Pauch Rocks To Number Four At New Egypt
New Egypt, NJ (June 8) - It was Frenchtown, NJ's Billy Pauch, rockin' and
rollin' to his fourth of the year in the Modified class on Gem Marketing
Be-Bop Night Saturday at New Egypt Speedway.
"The track was too good, there were a lot of good running cars out there
tonight. I didn't know how far ahead we were," Pauch said, after
outdistancing his rivals by more than 3 seconds to score his 45th career
victory on the New Egypt clay. "Hey, we work hard, I drive hard, the fans
cheer hard. That's what makes it happen."
Pauch forged forward from his far-back starting spot to show ninth a third
of the way into the 30-lap main event. A strong-running Sam Martz managed to
give Pauch a real tussle for the lead until finally handing over the reins
on lap 17. Even tightly bunched traffic didn't deter Pauch from that point
on, and he danced in for win #4. Frank Cozze claimed the runnerup berth,
with Tim Tanner Jr. pushing a back-up small-block car from a consi starting
spot to a strong third. Darren McCaughey and Sam Martz, on his sponsor's
night, completed the top five.
Matt Papiez of Belle Mead, NJ, became the eighth different winner in the
eight Sportsman races run this year, inheriting the lead after Mike Lyons
broke with four laps remaining. Tommy Beamer, Jack Swain, Rich Scagliotta
and Tom Tomasko followed Papiez to the line.
Somerset, NJ's Mario Page dominated the non-stop Super Stock event, charging
from 16th to the lead by lap 7 and then holding off Ralph Gargiulo the rest
of the 15-lap run for his third win of the season. Bryan Reed, Brian Nixon
and Pat Conaway finished third through fifth.
The Herman's Trucking Lightning Lap Awards for fastest lap in a feature
event were won by Billy Pauch (Mods, 18.357), Tommy Beamer (Sportsman,
19.663) and Mario Page (Super Stock, 19.860).
On a theme night of '50s nostalgia, the Garden State Vintage Stock Cars were
on display and on the track for an exhibition match. An Elvis appearance,
hula-hoop and twist contests, and great giveaways from Gem Marketing
highlighted the evening.
Next week, it's Dad's Appreciation Night at New Egypt Speedway, sponsored by
Cream Ridge Golf Club and AMSOIL Synthetic Lubricants. In addition to a full
card of big-block Modifieds, Sportsman and Super Stocks, dads of drivers
will compete in three Senior Masters Challenge events. Gates open at 3:30
pm, with first race at 5:45. Adult admission is $14, children 7-12 are $4,
and kids 6 and under are free. For more information, call the speedway
office at (609) 758-1900.
6/8/02
MODIFIED RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.Worthington 2.Koczon 4.Brightbill 5.Bitner 6.Velenger
2nd Heat: 1.Pauch 2.McCaughey 3.Hendershot 4.Kerr 5.Laureno 6.Martz
3rd Heat: 1.Drayton 2.Cozze 3.Reppert 4.Infante 5.R.Godown 6.Tanner
B Main: 1.Burley 2.Radd 3.Bohn 4.Hager 5.VanGorder 6.Carberry (Prov:
Dmuchowski)
Feature (30 Laps):1.Billy Pauch 2.Frank Cozze 3.Tim Tanner, Jr. 4.Darren
McCaughey 5.Sam Martz 6.Ryan Kerr 7.Kenny Brightbill 8.Mark Bitner 9.Bob
Drayton 10.Ron John Koczon 11.Donnie Radd 12.Todd Burley 13.Bob Worthington
14.Ryan Godown 15.Tom Carberry 16.Eddie Bohn 17.Tom Hager 18.Fred Dmuchowski
19.Scott VanGorder 20.Mike Hendershot 21.Keith Hoffman 22.Jimmy Reppert
23.Gary Velenger 24.Roger Laureno 25.Rocco Infante
DNQ: Tad Cox, Rick Grosso, Mickey Kessler, Korey Keimig, John Miloszar
Jr., Doug Ostwald, Larry McVay.
SPORTSMAN RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.DeVos 2.Reid 3.Scherer 4.M.Papiez 5.Stravinsky
2nd Heat: 1.Taylor 2.Apgar 3.Pearson 4.Swain 5.Toth
3rd Heat: 1.Buffalino 2.Ploski 3.Tomasko 4.Reutter 5.Kline
4th Heat: 1.B.Godown 2.Beamer 3.J.Papiez 4.Scagliotta 5.Lyons
1st B Main:1.Telesco 2.Meisner 3.Geiges 4.Carpenter
2nd B Main:1.Smith 2.Flesch 3.Delnero 4.Mongiello (Prov: Ely)
Feature( 20 Laps): 1.Matt Papiez 2.Tommy Beamer 3.Jack Swain 4.Rich
Scagliotta 5.Tom Tomasko 6.Brian Pearson 7.G.R. Smith 8.Stan Ploski III
9.Jim Scherer 10.Gene Stravinsky 11.Mike Toth 12.Jeff Carpenter 13.Darrell
Delnero 14.Joe Papiez 15.Dominick Buffalino 16.Brien Ely 17.Tim Apgar
18.Pete Telesco 19.Gene DeVos 20.Jeff Geiges 21.Mike Lyons 22.Mike Reutter
Jr. 23.Brian Godown 24.Lee Taylor Jr. 25.Chuck Flesch 26.Ken Meisner
27.Mike Mongiello III 28.Scott Reid 29.Larry Kline
DNQ: Fred Monk, Glenn Hisko, Billy Tanner IV, Joe Szwed, George Garies,
Rick Yard, Chris Wasson, Anthony Moran, Rob Pfister, Lou Farina III, Stan
Frankenfield Jr., Phil McCloughan, Keith Foster, Jimmy Heolterling, Doug
Liedl, Dave Hoffman, Dave Woolston Sr., Anthony Tramontana, Keith Plumstead,
Todd Kuhl, Brien Ely, Rick Raisner, Dave Van Dyke, Rich Acolia, Bruce Leote,
Andy Weeks, Steve Schultz, Bill Tanner III.
SUPER STOCK RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.Quinlan 2.Fleming 3.Nixon 4.Miscoski 5.Bentz 6.Berardi
2nd Heat: 1.M.Page 2.N.Gargiulo 3.Roveda 4.Jn.Hewitt 5.Whitehouse 6.Melton
3rd Heat: 1.Bifulco 2.R.Gargiulo 3.Reed 4.Cheney 5.Hammond 6.Guyer
B Main: 1.M.Page 2.Gerber 3.Conaway 4.Coverly 5.Dewey 6.Pfeil
Feature (15 laps):1.Mario Page 2.Ralph Gargiulo 3.Bryan Reed 4.Bryan Nixon
5.Pat Conaway 6.Jon Hewitt 7.Rich Page, II 8.Al Cheney III 9.Kory Fleming
10.Bill Gerber 11.Jake Roveda 12.Ken Hammond 13.Carol Whitehouse 14.Ron
Coverly 15.Kevin Bifulco 16.Kenny Guyer 17.Wayne Pfeil 18.Tom Bentz 19.Dan
Dewey 20.Nick Gargiulo, Jr. 21.George Quinlan 22.Bill Miscoski 23.Evan
Berardi 24.Robert Melton
DNQ: Jim Hewitt, Jason Saredy, Chris Pidgeon, Bob Vaccaro, Don Shipley,
Steve Biles, Gary Butler, Al Derlinger.