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06/25/07
Stratton First to Double-Up - Ray Hoard
and Chris Tryon See Checkers
By: Rodney Rescott
Saturday June 23, 2007
West Lebanon, NY- The heat of summer was in full swing at the Valley of
Speed. A huge crowd gathered at the high banks of Lebanon Valley Speedway
for a full night of action. Hector Stratton didn't disappoint, as he broke
the trend and became the first repeat winner in the Modified for 2007.
The Anderson Equipment 30 lap modified feature came to the green flag with
the "Kingfish" Mike King at the point. But as soon as the green flew, the
#518 of Kyle Sheldon was collected up and ended up against the outside wall.
The green flew again on the restart, and King drove out away from the field.
Starting back around the 5th row, defending champ Andy Bachetti aboard his
Albreada Waste #4, along with the #115 of Kenny Tremont began to make their
way through the field to get to the front of the pack.
But by lap 12, the Vermont native, Hector Stratton powered his way to the
top spot past King's #55, and began to check out on the field. On lap 16,
the field was slowed by contact with between the FWC Construction #21J of
Jeff Trombley and Wayne Jelley's K&F Modulars #45. This evaporated
Stratton's lead, putting the #4 of Bachetti right on his back bumper.
On the following restart, Bachetti once again hounded the #87 of Stratton,
but out of nowhere came the Hough Motors #34 of Steve Hough, powering his
way around the high side of the Valley of Speed to overtake Bachetti, and
pressuring Stratton. But the charge didn't last long, as the #4 came right
back by on the next lap, but found the fast way around in the process.
Dave McFeeters brought out the last yellow, when his car lost power on the
front stretch, setting up for a 3 lap dash for the checkers. Sneaking up in
the front fray was the #98 of Eddie Marshall, who started back from row 7.
At the drop of the green, Stratton powered out front once again, with
Bachetti, Hough and now Marshall in tow.
No matter how he tried, high, low, or even the middle, the #4 just didn't
have enough to get by the Big Boys Toys #87 of Hector Stratton, as he
captures his 2nd win of 2007, making him the first to do the double. Behind
Stratton it was Bachetti, followed closely by the charging Eddie Marshall.
4th across the finish was Steve Hough, followed by his teammate Russ Reckner
in his #34R.
The Pro Stocks took to the high banks for a special DMC Racing Products
"Bubba Tanner Classic" 23 lap event. Kyle Hosier brought the field to the
green, and powered his #71 out front. But by lap 3, everything came to a
screeching halt. Coming down the front stretch, the #77 of Paul Rogers
bobbled, and contact was made sending his car across the track to the inside
forcing all those behind him to scramble.
Several cars were collected in the melee, the worse being the #38M of Mike
Middleton, the #322 of Jay Casey, and the #54L of Jim Langenback. Middleton
and Casey later return several laps down, but the #54L was done for the
night.
When the leftovers of nearly 8 involved in the incident, the field re-fired,
and got back to racing. Hosier was still out front, but that was short
lived as the #35 of Rick Dempsey took over the top spot on the following
restart. Dempsey's #35 led the way for several lap, but there was a storm
brewing just behind him. Charging through the field was the #76 of Kevin
Arnold and the #24 of Robbie Speed now beginning to see the rear deck of the
#35 of Dempsey.
The battle began, only to be interrupted again by a fiery motor meltdown by
Rick Spencer's #32. That gave Arnold the opportunity he was waiting for, as
he took over the top spot on the next restart, and never looked back. Kevin
Arnold won the "Bubba Tanner Classic" presented by DMC Racing Products, and
took home the $500.00 special payday.
Following Arnold was the Speed's Garage #24 of Robbie Speed. Dempsey
finished 3rd, followed by the #78 of Paul LaRochelle with a strong finish
after being involved in the lap 3 accident. 5th over the line was the #324
of Jason Casey to round out the top 5.
The Benjamin Moore Paints 358 Modified Super Series was also on tap with
another exciting 24 lap event. Ted Teal and Ray Hoard brought the field to
the green, but it didn't take long for the #94 of Hoard to take the top
spot, and engage the cruise control.
Once again, Bachetti, along with the #97 of Jeff Trombley marched their way
through the field, but time was short, and the Vermont native Ray Hoard had
the #94 way out to sea.
A few cautions flew late in the race, but it didn't matter to the Ford
Powered #94, as the blue oval powered away, and took his first win in 2007.
Hoard was followed by Jeff Trombley aboard the #97. 3rd was the #4 of Andy
Bachetti, followed by Keith Flach, and Tommy Faxon's #171.
The Sportsman had their 20 lap feature had a few of the favorites out early,
as the #83 of Chad Piece, the #2 of K.C. Goewey, and the #9 of Ed Harkins
were all involved in wrecks ending their nights. The #09 of Kevin lynch,
the #00 of Chris Kokosa, and the #3 of Kim Lavoy suffered mechanical issues
(one worse than the other two).
But out front, it was Chris Tryon's #5 taking over the helm on lap 8 from
Kevin Petrucci's #77S, and never looked back. At the checkers, Tryon took
his first win of 2007, followed by the #25 of Frank Harper. 3rd was Kory
Sandstedt, 4th was Danny Sanchez, and 2006 Champ Jeff Watson rounded out the
top 5.
Nick Hilt took his 5th Limited Pro Stock victory of 2007. Rob Partridge,
Lou Ganzar, and Tom Murphy all took the checkers in the Pure Stock Division.
The Annual Berkshire Bank Fireworks Spectacular is set for next Saturday
June 30th, 2007. All classes will be in action for a night of action both
on and off the track at the Valley of Speed.
For more information, tickets, or directions, visit our website at
www.LebanonValley.com, and click on "Speedway". Or call the Speedway
Offices during normal business hours at (518)794-9606, (518) 794-9965.
Saturday June 23, 2007 - Anderson Equipment & DMC Racing Products -
Modified Results (30 Laps) - 1 Hector Stratton, 2 Andy Bachetti, 3 Eddie
Marshall, 4 Steve Hough, 5 Russ Reckner, 6 J. R. Heffner, 7 Kenny Tremont, 8
John Hewitt, 9 Guy Sheldon, 10 Brian Berger, 11 Mike King, 12 Keith Flach,
13 John Alberti, 14 Matt Quinn, 15 Paul Gilardi, 16 Charlie Humes, 17 Ryan
Larkin(R), 18 Mark Flach Jr, 19 Wayne Figler, 20 Dave McFeeters, 21 Wayne
Jelley, 22 Jeff Trombley, 23 Kyle Sheldon, 24 John Ruchel, 25 Dickie Larkin
Benjamin Moore Paints 358 Modified Results (24 Laps) - 1 Ray Hoard, 2 Jeff
Trombley, 3 Andy Bachetti, 4 Keith Flach, 5 Tom Faxon, 6 Sean Gallivan, 7 J.
R. Heffner, 8 Roy Bridge, 9 Matt Quinn, 10 Rich Salisbury, 11 Dickie Larkin,
12 Art Collins, 13 J.C. Flach, 14 Ted Teal, 15 Denny Young Jr, 16 Danny
Burl, 17 Donnie Ackner, 18 Dave Baranowski, 19 Mark Pullen
Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 1 Chris Tryon, 2 Frank Harper, 3 Kory
Sandstedt, 4 Danny Sanchez, 5 Jeff Watson, 6 Kyle Hoffman, 7 Brian
Sandstedt, 8 Art Collins, 9 Kevin Petrucci, 10 Don Miller, 11 Alan
Houghtaling, 12 Wayne Keyes, 13 Carmon Carnibucci, 14 Neil Stratton, 15 Bill
Singer, 16 Joe Carnibucci, 17 Kolby Schroder, 18 Kim Lavoy, 19 Kevin Lynch,
20 Chris Kokosa, 21 K.C. Goewey, 22 Ed Harkin, 23 Derek Schibi, 24 Chad
Pierce, 25 D.T. Pickard
DMC Racing Products "Bubba Tanner Classic" Pro Stock Results (23 Laps) - 1
Kevin Arnold, 2 Robbie Speed, 3 Rick Dempsey, 4 Paul LaRochelle, 5 Jason
Casey, 6 Chris Crews, 7 Kyle Hosier, 8 Jon Routhier, 9 Jay Corbin, 10 Don
Carlson, 11 Victor Hopkins, 12 Ed Bishop, 13 Paul Rogers, 14 Johnny Rivers,
15 John Drake, 16 Jeff Kelmel, 17 Don Collins, 18 Ed Bachand, 19 Brian
Keough, 20 Rick Spencer, 21 Mike Middleton, 22 Jay Casey, 23 Jim Langenback
Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Nick Hilt, 2 Dave Colwell, 3 Chad
Jeseo, 4 Jay Kretuziger Jr, 5 Rob Maxon, 6 Dale Kennedy, 7 Justin Herron, 8
Gary Ashley, 9 Jery Helms Jr., 10 George Miles Jr, 11 Kevin Winters, 12 Joe
Mennite
Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Rob Partridge, 2 Rich Douglass, 3 Chuck
Lampe, 4 Lynn Wesley, 5 Richard Puff, 6 Gary Vandenberg, 7 John Quiqley, 8
Joe Walcott, 9 Jim Fachini, 10 Karl Castagna, 11 Tom Davies, 12 Kirk
Stanaway, 13 Mike Fachini, 14 Dave Fachini Jr, DNS Doug Olds
Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Lou Ganzar, 2 Ray Hall Sr, 3 Ed Hatch, 4
Jeff Douglass, 5 Tim Sayers, 6 Chris Streeter, 7 Jay Martin, 8 Johnny Lane,
9 Joe Chenail, 10 Dan Olds, 11 Jeff Kreutziger, 12 Adam Tator, 13 Ron Hoyt
Jr, 14 Steve Hatch
Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Tom Murphy, 2 John Chapman, 3 Al Relyea,
4 Matt Humes, 5 Mike Eichstedt, 6 Dave Streibel, 7 Jay Casey, 8 Dave Houser,
9 Dave Stickles, 10 Jesse Murphy, 11 Phil Wood, 12 Robert Hammell, 13 Bob
Palmer, 14 Pete Wiegand, 15 Tom Harkins
Bachetti and Kokosa Get Early Father's Day
Presents
By: Rodney Rescott
Saturday June 16, 2007
West Lebanon, NY - A special Father's Day night at the Valley of Speed that
included the popular Kiddie Rides night presented by Key Bank and Funplex
Funpark, saw the return of the 2006 points Champ Andy Bachetti return to
victory lane. And a struggling Chris Kokosa outlasted the field to capture
his 2nd of 2007.
Beautiful summer weather brought out the young and old to enjoy a full night
of action packed racing, with the Key Bank Funplex Funpark Big Block
Modifieds 30 lap feature taking to the high banks first.
On the pole, Dave McFeeters #27 brought the field to the green along side
the #34R of Russ Reckner. The first caution flew for the #24 of John Hewitt
by lap 2, by this time, the Albreida Waste #4 of Bachetti had powered from
his 6th starting spot to reach 3rd. On the next restart, Bachetti got to
the top side of the high backs and began to hunt down the top 2. He started
his assault, but the caution flew again for the #1A of Tim Dwyer, making
hard contact with the turn 2 wall.
Bachetti didn't make it completely past the leader McFeeters, so he
restarted 2nd, but that was merely a sign of the inevitable, as the green
flew again, the #4 sprinted to the top spot by turn 2.
On lap 11, the caution flew once again, this time there was heavy contact
involving several cars back in the field. Involved were the #21J of Jeff
Trombley, the #473 of John Alberti, the #74 of J.R. Heffner, the #60 of
Brian Berger, and the #115 of Kenny Tremont. They were all able to continue
except for the Berger, who had to make some repairs but returned later,
Alberti suffered severe damage and stayed pitside, and Tremont limped around
the speedway for the rest of the night with a bent driveshaft.
But on the next restart, the Marshall Oil #98 of Eddie Marshall was right on
the rear bumper of the #4 of Bachetti, and that was the way they would race.
Marshall would the faster car tried to go high, and then low, then high
again, but just couldn't get enough momentum to complete the pass.
Finally, at the checkers, a last ditch effort came up short, with Andy
Bachetti getting his first win of 2007, and making him the 9th different
winner of the season. Marshall crossed the line 2nd, followed by Wayne
Jelley, Steve Hough, and Guy Sheldon rounding out the top 5.
The Sportsman 20 lap feature was started with the #1 of D.T. Pickard and the
#3 of Kim LaVoy on the front row. At the green, LaVoy didn't take much time
getting by the #1 of Pickard, and she set sail out front of the field. But
further back, the man n the move was the #00 of Chris Kokosa. The Kokosa
Fuels #00 was taking to the high side, or the Bachetti lane, to make his
move toward the front. By lap 4, Kokosa powered his way to the runner up
spot, and began to hunt down the #3 of LaVoy.
And by the 10th time around, he cleared LaVoy to take the lead, but was
slowed by a caution on lap 11 for the spinning #77S of Kevin Petrucci. The
#00 powered away from the field, hampered by a couple more yellows, but it
was not going to be enough for anyone to get to the man out front. At the
checkers, it was Chris Kokosa taking his 2nd win of 2007. Following Kokosa
was the hard charging Jeff Watson to finish 2nd, 3rd across the line was
LaVoy, followed by Frank Harper, and Kyle Hoffman.
The Pro Stock 20 lapper was next up was pretty much over when it started, as
Paul LaRochelle, started from the front row, and just set the cruise control
for a nice Saturday night drive to take his first win of 2007. Charging
through the field to finish a strong second was the #38M of Mike Middleton.
A solid finish for the #15 of Dave Blanchard as he crossed the line 3rd; he
was followed by the #322 of Jay Casey, and the #35 of Rick Dempsey.
The Limited's saw the #17 of Nick Hilt, charge from the rear of the field to
win his 4th of 2007.
50 cars packed into the Valley of Speed for the Pure Stock division, for
another night of full fender racing action. The races were divided into 3
separate 8 lap features. The Key Bank, Funplex Funpark Feature Winners
were: PS# 1 - Shannon McDermott, PS# 2 - Robert Hammell, and PS# 3 - Phil
Wood.
Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages, you need to prepare yourself for
a night of unbelievable destructive action! It's the return of the "Eve of
Destruction". Waste Management and Heavy Hauler are presenting the Eve of
Destruction this Tuesday, June 19th. There will be a School Bus Race, a
Trailer Race, a Reverse Race, plus an Extreme Stunt Show. Bring the whole
family out for a night of action, destruction, and loads of fun! Gates will
open @ 5pm, action to begin by 6pm.
Also, next Saturday June 23rd, Anderson Equipment and DMC Racing Products
present the Bubba Tanner Pro Stock Classic, along with a return of the
Benjamin Moore Paints 358 Super Series. All classes will be in action.
For more information, directions, or ticket info, visit our website at
www.LebanonValley.com. Or call the Speedway offices during normal business
hours, at (518) 794-9606, (518) 794-9965.
RESULTS: Saturday June 16, 2007 - Key Bank & Funplex Fun Park
Modified Results (30 Laps) - 1 Andy Bachetti, 2 Eddie Marshall, 3 Wayne
Jelley, 4 Steve Hough, 5 Guy Sheldon, 6 Jeff Trombley, 7 Keith Flach, 8 John
Hewitt, 9 Mark Flach Jr, 10 Kyle Sheldon, 11 Russ Reckner, 12 Brian Berger,
13 Paul Gilardi, 14 Dickie Larkin, 15 Dave McFeeters, 16 Mike King, 17 John
Ruchel, 18 Wayne Figler, 19 J. R. Heffner, 20 Hector Stratton, 21 Kenny
Tremont, 22 Ryan Larkin, 23 Danny Burl, 24 Matt Quinn, 25 John Alberti, 26
Tim Dwyer
Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 1 Chris Kokosa, 2 Jeff Watson, 3 Kim Lavoy, 4
Frank Harper, 5 Kyle Hoffman, 6 K. C. Goewey, 7 Brian Sandstedt, 8 Art
Collins, 9 Ed Harkin, 10 Neil Stratton, 11 Chris Tryon, 12 Carmon
Carnibucci, 13 Alan Houghtaling, 14 Danny Sanchez, 15 Don Miller, 16 Kevin
Lynch, 17 Kolby Schroder, 18 Bill Singer, 19 Brian Houghtaling, 20 Joe
Carnibucci, 21 Kevin Petrucci, 22 Chad Pierce, 23 Kyle Armstrong, 24 D. T.
Pickard
Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Paul LaRochelle, 2 Mike Middleton, 3 Dave
Blanchard, 4 Jay Casey, 5 Rick Dempsey, 6 Robbie Speed, 7 Kevin Arnold, 8
Jay Corbin, 9 Tom Brandt, 10 Jim Langenback, 11 Ed Bachand, 12 Chris Crews,
13 Victor Hopkins, 14 Paul Rogers, 15 Ed Bishop, 16 Brian Keough, 17 Jeff
Kelmel, 18 Don Collins, 19 Kyle Hosier, 20 Don Carlson, 21 Jason Casey, 22
Steve Goodermote, 23 Jon Routhier, 24 Bob Duzlak, 25 Johnny Rivers
Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Nick Hilt, 2 Justin Herron, 3 Jery
Helms Jr, 4 Rob Maxon, 5 Jay Kretuziger Jr, 6 Joe Mennite, 7 Kevin Winters,
8 Dale Kennedy, 9 Chad Jeseo, 10 George Miles Jr
Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Shannon McDermott, 2 Dave Stickles, 3
Jeff Kreutziger, 4 Richard Puff, 5 Jeff Douglass, 6 Joe Chenail, 7 Chris
Murphy,
8 Jay Martin, 9 Steve Hatch, 10 Dan Olds, 11 Gary Vandenberg, 12 Rich
Douglass, 13 Gil Twing Sr., 14 John Devine, 15 John Quiqley, 16 John Denue,
17 Tom Davies
Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Robert Hammell, 2 Kirk Stanaway, 3 Dave
Houser, 4 Tom Murphy, 5 Chris Streeter, 6 Doug Olds, 7 Larry Ball, 8 Rob
Partridge, 9 Joe Walcott, 10 Adam Tator, 11 Larry Stickles, 12 Rich Roger,
13 Karl Castagna, 14 Howard Madsen, 15 Randy Myers, 16 Mike Fachini, DNS Ron
Hoyt Jr.
Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Phil Wood, 2 Al Relyea, 3 Jay Casey, 4
Tom Harkins, 5 Mike Eichstedt, 6 John Chapman, 7 Dave Streibel, 8 Matt
Humes, 9 Lou Ganzar, 10 Bob Palmer, 11 Ed Hatch, 12 Tim Sayers, 13 Pete
Wiegand, 14 Lynn Wesley, 15 Ray Hall Sr, 16 Jesse Murphy
Brian Berger Makes Lebanon's 8th Different
Winner
Saturday June 9, 2007
By: Rodney Rescott
West Lebanon, NY: Gorgeous weather brought the fans and drivers out to the
Valley of Speed in droves, this past Saturday Night, as Greylock Federal
Credit Union presented the night, along with the special PYX106 "Eye Rock
500" race to benefit blind and blind/deaf kids at Camp Abilities.
The Waste Management 30 lap Big Blocks Modifieds took to the High Banks with
Brian Berger's PLT #60 at the point. And at the drop of the green, Berger
put his PMC out front and began to pull away from the field.
A few rows back, defending track champ Andy Bachetti began is charge to the
front in dramatic fashion, powering his way around the top side of the
speedway. Leading Bachetti through the field, current point leader J.R.
Heffner was dicing through the field, trying to get to Berger.
Further back, late arrival Kenny Tremont Jr., started at the back of the
field, and he began to charge through slower traffic.
At the halfway point, it was still Berger at the point. Closing in on the
#60 was Heffner's #74, the #21J of Jeff Trombley, and the #4 Bachetti. Fast
forward to the end of the 30 event, the white flew with Berger diving into
turn 1 for the final lap. No one was going to be close enough to make a
charge, but as the field rounded turn 3, the #87 of Hector Stratton blew an
engine coming down the front stretch, and the caution flew.
That caution put Heffner right on the rear deck lid of Berger for a one lap
shootout. On the restart, Berger powered deep into turn one, hoping to
shake off the advances of Heffner. Down the back shoot they ran, but as
Berger rounded the 4th Turn, Heffner couldn't get it done.
Brian Berger made it the eighth different winner at the Valley of Speed in
the Big Blocks for 2007. Following Berger was Heffner, Trombley, Bachetti,
and Eddie Marshall rounded out the top 5.
The Sportsman 20 lap feature was on the card next, with Neil Stratton's #87
bringing the field to the green.
Stratton pulled away early, but the Want Ad Digest #2 of K.C. Goewey charged
into the 2nd place position by lap 4, and began to reel in Stratton. Goewey
patiently waited for the right moment once he got to the rear bumper of
Stratton, and that opportunity came on lap 12, as the #87 bobbled a bit.
The #2 bolted to the point, and never looked back. At the checkers, it was
K.C. Goewey crossing the line first, followed by the #87 of Stratton. Kyle
Hoffman finished 3rd, followed by the #95 of Carmen Carnibucci, and the #09
of Kevin Lynch finished a strong 5th.
The Pro Stocks raced through their 20 lap feature with Don Carlson driving
his #26 from the pole position at the start, to the checkers at the end.
Dogging Carlson for the last 6 laps was the #24 of Robbie Speed, who settled
for 2nd. Kevin Arnold powered his way to finish third, followed by the #8
of Jay Corbin, and the #322 of Jay Casey.
The Limited's also were on the card with a 10 lap event scheduled. At the
drop of the green, the #112 of Joe Mennite jumped the start and forced his
way all the way up to almost 4th place, before making heavy contact with
several cars, causing two to flip over the inside berm in turn 1.
After a brief delay to clean up the track, the field got underway, with the
#25 of Chad Jeseo pulling out to the early lead. Starting last on the field
was the #17 of Nick Hilt, and he began hiss charge to the front. But Jeseo
had too much for anyone else to handle, as the #25 took the checkers.
Following Jeseo was the #98 of Justin Herron, the #17 of Hilt, the #57 of
Dave Colwell, and the #23 of Kevin Winters.
The PureStockers were out in full force once again with just over 40 cars on
tap. The winners this week were in PS# 1 - Bob Palmer's #29P, PS# 2 - Jeff
Kreutziger's #31P, and PS# 3 - was won by the #0 of Matt Humes.
The "Eye Rock 500", a benefit race for Camp Abilities, was won by Marty
Kelly (blind driver), and co-pilot Mark Burke (sighted driver). This was
once again a huge success for the Camp Abilities, a camp for the blind,
blind/deaf, and legally blind children. As this event is one of their major
fund raisers, it seemed as if it was another fantastic showing both by the
competitors, and the support from the fans and all those that contributed to
such a worthy cause.
More details on the total contributions raised will be forth coming. Stay
tuned to our website
www.LebanonValley.com for all the details.
Saturday June 16th will feature every kid's favorite night, as Key Bank and
Funplex Funpark present Kiddie Rides Night. The gate will open at 5pm, and
the kiddie rides will begin @ 5:30pm.
For more information, ticket info, or directions, again, just visit our
website at www.LebanonValley.com,
just click on the "Speedway". Or call the
Speedway Offices during normal business hours at (518) 794-9606, (518)
794-9965.
Saturday June 9, 2007 - Greylock Federal Credit Union "EYE ROCK 500" Night
Waste Management Modified Results (30 Laps) - 1 Brian Berger, 2 J. R.
Heffner, 3 Jeff Trombley, 4 Andy Bachetti, 5 Eddie Marshall, 6 Guy Sheldon,
7 Kenny Tremont, 8 Kyle Sheldon, 9 Wayne Jelley, 10 Keith Flach, 11 Mark
Flach Jr, 12 Ryan Larkin, 13 Paul Gilardi, 14 Steve Hough, 15 John Hewitt,
16 Dickie Larkin, 17 Russ Reckner, 18 John Alberti, 19 Dave McFeeters, 20
Hector Stratton, 21 J. C. Flach, 22 John Ruchel, 23 Ray Hoard, 24 Kenny
Aanonsen, 25 Mike King, 26 Rich Ricci Jr, 27 Donnie Ackner
Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 1 K.C. Goewey, 2 Neil Stratton, 3 Kyle
Hoffman, 4 Carmon Carnibucci, 5 Kevin Lynch, 6 Alan Houghtaling, 7 Frank
Harper, 8 Jeff Watson, 9 Chris Kokosa, 10 Art Collins, 11 Chris Tryon, 12
Chad Pierce, 13 Danny Sanchez, 14 Brian Sandstedt, 15 Don Miller, 16 Kyle
Armstrong, 17 Wayne Keyes, 18 Kory Sandstedt, 19 Derek Schibi, 20 Kolby
Schroder, 21 Bill Singer, 22 Kevin Petrucci, 23 Kim Lavoy, 24 Ed Harkin
Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Don Carlson, 2 Robbie Speed, 3 Kevin Arnold,
4 Jay Corbin, 5 Jay Casey, 6 Paul LaRochelle, 7 Jim Langenback, 8 Jason
Casey, 9 Mike Middleton, 10 Chris Crews, 11 Victor Hopkins, 12 Tom Brandt,
13 Ed Bishop, 14 Jeff Kelmel, 15 Don Collins, 16 Kyle Hosier, 17 Jon
Routhier, 18 Rick Dempsey, 19 Ed Bachand, 20 Paul Rogers, 21 Johnny Rivers
Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Chad Jeseo, 2 Justin Herron, 3 Nick
Hilt, 4 Dave Colwell, 5 Kevin Winters, 6 Joe Mennite, 7 Dale Kennedy, 8 Rob
Maxon, 9 Jery Helms Jr.
Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Bob Palmer, 2 Jim Fachini, 3 Rob
Partridge, 4 Tim Sayers, 5 Joe Walcott, 6 Joe Chenail, 7 Mark Intelisano, 8
Adam Tator, 9 Tom Davies, 10 Kirk Stanaway, 11 Doug Olds, 12 Dave Fachini
Jr, 13 Jeff Douglass, 14 Steve Hatch
Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Jeff Kreutziger, 2 Ed Hatch, 3 Ron Hoyt
Jr, 4 Jay Martin, 5 Lynn Wesley, 6 Chris Streeter, 7 Gary VanDenburg, 8 John
Quiqley, 9 Richard Puff, 10 Shannon McDermott, 11 Mike Fachini, 12 Gil Twing
Sr.
Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Matt Humes, 2 Jesse Murphy, 3 Al Relyea,
4 Tom Harkins, 5 Jay Casey, 6 Pete Wiegand, 7 Dave Streibel, 8 Mike
Eichstedt, 9 Phil Wood, 10 Dave Stickles, 11 Tom Murphy, 12 Robert Hammell,
13 Ray Hall Sr, 14 John Chapman, 15 Dave Houser, 16 Lou Ganzar
Hewitt and Ricci get the Checkers in Twin
20's; Making it 7 for 7 at LVS
By: Rodney Rescott - Saturday June 2, 2007
West Lebanon, NY- Alarms of Berkshire County and Wohrle's Foods presented
Twin 20 lap feature events for the Big Block Modifieds. The crowd packed
the stands at the Valley of Speed, even under threatening skies.
But once again, Howard Commander's high banks stayed dry, for the most part
as the rain made just a brief appearance, only to help the racing surface,
and cool the heated fans for all the action on the track.
The first of the Twin 20 lap events got under way early in the night, with
the #24 of John Hewitt at the point. When the green flew, Hewitt sounded
the alarms, and took off to another zip code.
Back in the field the #4 of Andy Bachetti, who ran a back-up car for the
rest of the night, had to start at the rear of the field, and struggled to
pass cars to get toward the front. He could only get as high as 17th. Back
in the field with Bachetti was the #21J of Jeff Trombley, and the #74 of
J.R. Heffner. The #115 of Tremont finally found the sweet spot and got into
the second spot at about the halfway point.
It was too late for anyone to get to #24 of Hewitt as he took the checkers
for win #1 of 2007. Second was Tremont, followed by Wayne Jelley, Ryan
Larkin, and Dickie Larkin to round out the top 5.
The modified feature, part II, began much like the first, this time, it was
the part-timer, Rick Ricci Jr. driving the #406R to the point at the drop of
the green. It seemed like De Ja Vu for the rest of the field as Bachetti
struggled to get a handle on the track, and finished just outside the top 10
in 14th. J.R. Heffner charged his #74 to another top 10 finish. The #21J
of Jeff Trombley got to 11th, and the #34 of Steve Hough battled to crack
the top 10 as well. Tremont drove his #115 to yet another solid top 5
finish.
But right from the start, it was Ricci, leading every lap, taking his first
win of 2007. Following Ricci was Mark Flach, Guy Sheldon, Keith Flach, and
Kenny Tremont crossing the line 5th.
The Sportsman division made it only past the first lap, before the field
came under yellow, as contact on the front stretched forced the #00 of Chris
Kokosa into the outside wall, ending his evening early. At the drop of the
next green, it was the #122 of Wayne Keyes out front, that's right, the
#122, and he powered out to a strong lead, only to keep getting slowed by
cautions.
Finally after several yellows, the eighth place starter, the Alligator Art
Collins, took advantage of cooler tires, and powered past Keyes to take the
top spot. And once the #68 took over, not even a few more cautions could
hold back the Alligator from taking the checkers.
At the line, it was Collins, followed by Jeff Watson, Danny Sanchez, Frankie
Harper, and Wayne Keyes held on to finish 5th, a career high.
The Pro Stock event was full of excitement, as the #78 of Paul LaRochelle
was in control early in the 20 lap event. By lap 6, the field slowed by a
multi-car incident on the backstretch involving a good portion of the field.
The #324 of Jason Casey, the #315 of Jon Routhier, the #38M of Mike
Middleton, and few others. Most were able to continue.
Making their way through the field was the #24 of Robbie Speed, along with
the #8 of Jay Corbin, and the #54L of Jimmy Langenback. But it was Corbin
who got to the bumper of the #78 first just after halfway.
The two battled for a few short laps, as Corbin dove under the #78 of
LaRochelle coming out of turn 4. Corbin's car seemed on a rail, even as the
two made minor contact down the front stretch. Corbin prevailed, steering
the #8 to the top spot on lap 12. LaRochelle faded, as he suffered a left
front flat on lap 13.
The #24 didn't have enough speed to catch the #8, as Jay Corbin takes his
second of 2007. Corbin was followed by Jim Langenback, Kevin Arnold, Mike
Middleton, and Chris Crews. The #24 of Speed who crossed the line 3rd was
later disqualified during post race inspection.
The Limited Pro Stocks saw the #98 of Justin Herron take his 2nd of 2007,
followed by Dave Colwell, Jery Helms, Joe Mennite, and Rob Maxon finishing
5th.
Pure Stocks were nearly 50 strong again, packed into 3 eight lap events.
Pure Stock #1 saw Randy Myers power his #57P to the top spot, winning his
1st of 2007
Pure Stock #2 had the Tom Murphy cruise to the victory aboard his #13P.
And Pure Stock #3 offered some excellent wheel to wheel battles, with the
#013P of Jesse Murphy taking the checkers.
Next Saturday night, it's the Greylock FCU presenting the Pyx106 "Eye Rock
500". In addition to all classes being on tap for a full card of events, a
special fund raising effort will take place with blind drivers at the wheel
of race cars, competing for a huge prize.
We are still in need of several things to make this happen. We Need Your
Help! Visit our website at www.LebanonValley.com, and click on Speedway, to
see what is still needed to make sure this goes off without a hitch.
The race is important for Camp Abilities, a camp for blind, blind/deaf, and
legally blind children in the Capital District. Visit our website for
links, and a letter of gratitude from the founder of Camp Abilities!
Again, for more information on the race, or to get reserved seats or ticket
info, visit www.LebanonValley.com, or
call the Speedway offices at (518)
794-9606, (518) 794-9965 during normal business hours.
Saturday June 2, 2007 Alarms of Berkshire County and Wohrle's Foods.
Modified Feature #1 - 1 John Hewitt, 2 Kenny Tremont, 3 Wayne Jelley, 4 Ryan
Larkin, 5 Dickie Larkin, 6 Mike King, 7 Keith Flach, 8 Steve Hough, 9 Paul
Gilardi, 10 Matt Quinn, 11 Guy Sheldon, 12 JR Heffner, 13 Rich Ricci, 14
Eddie Marshall, 15 Mark Flach, 16 Brian Berger, 17 Andy Bachetti, 18 Hector
Stratton, 19 Jeff Trombley, 20 Russ Reckner, 21 Kyle Sheldon, 22 Tim Dwyer,
23 John Ruchel, 24 Ray Hoard, 25 Dave McFeeters, 26 John Alberti, 27 Danny
Burl, 28 Ken Aanonsen, 29Don Ackner
Modified Feature #2 - 1 Rich Ricci, 2 Mark Flach, 3 Guy Sheldon, 4 Keith
Flach, 5 Kenny Tremont, 6 Paul Gilardi, 7 JR Heffner, 8 Matt Quinn, 9 Eddie
Marshall, 10 Steve Hough, 11 Jeff Trombley, 12 Wayne Jelley, 13 Mike King,
14 Andy Bachetti, 15 John Hewitt, 16 Brian Berger, 17 Hector Stratton, 18
Dickie Larkin, 19 Kyle Sheldon, 20 John Alberti, 21 Dave McFeeters, 22 Ryan
Larkin, 23 Ray Hoard, 24 Danny Burl, 25 Ken Aanonsen, 26 Don Ackner, 27 Russ
Reckner, 28 Tim Dwyer
Sportsman Feature - 1 Art Collins, 2 Jeff Watson, 3 Danny Sanchez, 4 Frank
Harper, 5 Wayne Keyes, 6 Alan Houghtaling, 7 Ed Harkins, 8 Carmon
Carnibucci, 9 Kory Sandstedt, 10 Chad Pierce, 11 Kevin Lynch, 12 Chris
Tryon, 13 KC Goewey, 14 Kim Lavoy, 15 Jason Tompkins, 16 DJ Faulkner, 17
Kyle Hoffman, 18 Derek Schibi, 19 (Car #97), 20 Brian Sandstedt, 21 Chris
Kokosa, DQ Don Miller
Prostock Feature - 1 Jay Corbin, 2 Jim Langenback, 3 Kevin Arnold, 4 Mike
Middleton, 5 Chris Crews, 6 Bob Duzlak, 7 Steve Goodermote, 8 Victor
Hopkins, 9 Don Carlson, 10 Jason Casey, 11 Brian Keough, 12 Paul LaRochelle,
13 Don Collins, 14 Ed Bishop, 15 Paul Rogers, 16 John Routhier, 17 Jeff
Kelmel, DQ Robbie Speed
Limited Prostock Feature - 1 Justin Herron, 2 Dave Colwell, 3 Jery Helms, 4
Joe Mennite, 5 Rob Maxon, 6 Kevin Winters, 7 Bill Hammell, 8 Gary Ashley, 9
Nick Hilt, 10 Jay Kreutiziger, 11 Don Kennedy
PureStock#1 Winner - Randy Myers
PureStock 2 Winner - Tom Murphy
PureStock 3 Winner - Jesse Murphy
Stratton Takes His 4th Career Valley of
Speed Win
By: Rodney Rescott
Saturday May 26, 2007
West Lebanon, NY: Earthworm Equipment and Lebanon Springs presented a full
program of action packed events this past Saturday night at the legendary
High Banks at Lebanon Valley.
A huge Memorial Day Weekend crowd packed the stands to watch an exciting
night of racing action in every class. The Big Block 30 Lap Earthworm
Equipment, Lebanon Springs feature event took to the speedway with plenty of
action on tap.
At the point, "the Kid" Ryan Larkin brought the field to the green and took
over the early lead, with 4th place starter Russ Reckner hot on his heels.
Further back in the pack, 2006 champ Andy Bachetti, Kenny Tremont, and last
weeks winner Jeff Trombley, were working their way through the field of 26.
A long green flag run spread the field with Larkin at the front and Reckner
following his every move. Finally, on lap 15, Reckner made his move on the
#39, and shot past in turns 1 and 2. Third place runner Hector Stratton
surged into the 2nd spot, following Reckner past Larkin. The caution flew
on lap 16 when Larkin spun around, putting Stratton on the bumper of
Reckner.
Reckner's #34R didn't get to lead for long, for on the next restart Stratton
drove the Big Boys Toys #87 to the top spot as Reckner bobbled in turn 2.
A few more yellow flags flew, but that was not going to be enough for the
rest of the field to get to Stratton. Bachetti reached the runner up
position, but Stratton motored away to take the checkers for his 4th career
win at the Valley of Speed. Bachetti was 2nd , 3rd across the line was
Reckner, followed by the FTW #21J of Jeff Trombley, and the Marshall Oil #98
of Eddie Marshall.
The Benjamin Moore Paints 358 Modified Super Series was also on tap for a 24
lap shoot out. Danny Burl drove off to the early lead at the drop of the
green, with a strong field of competitors in toe.
As the tires went away on the #4B of Burl, the field was ready to pounce.
And on lap 11, the #1 of Sean Gallivan took over the top spot, and began to
pull away. Back in the field, the #97 of Jeff Trombley was leading the
charge through the field, with J.R. Heffner, and Andy Bachetti following him
through.
By lap 17, the Goodermote #5 of Heffner caught Gallivan, and passed him by
to take over the lead. The top five were Heffner taking the win, followed
by Keith Flach, Rich Salisbury, Andy Bachetti, and Roy Bridge finishing 5th.
Also on the card at the Valley of Speed was the 20 Lap Sportsman feature.
This time, the race came down to the last lap as the #95 of Carmen
Carnibucci was holding on to the lead with Frankie Harper's #25 hot on his
heels waiting to make his move.
When Carnibucci took the white flag, Harper knew he had to go and dove to
the inside of the #95 going into turn 1. But neither would make it out of
the turn, as contact was made between Harper and Carnibucci causing them
both to spin up into the outside wall, ending both their nights in
frustration.
That handed the lead over to third place runner Chris Tryon. And with a 1
lap shootout, it was not going to be enough time for anyone to mount a
charge. The #5 of Chris Tryon drove to his first win of 2007. He was
followed by the #22 of Jeff Watson for 2nd. 3rd across the line was Don
Miller, followed by Kyle Hoffman, and Art Collins.
The Pro Stocks 20 lap feature saw the #324 of Jason Casey led pretty much
wire to wire to take his first victory of 2007. He was hounded by the #8 of
Jay Corbin who finished 2nd, followed by Kevin Arnold, Mike Middleton, and a
hard charging Robbie Speed rounded out the top 5.
The Limited Pro Stocks saw Nick Hilt take his 3rd win of the year. The rest
of the top 5 were Justin Herron, Jay Kretuziger, Jr., Jery Helms, Jr., and
Kevin Winters.
The Pure Stocks took to the speedway with nearly 50 cars divided into three
8 lap events, and this week's winners were: PS#1 - Robert Hammell, PS#2 -
Tom Harkins, and PS# - Jesse Murphy.
Next week, at the high banks, Alarms of Berkshire County, and Wohrle's will
present a special Modified Twin 20 event, along with the Sportsman, Pro
Stocks, Limited Pros, and PureStocks on tap.
In two weeks, a special event is scheduled, but we need your help to make it
happen. On June 9th, Lebanon Valley Speedway along with Greylock FCU are
presenting the PYX 106 "Eye Rock 500", a race for the Blind, to help raise
money for Camp Abilities. Camp Abilities is a one week long camp for blind,
deaf /blind, or legally blind kids, and they are in need of your help.
Bob Wolf, the master mind behind the "Eye Rock 500", from the Wakin' up with
the Wolf show on PYX 106, has been asking for help to help raise money for
this great camp for challenged kids. In addition, Scott Morlock and Rich
Becker from FOX23 Fast Track have been helping to let us know that your help
in needed; both for the event, and to raise some serious money.
How can you help? Well, it's simple; we are in need of Sponsors for the
race cars, and 4cylinder cars for the race. In addition, we are in search
of 'seeing' drivers to help the featured blind drivers navigate the
legendary high banks.
This is the 7th annual "Eye Rock 500", but the first time it's being held at
the Valley of Speed. Let's all pitch in and make this happen, but better
yet, let's make this the biggest event ever in the history of the Eye Rock,
and raised a record amount for these deserving kids. In addition, "Car and
Driver" magazine will be at the speedway doing a special article for the up
coming magazine on the event!
For more information on the "Eye Rock 500" and how you can help, or for
ticket information, visit our website site, at
www.LebanonValley.com, just
click on "Speedway". Or you can contact the Speedway Offices during normal
business hours at (518) 794-9606, (518) 794-9965.
Saturday May 26, 2007 - Earthworm Equipment & Lebanon Springs Excavating
Modified Results (30 Laps) - 1 Hector Stratton, 2 Andy Bachetti, 3 Russ
Reckner, 4 Jeff Trombley, 5 Eddie Marshall, 6 Wayne Jelley, 7 J. R. Heffner,
8 Paul Gilardi, 9 Steve Hough, 10 Matt Quinn, 11 Brian Berger, 12 Rich Ricci
Jr, 13 Kenny Tremont, 14 Mark Flach Jr, 15 Keith Flach, 16 Kyle Sheldon, 17
John Ruchel, 18 Mike King, 19 Guy Sheldon, 20 Dickie Larkin, 21 Dave
McFeeters, 22 Charlie Humes, 23 Tim Dwyer, 24 Ryan Larkin, 25 Kenny
Aanonsen, 26 John Hewitt
Benjamin Moore Paints 358 Modified Super Series Results (24 Laps) - 1 J. R.
Heffner, 2 Keith Flach, 3 Rich Salsbury, 4 Andy Bachetti, 5 Roy Bridge, 6
Matt Quinn, 7 Tom Faxon, 8 Donnie Ackner, 9 Jeff Trombley, 10 J. C. Flach,
11 Danny Burl, 12 Ted Teal, 13 Denny Young Jr, 14 Mark Pullen, 15 Kory
Gurney, 16 Ryan Larkin, 17 John Hotchkiss, 18 Ray Hoard, 19 Sean Gallivan
Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 1 Chris Tryon, 2 Jeff Watson, 3 Don Miller, 4
Kyle Hoffman, 5 Art Collins, 6 Kevin Lynch, 7 Brian Sandstedt, 8 Chris
Kokosa,
9 Danny Sanchez, 10 Alan Houghtaling, 11 Korey Sandstedt, 12 D. J. Faulkner,
13 Jason Tompkins, 14 Bill Singer, 15 Derek Schibi, 16 Kyle Armstrong, 17
Don Kennedy, 18 Neil Stratton, 19 Carmon Carnibucci, 20 Frank Harper, 21
Kolby Schroder, 22 K. C. Goewey, 23 Ed Harkin, 24 Chad Pierce
Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Jason Casey, 2 Jay Corbin, 3 Kevin Arnold, 4
Mike Middleton, 5 Robbie Speed, 6 Jay Casey, 7 Jim Langenback, 8 Victor
Hopkins, 9 Ed Bishop, 10 Paul Rogers, 11 Paul LaRochelle, 12 Chris Crews, 13
Brian Keough, 14 Jeff Kelmel, 15 Johnny Rivers, 16 Ed Bachand, 17 Don
Carlson, 18 Kent Clark, 19 Jon Routhier, 20 Henry Warner, DNS Don Collins
Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Nick Hilt, 2 Justin Herron, 3 Jay
Kretuziger Jr, 4 Jery Helms Jr., 5 Kevin Winters, 6 Joe Mennite, 7 Gary
Ashley, 8 Mark Stevens, 9 Dale Kennedy, 10 Rob Maxon, 11 Dirk Lapierre, 12
Bill Hammell, 13 Chad Jeseo, DNS Dave Colwell
Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Robert Hammell, 2 Mike Eichstedt, 3 Dave
Houser, 4 Howard Madsen, 5 Chris Murphy, 6 Dave Streibel, 7 Mike Fachini, 8
Tom Murphy, 9 Ron Hoyt Jr, 10 Cord Becker, 11 John Quiqley, 12 Adam Tator,
13 Dave Fachini Jr, 14 Johnny Lane, 15 Gil Twing Sr., DNS John Denue, DQ
Chris Streeter
Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Tom Harkins, 2 Karl Castagna, 3 Lou
Ganzar, 4 Jef Kreutziger, 5 Doug Olds, 6 E. J. Legeyt, 7 Ed Hatch, 8 Kirk
Stanaway, 9 Lynn Wesley, 10 Joe Chenail, 11 Gary VanDenburg, 12 Jay Martin,
13 Steve Hatch, 14 Brian Walsh, 15 Jim Fachini, 16 John Devine, 17 Lloyd
Tomlin
Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Jesse Murphy, 2 Pete Weigand, 3 Matt
Humes, 4 Bob Palmer, 5 Ray Hall Sr, 6 Dave Stickles, 7 Jay Casey, 8 Richard
Puff, 9 John Chapman, 10 Larry Ball, 11 Phil Wood, 12 Tim Sayers, 13 Rob
Partridge, 14 Shannon McDermott, DQ Al Relyea, DNS E. J. Legeyt
Valley Puts Cap On '06 Season
Yetman Battles to Repeat Title; Keough and Wiegand Crowned Champs
Saturday September 16, 2006 - By: Rodney Rescott
West Lebanon, NY: With clear skies and no storms in the forecast, the
Valley of Speed put the last program on the schedule on the speedway to wrap
up the final points in the Pro Stocks, Limited Pros Stock, and Pure Stock
divisions. Howard Commander's Lebanon Valley Speedway was in tip-top shape
for a night of full fender battles, along with a special Funplex Funpark
Sportsman 30 lap Shootout.
After dominating earlier in the 2006 season, Rob Yetman's #7 seems to
struggle to get to the top 5 in the last few events. This opened the door
for the rest of the field to reel Yetman back in for the overall points
title in the Pro Stock division. After last week's solid top five, Yetman
came into the night with just a scant 38 point lead over veteran Paul
LaRochelle.
As the 30 lap Pro Stock finale got under way, as Ed Bachand took his #165 to
the point. Bachand stayed out front after several cautions slowed the
field. The first caution came on lap 4, then just 3 laps later on lap 7.
Both of which caused Yetman to go pitside to change flat tires on the Beer
Belly Bob's #7, relegating him to starting 'clean-up' on the field. On the
ensuing restart, Bachand began getting pressure from Jay Corbin's #8.
Corbin finally made the pass by lap 9, and began to pull away from the rest
of the field.
LaRochelle was wading within the top 10 all race, but just couldn't get a
good grip on the high banks to make a charge to the front get the most out
of Yetman's misfortunes. But there was no one going to catch the #8 as
Corbin charged to a near ¾ straightaway lead to take the 30 lap Pro Stock
Feature event. With LaRochelle mustering just a 5th place finish, and
Yetman crossing the line 10th, it was not enough as the defending champ, Rob
Yetman takes the 2006 Pro Stock Championship.
The Limited Pro Stocks also crowned their champ at the Valley of Speed.
This time, after a bizarre lap 3 pileup in the 2nd turn taking out nearly
half the field; including the #2 in points, George Miles, and damaging most
everyone else except for the #311 of Brian Keough. Keough assumed the lead
by lap 4, but was later pressured by the #17 of Nick Hilt. Hilt took over
the top spot by lap 12, and went on the win the 15 lap Limited Pros Stock
feature, but Keough cruised home in second, securing the 2006 Limited Pro
Stock Championship by over 26 points.
The Pure Stock Division also took to the high banks to finalize their
point's title. The 53 cars in attendance were divided up into 4 races, with
the top 14 in points battling it out among themselves in their own race.
The results are as follows: PS#1 - Jeff Douglass, PS#2 - Jay Kreutziger
Jr., PS#3 - Matt Humes, and PS#4 - Jesse Murphy. The full results for each
are listed below in the 'Results' section.
Not only did these finishes set the stage for the Boomer's Performance 15
lap Pure Stock Classic, but it also determined the point champ. And by
virtue of nearly a full dozen wins this year, the veteran racer Pete
Wiegand, pilot of his familiar red and black #78, captured the 2006 Pure
Stock Point Championship.
With the titles handed out, and the regular racing season coming to an end,
it was time for a couple of dash for cash races for the Sportsman class and
Pure Stocks. The Funplex Funpark 30 lap Sportsman $1000.00 to win
Shoot-Out.
Alan Houghtaling and Frankie Harper took the field to the green, but it
wasn't long before the legendary Art Collins showed he was ready to take
home the big dough. The Alligator began his charge from the 5th starting
spot, but it was his own back-up car, the #25 of Frankie Harper that gave
him the most trouble. Harper held the lead till lap #8, but the #25 drifted
up in turn 1, at the door opened for the #68. Collins took the point, and
never looked back, as the Alligator Art Collins wins the Funplex Funpark
Sportsman Classic.
Also on tap was the season finale for the Pure Stocks as Boomer's
Performance put up a $300.00 payday for the full fender class, as Lynne
Wesley and Joe Walcott took the field to the green for their 15 lap
shoot-out. A few caution bunched the field, but that wasn't going to deny
the 'Rocket man', Al Relyea, as he charged from his 18th starting spot to
score the Boomer's Performance Pure Stock dash.
With all the racing coming to a close at the high banks for 2006, Lebanon
Valley Speedway, along with the management and staff would like to thank all
the teams, drivers, sponsors, employees, and most importantly, the fans for
a fantastic 2006 season of racing and the Valley of Speed, Lebanon Valley
Speedway!
And not to forget about the last event to be held this year, the 24th Annual
Swap Meet, scheduled for Sunday November 5th, rain or shine!
For more information on the Swap Meet, or more coverage of the years event,
visit our website at
www.LebanonValley.com or call the speedway offices at
(518) 794-9606, or (518) 794-9965 during normal business hours.
Final Points as of 09/16/2006:
Pure Stock Division:
1 Pete Weigand 466, 2 Matt Humes 410, 3 Al Relyea 409, 4 Bob Palmer 357, 5
Tom Harkins 344, 6, Ray Hall Sr 341, 7 John Chapman 337, 8 Shannon McDermott
335, 9 Nick Regis 325, 10 Steve Hatch 324.
Limited Pro Stock Division:
1 Brian Keough 454, 2 George Miles Jr 428, 3 Nick Hilt 415, 4 Justin Herron
348, 5 John Santolin 342, 6 Frankie Twing 279, 7 Dirk Lapierre 218, 8 Jim
Keough 183, 9 Gary Ashley 133, 10 Zach Peckham 113
Pro Stock Division:
1 Rob Yetman 854, 2 Paul LaRochelle 826, 3 Jay Corbin 797, 4 Mike Middleton
779, 5 Jason Casey 750, 6 Chris Crews 743,7 Kevin Arnold 734, 8 Don Carlson
705, 9 Jon Routhier 668, 10 Victor Hopkins 658
Results:
Saturday September 16, 2006 - FunPlex Fun Park Sportsman Results (20 Laps) -
1 Art Collins, 2 Kyle Hoffman, 3 Chris Kokosa, 4 Frank Harper, 5 Ryan
Larkin, 6 Jeff Watson, 7 Chris Tryon, 8 Bobby Knipe, 9 Kory Sandstedt, 10
Neil Stratton, 11 Kolby Schroder, 12 Bill Singer, 13 Butch Lyons, 14 Wayne
Keyes, 15 Jeff Kelly, 16 Mark Dickey, 17 Earl Thitchener, 18 Alan
Houghtaling, 19 Ed Harkin, 20 Rob Yetman, 21 Gus Kamburelis, 22 Chad Pierce,
23 Kale Groff, 24 Kim Lavoy, 25 Ray Tarantino, 25 Jerry Hunt, 26 Don Miller,
28 Mike Mason
Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Jay Corbin, 2 Jason Casey, 3 Jay Casey, 4
Robbie Speed, 5 Paul LaRochelle, 6 Kevin Arnold, 7 Ed Bachand, 8 Mike
Middleton, 9 Jon Routhier, 10 Rob Yetman, 11 Chris Stalker, 12 Victor
Hopkins, 13 Rich Crane, 14 Rick Dempsey, 15 Jeff Kelmel, 16 Larry Megan, 17
John Drake, 18 Don Collins, 19 Chris Crews, 20 Steve Hankle, 21 Mike
Halachik, 22 Don Carlson, 23 Clay Murphy, 24 Hugh Page, 25 Rob Langevin
Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Nick Hilt, 2 Brian Keough, 3 Bill
Hammell, 4 Gary Ashley, 5 Dirk Lapierre, 6 Dale Kennedy, 7 George Miles Jr,
8 Jim Fachini, 9 Frankie Twing, 10 Kevin Winters, 11 Justin Herron
Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Jeff Douglass, 2 Steve Hatch, 3 Windy
Winters, 4 Karl Castagna, 5 Joe Walcott, 6 Don Coon, 7 Gary VanDenberg, 8
Doug Olds, 9 Tony Arcolleo, 10 Tim Niles, 11 John Quiqley, 12 Mike Fachini
Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Jay Kreutziger Jr, 2 Jeff Kreutziger, 3
Ed Hatch, 4 Nick Regis, 5 Rich Douglass, 6 Todd Pelkey, 7 Dan Olds, 8
Richard Rogers, 9 Steve Kahler Jr, 10 Dave Fachini Jr, 11 Adam Tator, 12
Scott Kilmer, 13 Billy Bulson
Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Matt Humes, 2 Al Relyea, 3 Shannon
McDermott, 4 Tom Harkins, 5 Pete Weigand, 6 John Chapman, 7 Bob Palmer, 8
Phil Wood, 9 Lou Ganczar, 10 Ray Hall Sr, 11 Mike Eichstedt, 12 Dave
Streibel, 13 Dave Stickles,
14 Larry Ball
Pure Stock #4 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Jesse Murphy, 2 Richard Puff, 3 Robert
Hammell, 4 Dave Houser, 5 Joe Chenail, 6 Chrissy Hilt, 7 Gil Twing Jr, 8
Lynn Wesley, 9 Howard Madsen, 10 Mike Arnold, 11 Sean Tomlin, 12 Paul
Engwer, 13 Chris Keller, 14 Harold Tarantino
Boomer's Performance Pure Stock Classic (15 Laps) - 1 Al Relyea, 2 Mike
Eichstedt, 3 Rich Douglass, 4 John Chapman, 5 Shannon McDermott, 6 Pete
Weigand, 7 Matt Humes, 8 Bob Palmer, 9 Dave Streibel, 10 Jay Kreutziger Jr,
11 Dave Stickles, 12 Tom Harkins, 13 Steve Hatch, 14 Dave Houser, 15 Nick
Regis, 16 Ray Hall Sr, 17 Steve Kahler Jr, 18 Lynn Wesley, 19 Larry Ball, 20
Joe Walcott
1st 4 Cylinder Feature Results (15 Laps) - 1 Randy Davis, 2 Tom Delaney, 3
Todd Goldstein, 4 Mark Intelisano, 5 Jim Daniels, 6 Marty Poole, 7 Todd
Bartley, 8 Eddie Wurzburg, 9 Kevin Winters, 10 Shane Barto, 11 Shawn Perez,
12 Brian Walsh, 13 Paul Hankey, 14 William Boo, 15 Gary Daniels Sr, 16 Gary
Daniels, 17 Phil Defiglio, 18 Richard Puff, 19 Aaron Roberts, 20 Dave
Barto,21 Tim Formel, 22 Jason Ferrin, 23 Josh Stall, 24 Phil Bink, 25 Josh
Feldman, 26 Johnny Rivers, 27 Tim Sayers,
2nd 4 Cylinder Results (15 Laps) - 1 Todd Goldstein, 2 Todd Bartley, 3 Mark
Intelisano, 4 Bubba Barber, 5 Marty Poole, 6 Paul Hankey, 7 Aaron Roberts, 8
Shawn Perez, 9 William Boo, 10 Brian Walsh, 11 Josh Feldman, 12 Eddie
Wurzburg, 13 Kevin Winters, 14 Gary Daniels Sr, 15 Gary Daniels, 16 Shane
Barto, 17 Tim Formel, 18 Eric Budd, 19 Phil Defiglio, 20 Dave Barto, 21 Tom
Delaney
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