BACHETTI WINS FIRST OF THE SEASON
Middletown, NY Andy Bachetti of Sheffield, Ma. won his first feature of the season Saturday night at the Orange County Fair Speedway taking the 30 lap big block main event. After a restart for lap 14, Bachetti took the lead in the Orange Energy, Inc. event. He held off Jerry Higbie on five more restarts to notch his 7th career win here. Bachetti became the 8th different winner in ten races here this season. Brett Hearn finished 3rd.
Current point leader and defending champion Chuck McKee lost his motor in warm-ups and borrowed Ed Zachary's car for the night and finished 4th. Tom Hindley was 5th.
The Tire Pro 20 lap DIRT Sportsman feature went right to the wire with Jimmy Johnson of Bloomingburg, NY taking leader Alan Sturhann at the start-finish line for his 3rd win of the season. Sturhann was looking for his first ever win. David Van Horn, Bill Haley and Joe Dunay completed the top five.
In the 14 lap Expert Pro Stock run, Tom Kuck of Mahopac, NY collected his second win of the season after a side by side duel with point leader Andy Dembek, Jr. Kuck remains at the top of the all time Pro Stock win list at Orange County with 43 checkered flags. Pat O'Mara of Mahopac, NY won his first ever Rookie Pro Stock main. Al D'Antonio of Highland Lakes, NJ continues to lead a charmed life in the Pure Stock division. After the leaders tangled in front of him, D'Antonio was in the right place at the right time to assume command. He then held off his closest challenger in Mitch Frank to collect his 6th win of the year.
Sunday night's Pro Stock Tour event and 358 modified show was rained out. It will be rescheduled in August. The Orange County Fair Speedway will now be silent on Saturday night July 7th. Racing returns with the 358 modified Super DIRT series 100 lap event on Thursday, July 12th. Gates open at 5 pm with Time Trials at 6:30 and heat action at 7:30.
Modified Results:
1st Heat- Jerry Higbie, Brett Hearn, Tom Hindley, Dave Werber, Tommy Meier
2nd Heat- Steve Dodd, Ric Hill, Butch Tittle, Chris Whitehead, Bill Wilson
3rd Heat- Chuck McKee, Chris Shultz, Randy Sherlock, Tim Hindley, Billy Dunne
4th Heat- Scott Flammer, Andy Bachetti, Colin Jackson, Gary Edwards, Jr., Rich Eurich
Consi- Butch Riddle, Mel Schrufer, Bruce Kline, Don Elliott, John Ferrier, Jeremy Markle
Feature: BACHETTI, Higbie, Hearn, McKee, Tom Hindley, Eurich, Riddle, Ferrier, Elliott, Jackson, Dodd, Wilson, Edwards, Kline, Meier, Flammer, Tittle, Whitehead, Schrufer, Markle, Shultz, Hill, Sherlock, Werber, Dunne, Tim Hindley
DIRT Sportsman Results:
1st Heat- Bill Haley, Joe Dunay, Jimmy Johnson, Dave Fellman, David Van Horn, Bill Johnston
2nd Heat- Jeff Hulseapple, Rich Coons, Mark Hufcut, Bobby Hentschel, Frank Christiano, Jesse Marks
3rd Heat- Alan Sturhann, Craig Mitchell, Rick Mill, Mike DePalma, Scott Ferrier, Mike Hintze
Consi- Mike Kolka, Kevin Paffenroth, Kevin Duryea, Neil Harris, Clinton Mills, Ed Randolph, Joe Higgins, Mark Bishop Scratch: Bishop Add: Chris Riddle - 1st Alt.
Feature: JOHNSON, Sturhann, Van Horn, Haley, Dunay, Mitchell, Hentschel, Kolka, Ferrier, Coons, Mill, Fellman, Hulseapple, Mills, Harris, Paffenroth, Hintze, Higgins, Johnston, Hufcut, Marks, Riddle, Randolph, Duryea, Christiano, DePalma Expert Pro Stock Results:
1st Heat- Andy Dembek, Jr., Tom Kuck, Barry Filipowski, Craig Useted, Paul Maiolo, John Bryson, Bob McGannon, Tom Hawkins, Tom Vigh, Jr. 2nd Heat- Sean Post, Danny Hedges, Bill Pascual, Jamie McGannon, Fred Antoniuk, Scott Kehr, Rob Rowe, Tony Loddo, Tom Dembek, Ken Hartshorn Scratch: J. McGannon, Maiolo
Feature: TOM KUCK, A. Dembek, Hedges, Pascual, Bryson, McGannon, Rowe, Post, T. Dembek, Loddo, Antoniuk, Useted, Vigh, Hartshorn, Hawkins, Kehr, Filipowski
Rookie Pro Stock Results:
1st Heat- Paul Hyde, Wayne Vigh, Marty Pender, Russ Cilurso, Glenn Cargain, Phil Kowaleski
2nd Heat- Pat O'Mara, Dave Hoogerhyde, Russ Schroth, Dan Kelleher, Nick Rhodes, Russ Schroth, Clark Bradford, John Johnson
3rd Heat- Bob Waters, Jr., Pete Goydich, Dave Barmann, Joe Allen, George Bryson, George Van Arsdall
Feature: O'MARA, Goydich, Hoogerheyde, Cargain, Hyde, Allen, Kelleher, Rhodes, Schroth, Vigh, Bryson, Bracklow, Barmann, Bradford, Cilurso, Pender, Waters, Van Arsdall
Pure Stock Results:
Feature: AL D'ANTONIO, Mitch Frank, James Triacca, David Way, Shawn Maher, Tim Southard, Jimmy Hopper, Kevin Schlossareck, Emerson Cargain, Matt Hartenstein, Sean Corr, Joel Murns, Jr., Mike Vigaletti, Charles Smith, Leon Rixford, Lou Cargain, John Miracle, Joe Dembeck, John Kessler, Jim Hajkowski, Emerson Cargain, Sr.