Club Wago's Dirt Racing Blog: July 2010

Friday, July 30, 2010

Decker Takes Thunder Series Race at Utica Rome

Billy Decker cruised to pick up the $5,000 big block modified feature win at Utica Rome Speedway's Thunder Series race. It was Decker's first win in a few years at Utica Rome. Here was last night's top 5...

Utica Rome Speedway
1st 91 Billy Decker
2nd 2 Ronnie Johnson
3rd 1 Stewart Friesen
4th 99J Jimmy Phelps
5th 19k Paul Kinney

Remember, Saturday is the 3rd race of the Club Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League, and also the 3rd big money event of the year, as Friends of Mike Night highlights the weekend with a 100-lap, $15,000 to win event for the big block modifieds.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Gable Returning? Lamb Going to SDW

Look for Jody Gable to return to the ownership role by Mr. Dirt Track USA sources report. No word on who the driver will be. The team has ran in the past with drivers such as Bobby Varin, Rich Ricci, Andy Bachetti, Brett Hearn, Tim Dwyer, and J.R. Heffner, and also had connections with Kevin Bolland as Bolland and Gable attempted to put together a deal for last year's Rite-Aid 200. With Gable being out of racing for over a year, expect a former driver to run for Gable. With Bachetti and Hearn with solid rides for weekly competition at Lebanon Valley Speedway, and with Tim Dwyer not racing for 2 years now, expect either J.R. Heffner, Rich Ricci, or Bobby Varin to land in the Gable ride for the race, Heffner and Ricci seem the most likely, as Varin will more than likely run the race with the Saya #10 Race Team, and both Ricci and Heffner are running self-owned equipment.

Ted Lamb has confirmed on Doug's Dirt Diary that he will compete in both the big block and small block portion of Super Dirt Week on the moody mile. Lamb will be eligible for the Futures Race in both divisions.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Friesen Wins Fonda Thunder Race

Stewart Friesen held off a mid-race challenge from Bobby Varin and cruised to any easy $5,000 win in the Fonda Speedway Thunder on the Thruway season. Friesen now has wins on the year at Fonda, Utica Rome, Ransomville, Five Mile Point, Grandview, Volusia, and Cayuga County, which puts only a handful of drivers ahead of him in different tracks won at for this season. Here was the top 5...

Fonda Speedway (Thunder Series)
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 00 Bobby Varin
3rd 91 Billy Decker
4th 14R Ryan Odasz
5th 1x Willy Decker

Bernard Wins Big; Weekend Results

Sorry for posting these a day or two late, I was in Atlantic City over the weekend and am now playing catch up. I'll have Fonda Speedway results from last night posted later today. Remember, next week is race #3 of the Club Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League, as the Friends of Mike big block modified race at New Egypt Speedway, which pays $15,000 to win, will count towards those standings. Here at this weekends top 5 finishers!

FRIDAY

Big Block Modifieds
1st 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
2nd 11R Brad Rapp
3rd 20D Del Rougeux
4th 28 Tom Winkle
5th 777 Kevin Bolland

Small Block Modifieds

Ransomville Speedway
1st 27J Danny Johnson
2nd 37s Boyd MacTavish
3rd 26 Rick Richner
4th 89B Todd Burley
5th 42 Pete Bicknell

SATURDAY

Big Block Modifieds

New Egypt Speedway (Friend of Mike Qualifier)
1st 02 Brian Truppi
2nd 1 Billy Pauch
3rd 14 Willie Osmun
4th 6 John Stangle
5th 77 Keith Hoffman

Delaware International Speedway (30 lap race mixed with late models)
1st 30 Jamie Mills
2nd 85 H.J. Bunting
3rd H2O Chad Clark
4th 17 Scott Van Gorder
5th 80 David Pettyjohn (late model)

Orange County Fair Speedway
1st 43 Clinton Mills
2nd 6x Jackie Brown
3rd 79x Dave Werber
4th 53 Ric Hill
5th 244 Chris Whitehead

Lebanon Valley Speedway
1st 34 Andy Bachetti
2nd 87 Hector Stratton
3rd 60 Brian Berger
4th 57 Donnie Corellis
5th 98 Eddie Marshall

Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 24 Randy Thomas
2nd x15 Billy Briggs
3rd 26 Joe Stangle
4th 134 Scott Hulmes
5th 58 Jeff Parker

Small Block Modifieds

Autodrome Drummondville (Canadian Challenge Series)
1st 54 Steve Bernard
2nd 39 Clement Therrien
3rd 22J Gino Clair
4th 63 Dominic Dufault
5th 46 Kayle Robidoux

Merrittville Speedway (50 laps)
1st 42 Pete Bicknell
2nd 12 Chad Chevalier
3rd 6 Mat Williamson
4th 71 Mike Bowman
5th 38 Scott Wood

Grandview Speedway
1st 1c Craig Von Dohren
2nd 4 Duane Howard
3rd 14D A.J. DeSantis
4th 53 Mike Gular
5th 357 Ryan Godown

Airborne Speedway
1st 18 Chris Cayea
2nd 28 Bryant Trim
3rd 17 Jason Durgan
4th 24 Patrick Dupree
5th C02 Craig Reyell

Woodhull Raceway
1st 2 Billy Van Pelt
2nd 3 Joe Dgien
3rd 31 Frank Dunning
4th 9x Dale Welty
5th 13 Kevin Chilson

SUNDAY

Big Block Modifieds

Utica Rome Speedway
1st 00 Bobby Varin
2nd 42p Pat Ward
3rd 18 Danny Varin
4th 1 Stewart Friesen
5th 93 Brian Weaver

Devils Bowl Speedway
1st 60 Jimmy Ryan
2nd 115x Seth Roberts
3rd 10 Don Mattison
4th 115 Kenny Tremont
5th 22 Mike Bruno

Small Block Modifieds

Humberstone Speedway (Syracuse qualifer)
1st 52 James Michael Friesen
2nd 20 Jeff McGinnis
3rd 96 Fred Carleton
4th 38 Scott Wood
5th 6 Mat Williamson

Lebanon Valley Speedway (Syracuse qualifier)
1st 4 Andy Bachetti
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 5 J.R. Heffner
4th 45 Wayne Jelley
5th 68 Art Collins

Cornwall Motor Speedway
1st 38 Luke Whitteker
2nd 66x Carey Terrance
3rd 88 Tim O'Brien
4th 96 Kyle Dingwall
5th 23 Laurent Ladouceur

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Van Pelt Continues Woodhull Domination

Billy Van Pelt won his 8th race of the season at Woodhull Raceway on Wednesday night in the special mid-week program. Van Pelt is making a serious run at the American Racer Cup Championship, and is seems destined for an intense battle with Stewart Friesen, Kenny Brightbill, Wade Hendrickson, Bobby Varin, and Craig Von Dohren for the American Cup title!

Woodhull Raceway
1st 2 Billy Van Pelt
2nd 3 Joe Dgien
3rd 31 Frank Dunning
4th 9x Dale Welty
5th 13 Kevin Chilson

Also, defending Airborne Speedway champion Martin Roy will reportedly skip the 2010 addition of Super Dirt Week despite a strong run in the Rite-Aid 200 last year before mechanical problems took him out of the feature event. There is a chance that plans could change, as Roy recently picked up a guarenteed starting spot for the 200 with a strong 7th place finish in the Super Dirt Series race at Drummondville.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Let's Take a Look at Some Syracuse Stuff

Here's a very early look at who's going and who's not going to Super Dirt Week. This list is focused on big block stuff only. People not in their normal rides have an explaination of what they'll be in in parenthesis.

100% Planning On Racing the Rite-Aid 200
1 David Hebert
usa1 Richie Tobias
8 Rich Scagliotta
9s Matt Sheppard
10 Danny Johnson (Randy Sherlock team)
10 Bobby Varin
16 Lance Willix
20 Brett Hearn
32c Vic Coffey
39 Tim McCreadie
42p Pat Ward
44 Stewart Friesen (Jeff Daley Syracuse car)
49 Billy Dunn
62s Tommy Sears
74 Tim Fuller
77x Dale Planck
91 Billy Decker
98h Jimmy Phelps
99 Ryan Phelps
99L Larry Wight
115 Kenny Tremont

Undecided/Haven't Heard From or Talked To
Bob Dini/Nick Nero 49er?
Holbrook 35?
Nick Noll 6n?
Gary Balough car?
Gary Tomkins?
Willy Decker?
02 Roy Bresnahan
1 Darwin Greene
1H Tim Hindley
1J Alan Johnson
2 Ronnie Johnson
2 Kale Groff
3 Justin Haers
3 Chad Brachmann
4 Michael Storms
4 Duane Howard
4R Mike Ruggerio
7 Rick Laubach
7x Steve Paine
8R Rob Bellinger
10 Tim Currier
10 Randy Sherlock
13 Tony Steiner
14 Jimmy Horton
14s Brian Swarthout
16 Mike Bowman
19 Kenny Brightbill
19H Chris Higgins
21m Bob McGannon
22 Mike Bruno
22c Mario Clair
24 Chris Shultz
26 Ryan Godown
28P Eldon Payne
29 Jeff Brownell
34 Andy Bachetti
35 Mike Perrotte
37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
37x Tommy Scheetz
41 Jeff Strunk
42 Matt Pupello
43 Keith Flach
44 Frank Cozze
45 Wayne Jelley
48too Dave Rauscher
51m Wade Hendrickson
56 Vinnie Vitale
57 Donnie Corellis
66 Jerry Higbie
77F Mark Flach
83 Brian Swartzlander
L85 Ted Lamb
87x Paul Gilardi
88 J.R. Heffner
90 Martin Roy
93x Craig Mitchell
95 D.J. Faulkner
97 Michel Chicoine
98 Eddie Marshall
99B Chuck Bower
111 Shawn Donath

PROBABLY NOT BUT NOT 100% OUT
12a Jack Johnson
36 Brett Graham
61 Dave Murdick
65 Rex King
96 Todd Milton
165 Rex King Jr.
777 Kevin Bolland
NOT GOING
1c Craig Von Dohren
14m Doug Manmiller

Guarenteed Starters
9s Matt Sheppard
91 Billy Decker
20 Brett Hearn
98H Jimmy Phelps
42p Pat Ward
49 Billy Dunn
39 Tim McCreadie
1c Craig Von Dohren
77x Dale Planck
27J Danny Johnson
7x Steve Paine
62s Tommy Sears
90 Martin Roy

Doctor and Scooby Win on Tuesday

Danny Johnson snuck passed Dale Planck late in the Autodrome Drummond Super Dirt Series race, and went on to pick up his first Super Dirt Series win of the season aboard the Mike Payne 27J, while at Bridgeport Speedway Rick Laubach took advantage of early race leader Duane Howard dropping out, and passed Richie Pratt early in the event and cruised to an easy win. Here are the top 5 finishes from both big block modified events run last night.

Autodrome Drummond (Super Dirt Series)
1st 27J Danny Johnson
2nd 98H Jimmy Phelps
3rd 66xx Dale Planck
4th 20 Brett Hearn
5th 9s Matt Sheppard

Bridgeport Speedway (Tri-Track Series)
1st 7 Rick Laubach
2nd 0 Richie Pratt
3rd 14w Ryan Watt
4th 1c Craig Von Dohren
5th 19B Brian Kressley

Tonight Woodhull Raceway will be holding a special Wednesday night event for the small block modifieds.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Wago Fantasy League Standings Updated After All-Star race at Cayuga Couty!

http://jw4.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=278

Click the link for the current Club Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League standings after the All-Star 100 at Cayuga County Fair Speedway. Also, I updated the link on the right under where it says "Club Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League" on the right, so instead of it listing the rules when you click that tab, it takes you to the current fantasy league standings.

Ken Brewer Not Going Anywhere!

Ken Brewer came into the chat box (located on the left side of this chat) and set the record straight about his team. The team will be running with Gary Tomkins for the rest of the year, following the RoC Dirt Tour and running other specials. Brewer did sell 1 car to Jim Gabriel, but has already ordered a replacement. Brewer also gave insight on he and Mitch Gibbs's decision to part ways, why he's going to focus on specials instead of weekly action, read his posts in the chat box to see what he said about each. Thanks once again to Ken Brewer for coming on here and giving us the information!

Hearn Takes Crazy Series Race at Granby

Brett Hearn notched his second Super Dirt Series race win of the year, this one coming at Autodrome Granby. Hearn too the lead just after the half way point in the race from Dale Planck, and took advantage of David Hebert, Dale Planck, and Kayle Robidoux tangling while battling for second late in the race to cruise to the $6,000 victory.

Autodrome Granby (Super Dirt Series)
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 9s Matt Sheppard
3rd 62s Tommy Sears
4th 98h Jimmy Phelps
5th 8 Rich Scagliotta

The Super Dirt Series invades Autodrome Drummond tonight, and the Tri-Track Series will be in action at Bridgeport Speedway.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Wago Challenge(s) Winners

Congratulations to our winners from the competitions held at Grandview Speedway last Wednesday. The winner of the big wheel time trial challenge with a time of 10.3 seconds was Glenn Reinhart (driver, pictured holding flag) and Roy Sheeler (pusher, not pictured). Both of them received 2 tickets to the Orange County Hard Clay Challenge on August 5th. Also, the winners of the Wago Juice Challenge were the Outback Boys (pictured holding their juice creation) and received free passes to the October 16th 5-25s show at Grandview Speedway. Specials thanks once again to Michael Sanchelli and Bob Miller for donating prizes!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Friesen Keeps Streak Alive at Grandview

Stewart Friesen took advantage of Craig Von Dohren's misfortune, as Von Dohren lost a right rear tire after dominating the event with just 7 laps to go. Friesen then went on to cruise to the $5,000 victory and make up some more ground on the RoC Dirt Tour championship lead. Here's the top 5...

Grandview Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour)
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 4 Duane Howard
3rd 27J Danny Johnson
4th 357 Ryan Godown
5th 44 Frank Cozze

The points race in the RoC Dirt Tour continues to be a dog fight between the top 4 in RoC points, who continue to distance themselves from the rest of the Roc Tour regulars. Those 4 drivers are (in order of standings) Danny Johnson, Pat Ward, Stewart Friesen, and Duane Howard. It should be a lot of fun the rest of the season!

Also, thank you to everyone that stopped by the Club Wago party last night. Congratulations to Roy Sheeler and Glenn Reinhart who won the big wheel time trial challenge, which won them two tickets to the $10,000 to win Hard Clay Challenge at Orange County Fair Speedway on August 5th; and also congratulations to Dave Wolfe and Jerry Nastanski for winning the Wago Juice Challenge which won them two tickets to the 5-25s at Grandview Speedway on October 16th. Specials thanks to Michael Sanchelli and Bob Miller for the tickets to give away!

The next Club Wago party event will be the Hard Clay Challenge at Orange County on August 5th!

Remember, tonight, one of the biggest weekends of the year, All-Star Weekend for the Super Dirt Series, kicks off at Brewerton Speedway with a 50-lap $3,000 to win event.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Giving Away Lots of Tickets on July 14th!

Club Wago will be giving away two tickets to the August 5th Orange County Fair Speedway Hard Clay Challenge tomorrow night at Grandview Speedway's RoC Dirt Tour race! Michael "Suitcase" Sanchelli has donated two tickets for us to give away tomorrow night and told us we can give them out however we want.

So, in an effort to promote our Super Dirt Week party, we will have 1 big wheel on hand, we'll set up a course, and we'll run time trials. The rules for the event will be similar to what we do at Syracuse, there must be 1 driver and 1 pusher, the pusher will run behind the big wheel and push, while the the driver must sit on the big wheel and steer. The driver can't assist the pusher at all and can only use their feet to slow down around a turn. The fastest time will receive the two free tickets to the Orange County Fair Speedway 358 modified $10,000 to win Hard Clay Challenge for August 5th. The big wheel time trial challenge will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Club Wago tent. We'll determine if we run a once-and-done format, or have elimination rounds depending on how many people participate.

Also remember, starting at 7:00 p.m. the Club Wago Juice Off will take place at the Wago tent as well! Make your best Wago Juice-like drink, have it sampled by our three judges, and the winner with the best tasting juice will win two free passes donated by Bob Miller, to one of the most popular Thunder on the Hill races, the October 16th 5-25s race featuring small block modifieds, URC Sprint, ARDC Midgets, sportsman modifieds, and the legend cars!

We'll be there bright and early tomorrow and will be celebrating until late into the night as we celebrate my 21st birthday party in style! Be sure to stop by the Wago tent, we'll be set up straight down from the main gate entrance, just look for the pop-up tents and Club Wago banner. See you all there!

Dunn Takes SUNY Race on Monday

Billy Dunn continued his dominance over the last year and a half at Can Am Motorsports Park with a midweek special win in the SUNY Cantun 358 Series race. Here are the top 5 finishers...

Can Am Motorsports Park (SUNY Cantun 358 Series)
1st 49 Billy Dunn
2nd 88 Tim O'Brien
3rd 55 Perry Francis
4th 124 Pierre DaGenais
5th 38 Luke Whitteker

Jeff Heotzler Jr. To Return

Jeff Heotzler Jr has had to sit out from racing over the last few seasons after giving up his car and allowing his legendary father to run the J17 big block modified. With Jeff Heotzler Sr. driving for Elmo Reckner on the Thunder Series, and Nick Nero/Bob Dini part-time at Orange County Fair Speedway, Jeff Heotzler Jr. will focus on making his return to modified racing. Look for Heotzler Jr. to run Accord Speedway part-time, and also run the small block races at Orange County Fair Speedway in a few weeks.

Also, in case you missed it, (I know I did) the Gino Postorivo Racing team will sit out the rest of the season. The team ran Jesse Hill at the start of the year, and even though Hill has been running a 99H modified, I was under the impression that it was still the Postorivo equipment. However, that has been the Hill family's equipment. Hill is currently looking for a motor after blowing up his engine, but when a motor is put into the 99H, look for Jesse to run the rest of the year in his own equipment. We're only about 3 months late on this news story!

Also, thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! Remember to stop by the Wago tent tomorrow at Grandview Speedway and have a few drinks with us.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Rain Big Winner over the Weekend

Mother nature dominated this past weekend, but some racing did get run, here are the results from this past weekend...

FRIDAY

Big Blocks

Albany-Saratoga Speedway
1st 115 Kenny Tremont
2nd 1 Don Ronca
3rd 1R Rich Ronca
4th 97 Kris Vernold
5th 43 Keith Flach

Penn Can Speedway
1st 11 Billy Thornton
2nd 88 Kevin Hartnett
3rd 1 Darwin Greene
4th 145 Al Rudalavage
5th 5 Joey Grammes

Accord Speedway
1st 4 Andy Bachetti
2nd 4SL Bobby Hentschel
3rd 76R Mike Ricci
4th 66 Jerry Higbie
5th 10 Danny Johnson

I-88 Speedway
1st 2J Chad Cook
2nd 1w Wade Decker
3rd 71 Russ Zimmerman
4th 6H J.R. Hurlburt
5th 3x Chris Shupp

Small Blocks

Big Diamond Raceway
1st 1c Craig Von Dohren
2nd 44 Gary Hager
3rd 41 Jeff Strunk
4th 42 Kyle Follweiler
5th 88D MeMe DeSantis

SATURDAY

Big Blocks

Fulton Speedway
1st 91 Billy Decker
2nd 9s Matt Sheppard
3rd 4 Michael Storms
4th 77x Dale Planck
5th 99J Jimmy Phelps

Canandaigua Speedway
1st 7x Steve Paine
2nd 10 Tim Currier
3rd 21 Derrick Podsiadlo
4th 99 Charlie Donk
5th 32c Vic Coffey

Fonda Speedway
1st 24 Ryan Odasz
2nd 2 Ronnie Johnson
3rd 26 Dave Camara
4th 7 Dave Constantino
5th 16 A.J. Romano

Five Mile Point Speedway
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 9R Brian Weaver
3rd 42B Kevin Bates
4th 20R Nick Rochinski
5th 51 Mike Colsten

Sharon Speedway
1st 8J Dean Pearson
2nd 777 Kevin Bolldan
3rd 20D Del Rougeux
4th 165 Rex King Jr.
5th 2 Mark Flick

Lebanon Valley Speedway
1st 98 Eddie Marshall
2nd 518 Kyle Sheldon
3rd 34 Andy Bachetti
4th 20 Brett Hearn
5th 74 J.R. Heffner

Small Blocks

Autodrome Drummond
1st 1 David Hebert
2nd 54 Steve Bernard
3rd 21 Yan Bussiere
4th 46 Kayle Robidoux
5th 74 Fred Gamache

Merrittville Speedway
1st 72 Tommy Flannigan
2nd 38 Scott Wood
3rd 1 Todd Gordon
4th 96 Fred Carleton
5th 42 Pete Bicknell

Airborne Speedway
1st 90 Martin Roy
2nd 24 Patrick Dupree
3rd 78 Vince Quenneville
4th 17 Jason Durgan
5th 1NY Greg Atkins

Woodhull Raceway
Race #1
1st 31 Frank Dunning
2nd 56 Lee Bills
3rd 9x Dale Welty
4th 20 Ken Peoples
5th 60 Bob Davis

Race #2
1st 27z Ray Bliss
2nd 2 Billy Van Pelt
3rd 145 Al Rudalavage
4th 31 Frank Dunning
5th 9x Dale Welty

Brockville Ontario Speedway
1st 115 Stephane LaFrance
2nd 74 Matt Billings
3rd 9 Jason Riddell
4th 7* Danny O'Brien
5th 6 Pat O'Brien

SUNDAY

Big Blocks
Cornwall Speedway (Super Dirt Series)
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 91 Billy Decker
3rd 7x Steve Paine
4th 27J Danny Johnson
4th 98H Jimmy Phelps

Utica Rome Speedway
1st 89B Todd Burley
2nd 1 Stewart Friesen
3rd 1x Willy Decker
4th 1x Casey Williams
5th 2 Ronnie Johnson

Humberstone Speedway
Race #1
1st 8s Justin Sharp
2nd 69 Rob Pietz
3rd 3 Chad Brachmann
4th 42 Pete Bicknell
5th 71 Mike Bowman

Race #2
1st 42 Pete Bicknell
2nd 52 James Michael Friesen
3rd 71 Mike Bowman
4th 38 Scott Wood
5th Chad Chevalier

Remember, tomorrow (Tuesday) the SUNY Cantun 358 Series is at Can Am Motorsports Park with the sprint cars. On Wednesday the RoC Dirt Tour invades Grandview Speedway for a $5,000 to win feature for the modifieds.

Also, I was under the impression that Dave Thompson (owned Danny Johnson's cars when he swept Super Dirt Week in 2006, also fielded cars for Stewart Friesen, Dale Planck, Kyle Jacobs, Frankie Caprara, Jessica Zemken, and Carey Terrance) has sold all his equipment, but I was mistaken. Gary Tomkins ran for in the Cornwall Super Dirt Series race last night. I wouldn't be surprised to see Tomkins drive for Thompson when the Super Dirt Series runs the Great Canadian Tour in a few weeks, but that remains to be seen. Tomkins will drive the Joe Beyea Racing #121 big block modified this coming week at Brewerton and Cayuga County Fair Speedway for All-Star Weekend.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Hotter Than The Weather...Craig Von Dohren

Two words, VICTORY LANE....Thats where you can find CVD's #1C Teo modified parked after every race event the Oley Pa racer enters these days....Everyone knows CVD is a SUPERSTAR modified racer, his resume consists of numerous track championships, and hundreds of feature wins at tracks all over the Northeast and even Florida....He's been a mainstay on the Pa SBM scene for over 25 yrs, being a dominate racer at Big Diamond Raceway, Grandview Speedway (he's the leading all time feature winner at both) and the now closed Penn National Speedway....He's done his share of winning at all of them.

But right now CVD is on a roll that really hasn't been seen around these parts in many MANY YEARS....The veteran racer just picked up his 12th win of the season last Friday night at BDR(4th overall there), the "BAKERS DOZEN" if you will, lol....The most impressive part of that total is, it's only the beginning of July, there is a ton of racing left to do this racing season....He's racked up 8 wins at his Saturday night home on the hill at Grandview Speedway....And NONE of them were more impressive than the one he won the night of the Super Dirt Series DIRT Traffic Jam 100....CVD ran his Grandview legal sbm motor against the "big boys" and their big block power plants....The man had to get into the feature event by qualifying through the consi, started 23rd, and raced by EVERYONE on his way to the top spot and the HUGE WIN....In the month of June he won every race at Grandview but one, and to start July off he won the special mid week sbm TOTH show that was part of the Pa 410 Sprint car Speedweek at the place....Comes right back and backs that win up with the normal Saturday night feature event three days later....The man is just downright INCREDIBLE right now.

With the Pa sbm racing scene being one of the toughest, most competitve racing circuits around (the wins get spread around pretty well at these tracks), just makes what CVD is doing right now, that MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE....It just doesn't usually happen this way around these parts....Thinking back, and off the top of my head, I can only think of racers/seasons I compare what CVD is doing to....Back a few years ago at BDR, Doug Hoffman and Moose Eisnehard teamed up and had a season for the record books....Doug won I believe 11 or 12 features that year at BDR, and went on to win the NASCAR (BDR was a sanctioned track back then) regional title that year which was worth over $40,000....And going back many many moons ago, when Billy Pauch Sr was wheeling the Hyneman #126 at Penn National Speedway back in the 80's, he was racking up win totals the one season that were in the lower teens range....Thats about it for me right off the top of my head....You just don't see season that often like the one CVD is having right now, and it's a PLEASURE to watch.

Von Dohren is a veteran, he's been around a long time....He's been a part of the racing game for what seems like forever....The man knows this won't last forever, but I'm sure he also knows you just go with it and see how long it will last....Hopefully it will last a little longer, just to see at years end what kind of numbers he can actually rack up this year....But no matter what happens the rest of the way, I'm sure it has been and still is, ONE HELL OF A RIDE.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

New Poll Question, Super Dirt Series or RoC Dirt Tour?

Here's poll question number 2, which modified touring series do you prefer? The Super Dirt Series or the RoC Dirt Tour? I know I left off the Thunder Series, the BRP Modified Tour, the Tri-Track Series, the 358 Dirt Series, and the Asphalt Tri-Track Series, but in my opinion, RoC and DIRT are the two premier modified tours.

To go into the differences between the two tours, the Super Dirt Series pays $6,000 to win with the standard purse, RoC Dirt Tour pays $4,000 to win. Most events on the Super Dirt Series are 100 laps, most events on the RoC Dirt Tour are 60 laps. Big events for the Super Dirt Series include the Rite-Aid 200 ($50,000 to win), Mr. Dirt Track USA ($17,500 to win) All-Star 100 ($10,000 to win the 50 lap finale), big events for the RoC Dirt Tour is the Victoria 200 ($10,000 to win). The Super Dirt Series uses time trials and an invert to determine heat race line ups and a redraw for the feature, the RoC Dirt Tour uses a pill draw to determine heat line ups. Dirt runs a consistent rule book all season long with traditional body styles, RoC Dirt Tour allows sail panels at select events.

Super Dirt Series Tour Regulars: Matt Sheppard, Billy Decker, Jimmy Phelps, Dale Planck, Danny Johnson, Michael Storms, Billy Dunn, Brett Hearn, Ryan Phelps, Gary Tomkins, Tommy Sears, Steve Paine, Larry Wight, Lance Willix, Rich Scagliotta.

RoC Dirt Tour Regulars: Pat Ward, Danny Johnson, Duane Howard, Stewart Friesen, Billy Decker, Bobby Varin, Brett Hearn, Rick Laubach, Ronnie Johnson, Jeff Strunk, Gary Tomkins, Brian Weaver, Danny Creeden, Kevin Bates, and Kirk Horton.

The poll is on the right side, if you want to show why you voted the way you did, click the comment button under here and let me here why!

Doctor Makes a House Call; Rasey Claims Blaney Memorial

Danny Johnson drove around Stewart Friesen late in the race after losing the lead to Friesen around the 1/2 point and went on to collect the $6,000 RoC Dirt Tour feature win. Danny Johnson, Stewart Friesen, Duane Howard, and Pat Ward (the top 4 in RoC Points) all finished inside the top 5. Billy Decker ended up in 6th place, but the top 4 in RoC points are starting to pull away from the field. It should be a great battle for the title.

In the Second Annual Lou Blaney Memorial Jim Rasey went on to pick up his first win of the season in the BRP Modified Tour big block feature event. Dave Murdick, Jeremiah Shingledecker, and Rex King (the top 4 in BRP Points) finished in the top 3, and continued their dog fight for the championship and have built up a good cushion over the rest of the field. Here are last night's top 5 finishers...

Five Mile Point Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour $6,000 to win)
1st 27J Danny Johnson
2nd 1 Stewart Friesen
3rd 4 Duane Howard
4th 2 Ronnie Johnson
5th 42p Pat Ward

Sharon Speedway (BRP Modified Tour $2,000 to win)
1st 32 Jim Rasey
2nd 61 Dave Murdick
3rd 777 Kevin Bolland
4th 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
5th 65 Rex King

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Laubach Wins Camp Barnes

Rick Laubach started on the pole and led every lap, holding off challenges from Kenny Brightbill, Billy Pauch, Jamie Mills, and Chad James throughout the night to pick up the $3,000 big block win. Here are the results...

Delaware International Speedway
1st 7 Rick Laubach
2nd 1w Billy Pauch
3rd 14 Jimmy Horton
4th 55 Kenny Brightbill
5th 62 Matt Jester

Richie Tobias will make his debut next weekend during All-Star Weekend at Cayuga County Fair Speedway, but not in his own car. He will be driving a second Mike Mahaney car in the race. Not sure if he still plans on running his own car at all this year.

Tonight the RoC Dirt Tour is in action at Five Mile Point Speedway for a $6,000 to win event, and the BRP Modified Tour is in action at Sharon Speedway for the Lou Blaney Memorial.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Wago Juice Challenge Scheduled for July 14th!!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- - -THANK YOU
CONTACT: BOB MILLER 443 513 4456
NEWS: THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES

WAGO JUICE CHALLENGE AT GRANDVIEW WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 ON "ROC & ROLL" NIGHT ON
THE HILL

Have you tried Wago Juice? Think you have something better?

If so, bring your own mixture to the Club Wago Party Tent in the parking lot of
the Grandview Speedway on Wednesday night, July 14 on "ROC & ROLL" Night on the
Hill. The Race of Champions (ROC) will be in town as part of the Thunder on the
Hill Racing Series at Grandview. The show will begin at 7:30 PM with gates
opening at 5 PM. After a series of qualifying for both the sportsman and
modifieds, the highlight of the night will take to the speedway, a 40 Sportsman
feature plus a 60 lap Big Block Modified feature. A great night of racing is
planned along with all the fan fun activities that this series is known for.
The Inside/Out Promotion, Beach Ball Bounce, FAN FEST, Thunder-O (racing Bingo)
Rhyme time and many give a ways all night long. General admission tickets are
$20 for adults, $5 for children 6-11 and children under 6 will be admitted for
free.

Some other pre-race fun is brewing as Club Wago will have their own competition
taking place at 7 PM at the Club Wago Party Tent. Club Wago creator Jim
Weaknecht plus Wagoneers "Grimdog" Steve Sharadin and Tyler Schmoyer will judge
your best mixture against the very popular Wago Juice. You've heard of the
Chili Cook Off, well, this is the Wago Juice Challenge. The judging will take
place at 7 PM but folks are invited to gather at the Club Wago Tent as early as
5 PM. The winning entry will earn a twin pack of tickets to the October
running of the Grandview Thunder 5-25's.

END

We'll be there bright and early for this race, so stop by any time and celebrate my 21st birthday with me!

Monday, July 5, 2010

Sheppard, King, Murdick, DJ Rack Up Big Wins on Big Weekend

I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July Weekend! Here are this week's winners after a huge weekend in the dirt modified racing world...

THURSDAY

Big Blocks
Expo Motor Speedway (BRP Modified Tour)
1st 65 Rex King
2nd 777 Kevin Bolland
3rd 20D Del Rougeux
4th 32 Jim Rasey
5th 61 Dave Murdick

Small Blocks
Autodrome Edelweiss (358 Dirt Series)
1st 27J Danny Johnson
2nd 22c Mario Clair
3rd 42 Pete Bicknell
4th 1H David Hebert
5th 22 Eric Gauvreau

FRIDAY

Big Blocks

Brewerton Speedway
1st 99J Jimmy Phelps
2nd 91 Billy Decker
3rd 9s Matt Sheppard
4th 99 Ryan Phelps
5th 42p Pat Ward

Albany-Saratoga Speedway
1st 3 Andy Lindeman
2nd 11VT Don Scarborough
3rd 27 Ron Proctor
4th 32 Dave Manny
5th 115 Kenny Tremont

Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 20c Craig Hanson
2nd 38 Jeff Sheely
3rd 6x Jackie Brown
4th 711 JaMike Soelw
5th 78 Erik Mack

Penn Can Speedway
1st 11P Dan Pompey
2nd 5 Joey Grammes
3rd 88 Kevin Hartnett
4th 51 Mike Colsten
5th 145 Al Rudalavage

Accord Speedway
1st 62 John McGill
2nd 119 Brian Malcolm
3rd 4 Andy Bachetti
4th 66 Jerry Higbie
5th 4 Bobby Hentschel

Lernerville Speedway
1st 61 Dave Murdick
2nd 777 Kevin Bolland
3rd 20D Del Rougeux
4th 96 Mike Turner
5th 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker

Can Am Motorsports Park
1st 7x Steve Paine
2nd 56 Vinnie Vitale
3rd 88 Tim O'Brien
4th 49 Billy Dunn
5th 16 Lance Willix

I-88 Speedway
1st 35 Don Hart
2nd 6H J.R. Hurlburt
3rd 71 Russ Zimmerman
4th 3 Matt Latwinski
5th 1w Wade Decker

Small Blocks

Ransomville Speedway ($5,000 to win)
1st 27J Danny Johnson
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 42 Pete Bicknell
4th 123 Robbie Krull
5th 89B Todd Burley

Big Diamond Raceway ($3,000 to win)
Mohawk International Speedway (American Revolution Series)
1st 66x Carey Terrance
2nd 55 Perry Francis
3rd 6 Pat O'Brien
4th 22D Roy Delormier
5th 1x Todd Stone

Autodrome Granby
1st 22c Mario Clair
2nd 39 Clement Therrien
3rd 22J Gino Clair
4th 1 David Hebert
5th 54 Steve Bernard

SATURDAY

Big Blocks

New Egypt Speedway (Tri-Track Series)
1st RJS7 Ron John Koczon
2nd 1 Billy Pauch
3rd 14 Jimmy Horton
4th 80 Mike Hendershot
5th 14 Willie Osmun

Canandaigua Speedway ($3,000 to win)
1st 7x Steve Paine
2nd 3 Justin Haers
3rd 8R Rob Bellinger
4th 99 Charlie Donk
5th 2B Ron Cartwright

Orange County Fair Speedway
Race #1
1st 19 Chuck McKee
2nd 59J Jesse Kline
3rd 4R Mike Ruggiero
4th 93x Craig Mitchell
5th 10 Richie Eurich

Race #2
1st 49er Jeff Heotzler
2nd 88 Steve Dodd
3rd 33 1/3 Tommy Meier
4th 66 Jerry Higbie
5th 19 Chuck McKee

Fulton Speedway
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 42p Pat Ward
3rd 99J Jimmy Phelps
4th 62s Tommy Sears
5th 10 Willy Decker

Fonda Speedway
1st 17 Elmo Reckner
2nd 3D Matt DeLorenzo
3rd 18 Danny Varin
4th 2 Ronnie Johnson
5th 76 Alton Palmer

Delaware International Speedway
1st H2O Chad Clark
2nd 55 Kenny Brightbill
3rd 62 Matt Jester
4th 09 Howard O'Neal
5th 1J Joseph Watson

Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st x15 Billy Briggs
2nd 58 Jeff Parker
3rd 24 Randy Thomas
4th 19 Dave Thomas
5th 134 Scott Hulmes

Lebanon Valley Speedway
1st 74 J.R. Heffner
2nd 98 Eddie Marshall
3rd 57 Donnie Corellis
4th 42 Guy Sheldon
5th 20 Brett Hearn

Small Blocks

Grandview Speedway
1st 1c Craig Von Dohren
2nd 4 Duane Howard
3rd 71s Jason Smythe
4th 33 Ray Swinehart
5th 41 Jeff Strunk

Autodrome Drummond
1st 22J Gino Clair
2nd 46 Kayle Robidoux
3rd 1 David Hebert
4th 21 Yan Bussiere
5th 63 Dominic Dufault

Merrittville Speedway
1st 12 Chad Chevalier
2nd 42 Pete Bicknell
3rd 1F Adam Ferri
4th 3 Chad Brachmann
5th 6 Mat Williamson

Airborne Speedway
1st 24 Patrick Dupree
2nd 90 Martin Roy
3rd 10 Pat McGraile
4th 28 Bryant Trim
5th 1NY Greg Atkins

Woodhull Raceway
1st 88 Kenny Peoples
2nd 31 Frank Dunning
3rd 2 Billy Van Pelt
4th 1 Stacy Kackson
5th 27z Ray Bliss

Brockville Ontario Speedway
1st 6 Pat O'Brien
2nd 25 Bobby Herrington
3rd 7* Danny O'Brien
4th 88 Tim O'Brien
5th 115 Stephane LaFrance

SUNDAY

Big Blocks

Rolling Wheels Raceway (Super Dirt Series)
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 91 Billy Decker
4th 121 Gary Tomkins
5th 27J Danny Johnson

Tri City Speedway (BRP Modified Tour)
1st 61 Dave Murdick
2nd 17H Kevin Hoffman
3rd 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
4th 65 Rex King
5th 777 Kevin Bolland

Devils Bowl Speedway
1st 3J Marc Johnson
2nd 54 Tim LaDuc
3rd 22 Mike Bruno
4th 10 Don Mattison
5th 115 Kenny Tremont
Utica Rome Speedway

Utica Rome Speedway
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 42p Pat Ward
3rd 57 Paul Jensen
4th 78a Brad Alger
5th 19k Paul Kinney

Small Blocks

Cornwall Speedway
1st 115 Stephane LaFrance
2nd 16 Gage Morine
3rd 7* Danny O'Brien
4th 40 Joel Doiron
5th 38 Luke Whitteker

Sportsmans Speedway
1st 66F Kyle Fink
2nd 63 Randy Brown
3rd 67 Joe Crawford
4th 28H Jimmy Holden
5th 15H Tom Holden

Lots of mid-week specials happening this week. On Tuesday night at Delaware International Speedway it will be the annual Camp Barnes race for the big block modifieds paying $3,000 to win for the big blocks. On Wednesday, the RoC Dirt Tour invades Five Mile Point Speedway for a $6,000 to win race, and the BRP Modified Tour invades Sharon Speedway for the Lou Blaney Memorial.

Holy Poll Batman!

I just got back from Watkins Glen International for the Indy Race (which is my 2nd favorite form of racing behind dirt modified racing), and saw that we've now had 53 votes in the poll, which is much more than I was expecting. Now, with that said, some people seem to think that polls are silly and just a popularity contest, so, in all honesty, I'm looking for some feedback here, do you guys want to see me continue to have a poll here? Or should I do away with it? Look for my results post in a little bit, I'm gathering results now!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Rest In Peace Mitch Jock

Small block modified star Mitch Jock has passed away after battling with an illness all season. Jock frequented the 358 Dirt Series, and since he was from way up north, the only times I've had the pleasure of watching Mitch race was during Super Dirt Week over the past few seasons. Mitch ran weekly at Mohawk International Speedway and Cornwall Speedway. His beautiful #14 modifieds will surely be missed on the track. Rest in peace Mitch!