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Weedsport, NY – July 16, 2010 – Friday night featured the 2nd Annual All-Star 50 at Cayuga County Fair Speedway and for the second year in a row it was a Phelps speeding into victory lane to collect the $3,000 top prize.
In this year’s return edition, however, it was cousin Jimmy Phelps from Baldwinsville, N.Y. crossing the line first to take top honors in the ‘Super DIRT Week of the Summer’ at the home of DIRTcar Racing Northeast.
“Feels pretty good to finally get a series win here, every time we’re confident coming in although, until tonight, we usually left for home frustrated and disappointed,” remarked a relieved Phelps, 35, in the Weedsport winner’s circle for the second time in 2010. Last July it was Ryan Phelps climbing atop the podium after registering his first career series win to kick off the inaugural All-Star Weekend at The Port. “This one couldn’t come at a better time, it certainly gives us a lot of momentum going into tomorrow.”
“We’ve been pretty good here all year so this kind of win really helps. The car is really good, we’re just going to have to watch the track tomorrow and make some more good decisions. Hopefully, we’ll have a little luck and be there at the end,” said Phelps, after scoring his third Super DIRTcar Series win of the season to give him eight all-time.
For the second straight series show Phelps battled Matt Sheppard much of the distance, with ‘Super Matt’ settling for second following his own 50-lap triumph taken the previous night across town at Brewerton Speedway. North country traveler Billy Dunn finished a season-best third ahead of a hard charging Tim McCreadie and current tour points leader Billy Decker.
DIRTcar’s richest summer event of the season for Big-Block Modifieds at Cayuga County attracted 46 open-wheel teams to Central New York. Yet in the end it the two most familiar cars and drivers once again showed the way as they remained at the top of their game from the opening green.
Waterloo, New Yorker Sheppard posted his fifth Bilstein Shocks Fast Time in the 10th tour event of 2010 while Phelps was clocked fourth quickest before taking the checkered flag in the fourth of five qualifying heats.
But despite selecting the pole in the customary pre-race draw, Phelps dropped back as far as third in the early stages before his HBR Motorsports no. 98h Wave Energy Drink-Mohawk Northeast/Troyer entry found its groove by the midway point of the race.
“In this kind of company you just never know if you’ve got the car to beat,” said Phelps, who relinquished the lead to front row partner Dunn at the outset and watched as fourth-place starter Sheppard raced by to grab the runner-up spot on lap nine. “I finally had to take a look at the top side and the car rolled in there nice and drove off (turn) two just as good.”
“Before then I hadn’t run high all race because Billy was up there and I was trying to make the bottom work. It actually felt decent running low, just didn’t feel like I had a good enough car that could run with him. But once we took over the lead and got into a rhythm, the car was just awesome,” noted Phelps after matching Sheppard’s season-high mark of 11 Big-Block feature wins on the demanding DIRTcar Northeast circuit.
After pacing the field nearly half the race aboard his family-owned Number One Speed Supply no. 49 Pemco Contracting-SUNY Canton/Bicknell machine, Dunn was tracked down by Sheppard in backstretch traffic on lap 24. Phelps took advantage in the same manner to snatch away second the next time around, and with the race halfway over the prized pair ran one-two and never looked back.
Early cautions for flat tires suffered by Dale Planck (lap 6) and Tim Fuller (lap 8) were the first to slow the action, although when Canadian standout Stewart Friesen dropped off the pace with mechanical problems on lap 28, the ensuing restart proved far more significant. As soon as the green lights reappeared, Phelps bolted to the high side of the Sheppard’s JB Motorsports no. 9s Xtreme Lubricants/Bicknell ride and emerged as the third and final race leader with 22 laps left to cover. The finally caution period when Vic Coffey’s Sweeteners Plus machine went up in smoke entering turn four only tightened the pack and delayed the inevitable as Phelps cruised on to a three car-length victory in the 27-minute main.
“Traffic is definitely easier to deal with when you’ve got a car that will go all over, but getting through it lap after lap you still have to be lucky,” figured Phelps, who closed to within 77 points of Decker on the Super DIRTcar Series points chart while Sheppard cut the gap to just 16 with three separate point races highlighting the Saturday evening All-Star card at Cayuga County. “We just got the brakes tonight and had holes to fill when we needed them. Everything just went our way tonight.”
Just 24 hours earlier, runner-up Sheppard had found his own groove in the early stages, forging the final lead change from Phelps on lap 11 after starting eighth on the Brewerton grid. Needing 24 circuits to get past Dunn from his fourth starting slot at Cayuga County, Sheppard still lost the point to Phelps just four laps later in a stellar move that might have even surprised the Waterloo star on this occasion.
“We’ve got a good car, just got to try and keep on rolling here,” said Sheppard, 28, after posting his seventh Top-3 finish in the 10 Series stops. “Jimmy has had a pretty good almost every race, too.”
“We were about the same speed all night. I got Jimmy last night because he picked the wrong lane on a restart and he got me tonight because I picked the wrong one so it pretty much was a wash-out. The rest of the race I think we were pretty much about the same exact speed. Neither one of us could really pull the other. That one restart was the only difference,” added Sheppard, who finished just four points back of overall champion Brett Hearn in last year’s Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar title chase while Phelps placed third.
Opening his fourth full-season following the tour with a fifth-place finish at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway in March, Dunn settled for the show position at Cayuga County where he scored his only feature in June of 2007.
“It’s nice to finally be back up here (podium), we kind of got off track for the last month and went back to some basics,” said Dunn, 26, the reigning Can-Am Motorsports Park points king, whose previous best Series finish was also at Cayuga County in August of 2007 when the Watertown, N.Y. pilot secured runner-up honors. “It seems to have helped out, I just have to thank all my sponsors, wouldn’t be doing all this without them.”
“These two (Phelps & Sheppard) in front of me have been the class of the field all year so it’s going to take some work to get them. But we’ve got them in our sights now and we’ll just do the same thing tomorrow night. Hopefullly, we’ll draw good and be down here again,” Dunn added.
For the second straight night buckled into Vinny Salerno’s potent small-block powered Four Star Motorsports no. 4 Keizer Aluminum Wheels-Kruger-Kosakowski Plumbing & Heating/TEO mount, McCreadie cracked the feature race line-up. T-Mac proved to be far more assertive on Friday with more laps under his belt. The 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champion started 14th and only the final checkered flag prevented him from advancing higher than fourth on the final scoresheet.
Coming home fifth in the feature, Decker was second fastest in time trials and was clearly recognized as an early favorite to win the 50-lap nightcap after dominating the 15-lap Exemption Dash --- a special event that locked both he and runner-up Ryan Phelps into the pre-race draw for starting positions in the headline $20,000-to-win ‘All-Star 100’ set for Saturday at the fairgrounds. The ‘Franklin Flyer’ drew seventh to start the main yet could climb no higher than fifth steering the LJL Racing no. 91 Gypsum Wholesalers/Bicknell car. His ninth Top-5 in 10 Series shows is still standard as he makes a bid for his third Mr. DIRTcar title at the age of 45.
Super DIRTcar Series teams stay overnight and awake Saturday for the 2010 ‘All-Star 100’ finale, paying out $20,000 to the winners of the three Modified main events 25-, 25- and 50-laps in distance, with first-place prizes totalling $20,000 in the richest short-track race staged for Big-Blocks during the summer months.
Super DIRTcar Series Race #10 – Cayuga County Fair Speedway, July 16, 2010, ‘All-Star 50’ Big-Block Modified Event Summary FIN STR CAR# DRIVER 1 1 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY ($3,000) 2 4 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY 3 2 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY 4 14 4t Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY 5 7 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY 6 3 4* Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ 7 8 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ 8 13 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY 9 9 3 Justin Haers/Phelps,NY 10 11 1j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY 11 18 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY 12 10 99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY 13 5 74 Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY 14 21 62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY 15 24 121 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY 16 20 8r Rob Bellinger/Dexter,NY 17 27 99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY 18 22 28p Eldon Payne,Jr./Hopewell,NY 19 12 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY 20 16 13d Shawn Donath/S.Onondaga,NY 21 17 99b Chuck Bower/Lansing,NY 22 23 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ 23 31 21a Peter Britten/Brisbane,QLD 24 30 16w Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY 25 15 66x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY 26 19 32c Vic Coffey/Caledonia,NY 27 25 16 Mike Bowman/Baldwinsville,NY 28 6 1f Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT 29 26 21 Derrick Podsiadlo/Penn Yan,NY 30 28 93 Ryan Bartlett/Adams Center,NY 31 29 33t Richie Tobias Jr./Anneville,PA GATER RACING NEWS LAP LEADERS: Dunn (1-23), Sheppard (24-27), J.Phelps (28-50). CAUTIONS: 4 (lap 6, lap 8, lap 28, lap 45). HEAT WINNERS: Decker, R.Phelps, Hearn, J.Phelps, Fuller. CONSI WINNERS: Sears, Payne. BICKNELL RACING PRODUCTS WINNER AWARD: Jimmy Phelps. MSD IGNITION WINNER AWARD: Jimmy Phelps. SYRACUSE 200 QUALIFIER: Billy Dunn. HALFWAY LEADER: Matt Sheppard. BERT/KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER AWARD: Tim McCreadie. XTREME LUBRICANTS SLICK MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Danny Johnson. PENSKE POWER POSITION AWARD (20th): Shawn Donath. MSD IGNITION FINAL PLACEMENT AWARD: Richie Tobias Jr. BILSTEIN SHOCKS FAST TIME AWARD: Matt Sheppard (15.891sec/84.954mph). TOTAL PURSE: $14,725. CARS ENTERED: 46. NEXT EVENT: Cayuga County Fair Speedway "DIRTcar All-Star 100" - July 17, 2010. DID NOT QUALIFY(15) 5h-Chris Hile/Syracuse,NY 10-Tim Currier/Auburn,NY 13-Tony Steiner/Jamesville,NY 17-Marcus Dinkins/Watkins Glen,NY 21k-Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY 25-Paul Habeck/Penfield,NY 29e-Erik Martin/Evans City,PA 33-Mike Mahaney/King Ferry,NY 37c-Eric Fisher/Bluff Point,NY 37md-Jeremiah Shingledecker/Polk,PA 44-Shannon Whaley/Pavilion,NY 45m-Mike Ward/Genoa,NY 63-Adam Roberts/Watertown,N Y 88-Dave Allen/Marion,NY 160-Johnny Hill/Hastings,NY
QUALIFYING FAST AVE TIME MPH CAR# DRIVER 1 15.891 84.954 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY *$100 Bilstein Shocks Fast Qualifier Award 2 15.903 84.890 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY 3 16.034 84.196 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ 4 16.060 84.060 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY 5 16.084 83.934 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ 6 16.120 83.747 3 Justin Haers/Phelps,NY 7 16.122 83.737 13d Shawn Donath/S.Onondaga,NY 8 16.174 83.467 99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY 9 16.182 83.426 1j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY 10 16.205 83.308 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY 11 16.212 83.272 99b Chuck Bower/Lansing,NY 12 16.237 83.143 74 Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY 13 16.248 83.087 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY 14 16.264 83.005 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY 15 16.266 82.995 1f Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT 16 16.272 82.965 33t Richie Tobias Jr./Anneville,PA 17 16.280 82.924 62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY 18 16.295 82.847 121 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY 19 16.299 82.827 4* Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ 20 16.308 82.781 99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY 21 16.318 82.731 8r Rob Bellinger/Dexter,NY 22 16.354 82.549 4t Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY 23 16.371 82.463 32c Vic Coffey/Caledonia,NY 24 16.431 82.162 16 Mike Bowman/Baldwinsville,NY 25 16.460 82.017 21 Derrick Podsiadlo/Penn Yan,NY 26 16.474 81.947 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY 27 16.509 81.774 33 Mike Mahaney/King Ferry,NY 28 16.540 81.620 88 Dave Allen/Marion,NY 29 16.555 81.546 66x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY 30 16.572 81.463 45m Mike Ward/Genoa,NY 31 16.625 81.203 44 Shannon Whaley/Pavilion,NY 32 16.628 81.188 160 Johnny Hill/Hastings,NY 33 16.638 81.140 5h Chris Hile/Syracuse,NY 34 16.675 80.960 21a Peter Britten/Brisbane,QLD 35 16.738 80.655 93 Ryan Bartlett/Adams Center,NY 36 16.770 80.501 10 Tim Currier/Auburn,NY 37 16.846 80.138 63 Adam Roberts/Watertown,N Y 38 16.928 79.750 25 Paul Habeck/Penfield,NY 39 16.942 79.684 21k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY 40 16.945 79.670 37c Eric Fisher/Bluff Point,NY 41 17.047 79.193 13 Tony Steiner/Jamesville,NY 42 17.080 79.040 37md Jeremiah Shingledecker/Polk,PA 43 17.200 78.488 16w Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY 44 17.218 78.406 28p Eldon Payne,Jr./Hopewell,NY 45 17.275 78.148 17 Marcus Dinkins/Watkins Glen,NY 46 17.316 77.963 29e Erik Martin/Evans City,PA Heat Races (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to feature; top 2 redrew) #1: Decker, Sheppard, A.Johnson, Donath, Scagliotta, Tobias, Wight, Allen, M.Ward, Willix. #2: R.Phelps, Haers, Paine, Bower, Tomkins, Sears, Roberts, Habeck, Shingledecker. #3: Hearn, Dunn, P.Ward, D.Johnson, Bowman, Podsiadlo, Mahaney, Whaley, Dinkins. #4: J.Phelps, Friesen, McCreadie, Coffey, Bartlett, Hill, Martin, Hile, Currier. #5: Fuller, Storms, Planck, Bellinger, Britten, Chrysler, Fisher, Payne, Steiner. Consolation Races: (10 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to feature) #1: Sears, Scagliotta, Bowman, Wight, Britten, Mahaney, Fisher, Dinkins, Hill, M.Ward, Steiner, Habeck, Hile (DNS). #2: Payne, Tomkins, Podsiadlo, Bartlett, Shingledecker, Roberts, Willix, Chrysler, Martin, Currier, Allen, Whaley, Tobias. Added: Tobias, Willix, Britten. All-Star Exemption Dash: (15 laps, top 2 finishers advanced to All-Star 100 redraw) Billy Decker, Ryan Phelps, Matt Sheppard, Jimmy Phelps, Steve Paine, Danny Johnson, Dale Planck, Jeremiah Shingledecker, Brett Hearn.
Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified Point Standings (Thru July 16, 2010) Rank No. Driver Total Series Diff Wins Top-5 Top-10 Starts 1 91 Billy Decker 864 864 0 1 9 10 10 2 9s Matt Sheppard 848 848 -16 3 7 9 10 3 98H Jimmy Phelps 787 787 -77 3 7 9 10 4 20 Brett Hearn 716 716 -148 1 3 8 10 5 27J Danny Johnson 705 705 -159 0 6 7 10 6 77x Dale Planck 621 621 -243 1 2 5 10 7 49 Billy Dunn 618 618 -246 0 2 6 10 8 99 Ryan Phelps 610 610 -254 0 0 5 10 9 4* Michael Storms 579 579 -285 0 2 5 10 10 7x Steve Paine 532 532 -332 0 3 4 9 11 62s Tom Sears Jr. 490 490 -374 0 0 1 10 12 3T Gary Tomkins 439 439 -425 0 1 2 9 13 8 Rich Scagliotta 425 425 -439 0 0 0 10 14 16 Lance Willix II 391 391 -473 0 0 1 9 15 1F Stewart Friesen 371 371 -493 0 2 3 7 16 42P Pat Ward 365 365 -499 0 2 5 6 17 99L Larry Wight 345 345 -519 0 0 2 7 18 1J Alan Johnson 327 327 -537 0 1 3 6 19 3H Justin Haers 251 251 -613 0 0 3 4 20 7 Rick Laubach 189 189 -675 0 0 0 4 21 32c Vic Coffey 187 187 -677 0 0 0 5 22 66x Carey Terrance 173 173 -691 0 0 1 3 23 10 Tim Currier 165 165 -699 0 0 0 3 24 5H Chris Hile 161 161 -703 0 0 1 3 25 8R Rob Bellinger 156 156 -708 0 0 0 3 26 10v Bobby Varin 135 135 -729 0 0 1 2 27 12a Ronnie Johnson 124 124 -740 0 0 0 3 28 21a Pete Britten 123 123 -741 0 0 0 3 29 21K Randy Chrysler 123 123 -741 0 0 0 3 30 33 Mike Mahaney 113 113 -751 0 0 0 3 31 48T Dave Rauscher 112 112 -752 0 0 0 2 32 74 Tim Fuller 105 105 -759 0 0 0 3 33 85v Dan Vauter 104 104 -760 0 0 0 2 34 16 Mike Bowman 100 100 -764 0 0 0 3 35 1c Craig VonDohren 100 100 -764 1 1 1 1 36 99B Chuck Bower 99 99 -765 0 0 0 3 37 4H Duane Howard 98 98 -766 0 1 1 1 38 45m Mike Ward 92 92 -772 0 0 0 2 39 10x Willy Decker 92 92 -772 0 0 1 2 40 12 Clayton Benedict 87 87 -777 0 0 0 2 41 24 Jim Witko Jr. 81 81 -783 0 0 1 2 42 22c Mario Clair 81 81 -783 0 0 0 2 43 1H Dave Heaslip 80 80 -784 0 0 0 2 44 14 Jimmy Horton 80 80 -784 0 0 0 2 45 4T Tim McCreadie 79 79 -785 0 1 1 2 46 1H Tim Hindley 76 76 -788 0 0 1 1 47 46 Kayle Robidoux 75 75 -789 0 0 1 1 48 26 Ryan Godown 75 75 -789 0 0 1 1 49 21m Bob McGannon 68 68 -796 0 0 1 1 50 02 Roy Bresnahan 66 66 -798 0 0 0 1 51 39 Ryan Bartlett 65 65 -799 0 0 0 2 52 6 Pat O'Brien 63 63 -801 0 0 0 1 53 23 Laurent Ladouceur 63 63 -801 0 0 0 1 54 13d Shawn Donath 60 60 -804 0 0 0 2 55 21 Derrick Podsiadlo 60 60 -804 0 0 0 2 56 3d Matt DeLorenzo 60 60 -804 0 0 0 1 57 37x Tom Sheetz Jr. 60 60 -804 0 0 0 1 58 37e Eric Fisher 59 59 -805 0 0 0 1 59 115 Stephane LaFrance 56 56 -808 0 0 0 1 60 X Chad Phelps 55 55 -809 0 0 0 1 61 79 Jeremy Markle 52 52 -812 0 0 0 1 62 160 Johnny Hill 51 51 -813 0 0 0 1 63 38 Luke Whitteker 50 50 -814 0 0 0 1 64 1x Todd Stone 50 50 -814 0 0 0 1 65 55 Mike King 50 50 -814 0 0 0 1 66 124 Pierre Dagenais 49 49 -815 0 0 0 1 67 14 Lee Ladouceur 48 48 -816 0 0 0 1 68 8J Dean Pearson 48 48 -816 0 0 0 1 69 327 Brad Missimer 48 48 -816 0 0 0 1 70 37md Jer. Shingledecker 46 46 -818 0 0 0 1 71 21 Yan Bussiere 46 46 -818 0 0 0 1 72 55 Perry Francis 46 46 -818 0 0 0 1 73 33.3 Tommy Meier 46 46 -818 0 0 0 1 74 m40 Mark Forte Jr 46 46 -818 0 0 0 1 75 57 Donnie Corellis 46 46 -818 0 0 0 1 76 42B Kevin Bates 45 45 -819 0 0 0 1 77 41 Boyd MacTavish 45 45 -819 0 0 0 1 78 976 Don Norris Jr. 45 45 -819 0 0 0 1 79 51m Wade Hendrickson 45 45 -819 0 0 0 1 80 71 David Van Horn Jr. 45 45 -819 0 0 0 1 81 66 Jerry Higbie 44 44 -820 0 0 0 1 82 12 Brian Sage 44 44 -820 0 0 0 1 83 56 Vince Vitale 43 43 -821 0 0 0 1 84 29 Jeff Brownell Jr. 43 43 -821 0 0 0 1 85 7* Danny O'Brien 42 42 -822 0 0 0 1 86 44 Casey Swamp 42 42 -822 0 0 0 1 87 49er Johnny Guarino 42 42 -822 0 0 0 1 88 90 Martin Roy 41 41 -823 0 0 0 1 89 31 Tom Jock Jr. 41 41 -823 0 0 0 1 90 72 Todd Stewart 41 41 -823 0 0 0 1 91 88 Tim O'Brien 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 92 40 Joel Doiron 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 93 96 Kyle Dingwall 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 94 71 Delbert LeGrow 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 95 1 Brian McDonald 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 96 007 Roy Tarbell 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 97 19 John Lazore 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 98 33 John Leito 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 99 49e Jeff Heotzler 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 100 7K Kirk Horton 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 101 24 Chris Shultz 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 102 77F Mark Flach Jr. 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 103 87x Paul Gilardi 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 104 11 Danny Creeden 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 105 41 Rich Rutski 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 106 33 Ray Swinehart 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 107 117 Kevin Hirthler 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 108 61 Dave Murdick 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 109 91 Chad Homan 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 110 65 Rex King 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 111 88c Billy Pauch Jr. 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 112 44 Frank Cozze 40 40 -824 0 0 0 1 113 28p Eldon Payne Jr. 25 25 -839 0 0 0 1 114 33T Richie Tobias 20 20 -844 0 0 0 1 115 13 Tony Steiner 20 20 -844 0 0 0 0 116 18J Jason Rood 20 20 -844 0 0 0 1 117 66w Wallace Stacey 20 20 -844 0 0 0 0 118 66 Dexter Stacey 20 20 -844 0 0 0 0 119 44 Shannon Whaley 15 15 -849 0 0 0 0 120 25 Paul Habeck 15 15 -849 0 0 0 0
2010 Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified Roster (46) Car# Driver/Hometown Team (Sponsor / Chassis / Engine) 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 3 Justin Haers/Phelps,NY Phelps Cement Products-SMV Motorsports-Jeff Jolly Masonry/Bicknell/Finger Lakes 4* Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ Keizer Aluminum Wheels-Four Star Transmissions/TEO/Morrison 4t Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY 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 8r Rob Bellinger/Dexter,NY Westward Painting-Coffin Excavation-Lake Ontario Realty/Troyer/Finger Lakes 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY Xtreme Lubricants/Bicknell/C.C. Performance 10 Tim Currier/Auburn,NY Currier Plastics-NorthStar Business Center/Bicknell/Mastin Engineering 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 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 17 Marcus Dinkins/Watkins Glen,NY Dash Racewear-Watkins Glen Auto Parts-NAPA/TEO/Dannibel 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ Madsen Mtrsprts-Wentworth Custom Homes-Benjamin Moore Paints/TEO/Enders 21 Derrick Podsiadlo/Penn Yan,NY Penn Yan Mini Storage-Penn Yan Express Stop/TEO/Finger Lakes 21a Peter Britten/Brisbane,QLD Troyer Race Cars-JBR Motorsports/Troyer/Finger Lakes 21k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY TIBchurch.org-Signal Cigarettes-Randy's Smoke Shop/Bicknell/Jeff Nicholson 25 Paul Habeck/Penfield,NY Hydra Pools-North Eastern Pool & Spa/Troyer/Bruneau 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY Honeoye Auto Parts-Currier Plastics-Waste Management/Bicknell/Mastin 28p Eldon Payne,Jr./Hopewell,NY Fox's Auto-Dar's Auto-Payne's Construction & Tiltbed Service/TEO/Finger Lakes 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 33t Richie Tobias Jr./Anneville,PA Aloi Materials Handling-Mahaney Farms & Trucking/Bicknell/Enders 37c Eric Fisher/Bluff Point,NY Bully Hill Vineyards-Fisher Tree Service-Daily Electric/Ozcar/Finger Lakes 37md Jeremiah Shingledecker/Polk,PA Village Auto-Hards Welding-Steve's Teez/Bicknell/MD Racing Engines 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY Gypsum Express,Ltd./Bicknell/Kevlar 44 Shannon Whaley/Pavilion,NY Davis Trailer World-D&M Precision-Valley Sand & Gravel/Bicknell/Morrison 45m Mike Ward/Genoa,NY Cal-East Collision & Street Rods/Bicknell/Chet Ward 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 63 Adam Roberts/Watertown,N Y Roberts Auto-Glory Construction & Development-Wernette Drywall/Bicknell/Roberts 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 88 Dave Allen/Marion,NY DC Allen Contractors-DAM Motorsports/Bicknell/Don Paine 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 121 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY Beyea Custom Headers/Troyer/Finger Lakes 160 Johnny Hill/Hastings,NY Tanner Wood Products-P.M. Mobile Service/Bicknell/Kevlar
SKIDMARKS Cayuga County Clubhouse Comes To Life: The once legendary Clubhouse located directly behind the Cayuga County Fair Speedway grandstands was reactivated Friday night as the All-Star Weekend opening night celebration carried on after hours. The once clamoring clubhouse confines were restored to their prominent place on the evening agenda, once again turning into THE gathering spot as fans and racers reunited to swap stories and relive many of the magic moments that make up a most colored history at The Port. While the just competed All-Star 50 was replayed inside on a jumbo screen compliments of Thomas Video Productions, live music was provided by ‘Raised On Radio’ as the racing was rehashed by many into the morning hours. Free entertainment continues in the CCFS Clubhouse on Saturday with the speedway staff serving drafts and dogs from the last checkered flag until 2:00 a.m.
*All-Star Exemption Dash Finish: Team Gypsum cars of Billy Decker and Ryan Phelps automatically advanced to Saturday’s All-Star 100 redraw after taking the top two positions in the 15-lap Exemption Dash. Decker overtook pole-sitter Phelps after starting third in the 9-car field with Matt Sheppard shadowing the ‘Rocket’ the last 10 laps. Decker pocketed $500 for his dominating performance and now sets his sights on the $20,000 jackpot that awaits the winners in three fast-paced feature races Saturday.
*All-Star Tweets On Tap: Fans were kept informed throughout the Super DIRTcar Series show at Cayuga County 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: Plenty of television time afforded by Syracuse stations to the Big-Block boys as cameramen from both CNYcentral News (CBS & NBC affiliate) and WSYR-TV 9 (ABC) shot clips up close and personal with defending All-Star 100 Champion Ryan Phelps and Super DIRT Week ‘09 Syracuse 200 winner Matt Sheppard. WOLF 105 Radio provided call-ins to its listeners with station personality Skip Clark taping spots with Super DIRTcar Series record-setter Brett Hearn and 1992 Syracuse 200 Champion Richie Tobias Jr., who doubled up Friday racing both his SpdSTR and the back-up #33 DIRTcar Big-Block of Mike Mahaney. Time-Warner Cable YNN News 10 arrived in time for qualifying action…..Fans on hand for All-Star Weekend II remained fired up all night as they witnessed the opening day installment of a $30,000 Pyrotechnics production, which is part of the World Racing Group (WRG) traveling external combustion unit that has been on tour across the country. Flames and fireworks were the order of the day, with every checkered flag thrown to the Big-Block winners accompanied by a loud and heated outburst from the band of pyros infiltrating the infield throughout the program…..The established ‘voice’ of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, Alabama resident and WoO LM Public Announcer Rick Eshelman packed up his bags and drove 1,000 miles north before arriving just in time to pick up the mic and spearhead the trackside driver interviews during ASW II in Weedsport … A late birthday present came for Rich Scagliotta as he time trialed a career best fifth at Cayuga County the day after turning 48 years-old when the Bound Brook, N.J. pilot placed 14th in Brewerton’s 50-lap tour finale. Last season at age 47, Scagliotta garnered Motorsports Safety Systems/G-FORCE DIRTcar NE Big-Block Modified Rookie of the Year recognition.
UPCOMING EVENTS The 2nd Annual DIRTcar All-Star Weekend concludes at Cayuga County Fair Speedway on July 17 before 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 Jimmy Phelps 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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