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)
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