Reppert Is Ninth Different New Egypt Winner in 2002

New Egypt, NJ (July 27) - Newcomer Jimmy Reppert of Hamburg, PA, became the

ninth different Modified winner this season at New Egypt Speedway, holding

off the hardball bids of a flyin' Frank Cozze and Rick Grosso to score his

first-ever victory Saturday on Century 21 Banner Night.

"I've got to thank God, first and foremost. We've been struggling here and

He really blessed me tonight," a joyful Reppert said, after sweeping both

his qualifying heat and the feature race. "Last week, we were leading the

heat race and blew up the motor. We put 'Old Reliable' (under the hood) --

and it did the job for us."

Reppert, a latecomer to this year's Modified roster who'd only qualified

eight times previously, led every lap of the 30-lap Modified main. But that

doesn't mean the race was a sleeper, by any stretch of the imagination.

After a full-tilt Todd Burley fell off Reppert's pace in the late going,

Rick Grosso made his presence known, riding hard on the outside to capture

second with five laps remaining. Then, with three laps to go, Frank Cozze

came out of nowhere, and suddenly the top three were racing under a

handkerchief. Reppert repelled Grosso's best shot to upset, right before

Cozze flatfooted by Grosso in a squeaker for second. At the line, it was

Reppert, Cozze, Grosso, Burley and Roger Laureno. New point leader Keith

Hoffman finished seventh, capitalizing on Billy Pauch's bad night.

Chatham, NJ's Chris Wasson took the high line to pass Rich Scagliotta with

five to go and race to his first of the year in the 25-lap Sportsman

feature, which awarded double points. New division point leader Scagliotta,

Larry Kline, Jim Scherer and Stan Ploski III followed Wasson to the stripe.

An exhausted Mario Page of Somerset, NJ, muscled to his sixth of the season

in the Super Stock ranks, battling a sick transmission the entire 15-lap

distance. Gary Butler, Kory Fleming, Brian Nixon and division points leader

Ralph Gargiulo finished second through fifth. In his best effort all year,

Kevin Bifulco crossed the line in second, but was disqualified after his car

failed the post-race weigh-in.

The Herman's Trucking Lightning Lap Awards for fastest lap in a feature

event were won by Todd Burley (Mods, 18.522), Chris Wasson (Sportsman,

19.401) and Mario Page (Super Stock, 20.495). In addition, Century 21

sponsored a $221 bonus to the 21st finishing position in each main event.

Korey Keimig (Modified), Tim Apgar (Sportsman) and Don Shipley (Super Stock)

pocketed the generous bonus bucks.

Century 21 Mortgage awarded a 19-inch color TV to the adult winner in the

track's annual Banner Night competition, with the under-12 winner receiving

a Nintendo Gameboy from Century 21 Ailor & Associates. Bicycles, NASCAR

collectibles, video games, and a wealth of "toss" freebies - over $3,000 in

grandstand giveaways - were sponsored by Century 21 Mortgage, Action Plus

Realty, B&R Realty, Major Realty, Ailor & Associates, and Roveda Speed &

Custom.

Next week, August 3, it's Ladies' Night at New Egypt, as the women take the

wheel for a series of Powder Puff events sponsored by Burnett Racing

Engines. Big-block Mods, Sportsman and Super Stocks complete the card. Gates

open at 4 pm, with first race at 6. Adult admission is $15, children 7-12

are $5, and kids 6 and under are free. For more information, call the

speedway office at (609) 758-1900.

7/27/02

MODIFIED RESULTS

1st Heat: 1.Reppert 2.Radd 3.Martz 4.Tanner Jr. 5.Grosso 6.Godown

2nd Heat: 1.Miloszar 2.Laureno 3.Brightbill 4.Bohn 5.McCaughey 6.Kell

3rd Heat: 1.Hoffman 2.Cozze 3.Pauch 4.Worthington 5.Burley 6.Hendrickson

B Main: 1.Drayton 2.Dmuchowski 3.Bitner 4.Iles 5.Tranquilli 6.Keimig

Feature (30 laps):

1.Jimmy Reppert 2.Frank Cozze 3.Rick Grosso 4.Todd Burley 5.Roger Laureno

6.Darren McCaughey 7.Keith Hoffman 8.Donny Radd 9.Eddie Bohn 10.Ryan Godown

11.Kenny Brightbill 12.Mark Bitner 13.Sam Martz 14.John Miloszar 15.Bob

Drayton 16.Tim Tanner Jr. 17.Fred Dmuchowski 18.Bob Worthington 19.Mike Iles

20.Mark Tranquilli 21.Korey Keimig 22.Bucky Kell 23.Billy Pauch DNS: Wade

Hendrickson

DNQ: Mike Hendershot, Doug Liedl, Richie Rutski, Scott VanGorder, Dan

McMahon, Rich Acolia, Tom Hager.

SPORTSMAN RESULTS

1st Heat: 1.Toth 2.McCloughan 3.Tomasko 4.Godown 5.Scagliotta

2nd Heat: 1.Ploski 2.Tramontana 3.DeVos 4.Reid 5.Beamer

3rd Heat: 1.Reutter Jr. 2.M.Papiez 3.Lyons 4.Monk 5.Geiges

4th Heat: 1.Wasson 2.Swain 3.Kline 4.Stravinsky 5.Scherer

C Main: 1.Liedl

B Main: 1.Telesco 2.Tanner III 3.Smith 4.Apgar 5.Pratt Jr. 6.Meisner 7.Ely

8.Liedl (Pt. Prov: Buffalino)

Feature (25 Laps):

1.Chris Wasson 2.Rich Scagliotta 3.Larry Kline 4.Jim Scherer 5.Stan Ploski

III 6.Mike Toth 7.Matt Papiez 8.Tommy Beamer 9.Pete Telesco 10.G.R.Smith

11.Jack Swain 12.Bill Tanner III 13.Anthony Tramontana 14.Brian Godown

15.Richie Pratt Jr. 16.Doug Liedl 17.Tom Tomasko 18.Jeff Geiges 19.Brien Ely

20.Scott Reid 21.Tim Apgar 22.Gene Stravinsky 23.Mike Reutter Jr. 24.Gene

DeVos 25.Phil McCloughan 26.Ken Meisner 27.Mike Lyons 28.Fred Monk

29.Dominick Buffalino

DNQ: (B Main): Larry Lippincott, Glenn Hisko, Joey Tinnes, Dave Woolston

Jr., Keith Foster, Dave Gorbatuk, Todd Kuhl, Billy Tanner IV, Dominick

Buffalino, Lee Taylor Jr., Rick Yard, Dave Hoffman. (C Main): Joe Papiez,

John Romano, Jimmy Harris, Brad Brightbill, Brian Pearson, Chuck Flesch,

Dave Woolston Sr., Rob Morris, Lou Farina III, Joe Szwed, Lenny

Przemelewski, Bob Lineman Jr., Andy Weeks, Rick Raisner, Nick Vasquez, Bill

Raisner, Steve Schultz, Sam Wescott, Keith Plumstead, Jim Robertson, Jeff

Carpenter, Mike Mongiello III, Stan Frankenfield Jr.

SUPER STOCK RESULTS

1st Heat: 1.M.Page 2.Fleming 3.Roveda 4.Gerber 5.Jn.Hewitt 6.R.Page

2nd Heat: 1.Nixon 2.Quinlan 3.Dewey 4.N.Gargiulo Jr. 5.Miscoski 6.Collier

3rd Heat: 1.Butler 2.Bifulco 3.Reed 4.R.Gargiulo 5.Jm.Hewitt 6.Barnes

B Main: 1.Whitehouse 2.Conaway 3.Coverly 4.Burdge 5.Barnstead 6.Shipley (Pt.

Prov: Cheney )

Feature (15 laps):1.Mario Page 2.Gary Butler 3.Kory Fleming 4.Brian Nixon

5.Ralph Gargiulo 6.Al Cheney III 7.Bill Miscoski 8.Carol Whitehouse 9.Pat

Conaway 10.Weldon Collier 11.George Quinlan 12.Jim Hewitt 13.Ron Coverly

14.Dan Dewey 15.Steve Barnes 16.Al Burdge 17.Ron Barnstead 18.Bill Gerber

19.Bryan Reed 20.Jake Roveda 21.Don Shipley 22.Nick Gargiulo Jr. 23.Jon

Hewitt 24.Rich Page DQ: Kevin Bifulco

DNQ: Bill Miller, Steve Biles, Chuck Barker, Chris Pidgeon, Mike Dzingleski,

Bob Vaccaro, Jeff Saxton, Scott Dunn, Blair Guker III, Evan Berardi, Norman

Saxton, Bill Liedtka.