Doctor Replaces Varin with Petruska; Big Diamond Extends Season

It has been confirmed that Danny Johnson will take over driving duties of the Mike Petruska Racing #66, replacing Bobby Varin. This will be Johnson's third stint with the team, that has now gone through Danny Johnson, Jerry Higbie, Jeff Heotzler, Duane Howard, Billy Pauch, Billy Pauch Jr, and now Bobby Varin over the past few seasons. Varin parked the car in victory lane 3 times thus far this season, including 2 wins at his weekly home of Orange County and a win at the RoC race at Bridgeport. Varin sits just outside the top-5 in Super DIRTcar Series points, and leads the RoC Dirt Tour.

Varin will still have the Erik Nelson owned #85 for weekly competition at Glen Ridge, and will have the Tom Umbenhauer owned #19v and the Dover Brakes Racing #00 at his disposal for special races. Varin did participate last week at Orange County for Joey Decker.

Johnson will pilot the Petruska #66 part-time on the RoC Tour while competing weekly at Accord the rest of the season. Johnson will continue to drive for Tyler Siri on the Super DIRTcar Series and weekly at Canandaigua, and he also has his own #27J small-block for specials. Johnson started the season with Mike Payne Racing before the 2 sides split a few weeks ago. Johnson has also driven for Lee Shultz and Jeff Brown for weekly competition at Accord and Georgetown, respectively. Johnson will be in another new ride for Tuesday's RoC Dirt Tour race at Five Mile Point, as he will be aboard the car normally piloted by Adam MacGeorge.

Big Diamond Raceway has announced that due to the recent rain-outs, they will extend their season for another month. The 3/8th mile will run on Sunday evenings throughout the month of September, with the championship eventually being decided on September 29th.

Weekend Recap; Updated Win List; One Mid-Weeker

Another weekend in the books. After having 2 consecutive weeks filled with mid-week specials, this week we've only got one. The RoC Dirt Tour invades Five Mile Point Speedway for the annual "Night of Qualifiers" on Tuesday night. There are 14 starting positions for some of the most prestigious races throughout the northeast that will be up for grabs to the top-14 finishers. Bobby Varin will head into Five Mile Point with the RoC Dirt Tour points lead.

Here's a look at the weekend top-5 finishers...

7/12 Results

Big Diamond- Rained Out
Georgetown- Rained Out

Accord Speedway (Twin Features)
Feature #1
1st J17 Jeff Heotzler
2nd 831 Mike Ricci
3rd 11 Danny Creeden
4th 34 Andy Bachetti
5th 55 Jerry Higbie

Feature #2
1st 33 1/3 Tommy Meier
2nd J17 Jeff Heotzler
3rd 55 Jerry Higbie
4th 831 Mike Ricci
5th 49 Donnie Elliott

Brewerton Speedway
1st 77x Dale Planck
2nd 1x Willy Decker
3rd 83x Tim Sears Jr
4th 99 Chuck Bower
5th 99J Jimmy Phelps

Albany-Saratoga Speedway
1st 18B Bodie Bellinger
2nd 22J Jeremy Wilder
3rd 1J Stewart Friesen
4th 3J Marc Johnson
5th 115 Kenny Tremont

I-88 Speedway
1st 21 Shaun Walker
2nd 8m Tim Mayne
3rd 2G Mitch Gibbs
4th 35 Don Hart
5th 77x Mike Mahaney

Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 17 Elmo Reckner
2nd 85 Bobby Varin
3rd 9 Jim Becker
4th 20c Craig Hanson
5th 23 Richie Price

Ransomville Speedway
1st 25 Erick Rudolph
2nd 42 Pete Bicknell
3rd 1J Jeff McGinnis
4th 72 Tommy Flannigan
5th 123 Robbie Krull

Mohawk International Raceway
1st 23D Billy Dunn
2nd 22c Mario Clair
3rd 151KB Brian McDonald
4th 01 Chris Raabe
5th 66x Carey Terrance

Autodrome Granby
1st 49 Francois Bernier
2nd 46 Kayle Robidoux
3rd 73 Alain Boisvert
4th 1 David Hebert
5th 99 Steve Paine

Lernerville Speedway
1st 6 Mat Williamson
2nd 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
3rd 83 Brian Swartzlander
4th 16 Gage Morin
5th 96 Mike Turner

Penn Can Speedway
1st 7m Mike Nagel Jr
2nd 11P Dan Pompey
3rd 78 Grant Hilfiger
4th 151 Joey Colsten
5th 63 Adam MacGeorge

Devil's Bowl Speedway
1st 1x Todd Stone
2nd 69 Hunter Bates
3rd 4 Leon Gonyo
4th 19 Jessey Mueller
5th 78 Vince Quenneville

7/13 Results

Delaware- Rained Out

Lebanon Valley Speedway ($5,000 to win plus small blocks)
Big Blocks ($5,000 to win)
1st 34 Andy Bachetti
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 77J Keith Flach
4th 11A Kyle Armstrong
5th 101 Jimmy Burns

Small Blocks
1st 55 Brett Haas
2nd 21 Ryan Darcy
3rd 88 Olden Dwyer
4th 34 Steve Hough
5th 25 Chad Jeseo

Autodrome Drummond (Double Features)
Feature #1
1st 1 David Hebert
2nd 01 Chris Raabe
3rd 23 Dany Bilodeau
4th 21 Yan Bussiere
5th 54 Steve Bernard

Feature #2
1st 22c Mario Clair
2nd 39 Clement Therrien
3rd 1 David Hebert
4th 63 Dominic Dufault
5th 54 Steve Bernard

Merrittville Speedway (50 laps)
1st 71 Mike Bowman
2nd 42 Pete Bicknell
3rd 777 Tyler McPherson
4th 96 Fred Carleton
5th 12 Chad Chevalier

Fulton Speedway
1st 42p Pat Ward
2nd 99L Larry Wight
3rd 99 Chuck Bower
4th 77x Dale Planck
5th 83x Tim Sears Jr

Five Mile Point Speedway
1st 1J Jim Gabriel
2nd 42B Kevin Bates
3rd 20R Nick Rochinski
4th 51 Mike Colsten
5th 28F Stan Frankenfield

Grandview Speedway
1st 357 Frank Cozze
2nd 21K Kyle Weiss
3rd 4* Jeff Strunk
4th 1c Craig Von Dohren
5th 53 Mike Gular

Orange County Fair Speedway
1st 79 Jeremy Markle
2nd 21 Clinton Mills
3rd 244 Chris Whitehead
4th 7 Donnie Wilson
5th 19 Chuck McKee

Fonda Speedway
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 21 Mike Mahaney
3rd 14G Brian Gleason
4th 93 Danny Varin
5th 24 Jeremy Wilder

Brockville Ontario Speedway
1st 17D Danny O'Brien
2nd 66 Kyle Dingwall
3rd 7 Lee Gill
4th 6 Pat O'Brien
5th 88 Tim O'Brien

Bridgeport Speedway
1st 7 Rick Laubach
2nd 711 Mike Iles
3rd 0 Richie Pratt
4th 5 Jimmy Horton
5th 42s Jack Swain

Airborne Speedway
1st 80 Andy Heywood
2nd 1x Todd Stone
3rd 24 Patrick Dupree
4th 97 Kris Vernold
5th 4 Leon Gonyo

Canandaigua Motorsports Park
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 56 Vince Vitale
3rd 3 Justin Haers
4th 5* Danny Johnson
5th 7x Steve Paine

New Egypt Speedway
1st 1 Billy Pauch
2nd 323 Neal Williams
3rd 54 Tommy Farrell
4th 59 Tad Cox
5th 747 Ryan Godown

Evans Mills Speedway
1st 60 Bill Gill
2nd 25 Murray Walts
3rd 44 Lance Willix
4th 9J Jordan McCreadie
5th 24 Brandon Sweet

Mercer Raceway Park
1st 66F Kyle Fink
2nd 4 Jeff Schaffer
3rd 1G Frank Guidace
4th 66 J.R. McGinley
5th 711 Matt Reeher

Woodhull Raceway
1st 5K Stacy Jackson
2nd 60 Bobby Davis
3rd 11 Donnie Lawson
4th 3 Joe Dgien
5th 63 Bryan Worthing

Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 58 Jeff Parker
2nd 31 J.P. Curry
3rd 38 Mike Stofflet
4th 5 Ricky Yetter
5th 1L Billy Lowden

7/14 Results

Utica Rome Speedway
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 99 Ryan Phelps
3rd 41 Jimmy Davis
4th 1x Willy Decker
5th 4 Mike Mahaney

Cornwall Motor Speedway
1st 97 Michel Chicoine
2nd 4J Jeff Sykes
3rd 40 Joel Doiron
4th 23 Laurent Ladouceur
5th 66x Carey Terrance

Sportsman's Speedway
1st 41 Jimmy Holden
2nd 66F Kyle Fink
3rd 17jr Sid Unverzagt
4th 19 Rick Lias
5th 29 Eric Beggs


Here's the updated win list...

Stewart Friesen- 12 (Fonda- 7, Utica Rome- 2, Volusia, Five Mile Point, Rolling Wheels)
Matt Sheppard- 10 (Canandaigua- 5, Utica Rome- 2, Merrittville, I-88, Cornwall)
Todd Stone- 9 (Devil's Bowl- 5, Airborne- 4)
Duane Howard- 8 (Grandview- 6, Selinsgrove, Big Diamond)
Craig Von Dohren- 8 (Big Diamond- 4, Grandview- 4)
Brett Hearn- 8 (Lebanon Valley- 4, Albany- 3, Volusia)
Bobby Varin- 7 (Glen Ridge- 4, Orange County- 2, Bridgeport)
Andy Bachetti- 7 (Lebanon Valley- 6, Accord)
Billy Dunn- 6 (Mohawk- 4, Canandaigua- 2)
Ryan Godown- 5 (New Egypt- 4, Georgetown)
Chad Brachmann- 5 (Ransomville- 2, Lernerville, Merrittville, Pittsburgh)
Chris Raabe- 5 (Evans Mills- 3, Mohawk, RPM)
Erick Rudolph- 5 (Merrittville- 2, Ransomville- 2, Humberstone)
Mat Williamson- 5 (Lernerville- 4, Merrittville)
David Hebert- 5 (Drummond- 3, Granby- 2)
Rick Laubach- 5 (Bridgeport- 2, Volusia, New Egypt, Georgetown)
Kyle Fink- 5 (Sportsman's- 3, Mercer- 2)
Jerry Higbie- 4 (Orange County- 3, Accord)
Ryan Watt- 4 (Bridgeport- 3, Penn Can)
Jessey Mueller- 4 (Devil's Bowl- 2, Thunder Road, Airborne)
Kevin Bates- 4 (Five Mile Point- 4)
Dale Planck- 4 (Humberstone- 2, Fulton, Brewerton)
Pat Ward- 4 (Fulton- 3, Five Mile Point)
Danny O'Brien- 4 (Brockville- 4)
Al Rudalavage- 3 (Woodhull- 2, Penn Can)
Jamie Mills- 3 (Delaware- 3)
Rex King Jr- 3 (Sharon- 2, Lernerville)
Jeff Strunk- 3 (Big Diamond- 3)
Brian Swartzlander- 3 (Lernerville- 2, Sharon)
Dom Buffalino- 3 (Bridgeport- 3)
Rex King- 3 (Sharon- 3)
Craig Hanson- 3 (Glen Ridge- 3)
Mike Stofflet- 3 (Mahoning Valley- 3)
Jimmy Horton- 3 (Bridgeport- 2, New Egypt)
Jim Weller- 3 (Sharon- 3)
Ronnie Johnson- 3 (Utica Rome, Albany, Fonda)
Meme DeSantis- 3 (Grandview- 2, Big Diamond)
H.J. Bunting- 3 (Delaware- 3)
Jeff Heotzler- 3 (Accord- 2, Orange County)
Mike Bowman- 3 (Merrittville- 2, Humberstone)
Billy Pauch- 3 (New Egypt- 3)
Jeff Parker- 3 (Mahoning Valley- 3)
Todd Burley- 2 (Utica Rome, Ransomville)
Larry Wight- 2 (Fulton- 2)
Alan Johnson- 2 (Canandaigua, Utica Rome)
Jimmy Phelps- 2 (Brewerton, Utica Rome)
Mike Mahaney- 2 (I-88- 2)
Chad Phelps- 2 (Fulton, Brewerton)
Jackie Brown- 2 (Accord- 2)
Neal Williams- 2 (Georgetown, New Egypt)
Mike Colsten- 2 (Five Mile Point- 2)
Richie Pratt- 2 (Bridgeport- 2)
Donnie Lawson- 2 (Woodhull- 2)
Billy VanInwegen- 2 (Accord, Orange County)
Brian Malcolm- 2 (Penn Can, Five Mile Point)
Gary Butler- 2 (New Egypt- 2)
Billy Van Pelt- 2 (Woodhull- 2)
Lee Gill- 2 (Brockville- 2)
Frank Guidace- 2 (Mercer- 2)
Kenny Tremont- 2 (Albany-Saratoga- 2)
Brian McDonald- 2 (Brockville- 2)
Ryan Phelps- 2 (Utica Rome, Fulton)
Gary Smoker- 2 (Mercer- 2)
Jordan McCreadie- 2 (Evans Mills- 2)
Billy Decker- 2 (Brewerton- 2)
Brett Tonkin- 2 (I-88- 2)
Pete Bicknell- 2 (Ransomville, Merrittville)
Matt DeLorenzo- 2 (Fonda- 2)
Frank Dunning- 2 (Woodhull- 2)
Danny Creeden- 2 (Five Mile Point- 2)
Rob Bellinger- 2 (Brewerton, Fulton)
Beau Wilkins- 2 (Delaware- 2)
Kris Graver- 2 (Mahoning Valley- 2)
Carey Terrance- 2 (Mohawk, Cornwall)
Billy Thornton- 2 (Penn Can- 2)
Scott Kerwin- 2 (Ransomville- 2)
Alan Therrien- 2 (RPM- 2)
Danny Johnson- 2 (Volusia, Canandaigua)
Ricky Yetter- 2 (Mahoning Valley- 2)
Steve Hartman Jr- 2 (Woodhull- 2)
Rick Richner- 2 (Ransomville, Eriez)
Sid Unverzagt- 2 (Sportman's- 2)
Dave Murdick- 2 (Sharon, Expo)
Francois Bernier- 2 (Granby- 2)
Brett Haas- 2 (Lebanon Valley- 2)
Frank Cozze- 2 (Big Diamond, Grandview)
Bill Gill- 2 (Evans Mills- 2)
Jimmy Holden- 2 (Mercer, Sportsman's)
Matt Jester- 1 (Delaware)
Mark Levy- 1 (Mahoning Valley)
Doug Manmiller- 1 (Grandview)
Gary Edwards- 1 (Orange County)
Grant Hilfiger- 1 (Penn Can)
Don Hart- 1 (I-88)
Willie Osmun- 1 (New Egypt)
Tyler Siri- 1 (I-88)
Rocco Infane- 1 (New Egypt)
Dave Hunt- 1 (Bridgeport)
Mark Kislowski- 1 (Fonda)
Lonny Riggs- 1 (Mercer)
Ray Bliss- 1 (Woodhull)
Marc Johnson- 1 (Albany)
Steve Babicek- 1 (Penn Can)
George Foley- 1 (Airborne)
J.P. Curry- 1 (Mahoning Valley)
Mitch Gibbs- 1 (I-88)
Rocky Warner- 1 (Glen Ridge)
Daniel Nadeau- 1 (RPM)
Nick Rochinski- 1 (Five Mile Point)
Andy Lindeman- 1 (Airborne)
Danny Varin- 1 (Fonda)
Mark D'Ilario- 1 (Merrittville)
Chris Steele- 1 (Merrittville)
Justin Haers- 1 (Canandaigua)
J.R. McGinley- 1 (Mercer)
Steve Bernard- 1 (Granby)
Alex Bell- 1 (Devil's Bowl)
Steve Meilleur- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Gary Tomkins- 1 (Canandaigua)
Mike Kolka- 1 (Orange County)
Lance Willix- 1 (Evans Mills)
Jason Herrington- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Brian Krummel- 1 (Orange County)
Patrick Dupree- 1 (Airborne)
Aleia Geisler- 1 (Mahoning Valley)
Stephane LaFrance- 1 (Cornwall)
Kayle Robidoux- 1 (Granby)
Gino Clair- 1 (Granby)
Hunter Bates- 1 (Devil's Bowl)
Joseph Watson- 1 (Delaware)
Sebastien Gougeon- 1 (Drummond)
Scott Wood- 1 (Merrittville)
Gil Tegg- 1 (Canandaigua)
Jeremy Wilder- 1 (Fonda)
Peter Britten- 1 (Albany)
Kevin Hartnett- 1 (Penn Can)
Alain Boisvert- 1 (Granby)
Jeremiah Shingledecker- 1 (Lernerville)
Eddie Marshall- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Ryan Darcy- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Tim Hindley- 1 (Orange County)
Chuck McKee- 1 (Orange County)
Kyle Dingwall- 1 (Cornwall)
JaMike Sowle- 1 (Albany)
Claude Brouillard- 1 (Drummond)
Kyle Sheldon- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Steve Hough- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
John Lieto- 1 (Orange County)
Dylan Dewert- 1 (Woodhull)
Phil Vigneri- 1 (Ransomville)
Tim Currier- 1 (I-88)
Danny Tyler- 1 (Accord)
J.R. Heffner- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Alan Houghtaling- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Chris Shultz- 1 (Orange County)
Bob McGannon- 1 (Orange County)
Jim Witko- 1 (Fulton)
Tim Jones- 1 (Merrittville)
David Van Horn- 1 (New Egypt)
Brad Trice- 1 (Delaware)
Tommy Meier- 1 (Accord)
Bodie Bellinger- 1 (Albany)
Shaun Walker- 1 (I-88)
Elmo Reckner- 1 (Glen Ridge)
Mike Nagel Jr- 1 (Penn Can)
Mario Clair- 1 (Drummond)
Jim Gabriel- 1 (Five Mile Point)
Jeremy Markle- 1 (Orange County)
Andy Heywood- 1 (Airborne)
Stacy Jackson- 1 (Woodhull)
Michel Chicoine- 1 (Cornwall)

Murdick Dominates Expo

The BRP Modified Tour invaded Ohio's Expo Speedway for race #3 on their season. A field of 25 big-blocks were in attendance for the track's only motorsports event of the 2013 season.

Dave Murdick drew the pole and was untouchable. Despite multiple last race cautions, Murdick was able to cruise to his first BRP Modified Tour win of the season.

Here's how the leaders finished...

Expo Speedway (BRP Tour)
1st 61 Dave Murdick
2nd 11R Brad Rapp
3rd 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
4th 65 Rex King
5th 26 Rick Richner

Get out and support your local race track this weekend! Here's another look at this weekend's schedule...

7/12 Accord Speedway
7/12 Albany-Saratoga Speedway
7/12 Brewerton Speedway
7/12 Devil's Bowl Speedway
7/12 Georgetown Speedway
7/12 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
7/12 Autodrome Granby
7/12 I-88 Speedway
7/12 Lernerville Speedway
7/12 Mohawk International Raceway
7/12 Penn Can Speedway
7/12 Ransomville Speedway
7/12 Big Diamond Raceway
7/13 Airborne Speedway
7/13 Bridgeport Speedway
7/13 Brockville Ontario Speedway
7/13 Canandaigua Motorsports Park
7/13 Delaware International Speedway
7/13 Autodrome Drummond (Canadian National Series)
7/13 Evans Mills Speedway
7/13 Five Mile Point Speedway
7/13 Fonda Speedway
7/13 Fulton Speedway
7/13 Grandview Speedway
7/13 Lebanon Valley Speedway ($5,000 to win plus small blocks)
7/13 Mahoning Valley Speedway
7/13 Mercer Raceway Park
7/13 Merrittville Speedway (50 laps)
7/13 New Egypt Speedway
7/13 Orange County Fair Speedway
7/13 Woodhull Raceway
7/14 Cornwall Motor Speedway
7/14 Sportsman's Speedway
7/14 Utica Rome Speedway

Hearn and Trice Shine on Tuesday

Brett Hearn won a thriller at The Big Show, while Brad Trice won the biggest race of his career on Tuesday.

The Super DIRTcar Series invaded Albany-Saratoga Speedway for the 5th annual Big Show, promoted by Brett Hearn. Gary Tomkins passed Dale Planck for the early lead and looked to be on his way to victory before a mid-race charge by Brett Hearn eventually put him at the front of the pack. Hearn was then able to hold off a late race charge by Billy Dunn to pick up his the $9,711 victory. Here's the top-5...

Albany-Saratoga Speedway (Super DIRTcar Series $9,711 to win)
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 49 Billy Dunn
3rd 673 Gary Tomkins
4th 91 Billy Decker
5th 7z Dale Planck

The trend of good car counts for tour races continued. There were 41 modifieds at Albany-Saratoga Speedway for the Big Show, which is the worst car count the Super DIRTcar Series has seen thus far.

Delaware International Speedway was also in action for the annual Camp Barnes benefit race. Trice took advantage of a restart early in the 25-lap feature event to pass Beau Wilkins. From there, it was all Trice who set sail on the field and picked up the biggest win of his career. Here were the leaders at the finish...

Delaware International Speedway ($3,000 to win)
1st 33 Brad Trice
2nd 30 Jamie Mills
3rd 85 H.J. Bunting
4th 16s Eric Kormann
5th 17 Scott Van Gorder

Utica Rome was schedule to have their fan appreciation night on Wednesday night, highlighted by a regular show for the big-blocks. Mother Nature had other plans, as a persistent rain cancelled the event.

Thursday the BRP Tour invades Expo Speedway. Chad Brachmann leads the points for the big-block tour through 2 events. Brian Weaver is the defending winner of the event, while Rick Richner won the last BRP Tour event, which was held at Eriez Speedway.

Last Week's Leaders; Updated Win List; This Week's Schedule

Sorry for the delay in getting this out there. We're going to post the entire previous week's top-5 finishers, including the mid-week shows. Even though I almost always do a little recap and post the top-5 the day after a mid-week show, we'll still throw it in with the recap. Updated win list and this week's schedule are also on this post.

7/1 Results

Cornwall Motor Speedway (358 DIRTcar Series)
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 6 Mat Williamson
3rd 99J Jimmy Phelps
4th 27J Danny Johnson
5th 66x Carey Terrance


7/2 Results

Grandview- Rained Out

Ransomville Speedway
1st 44v Phil Vigneri
2nd 93 Rich Vinson
3rd 72 Tommy Flannigan
4th 38 Ryan Susice
5th 25 Erick Rudolph

7/3 Results

Bridgeport- Rained Out

Ransomville Speedway (358 DIRTcar Series $5,000 to win)
1st 3 Chad Brachmann
2nd 7z Dale Planck
3rd 42 Pete Bicknell
4th 99J Jimmy Phelps
5th 1R Jeff McGinnis

Airborne Speedway
1st 19 Jessey Mueller
2nd 34 George Foley
3rd 1H Pierre Berthiaume
4th 4 Leon Gonyo
5th 24 Patrick Dupree


7/5 Results

Albany- Rained Out
Brewerton- Rained Out

Big Diamond Raceway (33 laps $3,300 to win)
1st 88D Meme DeSantis
2nd 1c Craig Von Dohren
3rd 4 Jeff Strunk
4th 46 Doug Manmiller
5th 33 Ray Swinehart

Mohawk International Raceway (50 laps)
1st 23D Billy Dunn
2nd 151KB Brian McDonald
3rd 01 Chris Raabe
4th 66x Carey Terrance
5th 40 Joel Doiron

Devil's Bowl Speedway (44 laps)
1st 1x Todd Stone
2nd 69 Hunter Bates
3rd 27 Ron Proctor
4th 78 Vince Quenneville
5th 4 Leon Gonyo

Penn Can Speedway
1st 11 Billy Thornton
2nd 2 Bobby Trapper
3rd 88 Kevin Hartnett
4th 1s Steve Babicek
5th m16 Michael Schane

Autodrome Granby
1st 1H David Hebert
2nd 46 Kayle Robidoux
3rd 49 Francois Bernier
4th 99 Steve Paine
5th 73 Alain Boisvert

I-88 Speedway
1st 10 Tim Currier
2nd 77x Mike Mahaney
3rd 6H J.R. Hurlburt
4th 21 Shaun Walker
5th 15 Brett Tonkin

Georgetown Speedway
1st 7 Rick Laubach
2nd 19K Brian Kressley
3rd 747 Ryan Godown
4th 14w Ryan Watt
5th 323 Neal Williams

Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 85 Bobby Varin
2nd 20c Craig Hanson
3rd 17 Elmo Reckner
4th 23 Richie Price
5th 22J Jeremy Wilder

Accord Speedway
1st 97T Danny Tyler
2nd 34 Andy Bachetti
3rd 6x Jackie Brown
4th 831 Mike Ricci
5th 84 Mel Schrufer

Ransomville Speedway
1st 7 Scott Kerwin
2nd 42 Pete Bicknell
3rd 11J Justin Wright
4th 38 Ryan Susice
5th 25 Erick Rudolph

7/6 Results

RPM Speedway (Twin 40s)
Feature #1
1st 01 Chris Raabe
2nd 22c Mario Clair
3rd 1 David Hebert
4th 63 Dominic Dufault
5th 37 Paul St-Sauveur

Feature #2
1st 39A Alan Therrien
2nd 124 Pierre DaGenais
3rd 22c Mario Clair
4th 61 Simon Perreault
5th 3 Claude Brouillard

Fonda Speedway ($3,000 to win)
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 2 Ronnie Johnson
3rd 21J Jeff Trombley
4th 93 Danny Varin
5th 3 Mark Kislowski

Brockville Ontario Speedway (50 laps)
1st 17D Danny O'Brien
2nd 7 Lee Gill
3rd 66 Kyle Dingwall
4th 6 Pat O'Brien
5th 25 Bobby Herrington

Lebanon Valley Speedway (plus small blocks)
Big Blocks
1st 74 J.R. Heffner
2nd 11A Kyle Armstrong
3rd 20 Brett Hearn
4th 34 Andy Bachetti
5th 17 Rob Pitcher

Small Blocks
1st 250 Alan Houghtaling
2nd 36 Steve Meilleur
3rd 25 Chad Jeseo
4th 34 Steve Hough
5th 12s Brian Sandstedt

Orange County Fair Speedway (plus small blocks)
Big Blocks
1st 24 Chris Shultz
2nd 244 Chris Whitehead
3rd 21 Clinton Mills
4th 4R Mike Ruggerio
5th 1H Tim Hindley

Small Blocks
1st 21m Bob McGannon
2nd 84 Mel Schrufer
3rd 24 Chris Schultz
4th 16x Danny Creeden
5th J7 John Finley

Canandaigua Motorsports Park
1st 5* Danny Johnson
2nd 9s Matt Sheppard
3rd 56 Vince Vitale
4th 91 Chad Homan
5th 7z Dave Marcuccilli

Delaware International Speedway
1st 85 H.J. Bunting
2nd 30 Jamie Mills
3rd 62 Matt Jester
4th 7 Rick Laubach
5th 16s Eric Kormann

Grandview Speedway
1st 1c Craig Von Dohren
2nd 41 Jon Kellner
3rd 81 Terry Meitzler
4th 74w John Willman
5th 17 Ryan Grim

Fulton Speedway
1st 24 Jim Witko
2nd 99 Ryan Phelps
3rd 91 Billy Decker
4th 85 Dan Vauter
5th X Chad Phelps

Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 5 Ricky Yetter
2nd 58 Jeff Parker
3rd 31 J.P. Curry
4th 44 Aleia Geisler
5th 83 Mark Martini

Merrittville Speedway
1st 15J Tim Jones
2nd 96 Fred Carleton
3rd 72 Tommy Flannigan
4th 37s Robbie Krull
5th 06 Brandon Easey

New Egypt Speedway
1st 71 David Van Horn
2nd 1 Billy Pauch
3rd 323 Neal Williams
4th 68 Gary Butler
5th 81 Willie Osmun

Woodhull Raceway
1st 15 Steve Hartman Jr
2nd 21m Mike Bills
3rd 11 Donnie Lawson
4th 1 Casey Pavlick
5th 31 Frank Dunning

Five Mile Point Speedway
1st 42B Kevin Bates
2nd 28F Stan Frankenfield
3rd 20R Nick Rochinski
4th 1J Jim Gabriel
5th 7c Chris Wood

7/7 Results

Utica Rome- Rained Out
Cornwall- Rained Out

Eriez Speedway (BRP Tour)
1st 26 Rick Richner
2nd 17H Kevin Hoffman
3rd 3 Chad Brachmann
4th 35H Chris Haines
5th 2B Ron Cartwright

Humberstone Speedway
1st 7z Dale Planck
2nd 25 Erick Rudolph
3rd 72 Tommy Flannigan
4th 28 Todd Gordon
5th 6 Mat Williamson

Sportsman's Speedway
1st 17jr Sid Unverzagt
2nd 41 Jimmy Holden
3rd 19W Richard Whitney
4th 68H Kyle Holden
5th 19 Rick Lias

Updated Win List
Stewart Friesen- 11 (Fonda- 6, Utica Rome- 2, Volusia, Five Mile Point, Rolling Wheels)
Duane Howard- 8 (Grandview- 6, Selinsgrove, Big Diamond)
Matt Sheppard- 8 (Canandaigua- 4, Utica Rome, Merrittville, I-88, Cornwall)
Todd Stone- 8 (Airborne- 4, Devil's Bowl- 4)
Craig Von Dohren- 8 (Big Diamond- 4, Grandview- 4)
Brett Hearn- 7 (Lebanon Valley- 4, Albany- 2, Volusia)
Bobby Varin- 7 (Glen Ridge- 4, Orange County- 2, Bridgeport)
Andy Bachetti- 6 (Lebanon Valley- 5, Accord)
Ryan Godown- 5 (New Egypt- 4, Georgetown)
Chad Brachmann- 5 (Ransomville- 2, Lernerville, Merrittville, Pittsburgh)
Billy Dunn- 5 (Mohawk- 3, Canandaigua- 2)
Chris Raabe- 5 (Evans Mills- 3, Mohawk, RPM)
Mat Williamson- 4 (Lernerville- 3, Merrittville)
Jerry Higbie- 4 (Orange County- 3, Accord)
Kyle Fink- 4 (Sportsman's- 3, Mercer)
Erick Rudolph- 4 (Merrittville- 2, Humberstone, Ransomville)
Ryan Watt- 4 (Bridgeport- 3, Penn Can)
David Hebert- 4 (Drummond- 2, Granby- 2)
Jessey Mueller- 4 (Devil's Bowl- 2, Thunder Road, Airborne)
Rick Laubach- 4 (Volusia, Bridgeport, New Egypt, Georgetown)
Kevin Bates- 4 (Five Mile Point- 4)
Al Rudalavage- 3 (Woodhull- 2, Penn Can)
Jamie Mills- 3 (Delaware- 3)
Rex King Jr- 3 (Sharon- 2, Lernerville)
Jeff Strunk- 3 (Big Diamond- 3)
Brian Swartzlander- 3 (Lernerville- 2, Sharon)
Dom Buffalino- 3 (Bridgeport- 3)
Rex King- 3 (Sharon- 3)
Craig Hanson- 3 (Glen Ridge- 3)
Mike Stofflet- 3 (Mahoning Valley- 3)
Jimmy Horton- 3 (Bridgeport- 2, New Egypt)
Jim Weller- 3 (Sharon- 3)
Pat Ward- 3 (Fulton- 2, Five Mile Point)
Ronnie Johnson- 3 (Utica Rome, Albany, Fonda)
Meme DeSantis- 3 (Grandview- 2, Big Diamond)
Danny O'Brien- 3 (Brockville- 3)
H.J. Bunting- 3 (Delaware- 3)
Dale Planck- 3 (Humberstone- 2, Fulton)
Jeff Heotzler- 2 (Orange County, Accord)
Todd Burley- 2 (Utica Rome, Ransomville)
Larry Wight- 2 (Fulton- 2)
Alan Johnson- 2 (Canandaigua, Utica Rome)
Jimmy Phelps- 2 (Brewerton, Utica Rome)
Mike Mahaney- 2 (I-88- 2)
Chad Phelps- 2 (Fulton, Brewerton)
Jackie Brown- 2 (Accord- 2)
Neal Williams- 2 (Georgetown, New Egypt)
Mike Colsten- 2 (Five Mile Point- 2)
Richie Pratt- 2 (Bridgeport- 2)
Donnie Lawson- 2 (Woodhull- 2)
Jeff Parker- 2 (Mahoning Valley- 2)
Billy VanInwegen- 2 (Accord, Orange County)
Mike Bowman- 2 (Merrittville, Humberstone)
Brian Malcolm- 2 (Penn Can, Five Mile Point)
Gary Butler- 2 (New Egypt- 2)
Billy Van Pelt- 2 (Woodhull- 2)
Lee Gill- 2 (Brockville- 2)
Frank Guidace- 2 (Mercer- 2)
Kenny Tremont- 2 (Albany-Saratoga- 2)
Brian McDonald- 2 (Brockville- 2)
Ryan Phelps- 2 (Utica Rome, Fulton)
Gary Smoker- 2 (Mercer- 2)
Jordan McCreadie- 2 (Evans Mills- 2)
Billy Decker- 2 (Brewerton- 2)
Brett Tonkin- 2 (I-88- 2)
Pete Bicknell- 2 (Ransomville, Merrittville)
Matt DeLorenzo- 2 (Fonda- 2)
Billy Pauch- 2 (New Egypt- 2)
Frank Dunning- 2 (Woodhull- 2)
Danny Creeden- 2 (Five Mile Point- 2)
Rob Bellinger- 2 (Brewerton, Fulton)
Beau Wilkins- 2 (Delaware- 2)
Kris Graver- 2 (Mahoning Valley- 2)
Carey Terrance- 2 (Mohawk, Cornwall)
Billy Thornton- 2 (Penn Can- 2)
Scott Kerwin- 2 (Ransomville- 2)
Alan Therrien- 2 (RPM- 2)
Danny Johnson- 2 (Volusia, Canandaigua)
Ricky Yetter- 2 (Mahoning Valley- 2)
Steve Hartman Jr- 2 (Woodhull- 2)
Rick Richner- 2 (Ransomville, Eriez)
Sid Unverzagt- 2 (Sportman's- 2)
Matt Jester- 1 (Delaware)
Mark Levy- 1 (Mahoning Valley)
Doug Manmiller- 1 (Grandview)
Gary Edwards- 1 (Orange County)
Grant Hilfiger- 1 (Penn Can)
Don Hart- 1 (I-88)
Willie Osmun- 1 (New Egypt)
Tyler Siri- 1 (I-88)
Rocco Infane- 1 (New Egypt)
Brett Haas- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Dave Hunt- 1 (Bridgeport)
Mark Kislowski- 1 (Fonda)
Lonny Riggs- 1 (Mercer)
Ray Bliss- 1 (Woodhull)
Marc Johnson- 1 (Albany)
Steve Babicek- 1 (Penn Can)
George Foley- 1 (Airborne)
J.P. Curry- 1 (Mahoning Valley)
Francois Bernier- 1 (Granby)
Frank Cozze- 1 (Big Diamond)
Mitch Gibbs- 1 (I-88)
Rocky Warner- 1 (Glen Ridge)
Daniel Nadeau- 1 (RPM)
Nick Rochinski- 1 (Five Mile Point)
Andy Lindeman- 1 (Airborne)
Danny Varin- 1 (Fonda)
Mark D'Ilario- 1 (Merrittville)
Dave Murdick- 1 (Sharon)
Chris Steele- 1 (Merrittville)
Justin Haers- 1 (Canandaigua)
J.R. McGinley- 1 (Mercer)
Steve Bernard- 1 (Granby)
Alex Bell- 1 (Devil's Bowl)
Steve Meilleur- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Gary Tomkins- 1 (Canandaigua)
Mike Kolka- 1 (Orange County)
Jimmy Holden- 1 (Mercer)
Lance Willix- 1 (Evans Mills)
Jason Herrington- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Brian Krummel- 1 (Orange County)
Patrick Dupree- 1 (Airborne)
Bill Gill- 1 (Evans Mills)
Aleia Geisler- 1 (Mahoning Valley)
Stephane LaFrance- 1 (Cornwall)
Kayle Robidoux- 1 (Granby)
Gino Clair- 1 (Granby)
Hunter Bates- 1 (Devil's Bowl)
Joseph Watson- 1 (Delaware)
Sebastien Gougeon- 1 (Drummond)
Scott Wood- 1 (Merrittville)
Gil Tegg- 1 (Canandaigua)
Jeremy Wilder- 1 (Fonda)
Peter Britten- 1 (Albany)
Kevin Hartnett- 1 (Penn Can)
Alain Boisvert- 1 (Granby)
Jeremiah Shingledecker- 1 (Lernerville)
Eddie Marshall- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Ryan Darcy- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Tim Hindley- 1 (Orange County)
Chuck McKee- 1 (Orange County)
Kyle Dingwall- 1 (Cornwall)
JaMike Sowle- 1 (Albany)
Claude Brouillard- 1 (Drummond)
Kyle Sheldon- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Steve Hough- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
John Lieto- 1 (Orange County)
Dylan Dewert- 1 (Woodhull)
Phil Vigneri- 1 (Ransomville)
Tim Currier- 1 (I-88)
Danny Tyler- 1 (Accord)
J.R. Heffner- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Alan Houghtaling- 1 (Lebanon Valley)
Chris Shultz- 1 (Orange County)
Bob McGannon- 1 (Orange County)
Jim Witko- 1 (Fulton)
Tim Jones- 1 (Merrittville)
David Van Horn- 1 (New Egypt)

This Week's Schedule
7/9 Albany-Saratoga Speedway (Super DIRTcar Series $9,711 to win)
7/9 Delaware International Speedway (35 laps $3,500 to win)
7/10 Utica Rome Speedway
7/11 Expo Speedway (BRP Tour)
7/12 Accord Speedway
7/12 Albany-Saratoga Speedway
7/12 Brewerton Speedway
7/12 Devil's Bowl Speedway
7/12 Georgetown Speedway
7/12 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
7/12 Autodrome Granby
7/12 I-88 Speedway
7/12 Lernerville Speedway
7/12 Mohawk International Raceway
7/12 Penn Can Speedway
7/12 Ransomville Speedway
7/12 Big Diamond Raceway
7/13 Airborne Speedway
7/13 Bridgeport Speedway
7/13 Brockville Ontario Speedway
7/13 Canandaigua Motorsports Park
7/13 Delaware International Speedway
7/13 Autodrome Drummond (Canadian National Series)
7/13 Evans Mills Speedway
7/13 Five Mile Point Speedway
7/13 Fonda Speedway
7/13 Fulton Speedway
7/13 Grandview Speedway
7/13 Lebanon Valley Speedway ($5,000 to win plus small blocks)
7/13 Mahoning Valley Speedway
7/13 Mercer Raceway Park
7/13 Merrittville Speedway (50 laps)
7/13 New Egypt Speedway
7/13 Orange County Fair Speedway
7/13 Woodhull Raceway
7/14 Cornwall Motor Speedway
7/14 Sportsman's Speedway
7/14 Utica Rome Speedway

Tidbit Tuesday; Ricci Brothers; Kenny Tremont; Utica Rescheduled

Good Moring. Sorry for the delay in results. I'll have the results/updated win list/this week's schedule posted tonight.

Remember, there are 2 big races tonight. The Super DIRTcar Series invades Albany Saratoga Speedway for The Big Show where the winner will take home at least $9,711. Also, the annual Camp Barnes Benefit race takes place at Delaware International Speedway. The big-block winnner will walk away with $3,500.

Now, onto some minor tidbits.

Mike Ricci has made a recent return to racing. Ricci, who parted ways mid-season with the Joe Grasso team and finished the 2012 season aboard the Tony Kawalchuk #20T, found himself on the sidelines throughout most of the 2013 season. However, Ricci has teamed up with Mike Wells in recent weeks and will run the car for the remainder of the season at Accord Speedway. Mike's brother, Rich Ricci, will also be making his first start of the season in the next few weeks aboard a brand new car.

Brett Deyo has announced that Kenny Tremont will run a second Jackie Brown entry in Accord Speedway's "Battle of the Bullring."

Utica Rome's rained out feature from Sunday night will be run on Ju 21st.

Brachmann Breaks Through; Mueller Keeps Momentum; Happy 4th of July!

After near miss after near miss, Chad Brachmann has finally broke through with his first career DIRTcar 358 Series victory. Brachmann's 5th win of the 2013 came in Wednesday night's "Battle of the Border" at Ransomville Speedway and was worth $5,000. Dale Planck led early, but Brachmann was able to take advantage of a restart to take the lead and never looked back. Here's the top 5...

Ransomville Speedway (358 DIRTcar Series)
1st 3 Chad Brachmann
2nd 7z Dale Planck
3rd 42 Pete Bicknell
4th 99J Jimmy Phelps
5th 1R Jeff McGinnis

Matt Sheppard, who had won the first 2 DIRTcar 358 Series races, but was recently penalized $4,000 and 100 points and was entered for Ransomville's race was a no-show.

Airborne Speedway scheduled a rare mid-week event as a result of a slew of rainouts. Jessey Mueller took advantage of an upfront starting spot and held off a hard-charging George Foley to pick up his 4th feature win of 2013 (and first career Airborne victory.) Here's how the top 5 ended up...

Airborne Speedway
1st 19 Jessey Mueller
2nd 34 George Foley
3rd 1H Pierre Berthiaume
4th 4 Leon Gonyo
5th 24 Patrick Dupree

Leon Gonyo took advantage of Todd Stone's rough night (DNF) to take a significant chunk out of Stone's points lead.

Bridgeport was rained out.

Thursday will be a day off, but here's the rest of the weekend schedule...

/5 Accord Speedway
7/5 Albany-Saratoga Speedway
7/5 Brewerton Speedway
7/5 Devil's Bowl Speedway (44 laps)
7/5 Georgetown Speedway
7/5 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park
7/5 Autodrome Granby
7/5 I-88 Speedway
7/5 Mohawk International Raceway (50 laps)
7/5 Penn Can Speedway
7/5 Ransomville Speedway
7/5 Big Diamond Raceway (33 laps $3,300 to win)
7/6 Brockville Ontario Speedway (50 laps)
7/6 Canandaigua Motorsports Park
7/6 Delaware International Speedway
7/6 Five Mile Point Speedway
7/6 Fonda Speedway
7/6 Fulton Speedway
7/6 Grandview Speedway
7/6 Lebanon Valley Speedway (plus small blocks)
7/6 Mahoning Valley Speedway
7/6 Mercer Raceway Park
7/6 Merrittville Speedway
7/6 New Egypt Speedway
7/6 Orange County Fair Speedway (plus small blocks)
7/6 RPM Speedway (Twin 40s)
7/6 Woodhull Raceway
7/7 Eriez Speedway (BRP Tour)
7/7 Cornwall Motor Speedway
7/7 Humberstone Speedway
7/7 Sportsman's Speedway
7/7 Utica Rome Speedway

Happy 4th of July, everyone! Enjoy the holiday!

Vigneri Dominates Ransomville; Rain Cancels Grandview; Sheppard Penalized; Playing "Catch Up"

The holiday race-week continued on Tuesday night, as Ransomville and Grandview had races on their schedules. Ransomville was able to get their show in, while Grandview had to pull the plug early in the afternoon.

Ransomville Speedway saw Phil Vigneri take an early lead from pole-sitter Tommy Flannigan and never look back, as a dominating performance gave his him first victory of 2013. Here's how the top 5 ended up...

Ransomville Speedway
1st 44v Phil Vigneri
2nd 93 Rich Vinson
3rd 72 Tommy Flannigan
4th 38 Ryan Susice
5th 25 Erick Rudolph

Only 2 invaders took advantage of the extra track time, as 358 DIRTcar Series regular Daniel Nadeau, and Stewart Friesen (making his first start of the year in Jeff Daley's #44) both qualified for the night's feature event.

Tonight, the action continues as 3 tracks have mid-week events planned. Ransomville Speedway will host the 358 DIRTcar Series for the "Battle for the Border" 75-lap $5,000 to win feature event. Bridgeport Speedway will host hand #3 of the Poker Series with the "Tom Hager Memorial" which will pay $4,000 to the winner of the night's 43-lap feature. Finally, Airborne Speedway will host a weekly show to make up for their string of recent rainouts.

Speaking of the 358 DIRTcar Series, Matt Sheppard has won both 358 DIRTcar Series events raced thus far in 2013, but he will not head to Ransomville as the points leader. Following his win on Monday at Cornwall Motor Speedway, Sheppard' JB Motorsports 9s was found with illegal modifications to the 358 spec cylinder head, resulting in a $4,000 fine and a 100-point deduction.

Tony Steiner left the dirt-modified world following the 2012 season to take to the asphalt to join Oswego's super modified division. However, Steiner will be making his return to the big-block division this October to attempt to qualify for the SEF 200 at Super DIRT Week.

Here's a brief look at some "silly season" occurances that have happened during my "break" from the blog...

Steve Paine will return to weekly competition at Autodrome Granby piloting the Bruno Lepage #99 entry. Paine had success at the Quebec track in the 90s as a weekly competitor.

Following a strong start to the season, Duane Howard was released from the Eastern Rigging Racing #11 small block team. The team will finish out the year running a handful of modified races with their sportman driver, Jarrad Umbenhauer.

The biggest news was the split between Danny Johnson and Mike Payne Racing. Following a championship at the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia, the team struggled and the pairing went their seperate ways. Johnson has paired with Jeff Brown and Lee Shultz to split time between Georgetown and Accord on Fridays for the rest of the year, while he has partnered with Tyler Siri to finish out the year on the Super DIRTcar Series as well as weekly competition at Canandaigua.

Mike Payne has hired a pair of driver's to replace Johnson. Sportsman star David Marcucilli will run the car weekly at Canandaigua, while Dale Planck will take over driving duties for the rest of the season at Humberstone Speedway while following the rest of the Super DIRTcar Series.

Hello Again...

Ah, good to be back. Sorry about the blog being gone for a while--it was just sitting here as there have been a bunch of exciting things that have happened in my life. I figured it'd be better to just shut it down for a few months while I got settled into everything.

Now, the blog is going to be a little different then before. I'm going to try to do a better job with updates and what-not, and along with the normal tidbits and results posts, I'm going to do more opinion stuff as well on here. Hope you guys enjoy it!

Last night (Monday July 1st) the 358 DIRTcar Series invaded Cornwall Motor Speedway. Matt Sheppard made a late race pass on Jimmy Phelps and went on to collect his second 358 DIRTcar Series win in as many races in 2013. Here's the top 5...

Cornwall Motor Speedway (358 DIRTcar Series)
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 6 Mat Williamson
3rd 99J Jimmy Phelps
4th 14 Danny Johnson
5th 66x Carey Terrance

Danny Johnson was aboard the #14 small block normall piloted by Tom Benedict in the race. Johnson will have his own 358 for Wednesday's 358 DIRTcar Series race at Ransomville Speedway.

A busy week of modified racing continues tonight. The small block modifieds take center stage at Grandview and Ransomville Speedways. Grandview Speedway will have a $3,000 to win main event, while Ransomville Speedway will host a weekly show as a prelimary night to Wednesday's "Battle on the Border" 358 DIRTcar Series event.

Along with the $5,000 to win "Battle on the Border" 75-lap event at Ransomville, Bridgeport Speedway will host the "Tom Hager Memorial" which will feature a 43-lap $4,300 to win finale for the big-blocks. This will be the third hand of the Bridgeport "Poker Series." Airborne Speedway, after a rainout on Saturday night, will also have a weekly show headlined by the small block modifieds.

See You at Bridgeport

Hope to see everyone at Bridgeport Saturday, March 30th. We'll be there bright and early and will be doing some tailgating, so everyone is invited to stop by! Again, hope to see everyone there!