Monday, March 24, 2014

Godown Dominates New Egypt; Harpell is Back; Van Pelt Lands Ride

Racing finally returned this weekend after the weather forced cancellations and postponements of a number of events. The RoC Dirt Tour kicked off their season with 27 big-block modifieds filling up the pit area at New Egypt Speedway for the "Cabin Fever 60." It was Ryan Godown who charged to the front and dominated the feature event. Here's the top 5...

New Egypt Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour)
1st 747 Ryan Godown
2nd 91 Rick Laubach
3rd 86 Danny Johnson
4th 357 Matt Sheppard
5th 1 Stewart Friesen

Black Rock Speedway made headlines as Dan Harpell has announced he will take over the lease to the track. Harpell, who was in charge of Five Mile Point Speedway for many years before turning the track over to brother Andy, promoted a RoC Dirt Tour event at Black Rock a few seasons ago. Don't expect many changes for '14, but Harpell claims to have big plans for next season.

Mike Mallett announced via DirtTrackDigest.com that multi-time Woodhull Raceway Billy Van Pelt found himself without a ride after Kevin Chilson sold out following the 2013 season. Van Pelt has teamed with Grant Hilfiger for weekly competition at Woodhull in 2014. Van Pelt will also run select specials, with Hilfiger having a second car for himself to run. Van Pelt announced earlier in the season a deal to run select races at Ransomville Speedway in a second Ryan Susice entry.

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