Lake Moc-A-Tek Beats Weather, Ricci Repeat Winner

The Lake Moc-A-Tek Speedway stole a win from Mother Nature on

Mother's Day Weekend as they were able to get their second race of the

season in the books despite difficult conditions. Persistent afternoon

rains followed by a very chilly evening made for a less than ideal

evening, but the show went on with Mike Ricci winning his second

consecutive 358 Modified feature. Tom Laner Jr. won his first Sportsman

feature of the season while Mike Loney repeated in Street Stock action.

Franklin Bush was the Pure Stock winner with Richie Hartman taking Micro

Sprint honors.

Newcomer Barry White grabbled the early lead in the 25 lap 358

Modified feature with Bill Resse in hot pursuit. As White and Reese

battled for the top spot, Ricci was picking his way steadily forward from

deep in the field. Several caution flags for minor incidents in the

early stages kept the field tight and helped Ricci work his way into

contention, taking the top spot with a daring double pass of both White

and Reese. Unfortunately for White, his fine run ended on the back of

the tow truck after a collision damaged the front end of his mount.

Reese chased Ricci the rest of the way, but could not mount a charge and

Ricci drove his Apple Valley Golf Course/Gen Plus Teo ProCar to his

second straight win at Lake Moc-A-Tek. Resse, making his return to Lake

Moc-A-Tek this season finished second trailed by Brian Malcolm, Tom

Oleski, and Joey Grammes. Troy Weisenfluh, Ed strada Jr., Kip Timmer,

Billy Thornton, and Russ Strausser completed the top ten.

Tom Laner Jr. picked up his first official win of the season in the

Sportsman division. Laner won the held-over feature from the final night

of the 2000 season during the final practice night, but that win was

recorded as a win for the 2000 season. Laner found the outside groove to

his liking as he ran the top of the speedway enroute to victory. Alex

Knopka challenged Laner, but could not get a run on the low groove and

settled for a runner-up finish. Previous week feature winner Brad

Grammes had another strong drive to finish third with defending champion

Ralph Mele and Kevin Kresge completing the top five. Bob Grammes, Rocky

Rosetti, Mike Marold, Darren Stout, and Anthony Reggie rounded out the

top ten.

Mike Loney picked up his second consecutive feature win aboard his

Bolus Trucking #17D. The win was not an easy one for Loney as he had

plenty of challenges from both Chuck Davis and Mike Van Tassel. Davis

was able to keep the pressure on Loney all the way, but Mike never

wavered and drove to victory. Davis finishes second with VanTassel

third. Jim Sykes recovered from a mid-race incident to finish fourth

with Joe Krisovich rounding out the top five. Jerry VanTassel, Jim

Hughes Jr., Neil DiBlasi, Kevin Simko, and Dave Slate made up the second

half of the top ten.

Franklin Bush picked up the win in the Pure Stock division. Bush's

win was the first of the season not only for him but for a four cylinder

powered car since the four cylinders were incorporated into the pure

Stock ranks this season. Jeff Simko finished second trailed by Keith

Villano, Ray LaMonica, and Floyd Schmidt.

Richie Hartman led flag to flag to claim his first Micro Sprint

feature win of the season. Mike Keppler finished second with AJ Bast,

Jerry Mack, and John Hagen rounding out the top five.

Racing continues this Saturday night will a full card of racing

action. Racing gets underway at 6PM shrp with gates opening at 3PM and

Hot Laps at 5 PM. The Lake Moc-A-Tek Speedway is located on Pennsylvania

Rte. 590, about 7 miles East of Hamlin, Pa. To get to Lake Moc-A-Tek,

take Exit #4 off I-84 and head toward Hamlin. At the stoplight (Hamlin

Corners), turn right onto Rte 590. Travel approximately seven miles and

follow the signs into the speedway parking lot that is less than a

quarter mile off Rte 590.For further information regarding the Lake

Moc-A-Tek Speedway, contact Charlie Bray at (610)-759-0809.

RACE SUMMARY:

358 MODIFIEDS: 1. MIKE RICCI 2. Bill Reese 3. Brian Malcom, 4. Tom Oleski

5. Joey Grammes 6. Troy Weisenfluh 7. Ed Strada Jr. 8. Kip Timmer 9.

Billy Thornton 10. Russ Strausser 11. Bill Grammes 12. Nick Barassi 13.

Alan Kellogg 14. Don Keefer 15. Jim Allen 16. Dom Roselli 17. Bobby

Puckett 18. Tom Rudalavage 19. Barry White 20. Brian Cobb 21. Gary

Griffin

SPORTSMAN: . TOM LANER JR. 2. Alex Knopka 3. Brad Grammes 4. Ralph Mele

5. Kevin Kresge 6. Bob Grammes 7. Rocky Rosetti 8. Mike Marold 9. Darren

Stout 10. Anthony Reggie 11. Ted Stout 12. Art Bray 13. Tom Gervasi 14.

Bob Reese 15. Chris Hamer 16. LeRoy Long 17. Dave Leyshon 18. Larry

Hendershot 19. Jim Kleedorfer

STREET STOCK: 1. MIKE LONEY 2. Chuck Davis 3. Mike VanTassel 4. Jim Sykes

5. Joe Krisovich 6. Jerry VanTassel 7. Jim Hughes Jr. 8. Neil DiBlasi 9.

Kevin Simko 10. Dave Slate 11. Nick Petrilak 12. Ed Kudrako 13. Rick

Smith 14. Jim Hughes Sr. 15. Roany Rolleson 16. Rick Lazar 17. Tom Herman

18. Ray LaMonica 19. Bill Saxe 20. Bill Rosengrant

PURE STOCK: 1. FRANKLIN BUSH 2. Jeff Simko 3. Keith Villano 4. Ray

LaMonica 5. Floyd Schmidt 6. Jim Balutis 7. Willy Landrum 8. Kevin

Schlossareck 9. Ron Blake 10. Tom Cilurso 11. Todd Houghtaling 12. Ira

Landrum 13. Gary Scoch

MICRO SPRINT: 1. RICHIE HARTMAN 2. Mike Keppler 3. AJ Bast 4. Jerry Mack

5. John Hagen 6. Richie Drake 7. Michelle Conway 8. Alan Shiffler 9.

Kevin Nolf 10. Darrell Cobb 11 Nolan Mosier