Terrance, Dunn, & Pauch Kick Off Labor Day Weekend; Weekend Schedule and Some Tidbits

One of the biggest weekends in racing is officially underway, as Carey Terrance and Billy Pauch picked up Thursday night wins, while Billy Dunn picked up a track championship.

In a weekend filled with extra-money races and championship deciding events, Mohawk International Raceway and Bridgeport Speedway got things started a day early. Mohawk crowned their 2012 track champion in an event that counted towards the All-American Mini Series championship, and Bridgeport had hand 4 of the Poker Series.

Mohawk International Raceway saw Carey Terrance hold off a hard-charging Billy Dunn to pick up his second win in a row at the John Lazore operated facility. Dunn's second place finish was enough to clinch his first Mohawk International Raceway championship, as he edged out defending champion Chris Raabe despite Dunn missing the opening night.

Bridgeport Speedway saw Billy Pauch win a thriller as he passed Jimmy Horton with two laps remaining and picked up the $4,000 win. After the finish Horton showed his displeasure as

Bridgeport Speedway (40 laps $4,000 to win)
1st 1 Billy Pauch
2nd 5 Jimmy Horton
3rd 7 Rick Laubach
4th 35 Matt Harrell
5th 6 Duane Howard

Mohawk International Raceway (Championship Night)
1st 66x Carey Terrance
2nd 23B Billy Dunn
3rd 77x Dale Planck
4th 74 Matt Billings
5th 007 Roy Tarbell

Kenny Brightbill will be make his return to the seat of a modified on Monday night at New Egypt Speedway's Friends of Mike race aboard the Craig Pondish owned #6B. After the Labor Day special, Brightbill's next race will be the Freedom 76er at Grandview Speedway, where he is a guaranteed starter. Look for Brightbill to run one of his own #19 at that race.

Mike Nicholas has been making phone calls looking for a big name driver to run the Freedom 76er for his team. He's already spoken with a few drivers including Tim McCreadie and Alan Johnson. No word on who will officially be behind the wheel of his car yet.

Jeff Strunk will officially be behind the wheel of the Jimmy Blewett #66 at Super DIRT Week for the SEF 200. Blewett will run his own 358 in Saturday's Gander Mountain 150.

Here's the weekend schedule...

August 31st Ransomville Speedway (50 laps Championship Night)
August 31st Penn Can Speedway
August 31st I-88 Speedway
August 31st Accord Speedway
August 31st Brewerton Speedway (Championship Night)
August 31st Albany-Saratoga Speedway (Championship Night)
August 31st Autodrome Granby (Championship Night)
August 31st Big Diamond Raceway (Championship Night
September 1st Grandview Speedway
September 1st Merrittville Speedway (Championship Night)
September 1st New Egypt Speedway
September 1st Mahoning Valley Speedway
September 1st Five Mile Point Speedway (50 laps Championship Night)
September 1st Orange County Fair Speedway
September 1st Delaware International Speedway
September 1st Sharon Speedway (BRP Tour)
September 1st Woodhull Raceway (Championship Night)
September 1st Airborne Speedway (50 laps Championship Night)
September 1st Canandaigua Motorsports Park (40 laps Championship Night)
September 1st Fulton Speedway (Championship Night)
September 1st Lebanon Valley Speedway (Championship Night)
September 1st Autodrome Drummond (Championship Night Twin 75s)
September 1st Brockville Ontario Speedway (Championship Night)
September 1st Can Am Motorsports Park (Championship Night)
September 2nd Big Diamond Speedway (72 laps $10,000 to win)
September 2nd Utica Rome Speedway (Championship Night)
September 2nd Rolling Wheels Raceway (Super DIRT Series)
September 2nd Sportsmans Speedway (Championship Night)
September 2nd Eriez Speedway (BRP Tour)
September 2nd Cornwall Motor Speedway (Championship Night/358 DIRT Series 125 laps $5,000 to win)
September 2nd The Ridge Motorsports Park (Championship Night)

Weekend Recap

Tonight (Thursday) Mohawk International Raceway crowns their 2012 champion as their weekly season comes to a close, and Bridgeport Speedway hosts hand 4 of the Poker Series as the modifieds battle for $4,000 to win.

8/24 Results

Lernerville Speedway (Championship Night)
1st 83 Brian Swartzlander
2nd 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
3rd 11R Brad Rapp
4th 6 Mat Williamson
5th 45 Steve Feder
**Swartzlander wins 7th Lernerville championship

Penn Can Speedway (Twin 20s)
Feature #1
1st 42B Kevin Bates
2nd 5J Joey Grammes
3rd 7m Mike Nagel
4th 119 Brian Malcolm
5th CD1 Mike Nagel Jr

Feature #2
1st 88 Kevin Hartnett
2nd 5J Joey Grammes
3rd CD1 Mike Nagel Jr
4th 119 Brian Malcolm
5th 42B Kevin Bates

Albany-Saratoga Speedway
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 1J Stewart Friesen
3rd 3J Marc Johnson
4th 115 Kenny Tremont
5th 2 Ronnie Johnson

Brewerton Speedway
1st 91 Billy Decker
2nd 1x Willy Decker
3rd 42p Pat Ward
4th 99 Ryan Phelps
5th 10J Alan Johnson

Mohawk International Raceway
1st 66x Carey Terrance
2nd 01 Chris Raabe
3rd 74 Matt Billings
4th 77x Dale Planck
5th 16 Gage Morin

Autodrome Granby
1st 49 Francois Bernier
2nd 54 Steve Bernard
3rd 22c Mario Clair
4th 4L Jasmin Leveillee
5th 73 Alain Boisvert

Ransomville Speedway
1st 25 Erick Rudolph
2nd 42 Pete Bicknell
3rd 3 Chad Brachmann
4th 89B Todd Burley
5th 54J Scott Just

I-88 Speedway
1st m16 Mike Clapperton
2nd 1J Jim Gabriel
3rd 2G Mitch Gibbs
4th 16B Alan Barker
5th 57 Paul Jensen

Accord Speedway
1st 97T Danny Tyler
2nd 97 Jerry Higbie
3rd 406R Rich Ricci
4th 11 Danny Creeden
5th 16R Richard Smith

Big Diamond Speedway
1st 88D Meme DeSantis
2nd 88c Ryan Godown
3rd 357 Jeff Strunk
4th 44 Gary Hager
5th 7 Rick Laubach

8/25 Results

Bridgeport- Rained Out
Delaware- Rained Out

New Egypt Speedway (Twin 20s)
Feature #1
1st 747 Ryan Godown
2nd 71 David Van Horn
3rd RJS7 Ron John Koczon
4th 711 Mike Iles
5th 29 Sammy Piazza

Feature #2
1st 747 Ryan Godown
2nd 66 Billy Pauch Jr
3rd 00 Gary Butler
4th 29 Sammy Piazza
5th 71 David Van Horn

Fulton Speedway
1st 42p Pat Ward
2nd 91 Billy Decker
3rd 62s Tommy Sears
4th 55 Matt Hulsizer
5th 85 Dan Vauter

Can Am Motorsports Park
1st 01 Chris Raabe
2nd 5 Jason Potter
3rd 97 Michel Chicoine
4th 21 Andy Howard
5th 24 Brandon Sweet

Canandaigua Motorsports Park
1st 99J Jimmy Phelps
2nd 19w Justin Wright
3rd 91 Chad Homan
4th 3 Justin Haers
5th 10J Alan Johnson

Airborne Speedway
1st 10 Patrice McGrail
2nd 1x Todd Stone
3rd 24 Patrick Dupree
4th 80 Andy Heywood
5th C02 Mike Reyell

Brockville Ontario Speedway
1st 7 Lee Gill
2nd 77x Dale Planck
3rd k61 Brian Rogers
4th 6 Pat O'Brien
5th m96 Brian McDonald

RPM Speedway
1st 63 Dominic Dufault
2nd 124 Pierre DaGenais
3rd 1H David Hébert
4th 22J Gino Clair
5th 22c Mario Clair

Merrittville Speedway
1st 26 Rick Richner
2nd 12 Chad Chevalier
3rd 6 Mat Williamson
4th 15J Tim Jones
5th 1 Todd Gordon

Orange County Fair Speedway
1st 88 Steve Dodd
2nd 24 Chris Shultz
3rd 10 Richie Eurich
4th 33 John Lieto
5th 25 Mike Kolka

Lebanon Valley Speedway
1st 34 Andy Bachetti
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 115 Kenny Tremont
4th 42 Kyle Sheldon
5th 57 Donnie Corellis

Grandview Speedway
1st 44 Gary Hager
2nd 4 Duane Howard
3rd 18 Michael Weinert
4th 87 Eric Biehn
5th 39 Todd Smith

Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 44 Aleia Geisler
2nd 99 Dave Thomas
3rd 38 Mike Stofflet
4th 01 Kris Graver
5th 24 Randy Thomas

Sharon Speedway
1st 61 Dave Murdick
2nd 165 Rex King Jr
3rd 21K Randy Chrysler
4th 31 Jim Weller
5th 17H Kevin Hoffman

Woodhull Raceway
1st 21m Mike Bills
2nd 37c Eric Fisher
3rd 11 Donnie Lawson
4th 2 Billy Van Pelt
5th 145 Al Rudalavage

8/26 Results

RPM Speedway
1st 1H David Hébert
2nd 22J Gino Clair
3rd 22c Mario Clair
4th 39 Clement Therrien
5th 3 Claude Brouillard

Cornwall Motor Speedway
1st 01 Chris Raabe
2nd 23 Laurent Ladouceur
3rd m96 Brian McDonald
4th 40 Joel Doiron
5th 46 Kayle Robidoux

Utica Rome Speedway
1st 89B Todd Burley
2nd 42p Pat Ward
3rd 1wgc Stewart Friesen
4th 2 Ronnie Johnson
5th 4 Mike Mahaney

Sportsmans Speedway
1st 15H Tom Holden
2nd 28H Jimmy Holden
3rd 66F Kyle Fink
4th 91 Carl Weatherby
5th 19 Rick Lias

Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 3J Marc Johnson
2nd 22J Jeremy Wilder
3rd 10% Danny Varin
4th 17 Elmo Reckner
5th 79 Rocky Warner

8/28 Results

I-88 Speedway (50 laps $5,000 to win)
1st 42p Pat Ward
2nd 1 Stewart Friesen
3rd 5 Jimmy Horton
4th 21 Shaun Walker
5th 74 Tim Fuller

Minor Tidbits

Jeff Strunk will be aboard the Jimmy Blewett big-block modified tonight at New Egypt Speedway. Blewett is in Bristol running his asphalt modified. Look for Strunk to potentially team up with Blewett for the SEF 200 at Super DIRT Week as well.

Glenn Strunk has taken over driving duties of the Rich Stankiewicz owned #2 small block modified at Grandview. Gary Hager will pilot his self-owned #44 the rest of the season. Strunk was replaced at Gagliardo Motorsports by Kenny Gilmore a few weeks ago.

Godown Wins Glen Ridge

Ryan Godown continued his fantastic 2012 season as he picked up his third RoC Dirt Tour win of the season as he picked up the win at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park in his first career start. Godown started seventh and got around Pat Ward for the race lead late in the race to collect the $4,000 win.

Glen Ridge Motorsports Park (RoC Dirt Tour)
1st 747 Ryan Godown
2nd 97 Bobby Varin
3rd 98H Jimmy Phelps
4th 42p Pat Ward
5th 91 Billy Decker

Next up is Mr. DIRT Track USA at Lebanon Valley Speedway on Thursday. The race pays $17,500 to win for the Super DIRTcar Series.

Weekend Recap

Remember, tonight the RoC Dirt Tour invades Glen Ridge Motorsports Park, then, on Thursday, it's Mr. DIRT Track USA at Lebanon Valley Speedway as the Super DIRTcar Series does battle for $17,500 to win.

Here are the weekend results...

8/10 Results

Big Diamond- Rained Out
Lernerville- Rained Out
Penn Can- Rained Out
I-88- Rained Out
Accord- Rained Out
Brewerton- Rained Out
Albany- Rained Out
Granby- Rained Out

Ransomville Speedway (Sail Panels)
1st 11J Justin Wright
2nd 7 Sam Crogan
3rd 1R Jeff McGinnis
4th 25 Erick Rudolph
5th 89B Todd Burley

8/11 Results

New Egypt- Rained Out
Merrittville- Rained Out
Bridgeport- Rained Out
Delaware- Rained Out
Orange County- Rained Out
Airborne- Rained Out
Fonda- Rained Out
RPM- Rained Out
Lebanon Valley- Rained Out

Grandview Speedway (50 laps $20,000 to win)
1st 117 Kevin Hirthler
2nd 46 Doug Manmiller
3rd 4 Duane Howard
4th 1c Craig Von Dohren
5th 357 Jeff Strunk

Five Mile Point Speedway ($2,000 to win)
1st 119 Brian Malcolm
2nd 15 Brett Tonkin
3rd 21 Shaun Walker
4th 30RC Jeff Crambo
5th 1a Brian Weaver

Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 24 Randy Thomas
2nd 01 Kris Graver
3rd 38 Mike Stofflet
4th 819 Mark Levy
5th 5 Ricky Yetter

Canandaigua Motorsports Park
1st 99J Jimmy Phelps
2nd 9s Matt Sheppard
3rd 21A Peter Britten
4th 84 Gary Tomkins
5th 3 Justin Haers

Woodhull Raceway
1st 145 Al Rudalavage
2nd 11 Donnie Lawson
3rd 21m Mike Bills
4th 4 Dylan Dewert
5th 88 Steve Hartman Jr

Fulton Speedway
1st 99B Chuck Bower
2nd 99 Ryan Phelps
3rd 15 Matt Fink
4th X Chad Phelps
5th 42p Pat Ward

Brockville Ontario Speedway
1st 17D Danny O'Brien
2nd 77x Dale Planck
3rd 25 Bobby Herrington
4th 66 Kyle Dingwall
5th 6 Pat O'Brien

Can Am Motorsports Park
1st 01 Chris Raabe
2nd 16 Lance Willix
3rd 63 Adam Roberts
4th 24 Brandon Sweet
5th 21 Andy Howard

8/12 Results

RPM- Rained Out

Utica Rome Speedway
1st 99L Larry Wight
2nd 2 Ronnie Johnson
3rd 41 Jimmy Davis
4th 99 Ryan Phelps
5th 9s Matt Sheppard

Sportsmans Speedway
1st 0 Brian Fink
2nd 28H Jimmy Holden
3rd 83 Tom Glenn
4th 43M Les Myers
5th 15H Tom Holden

Cornwall Motor Speedway
1st 77x Dale Planck
2nd 66x Carey Terrance
3rd 66 Kyle Dingwall
4th 4L Shane Pecore
5th 46 Kayle Robidoux

Minor Tidbits

Butch Tittle will be coming out of retirement for a few end-of-the-year races in a partnership with Danny Creeden, starting with the King of the Catskills at Accord Speedway. Look for Tittle to also enter the Short Track Super Nationals at Five Mile Point Speedway, and the King of the Can at Penn Can Speedway if all goes well.

Tommy Kinsella will be returning to the seat of a modified this weekend as he will pilot a second Roger Phelps owned #99 big-block at Fulton Speedway on Saturday night.

Here's an updated look at the Super DIRT Week and Freedom 76er driver lists so far (feel free to let me know if you know anyone that is confirmed for either that I don't have listed.) Don't be alarmed at the low number of cars on the Super DIRT Week list, I've been focused on getting info on the 76er instead as of late.

Super DIRT Week
Big Blocks
0 Dan Humes
1H Tim Hindley
1H David Hébert
1jr Mike O'Brien
3 Justin Haers
B3 Aaron Bartemy
6n Kevin Bates
8 Rich Scagliotta
9s Matt Sheppard
10 Randy Sherlock
14 Brian Swarthout
20 Brett Hearn
21A Peter Britten
27J Danny Johnson
35 Mike Perrotte
43 Keith Flach
44 Stewart Friesen
48too Dave Rauscher
49 Billy Dunn
62s Tommy Sears
66 Jimmy Blewett
74 Tim Fuller
98H Jimmy Phelps
126 Billy Pauch
747 Ryan Godown

Small Blocks
X Adam Bartemy
01 Chris Raabe
1 David Hébert
3A Kevin Albert
9s Matt Sheppard
14 Brian Swarthout
20 Brett Hearn
38 Luke Whitteker
39 Clement Therrien
74 Tim Fuller
74 Matt Billings
94 Tim Hindley
323 Neal Williams
747 Ryan Godown

Freedom 76er
01 Dan Waisempacker
08 Jason Clauss
1 Bobby Gunther Walsh
1 Stewart Friesen
1c Craig Von Dohren
RC1 Danny Creeden
2 Gary Hager
3 Jeremy Banos
3A Kevin Albert
3G Mike Gular
4 Duane Howard
5 Jimmy Horton
7 Rick Laubach
J7 Rich Ricci
7z Danny Johnson
11 Jared Umbenhauer
11M Mike Mahaney
14 Chad Brachmann
14w Ryan Watt
z14 Ron Roberts
15 Mike Laise
17 Ryan Grim
18 Michael Weinert
19 Bobby Varin
19 Jordan Umbenhauer
R19 Ron Seltman
20 John Willman
21 Addison Meitzler
21K Kyle Weiss
22 Tommy Scheetz
25 Carroll Hine
29 Todd Marburger
31 Chris Esposito
33 Ray Swinehart
37 Nate Christman
39 Todd Smith
41 Kenny Gilmore
42 Kyle Follweiler
44 Danny Erb
46 Doug Manmiller
57 Bill Gensler
58s Shawn Reimert
61 Justin Grim
66 Billy Pauch Jr
66 Jon Kellner
67 Jon Kellner Jr
69 Cliff Quinn
73GT Glenn Owens
77 Chris Gambler
77 Richie Pratt
81 Terry Meitzler
87 Eric Biehn
88c Ryan Godown
88D Meme DeSantis
91 Billy Decker
117 Kevin Hirthler
126 Billy Pauch
327 Brad Missimer
357 Jeff Strunk
611 Brad Grim
917 Jarrad Miller
976 Don Norris

Live Updates **Refresh Page for Updates (New Updates go to the top)

Danny Johnson makes history as he wins the first ever appearance for the big-block modifieds at I-96 Speedway. Johnson also ended the streak of non-Super DIRTcar Series regulars winning Series races. Here's the top 5...

I-96 Speedway (Super DIRTcar Series $7,500 to win)
1st 27J Danny Johnson
2nd 9s Matt Sheppard
3rd 49 Billy Dunn
4th 84 Gary Tomkins
5th 98H Jimmy Phelps


**10 to go, Johnson big lead over Sheppard, Dunn, Tomkins, Phelps, Williamson, Bellinger, Vitale, Haers, Currier.

**Sheppard around Tomkins and Dunn on the restart.

**Johnson out to a big lead on the restart, but Rauscher now comes to a stop and brings out the yellow. Johnson, Dunn, Tomkins, Sheppard, Bellinger the leaders. Phelps put on a new tire.

**Justin Haers comes to a stop on the front stretch just as Billy Dunn pulled along side of Johnson! Yellow is out. Johnson, Dunn, Phelps, Tomkins, Sheppard. 34 laps to go.

**Billy Dunn to 2nd with 40 to go

**Danny Johnson takes the lead right before the yellow flies. Phelps, Dunn, Tomkins, Sheppard round out the top 5.

**Johnson has caught Phelps! They run side-by-side as we approach half way.

**Surprise, surprise... Currier giving Danny Johnson all kinds of problems as he attempts to put him a lap down. Dunn catching the leaders.

**Danny Johnson slowly running down Phelps for the lead. 65 to go.

**Here comes Billy Dunn... he takes third form Justin Haers.

**Jimmy Phelps leads early. Lap 20 it's Phelps, Johnson, Haers, Dunn, Haers

**Apparently there's no rush to get the big-block teams on their way home. Other divisions are finishing up their feature events. Big-blocks should be coming out shortly.

**Here's how they'll line up for the 100 lap $7,500 to win feature...
1st 5* Tyler Siri
2nd 8 Rich Scagliotta
3rd 98H Jimmy Phelps
4th 3 Justin Haers
5th 27J Danny Johnson
6th 10 Tim Currier
7th 21A Peter Britten
8th 84 Gary Tomkins
9th 6 Mat Williamson
10th 9s Matt Sheppard
11th 56 Vince Vitale
12th 49 Billy Dunn
13th 8R Rob Bellinger
14th 21K Randy Chrysler
15th 48too Dave Rauscher
16th 72 Tommy Flannigan
17th 27x Mike Payne

**Redraw
Peter Britten- 7th
Jimmy Phelps- 3rd
Matt Sheppard- 10th
Mat Williamson- 9th
Danny Johnson- 5th
Gary Tomkins- 8th
Tim Currier- 6th
Billy Dunn- 12th
Tyler Siri- 1st
Justin Haers- 4th
Rich Scagliotta- 2nd
Vince Vitale- 11th

**Redraw coming up next, drivers in the redraw are Jimmy Phelps, Mat Williamson, Gary Tomkins, Billy Dunn, Justin Haers, Vince Vitale, Peter Britten, Matt Sheppard, Danny Johnson, Tim Currier, Tyler Siri, and Rich Scagliotta.

**Heat 2 Finish:
Phelps, Williamson, Tomkins, Dunn, Haers, Vitale, Chrysler, Flannigan (DNF), Payne (DNS)

**Yellow flies as Tommy Flannigan comes to a stop with heavy smoke. Phelps leads over Williamson and Dunn

**Heat 2 Line Up
6m-98H
84-49
56-3
21K-72
27x

Jimmy Phelps takes the early lead over Williamson

**Heat 1 Finish:
Britten, Sheppard, Johnson, Currier, Siri, Scagliotta, Bellinger, Rauscher. Top 6 redraw.

**Heat 1 Line Up
21A-9s
10-27J
8-5*
8R-48too

Britten stretching his lead over Sheppard, Danny Johnson runs third.

**Here's the top 10 in time trials...

1st 21A Peter Britten- 18.531
2nd 9 Mat Williams
3rd 9s Matt Sheppard
4th 98H Jimmy Phelps
5th 10 Tim Currier
6th 84 Gary Tomkins
7th 27J Danny Johnson
8th 49 Billy Dunn
9th 8 Rich Scagliotta
10th 56 Vince Vitale

**Peter Britten sets quick time!

**Here's tonight's roster.. 17 cars, not bad for how far away it is.

3 Justin Haers
5* Tyler Siri
8 Rich Scagliotta
8R Rob Bellinger
9 Mat Williamson
9s Matt Sheppard
10 Tim Currier
21A Peter Britten
21K Randy Chrysler
27J Danny Johnson
27x Mike Payne
48too Dave Rauscher
49 Billy Dunn
56 Vince Vitale
72 Tommy Flannigan
84 Gary Tomkins
98H Jimmy Phelps

Dale Planck was also going to run, but ran into problems on the way.

Bowman Keeps Streak Alive; Live Updates from I-96 Tonight

Mike Bowman was dominant as he defended his home turf against the Super DIRTcar Series at Merrittville Speedway on Monday night.

Bowman led every lap en route to his first career Super DIRTcar Series victory, he backed up wins be Chris Raabe (Cornwall) and Bobby Varin (Albany) to make it 3 Super DIRTcar Series races that a non-Series regular has won.

Here's the top 5...

Merrittville Speedway (Super DIRTcar Series)
1st 71 Mike Bowman
2nd 9s Matt Sheppard
3rd 6m Mat Williamson
4th 98H Jimmy Phelps
5th 49 Billy Dunn

The Super DIRTcar Series will be in action at I-96 Speedway in Michigan tonight as they do battle for $7,500 to win. I'll be doing live updates here!

Weekend Results

8/3 Results

Lernerville Speedway ($2,100 to win)
1st 83 Brian Swartzlander
2nd 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
3rd 11R Brad Rapp
4th 3E Eric Gabany
5th 45 Steve Feder

Brewerton Speedway
1st 99L Larry Wight
2nd 99J Jimmy Phelps
3rd 88 Steve Hulsizer
4th 15 Matt Fink
5th 9s Matt Sheppard

Albany-Saratoga Speedway
1st 57 Donnie Corellis
2nd 115 Kenny Tremont
3rd 1J Stewart Friesen
4th 21J Jeff Trombley
5th 3 Mark Kislowski

Autodrome Granby
1st 3 Claude Brouillard
2nd 21 Yan Bussiere
3rd 87 Martin Gagne
4th 22J Gino Clair
5th 46 Kayle Robidoux

Mohawk International Raceway
1st 23B Billy Dunn
2nd 16 Gage Morin
3rd 66x Carey Terrance
4th 17D Danny O'Brien
5th 74 Matt Billings

Accord Speedway
1st RC1 Danny Creeden
2nd J17 Jeff Heotzler
3rd 97 Jerry Higbie
4th 34 Andy Bachetti
5th 97T Danny Tyler

Ransomville Speedway
1st 42 Pete Bicknell
2nd 54 Dave Just
3rd 123 Robbie Krull
4th 93 Rich Vinson
5th 3 Chad Brachmann

Big Diamond Speedway
1st 7 Colt Harris
2nd 357 Jeff Strunk
3rd 15x Dan Hineline
4th 323OV Neal Williams
5th T102 Doug Manmiller

I-88 Speedway
1st 21 Shaun Walker
2nd 57 Paul Jensen
3rd 1a Brian Weaver
4th 2G Mitch Gibbs
5th 71 Russ Zimmerman

Penn Can Speedway
1st 51 Mike Colsten
2nd 3G Mike Gular
3rd 176 Brett Tonkin
4th 69 Bobby Trapper
5th 11 Billy Thornton

8/4 Results

Brockville Ontario Speedway (50 laps $3,000 to win)
1st 77x Dale Planck
2nd 6 Pat O'Brien
3rd 7 Lee Gill
4th 25 Bobby Herrington
5th 66 Kyle Dingwall

Autodrome Drummond (100 laps $4,000 to win)
1st 44 Sebastien Gougeon
2nd 54 Steve Bernard
3rd 49 Francois Bernier
4th 1 David Hébert
5th 39 Clement Therrien

Sharon Speeday (twin features)
Feature #1
1st 61 Dave Murdick
2nd 88 SHawn Fleeger
3rd 32 Jim Rasey
4th 31 Jim Weller
5th 3E Eric Gabany

Feature #2
1st 65 Rex King
2nd 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
3rd 17H Kevin Hoffman
4th 11R Brad Rapp
5th 83 Brian Swartzlander

Lebanon Valley Speeday (plus small blocks)
Big Blocks
1st 55 Jimmy Burns
2nd 74 J.R. Heffner
3rd 34 Steve Hough
4th 17 Rob Pitcher
5th 98 Eddie Marshall

Small Blocks
1st 34 Steve Hough
2nd 20 Matt Quinn
3rd 1 Jason Harrington
4th 34 Andy Bachetti
5th 3 Kim LaVoy

Fulton Speedway
1st 91 Billy Decker
2nd 99L Larry Wight
3rd 42p Pat Ward
4th 55 Matt Hulsizer
5th 99 Ryan Phelps

Fonda Speedway
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 2 Ronnie Johnson
3rd 93 Danny Varin
4th 20c Craig Hanson
5th 16 A.J. Romano

Can Am Motorsports Park
1st 21 Andy Howard
2nd 24 Brandon Sweet
3rd 01 Chris Raabe
4th 63 Adam Roberts
5th 16 Lance Willix

Merrittville Speedway
1st 15J Tim Jones
2nd 42 Pete Bicknell
3rd 9 Ken Cosgrove
4th 19J Tommy Flannigan
5th 17c Chris Steele

Canandaigua Motorsports Park
1st 27J Danny Johnson
2nd 3 Justin Haers
3rd 99J Jimmy Phelps
4th 49 Billy Dunn
5th 9s Matt Sheppard

Airborne Park Speedway
1st 10 Patrice McGrail
2nd 97 Kris Vernold
3rd 1x Todd Stone
4th 1NY Greg Atkins
5th 100 Roger Labreche

Orange County Fair Speedway
1st 97 Jerry Higbie
2nd 10 Billy VanInwegen
3rd 21m Bob McGannon
4th 93x Craig Mitchell
5th 88 Steve Dodd

Grandview Speedway
1st 33 Ray Swinehart
2nd 39 Todd Smith
3rd 88D Meme DeSantis
4th 1c Craig Von Dohren
5th 327 Brad Missimer

Woodhull Raceway
1st 31 Frank Dunning
2nd 21m Mike Bills
3rd 12 Kenny Peoples
4th 4 Dylan Dewert
5th 11 Donnie Lawson

New Egypt Speedway
1st 32 Danny Bouc
2nd 51m Dom Buffalino
3rd 66 Billy Pauch Jr
4th 1 Billy Pauch
5th 6 Mike McAleer

Bridgeport Speedway
1st 7 Rick Laubach
2nd 47 Bob Sarkisian
3rd 924 Steve Durand
4th 0 Richie Pratt
5th 5 Jimmy Horton

Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 38 Mike Stofflet
2nd 819 Mark Levy
3rd 01 Kris Graver
4th 29 Ken Eckert
5th 24 Randy Thomas

Five Mile Point Speedway
1st 41 Brian Puckett
2nd 280 Justin Holland
3rd 1J Jim Gabriel
4th 11 Danny Creeden
5th 30RC Jeff Crambo

Let's Take a Look at the Season So Far...

Ladies and gentleman, it's August. The big-money end-of-the-year shows kick off in just over a week, and championships are nearing their conclusion.

Seems like a perfect time to take a look back at a busy season of racing, and highlight some of the things that have happened thus far.

February: Month of emotions... Before the season could get started, February kicked off on a somber note as the modified racing world lost it's second driver over the winter months. Mike Ronca passed away suddenly in early February, just months after losing Wade Decker. Both drivers have not been forgotten, Mike's brother Don Ronca has changed his number to 7 for 2012 to pay tribute to Mike, while I-88 Speedway hosted the Wade Decker Memorial.

The season kicked off with 4 races down in sunny Florida as a healthy field of 40 big-blocks made the trek south for the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park.

Brothers Danny and Alan Johnson decided to break in victory lane for the rest of the competitors, as they claimed the first 2 races of the 2012 season, but it was Matt Sheppard (feature win & championship) and Rob Bellinger ($5,000 finale winner) who stole the headlines as the modifieds left the sunshine state.

March: We'll call it the month of destruction... Tyler Siri reportedly bought Black Rock Speedway, then didn't, then did, then didn't, in the end, Dean Hoag still runs Black Rock Speedway-destroying Tyler Siri's dreams of running a race track in 2012. Brewerton Speedway destroyed DIRT's hopes that they would be able to work out a deal for the Thursday of Super DIRT Week by upping their winner's purse for the Hurricaine 100 to $10,000 to win.

Duane Howard and Billy Pauch destroyed the field at Selinsgrove, Ryan Godown destroyed his tires first and the field second as a new era kicked off at Bridgeport, and big-blocks returned to Black Rock with Matt Sheppard... you guessed it, destroyed the field.

April: Month of returns... Gary Mann and Glenn Hyneman announced surprising returns for 2012, Mann announced he'd partner with Jerry Higbie for RoC Dirt Tour events, with Hyneman partnered with former driver Billy Pauch for specials.

Rain returned and officially cancelled their first race of 2012 (Volusia rain out was rescheduled and ran), that honor went to Sharon Speedway on April 14. Danny Johnson returned to victory lane as the Super DIRTcar Series officially kicked off at Canandaigua. The dirt returned to Albany-Saratoga Speedway and saw Stewart Friesen and Tim McCreadie take home victories on their opening weekend. Meme DeSantis notched a win at Big Diamond, and returned to victory later that night as he swept the twin-features.

Mike Mahaney kicked off what's been a break-out season with a surprising win at Fonda Speedway's Ice Jam.

May: Month of heat... A complaint from Ryan Godown saw Billy Pauch DQed for placement of a weight. Pauch fans got heated, but Godown got on the track at New Egypt. Stewart Friesen got hot at Fonda, Andy Bachetti got hot at Accord, Duane Howard got hot at Grandview, Brett Hearn got hot at Albany and Lebanon Valley, Bobby Varin got hot at Glen Ridge, and Billy Van Pelt got hot at Woodhull.

Bobby Varin took home the first big pay-day of 2012 with the $10,000 victory in the Victoria 100. Also, Eric Gabany took advantage of a rare race for small blocks at Lernerville, and Randy Chrysler showed the BRP Tour how to do the Tuscarora Twist in Pittsburgh. Kolby Schroder, Ryan Susice, Eric Kormann, Danny Bouc, Jason Potter, and Neal Williams all picked up career modified win #1.

June: The month of depressing car counts... Selinsgrove's highly anticipated summer RoC event saw 15 modifieds show up, after a successful event in 2011 the RoC Tour was only able to draw 18 cars for Lincoln's race. Glen Ridge changed their weekly racing to Sundays as car counts on Fridays dipped below 15.

In less depressing news, Danny Johnson made Penn Can history with the $10,000 Clash at the Can victory and then won at Battle at the Border at Ransomville, Tim Sears Jr lived up to the hype at Fulton, David Hebert swept features at RPM, Danny Creeden ended Andy Bachetti's Accord streak, Jerry Higbie was crowned the King of Orange County, while Todd Stone and Patrice McGrail made history as the DIRTcar/Asphalt Series returned, Darren McCaughey and Keith Hoffman ended win droughts, and Jamie Mills and HJ Bunting went blow-for-blow at Delaware.

July: The month of suspensions. Not just suspensions, championship-contenders being suspended. Let's see if we can keep count, we saw Danny Johnson suspended for 1 race from Super DIRTcar Series competition for an altercation (he was leading series points at the time), Kevin Bolland suspended for the year for all DIRTcar-sanctioned events for an altercation and running a 2-way radio (was leading points at the time), Mat Williamson was suspended for the year from Ransomville Speedway (was running top-5 in points at the time), and Bobby Varin was suspended for a week for driving erratically in the pit area (was second in points at the time). The suspensions have done their damage, as Varin has decided to run elsewhere on Saturday nights the rest of the season, and Danny Johnson will skip at least one more Series event as he has announced he'll run the Freedom 76er in September instead of the Series race at Mohawk.

On the track, Randy Sherlock and Carl Nagel returned for a night, Jeff Heotzler finally kicked off his season, Keith Brightbill was replaced by Caroll Hine at Banos Racing, Grasso parked Mike Ricci's ride; resulting in Ricci teaming up with Kawalchuk, and the Gagliardo Motorsports team hired Danny Erb, fired Glenn Strunk, and hired Kenny Gilmore, Billy Pauch announced his return to Super DIRT Week, and Bobby Varin and Mike Mahaney landed rides for the Freedom 76er, get all that?

Georgetown Speedway announced they'll re-open later this season as well.

Chris Raabe started the month out with a bang as he shocked the Super DIRTcar Series drivers (and continued his dominance at Can Am). Rained postponed Friends of Mike at New Egypt twice, Kayle Robidoux hit his stride at Drummond and Granby, Stewart Friesen caused controversy with a win at Five Mile Point, I-88 saw heavy rain postpone the Wade Decker Memorial, Rick Laubach kept drawing kings in Bridgeport's Poker Series, and Sammy Piazza made history at New Egypt.

Bobby Varin won the Big Show, Kevin Bolland paid tribue to Lou Blaney, and Jamie Mills benefitted the Delaware State Police. RoC debuted at Black Rock with Matt Sheppard in victory lane, Danny Johnson won everything in sight, Mark Flach became the King of Lebanon Valley while Kim LaVoy became the first female modified winner since Jessica Zemken in 2008, and Ryan Godown was crowned RoC Southern Tour champion.

There it is, an incredibly quick recap that just scratched the surface of a great season we've been enjoying so far.

Here's a look at the points leaders everywhere as we near look towards the end of the season...

Accord Speedway
1st 34 Andy Bachetti
2nd 97 Jerry Higbie
3rd RC1 Danny Creeden
4th 20 Mike Ricci
5th 97T Danny Tyler

Airborne Park Speedway
1st 1x Todd Stone
2nd 10 Patrice McGrail
3rd 34 George Foley
4th 24 Patrick Dupree
5th B3 Aaron Bartemy

Albany-Saratoga Speedway
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 115 Kenny Tremont
3rd 3D Matt DeLorenzo
4th 2 Ronnie Johnson
5th 21J Jeff Trombley

Autodrome Drummond
1st 54 Steve Bernard
2nd 44 Sebastien Gougeon
3rd 1H David Hébert
4th 22J Gino Clair
5th 63 Dominic Dufault

Autodrome Granby
1st 49 Francois Bernier
2nd 22c Mario Clair
3rd 46 Kayle Robidoux
4th 73 Alain Boisvert
5th 3 Claude Brouillard

Big Diamond Speedway
1st 1c Craig Von Dohren
2nd 4 Duane Howard
3rd 7 Rick Laubach
4th 88D Meme DeSantis
5th 3a Kevin Albert

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

Bridgeport Speedway
1st 7 Rick Laubach
2nd 5 Jimmy Horton
3rd 0 Richie Pratt
4th 16s Eric Kormann
5th 14w Ryan Watt

Brockville Ontario Speedway
1st 77x Dale Planck
2nd 66 Kyle Dingwall
3rd 7 Lee Gill
4th 88 Tim O'Brien
5th 6 Pat O'Brien

Can Am Motorsports Park (Big Blocks)
1st 5 Jason Potter
2nd 16 Lance Willix
3rd 109 Terry Knoblock
4th 74K Adam Ellis
5th 63 Adam Roberts

Can Am Motorsports Park (Small Blocks)
1st 01 Chris Raabe
2nd 7G Kevin Gamble
3rd 24 Brandon Sweet
4th 21 Andy Howard
5th zero3 Zach Aubertine

Canandaigua Motorsports Park
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 27J Danny Johnson
3rd 3 Justin Haers
4th 99J Jimmy Phelps
5th 10J Alan Johnson

Cornwall Motor Speedway
1st 01 Chris Raabe
2nd 40 Joel Doiron
3rd 23 Laurent Ladouceur
4th 77x Dale Planck
5th 66 Kyle Dingwall

Delaware International Speedway
1st 85 H.J. Bunting
2nd 1w Jamie Mills
3rd 33 Brad Trice
4th 62 Matt Jester
5th 90w Beau Wilkins

Five Mile Point Speedway
1st 21 Shaun Walker
2nd 280 Justin Holland
3rd RC1 Danny Creeden
4th 1a Brian Weaver
5th 15 Brett Tonkin

Fonda Speedway
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 00 Bobby Varin
3rd 2 Ronnie Johnson
4th 6H Josh Hohenfrost
5th 73 Jimmy Davis

Fulton Speedway
1st 91 Billy Decker
2nd 99L Larry Wight
3rd 99 Ryan Phelps
4th 33 Mike Mahaney
5th 42p Pat Ward

Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 97 Bobby Varin
2nd 22J Jeremy Wilder
3rd 20c Craig Hanson
4th 53 Bobby Vedder
5th 711 JaMike Sowle

Grandview Speedway
1st 4 Duane Howard
2nd 46 Doug Manmiller
3rd 357 Jeff Strunk
4th 1c Craig Von Dohren
5th 3G Mike Gular

I-88 Speedway
1st 2G Mitch Gibbs
2nd 21 Shaun Walker
3rd 1J Jim Gabriel
4th 71 Russ Zimmerman
5th 22B Arnie Slade

Lebanon Valley Speedway (Big Blocks)
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 57 Donnie Corellis
3rd 98 Eddie Marshall
4th 74 J.R. Heffner
5th 60 Brian Berger

Lebanon Valley Speedway (Small Blocks)
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 34 Steve Hough
3rd 20 Matt Quinn
4th 34 Andy Bachetti
5th 5 J.R. Heffner

Lernerville Speedway
1st 61 Dave Murdick
2nd 83 Brian Swartzlander
3rd 37 Jeremiah Shingledecker
4th 777 Kevin Bolland
5th 45 Steve Feder

Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 01 Kris Graver
2nd 24 Randy Thomas
3rd 38 Mike Stofflet
4th 99 Dave Thomas
5th 819 Mark Levy

Mercer Raceway Park
1st 88R Rob Curtis
2nd 28H Jimmy Holden
3rd 66F Kyle Fink
4th 66 J.R. McGinley
5th 58 Lonny Riggs

Merrittville Speedway
1st 42 Pete Bicknell
2nd 6m Mat Williamson
3rd 15J Tim Jones
4th 22 Larry Lampman
5th 19J Tommy Flannigan

Mohawk International Raceway
1st 01 Chris Raabe
2nd 23B Billy Dunn
3rd 74 Matt Billings
4th 17D Danny O'Brien
5th 77x Dale Planck

New Egypt Speedway
1st 747 Ryan Godown
2nd 14 Willie Osmun
3rd 3 Sam Martz
4th RJ7 Ron John Koczon
5th 59 Tad Cox

Orange County Fair Speedway
1st 97 Jerry Higbie
2nd 33 1/3 Tommy Meier
3rd 24 Chris Shultz
4th 6x Jackie Brown
5th 1H Tim Hindley

Penn Can Speedway
1st 176 Brett Tonkin
2nd 5J Joey Grammes
3rd 16 Michael Schane
4th 42B Kevin Bates
5th 51 Mike Colsten

Ransomville Speedway
1st 3 Chad Brachmann
2nd 42 Pete Bicknell
3rd 27J Danny Johnson
4th 38 Ryan Susice
5th 7 Scott Kerwin

RPM Speedway
1st 1H David Hébert
2nd 22c Mario Clair
3rd 39 Clement Therrien
4th 3 Claude Brouillard
5th 63 Dominic Dufault

Sharon Speedway
1st 65 Rex King
2nd 61 Dave Murdick
3rd 777 Kevin Bolland
4th 165 Rex King Jr
5th 31 Jim Weller

Sportsmans Speedway
1st 67 Randy Brown
2nd 15H Tom Holden
3rd 19 Rick Lias
4th 66F Kyle Fink
5th 21 Jim Thompson

Utica Rome Speedway
1st 1wgc Stewart Friesen
2nd 42p Pat Ward
3rd 33 Mike Mahaney
4th 10J Alan Johnson
5th 99 Ryan Phelps

Volusia Speedway Park (FINAL)
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 74 Tim Fuller
3rd 27J Danny Johnson
4th 10J Alan Johnson
5th 22c Mario Clair

Woodhull Raceway
1st 2 Billy Van Pelt
2nd 11 Donnie Lawson
3rd 21m Mike Bills
4th 9x Dale Welty
5th 31 Frank Dunning

Super DIRTcar Series
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 98H Jimmy Phelps
4th 49 Billy Dunn
5th 27J Danny Johnson

RoC Dirt Tour
1st 27J Danny Johnson
2nd 1 Stewart Friesen
3rd 42p Pat Ward
4th 98H Jimmy Phelps
5th 747 Ryan Godown

358 DIRTcar Series
1st 27J Danny Johnson
2nd 77x Dale Planck
3rd 6m Mat Williamson
4th 66x Carey Terrance
5th 20 Brett Hearn

RoC Northern Tour
1st 85 Stewart Friesen
2nd 98H Jimmy Phelps
3rd 91 Billy Decker
4th 42p Pat Ward
5th 27J Danny Johnson

RoC Southern Tour (FINAL)
1st 747 Ryan Godown
2nd 4 Duane Howard
3rd 27J Danny Johnson
4th 1 Stewart Friesen
5th 7 Rick Laubach

DIRT/Asphalt Tour
1st 10 Patrice McGrail
2nd 43 Keith Flach
3rd 3D Matt DeLorenzo
4th 1x Todd Stone
5th 4 Leon Gonyo

BRP Modified Tour
1st 1a Brian Weaver
2nd 61 Dave Murdick
3rd 65 Rex King
4th 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
5th 165 Rex King Jr

Doctor, Ricci, Fuller Tidbits; Weekend Schedule

Mike Payne, owner of Danny Johnson's #27J and #7z, has confirmed via The 31st Lap Radio show that Danny Johnson will enter the Freedom 76er at Grandview Speedway. Johnson, who received a guaranteed starting spot for the $50,000 to win event via his RoC Dirt Tour win at Grandview Tuesday night was originally scheduled to run the Super DIRT Series event at Mohawk International Raceway that night, but a one-race suspension from Super DIRT Series earlier in the season has put Johnson out of the championship hunt. You can listen to the entire interview with Payne at http://podcasts.fingerlakes1.com/31stlap/

Mike Ricci has parted ways with the Grasso Motorsports #19. Ricci will run for Kawalchuk Racing the rest of the 2012 season in weekly competition at Accord Speedway. Expect to see the Grasso team park the car for the rest of the season.

Tim Fuller is the latest driver to confirmed he'll run Super DIRT Week. He'll be there in big block and small block competition.

Here's the weekend schedule...

August 3rd Ransomville Speedway
August 3rd Big Diamond Speedway
August 3rd Lernerville Speedway
August 3rd Penn Can Speedway
August 3rd I-88 Speedway
August 3rd Accord Speedway
August 3rd Mohawk International Raceway
August 3rd Brewerton Speedway
August 3rd Albany-Saratoga Speedway
August 3rd Autodrome Granby
August 4th Grandview Speedway
August 4th Merrittville Speedway
August 4th New Egypt Speedway
August 4th Mahoning Valley Speedway
August 4th Five Mile Point Speedway
August 4th Bridgeport Speedway
August 4th Orange County Fair Speedway
August 4th Sharon Speedway
August 4th Woodhull Raceway
August 4th Mercer Raceway Park
August 4th Canandaigua Motorsports Park
August 4th Fulton Speedway
August 4th Fonda Speedway
August 4th Lebanon Valley Speedway (plus small blocks)
August 4th Autodrome Drummond (100 laps $4,000 to win)
August 4th Brockville Ontario Speedway (50 laps $3,000 to win)
August 4th Can Am Motorsports Park
August 5th Utica Rome Speedway
August 5th Sportsmans Speedway
August 5th Cornwall Motor Speedway (Canadian National Series 100 laps $4,000 to win)
August 5th The Ridge Motorsports Park
August 5th Humberstone Speedway

Pauch Returns to SDW

Billy Pauch will be making his return to Super DIRT Week in a joint effort between owners Glenn Hyneman, Kevin Bilfulco, and Ray Carroll. The team will enter the SEF 200 with a brand new #126 big-block modified.

Pauch, who is widely considered the best driver that has not won the 200 at Super DIRT Week (but has graced victory lane in 358 and Sprint Car competition during the fall classic) will return to the moody mile for the first time since 2005, when he ran an entry for Ray Carroll. That race was postponed after running a few laps, and Pauch did not return on the rain date. Pauch did take a time trial lap last year at Syracuse in a Herman Motorsports back-up, but only did that to gain eligibility to run the World Finals at Charlotte.

This is the veteran returning to Syracuse that I hinted about a few weeks ago.

Danny Johnson wins Grandview Thriller

Danny Johnson continued his fantastic 2012 season by picking up the RoC Dirt Tour event at Grandview Speedway after a late race battle with Rick Laubach. Johnson was able to hold off a hard-charging Duane Howard to pick up his 13th career RoC Dirt Tour victory. Johnson now sits 5 wins ahead of Stewart Friesen and Bobby Varin (both with 8 RoC wins) for the all-time win leader.

Ryan Godown came home 6th and won the RoC South championship.

Grandview Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour)
1st 7z Danny Johnson
2nd 4 Duane Howard
3rd 85 Stewart Friesen
4th 9s Matt Sheppard
5th 7 Rick Laubach