Super Mario Crowned Mr. Super Stock At New Egypt
New Egypt, NJ (June 22) - In a night that headlined the Super Stock
division, "Super" Mario Page of Somerset, NJ, took the title, the six-foot
trophy and the thousand dollar prize, all courtesy of Champion Tire of
Ringoes, in New Egypt Speedway's Mr. Super Stock Classic on Saturday. In
other events, Frank Cozze scored his second this year in the Modified class,
and Rich Scagliotta did likewise in the Sportsman 20.
"I've got to thank George Unfried (of Champion Tire) for what he does for
the track. The money, the trophy - without people like him, this sport
wouldn't be what it is," Page reflected in victory lane. "Y'know, I'm a
truck driver for a living, and yesterday I met another trucker as I was
coming back from Alabama. He told me his mom was in the hospital and she
might not make it. He told me to go home and win this race for her. And I
did."
In the 25-lap Mr. Super Stock Classic, Page rocketed from 16th to third in
the first 15, putting him in perfect position to steal the point when
leaders Kevin Bifulco and Ralph Gargiulo tangled. Page held off a determined
hard-court press by 2001 champ Al Cheney III to maintain control and take
the coveted crown of Mr. Super Stock, over Cheney, current point leader
Gargiulo, Bill Gerber and Gary Butler. For Page, it was his fourth win of
the year, his third in a row. Butler, Carol Whitehouse and Bill Miscoski
were in position to collect $400 in bonus bucks from sponsor Champion Tire.
The Modified main turned into a two-man battle between Wind Gap, PA's Frank
Cozze and Tim Tanner Jr., with Cozze finally flying high around the outside
of Tanner with four to go in the 30-lap event, to record a handsome second
victory on the season. Tanner settled for a strong second, his third
consecutive top-10 finish. Keith Hoffman, Eddie Bohn in a fine run, and Todd
Burley completed the top five.
"I was driving my heart out - every lap, as hard as I could," Cozze
remarked, after the thrilling performance.
Rich Scagliotta of Bound Brook, NJ, became the first repeat winner in the
Sportsman class this year. Scagliotta took the lead from Jack Swain on lap
13 to score number two. Swain, Dave Hoffman, Tom Tomasko and Larry Kline
followed Scagliotta to the line.
The Herman's Trucking Lightning Lap Awards for fastest lap in a feature
event were won by Cozze (Mods, 19.004), Scagliotta (Sportsman, 20.106) and
Kory Fleming (Super Stock, 20.474).
For the fourth year, Delran Auto Body hosted the Kids' Big Wheel Challenge
for children 10 and under. More than 30 youngsters competed in three age
divisions, with trophies being awarded to the top three in each class.
Next week, it's the track's annual Independence Day celebration, featuring
the Pepsi Big Bang 40 for Mods, with Sportsman, Super Stocks and a fabulous
fireworks display also on the bill. An added bonus: Cream Ridge Golf Club's
held-over Dad's Appreciation Night special will showcase dads of drivers
behind the wheel in three Senior Masters Challenge events. Gates open at 4
pm, with first race at 6. Adult admission is $20, children 7-12 are $7, and
kids 6 and under are free. For more information, call the speedway office at
(609) 758-1900.
6/22/02
MODIFIED RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.Cozze 2.Radd 3.Brightbill 4.Keimig 5.Velenger 6.Laureno
2nd Heat: 1.Hoffman 2.Grosso 3.Tanner Jr. 4.Koczon 5.Drayton 6.Miloszar
3rd Heat: 1.McCaughey 2.Carberry 3.Bohn 4.Burley 5.Pauch 6.Martz
B Main: 1.R.Godown 2.Dmuchowski 3.Kerr 4.Bitner 5.Infante 6.Worthington
(Prov: VanGorder)
Feature (30 laps):
1.Frank Cozze 2.Tim Tanner Jr. 3.Keith Hoffman 4.Eddie Bohn 5.Todd Burley
6.Tom Carberry 7.Bob Drayton 8.Donnie Radd 9.Kenny Brightbill 10.Rick Grosso
11.Darren McCaughey 12.Ryan Godown 13.Roger Laureno 14.Gary Velenger 15.Ryan
Kerr 16.Sam Martz 17.Korey Keimig 18.Bob Worthington 19.Scott VanGorder
20.Fred Dmuchowski 21.John Miloszar 22.Rocco Infante 23.Ron John Koczon
24.Billy Pauch DNS: Mark Bitner
DNQ: Mike Hendershot, Doug Ostwald, Jimmy Reppert, Tom Hager, Larry McVay,
Rich Scagliotta, Tom Solderich, Dan McMahon
SPORTSMAN RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.DeVos 2.Hoffman 3.Ely 4.Reid 5.J.Papiez
2nd Heat: 1.Ploski III 2.Swain 3.R.Raisner 4.M.Papiez 5.B.Godown
3rd Heat: 1.Carpenter 2.Tomasko 3.Tramontana 4.Toth 5.Mongiello III
4th Heat: 1.Flesch 2.Reutter Jr. 3.Apgar 4.Scagliotta 5.Kline
C Main: 1.Harris
B Main: 1.Liedl 2.Smith 3.Tanner IV 4.Telesco 5.Pearson 6.Beamer 7.Scherer
8.Meisner (Prov: Lyons)
Feature (20 Laps):
1.Rich Scagliotta 2.Jack Swain 3.Dave Hoffman 4.Tom Tomasko 5.Larry Kline
6.Anthony Tramontana 7.Stan Ploski III 8.Brian Godown 9.Matt Papiez 10.Tommy
Beamer 11.Tim Apgar 12.Jim Scherer 13.Brian Pearson 14.Jeff Carpenter
15.Rick Raisner 16.Billy Tanner IV 17.Doug Liedl 18.Joe Papiez 19.Ken
Meisner 20.Brien Ely 21.Scott Reed 22.Mike Mongiello 23.Mike Toth 24.Pete
Telesco 25.G.R. Smith 26.Gene Stravinsky 27.Chuck Flesch 28.Mike Reutter,
Jr. 29.Mike Lyons
DNQ: Jeff Geiges, Fred Monk, Rick Yard, Gene Stravinsky, Keith Fleming,
Jim Harris, Bruce Leote, Lee Taylor Jr., Keith Plumstead, Joe Szwed, Steve
Schultz, Lou Farina Sr., Mike Fattori, Rob Pfister, Glenn Hisko, Rich
Acolia, Bill Tanner III, Bill Raisner, Laura Lawrence, Joey Tinnes Jr., Rich
Stout, Todd Kuhl, Dave Woolston Sr., Dave Woolston Jr., Chris Wasson,
Dominick Buffalino, Rich McTighe, Keith Foster, Anthony Moran, Phil
McCloughan.
SUPER STOCK RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.M.Page 2.Cheney 3.Whitehouse 4.Bauer 5.Barnes 6.Pfeil
2nd Heat: 1.Coverly 2.R.Gargiulo 3.Roveda 4.Hammond 5.Nixon 6.Marra Jr.
3rd Heat: 1.Quinlan 2.Bifulco 3.Gerber 4.Butler 5.Fleming 6.Miscoski
B Main: 1.Reed 2.Jn.Hewitt 3.Conaway 4.R.Page 5.Jm.Hewit 6.Guyer (Prov:
N.Gargiulo Jr.)
Feature (25 laps):1.Mario Page 2.Al Cheney III 3.Ralph Gargiulo 4.Bill
Gerber 5.Gary Butler 6.Billy Bauer 7.Carol Whitehouse 8.Rich Page 9.Pat
Conaway 10.Jon Hewitt 11.Bill Miscoski 12.Ron Coverly 13.Jake Roveda
14.Kenny Guyer 15.Jim Hewitt 16.Steve Barnes 17.Nick Gargiulo, Jr. 18.Kevin
Bifulco 19.Bryan Reed 20.Kory Fleming 21.Paul Marra, Jr. 22.Kenny Hammond
23.Wayne Pfeil 24.Brian Nixon 25.George Quinlan
DNQ: Pat Conaway, Don Shipley, Jason Saredy, Dan Dewey, Dave Cologna, Bob
Vaccaro, Pat Freiberger, John Scarpati Jr., Steve Biles, Evan Berardi, Al
Derlinger, Chris Pidgeon, Tom Bentz.