Hearn Hits Pay DIRT In New Egypt 100

New Egypt, NJ (June 20) - Five-time DIRT champion Brett Hearn of Sussex, NJ,
held off a go-for-broke charge by defending race winner Billy Decker,
Unadilla, NY, to hit for the $6,000 winner's jackpot in New Egypt Speedway's
Advance Auto Parts Super DIRT Series Garden State Gunfight, sponsored by
Haldeman Ford of Hamilton, NJ, on Thursday night.

"I had a good feeling coming in here. The car felt good. The track was just
right for us tonight," said Hearn, 43, who admitted the slick speedway
surface was just to his liking. "Hey, if you can come in here and beat Billy
Pauch on his own turf - you did something."

Pauch, the winningest driver in the track's dirt era, pounced to the fore to
lead the first 9 laps in the 100-lap special before Hearn slipped into the
front spot. Pauch held onto second for another nine before the two-time New
Egypt champ pulled out of the race on lap 18 when his car broke a driveline.
It looked to be all Hearn's way until Decker put his two-cents in the final
half. With 20 to go, Decker caught the leader in lapped traffic, shadowing
Hearn's every move around and under slower cars. Decker dogged Hearn,
breathing all over his bumper, until Hearn finally managed to find some
daylight in the final five. It was Hearn by a car length for his 68th career
win in the history of the Super DIRT Series. Decker was second, Danny
Johnson was third, polesitter Tim Fuller was fourth, and 2001 track champion
Keith Hoffman finished fifth. Ryan Godown, Vic Coffey, Tim Tanner Jr., Kenny
Tremont and Alan Johnson completed the top ten.

A stellar field of 55 Modifieds from five states entered the event. Heat
winners were Decker, Hearn, Keith Hoffman, Tanner, Darren McCaughey and
Steve Paine. Tim McCreadie, Rick Laubach and Pat Ward took the consolations.
The JE Pistons Quick Qualifier Award for fast time went to Tim Fuller. The
Holley Performance Halfway Bonus was won by Hearn.

Racing returns to New Egypt on Saturday night, June 22, when Champion Tire
presents the inaugural Mr. Super Stock Classic, with a title, a six-foot
trophy and a thousand bucks on the line for one talented Super Stock driver.
Also on the June 22 card: big-block Mods, Sportsman and the annual Kids' Big
Wheel Challenge for children 10 and under, sponsored by Delran Auto Body.
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.

DIVISION: Advance Auto Parts Modified Super DIRT Series: Race #7
TRACK: New Egypt Speedway - New Egypt, New Jersey
DATE: Thursday - June 20, 2002 - Garden State Gunfight 100 presented by
Haldeman Ford
FIN STR CAR# DRIVER LAPS $WON$
1 5 3 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ 100 6000
2 14 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY 100 4000
3 15 27 Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY 100 2500
4 9 M1 Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY 100 2000
5 6 6 Keith Hoffman/Whitehall,PA 100 1600
6 1 26 Ryan Godown/Ringoes,NJ 100 1200
7 24 32c Vic Coffey/Leicester,NY 100 1000
8 3 18 Tim Tanner,Jr./Ivyland,PA 100 800
9 13 115 Kenny Tremont/West Sand Lake,NY 100 600
10 30 1j Alan Johnson/Phelps,NY 100 500
11 18 84 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY 100 400
12 29 fx1 Frankie Caprara/Watertown,NY 100 350
13 11 44 Frank Cozze/Wind Gap,PA 100 330
14 19 98b Todd Burley/Spencerport,NY 100 320
15 23 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY 100 300
16 16 99b Chuck Bower/Lansing,NY 99 300
17 12 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY 99 300
18 27 Z Butch Tittle/Saylorsburg,PA 98 300
19 8 51m Donny Radd/Ringoes,NJ 98 300
20 22 93L Rick Laubach/Quakertown,PA 98 300
21 7 19 Kenny Brightbill/Sinking Spring,PA 76 300
22 26 704 Ricky Elliott/Seafrod,DE 75 300
23 28 17 Scott VanGorder/Somerset,NJ 65 300
24 25 7jr. Jimmy Reppert/Hamburg,PA 60 300
25 17 3m Sam Martz/Whitehouse Station,NJ 55 300
26 10 60over Doug Hoffman/Allentown,PA 51 300
27 20 a2 Wade Hendrickson/Lawrenceville,NJ 45 300
28 4 301 Darren McCaughey/New Egypt,NJ 19 300
29 2 1 Billy Pauch/Frenchtown,NJ 18 300
30 21 56 Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY 5 300

EVENT SUMMARY:
LAP LEADERS: Pauch (1-8), Hearn (9-100).
CAUTIONS: 4 for 5 laps.
HEAT WINNERS: Decker, Hearn, K. Hoffman, Tanner, McCaughey, Paine.
CONSI WINNERS: T.McCreadie, Laubach, Ward.
SYRACUSE ECKERD 200 QUALIFIER: Billy Decker.
HOLLEY PERFORMANCE HALFWAY BONUS: Brett Hearn.
BERT HARD CHARGER: Alan Johnson.
JE PISTONS QUICK QUALIFIER: Tim Fuller (17.670sec/101.868mph).
TOTAL PURSE: $34,900.
CARS ENTERED: 55. DNQ: Doug Liedl, Bob Drayton, Ryan Kerr, Jerry Higbie,
Bob Worthington, Ron John Koczon, Mark Tranquilli, Rich Scagliotta, Bob
McCreadie, Gary Velenger, Carmine Infante, Meme DeSantis, Mark Bitner, Kenny
Hammond, Rick Grosso, Jamie Mills, Rocco Infante, Tom Hager, Jimmy Chester,
Gary Hager, Eddie Bohn, Shawn Reimert, Tad Cox, Larry McVay, Jimmy Horton

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