Steve Poirier back in a Modified

One of Quebec's all-time great dirt racers will return to the season of a modified on at least 3 occasions in 2014. Steve Poirier, who after a very successful modified career has been one of the top 360 sprint car drivers in the region for the last decade, will run a second Paul St-Sauveur entry in select starts, beginning with the season opener at Autodrome Granby on May 9th. St-Sauveur will run a car part-time himself, and David Hebert will run the primary car weekly at Granby.

We extend our sincere condolences to the friends and family of veteran racer Steve Hulsizer, who lost his hard-fought battle with cancer last night. Hulsizer's win at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park in September after a hard fought battle with Mike Mahaney in the midst of his battle with the terrible disease was the feel-good story of 2013. We'll miss you, Steve!

Weekend Results

4/25 Results

Big Diamond- Rained Out
Penn Can- Rained Out
Accord- Rained Out
Lernerville- Rained Out
I-88- Rained Out
Georgetown- Rained Out

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

Fulton Speedway
1st 3 Justin Haers
2nd 74 Matt Billings
3rd 56 Vince Vitale
4th 9H Matt Sheppard
5th 91 Billy Decker

4/26 Results

Fulton- Rained Out
Five Mile Point- Rained Out
Delaware- Rained Out
Lebanon Valley- Rained Out
Orange County- Rained Out
Canandaigua- Rained Out
Merrittville- Rained Out
Fonda- Rained Out

Woodhull Raceway (Opener)
1st 60 Bob Davis
2nd 37c Eric Fisher
3rd 145 Al Rudalavage
4th 70 Brady Fultz
5th 5K Kenny Peoples Jr

Sharon Speedway
1st 165 Rex King Jr
2nd 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
3rd 25 Erick Rudolph
4th 31 Jim Weller
5th 83 Brian Swartzlander

New Egypt Speedway
1st 747 Ryan Godown
2nd 81 Willie Osmun
3rd 29 Sammy Piazza
4th 68 Gary Butler
5th 23x Darren McCaughey

Bridgeport Speedway
1st 7 Rick Laubach
2nd 14w Ryan Watt
3rd 6 Wade Hendrickson
4th 5 Jimmy Horton
5th 0 Richie Pratt

Grandview Speedway
1st 46 Doug Manmiller
2nd 976 Don Norris
3rd 88D Meme DeSantis
4th 66 Duane Howard
5th 830 Brad Arnold

Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 80 Jack Ely
2nd 454 Kevin Graver
3rd 5 Ricky Yetter
4th 38 Mike Stofflet
5th 44 Aleia Geisler

Mercer Raceway Park
1st 3E Eric Gabany
2nd 66F Kyle Fink
3rd 1G Frank Guidace
4th 88 Shawn Fleeger
5th 19w Rich Whitney

4/27 Results

Utica Rome Speedway (Opener)
1st 33 Mike Mahaney
2nd 1wgc Stewart Friesen
3rd 9H Matt Sheppard
4th 99J Jimmy Phelps
5th 91 Billy Decker

Glen Ridge Motorsports Park (Opener)
1st 3J Marc Johnson
2nd 115 Kenny Tremont
3rd 85 Bobby Varin
4th 22J Jeremy Wilder
5th 6H Josh Hohenfrost

Evergreen Raceway Park (Opener)
1st 5 Ricky Yetter
2nd 711J Mark Levy
3rd 44 Aleia Geisler
4th 444 Chuck Potts
5th 3 Mike Garris

Friday Tidbits; Weekend Schedule

Anthony Marci Racing has landed Chad Brachmann as the team's driver in '14. Brachmann will return to weekly competition at Merrittville Speedway with the Macri team. Brachmann will continue to run his own #3 weekly at Ransomville and the Tri-Track Series, along with select other big and small block specials. He will not defend his championship on the BRP Modified Tour.

Yates County Raceway (formally known as Black Rock) has announced another date for the big/small block modifieds on September 19th. The Friday night event will be 50-laps pay $4,000-to-win.

Mike Perrotte recently left his position as promotor at Airborne Speedway Park. Since then, Perrotte has announced he will return to weekly competition at Albany-Saratoga Speedway, and has now announced a part-time promotion he will be running in '14. Perrotte has teamed with Quebec's Autodrome St-Eustache to promote three dirt modified events at the asphalt facility. The dates for the event are May 24th, June 21st, and July 19th. A purse has yet to be announced for the events, but they will more than likely mirror the Airborne purses from recent years ($1,500 to win).

Here's this weekend's schedule, we'll be at Fulton and Utica Rome, so stop by, say hello, and have a drink if you'll be there too!

4/25 Big Diamond Raceway
4/25 Penn Can Speedway (Opener)
4/25 Accord Speedway
4/25 Lernerville Speedway
4/25 I-88 Speedway
4/25 Albany-Saratoga Speedway
4/25 Georgetown Speedway
4/25 Fulton Speedway
4/26 Fulton Speedway (Super DIRTcar Series)
4/26 Mahoning Valley Speedway
4/26 Grandview Speedway
4/26 New Egypt Speedway
4/26 Bridgeport Speedway
4/26 Five Mile Point Speedway (Opener $2,000 to win)
4/26 Sharon Speedway
4/26 Delaware International Speedway
4/26 Mercer Raceway Park
4/26 Lebanon Valley Speedway
4/26 Orange County Fair Speedway (plus Small Blocks)
4/26 Canandaigua Motorsports Park
4/26 Merrittville Speedway
4/26 Woodhull Raceway (Opener)
4/26 Fonda Speedway
4/27 Evergreen Raceway Park (Opener)
4/27 Utica Rome Speedway (Opener)
4/27 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park (Opener)

Weekend Results; Car Counts; Win List

4/18 Results

Big Diamond Raceway (Opener $3,000 to win)
1st 14w Ryan Watt
2nd 88D Meme DeSantis
3rd 91 Rick Laubach
4th 4* Jeff Strunk
5th 357 Frank Cozze

Lernerville Speedway (Opener)
1st 83 Brian Swartzlander
2nd 6 Mat Williamson
3rd 25 Erick Rudolph
4th 65 Rex King
5th 61 Dave Murdick

Accord Speedway (Opener)
1st 76 Mike Ricci
2nd 55 Anthony Perrego
3rd 406 Rich Ricci
4th 6x Jackie Brown
5th 3 Tommy Meier

Albany-Saratoga Speedway (Opener)
1st 3J Marc Johnson
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 14B Peter Britten
4th 3D Matt DeLorenzo
5th 711 JaMike Sowle
**My apologies for the original mistake, Billington (3rd) was DQed following the event

I-88 Speedway (Opener)
1st 2J Chad Cook
2nd 2G Mitch Gibbs
3rd 1a Brian Weaver
4th 22B Arnie Slade
5th 57 Paul Jensen

4/19 Results

Canandaigua Motorsports Park (Opener 64 laps $6,400 to win)
1st 84 Gary Tomkins
2nd 49 Billy Dunn
3rd 99J Jimmy Phelps
4th 9H Matt Sheppard
5th 91 Billy Decker

Sharon Speedway (Opener)
1st 65 Rex King
2nd 32 Jim Rasey
3rd 165 Rex King Jr
4th 26 Rick Richner
5th 23 Jimmy Weller III

Five Mile Point Speedway (40 laps $2,500 to win)
1st 5J Joey Grammes
2nd 51 Mike Colsten
3rd 1a Brian Weaver
4th 97T Danny Tyler
5th X Chad Phelps

Mercer Raceway Park ($1,000 to win)
1st 1G Frank Guidace
2nd 28H Jimmy Holden
3rd 66F Kyle Fink
4th 66 J.R. McGinley
5th 88 Shawn Fleeger

Grandview Speedway
1st 46 Doug Manmiller
2nd 4* Jeff Strunk
3rd 357 Frank Cozze
4th 117 Kevin Hirthler
5th 1c Craig Von Dohren

New Egypt Speedway
1st 1 Billy Pauch
2nd 747 Ryan Godown
3rd 29 Sammy Piazza
4th 23x Darren McCaughey
5th 76 Jimmy Blewett

Fonda Speedway
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 6H Josh Hohenfrost
3rd 50J Justin Boehler
4th 2 Ronnie Johnson
5th 41 Jimmy Davis

Orange County Fair Speedway
1st 14H Jeff Heotzle
2nd TEN Billy VanInwegen
3rd 21m Bob McGannon
4th 1H Tim Hindley
5th 14e Richie Eurich

Lebanon Valley Speedway
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 45 Wayne Jelley
3rd 42 Matt Pupello
4th 43 Keith Flach
5th 98s Kolby Schroder

Delaware International Speedway
1st 30 Jamie Mills
2nd 85 H.J. Bunting
3rd 62 Matt Jester
4th 90w Beau Wilkins
5th 33 Brad Trice

Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 58 Jeff Parker
2nd 454 Kevin Graver
3rd 1L Billy Lowden
4th 25w Ray Deemer
5th 44 Aleia Geisler

4/20 Results

Bridgeport Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour)
1st 14w Ryan Watt
2nd 1wgc Stewart Friesen
3rd JR1 Rocco Infante
4th 76 Jimmy Blewett
5th z14 Ron Roberts

Last Weekend's Car Counts...


4/19 Canandaigua Motorsports Park (Opener 64 laps $6,400 to win)- 37
4/19 Grandview Speedway (Regular Show)- 34
4/18 Big Diamond Raceway (Opener $3,000 to win)- 33
4/20 Bridgeport Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour)- 32
4/18 Albany-Saratoga Speedway (Opener)- 31
4/19 Lebanon Valley Speedway (Regular Show)- 27
4/18 I-88 Speedway (Opener)- 27
4/19 Fonda Speedway (Regular Show)- 26
4/18 Lernerville Speedway (Opener)- 21
4/18 Accord Speedway (Opener)- 20
4/19 New Egypt Speedway (Regular Show)- 20
4/19 Orange County Fair Speedway (Regular Show)- 20
4/19 Five Mile Point Speedway (40 laps $2,500 to win)- 19
4/19 Mercer Raceway Park ($1,000 to win)- 19
4/19 Sharon Speedway (Opener)- 16
4/19 Delaware International Speedway (Regular Show)- 12
4/19 Mahoning Valley Speedway (Regular Show)- 11

And here's a look at the updated 2014 win list...

Billy Pauch- 3 (New Egypt- 3)
Matt Sheppard- 3 (Volusia, Fonda, Five Mile Point)
Ryan Watt- 3 (Bridgeport- 2, Big Diamond)
Stewart Friesen- 2 (Volusia, Grandview, Fonda)
Ryan Godown- 2 (New Egypt, Big Diamond)
Doug Manmiller- 2 (Grandview- 2)
Justin Haers- 1 (Volusia)
Andy Bachetti- 1 (Orange County)
H.J. Bunting- 1 (Delaware)
Kyle Fink- 1 (Mercer)
Jeff Strunk- 1 (Grandview)
Donnie Corellis- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Tim Hindley- 1 (Orange County)
Tommy Meier- 1 (Orange County)
Kris Graver- 1 (Mahoning Valley)
Brian Swartzlander- 1 (Lernerville)
Mike Ricci- 1 (Accord)
Marc Johnson- 1 (Albany)
Chad Cook- 1 (I-88)
Gary Tomkins- 1 (Canandaigua)
Rex King- 1 (Sharon)
Joey Grammes- 1 (Five Mile Point)
Frank Guidace- 1 (Mercer)
Jeff Heotzler- 1 (Orange County)
Brett Hearn- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Jamie Mills- 1 (Delaware)
Jeff Parker- 1 (Mahoning Valley)

Track News; Weekend Schedule...

Rolling Wheels has announced a 5-race schedule, including 4 dates for the big-block modifieds (1 Super DIRTcar Series race, 2 "open" shows, and the 'Win and You're In' event during Super DIRT Week). Despite the new schedule, Mike Mallett reports that the deal is still not dead involving the new owners.

360Nitro.com announced that the new owner of Cornwall Motor Speedway will be Raymond Lavergne. Ron Morin, who's owned and operated Cornwall Motor Speedway over the last three decades and built it into one of the premier facilities in modified racing, will continue to handle track preparations and work as an advisor for Lavergne.

Here's a look at this weekend's schedule...

4/18 Big Diamond Raceway (Opener $3,000 to win)
4/18 Lernerville Speedway (Opener)
4/18 Accord Speedway
4/18 I-88 Speedway (Opener)
4/18 Albany-Saratoga Speedway (Opener)
4/19 Mahoning Valley Speedway
4/19 Grandview Speedway
4/19 New Egypt Speedway
4/19 Five Mile Point Speedway (40 laps $2,500 to win)
4/19 Sharon Speedway (Opener)
4/19 Canandaigua Motorsports Park (Opener 64 laps $6,400 to win)
4/19 Delaware International Speedway
4/19 Mercer Raceway Park ($1,000 to win)
4/19 Lebanon Valley Speedway
4/19 Orange County Fair Speedway
4/19 Fonda Speedway
4/20 Bridgeport Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour)

I hope you all have a very Happy Easter!

McCreadie/Haers Team Up for Jan Corcoran Memorial; Win List/Car Counts

Justin Haers has announced that he will field a second car for this Saturday's $6,400 to win season opener at Canandaigua Motorsports Park with Tim McCreadie behind the wheel. This will mark McCreadie's first modified start of 2014.

Here's the updated win list...

Matt Sheppard- 3 (Volusia, Fonda, Five Mile Point)
Stewart Friesen- 2 (Volusia, Grandview)
Ryan Godown- 2 (New Egypt, Big Diamond)
Billy Pauch- 2 (New Egypt- 2)
Justin Haers- 1 (Volusia)
Andy Bachetti- 1 (Orange County)
H.J. Bunting- 1 (Delaware)
Ryan Watt- 1 (Bridgeport)
Kyle Fink- 1 (Mercer)
Jeff Strunk- 1 (Grandview)
Doug Manmiller- 1 (Grandview)
Donnie Corellis- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Tim Hindley- 1 (Orange County)
Tommy Meier- 1 (Orange County)
Kris Graver- 1 (Mahoning Valley)

Here's a look at the car counts thus far in '14...

4/6 Orange County Fair Speedway (Short Track Super Series)- 59
4/6 Big Diamond Raceway (Big Blocks $7,500 to win 40 laps)- 38
4/5 Grandview Speedway (Opener)- 36
4/13 Five Mile Point Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour 100 laps $5,555 to win)- 36
4/12 Fonda Speedway (Opener)- 35
2/19 Volusia (Opener)- 34
4/12 Grandview Speedway (Twin 20s)- 34
2/20 Volusia (Regular Show)- 33
2/22 Volusia (50 laps $5,000 to win)- 32
4/5 New Egypt Speedway (Opener)- 28
3/22 New Egypt Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour)- 27
4/12 Bridgeport Speedway (Opener)- 26
4/12 Lebanon Valley Speedway (Opener $3,000 to win)- 25
4/12 New Egypt Speedway (Regular Show)- 22
4/12 Orange County Fair Speedway (Opening Night Small Blocks)- 22
4/12 Orange County Fair Speedway (Opening Night Big Blocks- 20
4/12 Mercer Raceway Park (Opener)- 19
4/12 Delaware International Speedway (Opener)- 17
4/12 Mahoning Valley Speedway (Opener 40 laps $1,000 to win)- 12

Weekend Recap

Mother Nature forced two more cancellations, but gave us a beautiful Saturday and Sunday allowing for a fairly busy weekend of racing. Here are the top-5 finishers from the weekend...

4/11 Results

Big Diamond- Rained Out
Accord- Rained Out

4/12 Results

Orange County Fair Speedway (Opener plus Small Blocks)
Big Blocks
1st 1H Tim Hindley
2nd 33 John Lieto
3rd 97 Jerry Higbie
4th 21 Clinton Mills
5th 19 Chuck McKee

Small Blocks
1st 33 1/3 Tommy Meier
2nd 93x Craig Mitchell
3rd 21m Bob McGannon
4th 51 Brian Krummel
5th 16x Danny Creeden

Mahoning Valley Speedway (Opener 40 laps $1,000 to win)
1st 28 Kris Graver
2nd 454 Kevin Graver
3rd 5 Ricky Yetter
4th 38 Mike Stofflet
5th 58 Jeff Parker

Delaware International Speedway (Opener)
1st 85 H.J. Bunting
2nd 62 Matt Jester
3rd 90w Beau Wilkins
4th 30 Jamie Mills
5th 33 Brad Trice

Bridgeport Speedway (Opener)
1st 14w Ryan Watt
2nd 16s Eric Kormann
3rd 0 Richie Pratt
4th 5 Jimmy Horton
5th 51m Dom Buffalino

Mercer Raceway Park (Opener)
1st 66F Kyle Fink
2nd 58 Lonny Riggs
3rd 88 Shawn Fleeger
4th 19w Rich Whitney
5th 1m Makayla Guidace

Fonda Speedway (Opener)
1st 9H Matt Sheppard
2nd 93 Danny Varin
3rd 1J Bobby Varin
4th 42p Pat Ward
4th 24 Jeremy Wilder

Lebanon Valley Speedway (Opener)
1st 57 Donnie Corellis
2nd 74 J.R. Heffner
3rd 20 Brett Hearn
4th 10 Lorne Brow
5th 98s Kolby Schroder

Grandview Speedway (Twin 20s)
Feature #1
1st 46 Doug Manmiller
2nd 1c Craig Von Dohren
3rd 19 Jordan Umbenhauer
4th 4* Jeff Strunk
5th 87 Eric Biehn

Feature #2
1st 4* Jeff Strunk
2nd 33 Ray Swinehart
3rd 37x Tommy Scheetz
4th 85K Kyle Follweiler
5th 357 Frank Cozze

New Egypt Speedway
1st 1 Billy Pauch
2nd 71 David Van Horn
3rd 747 Ryan Godown
4th 15 Billy Pauch Jr
5th 81 Willie Osmun

4/13 Five Mile Point Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour 100 laps $5,555 to win)
1st 357 Matt Sheppard
2nd 98H Jimmy Phelps
3rd 1 Stewart Friesen
4th 55 Anthony Perrego
5th 119 Brian Malcolm

RoC Dirt Tour 2013 CHAMPION: Stewart Friesen

I'll have the updated win list and car counts posted later today.

Kristyak Returns; Planck and Morey Team Up; Brewerton Pushed Back; Weekend Schedule

Veteran Tommy Kristyak has announced that he will return to the cockpit this Saturday night at Mercer Raceway Park. The Western PA star and multiple-time track champion will compete weekly at Mercer Raceway Park with select BRP Modified Tour appearances also on the schedule.

C.G. Morey will unload a second car for Dale Planck to run at this Saturday's opener at Fonda Speedway.

Brewerton Speedway has pushed back their season opener 2 weeks due to wet grounds. The track will now open May 2nd.

Here's a look at this weekend's schedule...

4/11 Big Diamond Raceway (Opener $3,000 to win)
4/11 Accord Speedway (Opener)
4/12 Mahoning Valley Speedway (Opener 40 laps $1,000 to win)
4/12 Grandview Speedway (Twin 20s)
4/12 New Egypt Speedway
4/12 Bridgeport Speedway (Opener)
4/12 Delaware International Speedway (Opener)
4/12 Mercer Raceway Park (Opener)
4/12 Lebanon Valley Speedway (Opener $3,000 to win)
4/12 Orange County Fair Speedway (Opener plus Small Blocks)
4/12 Fonda Speedway (Opener)
4/13 Five Mile Point Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour 100 laps $5,555 to win)

(Five Mile Point on Sunday will crown the 2013 RoC Dirt Tour champion; event was postponed from November.)

Quick Weekend Recap

Here's a quick look at the top-5 finishers and updated win list after this past weekend...

4/5 Results

Grandview Speedway (Opener)
1st 357 Stewart Friesen
2nd 66 Duane Howard
3rd 88D Meme DeSantis
4th 53 Mike Gular
5th 21K Kyle Weiss

New Egypt Speedway (Opener)
1st 1 Billy Pauch
2nd 747 Ryan Godown
3rd 29 Sammy Piazza
4th 71 David Van Horn
5th 91 Rick Laubach

4/6 Results

Big Diamond Raceway (Big Blocks 40 laps $7,500 to win)
1st 747 Ryan Godown
2nd 4 Jeff Strunk
3rd 21E Erick Rudolph
4th 26 Keith Hoffman
5th 91 Billy Decker

Orange County Fair Speedway (Short Track Super Series)
1st 34 Andy Bachetti
2nd 94 Tim Hindley
3rd 97T Danny Tyler
4th 86J Danny Johnson
5th 2a Jeff Heotzler

Updated Win List
Stewart Friesen- 2 (Volusia, Grandview)
Ryan Godown- 2 (New Egypt, Big Diamond)
Justin Haers- 1 (Volusia)
Matt Sheppard- 1 (Volusia)
Billy Pauch- 1 (New Egypt)
Andy Bachetti- 1 (Orange County)

Weekend Schedule

Let's hope Mother Nature let's us go racing this weekend. Here's a look at this weekend's schedule...

4/4 Big Diamond Raceway (Big Blocks 40 laps $7,500 to win)
4/5 Grandview Speedway (Opener)
4/5 New Egypt Speedway (Opener)
4/6 Orange County Fair Speedway (Short Track Super Series)