Cozze and Michael Do Mom Proud At New Egypt

New Egypt, NJ (May 11) - Frank Cozze of Wind Gap, PA, did last week's

runner-up finish one better in the Modified race, while Curt Michael,

Oceanview, DE, was on top of the 25-lap URC Sprint car event during New

Egypt Speedway's Mother's Day Bouquet on Saturday night, presented by DeVos

Motorsports.

"I've raced at a lot of tracks, all over the East Coast," Cozze told the

large crowd from victory lane, "but I've never had as much fun as I do here

on a Saturday night."

Cozze's coup was especially challenging as he started the 25-lap feature

back in 15th position and the race ran right-through, non-stop. Cozze's

solid march to the front saw him track down race leader Tom Hager in lapped

traffic and whip by with four laps remaining to claim his second career win

at New Egypt. Darren McCaughey's late-race pass landed him in second at the

stripe, with Hager, Scott VanGorder and defending champ Keith Hoffman

following.

Former URC champion Curt Michael grabbed the point on lap 5 and barreled on

to record his first win of the year in the Sprint car club's initial 2002

appearance at the track. Trevor Lewis was second, with Bill Brian Jr. third,

Gary Gollub fourth and Kevin Welsh fifth.

"I've always liked this place and I've always finished in the top three

here," said Michael after his first New Egypt victory. "I'm really glad to

finally get this one."

Bound Brook, NJ's Rich Scagliotta became the fifth different winner this

year in the Sportsman ranks, besting Matt Papiez, Jack Swain, Jeff Geiges

and Dominick Buffalino in the division's 15-lapper.

Defending Super Stock titlist Al Cheney III of Cranbury, NJ, passed Pat

Conaway on the last lap to claim the night's full-fendered feature. Bill

Gerber, George Quinlan and Jake Roveda completed the top five.

Anthony Tramontana, Vineland, NJ, notched his first win in the Mid-State

Communications Rookie Sportsman Series, over Todd Kuhl, Glenn Hisko, current

series point leader Dave Woolston Jr. and Lou Farina III.

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

event were won by Billy Pauch (Mods, 19.410), Dominick Buffalino (Sportsman,

19.551) and Al Cheney III (Super Stock, 21.651).

156 cars competed in 22 events during the night, which were completed before

10:30 pm.

As part of the track's Mother's Day tribute, all Moms received flowers at

the front gate, courtesy of Flowers by Addalia, and over $1,500 in great

giveaways went to lucky mothers in the crowd, courtesy of DeVos Motorsports

sponsors. A grand prize of a $1,000 gift certificate was donated by

Whirlpool Home Appliances.

Next week, the youngsters 10 and under get a crack at the track during

Delran Auto Body's annual Kids' Big Wheel Challenge, sharing the bill with

the big-block Modifieds, Sportsman, Super Stocks and Rookies. Gates open at

3 pm, with first race at 5:30. 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.

5/11//02

MODIFIED RESULTS

1st Heat: 1.Grosso 2.Drayton 3.Hager 4.Godown 5.Infante 6.Polenz

2nd Heat: 1.Bitner 2.Laureno 3.K.Hoffman 4.Van Gorder 5.McCaughey

6.Dmuchowski

3rd Heat: 1.Cozze 2.Pauch 3.Bohn 4.Velenger 5.Koczon 6.Kerr

B Main: 1.Tanner Jr. 2.Carberry 3.Brightbill 4.Reppert 5.McVay 6.Keimig

(Fan Prov: Worthington)

Feature (25 laps):

1.Frank Cozze 2.Darren McCaughey 3.Tom Hager 4.Scott VanGorder 5.Keith

Hoffman 6.Rick Grosso Jr. 7.Billy Pauch 8.Ryan Kerr 9.Kenny Brightbill

10.Rocco Infante 11.Tim Tanner Jr. 12.Ryan Godown 13.Roger Laureno 14.Mark

Bitner 15.Eddie Bohn 16.Tom Carberry 17.Bob Drayton 18.Ron Jon Koczon

19.Gary Velenger 20.Rich Polenz 21.Jimmy Reppert 22.Larry McVay 23.Fred

Dmuchowski 24.Korey Keimig 25.Bob Worthington.

DNQ: John Miloszar Jr., Mike Hendershot, George Gareis, Sam Martz.

SPORTSMAN RESULTS

Rookie Feature: 1.Anthony Tramontana 2.Kuhl 3.Hisko 4.Woolston Jr. 5.Farina

III 6.Plumstead 7.Solderich 8.Fitzsimmons 9.Crowley 10.Yard 11.Thomas

12.Tanner IV 13.Morris 14.Lawrence 15.Acolia 16.Monk 17.Vasquez 18.Schultz

1st Heat: 1.M.Papiez 2.Reid 3.Meisner 4.Taylor Jr. 5.McCloughan

2nd Heat: 1.Lyons 2.Buffalino 3.Ploski III 4.Fleming 5.Scherer

3rd Heat: 1.Toth 2.Tanner III 3.Swain 4.Pfister 5.Ely

4th Heat: 1.Beamer 2.Geiges 3.Scagliotta 4.Leote 5.J.Papiez

Feature (15 Laps):

1.Rich Scagliotta 2.Matt Papiez 3.Jack Swain 4.Jeff Geiges 5.Dominick

Buffalino 6.Mike Lyons 7. Jim Scherer 8.Mike Toth 9.Stan Ploski III 10.Scott

Reid 11.Larry Kline 12.Lee Taylor Jr. 13.Joe Papiez 14.Bill Tanner 15.Brien

Ely 16.Brian Pearson 17.Rob Pfister 18.Keith Foster 19.G.R. Smith 20.Anthony

Tramontana 21.Bruce Leote 22.Chris Wasson 23.Ken Meisner 24.Keith Fleming

25.Brian Godown 26.Phil McCloughan 27.Tommy Beamer 28.Tom Tomasko 29.Chuck

Flesch

DNQ: Rick Beavers, Mike Mongiello III, John McClelland, Tim Apgar, Gene

Stravinsky, Doug Boyce, Dave Woolston Jr., Dave Woolston Sr., Gene DeVos,

Andy Weeks, Dave Hoffman, Rich McTighe, Todd Kuhl, Glenn Hisko, Lou Farina

III, Keith Plumstead, Joe Solderich, Tom Fitzsimmons, Wil Crowley, Rick

Yard, Randy Thomas, Billy Tanner IV, Robert Morris, Laura Lawrence, Rich

Acolia, Fred Monk, Nick Vasquez, Steve Schultz.

SUPER STOCK RESULTS

1st Heat: 1.Cheney 2.Gargiulo 3.Search 4.Guyer 5.Whitehouse 6.Page

2nd Heat: 1.Freiberger 2.Quinlan 3.Conaway 4.Coverly 5.Gargiulo Jr. 6.Nixon

3rd Heat: 1.Butler 2.Gerber 3.Fleming 4.Roveda 5.Melton 6.Hewitt

Feature (15 laps):1.Al Cheney III 2.Pat Conaway 3.Bill Gerber 4.George

Quinlan 5.Jake Roveda 6.Gary Butler 7.Ralph Gargiulo 8.Ryan Coverly 9.Carol

Whitehouse 10.Mario Page 11.Ken Hammond 12.Robert Melton 13.Nick Gargiulo

Jr. 14.Kenny Guyer 15.Bryan Reed 16.Bill Miscoski 17.Jon Hewitt 18.Mick

Search 19.Jim Hewitt 20.Tom Bentz 21.Pat Freiberger 22.Kevin Bifulco 23.Kory

Fleming 24.Brian Nixon.

DNQ: Dave Cologna, Chris Pidgeon, Steve Biles, Steve Barnes.

URC SPRINT CARS

1st Heat: 1.Green 2.Brian Jr. 3.Stitzel 4.Suprich 5.Gerber

2nd Heat: 1.Coverdale 2.Busby 3.Haggenbottom 4.Michael 5.McGough

3rd Heat: 1.Aikin 2.Welsh 3.Hogue 4.Miller 5.Clarke

4th Heat: 1.Emery 2.Martin 3.Clauss 4.Gollub 5.Lewis

B Main: 1.Ely 2.Pursell 3.Pauch 4.Trout

C Main: 1.Schmoyer 2.Gable 3.Massey 4.Trout

Feature (25 laps): 1.Curt Michael 2.Trevor Lewis 3.Bill Brian Jr. 4.Gary

Gollub 5.Kevin Welsh 6.Greg Coverdale 7.Mike Haggenbottom 8.Jason Clauss

9.Danny Massey (prov.)10.Doug Emery 11.Midge Miller 12.George Suprick

13.Dave McGough 14.Pete Green 15.Matt Gerber 16.Dave Ely 17.Jeremy Trout

18.Jeff Busby 19.Junior Martin 20.Scott Pursell 21.Ed Aikin 21.Glen Clarke

22.Tim Hogue 23.Jimmy Stitzel 24.Billy Pauch.

DNQ: Jeff Foote, Ian Borden, Mike Kostic, Gary Thayer, Todd Rittenhouse,

Jr., Ray Staats, Ashley Parlett, Joe Zuczek, Deric Parker, Brett Romano,

Fran Hogue, Randy Schmoyer, Danny Massey, Jim Wyers, Chris Coyle, Judi

Bates, Dave Gable, Donnie Ennis.