CAMARA, MCAULIFFE, MARTIN AND BUREGA TAKE FONDA CHECKERS
Saturday, July 19
Fonda, NY- Dave Camara of Poultney, Vt. avoided three early cautions and
out powered the #87 of Jack Johnson to stay in the lead for 24 laps of
the 30 lap modified feature to picked up win number three of the season
at the "New" Fonda Speedway.
Tony Pepicelli led the field to the green over Ron Proctor who
started second. Pepicelli looked strong as he quickly pulled away from
the field.
The first caution came on lap three when the #66 of Don Bellen
slowed on the front stretch. Pepicelli easily maintained his lead on the
restart, but the #15 of Randy Snyder was on the move, working the inside
of the track. After a caution that saw the Romano #97 and the Gray #122
come together, Snyder had his front bumper along side of Pepicelli. The
two raced side by side until the yellow again flew on lap six.
The #26 was hooked up and Camara who started 16th had weaved his
way through traffic to be among the front running cars. The top cars
scrambled for the lead on the restart and by the time they had completed
a lap, Dave Camara had put the Camara Slate #26 at the front.
A strong battled ensued between the #1A of Tim Dwyer and the #52 of
Proctor for the sixth place spot. Midway through the pack Tim Clemons,
A. J. Romano and Seth Gano were intently involved in a race for eighth.
Camara remained on the point with the strong challenge coming from
Jack Johnson in the Dutchess Overhead Door #87. Johnson stayed close to
Camara and when Dave ran into lap traffic, Johnson was able to pull along
side, but the driver of the Camara Slate #26 was able to stay ahead of
the veteran. Camara was followed by Johnson, Pepicelli, Snyder and Hoard.
Modified heat wins went to T. Pepicelli, J. Trombley and R. Snyder.
John McAuliffe of Rexford, NY recorded his first win of the season
in the sportsman 20 lap feature. Harry Shaffer put his #1H in the lead
and avoided two yellow flags before McAuliffe took over on lap ten.
The yellow flag flew on the first lap when a multi-car incident in
turn two collected a number of cars from the middle of the starting line
up. Current point leader, Brian Borst in the Interstate Auto #69, along
with Drew Fallis #T31 and Jason Otty #7J were towed to the pits. Others
involved were, Kris Ferrara, Jeff Lutes, and Tony Farone.
On the restart Shaffer pulled way with the #82 of Steve Davis, the
#17L of John LeClair and the #32 of Jeff Holt hot on his trail.
A second caution came on lap four for the #32 of Jeff Holt who was
in the runner up spot at the time. Once again on the restart, Shaffer
maintained the lead, but by this time McAuliffe had put the McAuliffe
Trucking #23 in third and was ready for his run for the lead.
Alton Palmer and Dave Rosa were steadily making their way to the
front but ran out of laps for a challenge for the lead. McAuliffe led
Shaffer, Palmer, LeClair and Rosa to the line.
Sportsman heat winners were R. Constantino, J. Rando and H. Shaffer.
After an intense battle with Bryan Peters in the #69, Kenny Martin
took the lead on lap 15 with a move to the high side in turns three and
four. Martin was able to pull away for a time but Peters didn't give up
and hung in for the runner up spot. Last weeks winner Kenny Gates was
third, Jim Burton, fourth and Phlan Hart came back after his accident two
weeks ago with a strong fifth place finish.
Street Stock heat winners were K. Gates, S. Welch and R. Kowalczyk
After a roll over on lap eight by the #97 of Rocky Warner, last
weeks winner, Steve Burega of Latham, NY grabbed the lead on the restart
and held on for the remaining three laps to sit in victory lane once
again this week.
The Enduro win went to Dave Horning, Sr. of Bleeker, NY
This week, July 26 is Old Timer's night, sponsored by Snap-On Tools.
Many of Fonda's Hall of Fame members will be on hand for the activities.
Inductees to the Hall of Fame this year will be C. D. Coville, Jerry
Barnowski, Lee and Tony Achzet and Paul Dwyer.
To coincide with this annual event at the "Track of Champions" a meeting
of the North East Stock Car Old Timers will be held at 3:00 p.m.
Modified finish (30 laps) DAVE CAMARA, Jack Johnson, Tony Pepicelli,
Randy Snyder, Frank Hoard, Mike Romano, A. J. Romano, Tim Dwyer, Tim
Clemons, Ron Proctor, Mike Ciaravino, Seth Gano, Dave Lape, Lou Lazzaro,
Doug Mosall, Ken Hanson, Harry Peek, Brian Purdy, John Proctor, Billy
Gray, Jeff Trombley, John Kollar, Ryan Baker, John Marsh, Don Bellen, Ray
Zemken.
Sportsman finish (20 laps) JOHN MCAULIFFE, Harry Shafffer, Alton Palmer,
John LeClair, Dave Rose, Ron Constantino, Jim Senzio, Joe Wilson, George
Audi, Tony Farone, Bob Anderson, Mike Fraiser, Jere Baker, Jeff Holt,
Mike Fusco, Steve Davis, Jeff Lutes, John Constantino, Drew Fallis, Joe
Rando, Kris Ferrara, Brian Borst, Bob Vedder, Jason Otty. DNS Gary Greco,
Paul Luskin, Jim Oare, Jr., Joe McCallion, Dave McFeeters.
Street Stock finish (20 laps) KENNY MARTIN, Bryan Peters, Ken Gates, Jim
Burton, Phlan Hart, Mark Sullivan, Mark Lighthall, Jim Normoyle, Dave
Viall, Scott Goverston, Frank Guiffre, Ron Lawson, Dan Streeter, Jay
Resch, Kerry Jordan, Jeff Brate, Steve Welch, Ram Kowalczyk, Dave
Horning, Jr., Steve Brownell, Greg Overholt, Tom Myers, Bob Blanchard, Ed
Bradt. DNS Dan Drajewski, Tony Cece, Todd Barlow, Ted Teal, Tom
LaPlante, Tony Johnson, Ed Bain, Kyle Wadsworth, Geoff Manning.
Pure Stock finish (12 laps) STEVE BUREGA, Clem Tofflol, Rob VanAernam,
Lester Demore, Randy Moore, Bill Martish, Joe Sweet, Mike Budka, Cory
Dutcher, Skip Pabis, Rocky Warner, Harry Karaskiewicz, Dick Nichols, Joe
Duncan, Jayson VanPatten, John Bradt, Steve Cosselmen. DNS Burt Wilson