COLSTEN, JORDAN AND SHEA VICTORIOUS AT THUNDER MOUNTAIN.
Binghamton native Mike Colsten returned to victory lane on Saturday nightpicking up his fourth Modified feature win of the season. Other winners on the card were Kevin Jordanin the Sportsman, Jamie Shea in the Super Stocks, Shaun Walker in the PureStocks, Ben Bushaw in the Four Cylinder Modifieds, Bob Doolittle in the FourCylinder Stocks and Dale Pitcher in the Mini Sprint division.
Eddie White wasthe early race leader as he lead the 25 car Modified field to the green fromhis pole starting position for their 30 lap Main event. LeRaysvilles Jim Crawn ran in second in theearly go, but three hot shoes, Doug Worthing, Mike Colsten and Brian Weaver,who started 6th, 10th and 12th respectively,were dicing their way up through the pack.
By lap four,Worthing, from Owego, had moved into third behind Crawn, while Colsten poweredup into fourth two laps later. Colstenmade short work of moving to the front, as he took over the top spot from Whiteby the ninth lap, with Worthing following through into second. Weaver, ofWindsor, challenged Worthing for the runner up spot, and took over the positionon lap 21, setting his sights on the top spot.
It looked as ifColsten was going to just cruise to the win, but a caution with two laps to gofor a near flip by Denny Superko would tighten up the field, and put Weaverright on his back bumper. Colsten wasable to hold off the persistant Weaver to pick up his fourth win of the season,ending a dry spell after winning the first three events of the year. Worthing, Paul Jensen and White completedthe top five.
In the Sportsmandivision, Speedsvilles Kevin Jordan entered the nights events running secondin points to Deposits Chad Cook, but a great run for Jordan and adisappointing night for Cook would put Jordan in the points lead by the nightsend.
Jordan startedtenth in the 20 lap Feature event. Kirkwoods Ken Titus grabbed the early race lead from his fifth placestarting spot with a hard charging Matt Smith following in second.
Jordan quicklymade it up to the toop five by the third circuit and took over fourth fromSpencers Cliff Pierce the next lap. Asthe race progressed Jordan moved into third, and trio of Titus Smith and Jordanstarted to pull away from the field. Apair of cautions on laps 15 and 16 tightened the pack back up, and at therestart, Jordan took over the runner up spot from Smith. With just three laps left to go, Jordanmaneuavered his Spritn PCS machine past Titus to take over the lead, and go onto take home his second Sportsman feature win of the season. Smith finished third, followed by BillySpoonhower and Bryan White.
Jamie Shea, ofSouth Gibson, PA returned to victory for the first time since opening night ashe picked up the win in the 20 lap Super Stock feature.
Shea startedfifth in the field, and took over the lead from Ninevahs Matt Roberts on a lap12 restart. Roberts great run would endwith mechanical problems as he brought out the caution the next lap.
Points leader EdMcKernan took over second and put the pressure on Shea, but it wasnt enough asShea hit the line first picking up the win. Gary Roberts, Dwayne Robbins and Wade Decker rounded out the top five.
Shaun Walker, ofMasonville, picked up his second win of the seasonWalker took the lead fromoutside pole starter Doug Stack on the ninth lap, and never looked back on hisway to pick up the feature win in the 15 lap event.
Bob Mills had agood third place run going until losing a wheel on the front stretch on laptwelve, causing a multi-car accident taking out many top runners. At the finish it was Walker with the win,Stack in for second, Mark Shipman for third, Mike Wilbur fourth and Bret Welchfor fifth.
Twelfth placestarter Ben Bushaw captured the win in the 15 lap Four Cylinder Modifiedevent. Bushaw moved into the lead onlap nine, and held off some serious challenges from Greg Martindale en route tothe win. Martindale finished second,followed by Dick Case, Kala Bush and Curt Pierce.
Newfields BobDoolittle lead from wire to wire in the 15 lap 4 Cylinder Stock event, earninghis fourth victory of the season. Points leader Harold Humphrey finished second, followed by Shawn Mills,Rich Powell and Jerry Wilcox.
Dale Pitcherbested Ryan Lund in a caution free 15 lap Mini Sprint shoot-out. Pitcher took over the lead on lap ten, andcruised to victory. Lund, Jeff Black,Rick Wust and Jimmy Lawler completed the top five.
Racing returnsto the Thunder Mountain Speedway this Saturday night with all 7 classes on thecard. Racing starts at 6:30pm. Thunder Mountain is located just off Route79 in Lisle, NY