Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Wednesday Tidbits

Craig Mitchell is the latest driver to confirm his entry into this year's big block race at Syracuse. Mitchell will be there representing Orange County Fair Speedway where he finished 4th in points and will run his self-owned 93x big block modified. Mitchell has experienced some success on the mile, he won the big block Future's race in 2007, and was the small block modified rookie of the race that same year, and last year picked up the big block modified rookie of the race award.

Danny Varin will drive the Ed Monger owned Masagarus Racing #93 modified in this weekend's Outlaw 200 at Fulton Speedway. Both Danny and his father Bobby Varin have driven the car in the passed. This year Mark Kislowski started off the year in the car, and Brian Weaver took over mid-season and finished out the year.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Friesen Continues Huge Year; Weekend Wrap up

Stewart Friesen picked up another huge win on Sunday as he picked up the $9,500 victory in Fonda Speedway's McDonalds 100. Friesen snuck around Bobby Varin late in the race to go on to picking up the win, and by winning he was also able to claim the Thunder Series points championship which pocketed him another $8,000.

In other racing news from the weekend, Jimmy Phelps picked up the win at Rolling Wheels Raceway, Jimmy Holden won the big 358 modified finale at Mercer Raceway Park during the Little Guy Nationals after Jeremiah Shingledecker won the big block portion on Saturday, Pete Bicknell won the Applefest Shooutout at Brighton Speedway, Matt DeLorenzo kicked off McDonald's Weekend at Fonda with a $4,000 victory, Howard O'Neal won the finale at Delaware International Speedway but Kenny Brightbill did what he need to do to pick up the points championship, Billy Pauch sweeped twin features at New Egypt Speedway but it wasn't enough as Rick Laubach claimed the New Egypt victory, open competition races were won by Leon Gonyo at Airborne, Wade Hendrickson at Bridgeport, and Glenn Strunk at Grandview.

Willy Decker is the latest driver to confirm he'll race at Syracuse, but just with a 358 this year.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Johnson RoCs at Accord; Brownell to Return?

Well here's a rare Saturday update. Danny Johnson took the lead early in a caution-plagued night at Accord Speedway and dominated to pick up the $7,000 RoC Dirt Tour win after holding off Andy Bachetti on a couple of restarts. Duane Howard and Pat Ward had tough nights, and Friesen collected another top 5 finish, so he looks to be in good shape to win the RoC title with just one race remaining.

I-88 saw Justin Holland cruise to his 1st career modified victory in just his 3rd career start as he held off Joey Grammes in the feature event.

AARN reported that Jeff Brownell may return to racing for the first time since Volusia tonight at Rolling Wheels, no word on whether or not he'll do anymore racing between now and the 2nd of the year.

Mike Perrotte is the latest driver to confirm his plans to run in the SEF 200 at Super Dirt Week. Sportsman star Chris Raabe will run in the 358 race, along with the sportsman race.

Now for some World Finals news, some drivers plans are coming together, Dave Murdick, Michel Chicoine, Chris Higgins, Bobby Varin, Matt DeLorenzo, Donnie Corellis, Jerry Higbie, and Billy Pauch Jr are just a few guys that have informed me they'll be heading south in November.

Look for Kerry Kratz to return for his first start of 2010 at the Short Track Super Nationals.

Fulton Speedway's Outlaw 200 (FultonSpeedway.com), and Five Mile Point's Short Track SuperNationals (BDMotorsportsMedia.com) have been updated fairly recently if you want to check them out.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Yeley To Run Bridgeport

J.J. Yeley will return to the seat of a big block modified this Saturday as he'll drive the Will Brown Racing owned 1w at Bridgeport Speedway. Yeley has quite a bit of experience in a modified, previously making starts at Syracuse, Bridgeport, and Canandaigua.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Fantasy League Update!

http://jw4.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=286

There's the link to the updated standings for the 2010 Club Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League presented by Area Auto Racing News and Zach Aubertine Motorsports following the Freedom 76er at Grandview Speedway. Just 8 races remain in the season, next up is the October 2nd Outlaw 200 from Fulton Speedway.

Clickable link is located where it always is.

Changes to Syracuse 200

The competitor's notes on the Super Dirt Series website have some interesting changes listed for the 2010 SEF 200 which will highlight this year's edition of Super Dirt Week.

First, the mandatory pit stop after lap 100 is no more. The only mandatory pit stop is you have to pit after lap 50, however, that shouldn't be a problem since nobody will be able to run 150 laps on a tank of fuel. Also, double file restarts will be in affect until lap 190 of the 200 which should make restarts a whole lot more exciting, and lapped cars will be forced to restart behind the lead lap cars. During some yellow flags a water truck and a sweeper will clean off the outside in hopes of keeping the track 2 grooves throughout the race. Finally, over the last 50 laps of the 200, big block teams are allowed to run a normal DIRT Hard tire, which is softer than DIRT's Syracuse tire, on the right rear, the tires sidewall must be painted purple so the fans will know who decided to took the gamble with the softer tire.

We'll have to see how it plays out, but DIRT continues to try to make the racing better at the mile.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

DeSantis takes $20,000; Rougeux, Bolland, Sheppard take over wins

Meme DeSantis held off a the BPG Racing teammates of Duane Howard and Stewart Friesen to collect his second consecutive Freedom 76er at Grandview Speedway which paid $20,000 to win. In other racing this weekend, Del Rougeux held off Kevin Bolland to collect the BRP Tour race at Pittsburgh Motor Speedway, and Kevin Bolland went on to win the BRP Tour race the following night at Sharon Speedway. At Mohawk International Speedway it was Matt Sheppard that sweeped the 358 Dirt Series race and Super Dirt Series race on Friday and Saturday at Mohawk.

The Wago fantasy league standings will be updated by Tuesday night.

Chris Raabe will run at Syracuse in the 358 Dirt Series race on Saturday October 9th, he made his small and big block debut at Mohawk this weekend and had respectable runs.

The big races of the fall continue next weekend, as the RoC Tour runs for $7,000 to win at Accord Speedway for the King of the Catskills on Friday night, Rolling Wheels has the big block modifieds highlight World Series Weekend with a 30 lap feature, the Little Guy Nationals are at the helm at Mercer Raceway Park with big block modifieds running on Friday night and the small block modifieds highlighting the card on Saturday night, and Fonda Speedway has McDonalds Weekend which will crown the Thunder Series champion and features big block modifieds on Saturday running for $4,000 to win, and the modifieds running on Sunday for 100 laps and $9,500 to win.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Brightbill Teaming with Wink for 76er

Kenny Brightbill will be running in the Freedom 76er on Saturday night in a second Troy Wink car. Wink will run the primary car. Brightbill was hoping to run his own #19 car in the $20,000 to win event, but is saving the car to use as a back up in Delaware's finale since he's currently leading the points championship with just one week remaining.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Shultz to SDW; Big Weekend Coming

Chris Shultz is the latest driver to confirm that he will be at Super Dirt Week, he'll be running with both a big block and a small block.

This coming weekend is a huge weekend in racing, arguably the biggest race for small block modifieds takes place at Grandview Speedway as the stars to battle for 76 laps with the winner getting $20,000 on Saturday night. There are always lots of teams that unload back up cars and run them, we already know that Glenn Strunk will drive a second Gagliardo Motorsports car and Tom Mayberry will drive Michael Weinert's car. Also this weekend Mohawk International Speedway hosts the 358 Super Dirt Series on Friday night and the Super Dirt Series (which will be the last tour race before Super Dirt Week) will be in action on Saturday night at Mohawk. To top it off, the BRP Modified Tour has a double-header weekend with Pittsburgh Speedway running on Friday night, and Sharon Speedway running on Saturday night, whoever is highest in points in the series and plans on running at Syracuse will receive a guaranteed starting spot for the SEL 200 at Super Dirt Week.

Also, Fulton Speedway has an entry list page for the "Outlaw" 200 coming up the first week of October. The site only lists Brett Hearn right now, but the website in the past is only updated every week or so.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Wago Fantasy League Updated!

http://jw4.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=285

There's the link to the Wago Fantasy League standings after the Granby ESN 150, Drummondville Race Fest 150, and Utica Rome New Yorker 100. I also posted the standings after each one of those races on the main message board where the standings get posted if you want to see them.

Thanks to Zach Aubertine Motorsports and Area Auto Racing News for all their help with this thing! Next race is the 76er.

As always, the clickable link is to the right underneath the questions/comments box.

Varin and Hearn Win Big

Two more big races are in the books, as the New Yorker 100 at Utica Rome Speedway, and the Race Fest 150 at Autodrome Drummond, both of which paid $10,000 to win were run on Saturday night.

At Utica Rome Bobby Varin dominated, leading every lap and going on to collect the $10,000 pay day. Drummondville wasn't as easy, as a battle between Dale Planck and Brett Hearn took place, with Hearn taking the lead after lap 100, and collecting his first 5-digit pay day of the season.

Three races of the fantasy league took place this past weekend, I'll have the standings up by tomorrow night.

Tim Hindley will be going to Syracuse with his big block modified, and according to Race Pro Weekly, J.R. Heffner will also be there with a big block. Look for Steve Paine to make his return to the mile, with a legitimate attempt to win the 200.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Bernard Wins ESP 150 at Granby... Kind of; More Champions crowned

Steve Bernard held off David Hebert to pick up the biggest win of his career, as he picked up the $10,000 358 modified Dirt Series ESP 150 at Autodrome Granby; then, he crossed the scales. Bernard came up 6 pounds light, and under DIRT's rules, he still is credited with the win. However, due to new rules, Bernard had to hand in all $10,000 he won just minutes earlier. So, even though Bernard is credited with the win, he actually has won nothing for the win. Should be interesting to see what fans think of this.

Accord Speedway, Albany-Saratoga Speedway, and Penn Can Speedway crowned their champions last night. Jerry Higbie just had to start the feature at Accord Speedway to claim his 2nd consecutive Accord title. Penn Can Speedway saw Mike Gular, Kevin Hartnett, and Brett Tonkin in a points battle, but in the end Mike Gular picked up a second place finish to secure his 2nd career Penn Can Speedway championship. Albany-Saratoga Speedway saw Mike Bruno, Marc Johnson, and Kenny Tremont in a fight for the title, after an accident that involved Johnson and Bruno and a confrontation, it was Kenny Tremont who snuck ahead to win the championship.

Perrotte and Dupree Teaming for SDW

Mike Perrotte and 2010 Airborne Speedway champion Patrick Dupree will be teammates in this year's running of the Salute to the Troops 150 small block race at Syracuse. Perrotte will drive a second 24 car during the week. Perrotte drove one of Dupree's cars at Syracuse in the 358 race in the past as well. Last season Jessica Zemken ended up in the second car, but her week was over after damaging the car during practice on Thursday. Perrotte may still run a big block at Syracuse as well.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Fantasy League Updated!

Completely forgot to do Fantasy League standings after last week, sorry guys! Here's the link, the clickable link is on the right where it always is!

http://jw4.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=282

Updated Big Block/Small Block Syracuse Lists

Here's my updated Syracuse list, let me know if you know anything that I don't!

100% Planning On Racing the 200
1 David Hebert
usa1 Richie Tobias
3 Justin Haers
7 Rick Laubach
8 Rich Scagliotta
9s Matt Sheppard
10 Bobby Varin
12A Ronnie Johnson
13 Tony Steiner
14J Alan Johnson
16 Lance Willix
20 Brett Hearn
21m Bob McGannon
26 Ryan Godown
27J Danny Johnson
32c Vic Coffey
34 Andy Bachetti
39 Tim McCreadie
42p Pat Ward
43 Keith Flach
44 Stewart Friesen
45 Wayne Jelley
48too Dave Rauscher
49 Billy Dunn
56 Vinnie Vitale
57 Donnie Corellis
62s Tommy Sears
74 Tim Fuller
77x Dale Planck
L85 Ted Lamb
91 Billy Decker
98 Eddie Marshall
98h Jimmy Phelps
99 Ryan Phelps
99L Larry Wight
111 Shane Donath
115 Kenny Tremont

Undecided/Haven't Heard From or Talked To
Holbrook 35?
Gary Tomkins?
Willy Decker?
Duane Howard?
02 Roy Bresnahan
1 Darwin Greene
1H Tim Hindley
4 Michael Storms
4R Mike Ruggerio
7x Steve Paine
8R Rob Bellinger
10 Tim Currier
10 Randy Sherlock
14 Jimmy Horton
14s Brian Swarthout
19H Chris Higgins
22c Mario Clair
24 Chris Shultz
28P Eldon Payne
29 Jeff Brownell
35 Mike Perrotte
m40 Mark Forte Jr.
R40 Ryan Forte
41 Jeff Strunk
61 Dave Murdick
66 Jerry Higbie
74 J.R. Heffner
93x Craig Mitchell
97 Michel Chicoine
99B Chuck Bower

NOT GOING (But would go if offered a ride)
1c Craig Von Dohren
2 Jeff Trombley
3 Chad Brachmann
6n Grant Hilfiger
12a Jack Johnson
14m Doug Manmiller
16 Mike Bowman
19 Kenny Brightbill
22 Mike Bruno
36 Brett Graham
37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
37x Tommy Scheetz
42 Matt Pupello
44 Frank Cozze
49er Jeff Heotzler
51m Wade Hendrickson
77F Mark Flach
83 Brian Swartzlander
87x Paul Gilardi
90 Martin Roy
95 D.J. Faulkner
777 Kevin Bolland

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
1 Stewart Friesen
74 J.R. Heffner
99L Larry Wight

SMALL BLOCKS
1x Todd Stone
4 Andy Bachetti
4 Tim McCreadie
7G Lance Willix
8 Rich Scagliotta
9s Matt Sheppard
10 Bobby Varin
13 Tony Steiner
19 Joey Williams
20 Brett Hearn
22J Jeremy Wilder
26 Ryan Godown
27J Danny Johnson
42 Pete Bicknell
42p Pat Ward
45 Wayne Jelley
72 Tommy Flannigan
76a Ronnie Johnson
L85 Ted Lamb
91 Billy Decker
98H Erick Rudolph
99 Stewart Friesen
115 Kenny Tremont

Monday, September 6, 2010

Howard and Wight win big; More champions Crowned

Duane Howard survived a crazy night at Big Diamond Raceway to collect the $10,000 Coalcracker 100. The race capped off a big weekend for Howard, on Saturday night, Howard picked up a win at Grandview Speedway which ended up being worth another extra $10,000, as the win clinched him the American Racer Cup championship. Howard has also clinched Grandview Speedway's small block modified championship, and won $10,000 at Grandview's Forrest Rogers Memorial this year. With some more big races coming up, Howard's certainly having another year to remember.

Larry Wight became the youngest ever Super Dirt Series winner as he got around Alan Johnson early in the event and cruised to a $6,000 win at Cayuga County Fair Speedway on Sunday night.

Big congratulations goes to Steve Paine, with his win Friday night at Can Am, he now has 300 career modified wins. Congratulations to The Hurricane!

Other champions were crowned this past weekend, Mohawk International Speedway crowned Carey Terrance champion, and they also crowned Todd Stone American Revolution Mini-Series champion. Five Mile Point crowned Stewart Friesen champion, Orange County crowned Jerry Higbie champion, Brett Hearn won Lebanon Valley's big and small block championships, Jimmy Phelps picked up the Brewerton Speedway track championship, Billy Dunn repeats at Can Am Motorsports Park champion, JaMike Sowle wins the Glen Ridge Motorsports Park championship. Chad Cook won the championship at the newly re-opened I-88 Speedway, at Fulton Speedway Jimmy Phelps won his 2nd championship of the year, Steve Paine added another Canandaigua Speedway championship to his resume, Yan Bussiere won the Drummondville title, Rex King claimed the Sharon Speedway championship, Patrick Dupree reclaimed the Airborne Speedway track title, Stewart Friesen continued his amazing season by claiming the Utica Rome Speedway championship, Mike Bowman won the Humberstone Speedway championship by just 1 point for his first career small block title, Pete Bicknell continued his dominant career with another Merrittville title, Todd Burley continued his streak of Ransomville Speedway championships, and Matt Sheppard picked up the Cayuga County Fair Speedway championship.

Granby, Albany Saratoga, Accord, Penn Can, Mercer, Delaware, New Egypt, Bridgeport, Sportsmans, and Mahoning Valley will crown their champions over the next few weeks.

Also, per Dirt Track Digest, Brian Stevens announced at Humberstone Speedway that he ran his last race last night. Stevens has been one of the top drivers in northern New York/southern Canada over the last 35 years. We'll miss seeing the #44 modified on the track, and we wish Brian the best in his future!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Pauch Wins New Egypt; Fantasy League Standings Updated

http://jw4.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=281 There's the link to the updated Wago Fantasy League standings after Lebanon Valley last week. The clickable link is on the right hand side, below the question/comment chat box.

Billy Pauch dominated last night's Tri-Track Series race at New Egypt Speedway, but Rick Laubach still holds a large points lead on the rest of the field.