Monday, June 22, 2009

O'Briens Shine; Rain Rain Go Away; Weekend Round-up

Well, once again, Mother Nature had a dominating weekend. Saturday was almost a complete wash, only 2 tracks got modified racing in. The opener to the Fonda/Utica Rome Series was scheduled for Fonda, but was rained out.

Friday night saw the most racing get in. Jeff Rudalavage became the first two-time winner at Penn Can Speedway in the track's 2009 big block division. J.R. Crouse (Big Blocks at Redline Raceway), Pierre DaGenais (Small Blocks at Autodrome Edelweiss), and Roy Tarbell (Small Blocks at Mohawk Raceway) backed up last week's wins at their respective tracks by all winning at the same tracks again this weekend. Vinnie Vitale picked up his first win of the year with his big block at Brewerton Speedway. Billy Dunn extended his points lead in the big block division at CanAm Motorsports Park with another win on Friday night. Paul Kinney picked up the popular win at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park with the big block modified. Kenny Tremont continued his trek towards running down Brett Hearn in big block modified points at Albany-Saratoga Speedway by winning again at the track.

Saturday night saw the O'Brien brothers (Tim, Danny, and Pat) finish 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the small block feature at Brockville-Ontario Speedway, with Pat coming away with the win. The only other track to run at Saturday night was Airborne Speedway which saw Jason Durgen pick up the dirt small block feature.

Finally, on Sunday, Pat Ward won again at Utica Rome Speedway with the big block. Jimmy Phelps snapped his rough-luck streak with a win at Cayuga County Fair Speedway in the big block division. Last, but not least, Joel Doiron finally held on to win his first small block win of the year at Cornwall Motor Speedway.

Congratulations to all this weekend's feature winners. For the first time this year, the Club Wago drivers went winless for the weekend.

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