Sunday, May 8, 2011

Weekend Wrap Up; Whitteker News; Going Away

First of all, let me say Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there!

Well, with Utica Rome Speedway and Sportsmans Speedway postponing their racing action, Sunday won't see any modified racing. So, the weekend recap comes a day early this week. Here's who won where...

5/6 Results

Ransomville- Rained Out

Big Blocks

Lernerville Speedway
1st 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
2nd 83 Brian Swartzlander
3rd 777 Kevin Bolland
4th 61 Dave Murdick
5th 31 Jim Weller

Brewerton Speedway
1st 21a Peter Britten
2nd 91 Billy Decker
3rd 85F Stewart Friesen
4th 99J Jimmy Phelps
5th 42p Pat Ward

I-88 Speedway
1st 2J Chad Cook
2nd 1J Jim Gabriel
3rd 1s Steve Babicek
4th 28 Mike Trautschold
5th 77 Bob Hamm

Accord Speedway
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 80 Dom Roselli
3rd 97 Jerry Higbie
4th 4SL Bobby Hentschel
5th 66 Danny Johnson

Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 16 Lance Willix
2nd 20c Craig Hanson
3rd 97 Bobby Varin
4th 6x Jackie Brown
5th 7 Mike Ronca

Penn Can Speedway
1st 88 Kevin Hartnett
2nd 1 Darwin Greene
3rd 7m Mike Nagel
4th 11P Dan Pompey
5th 42B Kevin Bates

Small Blocks

Big Diamond Speedway
1st T102 Doug Manmiller
2nd 44 Gary Hager
3rd 88D Meme DeSantis
4th 7 Rick Laubach
5th 1c Craig Von Dohren

Can Am Motorsports Park
1st 01 Chris Raabe
2nd 25 Bobby Herrington
3rd 88 Tim O'Brien
4th 24 Brad Sweet
5th 38 Luke Whitteker

5/7 Results

Grandview- Rained Out
Five Mile Point- Rained Out

Big Blocks

Fulton Speedway (Opener)
1st 42p Pat Ward
2nd 91 Billy Decker
3rd 10 Alan Johnson
4th 99J Jimmy Phelps
5th 33 Mike Mahaney

Lebanon Valley Speedway
1st 60 Brian Berger
2nd 57 Donnie Corellis
3rd 94 Ray Hoard
4th 43 Keith Flach
5th 45 Wayne Jelley

Fonda Speedway
1st 2 Ronnie Johnson
2nd 00 Bobby Varin
3rd 1 Stewart Friesen
4th 73 Jimmy Davis
5th 21J Jeff Trombley

Orange County Fair Speedway
1st 10 Michael Storms
2nd 33 1/3 Tommy Meier
3rd 33 John Lieto
4th 59J Jesse Kline
5th 7x1 Bill Wilson

Delaware International Speedway
1st 28J Dana Walker
2nd 85 H.J. Bunting
3rd 55 Kenny Brightbill
4th 33 Brad Trice
5th 09 Howard O'Neal

Canandaigua Motorsports Park
1st 9s Matt Shepprd
2nd 3 Justin Haers
3rd 27J Danny Johnson
4th 99 Charlie Donk
5th 8R Rob Bellinger

New Egypt Speedway
1st 00 Gary Butler
2nd 1 Billy Pauch
3rd 71 David Van Horn
4th 14 Jimmy Horton
5th 76 Rick Laubach

Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 19 Dave Thomas
2nd x15 Billy Briggs
3rd 10 Kris Graver
4th 134 Scott Hulmes
5th 24 Randy Thomas

Sharon Speedway
1st 65 Rex King
2nd 31 Jim Weller
3rd 165 Rex King Jr
4th 8J Dean Pearson
5th 17H Kevin Hoffman

Thunder Mountain Speedway
1st 280 Justin Holland
2nd 34 Billy Spoonhower
3rd 20R Nick Rochinski
4th 00B Brent Wilcox
5th CD1 Mike Nagel Jr

Small Blocks

Airborne Speedway (Opener 50 laps)
1st 24 Patrick Dupree
2nd 1NY Greg Atkins
3rd 78 Vince Quenneville
4th 11 Don Scarborough
5th 1x Todd Stone

Merrittville Speedway
1st 42 Pete Bicknell
2nd 12 Chad Chevalier
3rd 71 Mike Bowman
4th 3 Chad Brachmann
5th 06 Brandon Easey

Woodhull Raceway
1st 27z Ray Bliss
2nd 2 Billy Van Pelt
3rd 5w Ron White
4th 145 Al Rudalavage
5th 21 Mike Bills

Mercer Raceway Park
1st 28H Jimmy Holden
2nd 66 Kyle Fink
3rd 88R Rob Curtis
4th 7s Mike Stine
5th 15H Tom Holden

5/8 Results

Utica Rome- Rained Out
Sportsmans- Rained Out

There were a bunch of first time winners this weekend. Chris Raabe (Can Am) and Lance Willix (Glen Ridge) both picked up their first career modified victories! Peter Britten, with his win at Brewerton on Friday, picked up his first career modified win here in the United States, but is a frequent winner and 2-time series champion in Australia.

Here's the updated win list...

2011 Win Count
Big/Small Block Modifieds

Stewart Friesen- 4
Jeff Strunk- 4
Brett Hearn- 4
Matt Sheppard- 4
Danny Johnson- 3
Chad Cook- 3
Duane Howard- 2
Billy Pauch- 2
Danny Creeden- 2
Jimmy Holden- 2
Rex King- 2
Dave Thomas- 2
Ronnie Johnson- 2
Beau Wilkins- 1
Kevin Bolland- 1
Jackie Brown- 1
Rick Laubach- 1
Paul Kinney- 1
Billy Decker- 1
Jim Rasey- 1
Mat Williamson- 1
Kenny Tremont- 1
Glenn Strunk- 1
Wade Hendrickson- 1
Richie Pratt- 1
Bobby Varin- 1
H.J. Bunting- 1
Mike Ruggerio- 1
Dave Murdick- 1
Larry Wight- 1
Al Rudalavage- 1
Danny O'Brien- 1
Rob Curtis- 1
Jimmy Phelps- 1
Jeremiah Shingledecker- 1
Peter Britten- 1
Lance Willix- 1
Kevin Hartnett- 1
Doug Manmiller- 1
Chris Raabe- 1
Ray Bliss- 1
Pete Bicknell- 1
Justin Holland- 1
Patrick Dupree- 1
Gary Butler- 1
Dana Walker- 1
Michael Storms- 1
Pat Ward- 1
Brian Berger- 1

Despite the 4-driver tie for most wins thus far in 2011, Jeff Strunk remains the only winner to have won at 4 tracks this year (Selinsgrove, Penn Can, Grandview, New Egypt). Seven total drivers have won at multiple tracks this season; they are Strunk, Stewart Friesen (Five Mile Point, Volusia, Brewerton), Brett Hearn (Volusia, Accord, Lebanon Valley), Matt Sheppard (Volusia, Glen Ridge, Canandaigua), Danny Johnson (Selinsgrove, Accord), Danny Creeden (Orange County, Five Mile Point), and Chad Cook (I-88, Thunder Mountain).

Luke Whitteker has been named the new driver of the CH Racing modified for weekly competition at Drummond and Granby. Whitteker will drive the car that's been ran for the last few seasons by David Hebert. It appears that Hebert will be running his own equipment this season, but that hasn't been confirmed.

Unfortunately, this will be my last post here until next Sunday night. I'm heading to West Virginia with some friends tonight, and won't be getting back until Sunday night. I hope everyone has a great next week of racing!

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