DECKER, TITUS AND HAMMOND VICTORIOUS AT THUNDER MOUNTAIN!!
Lisle, NY - Mike Decker, of Gibson, PA took advantage of his pole starting spot to hold off some tough competition en route to picking up the win in the 30 lap Modified Feature Saturday night at Thunder Mountain.
Also making it into the winner’s circle were Ken Titus in Sportsman, Ken Hammond in Super Stocks, Dick Stark in Pure Stocks, Duane Knapp in 4 Cylinder Mods, Bob Doolittle in 4 Cylinder Stocks, Ben Poirier in Thunder Dogs, and Amber Patrick in Thunder Pups.
Decker, who finished 3rd in his qualifying heat, just making it into the feature re-draw, drew the number one starting position for the feature, and that was all he needed. Despite some heavy competition, Decker was able to lead the pack from wire to wire, holding off some of the areas best to pick up the win.
Newton Lake, PA native Tom McGurrin, Binghamton’s Jim Gabriel, Jr., and Paul Jensen, of West Edmeston all diced back and forth for position as the first 20 laps of the 30 lap event went green. As the checkers waved, it was Decker for the win, McGurrin in for second, Gabriel third, Jensen fourth, and Binghamton’s Chris Weaver in fifth.
In the 20 lap Sportsman feature event, Kirkwood’s Ken Titus took the early race lead from Cortland’s Scott Allen after a second lap re-start. Titus, who had started third, looked to be on a mission as he set a blistering pace, but last week’s feature winner Shaun Walker, of Masonville made his way up through the pack.
With just 5 laps to go, Walker took over the second spot and set his sights on Titus for the lead. Walker’s bid would come up short as Titus cruised to the victory by three car lengths. Allen finished third, with Berkshire’s Billy Spoonhower and Speedsville’s Kevin Jordan completing the top five.
Super Stock driver Ken Hammond, of Speedsville, figured he liked victory lane so much last week, that he’d visit it again. Hammond took the lead from Glenwood, PA native Dan Pompey at the start of the 20 lap event and never looked back as he had a dominating performance.
Binghamton’s Darl Ellis ran a solid second throughout the race, but had to hold off some serious late race pressure from Afton’s Wade Decker. At the line it was Hammond with the win, followed by Ellis, Decker, Harold Humphrey, of Norwich, and Homer’s Mark Wainwright.
There was a repeat winner in the Pure Stock division as well, as Lansing’s Dick Start made it two for two on the season. Stark started on the outside pole alongside Athens, PA’s Doug Stack for the 20 lap feature event, and grabbed the lead as the green came out.
Stack gave chase but was unable to make a run on Stark, while Groton’s Howard Jones, Berkshire’s Louie Gordinier, Endicott’s Rich Green, and Cortland’s John Morse all did battle for position.
As the checkers flew, it was Stark with the wire to wire win, followed by Stack, Jones, Gordinier and Morse.
Sherburne’s Duane Knapp took home his first victory of the season in the Four Cylinder Modified class. Knapp, who took the lead at the start of the fifteen lap event, held off challenges from last week’s winner John Powers, of South New Berlin, with a sizable lead.
Powers came in for second, with Waterloo’s Tom Fletcher, Windsor’s Gordie Isham, and Binghamton’s Jeremy Howe completing the top five.
In Four Cylinder Stock action, Newfield’s Bob Doolittle quickly made his way to the front from his sixth starting position to take command of the lead over Candor’s Lloyd Twarz by lap three.
Doolittle went on for the win by about a straightaway over Twarz. Lisle’s Jerry Wilcox and Jeff Wilcox finished third and fourth respectively, with Newark Valley’s Jason Tuttle in fifth.
In the 12 lap Thunder Dog feature, the story was all about Berkshire’s Ben Poirier as he lead wire to wire to capture his first win of the season.
Candor’s Lloyd Twarz and Newark Valley’s David Ackley battled for second until contact between the two set them both back in the field with just two laps to go.
At the checkers it was Poirier for the win, with Tim Gwardyak, in his first run of the season, in for second. Brady Foster, Michael Morse and Twarz completed the top five.
The 10 lap Thunder Pup feature had one of the night’s best battles as Berkshire’s Amber Patrick and Rich Gardner, of Chenango Forks duked it out side by side for most of the race. At the end, Patrick prevailed, making it two for two on the season.
Racing returns to the Mountain next Saturday evening with all eight regular classes on the schedule. Races are set to start at 6:30pm. Thunder Mountain is located off of route 79 in Center Lisle, New York.
MODIFIED RESULTS: MIKE DECKER, Tom McGurrin, Jim Gabriel Jr, Paul Jensen, Chris Weaver, Rick Wilk, Brent Wilcox, George Kostelansky, Sean Collins, Mike Colsten, Chad Cook, Steve Babicek, Tom Rudalavage, J.R. Hurlburt, Dick Sundgren, Billy Spoonhower, Bill Jenkins, Alan Rudalavage, Chris Grbac, Roy Shields, Jeff Sheely, Darl Ellis.
SPORTSMAN RESULTS: KEN TITUS, Shaun Walker, Scott Allen, Billy Spoonhower, Kevin Jordan, Mike Wilk, George Howe, Cliff Pierce, Bret Tonkin, Bruce Evans, Tim Votra, Rich Wallace, Bret Welch, Joshua Pursell, Brent Boyer, Shawn Olenski, Matt Latwinski, Dusty Jagger, DNS-Mike Decker.
SUPER STOCK RESULTS: KEN HAMMOND, Darl Ellis, Wade Decker, Harold Humphrey, Mark Wainwright, Larry Hillis, Richard Post, Mike Austin, John Cooper Jr, Rick Davis, Duff Krebs, Rick Benjamin, Marc Goodwin, Mike Lester, Dan Pompey, Mitch Hurlburt.
PURE STOCK RESULTS: DICK STARK, Doug Stack, Howard Jones, Louie Gordinier, John Morse, Rich Green, Charlie Gilbert, Mike Coddington, Mahlon Shoemaker, Josh Ellis, Dan Searles, Richie Hillis, Darl Ellis Jr, Tim Parker, Bill Eynon, Joe George, Chuck Alexander, Harold Reeve, Max Mosher Jr, Mike Wilbur, Daryl Krebs, Butch Green, DNS-Kevin Beach.
FOUR CYLINDER STOCK: BOB DOOLITTLE, Lloyd Twarz, Jerry Wilcox, Jeff Wilcox, Jason Tuttle, Ken Carson, Jeff Leslie, John Carter, Dave Rothwell, John Wilcox, Richard Wilford, Jason Beebe, Chris Slack, Chuck Wheeland Jr, Josh Taylor, DNS-Mitch Hurlburt, DNS-Fred Newton II, DNS-Fred Newton.
FOUR CYLINDER MODIFIED: DUANE KNAPP, John Powers, Tom Fletcher, Gordie Isham, Jeremy Howe, Curt Pierce, Cal Pierce, Roger Dewitt, Kim Pierce, Josh Taylor, Bob Ralyea, Rob Ralyea, DNS-Rick Ralyea.
THUNDER DOG: BEN POIRIER, Tim Gwardyak, Brady Foster, Michael Morse, Lloyd Twarz, David Ackley, Roger Walburn, Dave Russell, Paul Larow, John Coish, DNS-Jim Irvine.
THUNDER PUP: AMBER PATRICK, Rich Gardner, Bobby Edwards, Joe Fuller, Steven Mattscheck, Tammy Welch, Dusty Corwin.
DECKER, TITUS AND HAMMOND VICTORIOUS AT THUNDER MOUNTAIN!!
Lisle, NY� Mike Decker, of Gibson, PA took advantage of his pole starting spot to hold off some tough competition en route to picking up the win in the 30 lap Modified Feature Saturday night at Thunder Mountain.
Also making it into the winner�s circle were Ken Titus in Sportsman, Ken Hammond in Super Stocks, Dick Stark in Pure Stocks, Duane Knapp in 4 Cylinder Mods, Bob Doolittle in 4 Cylinder Stocks, Ben Poirier in Thunder Dogs, and Amber Patrick in Thunder Pups.
Decker, who finished 3rd in his qualifying heat, just making it into the feature re-draw, drew the number one starting position for the feature, and that was all he needed. Despite some heavy competition, Decker was able to lead the pack from wire to wire, holding off some of the areas best to pick up the win.
Newton Lake, PA native Tom McGurrin, Binghamton�s Jim Gabriel, Jr., and Paul Jensen, of West Edmeston all diced back and forth for position as the first 20 laps of the 30 lap event went green. As the checkers waved, it was Decker for the win, McGurrin in for second, Gabriel third, Jensen fourth, and Binghamton�s Chris Weaver in fifth.
In the 20 lap Sportsman feature event, Kirkwood�s Ken Titus took the early race lead from Cortland�s Scott Allen after a second lap re-start. Titus, who had started third, looked to be on a mission as he set a blistering pace, but last week�s feature winner Shaun Walker, of Masonville made his way up through the pack.
With just 5 laps to go, Walker took over the second spot and set his sights on Titus for the lead. Walker�s bid would come up short as Titus cruised to the victory by three car lengths. Allen finished third, with Berkshire�s Billy Spoonhower and Speedsville�s Kevin Jordan completing the top five.
Super Stock driver Ken Hammond, of Speedsville, figured he liked victory lane so much last week, that he�d visit it again. Hammond took the lead from Glenwood, PA native Dan Pompey at the start of the 20 lap event and never looked back as he had a dominating performance.
Binghamton�s Darl Ellis ran a solid second throughout the race, but had to hold off some serious late race pressure from Afton�s Wade Decker. At the line it was Hammond with the win, followed by Ellis, Decker, Harold Humphrey, of Norwich, and Homer�s Mark Wainwright.
There was a repeat winner in the Pure Stock division as well, as Lansing�s Dick Start made it two for two on the season. Stark started on the outside pole alongside Athens, PA�s Doug Stack for the 20 lap feature event, and grabbed the lead as the green came out.
Stack gave chase but was unable to make a run on Stark, while Groton�s Howard Jones, Berkshire�s Louie Gordinier, Endicott�s Rich Green, and Cortland�s John Morse all did battle for position.
As the checkers flew, it was Stark with the wire to wire win, followed by Stack, Jones, Gordinier and Morse.
Sherburne�s Duane Knapp took home his first victory of the season in the Four Cylinder Modified class. Knapp, who took the lead at the start of the fifteen lap event, held off challenges from last week�s winner John Powers, of South New Berlin, with a sizable lead.
Powers came in for second, with Waterloo�s Tom Fletcher, Windsor�s Gordie Isham, and Binghamton�s Jeremy Howe completing the top five.
In Four Cylinder Stock action, Newfield�s Bob Doolittle quickly made his way to the front from his sixth starting position to take command of the lead over Candor�s Lloyd Twarz by lap three.
Doolittle went on for the win by about a straightaway over Twarz. Lisle�s Jerry Wilcox and Jeff Wilcox finished third and fourth respectively, with Newark Valley�s Jason Tuttle in fifth.
In the 12 lap Thunder Dog feature, the story was all about Berkshire�s Ben Poirier as he lead wire to wire to capture his first win of the season.
Candor�s Lloyd Twarz and Newark Valley�s David Ackley battled for second until contact between the two set them both back in the field with just two laps to go.
At the checkers it was Poirier for the win, with Tim Gwardyak, in his first run of the season, in for second. Brady Foster, Michael Morse and Twarz completed the top five.
The 10 lap Thunder Pup feature had one of the night�s best battles as Berkshire�s Amber Patrick and Rich Gardner, of Chenango Forks duked it out side by side for most of the race. At the end, Patrick prevailed, making it two for two on the season.
Racing returns to the Mountain next Saturday evening with all eight regular classes on the schedule. Races are set to start at 6:30pm. Thunder Mountain is located off of route 79 in Center Lisle, New York.
MODIFIED RESULTS: MIKE DECKER, Tom McGurrin, Jim Gabriel Jr, Paul Jensen, Chris Weaver, Rick Wilk, Brent Wilcox, George Kostelansky, Sean Collins, Mike Colsten, Chad Cook, Steve Babicek, Tom Rudalavage, J.R. Hurlburt, Dick Sundgren, Billy Spoonhower, Bill Jenkins, Alan Rudalavage, Chris Grbac, Roy Shields, Jeff Sheely, Darl Ellis.
SPORTSMAN RESULTS: KEN TITUS, Shaun Walker, Scott Allen, Billy Spoonhower, Kevin Jordan, Mike Wilk, George Howe, Cliff Pierce, Bret Tonkin, Bruce Evans, Tim Votra, Rich Wallace, Bret Welch, Joshua Pursell, Brent Boyer, Shawn Olenski, Matt Latwinski, Dusty Jagger, DNS-Mike Decker.
SUPER STOCK RESULTS: KEN HAMMOND, Darl Ellis, Wade Decker, Harold Humphrey, Mark Wainwright, Larry Hillis, Richard Post, Mike Austin, John Cooper Jr, Rick Davis, Duff Krebs, Rick Benjamin, Marc Goodwin, Mike Lester, Dan Pompey, Mitch Hurlburt.
PURE STOCK RESULTS: DICK STARK, Doug Stack, Howard Jones, Louie Gordinier, John Morse, Rich Green, Charlie Gilbert, Mike Coddington, Mahlon Shoemaker, Josh Ellis, Dan Searles, Richie Hillis, Darl Ellis Jr, Tim Parker, Bill Eynon, Joe George, Chuck Alexander, Harold Reeve, Max Mosher Jr, Mike Wilbur, Daryl Krebs, Butch Green, DNS-Kevin Beach.
FOUR CYLINDER STOCK: BOB DOOLITTLE, Lloyd Twarz, Jerry Wilcox, Jeff Wilcox, Jason Tuttle, Ken Carson, Jeff Leslie, John Carter, Dave Rothwell, John Wilcox, Richard Wilford, Jason Beebe, Chris Slack, Chuck Wheeland Jr, Josh Taylor, DNS-Mitch Hurlburt, DNS-Fred Newton II, DNS-Fred Newton.
FOUR CYLINDER MODIFIED: DUANE KNAPP, John Powers, Tom Fletcher, Gordie Isham, Jeremy Howe, Curt Pierce, Cal Pierce, Roger Dewitt, Kim Pierce, Josh Taylor, Bob Ralyea, Rob Ralyea, DNS-Rick Ralyea.
THUNDER DOG: BEN POIRIER, Tim Gwardyak, Brady Foster, Michael Morse, Lloyd Twarz, David Ackley, Roger Walburn, Dave Russell, Paul Larow, John Coish, DNS-Jim Irvine.
THUNDER PUP: AMBER PATRICK, Rich Gardner, Bobby Edwards, Joe Fuller, Steven Mattscheck, Tammy Welch, Dusty Corwin