Stay Safe!

Just want to wish everyone the best as we deal with Sandy.

The race weekend was cut short, as Lernerville and Hagerstown were only able to get qualifying in before feature events were postponed. Hagerstown will now run November 11th, while Lernerville is postponed until April. With the postponement, Brian Weaver has been crowned the BRP champion.

Five Mile Point Speedway was able to run, and it was Danny Johnson who won the 1/4 Mile Nationals and his first RoC Dirt Tour title. With the win, Danny Johnson now has a leading 14 career RoC Dirt Tour wins, second on the win list is Bobby Varin and Stewart Friesen with 8 each.

In some other news, Billy VanInwegen will be going to the World Finals, and has also been named the lead driver for the Sherlock Motorsports team in 2013. Look for Randy Sherlock, Matt Hitchcock, and Joe Bargabello to also run a second entry at times at Orange County in 2013. VanInwegen will run Orange County and also do some traveling.

Michel Chicoine, Bob McGannon, Ryan Godown, Tim Hindley, and Kenny Tremont are all going to be running the World Finals this weekend.

Look for Adam and Aaron Bartemy to head south to Volusia in February. The brothers are looking at potentially switching their home tracks from Airborne to Granby in 2013.

Jerry Higbie will team up with Steve Paine for this weekend's $6,000-to-win event at Black Rock Speedway.

Hagerstown Entry List, Other Tidbits

Hagerstown has released the pre-entry list for the Brawl in the Fall (Octoberfest). This is the final 5-digit-to-win show of the 2012 season. There are quite a few drivers that did not pre-register, so don't be too alarmed by the lack of pre-entered cars...

0 Richie Pratt
6x Eric Engstrom
9s Matt Sheppard
12D Steve Downs
20 Brett Hearn
28 Kyle Borror
29 Chris Ostrowsky
30 Jamie Mills
m40 Mark Forte Jr
R40 Ryan Forte
44B Jim Bobbitt
60 Brian Berger
63 Adam Roberts
71 David Van Horn
74 J.R. Heffner
92 Scott Irwin
99L Larry Wight
117 Kevin Hirthler

Five Mile Point Speedway hosts the 1/4 Mile Nationals on Saturday night this week. They will crown the RoC Dirt Tour champion, Danny Johnson currently leads by just 8 points over Jimmy Phelps. Stewart Friesen, Ryan Godown, and Pat Ward all have outside shots at the title.

Lernerville Speedway will also be in action with the 2-day Steal City Stampede Weekend which will be the final race of the BRP Modified Tour. Brian Weaver leads points heading into the finale.

Georgetown Speedway has announced an additional date to their schedule. The big-blocks will return to the 1/2 mile on November 3rd for a $3,000 to win event.

Don't be surprised to see Bobby Varin run weekly at Grandview Speedway in 2013. The driver has been offered at least 2-rides, including an offer from a top Pennsylvania team to run Big Diamond and Grandview weekly. Varin's Dover Brake Racing 00 team will be scaling back in 2013, and the Andy Romano team's plans are up in the air as the family is no longer involved with Glen Ridge Motorsports Park.

Look for Billy VanInwegen to enter the World Finals with the Sherlock Motorsports #10 big-block modified. The team is still testing out VanInwegen to determine if he will be their 2013 driver.

Last Minute Tidbits

In case you missed it in the chatbox, got some last minute tidbits before heading up to Orange County Fair Speedway for Eastern States Weekend.

You can add Brett Tonkin to the small block list, and Kevin Bates to the big and small blocks lists for this weekend (see below for ESW potential roster).

Also, Michael Storms will run the 358 race on Saturday in one of Brett Hearn's back up cars.

Kenny Brightbill has landed a ride in the Jeff Brown #9 big-block for the DE State Championships this weekend at the Delaware International Speedway.

Quick Look at ESW Roster

Here's what I've been able to come up with for an Eastern States 200 roster thus far (didn't have a ton of time to research.) Just did big-blocks. Special thanks for Jordan Sheehan for the help.

1H Tim Hindley
RC1 Danny Creeden
2 Ronnie Johnson
2B Dom Buffalino
3 Justin Haers
3 Jeff Heotzler
4 Tim McCreadie
4R Mike Ruggerio
5 Jimmy Horton
5* Tyler Siri
6x Jackie Brown
7s Mike Sabia
8 Rich Scagliotta
8R Rob Bellinger
9s Matt Sheppard
10 Tim Currier
10 Billy VanInwegen
10H Matt Hitchcock
14E Richie Eurich
J17 Jeff Heotzler Jr
19 Chuck McKee
20 Brett Hearn
20c Craig Hanson
21A Peter Britten
21jr Clinton Mills
21m Bob McGannon
24 Chris Shultz
25 Mike Kolka
27 Dave Hunt
27J Danny Johnson
33 John Lieto
33 1/3 Tommy Meier
34 Andy Bachetti
45 Wayne Jelley
48too Dave Rauscher
49 Donnie Elliott
49 Billy Dunn
53 Ric Hill
55 Mitch Gibbs
56 Vince Vitale
57 Donnie Corellis
66 Bobby Varin
77F Mark Flach
77J Keith Flach
79 Jeremy Markle
84 Mel Schrufer
84 Gary Tomkins
85 Stewart Friesen
88 Steve Dodd
91 Billy Decker
93x Craig Mitchell
97 Jerry Higbie
97T Danny Tyler
98H Jimmy Phelps
99L Larry Wight
115 Kenny Tremont
347 Denny Soltis

Some Tidbits

Well, it is officially post-Super DIRT Week depression time as my favorite week of the year is officially over until 2013.

Not much, but here are a few tidbits.

Tom Cullen will have a new driver aboard the seat of his #1wgc modifieds in 2013. While a driver has yet to be named, Stewart Friesen will not return to the seat of the car he claimed his second consecutive Utica Rome Speedway championship with. The seat seems to be down to just 2 drivers, one of Cullen's former drivers in Willy Decker and Bobby Varin.

Look for Stewart Friesen to get a few more runs in the Vinnie Salerno #4 car in 2013. Friesen debuted in the car normally piloted by Tim McCreadie at the Freedom 76er after his own small block was damaged the week prior.

Following a solid season on the asphalt at Thunder Alley Speedway Park in 2012 with his dirt modifieds, and a miserable Super DIRT Week, Tony Steiner is selling out of dirt modified racing to focus on asphalt racing.

Mike Bowman (Merrittville regular, not to be confused with Fulton/Brewerton regular Mike Bowman) will have a big block at his disposal for the World Finals. It will be Bowman's first run with a big block under the hood, despite picking up a Super DIRTcar Series win earlier this season against the big blocks at Merrittville Speedway.

As announced at Syracuse, New Egypt Speedway will return to the Super DIRTcar Series in 2013. Look for at least one more track to return to the schedule after being off for a few years, and also look for a former DIRTcar-sanctioned track to return to DIRTcar sanctioning.

Weekend Recap

We're off to Syracuse!! See everyone up there!

9/29 Results

Fulton Speedway (200 laps $20,000 to win)
1st 42p Pat Ward
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 9s Matt Sheppard
4th 8 Rich Scagliotta
5th 99 Ryan Phelps

New Egypt Speedway (Twin 25s Championship Night)
Feature #1
1st 96 Rick Holsten
2nd 00 Gary Butler
3rd 77jr Tom Carberry
4th 3 Sam Martz
5th 59 Tad Cox

Feature #2
1st 1 Billy Pauch
2nd 6 John Stangle
3rd 747 Ryan Godown
4th 71 David Van Horn
5th 2B Dom Buffalino
*Ryan Godown wins championship

Bridgeport Speedway (Twin 30s Championship Night)
Feature #1
1st 28 Stan Frankenfield
2nd 0 Richie Pratt
3rd 16s Eric Kormann
4th 14w Ryan Watt
5th 267 Mike Barone

Feature #2
1st 7 Rick Laubach
2nd 6 Duane Howard
3rd 0 Richie Pratt
4th 14w Ryan Watt
5th 16s Eric Kormann

Delaware International Speedway (Championship Night)
1st 1w Jamie Mills
2nd 09 Howard O'Neal
3rd 90w Beau Wilkins
4th 68 Kyle Fuller
5th 33 Brad Trice
*Jamie Mills wins the championship

Sharon Speedway (Championship Night)
1st 45 Steve Feder
2nd 26 Rick Richner
3rd 65 Rex King
4th 61 Dave Murdick
5th 165 Rex King King
*Dave Murdick wins the championship

Woodhull Raceway (50 laps $3,000 to win)
1st 2B Ron Cartwright
2nd 145 Al Rudalavage
3rd 4 Dylan Dewert
4th 37c Eric Fisher
5th 21m Mike Bills

Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 01 Kris Graver
2nd 819 Mark Levy
3rd 38 Mike Stofflet
4th 26 Joe Stangle
5th 1 Chuck Potts