Ace, Krisovich Win Victoria 200 Qualifiers At Lake Moc-A-Tek

New Record High Car Count Set

(Lakeville, Pa.) Saturday night at the Lake Moc-A-Tek Speedway

proved to be a record setting night as the speedway had its largest ever

turnout of competitors ever with 130 total entries in the pits among the

five divisions. This surpassed the previous record of 126 set earlier in

the season. Brain Ace timed his first Sportsman win of the season well

as he earned the right to represent Lake Moc-A-Tek during the Victoria

200 weekend at the Fulton Speedway the weekend of Sept. 28th-30th , Joe

Krisovich was also a first time winner in the Street Stock Victoria 200

Weekend qualifier, but declined the trip to Fulton, so the guaranteed

starting spot then passed to second finishing Mike Loney. Jason

Rudalavage won his second 358 Modified feature of the season while Richie

Hartman picked up sixth Micro Sprint feature win. The Pure Stock feature

was postponed due to curfew and will be the first event run next Saturday

night.

The 358 Modified feature saw Jason Rudalavage take advantage of an

up-front starting spot to pick up his second win of the season aboard his

Rudy Racing/Highway Auto Parts sponsored #2R. Though he led all the way,

Jason had plenty of company throughout most of the feature as Tom Oleski

made several challenges on Jason, but could not find a way past. The

race was stopped on lap 18 due to the arrival of the 11:30 PM curfew that

is imposed upon the speedway by the local township board. At that time,

Rudalavage was leading and picked up the win over Oleski. Current point

leader Mike Ricci charged from the back of the pack after an early race

incident to finish third. Gary Grifin and Joey Grammes completed the top

five. Bill Thornton Jr., Brian Cobb, Bill Grammes, Nick Barassi, and

Brian Malcolm completed the top ten.

The Sportsman feature also saw the eventual winner lead every lap of

the feature as East Stroudsburg, Pa's Brian Ace earned his first victory

of the season aboard his Marianne's Custom Cuttings sponsored #78 Tobias

chassis. Though he led every lap, it was far from an easy win for Ace as

the final quarter of the race found him receiving plenty of pressure from

defending track champion Ralph Mele. Ralph did everything he could to

tray to get past Ace but could not find a way past. A last lap caution

gave Mele a final chance, but Ace held him off over the final lap to

score his first win of the season. Mele crossed the line second trailed

by Alex Konopka. Ted Stout and Tom Gervasi completed the top five. Greg

Morgan,. Rocky Rosetti, Mike Schane, Chris Kresge, and Jimmy Winchell

completed the top ten.

In the Street Stock ranks it was Joe Krisovich picking up his first

career feature win aboard his Altier's sponsored #911. Krisovich held

off a late charge from defending track champion Mike Loney to pick up the

win. Loney recovered from his involvement in a multi-car crash on the

first lap of the feature, coming back for a runner-up finish. Mike Van

Tassel finished third with Mike Van Tassel fourth. Jim Redner made his

first start in several years as he picked up the ride in the Alan Chillot

#9, recording an impressive fifth place finish in his first run in the

car. Rick lazar, Neil DiBlasi, Billy Price, Chris Melovitz and Bill

Rosengrant comprised the second half of the top ten finishing order.

Richie Hartman continued his domination of the 250cc Micro Sprint

ranks as he picked up his sixth win of the 2001 season to extend his

point lead as the point season winds down to a finish. Fred Venezia led

the early stages of the feature and gave Hartman a string challenge, but

Hartman was able to make the winning pass on the ninth circuit. Venezia

was able to keep the pressure on Hartman the rest of the way, but was not

able to make the pass, settling for second. Randy West returned to Lake

Moc-A-Tek for the first time in several weeks, picking up a third place

finish. Davie Franek got caught up in an early race incident but was

able to rebound to finish fourth. Ralph Utter Jr. finished fifth. Mike

Keppler, Dave Garber, Stephanie Stevens, Rich McKay, and Todd Hanlin

completed the top ten.

The Pure Stock feature was postponed until next Saturday night due

to the arrival of the 1:30 PM curfew.

This Saturday night the 358 Modifieds and Sportsman teams take

center stage as they will have guaranteed starting spots for their

respective events during Eastern States Weekend at the Orange County Fair

Speedway. The winners of the Sportsman and 358 Modified features will

represent Lake Moc-A-Tek during the prestigious Eastern States Weekend.

The Street Stocks, Pure Stocks, and 250cc Micro Sprints will also be on

the card. The Pure Stocks will also make up the feature that was

postponed by curfew this week.

Racing continues this Saturday night at the Lake Moc-A-Tek Speedway

with a regular five division racing card. Racing gets underway at 6PM

sharp with a regular five division racing card on tap. Lake Moc-A-Tek

Speedway is located on Pennsylvania Rte 590 approximately seven miles

East of Hamlin, Pa. To get to Lake Moc-A-Tek, take Exit 17 (formerly

Exit 5) off I-84 and head toward Hamlin to the stop light. Turn right

onto Pa. Rte 590 and travel about seven miles where signs are posted

leading right into the speedway parking lot. Promoter Charlie Bray can

be contacted at 610-759-0809. The race day weather hotline is

(570)-226-5602.

RACE SUMMARY:

358 MODIFIEDS : 1. JASON RUDALAVAGE 2. Tom Oleski 3. Mike Ricci 4. Gary

Griffin 5. Joey Grammes 6. Billy Thornton 7. Brian Cobb 8. Bill Grammes

9. Nick Barassi 10. Brian Malcolm 11. George Hildebrandt 12. Bill Reese

13. Tom Rudalavage 14. Joe Uliana 15. Everett Haubrich 16. Troy

Weisenfluh 17. Ed Strada Jr. 18. Bobby Puckett 19. Josh Beierle 20. Jim

Allen 21. Alan Kellogg 22. Jim Corcoran 23. Barry White

SPORTSMAN 1. BRIAN ACE 2. Raplh Mele 3. Alex Konopka 4. Ted Stout 5. Tom

Gervasi 6. Greg Morgan 7. Rocky Rosetti 8. Mike Schane 9. Chris Kresge

10. Jimmy Winchell 11. Brad Grammes 12. Mike Marold 13. Mike Mondak 14.

Billy Martin 15. Bob Grammes 16. Darren Stout 17. Jim O'Hara 18. Paul

McCollum 19. Chris Clemons 20. Ron Shauger 21. Larry Hendershot 22. Cory

Jennings

STREET STOCK: 1. JOE KRISOVICH 2. Mike Loney 3. Mike Van Tassel 4. Adam

Jones 5. Jim Redner Jr. 6. Rick Lazar 7. Neil DiBlasi 8. Bill Price Jr.

9. Chris Melovitz 10. Bill Rosengrant 11. Brian Petrilak 12. Rick Smith

13. Nick Petrilak 14. Bill Metschulat 15. Jim Sykes 16. Ed Kudrako 17.

Tommy Vigh 18. Tom Herman 19. David Luff 20. Jerry Liford 21. Chuck Davis

22. Brian Duffin 23. Jim Hughes Jr.

250CC MICRO SPRINTS: 1. RICHIE HARTMAN 2. Frank Venezia 3. Randy West 4.

Davie Franek 5. Ralph Utter Jr. 6. Mike Keppler 7. Dave Garber 8.

Stephanie Stevens 9. Rich McKay 10. Todd Hanlin 11. Eric Eckert 12. Alan

Shiffler 13. Kevin Dries 14. Drew Arntz 15. Pat potter 16. Kevin Horton

17. Mike Tidabeck 18. Kyle Pickering 19. John Wagner 20. Chris Oraschin

21. Jason Frantz 22. Charlie Redlach