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Brewerton, NY – July 15, 2010 – Opening day in the 2nd Annual DIRTcar All-Star Weekend speedfest at Brewerton Speedway produced a fitting finish with the winningest Big-Block Modified drivers on the circuit this season crossing the line 1-2.
‘Super Matt’ Sheppard charged past pole-sitter Jimmy Phelps on a lap 11 restart, then held off the ‘B’Ville Blizzard’ to score his Super DIRTcar Series-high third win of 2010 in the headline Longhorn Trucking 50 at the D-Shaped Dirt Demon.
“This is a big weekend for us and its already starting out great,” beamed Sheppard, who just turned 28 on Monday, after scoring his division-best 11th feature win of the season and his fourth of the year at Brewerton. “This is the way you want to start it out, hopefully it ends the same way too.”
Sheppard pocketed a cool $3,000 at Brewerton on Thursday and is now clearly the favorite to carry the momentum back to nearby Cayuga County Fair Speedway in Weedsport, N.Y. to close out All-Star Weekend II at the home of DIRTcar Northeast. A second 50-lap preliminary event pays out another $3 grand on Friday while the Saturday evening fairgrounds finale dishes out $20,000 to the winners in twin-25-lappers and a 50-lap nightcap.
Phelps faded back to finish five car-lengths behind Sheppard in the Brewerton main, with open-wheel veteran Pat Ward claiming third-place ahead of defending overall Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Champion Brett Hearn and Steve Paine, who edged Billy Decker on the last lap to end Decker’s streak of eight consecutive Top-5 tallies on tour.
A solid showing of 39 Modified machines helped fill the pits with World of Outlaws Late Model Series title contender Tim McCreadie making his first appearance of the season on tour utilizing a Small-Block powered Modified owned by Vinny Salerno. Western New Yorker Randy Chrysler was the only other driver to steer a 358-Modified, and it was a 15th-place finish by McCreadie that earned him an automatic starting berth in the 358-Modified Championship held during Super DIRT Week in October.
Continuing the full-fender trend, WoO LM racer Vic Coffey entered his Sweeteners Plus no. 32c Integra Shocks-CME,Inc./Troyer Modified and went on to claim just his second career Bilstein Shocks Fast Time award. In his heat race qualifier however, Coffey could only muster a dismal fifth and the night seemed to worsen from there as he finished 26th in the feature with only 33 laps under his belt. Stopping the clocks third fastest in time trial rounds, Sheppard chased Hearn across the stripe in their stacked heat and unlike Coffey, his night steadily got better with each passing lap.
Phelps easily outdistanced front row partner Jim Witko Jr. on the initial circuit while Shawn Donath, Hearn, Sheppard and Ward drop-kicked Witko to sixth after just five more times around the slickening one-third mile clay oval. Sheppard started eighth on the 30-car grid and with 10 laps in was already in the runner-up spot and hounding Phelps in his bid to grab the number one position.
The timing was right after Danny Johnson and Willy Decker tangled on lap 11 to force out the first yellow flag. Sheppard restarted in the outside lane and as soon as the green lights reappeared, he charged past Phelps out of turn four and never looked back despite two more cautions en route to his 15th career Super DIRTcar Series triumph which ranks him 13th all-time.
“The car was amazing as soon as the first green flag dropped,” remarked Sheppard, after closing to within 27 points of current Series leader Decker with his sixth Top-5 finish in the first nine events. “I didn’t think it was going to be very good early, thought it would be better later on but it was pretty much the opposite of what I thought. When the green came out it just went anywhere I wanted it to go.”
Phelps was able to close in on the back bumper of Sheppard’s JB Motorsports no. 9s Xtreme Lubricants/Bicknell machine in traffic at the halfway mark, yet a pair of yellow flags soonafter for a slowing Willy Decker ride (lap 35) and a spinning mount of Jason Rood (lap 43) knocked Phelps off the pace and continued Sheppard on course to successfully defend his title in Brewerton’s annual Series showdown.
“You never know if a caution helps or hurts, it is what it is, it’s a race and there’s going to be yellows. I was just happy to be able to get to the front quick and just try to hold on, and we were able to do that,” added Sheppard, who ironically took the lead away from Decker for good on lap 50 in last year’s 100-lapper held in August.
In that same century grind staged in ’09, Phelps finished third and was able to improve one position this time around in the same event that he took top honors in 2006.
“We were fair in the beginning but need the race to go green longer,” figured Phelps, 35, who remained third on the Series points chart with two wins to his credit in June buckled into the potent HBR Motorsports no. 98h Wave Energy Drink-Mohawk Northeast/Troyer machine. “We were decent on the longer runs yet with a short race there at the end as the yellows got rid of the traffic, there just wasn’t enough time.”
“We were both about the same (speed) on the bottom so the only way I was going to get past him was to go around him. Probably was going to need a little help from traffic to do that.”
“We’re still happy, second-place isn’t so bad, its already been a great year so far. We’re just going to keep on working to get better in time for tomorrow. We’re not out of the Series hunt yet, the guys on this team are really focused and working hard. There’s still a long ways to go,” said Phelps, who finished third in overall Mr. DIRTcar points last year behind Hearn and runner-up Sheppard.
Enjoying the best view of the action up front from his third-place perch, Ward racked up a solid showing in just his fifth event of the year steering the LJL Racing no. 42p Gypsum Express,Ltd./Bicknell entry.
“The car was good but these two guys here are the hottest on the circuit, so if you finish right behind then you’re getting closer and closer,” noted Ward, 53, who started seventh and made his final pass of Hearn on lap 33 to secure the show position two-thirds of the way through. “Everybody’s working hard, I think we’re gaining.”
“We haven’t been very consistent this year, we’re trying though and hopefully we’ll continue to make progress. Third is a good start to the weekend, maybe we can tweak things a little more. Get (car) a little bit better instead of a little worse, then hopefully race for a win against them tomorrow and Saturday,” Ward added.
There’s little time to rest as Super DIRTcar Series teams prepare for round two of All-Star Weekend action as Cayuga County Fair Speedway hosts a 50-lap preliminary event plus the Exemption Dash tomorrow in Weedsport.
Super DIRTcar Series Race #9 – Brewerton Speedway, July 15, 2010, All-Star Weekend ‘Longhorn Trucking 50’ Big-Block Modified Event Summary FIN STR CAR# DRIVER 1 8 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY ($3,000) 2 1 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY 3 7 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY 4 6 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ 5 9 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY 6 11 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY 7 5 99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY 8 14 99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY 9 2 24 Jim Witko Jr./Clarks Summit,PA 10 12 5h Chris Hile/Syracuse,NY 11 3 13d Shawn Donath/S.Onondaga,NY 12 13 62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY 13 10 66x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY 14 4 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ 15 21 4t Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY 16 15 4* Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ 17 19 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY 18 16 74 Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY 19 28 1f Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT 20 23 21k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY 21 18 99b Chuck Bower/Lansing,NY 22 22 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY 23 30 16w Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY 24 29 1 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY 25 27 18j Jason Rood/Oneida,NY 26 17 32c Vic Coffey/Caledonia,NY 27 20 1j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY 28 24 33 Mike Mahaney/King Ferry,NY 29 26 16 Mike Bowman/Baldwinsville,NY 30 25 1x Willy Decker/Vernon,NY GATER RACING NEWS LAP LEADERS: J.Phelps (1-10), Sheppard (11-50). CAUTIONS: 3 (lap 11, lap 35, lap 43). HEAT WINNERS: R.Phelps, Paine, Planck, Hearn. CONSI WINNERS: McCreadie, D.Johnson. BICKNELL RACING PRODUCTS WINNER AWARD: Matt Sheppard. MSD IGNITION WINNER AWARD: Matt Sheppard. SYRACUSE 200 QUALIFIER: Pat Ward. SYRACUSE 358-MODIFIED QUALIFIER: Tim McCreadie. HALFWAY LEADER: Matt Sheppard. BERT/KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER AWARD: Stewart Friesen. XTREME LUBRICANTS SLICK MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Matt Sheppard. PENSKE POWER POSITION AWARD (14th): Rich Scagliotta. MSD IGNITION FINAL PLACEMENT AWARD: Willy Decker. BILSTEIN SHOCKS FAST TIME AWARD: Vic Coffey (14.571sec/82.355mph). TOTAL PURSE: $14,725. CARS ENTERED: 39. NEXT EVENTS: "All-Star Weekend" Cayuga County Fair Speedway - July 16-17, 2010. DID NOT QUALIFY(9) X-Chad Phelps/Mexico,NY 02-Roy Bresnahan/Palermo,NY 10-Tim Currier/Auburn,NY 10v-Bobby Varin/Sharon Springs,NY 13-Tony Steiner/Jamesville,NY 15-Matt Fink/Baldwinsville,NY 29e-Erik Martin/Evans City,PA 93-Ryan Bartlett/Adams Center,NY 160-Johnny Hill/Hastings,NY
QUALIFYING FAST AVE TIME MPH CAR# DRIVER 1 14.571 82.355 32c Vic Coffey/Caledonia,NY *$100 Bilstein Shocks Fast Qualifier Award 2 14.597 82.209 1j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY 3 14.604 82.169 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY 4 14.705 81.605 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY 5 14.784 81.169 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ 6 14.784 81.169 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY 7 14.791 81.130 4* Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ 8 14.820 80.972 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY 9 14.848 80.819 5h Chris Hile/Syracuse,NY 10 14.878 80.656 13d Shawn Donath/S.Onondaga,NY 11 14.883 80.629 99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY 12 14.893 80.575 66x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY 13 14.913 80.467 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY 14 14.924 80.407 99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY 15 15.028 79.851 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY 16 15.046 79.755 62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY 17 15.075 79.602 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ 18 15.076 79.597 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY 19 15.087 79.539 16 Mike Bowman/Baldwinsville,NY 20 15.091 79.518 24 Jim Witko Jr./Clarks Summit,PA 21 15.109 79.423 99b Chuck Bower/Lansing,NY 22 15.126 79.334 74 Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY 23 15.143 79.245 18j Jason Rood/Oneida,NY 24 15.150 79.208 93 Ryan Bartlett/Adams Center,NY 25 15.181 79.046 4t Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY 26 15.240 78.740 33 Mike Mahaney/King Ferry,NY 27 15.281 78.529 02 Roy Bresnahan/Palermo,NY 28 15.289 78.488 16w Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY 29 15.311 78.375 1f Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT 30 15.331 78.273 10 Tim Currier/Auburn,NY 31 15.366 78.094 X Chad Phelps/Mexico,NY 32 15.462 77.610 13 Tony Steiner/Jamesville,NY 33 15.572 77.061 1 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY 34 15.716 76.355 21k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY 35 16.140 74.349 29e Erik Martin/Evans City,PA 36 -NT- ----- 1x Willy Decker/Vernon,NY 37 -NT- ----- 10v Bobby Varin/Sharon Springs,NY 38 -NT- ----- 15 Matt Fink/Baldwinsville,NY 39 -NT- ----- 160 Johnny Hill/Hastings,NY
Heat Races (10 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to feature; top 3 redrew) #1: R.Phelps, Scagliotta, Hile, Sears, Coffey, Chrysler, W.Decker, Willix, Fink, Martin. #2: Paine, B.Decker, Witko, Wight, Bower, McCreadie, Bartlett, Rood, Bresnahan, Steiner. #3: Planck, Ward, Donath, Storms, Dunn, D.Johnson, Bowman, Friesen, Tomkins, Varin. #4: Hearn, Sheppard, J.Phelps, Fuller, A.Johnson, Mahaney, C.Phelps, Currier, Hill. Consolation Races: (10 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to feature) #1: McCreadie, Chrysler, W.Decker, Rood, Bartlett, Steiner, Fink, Bresnahan, Martin, Willix. #2: D.Johnson, Mahaney, Bowman, Friesen, C.Phelps, Tomkins, Currier, Hill, Varin (DNS). Added: Tomkins, Willix.
Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified Point Standings (Thru July 15, 2010) Rank No. Driver Total Series Diff Wins Top-5 Top-10 Starts 1 91 Billy Decker 811 811 0 1 8 9 9 2 9s Matt Sheppard 784 784 -27 3 6 8 9 3 98H Jimmy Phelps 722 722 -89 2 6 8 9 4 27J Danny Johnson 669 669 -142 0 6 7 9 5 20 Brett Hearn 667 667 -144 1 3 7 9 6 77x Dale Planck 600 600 -211 1 2 5 9 7 99 Ryan Phelps 571 571 -240 0 0 5 9 8 49 Billy Dunn 563 563 -248 0 1 5 9 9 4* Michael Storms 530 530 -281 0 2 4 9 10 7x Steve Paine 507 507 -304 0 3 4 8 11 62s Tom Sears Jr. 460 460 -351 0 0 1 9 12 3T Gary Tomkins 411 411 -400 0 1 2 8 13 8 Rich Scagliotta 404 404 -407 0 0 0 9 14 16 Lance Willix II 371 371 -440 0 0 1 8 15 1F Stewart Friesen 348 348 -463 0 2 3 6 16 42P Pat Ward 322 322 -489 0 2 4 5 17 99L Larry Wight 319 319 -492 0 0 2 6 18 14J Alan Johnson 288 288 -523 0 1 2 5 19 3H Justin Haers 208 208 -603 0 0 2 3 20 7 Rick Laubach 189 189 -622 0 0 0 4 21 66x Carey Terrance 173 173 -638 0 0 1 3 22 32c Vic Coffey 167 167 -644 0 0 0 4 23 10 Tim Currier 160 160 -651 0 0 0 3 24 5H Chris Hile 156 156 -655 0 0 1 3 25 10v Bobby Varin 135 135 -676 0 0 1 2 26 8R Rob Bellinger 129 129 -682 0 0 0 2 27 12a Ronnie Johnson 124 124 -687 0 0 0 3 28 21K Randy Chrysler 118 118 -693 0 0 0 3 29 48T Dave Rauscher 112 112 -699 0 0 0 2 30 33 Mike Mahaney 108 108 -703 0 0 0 3 31 85v Dan Vauter 104 104 -707 0 0 0 2 32 21a Pete Britten 103 103 -708 0 0 0 2 33 1c Craig VonDohren 100 100 -711 1 1 1 1 34 4H Duane Howard 98 98 -713 0 1 1 1 35 10x Willy Decker 92 92 -719 0 0 1 2 36 12 Clayton Benedict 87 87 -724 0 0 0 2 37 45m Mike Ward 87 87 -724 0 0 0 2 38 24 Jim Witko Jr. 81 81 -730 0 0 1 2 39 22c Mario Clair 81 81 -730 0 0 0 2 40 16 Mike Bowman 80 80 -731 0 0 0 2 41 1H Dave Heaslip 80 80 -731 0 0 0 2 42 14 Jimmy Horton 80 80 -731 0 0 0 2 43 99B Chuck Bower 77 77 -734 0 0 0 2 44 1H Tim Hindley 76 76 -735 0 0 1 1 45 46 Kayle Robidoux 75 75 -736 0 0 1 1 46 26 Ryan Godown 75 75 -736 0 0 1 1 47 74 Tim Fuller 68 68 -743 0 0 0 2 48 21m Bob McGannon 68 68 -743 0 0 1 1 49 02 Roy Bresnahan 66 66 -745 0 0 0 1 50 6 Pat O'Brien 63 63 -748 0 0 0 1 51 23 Laurent Ladouceur 63 63 -748 0 0 0 1 52 3d Matt DeLorenzo 60 60 -751 0 0 0 1 53 37x Tom Sheetz Jr. 60 60 -751 0 0 0 1 54 115 Stephane LaFrance 56 56 -755 0 0 0 1 55 X Chad Phelps 55 55 -756 0 0 0 1 56 37e Eric Fisher 54 54 -757 0 0 0 1 57 79 Jeremy Markle 52 52 -759 0 0 0 1 58 38 Luke Whitteker 50 50 -761 0 0 0 1 59 1x Todd Stone 50 50 -761 0 0 0 1 60 55 Mike King 50 50 -761 0 0 0 1 61 124 Pierre Dagenais 49 49 -762 0 0 0 1 62 14 Lee Ladouceur 48 48 -763 0 0 0 1 63 8J Dean Pearson 48 48 -763 0 0 0 1 64 327 Brad Missimer 48 48 -763 0 0 0 1 65 160 Johnny Hill 46 46 -765 0 0 0 1 66 21 Yan Bussiere 46 46 -765 0 0 0 1 67 55 Perry Francis 46 46 -765 0 0 0 1 68 33.3 Tommy Meier 46 46 -765 0 0 0 1 69 m40 Mark Forte Jr 46 46 -765 0 0 0 1 70 57 Donnie Corellis 46 46 -765 0 0 0 1 71 39 Ryan Bartlett 45 45 -766 0 0 0 1 72 42B Kevin Bates 45 45 -766 0 0 0 1 73 41 Boyd MacTavish 45 45 -766 0 0 0 1 74 976 Don Norris Jr. 45 45 -766 0 0 0 1 75 51m Wade Hendrickson 45 45 -766 0 0 0 1 76 71 David Van Horn Jr. 45 45 -766 0 0 0 1 77 66 Jerry Higbie 44 44 -767 0 0 0 1 78 12 Brian Sage 44 44 -767 0 0 0 1 79 56 Vince Vitale 43 43 -768 0 0 0 1 80 29 Jeff Brownell Jr. 43 43 -768 0 0 0 1 81 7* Danny O'Brien 42 42 -769 0 0 0 1 82 44 Casey Swamp 42 42 -769 0 0 0 1 83 49er Johnny Guarino 42 42 -769 0 0 0 1 84 90 Martin Roy 41 41 -770 0 0 0 1 85 31 Tom Jock Jr. 41 41 -770 0 0 0 1 86 72 Todd Stewart 41 41 -770 0 0 0 1 87 37md Jer. Shingledecker 41 41 -770 0 0 0 1 88 88 Tim O'Brien 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 89 40 Joel Doiron 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 90 96 Kyle Dingwall 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 91 71 Delbert LeGrow 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 92 1 Brian McDonald 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 93 007 Roy Tarbell 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 94 19 John Lazore 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 95 33 John Leito 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 96 49e Jeff Heotzler 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 97 7K Kirk Horton 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 98 24 Chris Shultz 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 99 77F Mark Flach Jr. 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 100 87x Paul Gilardi 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 101 11 Danny Creeden 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 102 41 Rich Rutski 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 103 33 Ray Swinehart 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 104 117 Kevin Hirthler 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 105 61 Dave Murdick 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 106 91 Chad Homan 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 107 21 Derrick Podsiadlo 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 108 65 Rex King 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 109 88c Billy Pauch Jr. 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 110 44 Frank Cozze 40 40 -771 0 0 0 1 111 13d Shawn Donath 37 37 -774 0 0 0 1 112 4T Tim McCreadie 28 28 -783 0 0 0 1 113 18J Jason Rood 20 20 -791 0 0 0 1 114 66w Wallace Stacey 20 20 -791 0 0 0 0 115 66 Dexter Stacey 20 20 -791 0 0 0 0
2010 Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified Roster (39) Car# Driver/Hometown Team (Sponsor / Chassis / Engine) X Chad Phelps/Mexico,NY Haun Welding Supply-Ashley Winery-Midstate Tree Service/Troyer/Morrison 02 Roy Bresnahan/Palermo,NY Gypsum E Thompson Motorsports-Back's High Performance Fuels/Troyer/Steve-O 1f Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT Pizza Logs-Jeff Daley & Sons Oil Service-Westmoreland Golf Club/TEO/Enders 1j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY Raymond's Car Care-RE Nolan Assoc.-Pizza Logs-Spraker Used Cars/Bicknell/BBS 1x Willy Decker/Vernon,NY ComeRaceWithUs.com-Commercial Roofing/Bicknell/Kevlar 4* Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ Keizer Aluminum Wheels-Four Star Transmissions/TEO/Morrison 4t Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY(358) Keizer Aluminum Wheels-Kruger-Kosakowski Plumbing & Heating/TEO/Morrison 5h Chris Hile/Syracuse,NY Ernie Kreis Heating Co.-Bradco Supply/Bicknell/Morrison 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY Swarthout Recycling-Tallmadge Tire-Terrell's Potato Chips/Bicknell/Finger Lakes 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ Central Jersey Trailer & Hitch Depot-Adamsville Maintenance/Troyer/Feil 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY Xtreme Lubricants/Bicknell/C.C. Performance 10 Tim Currier/Auburn,NY Currier Plastics-NorthStar Business Center/Bicknell/Mastin Engineering 10v Bobby Varin/Sharon Springs,NY Commercial Roofing & Sheetmetal-JWJ Container-Gypsum/Bicknell/Morrison 13 Tony Steiner/Jamesville,NY NY Tech Supply-Tech Tire Repairs/Bicknell/Donath 13d Shawn Donath/S.Onondaga,NY NY Tech Supply-Tech Tire Repairs/Bicknell/Donath 15 Matt Fink/Baldwinsville,NY Benwood Auto Parts-Bowman's Auto Repair/Bicknell/Kevlar 16 Mike Bowman/Baldwinsville,NY Klaben Nursery-Premiere Yankee Windows & Siding/Bicknell/Finger Lakes-Bowman 16w Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY SUNY Canton-Nor-Shir Construction/Bicknell/Morrison 18j Jason Rood/Oneida,NY Turning Stone Resort & Casino-Venom Energy Drink/Bicknell/Enders 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ Madsen Mtrsprts-Wentworth Custom Homes-Benjamin Moore Paints/TEO/Enders 21k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY(358) TIBchurch.org-Signal Cigarettes-Randy's Smoke Shop/Bicknell/Jeff Nicholson 24 Jim Witko Jr./Clarks Summit,PA Brenzel Construction-Bruce's Speed Shop/Bicknell/Morrison 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY Honeoye Auto Parts-Currier Plastics-Waste Management/Bicknell/Mastin 29e Erik Martin/Evans City,PA Bower's Garage-Camowrap/Bicknell/Martin 32c Vic Coffey/Caledonia,NY Sweeteners Plus-Integra Shocks-CME,Inc./Troyer/C.C. Performance 33 Mike Mahaney/King Ferry,NY Aloi Materials Handling-Mahaney Farms & Trucking/Bicknell/Enders 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY Gypsum Express,Ltd./Bicknell/Kevlar 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY Number One Speed-Pemco Contracting-SUNY Canton/Bicknell/Finger Lakes 62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY Summit Auto Group-Mullen Industrial-Trackman Equipment/Bicknell/Morrison 66x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY RezX Racing-Twin Leaf Express(Ft. Covington)/Bicknell/Kevlar 74 Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY Smith Bros. Concrete Foundations-Hudson Valley Concrete Pumping/TEO/Precision 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY Gypsum Wholesalers-Stadium Int'l-Quality Hardwoods/Bicknell/Kevlar 93 Ryan Bartlett/Adams Center,NY DP Bartlett&Sons Plumbing & Heating-Johnny D's Mobile Food Vending/Troyer/Bartlett 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY HBR Motorsports-Wave Energy Drink-Mohawk Northeast/Troyer/Bruneau 99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY Big Red Towing-Dave Miller Auto Body/Bicknell/Enders 99b Chuck Bower/Lansing,NY Ingles Performance-Daggett Insurance-Bradco Supply/Bicknell/Finger Lakes 99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY Gypsum Express,Ltd./Bicknell/Kevlar 160 Johnny Hill/Hastings,NY Tanner Wood Products-PM Mobile Service-Back On Track Again Tavern/Bicknell/Kevlar
SKIDMARKS Autograph Sessions: While the cars and stars from the Super DIRTcar Series are in town for the All-Star gathering, autographs will abound as a number of tour travelers are currently slated to convening at the Northeast Modified Hall of Fame adjacent to Cayuga County Fair Speedway at 1 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday. With the HoF enjoying extended hours throughout the weekend, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Sunday, look for special appearances by defending DIRTcar All-Star Weekend winner Ryan Phelps, 2009 Super DIRTcar Week Syracuse 200 champion Matt Sheppard and former child actor turned DIRTcar racer Michael Storms on Friday, and seven-time Super DIRTcar Series Champion Brett Hearn, current SDS points leader Billy Decker and local Series hotshoe Jimmy Phelps taking center stage on Saturday afternoon. These candid meet & greet driver sessions also offer great photo opportunities for fans arriving early during the ‘Super DIRT Weekend’ of the summer in Weedsport. 20 of the best Big-Blockers in the business are also ready to be seated at the head table on Saturday when the Cayuga County Club House hosts a truly star-studded autograph session beginning at 5:00 pm. Invited to participate in the first-ever assemblage of its kind are Jeff Brownell Jr., Billy Decker, Billy Dunn, Justin Haers, Brett Hearn, Alan Johnson, Danny Johnson, Steve Paine, Jimmy Phelps, Ryan Phelps, Dale Planck, Rich Scagliotta, Tom Sears Jr., Matt Sheppard, Michael Storms, Gary Tomkins, Larry Wight and Lance Willix II plus popular Pennsylvanians Jeremiah Shingledecker and Richie Tobias Jr., winner of the 1992 Super DIRT Week Syracuse 200.
Cayuga County Clubhouse Reactivated: Memories of the ‘good old days’ are guaranteed to surface with a fresh batch of new ones waiting to be contrived as the Cayuga County Clubhouse will be entertainment central both Friday and Saturday, serving draft and dogs from the last checkered flag until 2:00 a.m. Live music will be provided by ‘Raised On Radio’ each night as the racing is rehashed time and again into the morning hours. With Its once clamoring clubhouse restored to a prominent place on the evening agenda, the fairgrounds Clubhouse will certainly become THE gathering spot as fans and racers reunite to swap stories and relive the many magic moments that make up a most colored history at The Port.
*All-Star Exemption Dash Field Set: The field is full for the second annual ‘All-Star Exemption Dash’ on Friday, July 16 at Cayuga County Fair Speedway, with 17 drivers locked into the starting grid for the prelude to the DIRTcar All-Star 100 finale. As part of the DIRTcar All-Star Weekend, July 16-17, on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds, the 15-lap All-Star Exemption Dash boasts a full purse for the Big-Block Modified qualifiers and more importantly automatically locks into the pre-race draw the top-two finishers for the All-Star 100 on Saturday, July 17, this year spreading out the $20,000 winner’s share between three fast-paced feature races. 2010 All-Star Exemption Dash Qualifiers DAY-DATE TRACK WINNER/QUALIFIER *Sat-Apr 10 Fulton Speedway Dale Planck Fri-Apr 23 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park Bobby Varin Fri-May 21 Lernerville Speedway Dave Murdick Sat-May 29 Canandaigua Speedway Steve Paine Sat-May 29 Pitt-Penn Motor SpeedwayJ Jeremiah Shingledecker *Sun-May 30 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Matt Sheppard Sat-Jun 5 Lebanon Valley Speedway Steve Hough Fri-Jun 11 Brewerton Speedway Willy Decker *Tue-Jun 15 Grandview Speedway Craig VonDohren *Wed-Jun 16 Orange County Fair Speedway Jimmy Phelps *Wed-Jun 23 Mohawk Int’l Raceway Billy Decker Fri-July 2 Can-Am Motorsports Park Vince Vitale *Sun-Jul 4 Rolling Wheels Raceway Park Brett Hearn Sun-Jul 4 Tri-City Speedway Kevin Hoffman *Sun-Jul 11 Cornwall Motor Speedway Danny Johnson @BRP Modified Tour Points Leader Rex King Sr. @Defending All-Star 100 Champion Ryan Phelps
*All-Star Tweets On Tap: Fans were kept informed throughout the Super DIRTcar Series show at Brewerton with their ‘Twitter’ connection providing Big-Block updates both on-line and through text messages on cell phones. Along with the brief bulletins offered Twitter ‘followers' of the SDS during each race night, fans can also expect to receive breaking news and interesting notes between tour stops. To sign-up as a SDS Big-Block ‘follower' on Twitter and receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://www.twitter.com/SuperDIRTcar.
*Pot Holes: Three World of Outlaws Late Model Series drivers joined the Modified field, headed by Bilstein Shocks Fast Timer Vic Coffey, Tim Fuller and Tim McCeradie, who steered the same Small-Block powered Keizer Aluminum Wheels no. 4 Kruger-Kosakowski Plumbing & Heating/TEO machine owned by Vinny Salerno that carried him to the Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series victory at Brewerton last October during Super DIRT Week. The Thursday night tour stop in Central New York also marked McCreadie’s first in a DIRTcar Modified since becoming a dad on July 5 with the birth of his son Gavin Chase….. The return trip to Brewerton for one-time track regular Fuller was accompanied by a ride in the brand-new Teo Pro Car recently purchased by car owners Steve Hastings and Joe Knoth. The former Smith Bros. Concrete Foundations no. 74 Hudson Valley Concrete Pumping/TEO entry was totaled at Orange County during the ‘Big Show II’ and the replacement was only good to carry Fuller to 18th on the final scoresheet…..The Top-5 finish was Brett Hearn-Matt Sheppard-Jimmy Phelps-Tim Fuller-Alan Johnson --- no that’s not a result from Syracuse, it was the finish from the fourth and final qualifying heat at Brewerton on Thursday .....Ms. DIRTcar 2010 April Gray was in attendance at Brewerton, following up with her first two tour appearances made at Cayuga County in May and Orange County in June. A Florida native now residing in Daytona Beach, April flew up from the Sunshine State in time to assist DIRTcar Northeast Chief Tech Inspector Bob Dini pitside as well as help welcome the Big-Block pilots prior to the pre-race feature draw…..Locked in as crew chief for Rich Scagliotta, Australian V8 Dirt Modified Champion Peter Britten has plans to race in his first All-Star Weekend the next two days at CCFS. Anchored in the Rochester, N.Y. area while gaining valuable experience working at Troyer Race Cars since coming across the ocean on March 3, Britten was joined by his parents, Jane and Paul, as well as a younger brother Kev Britten, already a two-time race winner at the age of 16 downunder…..Making his first Super DIRTcar Series showing, 2008 Lernerville Speedway Big-Block rookie of the year Erik Martin was locking up his invitation to be among the participants when DIRTcar NE teams venture to The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Nov. 4-6, for the World of Outlaws World Finals.
UPCOMING EVENTS The 2nd Annual DIRTcar All-Star Weekend continues at Cayuga County Fair Speedway on July 16-17 in the summer’s richest short-track racing event in the country for Big-Block Modifieds. There’s little time to rest as teams head north to contend in the ‘Great Canadian Tour’ with autodromes Granby and Drummond hosting back-to-back 100-lappers July 19 & 20 in the province of Quebec.
2010 Super DIRTcar Series Schedule NP=Non-Point event; SP=Show-Up point event; DAY-DATE TRACK WINNER/LOCATION *** FLORIDA DIRTcar NATIONALS *** Wed-Feb 10 Volusia Speedway Park-np Stewart Friesen Thr-Feb 11 Volusia Speedway Park-np Matt Sheppard Fri-Feb 12 Volusia Speedway Park-np cancelled Sat-Feb 13 Volusia Speedway Park-np Matt Sheppard Sat-Mar 27 Hagerstown Speedway Billy Decker Sat-Apr 10 Fulton Speedway Dale Planck Sun-May 30 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Matt Sheppard Tue-Jun 15 Grandview Speedway Craig VonDohren Wed-Jun 16 Orange County Fair Speedway Jimmy Phelps Wed-Jun 23 Mohawk Int’l Raceway Jimmy Phelps Sun-Jul 4 Rolling Wheels Raceway Park Matt Sheppard Sun-Jul 11 Cornwall Motor Speedway Brett Hearn *** ALL-STAR WEEKEND *** Thr-Jul 15 Brewerton Speedway Matt Sheppard Fri-Jul 16 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY Sat-Jul 17 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY *** GREAT CANADIAN TOUR *** Mon-Jul 19 Autodrome Granby Granby,QUE Tue-Jul 20 Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE Mon-Aug 2 Merrittville Speedway Thorold,ONT Thr-Aug 26 Lebanon Valley Speedway West Lebanon,NY Sun-Sep 5 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY Sat-Sep 18 Mohawk Int’l Raceway Akwesasne,NY Sat-Oct 2 Fulton Speedway-sp Fulton,NY *** SUPER DIRT WEEK *** Sun-Oct 10 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse,NY *** DIRTcar FALL NATIONALS *** Sun-Oct 17 Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT *** WORLD FINALS *** Thr-Nov 4 The Dirt Track at Charlotte(qual.) Concord,NC Fri-Nov 5 The Dirt Track at Charlotte Concord,NC Sat-Nov 6 The Dirt Track at Charlotte Concord,NC
DIRTcar Racing Northeast main office is located in Weedsport, New York on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds, home of DIRTcar All-Star Weekend in July. DIRTcar Northeast’s crown jewel event ---Super DIRT Week at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse runs annually in October featuring Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Championship Series events for Big-Block Modified, 358-Modified, Sportsman and Pro Stock divisions. Ticket and schedule information is available by contacting the Weedsport office (315/834-6606) during the day or logging into www.allstar100weekend.com and www.superdirtweekonline.com anytime.
The Big-Block Super DIRTcar Series is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Hoosier Racing Tire www.hoosiertire.com and VP Racing Fuels www.vpracingfuels.com. Promotional partners include the University of Northwestern Ohio www.unoh.com and Chizmark & Larson Insurance www.chizmarklarson.com, and contingency sponsors are Bicknell Racing Products www.bicknellracingproducts.com, Bilstein Shocks www.bilstein.com, KSE Racing Products www.kse-racing.com, Motorsports Safety Systems www.motorsportssafetysystems.com, MSD Ignition www.msdignition.com, Penske Shocks, www.penskeshocks.com, Racing Electronics www.racingelectronics.com, Vicci Racing Apparel www.vicci.com and Wrisco Industries www.wrisco.com.
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