Black Rock Update

As of late this morning, Black Rock Speedway reports that the light fog and mist has susbsided in Dundee, NY. They are planning to go ahead with the first dirt race in New York for 2012.

Bridgeport Speedway is running today

An update from South Jersey. The wet weather has ceased and Doug Hoffman is planning to go forward with today's 60-lap ROC Modified race. Pit gates open at noon, grandstand gates at 1 p.m. for advance ticketholders, 2 p.m. for walk-up sales.  Hot laps are set for 3 p.m. with racing at 4 p.m.

More season openers this weekend

A few more dirt tracks kick into action with 2012 Modified openers. On Saturday, March 31^st, Bridgeport Speedway launches their 41^st season of racing with a ROC 60-lap Modified race which also serves as Hand One of five of the Modified Poker Series. Crate Sportsman and Outlaw Stocks round out the slate. Gates open at 2 p.m. with racing starting at 4 p.m.

The 40^th season opener at Big Diamond Speedway is set for Sunday, April 1st.  Modifieds, Sportsman and Roadrunners are on the agenda.  Racing gets underway at 4 p.m.

Also on Sunday, Five Mile point swings into action. The opening day at the Southern NY speedway card features a RoC Sportsman 30 event with a start time of 4 p.m.

Strunk update

Per confirmations from a few folks, Jeff Strunk is still the driver of the #357.

A few updates on a Sunday evening

A few nuggets of information:

Stewart Friesen and Danny Johnson have confirmed that they will be running the ROC Modified race(Hand One of the Poker Series) at Bridgeport Speedway on Saturday, March 31.

Dale Hartz is planning to run all of the Poker Series events at Bridgeport Speedway. Hartz looked strong in yesterday's practice which was his first visit to the South Jersey oval.

Joel Boinske, car owner of the #19 Crate Sportsman driven by Travis Hill, is planning a return to the driver's seat in 2012. After a several year absence from driving Big Block Modifieds, Boinske will be wheeling a self owned car at Bridgeport this season.

Friesen wins ROC Mod race at New Egypt Speedway

Stewart Friesen won the 60-lap Cabin Fever ROC Modified race at New Egypt Speedway on Saturday. Tim McCreadie, Duane Howard, Jimmy Horton and Jimmy Phelps completed the top five. John Aumick took the checkered in the 40-lap ROC Sportsman event.

Thank You

Hello all. First, I want to thank Jamie for allowing me to continue the good work that he had started. Plus, I want to help in the growth of fans attending and following Modified racing!

We're Not Done Yet!

Good news everyone, the blog will remain! Mike Wisniewski will be taking over control of the blog, and I know he'll do an awesome job. If you're unfamiliar with Mike, he does incredible work handling the PR work at Bridgeport Speedway. I'm currently getting him set up right now with everything, so the updates should be coming on soon. Like I said, he's a fantastic ambassador to our sport, and I know he'll do great work here.

I'll still come and check things out as well! Thanks again for all your support over the years, make sure you guys continue to support the blog, and especially Mike! Thanks guys!

Break Time!

Hey guys, I'm going to be taking a hiatus from the blog for a while. Not sure how long, may be a month, a year, or forever. I haven't been doing a very good job of getting info lately or updating you guys on stuff so I figured it'd just be better to throw in the towel for the time being.

Thanks for all your guys support, I'll see you all at the races!

More Selinsgrove Updates

Minor updates, Jackie Brown will be there both days, Jimmy Horton has confirmed he'll be there with a small block on Friday as well. Kevin Albert and Tim McCreadie will not be running this weekend. I invite everyone to stop over for a drink and to BS! We will have a pop up and the Wago banner up.

Small Blocks
0 Richie Pratt
1c Craig Von Dohren
3 Chad Brachmann
4 Duane Howard
5 Jimmy Horton
7 Colt Harris
7 Rick Laubach
7x Tom Scheetz
9s Matt Sheppard
13 Billy Van Pelt
14w Ryan Watt
16x Danny Creeden
20 Brett Hearn
21 Mike Mahaney
27J Danny Johnson
29 Sammy Piazza
37x Tommy Scheetz
42p Pat Ward
74w John Willman
91 Billy Decker
97T Danny Tyler
98H Jimmy Phelps
99L Larry Wight
747 Ryan Godown

Big Blocks
0 Richie Pratt
01 Brett Ballard
1 Billy Pauch
1a Brian Weaver
1c Craig Von Dohren
3 Chad Brachmann
4 Duane Howard
5 Jimmy Horton
7 Rick Laubach
9s Matt Sheppard
10J Alan Johnson
11 Danny Hieber
14w Ryan Watt
15 Billy Pauch Jr
16 Eric Kormann
16x Danny Creeden
20 Brett Hearn
20D Jerry Higbie
23 Billy VanInwegen
27J Danny Johnson
29 Sammy Piazza
34 Andy Bachetti
37x Tommy Scheetz
m40 Mark Forte Jr
R40 Ryan Forte
42p Pat Ward
61s John Scarborough
71 Mike Mammana
74 Tim Fuller
88 Dave Dissinger
88c Ryan Godown
91 Billy Decker
97T Danny Tyler
98H Jimmy Phelps
99 Wade Hendrickson
99L Larry Wight
673 Gary Tomkins

Asking For Your Help...

Hey guys, I know this will probably come across a little strange, but I'm asking for some help here from the racing community.

My cousin and very good friend, Natalie Nelson, is running in the Pittsburgh Marathon,and will be running for the Hospital of Pittsburgh Children's Foundation. She's asked her friends and family to donate anything from as small as $10, and has stalled out at $992. Here's where I need your help...

I bet her a night at the bar that I could get the awesome racing community to not only get her over the $1,000 mark, but I could you guys to push that total up over $1,200! If any of you are interested in donating, visit the following link, http://www.active.com/donate/runforchildrens2012/natnelson and choose your donation mark via putting it on your credit or debit card. If you'd rather send a check, send me an e-mail and I will get you the address to mail it to .

Please, if you do donate, let me know. I won't forget it, and somehow in the future I will make it up to you. If you donate via the link for more than $10, your name pops up on the website. If its for less, it won't, but again, just let me know how much you donated.

Thanks guys!

Updates

Sorry guys, been busy lately.

As previously reported on here, Laubach will run weekly at Bridgeport Speedway full-time in 2012.

The Gypsum Racing team will skip the Super DIRT Series opener at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in favor of running Fonda's Ice Jam.

Here are the Selinsgrove updates....

Small Blocks
0 Richie Pratt
1c Craig Von Dohren
3 Chad Brachmann
3A Kevin Albert
4 Tim McCreadie
4 Duane Howard
7 Colt Harris
7 Rick Laubach
7x Tom Scheetz
9s Matt Sheppard
13 Billy Van Pelt
14w Ryan Watt
16x Danny Creeden
20 Brett Hearn
21 Mike Mahaney
27J Danny Johnson
29 Sammy Piazza
37x Tommy Scheetz
42p Pat Ward
74w John Willman
91 Billy Decker
97T Danny Tyler
98H Jimmy Phelps
99L Larry Wight
747 Ryan Godown

Big Blocks
0 Richie Pratt
01 Brett Ballard
1 Billy Pauch
1a Brian Weaver
1c Craig Von Dohren
3 Chad Brachmann
3A Kevin Albert
4 Tim McCreadie
4 Duane Howard
5 Jimmy Horton
7 Rick Laubach
9s Matt Sheppard
10J Alan Johnson
11 Danny Hieber
14w Ryan Watt
15 Billy Pauch Jr
16 Eric Kormann
16x Danny Creeden
20 Brett Hearn
20D Jerry Higbie
23 Billy VanInwegen
27J Danny Johnson
29 Sammy Piazza
34 Andy Bachetti
37x Tommy Scheetz
m40 Mark Forte Jr
R40 Ryan Forte
42p Pat Ward
61s John Scarborough
71 Mike Mammana
74 Tim Fuller
88 Dave Dissinger
88c Ryan Godown
91 Billy Decker
97T Danny Tyler
98H Jimmy Phelps
99 Wade Hendrickson
99L Larry Wight
673 Gary Tomkins

I honestly haven't done a very good job of getting info, so don't be concerned if you're not happy with the car counts here.

Minor Selinsgrove Updates

Danny Hieber's big block won't be ready in time for Selinsgrove, so he'll be racing just on Friday with his small block.

Sammy Piazza and Danny Tyler will be in action both days.

Jerry Higbie will be aboard the Del Rougeux #20D, not Del himself as previously reported.

Small Blocks
0 Richie Pratt
1c Craig Von Dohren
2 Billy Van Pelt
3 Chad Brachmann
3A Kevin Albert
4 Tim McCreadie
7 Colt Harris
7 Rick Laubach
7x Tom Scheetz
9s Matt Sheppard
14w Ryan Watt
20 Brett Hearn
21 Mike Mahaney
27J Danny Johnson
29 Sammy Piazza
37x Tommy Scheetz
42p Pat Ward
74w John Willman
91 Billy Decker
97T Danny Tyler
99L Larry Wight

Big Blocks
0 Richie Pratt
01 Brett Ballard
1 Billy Pauch
1a Brian Weaver
1c Craig Von Dohren
3 Chad Brachmann
3A Kevin Albert
4 Tim McCreadie
5 Jimmy Horton
7 Rick Laubach
9 Johnny Guarino
9s Matt Sheppard
10J Alan Johnson
11 Danny Hieber
14w Ryan Watt
15 Billy Pauch Jr
16 Eric Kormann
20 Brett Hearn
20D Jerry Higbie
23 Billy VanInwegen
27J Danny Johnson
29 Sammy Piazza
37x Tommy Scheetz
m40 Mark Forte Jr
R40 Ryan Forte
42p Pat Ward
61s John Scarborough
71 Mike Mammana
74 Tim Fuller
88 Dave Dissinger
91 Billy Decker
99 Wade Hendrickson
99L Larry Wight
673 Gary Tomkins
747 Ryan Godown

Tibits and Selinsgrove Update

Gary Hager will take over driving duties of the Rich Stankiewicz #2 small block modified for weekly competition at Grandview Speedway. Hager will also have his own #44 cars for Big Diamond and select big-block specials.

Also, I might have posted this before, and if I did, I apologize. Ronnie Tobias Jr will be moving up to the small block modified division and will run weekly at Big Diamond Speedway on Friday nights.

Here's the updated Selinsgrove list...

Small Blocks
0 Richie Pratt
1c Craig Von Dohren
2 Billy Van Pelt
3 Chad Brachmann
3A Kevin Albert
4 Tim McCreadie
7 Colt Harris
7 Rick Laubach
7x Tom Scheetz
9s Matt Sheppard
14w Ryan Watt
20 Wade Hendrickson
20 Brett Hearn
21 Mike Mahaney
27J Danny Johnson
37x Tommy Scheetz
38 Ryan Susice
42p Pat Ward
74w John Willman
91 Billy Decker
99L Larry Wight

Big Blocks
0 Richie Pratt
01 Brett Ballard
1 Billy Pauch
1a Brian Weaver
1c Craig Von Dohren
3 Chad Brachmann
3A Kevin Albert
4 Tim McCreadie
5 Jimmy Horton
7 Rick Laubach
9 Johnny Guarino
9s Matt Sheppard
10J Alan Johnson
11 Danny Hieber
14w Ryan Watt
15 Billy Pauch Jr
16 Eric Kormann
20 Brett Hearn
20D Jerry Higbie
23 Billy VanInwegen
27J Danny Johnson
37x Tommy Scheetz
m40 Mark Forte Jr
R40 Ryan Forte
42p Pat Ward
61s John Scarborough
71 Mike Mammana
74 Tim Fuller
88 Dave Dissinger
91 Billy Decker
99 Wade Hendrickson
99L Larry Wight
673 Gary Tomkins
747 Ryan Godown

More Good News; Hager to Stankiewicz

Brewerton Speedway's Super DIRT Week Thursday race will pay $10,000 to win this year, adding to the great news we've heard this off-season.

More good news has come in the form of Black Rock Speedway. Area Auto Racing News has reported that big-block driver Tyler Siri (who will run for Rookie of the Year on the Super DIRT Series) will take over Black Rock Speedway, and will bring the big-blocks to the track weekly, racing for $2,500 to win. The RoC Dirt Tour is already scheduled for Black Rock, and now the Super DIRTcar Series will invade on August 9th.

The Super DIRTcar Series schedule will be officially released at the Motorsports Expo in Syrcause next week.

Gary Hager will take over driving duties for the Rich Stankiewicz owned #2 small block modified for weekly action at Grandview Speedway. Addison Meitzler drove for Stankiewicz in 2011.