Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Mid Week Schedule; More Varin News; More Johnson News; Syracuse tidbits

This week's mid-week specials kick off with 2 big races tonight (Tuesday.) At Sharon Speedway the BRP Big Block Series invades for the annual "Lou Blaney Memorial." Chad Brachmann heads into the event as the points leader over the veteran Kevin Hoffman.

New Egypt Speedway will also host the big-blocks as they battle it out for $3,000 as part of the "Jersey Rush." Sprint car star Davey Sammons will strap into a big-block modified, while Neal Williams and Ryan Godown will make their 410 sprint car debuts.

Tomorrow, the RoC Dirt Tour invades Utica Rome Speedway for their annual Tribute Race, while will feature twin-50 lap features for the big-blocks. Bobby Varin leads the man he replaced with Jake Spraker Racing, Stewart Friesen, by just a few points heading into Utica Rome.

Speaking of Bobby Varin, he's the latest driver to confirm his Syracuse plans. Varin will enter the SEF 200 with a brand new team. More information will be released as we get closer to Super DIRT Week.

Dom Buffalino has also confirmed that he will be in attendance at Syracuse this year. A new car and motor has been purchased for his maiden attempt at the SEF 200. Michael Bros. Racing will field the car for Buffalino.

Dan Humes, who has yet to race this season, has confirmed that he is getting his big-block rebuilt and will also be racing at Syracuse. Look for the team to shake the car down a few times before Syracuse.

Zach Aubertine also has confirmed he'll be racing at Syracuse in the small block divison.

It appears the Kenny Saya team may be done. The team, which won the Jan Corcoran Memorial this season with Alan Johnson at the wheel, has struggled with mechanical issues all season long. Johnson drove the Andrew Sittler Racing #14J small block to the win at Canandaigua on Saturday night. Johnson also still has the Dave Allen owned #14J at his disposal, which he runs Sundays at Utica Rome.

Speaking of the Johnsons, Danny Johnson was again not in the Tyler Siri owned #5* at Canandaigua on Saturday night, but we still do not have confirmation that the 2 sides have split.

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