Pauch Hauls To Third Of Year At New Egypt
New Egypt, NJ (June 1) - Two-time track champ Billy Pauch of Frenchtown, NJ,
used lapped traffic and the high line to his advantage, shutting down a
determined Darren McCaughey to win his third of the season Saturday on Dick
Greenfield Scout Night at New Egypt Speedway.
"My crew chief, big Artie (Van Solkema), went home with a stomach flu early
tonight, but the guys all pitched in to make sure everything was covered,"
Pauch revealed in victory lane. "I had a really good car tonight. When I
looked down and saw Darren, I knew once I got my momentum up I'd be okay."
After settling for second last week, Pauch wouldn't be denied this night,
hauling from 16th into second by lap 7. Pauch settled in for an easy stretch
until McCaughey decided to make things interesting. Gaining strength as the
race progressed, McCaughey had his small-block twisting; at the halfway
mark, he had the leader in his sights and signaled Pauch he meant business.
While McCaughey rode alongside in the low lane, Pauch was forced to drive
the wheels off his car up high. The pair crossed the stripe almost
dead-even, lap after lap, until Pauch was finally able to shake McCaughey in
lapped traffic. At the checkers, it was Pauch for his third of the year over
McCaughey, Kenny Brightbill, Keith Hoffman and Frank Cozze.
In one of the most thrilling Sportsman races to date, G.R. Smith of Folsom,
NJ, switched grooves at the end to outfox a ferocious Stan Ploski III and
win his career-first at the track. Ploski's high and handsome run got him
second, with Jim Scherer a solid third, Matt Papiez fourth, and Keith Foster
fifth.
The Page brothers added another page to their resumes, finishing one-two in
the 15-lap Super Stock event. Somerset, NJ's Mario Page bested brother Rich
for his second score of 2002. Al Cheney III, Kory Fleming and Ralph Gargiulo
followed the siblings to the stripe.
In the initial exhibition race of the new SS Sprint division, Jeff Schildt
of Palmyra, PA, topped Denny Willey of Carlisle in a 10-lap match.
The Herman's Trucking Lightning Lap Awards for fastest lap in a feature
event were won by Billy Pauch (Mods, 18.978), Stan Ploski III (Sportsman,
19.462) and Al Cheney III (Super Stock, 21.586).
All scouts in uniform were admitted free for the track's annual Scout Night
celebration, and sponsor Dick Greenfield Dodge-Isuzu, Lawrenceville, NJ,
tossed hundreds of T-shirts into the grandstands. A helmet pass to benefit
Sportsman driver Rick Beavers, who suffered a heart attack at the speedway
the previous week, brought in $1,791.
Next week, it's Be-Bop Night at New Egypt Speedway, sponsored by Gem
Marketing. Big-block Modifieds, Sportsman, Super Stocks, the new SS Sprints
and nostalgia stocks from the Garden State Vintage Stock Car Club are on the
card for the rock 'n roll theme night. 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.
6/1/02
MODIFIED RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.Miloszar 2.Cozze 3.Bohn 4.Keimig 5.Reppert 6.Cox
2nd Heat: 1.Koczon 2.Brightbill 3.Pauch 4.McCaughey 5.Tanner Jr. 6.Kerr
3rd Heat: 1.Hoffman 2.VanGorder 3.Radd 4.Worthington 5.Laureno 6.Hager
B Main: 1.Martz 2.Dmuchowski 3.Kessler 4.Bitner 5.Infante 6.McVay (Fan
Prov: Godown)
Feature (30 laps):
1.Billy Pauch 2.Darren McCaughey 3.Kenny Brightbill 4.Keith Hoffman 5.Frank
Cozze 6.Tim Tanner Jr. 7.Donnie Radd 8.Ron John Koczon 9.Sam Martz 10.John
Miloszar 11.Tom Hager 12.Tad Cox 13.Ryan Godown 14.Mark Bitner 15.Eddie Bohn
16.Roger Laureno 17.Bob Worthington 18.Fred Dmuchowski 19.Scott VanGorder
20.Jimmy Reppert 21.Rocco Infante 22.Larry McVay 23.Mickey Kessler 24.Korey
Keimig 25.Ryan Kerr
DNQ: Bob Drayton, Rick Grosso, Gary Velenger, Mike Hendershot, Tom
Solderich, Tom Carberry, Ed Altemose.
SPORTSMAN RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.Smith 2.Plumstead 3.J.Papiez 4.Hisko 5.Foster
2nd Heat: 1.Geiges 2.DeVos 3.Scherer 4.Kline 5.Tomasko
3rd Heat: 1.Ploski III 2.Wasson 3.Reid 4.R.Raisner 5.Monk
4th Heat: 1.Buffalino 2.Flesch 3.Yard 4.Taylor Jr. 5.Apgar
1st B Main: 1.Lyons 2.M.Papiez 3.Godown 4.Meisner
2nd B Main: 1.Tanner III 2.Liedl 3.Scagliotta 4.Swain
Feature (20 Laps):
1.G.R. Smith 2.Stan Ploski III 3.Jim Scherer 4.Matt Papiez 5.Keith Foster
6.Brian Godown 7.Rich Scagliotta 8.Mike Lyons 9.Larry Kline 10.Doug Liedl
11.Ken Meisner 12.Dave Hoffman 13.Jeff Geiges 14.Dominick Buffalino 15.Tim
Apgar 16.Tom Tomasko 17.Rick Raisner 18.Keith Plumstead 19.Joe Papiez
20.Fred Monk 21.Rick Yard 22.Glenn Hisko 23.Chuck Flesch 24.Bill Tanner III
25.Scott Reid 26.Jack Swain 27.Lee Taylor Jr. 28.Chris Wasson
DNQ: Tommy Beamer, Brian Pearson, Anthony Tramontana, Dave Woolston Jr.,
Gene Stravinsky, Rich Stout, Jeff Harvey, Steve Schultz, Mike Toth, Joe
Szwed, Jimmy Holterling, Rob Morris, Todd Kuhl, Doug Boyce, Mike Reutter
Jr., Gene DeVos, Bruce Leote, Brien Ely, Keith Fleming, John McClelland,
Billy Tanner IV, Mike Mongiello III, Billy Raisner, Pete Telesco, Jeff
Carpenter, Lou Farina Sr., George Gareis.
SUPER STOCK RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.R.Page 2.Gerber 3.Miscoski 4.Jm.Hewitt 5.Roveda 6.Barnes
2nd Heat: 1.M.Page 2.Butler 3.R.Gargiulo 4.Cheney 5.Jn.Hewitt 6.N.Gargiulo
Jr.
3rd Heat: 1.Fleming 2.R.Page II 3.Bifulco 4.Coverly 5.Conaway 6.Quinlan
B Main: 1.Bentz 2.Nixon 3.Dewey 4.Scarpati Jr. 5.Whitehouse 6.Saredy
7.Fogarty
Feature (15 laps):1.Mario Page 2.Rich Page 3.Al Cheney III 4.Kory Fleming
5.Ralph Gargiulo 6.Bill Gerber 7.George Quinlan 8.Pat Conaway 9.Bill
Miscoski 10.Ron Coverly 11.Gary Butler 12.Jon Hewitt 13.Carol Whitehouse
14.Jake Roveda 15.Nick Gargiulo Jr. 16.Steve Barnes 17.Bryan Reed 18.Dan
Dewey 19.Tom Bentz 20.Pete Fogarty 21.Brian Nixon 22.John Scarpati Jr.
23.Jason Saredy 24.Al Derlinger DNS: Kevin Bifulco.
DNQ: Dave Cologna, Bob Vaccaro, Evan Berardi.