffered multiple mechanical woes the first few weeks of the year, but boosted his chances of defending his 2007 track title by holding back a charging Bob Buono for the feature win. It was Buono’s best run so far this year at the high banks, besting Mikey Wonderling for the second spot. Mike Smith, piloting for car owner Chuck McGregor, held back former champion Glenn Whritenour for fourth, despite Whritenour’s constant attempts to nose under Smith’s #1 machine.
The Morgan’s Auto Repair Street Stocks put on another nail-biter as the closing laps saw three-wide action for the top spot. Jared Hill claimed the lead early, but it didn’t take long for Zack Sutton and former two-time champion Danny Gordon to stake claims on his real estate. The trio had the crowd on their feet as they ran numerous laps two and three wide, with a charging Brian Knowles closely in tow. In the end, Gordon showed his championship form as he out-muscled Sutton for the win, with Hill a very close third. Knowles crossed the line in fourth, with Cliff Moss rounding out the top five.
Ted Morseman Jr. continued his dominance in the Sighs Plus Mini Stock division, collecting his third feature win of the year. Veteran Brian Grant Sr. made a big push through the pack to wheel his replica police cruiser home for second. Jason Ketrow ran up front the entire race and earned a fine third place finish. Veteran Ed Mills continued his consistency with another top five finish, placing fourth. Tracy Dunn held off former feature winner Rich Sharpsteen III for fifth.
In the LaBarron Brothers Front Wheel Drive division, Gary Baker racked up his second win in 2008 over teammate Mark Schenk. Rookie John Heidrick had another impressive run, holding off 2007 track champion Ron Daily Jr. for third. Tom McGlynn bounced back from a bad night last week to best pole-sitter Cody Baker for fifth.
WOODHULL RACEWAY QUICK RESULTS
6/7/08
Fireman’s Appreciation Night
Brico Technologies and Colden Enterprises Night
L.J. Kennedy Trucking 358 Modifieds 27 cars
Heats: Stacy Jackson, Billy VanPelt, Curt VanPelt
Consi: Greg Galligan
25 lap Feature: Curt VanPelt (2), Ron White, Frank Dunning, Billy VanPelt, Stacy Jackson, Ray Bliss, Dave Dubois, Dale Welty, Don Lawson, Greg Galligan, Roger Williams, Mike Jackson, Brooks Leach, Ray Dann, Chuck Brian, Chris Clark, Kenny Peoples Sr, Tim Guild, Ray Hyer, Marc Benson, Herb Wright, Kevin Chilson, Lucas Schroth, Joe Buck. DNQ: Steve Hartman Jr, Ryan Gordner, Donnie Potter
S&W Awards and Photos Crate Sportsman 31 cars
Heats: Bill Brewer, Joe Dgien, Dave Youse
Consi: Donnie Lawson
20 lap feature: Ray Smith (1), Dave Yehl, Art Goodier, Donnie Lawson, Bill Brewer, Gary Lampman, AJ Costley, Larry Keegan, Bill Shea, Joe Dgien, Casey Pavlick, Donnie Knowles, Bill VanEtten, Wesley Campbell, Scott Brown, Kenny Peoples Jr, Cale Paul, Chuck Gleason, Kevin McPherson, Bob Johnson, Frank Kline, Dave Youse, Tony Hooker, Charley Winchell. DNQ: Kreg Crooker, Bob Paul, Chris Silvers, Nate DeLong, Mike Buchanan, Nick Galayda, Chuck Winslow
NAPA 360 Late Models 13 cars
Heats: Glenn Whritenour, Mikey Wonderling
25 lap feature: Wayne Robertson (2), Bob Buono, Mike Wonderling, Mike Smith, Glenn Whritenour, Brett Buono, Mick Seeley, Greg Young, Jared Dennis, Sparky Hills, Jeremy Wonderling, Gary Archer. DNS: Jeff Brown
Morgan’s Auto Repair Street Stocks 19 cars
Heats: Jared Hill, Dan Gordon
20 lap feature: Dan Gordon, Zack Sutton, Jared Hill, Brian Knowles, Cliff Moss, Brett Marlatt, Tony Foth, Jeff Smith, Brian Butler, Rod Mullen, Mike Williams, Butch Dibble, Kevin Patton, Bill Pryslopski, Brett Crawford, Russell Morseman III, Josh Nobriga, Todd Burgess, Kurt Stebbins
Signs Plus Mini Stocks 24 cars
Heats: Chris Woodard, Rich Sharpsteen II, Ted Morseman Jr
20 lap feature: Ted Morseman Jr (3), Brian Grant Sr, Jason Ketrow, Ed Mills, Tracy Dunn, Rich Sharpsteen, Chris Woodard, Chuck Leasure, Mike Smith, Chris McCann, Rick McDaniels, Dennis Erdmann, Aaron Bartas, Jeff Erdmann, William Gardner, Lynn Burrell, Tom Kleintop, Pat Toupin, Jeff Brown, John Hand, Brandon Morseman, Brian Freese, Marty Vanderhouff, Randy Dunn
LaBarron Brothers Repair and Parts FWD 22 cars
Heats: Brian Grant Jr, Tom McGlynn, Jacob Clarke
25 lap feature: Gary Baker II (2), Mark Schenck, John Heidrick, Ron Daily Jr, Tom McGlynn, Cody Baker, Randy Smith, RT Mosher, Shane Rogers, Matt Prescott, Brian Grant Jr, Allison Pierce, Jacob Clarke, Gary Baker I, Dale Quick Jr, Roger Taft, Ron Hill, Brandon Martin, Robert Symonds, Billy Joe Birdsell, James Howard. DNS: Matthew Stone
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