Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Weekend Round-up; Varin Thunders Ahead; Higbie Invades Heath Memorial; Shingledecker Wins Debut

Well, Mother Nature was a big winner again this week, this past weekend Friday was the day that got hurt the worst. Here's the recap from this past weekend, Friday, June 26th, Saturday, June 27th, and Sunday June 28th.

On Friday night, big block modifieds debuted and made their only appearance of 2009 at Raceway 7 Speedway and Jeremiah Shingledecker picked up the big feature win. In other big block from Friday night, Billy Decker continued to get hot with a win at Brewerton Speedway, Danny Tyler picked up his first career modified victory with a win at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park, youngster Rob Bellinger picked up the surprising victory at CanAm Motorsports Park. In Friday night small block action, up-and-comer Bobby Herrington picked up the popular win at Autodrome Edelweiss, and Stewart Friesen added yet another win to his '09 win total with his second win of the year at Ransomville Speedway.

On Saturday night, the Heath Memorial took place at Five Mile Point Speedway, and invader Jerry Higbie went on to pick up the prestigious race win. In other big block racing from Saturday night, Billy Decker went on to collect his second win of the weekend with a win at Fulton Speedway, Andy Bachetti and Mark Flach split Lebanon Valley twin features, Wade Hendrickson finally broke his streak of bad luck and won at Bridgeport Speedway, defending big block modified champion H.J. Bunting snapped his losing streak at Delaware International Speedway, Bob Drayton entered victory lane for the first time since 2000 with a win at New Egypt Speedway, Matt Sheppard continued his dominance in 2009 with another win at Canandaigua Speedway, and Chad Jones picked up career big block win #1 with a win at Mahoning Valley Speedway. In Saturday night small block modified action, Eric Gabany continued his strong run at a track championship with another win at Mercer Raceway Park, Jeff Strunk finally entered Grandview Speedway victory lane for the first time in 2009, who else but Danny O'Brien won at Brockville-Ontario Speedway, Ray Hoard picked up his first win of 2009 with a win at Lebanon Valley Speedway, Scott Wood also won his first race of 2009 with a win at Merrittville Speedway, and Curt Van Pelt finally snapped his bad luck and beat his brother to win at Woodhull Raceway.

On Sunday night, the Thunder Series for big block modifieds opened their season at Utica Rome Speedway, with Bobby Varin picking up the $5,000 feature win. In small blocks on Sunday night, Don Mattison ended his losing streak with a big win at Devils Bowl Speedway, and at Cornwall Motor Speedway it was Laurent Ladouceur who went on to win the feature event.

Congratulations to all this weeks winners, especially Wago drivers Danny Tyler, Stewart Friesen, Mark Flach, Andy Bachetti, Jeff Strunk, Wade Hendrickson, and Matt Sheppard.

I still have to look and see what specials are coming up this weekend, however, small block modifieds will be at Grandview Speedway on Tuesday night for a special Thunder on the Hill Series show.

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