Thursday, August 2, 2012

Doctor, Ricci, Fuller Tidbits; Weekend Schedule

Mike Payne, owner of Danny Johnson's #27J and #7z, has confirmed via The 31st Lap Radio show that Danny Johnson will enter the Freedom 76er at Grandview Speedway. Johnson, who received a guaranteed starting spot for the $50,000 to win event via his RoC Dirt Tour win at Grandview Tuesday night was originally scheduled to run the Super DIRT Series event at Mohawk International Raceway that night, but a one-race suspension from Super DIRT Series earlier in the season has put Johnson out of the championship hunt. You can listen to the entire interview with Payne at http://podcasts.fingerlakes1.com/31stlap/

Mike Ricci has parted ways with the Grasso Motorsports #19. Ricci will run for Kawalchuk Racing the rest of the 2012 season in weekly competition at Accord Speedway. Expect to see the Grasso team park the car for the rest of the season.

Tim Fuller is the latest driver to confirmed he'll run Super DIRT Week. He'll be there in big block and small block competition.

Here's the weekend schedule...

August 3rd Ransomville Speedway
August 3rd Big Diamond Speedway
August 3rd Lernerville Speedway
August 3rd Penn Can Speedway
August 3rd I-88 Speedway
August 3rd Accord Speedway
August 3rd Mohawk International Raceway
August 3rd Brewerton Speedway
August 3rd Albany-Saratoga Speedway
August 3rd Autodrome Granby
August 4th Grandview Speedway
August 4th Merrittville Speedway
August 4th New Egypt Speedway
August 4th Mahoning Valley Speedway
August 4th Five Mile Point Speedway
August 4th Bridgeport Speedway
August 4th Orange County Fair Speedway
August 4th Sharon Speedway
August 4th Woodhull Raceway
August 4th Mercer Raceway Park
August 4th Canandaigua Motorsports Park
August 4th Fulton Speedway
August 4th Fonda Speedway
August 4th Lebanon Valley Speedway (plus small blocks)
August 4th Autodrome Drummond (100 laps $4,000 to win)
August 4th Brockville Ontario Speedway (50 laps $3,000 to win)
August 4th Can Am Motorsports Park
August 5th Utica Rome Speedway
August 5th Sportsmans Speedway
August 5th Cornwall Motor Speedway (Canadian National Series 100 laps $4,000 to win)
August 5th The Ridge Motorsports Park
August 5th Humberstone Speedway


Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Pauch Returns to SDW

Billy Pauch will be making his return to Super DIRT Week in a joint effort between owners Glenn Hyneman, Kevin Bilfulco, and Ray Carroll. The team will enter the SEF 200 with a brand new #126 big-block modified.

Pauch, who is widely considered the best driver that has not won the 200 at Super DIRT Week (but has graced victory lane in 358 and Sprint Car competition during the fall classic) will return to the moody mile for the first time since 2005, when he ran an entry for Ray Carroll. That race was postponed after running a few laps, and Pauch did not return on the rain date. Pauch did take a time trial lap last year at Syracuse in a Herman Motorsports back-up, but only did that to gain eligibility to run the World Finals at Charlotte.

This is the veteran returning to Syracuse that I hinted about a few weeks ago.

Danny Johnson wins Grandview Thriller

Danny Johnson continued his fantastic 2012 season by picking up the RoC Dirt Tour event at Grandview Speedway after a late race battle with Rick Laubach. Johnson was able to hold off a hard-charging Duane Howard to pick up his 13th career RoC Dirt Tour victory. Johnson now sits 5 wins ahead of Stewart Friesen and Bobby Varin (both with 8 RoC wins) for the all-time win leader.

Ryan Godown came home 6th and won the RoC South championship.

Grandview Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour)
1st 7z Danny Johnson
2nd 4 Duane Howard
3rd 85 Stewart Friesen
4th 9s Matt Sheppard
5th 7 Rick Laubach

Monday, July 30, 2012

Weekend Recap

Here are this past weekend's winner...

7/27 Results

Big Diamond- Rained Out
I-88- Rained Out
Lernerville- Rained Out

Autodrome Granby (50 laps)
1st 49 Francois Bernier
2nd 46 Kayle Robidoux
3rd 1H David Hébert
4th 12 Yannick Ledoux
5th 73 Alain Boisvert

Brewerton Speedway
1st 91 Billy Decker
2nd 24 Jim Witko
3rd 8R Rob Bellinger
4th 16 Mike Bowman
5th 33 Mike Mahaney

Ransomville Speedway
1st 21K Danny Johnson
2nd 12 Brian Sage
3rd 7 Scott Kerwin
4th 42 Pete Bicknell
5th 3 Chad Brachmann

Accord Speedway
1st 34 Andy Bachetti
2nd 55 Rich Ricci
3rd RC1 Danny Creeden
4th 19 Mike Ricci
5th 97 Jerry Higbie

Albany-Saratoga Speedway
1st 115 Kenny Tremont
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 1J Stewart Friesen
4th 39 Dustin Delaney
5th 711 JaMike Sowle

Penn Can Speedway
1st 88 Kevin Hartnett
2nd 5J Joey Grammes
3rd 78 Grant Hilfiger
4th 176 Brett Tonkin
5th 16 Michael Schane

Mohawk International Raceway
1st 23D Billy Dunn
2nd 23 Laurent Ladouceur
3rd 88 Tim O'Brien
4th 01 Chris Raabe
5th 17D Danny O'Brien

7/28 Results

Grandview- Rained Out
New Egypt- Rained Out
Delaware- Rained Out
Lebanon Valley- Rained Out
Fonda- Rained Out
Orange County- Rained Out
Sharon- Rained Out
Mercer- Rained Out
Mahoning Valley- Rained Out

Merrittville Speedway
1st 28 Todd Gordon
2nd 42 Pete Bicknell
3rd 108 Bill Bleich
4th 80 Chris Steele
5th 26 Rick Richner

Fulton Speedway
1st 99 Ryan Phelps
2nd 99B Chuck Bower
3rd 55 Matt Hulsizer
4th 91 Billy Decker
5th 24 Jim Witko

Brockville Ontario Speedway
1st 7 Lee Gill
2nd 6 Pat O'Brien
3rd 88 Tim O'Brien
4th 17D Danny O'Brien
5th 77x Dale Planck

Five Mile Point Speedway
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 41P Brian Puckett
3rd 280 Justin Holland
4th 30RC Jeff Crambo
5th 1a Brian Weaver

Can Am Motorsports Park
1st 01 Chris Raabe
2nd 39 Jordan McCreadie
3rd 5 Jason Potter
4th 63 Adam Roberts
5th 24 Brandon Sweet

Airborne Speedway
1st 97 Kris Vernold
2nd 10 Patrice McGrail
3rd X Adam Bartemy
4th B3 Aaron Bartemy
5th 1x Todd Stone

Autodrome Drummond
1st 21 Yan Bussiere
2nd 3 Claude Brouillard
3rd 22J Gino Clair
4th 61 Jean Boissonneault
5th 1H David Hébert

Woodhull Raceway
1st 2 Billy Van Pelt
2nd 1 Casey Pavlick
3rd 11 Donnie Lawson
4th 21m Mike Bills
5th 70 Ron White

7/29 Results

Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 22J Jeremy Wilder
2nd 97 Bobby Varin
3rd 10% Danny Varin
4th 20c Craig Hanson
5th 3J Marc Johnson

Utica Rome Speedway
1st 42p Pat Ward
2nd 2 Ronnie Johnson
3rd 33 Mike Mahaney
4th 1wgc Stewart Friesen
5th 41 Jimmy Davis

Cornwall Motor Speedway
1st 16 Gage Morin
2nd 88 Tim O'Brien
3rd 40 Joel Doiron
4th 01 Chris Raabe
5th 2 Shane Pecore

Grandview Speedway is in action Tuesday night as the RoC Dirt Tour does battle, and the $10,000 to win Friends of Mike race will be held at New Egypt Speedway on Wednesday.

Friday, July 27, 2012

Pratt & Mother Nature Win, Weekend Schedule

Here are Wednesday's Bridgeport results...

Bridgeport Speedway 43 laps $4,300 to win
1st 0 Richie Pratt
2nd 7 Rick Laubach
3rd 16s Eric Kormann
4th 14w Ryan Watt
5th 14 Doug Manmiller

Fonda Speedway's $3,000 to win Thursday event was rained out.

Here's a look at the weekend schedule, highlighted by the $10,000-to-win Friends of Mike 100 at New Egypt Speedway.


July 27th Ransomville Speedway
July 27th Big Diamond Speedway
July 27th Lernerville Speedway ($1,500 to win)
July 27th Penn Can Speedway
July 27th I-88 Speedway
July 27th Accord Speedway
July 27th Mohawk International Raceway
July 27th Brewerton Speedway
July 27th Albany-Saratoga Speedway
July 27th Autodrome Granby (50 laps)
July 28th Grandview Speedway
July 28th Merrittville Speedway
July 28th New Egypt Speedway (100 laps $10,000 to win)
July 28th Mahoning Valley Speedway
July 28th Five Mile Point Speedway
July 28th Orange County Fair Speedway
July 28th Delaware International Speedway
July 28th Sharon Speedway
July 28th Woodhull Raceway
July 28th Airborne Speedway
July 28th Mercer Raceway Park
July 28th Fulton Speedway
July 28th Fonda Speedway
July 28th Lebanon Valley Speedway
July 28th Autodrome Drummond
July 28th Brockville Ontario Speedway
July 28th Can Am Motorsports Park
July 29th Utica Rome Speedway
July 29th Sportsmans Speedway
July 29th Cornwall Motor Speedway
July 29th The Ridge Motorsports Park

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Hine Replaces Brightbill at Banos Brothers Racing

Carroll Hine will take over driving duties for Keith Brightbill aboard the Banos Brothers Racing #25 for the rest of the year.

Hine becomes the third driver to drive the second Banos Brother Racing entry, Danny Erb started the year with the team but was quickly replaced by Brightbill.

Engine woes led to Brightbill's dismissal from the team. A blown engine in the Jeremy Banos #3 led to the team using the motor that was in Brightbill's car in the #3 car.

Carroll Hine will be proving the team with his own motor, which contributed to Banos putting him in the car for the remainder of the season.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Sheppard Out-duels Hearn at Drummond

Matt Sheppard passed Brett Hearn late in Tuesday's Super DIRTcar Series event at Autodrome Drummond to claim his 19th victory of 2012, more than anyone else in modified racing.

Here's the top 5...

Autodrome Drummond
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 77x Dale Planck
4th 8R Rob Bellinger
5th 49 Billy Dunn.

The $7,000-to-win Wade Decker Memorial at I-88 Speedway has been postponed after a serious crash in the street stock division that saw drive Denny Decker airlifted from the track with serious injuries. The track battled with track conditions all night. All qualifying has been completed. Date is to be determined.

Bridgeport Speedway has the Tom Hager Memorial scheduled for Wednesday, as the modifieds battle for $4,300 to win the 43-lap feature event. It will be hand 3 of the Poker Series.

Granby Rained Out; Big Week Planned; VanInwegen to Sherlock?

Autodrome Granby has rained out. The Super DIRTcar Series will return to the beautiful big 1/2 mile September 8th.

There's still plenty of racing scheduled for this week, here's how the mid-week schedule looks...

July 24th Autodrome Drummond (Super DIRT Series)
July 24th I-88 Speedway (50 laps $5,000 to win)
July 25th Bridgeport Speeday (43 laps $4,300 to win Poker Series)
July 26th Fonda Speedway ($3,000 to win)

In other news, Billy VanInwegen will get a shot aboard the Sherlock Motorsports #10 big-block modified this Saturday at Orange County Fair Speedway. The team entered their first race since releasing Michael Storms when Randy Sherlock entered the open-small block show at Orange County last Thursday.

Saturday's race is tentatively the only scheduled start for VanInwegen aboard the Sherlock Motorsports #10, look for the team to try out a slew of drivers over the next few weeks.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Weekend Results

Here's a quick recap of the weekend, tonight, the Super DIRTcar Series invades Autodrome Granby as part of their annual trek to Quebec...

7/20 Results

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

Autodrome Granby (Canadian National Series 100 laps $3,000 to win)
1st 46 Kayle Robidoux
2nd 1H David Hébert
3rd 22 Mario Clair
4th 49 Francois Bernier
5th 22J Gino Clair

Albany-Saratoga Speedway ($3,000 to win)
1st 1J Stewart Friesen
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 115 Kenny Tremont
4th 3D Matt DeLorenzo
5th 8 Jimmy Cottrell

Brewerton Speedway
1st 10J Alan Johnson
2nd 98H Jimmy Phelps
3rd 9s Matt Sheppard
4th 5H Chris Hile
5th X Chad Phelps

Mohawk International Raceway
1st 77x Dale Planck
2nd 01 Chris Raabe
3rd 66x Carey Terrance
4th 23D Billy Dunn
5th 88 Tim O'Brien

Ransomville Speedway
1st 3 Chad Brachmann
2nd 26 Rick Richner
3rd 25 Erick Rudolph
4th 7 Scott Kerwin
5h 42 Pete Bicknell

7/21 Results

Delaware- Rained Out

Lebanon Valley Speedway ($5,000 to win)
1st 77F Mark Flach
2nd 16 Kyle Hoffman
3rd 20 Brett Hearn
4th 57 Donnie Corellis
5th 42 Matt Pupello

Autodrome Drummond (Canadian National Series 100 laps $3,000 to win)
1st 22 Mario Clair
2nd 46 Kayle Robidoux
3rd 44 Sebastien Gougeon
4th 39A Alan Therrien
5th 1H David Hébert

Canandaigua Motorsports Park
1st 10J Alan Johnson
2nd 84 Gary Tomkins
3rd 56 Vince Vitale
4th 9s Matt Sheppard
5th 27J Danny Johnson

Brockville Ontario Speedway
1st 66 Kyle Dingwall
2nd 7 Lee Gill
3rd 6 Pat O'Brien
4th 88 Tim O'Brien
5th 35 Adam Turner

Merrittville Speedway
1st 38 Scott Wood
2nd 71 Mike Bowman
3rd 12 Chad Chevalier
4th 80 Chris Steele
5th 19J Tommy Flannigan

Can Am Motorsports Park
1st 01 Chris Raabe
2nd 5 Jason Potter
3rd 39 Jordan McCreadie
4th 19 Tim Fuller
5th 7G Kevin Gamble

Airborne Speedway
1st 24 Patrick Dupree
2nd X Adam Bartemy
3rd 34 George Foley
4th 10 Patrice McGrail
5th B3 Aaron Bartemy

Fonda Speedway
1st 93 Danny Varin
2nd 6H Josh Hohenfrost
3rd 73 Jimmy Davis
4th 1 Stewart Friesen
5th 3D Matt DeLorenzo

Fulton Speedway
1st 85 Dan Vauter
2nd 99 Ryan Phelps
3rd X Chad Phelps
4th 91 Billy Decker
5th 5H Chris Hile

Grandview Speedway
1st 976 Don Norris
2nd 611 Brad Grim
3rd 357 Jeff Strunk
4th 31 Chris Esposito
5th 3G Mike Gular

New Egypt Speedway
1st 1 Billy Pauch
2nd 14 Willie Osmun
3rd 7 Dave Witte
4th 44 John McClelland
5th 59 Tad Cox

Bridgeport Speedway
1st 35 Matt Harrell
2nd 01 Brett Ballard
3rd 5 Jimmy Horton
4th 14w Ryan Watt
5th 7 Rick Laubach

Sharon Speedway
1st 03 Mark Frankhouser
2nd 61 Dave Murdick
3rd 65 Rex King
4th 6 7/8 Rob Curtis
5th 31 Jim Weller

Woodhull Raceway
1st 37c Eric Fisher
2nd 9x Dale Welty
3rd 21m Mike Bills
4th 2 Billy Van Pelt
5th 11 Donnie Lawson

7/22 Results

The Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 22J Jeremy Wilder
2nd 97 Bobby Varin
3rd 19 Floyd Billington
4th 3J Marc Johnson
5th 20c Craig Hanson

Lebanon Valley Speedway (small blocks)
1st 3 Kim LaVoy
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 34 Andy Bachetti
4th 20 Matt Quinn
5th 68 Art Collins

Cornwall Speedway
1st 66x Carey Terrance
2nd m96 Brian McDonald
3rd 77x Dale Planck
4th 46 Kayle Robidoux
5th 23 Laurent Ladouceur

Utica Rome Speedway
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 10J Alan Johnson
3rd 9s Matt Sheppard
4th 42p Pat Ward
5th 18JD Jimmy Davis

Sportsmans Speedway
1st 28H Jimmy Holden
2nd 66F Kyle Fink
3rd 15H Tom Holden
4th 17jr Sid Unverzagt
5th 19 Rick Lias

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Kenny Brightbill Returns for Friends of Mike

Legendary driver Kenny Brightbill will return to the seat of a modified Saturday, July 28th at New Egypt Speedway's biggest race of the season, the Friends of Mike 100.

Brightbill will run as a teammate to Mike McAleer in the crown jewell event aboard a second Craig Pondish Racing entry.

This is currently the only race Brightbill plans on running in 2012, but he's looking for a ride to run other races.