TOM HINDLEY COLLECTS FIRST MODIFIED WIN AT ORANGE COUNTY
MIDDLETOWN, NY...Tom Hindley of Fair Oaks picked the best possible time to collect his first big block modified win at the Orange County Fair Speedway. Saturday Night Hindley aboard an Olsen car pushed from Gerry Higbie, led all the way from his outside starting spot to win the 30 lap Kensington Manor feature. besides collecting his first modified checkered flag. Hindley also pocketed the $1,000 bonus posted by Stanley Kolan of Kensington Manor for a total purse of $3,500. Finishing second and getting an additional $500 was Rich Eurich. Eurich earlier picked up $1,000 for his dash for Cash win aboard his brand new Teo-Pro car.
Completing the top five were Frank Jashembowski, winner of the first Kensington Manor $1,000 bonus night, who picked up an additional $200 from Kensington Manor, Rick Mill and Mike Ricci. By finishing 6th, Jeff Heotzler moved back into a tie for the division point lead with 7th finishing Danny Johnson. Hindley became the 11th driver in the 11 week season to take a modified checkered flag and the 6th first time winner at Orange County in 1997.
The 25 lap 358 Modified feature went to Mike Altamose of Reeders, Pa who won for the first time ever. Altamose, starting on the outside of the front row, held off a late race charge by Mike Petruska Jr, Andy Bachetti was third follwed by Johnson and Heotzler.
Jeff Hulseapple of Bloomingburg, NY won fort the first time this season in the 20 lap DIRT Sportsman feature. Stan Jablonka made a late race charge to take second ahead of John Ferrier, Greg Sleight, anf Jim Sorenson Jr.
The 12 lap Novice feature was claimed by Tom Cannizzaro of Stone Ridge, NY who finished in front of John Platania and Tom Kuck. Current point leader Mike Pomarico of Beacon, NY used a last lap restart to take his fifth Rookie Class10 lap main event this year. Dave Hoogerheyde and Paul Maiolo trailed.
Behind Eurich in the Modified Dash for Cash were Rick Mill, Carl Pittenger and Bruce Kline.
All division winners received the $1,000 bonus from Kensington Manor with 2nd place getting $500 and third place getting $200 in all classes as well. It was a big night with $10,300 added to the track purse and a fireworks display added at the end of the full card.
MODIFIED RESULTS:
1ST HEAT: Rich Eurich, JD Taylor, Tim Hindley, Chuck McKee, Ed Zachary, Bill Wilson.
2ND HEAT: Bruce Kline, Gerry Higbie, Chris Whitehead, Tom Hindley, Mike Ricci, Tommy Meier.
3RD HEAT: Carl Pittenger, Bill Cherry, Bob Hayes Jr, Danny Johnson, Bud Chrsitmann, Mel Shrufer.
4TH HEAT: Rick Mill, Frank Jashembowski, Craig Jackson, Jeff Heotzler, Loren Holland, Scott Goodrich.
CONSI: Bill Wilson, Scott Goodrich, Tommy Meier, Paul Martin, Andy Bachetti, Richie Smith.
FEATURE: TOM HINDLEY, Eurich, Jashembowski, Mill, Ricci, Heotzler, Johnson, McKee, Tim Hindley, Cherry, Jackson, Holland, Hayes, Meier, Bachetti, Smith, Taylor, Goodrich, Whitehead, Zachary, Pittenger, Kline, Christmann, Higbie, Martin Wilson.
358 MODIFIED RESULTS:
1ST HEAT: Jeff Heotzler, Bud Christmann, Gary Edwards Jr, Gary Napolitano, GerryHigbie, Lee Niznik.
2ND HEAT: Brain Jones, Greg Kobesky, Andy Bachetti, Tommy Meier, Donnie Wilson, Mike Altamose.
3RD HEAT: Danny Johnson, Mike Petruska Jr, Rick Mill, Craig Jackson, Billy Eggers Jr, John mcGill.
CONSI: Cris Grispin, Joe Morel, Justin Holland, Henry SHerman, Tommy Behrent, Mike Murphy.
SCRATCH: Sherman
FEATURE: ALTAMOSE, Petruska, Bachetti, Johnson, Heotzler, Mill, Wilson, Higbie, Meier, Jackson, Kobesky, Grispin, Morel, Jones, Niznik, Eggers, Behrent, McGill, Napolitano, Holland, Murphy, Edwards, Christmann.
DIRT SPORTSMAN RESULTS:
1ST HEAT: Barbara Luce, Bob Reiter, Lem Atkins, Joe Dunay
2ND HEAT: John Ferrier, Alan Houghtaling, Jake Schlagel, Bill Kukelka
3RD HEAT: Chad Loiodice, Rick Fenical, Tony Paes, Jim Sorenson
4TH HEAT: Stan Jablonka, Alan Sturhan, John Findley, John Leiby
5TH HEAT: Greg Sleight, Jeff Hulseapple,Paul Jones, Eric Arell
1ST CONSI:Mike DePalma, Mark Hufcut, Jeff Richardon, Jimmy Johnson
2ND Consi: Tom Hall, Dave Fellman, Tom Foley, George Johnson
Feature: HULSEAPPLE, Jablonka, Ferrier, Sleight, Sorensen, Atkins, Arell, J.Johnson, Fenical, G. Johnson, Houghtaling, Reiter, Hufcut, Richardson, Jones, Luce, Finley, Sturhan, Hall, Leiby, Paes, Loiodice, Foley, Schlagel, Kukelka, Dunay, DePalma, Fellman