I-88 Speedway has canceled for tonight (Friday) already due to wet grounds.
Danny O'Brien will be invading Can Am Motorsports Park on Saturday night for the $1,500 to win season opener.
Jon Kellner Sr. and S&N Motorsports have parted ways. Kellner, a longtime Grandview veteran, will sit out the rest of the season unless another ride offer comes along. Steve Kratz, owner of the S&N team has been vocal about the rules that make a $27,000 motor that he purchased illegal. Look for the team to run Five Mile Point on a part-time basis, possibly, with a new driver.
Per Lenny Sammons in Area Auto Racing News, Billy Decker, Larry Wight, and Ryan Phelps, who all originally were not going to follow the Super Dirt Series, will all run the tour this season.
Look for Rick Laubach to now call Penn Can Speedway his new home track on Friday nights. He was another driver affected by the rule clarifications.
Doug Manmiller will drive for Shawn Fitzpatrick in his T102 modified at Big Diamond this week, and possibly for the rest of the season. Manmiller is the defending champion at Big Diamond, but missed the opening week. Also, per SJDR, Wade Hendrickson has found sponsorship that will allow him to run Big Diamond this weekend as well.
Dirt Track Digest reports that with Brewerton Speedway getting canceled already this weekend, Matt Sheppard and Stewart Friesen will invade Glen Ridge.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Short Weekend Preview
Sorry again about the lack of updates lately, finals are coming up next week, after that I'll be back in the swing of things. Here's what is scheduled for this weeekend...
April 29 Big Diamond Raceway
April 29 Penn Can Speedway
April 29 Accord Speedway
April 29 I-88 Speedway
April 29 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
April 29 Brewerton Speedway ** CANCELLED
April 30 Delaware International Speedway
April 30 New Egypt Speedway (Twin 20s)
April 30 Sharon Speedway
April 30 Mercer Raceway Park
April 30 Grandview Speedway
April 30 Woodhull Raceway (Opener)
April 30 Orange County Fair Speedway
April 30 Canandaigua Speedway (Opener)
April 30 Mahoning Valley Speedway (Opener)
April 30 Lebanon Valley Speedway (Opener)
April 30 Merrittville Speedway (Opener)
April 30 Can Am Motorsports Park (Opener $1,500 to win)
April 30 Five Mile Point Speedway (Opener $2,000 to win)
April 30 Fonda Speedway (Points Opener)
April 30 Thunder Mountain Speedway (Opener)
May 1 Cayuga County Fair Speedway (Opener)
May 1 Utica Rome Speedway (Opener)
May 1 Five Mile Point Speedway (40 laps $2,500 to win)
April 29 Big Diamond Raceway
April 29 Penn Can Speedway
April 29 Accord Speedway
April 29 I-88 Speedway
April 29 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
April 29 Brewerton Speedway ** CANCELLED
April 30 Delaware International Speedway
April 30 New Egypt Speedway (Twin 20s)
April 30 Sharon Speedway
April 30 Mercer Raceway Park
April 30 Grandview Speedway
April 30 Woodhull Raceway (Opener)
April 30 Orange County Fair Speedway
April 30 Canandaigua Speedway (Opener)
April 30 Mahoning Valley Speedway (Opener)
April 30 Lebanon Valley Speedway (Opener)
April 30 Merrittville Speedway (Opener)
April 30 Can Am Motorsports Park (Opener $1,500 to win)
April 30 Five Mile Point Speedway (Opener $2,000 to win)
April 30 Fonda Speedway (Points Opener)
April 30 Thunder Mountain Speedway (Opener)
May 1 Cayuga County Fair Speedway (Opener)
May 1 Utica Rome Speedway (Opener)
May 1 Five Mile Point Speedway (40 laps $2,500 to win)
Monday, April 25, 2011
Five Mile Point Schedule Update
Five Mile Point Speedway, who's been rained out twice already this season, is scheduled to open their season this Saturday with a $2,000 to win show for the big block modifieds on Saturday night, which will kick off the points season. The Southern Tier Open, which was the show that the track attempted to get in the past 2 weeks, will now be run Sunday. The show will be highlighted by a 40 lap $2,500 to win feature for the big block modifieds.
Also, look for Mark Kratz to return to action in the next few weeks at Grandview Speedway.
Also, look for Mark Kratz to return to action in the next few weeks at Grandview Speedway.
Mother Nature Dominates Again; Strunk and Williamson Claim Big Wins
I hope everyone had a great Easter Weekend. Mother Nature was rough to the Saturday night tracks, as Sharon and Merrittville were the only tracks scheduled to race on Saturday that got their races in. The rest of the events were called off due to rain (master schedule lists what events were cancelled and what were postponed). On Friday night, Lernerville Speedway was the only track to fall victim to rain, as they've lost 4 shows thus far in 5 attempts in 2011. Here are the top 5 finishers from the tracks that did run this past weekend...
4/22 Results
Big Blocks
Lernerville- Cancelled
Penn Can Speedway (Opener $2,000 to win)
1st 357 Jeff Strunk
2nd 1a Brian Weaver
3rd 4 Tim McCreadie
4th 53 Mike Gular
4th 11p Dan Pompey
I-88 Speedway (Opener)
1st 2J Chad Cook
2nd 1J Jim Gabriel Jr.
3rd 3D Matt DeLorenzo
4th 71 Russ Zimmerman
5th 21 Shaun Walker
Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 19k Paul Kinney
2nd 97 Bobby Varin
3rd 115 Kenny Tremont
4th 49 Billy Dunn
5th 711 JaMike Sowle
Accord Speedway
1st 66 Danny Johnson
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 16x Danny Creeden
4th 4 Andy Bachetti
5th 97 Jerry Higbie
Brewerton Speedway
1st 91 Billy Decker
2nd 62s Tommy Sears
3rd 77x Dale Planck
4th 42p Pat Ward
5th 99L Larry Wight
4/23 Results
Big Blocks
Delaware- Rained Out
New Egypt- Rained Out
Orange County- Rained Out
Mahoning Valley- Rained Out
Canandaigua Motorsports Park- Rained Out
Lebanon Valley Speedway- Rained Out
Fonda Speedway- Rained Out
Thunder Mountain Speedway- Rained Out
Five Mile Point Speedway- Rained Out
Sharon Speedway
1st 32 Jim Rasey
2nd 11R Brad Rapp
3rd 65 Rex King
4th 8J Dean Pearson
5th 3E Eric Gabany
Small Blocks
Mercer- Rained Out
Grandview- Rained Out
Can Am- Rained Out
Merrittville Speedway (60 laps $2,000 to win)
1st 6 Mat Williamson
2nd 71 Mike Bowman
3rd 17D Danny O'Brien
4th 3 Chad Brachmann
5th 76 Travis Braun
Here's the updated 2011 win list...
2011 Win Count
Big/Small Block Modifieds
Stewart Friesen- 3
Jeff Strunk- 3
Matt Sheppard- 2
Duane Howard- 2
Billy Pauch- 2
Brett Hearn- 2
Danny Johnson- 2
Rex King- 1
Danny Creeden- 1
Ronnie Johnson- 1
Jimmy Holden- 1
Beau Wilkins- 1
Kevin Bolland- 1
Jackie Brown- 1
Rick Laubach- 1
Chad Cook- 1
Paul Kinney- 1
Billy Decker- 1
Jim Rasey- 1
Mat Williamson- 1
Jeff Strunk and Stewart Friesen are currently tied for the lead in wins on the 2011 season. Strunk is the only driver that has won at 3 different tracks already this season. Those wins were at Selinsgrove, New Egypt, and now Penn Can.
4/22 Results
Big Blocks
Lernerville- Cancelled
Penn Can Speedway (Opener $2,000 to win)
1st 357 Jeff Strunk
2nd 1a Brian Weaver
3rd 4 Tim McCreadie
4th 53 Mike Gular
4th 11p Dan Pompey
I-88 Speedway (Opener)
1st 2J Chad Cook
2nd 1J Jim Gabriel Jr.
3rd 3D Matt DeLorenzo
4th 71 Russ Zimmerman
5th 21 Shaun Walker
Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 19k Paul Kinney
2nd 97 Bobby Varin
3rd 115 Kenny Tremont
4th 49 Billy Dunn
5th 711 JaMike Sowle
Accord Speedway
1st 66 Danny Johnson
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 16x Danny Creeden
4th 4 Andy Bachetti
5th 97 Jerry Higbie
Brewerton Speedway
1st 91 Billy Decker
2nd 62s Tommy Sears
3rd 77x Dale Planck
4th 42p Pat Ward
5th 99L Larry Wight
4/23 Results
Big Blocks
Delaware- Rained Out
New Egypt- Rained Out
Orange County- Rained Out
Mahoning Valley- Rained Out
Canandaigua Motorsports Park- Rained Out
Lebanon Valley Speedway- Rained Out
Fonda Speedway- Rained Out
Thunder Mountain Speedway- Rained Out
Five Mile Point Speedway- Rained Out
Sharon Speedway
1st 32 Jim Rasey
2nd 11R Brad Rapp
3rd 65 Rex King
4th 8J Dean Pearson
5th 3E Eric Gabany
Small Blocks
Mercer- Rained Out
Grandview- Rained Out
Can Am- Rained Out
Merrittville Speedway (60 laps $2,000 to win)
1st 6 Mat Williamson
2nd 71 Mike Bowman
3rd 17D Danny O'Brien
4th 3 Chad Brachmann
5th 76 Travis Braun
Here's the updated 2011 win list...
2011 Win Count
Big/Small Block Modifieds
Stewart Friesen- 3
Jeff Strunk- 3
Matt Sheppard- 2
Duane Howard- 2
Billy Pauch- 2
Brett Hearn- 2
Danny Johnson- 2
Rex King- 1
Danny Creeden- 1
Ronnie Johnson- 1
Jimmy Holden- 1
Beau Wilkins- 1
Kevin Bolland- 1
Jackie Brown- 1
Rick Laubach- 1
Chad Cook- 1
Paul Kinney- 1
Billy Decker- 1
Jim Rasey- 1
Mat Williamson- 1
Jeff Strunk and Stewart Friesen are currently tied for the lead in wins on the 2011 season. Strunk is the only driver that has won at 3 different tracks already this season. Those wins were at Selinsgrove, New Egypt, and now Penn Can.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
More Penn Can Invaders
Per SouthJerseyDirtRacing.com, Ryan Watt and (also per Moose4m) Tim McCreadie are the latest entries for the Can Opener at Penn Can this weekend. Moose also tells us that McCreadie will be at Fonda Speedway on Saturday.
Weekend Preview and Weekend Tidbits
First of all, let me apologize for not updating more this week. Been a crazy week with classes and other things in my personal life. I'll be done with finals in less than 2 weeks, so once that's all done I'll be able to focus more on this stuff.
Hopefully it'll be a busy holiday weekend in the modified racing world. Mother Nature decided she didn't want there to be much racing last weekend, and thus far this weekend isn't looking too promising either. However, 20 tracks will be looking to run this weekend. I-88 Speedway's opener, and Penn Can Speedway's $2,000 to win season opener, or "Can Opener" if you will, highlight the action on Friday night. On Saturday night, Five Mile Point Speedway will attempt to get in their Southern Tier Open, which will pay $2,500 to win winner of the 40 lap feature. Canandaigua Speedway will try to get their season started with a 64 lap Jan Corcoran Memorial. Mahoning Valley Speedway, Lebanon Valley Speedway, Fonda Speedway (points opener, not track opener), and Thunder Mountain Speedway all hope to kick off their seasons for the big block modifieds on Saturday night as well. On the small block side of things Saturday, Merrittville Speedway will host a $2,000 to win 60 lap season opener, while Can Am Motorsports Park will attempt to get their season underway as well. Here's the full schedule for this weekend...
April 22 Lernerville Speedway
April 22 Penn Can Speedway (Opener $2,000 to win)
April 22 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
April 22 Accord Speedway
April 22 I-88 Speedway (Opener)
April 22 Brewerton Speedway
April 23 Delaware International Speedway
April 23 New Egypt Speedway
April 23 Sharon Speedway
April 23 Mercer Raceway Park
April 23 Grandview Speedway
April 23 Orange County Fair Speedway
April 23 Canandaigua Speedway (Opener 64 laps)
April 23 Mahoning Valley Speedway (Opener)
April 23 Lebanon Valley Speedway (Opener)
April 23 Merrittville Speedway (Opener 60 laps $2,000 to win)
April 23 Can Am Motorsports Park (Opener)
April 23 Fonda Speedway (Opener)
April 23 Thunder Mountain Speedway (Opener)
April 23 Five Mile Point Speedway (Opener 40 laps $2,500 to win)
Duane Howard WILL be at Penn Can Speedway afterall this weekend, along with the invaders we mentioned earlier in the week. Matt DeLorenzo has posted on his website that he'll hit the I-88 Speedway season opener, as he looks to get some experience at the track before the Thunder Series races this summer. Billy Decker and Pat Ward will invade Five Mile Point Speedway on Saturday night for the Southern Tier Open.
Hopefully it'll be a busy holiday weekend in the modified racing world. Mother Nature decided she didn't want there to be much racing last weekend, and thus far this weekend isn't looking too promising either. However, 20 tracks will be looking to run this weekend. I-88 Speedway's opener, and Penn Can Speedway's $2,000 to win season opener, or "Can Opener" if you will, highlight the action on Friday night. On Saturday night, Five Mile Point Speedway will attempt to get in their Southern Tier Open, which will pay $2,500 to win winner of the 40 lap feature. Canandaigua Speedway will try to get their season started with a 64 lap Jan Corcoran Memorial. Mahoning Valley Speedway, Lebanon Valley Speedway, Fonda Speedway (points opener, not track opener), and Thunder Mountain Speedway all hope to kick off their seasons for the big block modifieds on Saturday night as well. On the small block side of things Saturday, Merrittville Speedway will host a $2,000 to win 60 lap season opener, while Can Am Motorsports Park will attempt to get their season underway as well. Here's the full schedule for this weekend...
April 22 Lernerville Speedway
April 22 Penn Can Speedway (Opener $2,000 to win)
April 22 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
April 22 Accord Speedway
April 22 I-88 Speedway (Opener)
April 22 Brewerton Speedway
April 23 Delaware International Speedway
April 23 New Egypt Speedway
April 23 Sharon Speedway
April 23 Mercer Raceway Park
April 23 Grandview Speedway
April 23 Orange County Fair Speedway
April 23 Canandaigua Speedway (Opener 64 laps)
April 23 Mahoning Valley Speedway (Opener)
April 23 Lebanon Valley Speedway (Opener)
April 23 Merrittville Speedway (Opener 60 laps $2,000 to win)
April 23 Can Am Motorsports Park (Opener)
April 23 Fonda Speedway (Opener)
April 23 Thunder Mountain Speedway (Opener)
April 23 Five Mile Point Speedway (Opener 40 laps $2,500 to win)
Duane Howard WILL be at Penn Can Speedway afterall this weekend, along with the invaders we mentioned earlier in the week. Matt DeLorenzo has posted on his website that he'll hit the I-88 Speedway season opener, as he looks to get some experience at the track before the Thunder Series races this summer. Billy Decker and Pat Ward will invade Five Mile Point Speedway on Saturday night for the Southern Tier Open.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Weekend Tidbits
The two-time defending Freedom 76er winner at Grandview Speedway, Meme DeSantis, was injured at work and could be out of the car for about 5 weeks as he heals up.
Erik Nelson continues to improve after his hard crash at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park. We hope to see him back at home, and eventually in a race car real soon.
Dustin Delaney is returning to modifieds this season. Delaney will run weekly with his #39 modified at Fonda Speedway and Utica Rome Speedway this season.
Brad Brightbill has purchased the car he used at the end of the 2010 season and plans on running select small block shows towards the end of 2011.
Richie Pratt originally was planning on running weekly at Delaware International Speedway on Saturday nights in 2011, however, after just one week, Pratt has decided to change his weekly home to New Egypt Speedway on Saturday nights.
Danny Johnson will be calling Canandaigua Speedway home on Saturday nights in 2011. Johnson will run for Mike Payne weekly there.
According to PennCan.com Billy Pauch Jr, Wade Hendrickson, and Jeff Strunk will all be invading Penn Can Speedway's "Can Opener" this Friday. I previously mentioned that Duane Howard will be there, special thanks to Allen for correcting me, as Howard and the BPG Racing team currently are not planning on running the Penn Can opener Friday night.
Erik Nelson continues to improve after his hard crash at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park. We hope to see him back at home, and eventually in a race car real soon.
Dustin Delaney is returning to modifieds this season. Delaney will run weekly with his #39 modified at Fonda Speedway and Utica Rome Speedway this season.
Brad Brightbill has purchased the car he used at the end of the 2010 season and plans on running select small block shows towards the end of 2011.
Richie Pratt originally was planning on running weekly at Delaware International Speedway on Saturday nights in 2011, however, after just one week, Pratt has decided to change his weekly home to New Egypt Speedway on Saturday nights.
Danny Johnson will be calling Canandaigua Speedway home on Saturday nights in 2011. Johnson will run for Mike Payne weekly there.
According to PennCan.com Billy Pauch Jr, Wade Hendrickson, and Jeff Strunk will all be invading Penn Can Speedway's "Can Opener" this Friday. I previously mentioned that Duane Howard will be there, special thanks to Allen for correcting me, as Howard and the BPG Racing team currently are not planning on running the Penn Can opener Friday night.
Mother Nature Big Winner This Weekend; Weekend Recap
Mother Nature was the big winner this past weekend, as it forced all the modified races scheduled for Saturday to be either cancelled or postponed (check the master schedule to see what races were postponed and what were cancelled on Saturday), and also postponed Cayuga County Fair Speedway's opener on Sunday night. However, there was plenty of racing on Friday night, and Big Diamond was able to get their opener in on Sunday as well. Here are the top finishers from all the action from this past weekend
4/15 Results
Big Blocks
I-88 Speedway- Postponed
New Egypt Speedway
1st 1 Billy Pauch
2nd 357 Jeff Strunk
3rd 2B Dom Buffalino
4th 76 Rick Laubach
5th 14 Jimmy Horton
Brewerton Speedway (Opener)
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 42p Pat Ward
3rd 9s Matt Sheppard
4th 91 Billy Decker
5th 99 Ryan Phelps
Lernerville Speedway (Opener)
1st 777 Kevin Bolland
2nd 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
3rd 61 Dave Murdick
4th 1a Brian Weaver
5th 11R Brad Rapp
Accord Speedway (Opener)
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 97 Jerry Higbie
3rd 16x Danny Creeden
4th 76R Mike Ricci
5th 280 Justin Holland
Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 6x Jackie Brown
2nd 16 Lance Willix
3rd 20c Craig Hanson
4th 10 Dave Constantino
5th 1 Don Ronca
4/16 Results
EVERYTHING RAINED OUT!
4/17 Results
Big Blocks
Utica Rome Speedway- Postponed
Cayuga County Fair Speedway- Rained Out
Small Blocks
Big Diamond Raceway
1st 7 Rick Laubach
2nd 357 Jeff Strunk
3rd 33 Ray Swinehart
4th 6 Keith Hoffman
5th 1c Craig Von Dohren
Updated 2011 Win Count
Big/Small Block Modifieds:
Stewart Friesen- 3
Jeff Strunk- 2
Matt Sheppard- 2
Duane Howard- 2
Billy Pauch- 2
Brett Hearn- 2
Danny Johnson- 1
Rex King- 1
Danny Creeden- 1
Ronnie Johnson- 1
Jimmy Holden- 1
Beau Wilkins- 1
Kevin Bolland- 1
Jackie Brown- 1
Rick Laubach- 1
Stewart Friesen leads with 3 wins in 2011. Friesen, Jeff Strunk, Matt Sheppard, and Brett Hearn have all won at 2 different tracks this year, tied for the most thus far into 2011. Friesen has won at Brewerton and Volusia, Strunk has won at Selinsgrove and New Egypt, Sheppard has won at Volusia and Glen Ridge, and Brett Hearn has won at Volusia and Accord.
4/15 Results
Big Blocks
I-88 Speedway- Postponed
New Egypt Speedway
1st 1 Billy Pauch
2nd 357 Jeff Strunk
3rd 2B Dom Buffalino
4th 76 Rick Laubach
5th 14 Jimmy Horton
Brewerton Speedway (Opener)
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 42p Pat Ward
3rd 9s Matt Sheppard
4th 91 Billy Decker
5th 99 Ryan Phelps
Lernerville Speedway (Opener)
1st 777 Kevin Bolland
2nd 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
3rd 61 Dave Murdick
4th 1a Brian Weaver
5th 11R Brad Rapp
Accord Speedway (Opener)
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 97 Jerry Higbie
3rd 16x Danny Creeden
4th 76R Mike Ricci
5th 280 Justin Holland
Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 6x Jackie Brown
2nd 16 Lance Willix
3rd 20c Craig Hanson
4th 10 Dave Constantino
5th 1 Don Ronca
4/16 Results
EVERYTHING RAINED OUT!
4/17 Results
Big Blocks
Utica Rome Speedway- Postponed
Cayuga County Fair Speedway- Rained Out
Small Blocks
Big Diamond Raceway
1st 7 Rick Laubach
2nd 357 Jeff Strunk
3rd 33 Ray Swinehart
4th 6 Keith Hoffman
5th 1c Craig Von Dohren
Updated 2011 Win Count
Big/Small Block Modifieds:
Stewart Friesen- 3
Jeff Strunk- 2
Matt Sheppard- 2
Duane Howard- 2
Billy Pauch- 2
Brett Hearn- 2
Danny Johnson- 1
Rex King- 1
Danny Creeden- 1
Ronnie Johnson- 1
Jimmy Holden- 1
Beau Wilkins- 1
Kevin Bolland- 1
Jackie Brown- 1
Rick Laubach- 1
Stewart Friesen leads with 3 wins in 2011. Friesen, Jeff Strunk, Matt Sheppard, and Brett Hearn have all won at 2 different tracks this year, tied for the most thus far into 2011. Friesen has won at Brewerton and Volusia, Strunk has won at Selinsgrove and New Egypt, Sheppard has won at Volusia and Glen Ridge, and Brett Hearn has won at Volusia and Accord.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Curtis & New Egypt Tidbits
Former Sharon Speedway track champion Rob Curtis will be switching home tracks this season. Curtis will run small blocks weekly at Mercer Raceway Park aboard the Larry Rife Racing #88 small block modified. He'll still run his own #86 big block modified on the BRP Tour, and at Sharon when Mercer has off.
Danny Serrano is reporting on South Jersey Dirt Racing that with New Egypt Speedway now running tonight (Friday non-points race) as opposed to tomorrow night when the rain is expected to hit the east coast, Craig Von Dohren, Jeff Strunk, Richie Pratt, and Ryan Godown will be invading New Egypt this weekend.
Rick Laubach will invade Grandview Speedway this weekend as well on Saturday night, thanks to New Egypt running Friday.
Danny Serrano is reporting on South Jersey Dirt Racing that with New Egypt Speedway now running tonight (Friday non-points race) as opposed to tomorrow night when the rain is expected to hit the east coast, Craig Von Dohren, Jeff Strunk, Richie Pratt, and Ryan Godown will be invading New Egypt this weekend.
Rick Laubach will invade Grandview Speedway this weekend as well on Saturday night, thanks to New Egypt running Friday.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Weekend Preview
Mother Nature doesn't appear interested in seeing a whole lot of racing this weekend, but hopefully the weather cooperates long enough to get plenty of racing in this weekend. I-88 Speedway and Utica Rome Speedway have already postponed their events that were schedule for this weekend, and New Egypt Speedway has decided that with the threat for Saturday night, they will run a non-points weekly show on Friday night.
Still, 19 races are scheduled for this weekend. Lernerville (this will be their third attempt), Accord, Brewerton, Canandaigua, Mahoning Valley, Lebanon Valley, Can Am, Five Mile Point, Thunder Mountain, Big Diamond, and Cayuga County are all scheduled to hold their first races of 2011 this weekend. Fonda Speedway, despite racing last weekend, will kick off their points season this weekend.
On top of the season openers, Canandaigua Speedway will hold the Jan Corcoran Memorial which will be 64 laps this weekend, Can Am will run 40 laps this weekend and will pay $2,000 to win, the Southern Tier Open kicks off the season at Five Mile Point Speedway with a 40 lap $2,500 to win show, and Big Diamond kicks off the season with a 35 lap-$3,000 to win show this weekend. Here's a schedule of what's scheduled for this weekend...
April 15 Lernerville Speedway (Opener)
April 15 Accord Speedway (Opener)
April 15 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
April 15 Brewerton Speedway (Opener)
April 15 New Egypt Speedway
April 16 Delaware International Speedway
April 16 Sharon Speedway
April 16 Mercer Raceway Park
April 16 Grandview Speedway
April 16 Orange County Fair Speedway
April 16 Canandaigua Speedway (Opener 64 laps)
April 16 Mahoning Valley Speedway (Opener)
April 16 Lebanon Valley Speedway (Opener)
April 16 Can Am Motorsports Park (Opener, 40 laps $2,000 to win)
April 16 Five Mile Point Speedway (40 laps $2,500 to win)
April 16 Fonda Speedway (Opener)
April 16 Thunder Mountain Speedway (Opener)
April 17 Big Diamond Raceway (Opener 35 laps $3,000 to win)
April 17 Cayuga County Fair Speedway (Opener)
Be sure to get out there and support your local speedway!
Still, 19 races are scheduled for this weekend. Lernerville (this will be their third attempt), Accord, Brewerton, Canandaigua, Mahoning Valley, Lebanon Valley, Can Am, Five Mile Point, Thunder Mountain, Big Diamond, and Cayuga County are all scheduled to hold their first races of 2011 this weekend. Fonda Speedway, despite racing last weekend, will kick off their points season this weekend.
On top of the season openers, Canandaigua Speedway will hold the Jan Corcoran Memorial which will be 64 laps this weekend, Can Am will run 40 laps this weekend and will pay $2,000 to win, the Southern Tier Open kicks off the season at Five Mile Point Speedway with a 40 lap $2,500 to win show, and Big Diamond kicks off the season with a 35 lap-$3,000 to win show this weekend. Here's a schedule of what's scheduled for this weekend...
April 15 Lernerville Speedway (Opener)
April 15 Accord Speedway (Opener)
April 15 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
April 15 Brewerton Speedway (Opener)
April 15 New Egypt Speedway
April 16 Delaware International Speedway
April 16 Sharon Speedway
April 16 Mercer Raceway Park
April 16 Grandview Speedway
April 16 Orange County Fair Speedway
April 16 Canandaigua Speedway (Opener 64 laps)
April 16 Mahoning Valley Speedway (Opener)
April 16 Lebanon Valley Speedway (Opener)
April 16 Can Am Motorsports Park (Opener, 40 laps $2,000 to win)
April 16 Five Mile Point Speedway (40 laps $2,500 to win)
April 16 Fonda Speedway (Opener)
April 16 Thunder Mountain Speedway (Opener)
April 17 Big Diamond Raceway (Opener 35 laps $3,000 to win)
April 17 Cayuga County Fair Speedway (Opener)
Be sure to get out there and support your local speedway!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Alan Johnson and some Minor News
Per Doug's Dirt Diary, Alan Johnson will be in Deek Decker's #DEUCE modified this Friday at Brewerton Speedway. Decker's team has purchased a big block modified after running part-time with Johnson in select small block events over the last few seasons. Tentative plans, per a team source, claim that Decker and Johnson are looking to run weekly at Brewerton all season long.
This is really old news, but I realize I never posted it on here. Billy Decker, Ryan Phelps, and Larry Wight will run weekly Sunday nights at Cayuga County Fair Speedway.
Billy Pauch, Wade Hendrickson, and Mike Gular are still planning on invading Big Diamond's opener, which is now this Sunday after last week's event was postponed.
This is really old news, but I realize I never posted it on here. Billy Decker, Ryan Phelps, and Larry Wight will run weekly Sunday nights at Cayuga County Fair Speedway.
Billy Pauch, Wade Hendrickson, and Mike Gular are still planning on invading Big Diamond's opener, which is now this Sunday after last week's event was postponed.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Willix and Friesen Tidbits
Lance Willix will drive to Kevin Gamble this Saturday at Can Am Motorsports Park's season opener. Willix, a former Can Am 358 division champion, last drove for Gamble in the Salute to the Troops 150 at Super Dirt Week last October.
Stewart Friesen has officially announced that he'll make Brewerton Speedway his Friday night weekly home this season driving for Jeff Daley.
Stewart Friesen has officially announced that he'll make Brewerton Speedway his Friday night weekly home this season driving for Jeff Daley.
Johnson and Howard Collect Big Wins on Big Weekend of Racing
It was a big weekend in racing as 10 tracks were originally scheduled to race this weekend. Canandaigua, Big Diamond, and Lernerville all postponed, but 7 races still got in. Duane Howard and Ronnie Johnson picked up the biggest pay days this weekend with their $4,000 wins at Grandview and Fonda, respectively. Here are the weekend results and updated win list.
4/8 Results
Big Blocks
Lernerville- POSTPONED
Glen Ridge Motorsports Park (Opener $2,000 to win)
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 1 Stewart Friesen
3rd 20c Craig Hanson
4th 115 Kenny Tremont
5th 97 Bobby Varin
4/9 Results
Canandaigua- POSTPONED
Big Blocks
Fonda Speedway (Opener 40 laps $4,000 to win)
1st 2 Ronnie Johnson
2nd 9s Matt Sheppard
3rd 1 Stewart Friesen
4th 76 Alton Palmer
5th 4 Tim McCreadie
Orange County Fair Speedway (Opener)
1st 11 Danny Creeden
2nd 33 1/3 Tommy Meier
3rd 98H Jimmy Phelps
4th 97 Jerry Higbie
5th 24 Chris Shultz
Sharon Speedway (Opener)
1st 65 Rex King
2nd 00 Rob Kristyak
3rd 777 Kevin Bolland
4th 8J Dean Pearson
5th 11R Brad Rapp
New Egypt Speedway (Opener)
1st 1 Billy Pauch
2nd 14 Jimmy Horton
3rd 711 Mike Iles
4th 09 Bob Drayton
5th 76 Rick Laubach
Delaware International Speedway (Opener)
1st 90w Beau Wilkins
2nd 30 JoJo Watson
3rd 62 Matt Jester
4th 85 H.J. Bunting
5th 09 Howard O'Neal
Small Blocks
Grandview Speedway (40 laps $4,000 to win)
1st 4 Duane Howard
2nd 976 Don Norris
3rd 33 Ray Swinehart
4th 357 Jeff Strunk
5th 1c Craig Von Dohren
Mercer Raceway Park
1st 28H Jimmy Holden
2nd 1G Frank Guidance
3rd 21k Randy Chrysler
4th 7s Mike Stine
5th B2 Rick Hall
4/10 Results
Small Blocks
Big Diamond Raceway- POSTPONED
2011 Big/Small Block Win List
Stewart Friesen- 2
Jeff Strunk- 2
Matt Sheppard- 2
Duane Howard- 2
Brett Hearn- 1
Danny Johnson- 1
Rex King- 1
Danny Creeden- 1
Ronnie Johnson- 1
Jimmy Holden- 1
Beau Wilkins- 1
Jeff Strunk and Matt Sheppard are the only drivers to win at more than 1 track this season. Sheppard has collected wins at Volusia and Glen Ridge, and Strunk has won at Selinsgrove and New Egypt.
4/8 Results
Big Blocks
Lernerville- POSTPONED
Glen Ridge Motorsports Park (Opener $2,000 to win)
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 1 Stewart Friesen
3rd 20c Craig Hanson
4th 115 Kenny Tremont
5th 97 Bobby Varin
4/9 Results
Canandaigua- POSTPONED
Big Blocks
Fonda Speedway (Opener 40 laps $4,000 to win)
1st 2 Ronnie Johnson
2nd 9s Matt Sheppard
3rd 1 Stewart Friesen
4th 76 Alton Palmer
5th 4 Tim McCreadie
Orange County Fair Speedway (Opener)
1st 11 Danny Creeden
2nd 33 1/3 Tommy Meier
3rd 98H Jimmy Phelps
4th 97 Jerry Higbie
5th 24 Chris Shultz
Sharon Speedway (Opener)
1st 65 Rex King
2nd 00 Rob Kristyak
3rd 777 Kevin Bolland
4th 8J Dean Pearson
5th 11R Brad Rapp
New Egypt Speedway (Opener)
1st 1 Billy Pauch
2nd 14 Jimmy Horton
3rd 711 Mike Iles
4th 09 Bob Drayton
5th 76 Rick Laubach
Delaware International Speedway (Opener)
1st 90w Beau Wilkins
2nd 30 JoJo Watson
3rd 62 Matt Jester
4th 85 H.J. Bunting
5th 09 Howard O'Neal
Small Blocks
Grandview Speedway (40 laps $4,000 to win)
1st 4 Duane Howard
2nd 976 Don Norris
3rd 33 Ray Swinehart
4th 357 Jeff Strunk
5th 1c Craig Von Dohren
Mercer Raceway Park
1st 28H Jimmy Holden
2nd 1G Frank Guidance
3rd 21k Randy Chrysler
4th 7s Mike Stine
5th B2 Rick Hall
4/10 Results
Small Blocks
Big Diamond Raceway- POSTPONED
2011 Big/Small Block Win List
Stewart Friesen- 2
Jeff Strunk- 2
Matt Sheppard- 2
Duane Howard- 2
Brett Hearn- 1
Danny Johnson- 1
Rex King- 1
Danny Creeden- 1
Ronnie Johnson- 1
Jimmy Holden- 1
Beau Wilkins- 1
Jeff Strunk and Matt Sheppard are the only drivers to win at more than 1 track this season. Sheppard has collected wins at Volusia and Glen Ridge, and Strunk has won at Selinsgrove and New Egypt.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Ten Tracks Looking to Race This Weekend; Weekend Preview
Canandaigua Speedway was schedule to open their season this weekend, but they've already pushed their opener back one weekend. However, ten tracks still have scheduled events for this weekend, with nine of those tracks kicking off the 2011 points season (Grandview started last weekend), and four tracks racing for an extended winner's purse. Here's the weekend schedule...
April 8 Lernerville Speedway (Opener)
April 8 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park (Opener $2,000 to win)
April 9 Delaware International Speedway (Opener)
April 9 New Egypt Speedway (Opener)
April 9 Sharon Speedway (Opener)
April 9 Mercer Raceway Park (Opener)
April 9 Grandview Speedway (40 laps $4,000 to win)
April 9 Orange County Fair Speedway (Opener)
April 9 Fonda Speedway (40 laps $4,000 to win)
April 10 Big Diamond Raceway (Opener 35 laps $3,000 to win)
Be sure to go out and support your favorite dirt track!
April 8 Lernerville Speedway (Opener)
April 8 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park (Opener $2,000 to win)
April 9 Delaware International Speedway (Opener)
April 9 New Egypt Speedway (Opener)
April 9 Sharon Speedway (Opener)
April 9 Mercer Raceway Park (Opener)
April 9 Grandview Speedway (40 laps $4,000 to win)
April 9 Orange County Fair Speedway (Opener)
April 9 Fonda Speedway (40 laps $4,000 to win)
April 10 Big Diamond Raceway (Opener 35 laps $3,000 to win)
Be sure to go out and support your favorite dirt track!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Minor Tidbits
Race Pro Weekly is reporting that Billy Decker will now run weekly Sunday nights at Cayuga County Fair Speedway. The track is World Racing Group sanctioned and it will give Decker Super Dirt Series home track points, but Gypsum Racing claims that they're just running there to support new owner Eric Kingsley.
Chad Brachmann hoped to start his season off at Selinsgrove, but the big block wasn't ready in time. He also hoped to make Lernerville Speedway's opener, but those plans have been scrapped as well. Brachmann will however be at the Canandaigua opener in a few weeks.
Danny Johnson will not run weekly at Orange County Fair Speedway this year with the Petruska Racing 66 team. Johnson will be at Fonda Speedway the on April 9th, which is the same night as Orange County's season opener. Johnson and Petruska, to the best of my knowledge, still plan on making at least a few starts on the hard clay this season.
Gary Tomkins will invade Orange County Fair Speedway for their season opener on April 9th. Tomkins will be driving the Ray Tuit Racing #673 big block modified.
Jeff Heotzler will be racing the Orange County Fair Speedway opener in Craig Mitchell's back up #93x. Mitchell and Heotzler have partnered up before, and Heotzler's last win at Orange County at the end of 2010 came in one of Mitchell's cars. Jeff Heotzler Jr will be in a back up Chris Shultz #24, as previously mentioned on here.
Chad Brachmann hoped to start his season off at Selinsgrove, but the big block wasn't ready in time. He also hoped to make Lernerville Speedway's opener, but those plans have been scrapped as well. Brachmann will however be at the Canandaigua opener in a few weeks.
Danny Johnson will not run weekly at Orange County Fair Speedway this year with the Petruska Racing 66 team. Johnson will be at Fonda Speedway the on April 9th, which is the same night as Orange County's season opener. Johnson and Petruska, to the best of my knowledge, still plan on making at least a few starts on the hard clay this season.
Gary Tomkins will invade Orange County Fair Speedway for their season opener on April 9th. Tomkins will be driving the Ray Tuit Racing #673 big block modified.
Jeff Heotzler will be racing the Orange County Fair Speedway opener in Craig Mitchell's back up #93x. Mitchell and Heotzler have partnered up before, and Heotzler's last win at Orange County at the end of 2010 came in one of Mitchell's cars. Jeff Heotzler Jr will be in a back up Chris Shultz #24, as previously mentioned on here.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Jordan Watson to Replace Jamie Mills Temporarily
Bonnie Nibblett from RedBud69Racing.com is reporting that JoJo Watson will replace Jamie Mills aboard the Blue Hen Racing #30 big block modified for weekly action at Delaware International Speedway. JoJo, along with brother Jordan Watson, have been two top runners at Delaware in recent years after dominating the crate sportsman division at Bridgeport and Delaware. Both Watson boys were rumored to be dropping to the crate division at Bridgeport to challenge for their new headline crate division. No word on if Jordan will still run Bridgeport, or if he'll now continue on with running big blocks at Delaware.
Mills plans to be back in mid-to-late season. Mills was seriously injured in a scary crash at Delaware last August, and has yet to race since.
In other Delaware International Speedway news, Kyle Fuller and Shawn Ward will be moving up to the big block division this season from their crate sportsman division.
Mills plans to be back in mid-to-late season. Mills was seriously injured in a scary crash at Delaware last August, and has yet to race since.
In other Delaware International Speedway news, Kyle Fuller and Shawn Ward will be moving up to the big block division this season from their crate sportsman division.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Howard Continues Grandview Domination
The 2010 Grandview Speedway champion, Duane Howard, started his title defense in grand fashion. Howard took the lead from Ryan Godown just past the half way point and never looked back from there, as he picked up the opening night feature win. Howard's BPG Racing teammate, Kevin Hirthler, led early until he spun and collected Glenn Strunk, who was running second at the time. Lernerville, Big Diamond and Black Rock were originally scheduled to run this weekend as well, but all those tracks scrapped plans after poor weather.
Saturday 4/2
Grandview Speedway ($2,500 to win)
1st 4 Duane Howard
2nd R1 Ryan Godown
3rd 1c Craig Von Dohren
4th 357 Jeff Strunk
5th 7 Rick Laubach
Updated 2011 Big/Small Block Modified Win List
Stewart Friesen- 2
Jeff Strunk- 2
Matt Sheppard- 1
Brett Hearn- 1
Danny Johnson- 1
Duane Howard- 1
Saturday 4/2
Grandview Speedway ($2,500 to win)
1st 4 Duane Howard
2nd R1 Ryan Godown
3rd 1c Craig Von Dohren
4th 357 Jeff Strunk
5th 7 Rick Laubach
Updated 2011 Big/Small Block Modified Win List
Stewart Friesen- 2
Jeff Strunk- 2
Matt Sheppard- 1
Brett Hearn- 1
Danny Johnson- 1
Duane Howard- 1
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Grandview a Go; Schedule Updates; Laperle to Mods
Grandview Speedway is still scheduled to race tonight. They're the only modified race still on for this weekend.
Master Schedule has been updated with Cornwall's schedule added, just waiting for Granby, Drummond, and RPM to release their schedules, and for Eriez to announce their BRP Tour event.
Patrick Leperle, multiple time ACT Late Model champion, will be moving to small block modifieds in 2011. He's the fourth big name late model driver to move to big or small block modifieds this off-season (Jimmy Blewett, Rich Kuicken, Chuck Hossfeld, and now Patrick Leperle). Leperle will run weekly at Autodrome Drummond this season.
Master Schedule has been updated with Cornwall's schedule added, just waiting for Granby, Drummond, and RPM to release their schedules, and for Eriez to announce their BRP Tour event.
Patrick Leperle, multiple time ACT Late Model champion, will be moving to small block modifieds in 2011. He's the fourth big name late model driver to move to big or small block modifieds this off-season (Jimmy Blewett, Rich Kuicken, Chuck Hossfeld, and now Patrick Leperle). Leperle will run weekly at Autodrome Drummond this season.
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