Bridgeport Speedway - Medical update

Now that Jimmy Chester has returned to weekly action as he was waiting for a new motor, two other veteran speedsters are planning to return shortly from medical issues.

Scott Irwin was sitting in the grandstands this past Saturday and reports that his car is ready for action. Scott had some health issues and is hoping to get the green light from his doctor within the next week or so. He says he feels quite well and is shooting for a return on May 19.

Steve Durand had surgery earlier this year and the team is reporting that the racer from Mahwah, NJ should be back in action in late May/early June.

The wrap up for the first weekend of May

The first weekend of May had more tracks getting to speed. Thanks again to Jamie for this update!

Car Counts
New Egypt- 32
Ransomville- 31
Albany- 30
Brewerton- 30
Orange County- 29
Lebanon Valley- 28
Airborne- 28
Utica Rome- 28
Bridgeport- 25
Penn Can- 24
Fonda- 24
Canandaigua- 24
Merrittville- 24
Mercer- 24
I-88- 23
Woodhull- 22
Five Mile Point- 21
Fulton- 20
Lernerville- 19
Delaware- 19
Can Am- 18
Accord- 17
The Ridge- 15
Sharon- 14
Mahoning Valley- 7


5/4 Results


Big Diamond-Rained Out


Ransomville Speedway (Opener)
1st 38 Ryan Susice
2nd 71 Mike Bowman
3rd 25 Erick Rudolph
4th 21K Danny Johnson
5th 7 Scott Kerwin


Albany-Saratoga Speedway
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 3 Mark Kislowski
3rd 3D Matt DeLorenzo
4th 115 Kenny Tremont
5th 2 Ronnie Johnson


Brewerton Speedway
1st 99J Jimmy Phelps
2nd 9s Matt Sheppard
3rd 93 Ryan Bartlett
4th 47 Joe August
5th 99 Ryan Phelps


I-88 Speedwaty
1st 1J Jim Gabriel
2nd 57 Paul Jensen
3rd 77 Bob Hamm
4th 3x Chris Shupp
5th 78a Brad Alger


Lernerville Speedway
1st 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
2nd 61 Dave Murdick
3rd 38 Phil Evans
4th 3E Eric Gabany
5th 83 Brian Swartzlander


Accord Speedway
1st 34 Andy Bachetti
2nd 19 Mike Ricci
3rd 97T Danny Tyler
4th 97 Jerry Higbie
5th DC1 Danny Creeden


The Ridge Motorsports Park
1st 85 Stewart Friesen
2nd 97 Bobby Varin
3rd 6x Jackie Brown
4th 22J Jeremy Wilder
5th 711 JaMike Sowle


Penn Can Speedway
1st 145 Al Rudalavage
2nd CD1 Mike Nagel Jr
3rd m16 Mike Schane
4th 5J Joey Grammes
5th 176 Brett Tonkin


5/5 Results


Grandview- Rained Out


Fulton Speedway (Opener)
1st 91 Billy Decker
2nd 62s Tommy Sears
3rd 99 Ryan Phelps
4th 24 Jim Witko
5th 33 Mike Mahaney


Merrittville Speedway (Opener)
1st 6 Mat Williamson
2nd 42 Pete Bicknell
3rd 80 Chris Steele
4th 22 Larry Lampman
5th 25 Erick Rudolph


Can Am Motorsports Park
1st 01 Chris Raabe
2nd 151KB Brian McDonald
3rd zero3 Zach Aubertine
4th 17D Danny O'Brien
5th 29 Tom Conklin


Fonda Speedway
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 73 Jimmy Davis
3rd 7 Dave Constantino
4th 16 A.J. Romano
5th 3 Mark Kislowski


Five Mile Point Speeday
1st 280 Justin Holland
2nd 1a Brian Weaver
3rd 5J Joey Grammes
4th 21 Shaun Walker
5th 16x Danny Creeden


Lebanon Valley Speedway
1st 98s Kolby Schroder
2nd 98 Eddie Marshall
3rd 57 Donnie Corellis
4th 20 Brett Hearn
5th 77J J.C. Flach


Canandaigua Motorsports Park
1st 27J Danny Johnson
2nd 10J Alan Johnson
3rd 84 Gary Tomkins
4th 99J Jimmy Phelps
5th 21A Peter Britten


Orange County Fair Speedway
1st 1H Tim Hindley
2nd 6x Jackie Brown
3rd 97 Jerry Higbie
4th 10 Michael Storms
5th 33 1/3 Tommy Meier


Bridgeport Speedway
1st 16s Eric Kormann
2nd 14w Ryan Watt
3rd 5 Jimmy Horton
4th 0 Richie Pratt
5th 267 Mike Barone


Airborne Speedway
1st 34 George Foley
2nd 1x Todd Stone
3rd 10 Patr McGrail
4th 1NY Greg Atkins
5th 25 Maxime Viens


Mercer Raceway Park
1st 1G Frank Guidace
2nd 88R Rob Curtis
3rd 14 Jeff Shaffer
4th 58 Lonny Riggs
5th 3e Eric Gabany


Sharon Speedway
1st 65 Rex King
2nd 777 Kevin Bolland
3rd 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
4th 17H Kevin Hoffman
5th 61 Dave Murdick


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


Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 01 Kris Graver
2nd 24 Randy Thomas
3rd 99 Dave Thomas
4th 38 Mike Stofflet
5th 819 Mark Levy


New Egypt Speedway
1st 7 Ron John Koczon
2nd 59 Tad Cox
3rd 23 Darren McCaughey
4th 28 Tommy Carberry Jr
5th 323OV Neal Williams


Woodhull Raceway
1st 2 Billy Van Pelt
2nd 145 Al Rudalavage
3rd 21m Mike Bills
4th 56 Lee Bills
5th 27z Ray Bliss


5/6 Results


Utica Rome Speedway
1st 18JD Jimmy Davis
2nd 115 Kenny Tremont
3rd 9s Matt Sheppard
4th 1wgc Stewart Friesen
5th 1x Willy Decker

Weekend roundup

Thanks to Jamie for providing the following weekend roundup!

Car Counts

Grandview Speedway- 43
Albany-Saratoga Speedway- 38
Utica Rome Speedway- 36
Five Mile Point Speedway- 34
Airborne Park Speedway- 27
Canandaigua Motorsports Park- 26
Lebanon Valley Speedway- 26
Orange County Fair Speedway- 24
I-88 Speedway- 24
Merrittville Speedway- 23
Lernerville Speedway- 22
Fonda Speedway- 21
Accord Speedway- 18
Can Am Motorsports Park- 17
Woodhull Raceway- 17


4/27 Results


Big Diamond- Rained Out
Penn Can- Rained Out
Brewerton- Rained Out
The Ridge- Rained Out


Albany-Saratoga Speedway
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 9s Matt Sheppard
3rd 2 Ronnie Johnson
4th 115 Kenny Tremont
5th 7 Don Ronca


Lernerville Speedway
1st 777 Kevin Bolland
2nd 37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker
3rd 61 Dave Murdick
4th 65 Rex King
5th 31 Jim Weller


I-88 Speedway
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 21 Shaun Walker
3rd 2G Mitch Gibbs
4th 22B Arnie Slade
5th 71 Russ Zimmerman


Accord Speedway
1st 34 Andy Bachetti
2nd 97 Jerry Higbie
3rd DC1 Danny Creeden
4th 19 Mike Ricci
5th 10 Richie Eurich



4/28 Results


Mercer- Rained Out
Sharon- Rained Out
Bridgeport- Rained Out
New Egypt- Rained Out
Delaware- Rained Out


Orange County Fair Speedway
Feature #1
1st 33 John Lieto
2nd 53 Mike Ruggerio
3rd 97 Jerry Higbie
4th 25 Mike Kolka
5th 79 Jeremy Markle


Feature #2
1st 244 Chris Whitehead
2nd 33 1/3 Tommy Meier
3rd 25 Mike Kolka
4th 97 Jerry Higbie
5th 79 Jeremy Markle


Grandview Speedway
Feature #1
1st 66 Jon Kellner
2nd 88D Meme DeSantis
3rd 357 Jeff Strunk
4th 4 Duane Howard
5th 41 Glenn Strunk


Feature #2
1st 4 Duane Howard
2nd 17 Ryan Grim
3rd 2 Gary Hager
4th 3G Mike Gular
5th 357 Jeff Strunk


Merrittville Speedway (50 laps $2,000 to win)
1st 42 Pete Bicknell
2nd 38 Scott Wood
3rd 3 Chad Brachmann
4th 6 Mat Williamson
5th 22 Larry Lampman


Five Mile Point Speedway (Opener 30 laps $2,000 to win)
1st 280 Justin Holland
2nd 42p Pat Ward
3rd CD1 Danny Creeden
4th 27 Brent Wilcox
5th 119 Brian Malcolm


Woodhull Raceway (Opener)
1st 21m Mike Bills
2nd 145 Al Rudalavage
3rd 2 Billy Van Pelt
4th 11 Donnie Lawson
5th 3 Joe Dgien


Canandaigua Motorsports Park
1st 49 Billy Dunn
2nd 99J Jimmy Phelps
3rd 21A Peter Britten
4th 9s Matt Sheppard
5th 27J Danny Johnson


Fonda Speedway
1st 1 Stewart Friesen
2nd 73 Jimmy Davis
3rd 3D Matt DeLorenzo
4th 22J Jeremy Wilder
5th 00 Bobby Varin


Lebanon Valley Speedway
1st 20 Brett Hearn
2nd 518 Kyle Sheldon
3rd 98 Eddie Marshall
4th 74 J.R. Heffner
5th 55 Mike Keeler


Can Am Motorsports Park (15 laps feature only)
1st 01 Chris Raabe
2nd 29 Tom Conklin
3rd 2 Shane Pecore
4th 23 Laurent Ladouceur
5th 7G Kevin Gamble


4/29 Results


Airborne Speedway (Opener 50 laps $3,000 to win)
1st 24 Patrick Dupree
2nd 1x Todd Stone
3rd 1NY Greg Atkins
4th 10 Patrice McGrail
5th 49 Richard Tisseur


Utica Rome Speedway (Opener)
1st 8R Rob Bellinger
2nd 21 Mike Mahaney
3rd 91 Billy Decker
4th 9s Matt Sheppard
5th 1wgc Stewart Friesen

Weather was a multi-winner

While many tracks had their initial races of 2012 this past weekend, the weather was a winner at a few speedplants.

Albany Saratoga had two shows with Stewart Friesen taking the checkered on Thursday and Tim McCreadie winning on Friday.

Also on Friday, Meme DeSantis won the make-up and regular feature at Big Diamond. Chad Brachman ventured into Western PA from his home in Sanborn, NY to pick up the victory at Lernerville’s opener. Billy Van Pelt visited the winner’s circle at Black Rock with Kevin Hartnett taking top honors at Penn Can’s opener. I-88’s lidlifter went to Mitch Gibbs and Ryan Phelps took the first race at Brewerton. Accord’s initial race of the year was won by Andy Bachetti. Jeremy Wilder was the victor at Glen Ridge.

On Saturday, Bridgeport Speedway’s 30-lap main went only 20 tours due to rain and Richie Pratt, Jr. took his second win of the year. Ryan Godown won at New Egypt Speedway. Brett Hearn took home the checkered flag at Lebanon Valley for the second week in a row.

Features were postponed at Grandview and Orange County. Races were cancelled at Mahoning, Mercer, Canandaigua, Delaware, Fonda and Can-AM.  Sunday’s ROC event at Five Mile Point has been rescheduled for Monday, July 2.

Pauch and Hyneman reunion

Glenn Hyneman is back in the racing game. The famed car owner from PA is reuniting with Billy Pauch, Sr. for a specials only event schedule. Look for the #126 to be out in a short period of time.

Weekend Wrap-up

Here is the wrap-up after a busy weekend of action. On Friday, Matt Sheppard picked up the win at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park. Sheppard traveled back down I-90 and took top honors at Canandaigua on Saturday.

Also on Saturday, Mike Barone scored his first Big Block Modified win at Bridgeport Speedway. For the second week in a row, Billy Pauch, Sr. and Duane Howard collected victories at New Egypt and Grandview respectively. Pat Ward invaded Five Mile Point and headed home with the first place prize.  Chris Shultz won the lidlifter at Orange County while Brett Hearn took the opener at Lebanon Valley.  HJ Bunting became the first Modified winner at Delaware International in 2012. Fonda’s feature was taken by Stewart Friesen. Dave Thomas was the victor at Mahoning Valley. Rain stopped the action at Sharon and Mercer.

Craig Von Dohren won the Sunday feature at Big Diamond.

Monday Night Tidbits

We have a few tidbits for you.

Some Bridgeport Speedway news...

Bob Sarkisian was missing from action this past Saturday as he was having his motor freshened. Jimmy Chester will be racing at Bridgeport this year but is still waiting for his engine.


Jamie has sent me the following items...


Gary Mann is returning to modified racing after a hiatus. The Mann Motorsports #55 will be piloted by Jerry Higbie at the RoC Dirt North Tour and RoC Combo races. Also look for Higbie and the team to enter late-season specials, including Super DIRT Week. Mann's popular New York Truck Parts #55 has been piloted most recently by Gary Edwards and Mitch Gibbs.

Lance Willix, who won 2 features in 2011 at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park, will take over driving duties of the 71 Motorsports modified for weekly competition at Glen Ridge. The 71 team had Jeremy Wilder in the car last season, and won a Glen Ridge championship in the past with Randy Hotaling.

Some results from Easter Weekend

Lots of Modified racing occurred this weekend throughout the Northeast. In the Garden State, Richie Pratt, Jr. wired the field to collect the win in the 30-lap Big Block Modified feature at Bridgeport Speedway. Billy Pauch, Sr. picked up the checkered flag at New Egypt Speedway.

In the Keystone State, Duane Howard recorded the win in the caution-free 30 lapper at Grandview Speedway. On Easter Sunday, a 40-lap open Modified at Big Diamond Speedway was won by Rick Laubach.

In the Empire State, Stewart Friesen led wire-to-wire to capture the 35-lapper at Glen Ridge’s opener on Friday night. On Saturday, Danny Johnson dominated the 2nd Annual Jan Corcoran Memorial at Canandaigua Motorsports Park to pick up the win in the Super DIRTcar series race. At Fonda’s Ice Jam, young Mike Mahaney surprised many with his victory in the 40-lap contest.

Fantasy League Option

Hey guys, just making a quick post because I see some people have been asking about a fantasy league for this year. A friend of mine, John Baumes, is in his second year of running a very cool fantasy league. Basically, there are 4 pools of drivers to choose from, and you must pick drivers from each pool to turn in an entry.

Unlike my fantasy leagues of the past, his is not free to enter, but he also has a whole lot more prizes to give away. An entry costs $25, but there are discounts if you get a few friends to enter with you (or you, yourself enter multiple times).

The impressive prize list is highlighted by $500 cash to the winner, while second and third are awarded $200 and $100. The top 7 at seasons end receive some sort of prizes including memorabilia, DVDs, 8 x 10 photos, free race tickets, and more. There are even prizes given out to the highest female player, and the highest finishing player under 18 years of age. The deadline to enter is this coming Saturday at noon. Here's the link to play...

http://www.dickdragonmotorsports.com/entry%20form.htm there are also links to the prize list and the main page of the website.

If you guys want, shoot me an e-mail if you enter, and we can bundle the entries under "Wago" so you guys can all get a nice discount to play. If we get 8 people to sign up it only costs $12.50 per entry. My e-mail is Jman97531@aol.com. Feel free to e-mail me if you guys have any questions as well.

Keep up the great work, Mike! Again, can't thank you enough for keeping this place alive.

More tracks are springing into action

It’s April and several more tracks spring into action this weekend. On Saturday, the 50^th season of racing at Grandview Speedway gets underway at 7 p.m. The first Modified races at Mercer and Sharon for 2012 are also on the docket for Saturday. Bridgeport and New Egypt Speedways will be conducting their second races of the season.

On Easter Sunday, Big Diamond Speedway hosts a special card with $4000 going to the winner of the 40-lap Open Modified affair. The winner of this race gets a guaranteed starting spot in October's Short Track SuperNationals at Five Mile Point Speedway.


Plus as Jamie added in the chat box,  Canandaigua opens with the Super DIRTcar Series this weekend as well, and Fonda has the $4,000 to win Ice Jam.

This weekend's weather looks to be very good in the Northeast. Go out and support your local track!