HEARN TAKES FEILD FOR 6TH WIN OF THE SEASON AT LEBANON VALLEY
WEST LEBANON, NY...Brett Hearn took home his sixth win of the season Saturday night. He took the lead on lap nine of the 30 lap Modified feature and cruised home easily for the win. Jeff Cassidy took home the win in the 20 lap Sportsman feature. Lorne Browe took the checkered flag for his sixth win in the Street Stock feature. Freihoffer Baking Company sponsored the evening of racing.
Jody Tornabene was the early race leader of the Modified feature. He lost the lead on the first lap when contact was made between him and JR Heffner and caused him to hit the backstretch wall. Heffner was sent to the rear for the incident. Steve Devine inherited the lead. Billy Decker had moved up to sixth at this point. Rich Ricci was up to 7th, Hearn was in ninth. Dickie Larkin was right on the back bumper of Devine challenging for the lead. John Hewitt had a good run going early, he was third on lap four with Decker right on his bumper. We had a good three car battle for fourth between Moore, Decker, and Hearn on lap six. Larkin tried to pass Devine on lap seven, but could not make the pass. Trouble for Hewitt and Decker happened on lap nine. Decker got hooked under the rear of Hewitt. Both were able to continue from the back.
Hearn would take the lead on lap nine restart. Larkin would grab second from Devine on lap 12. Moore would grab second from Devine on lap 12. Moore would grab third on lap 14, with Marshall taking fourth on the same lap. Maynard Forrette and Tremont would battle for eighth on lap 17. Hearn would open up a ten car advantage over Larkin by lap 20. The front of the feild would encounter heavy lapped traffic on lap 23. Decker would battle back from the early race incident to ninth remaining two laps. Hearn easily crossed the line ahead of Larkin. Chris Moore had a good run in third, followed by Eddie Marshall, Rich Ricci Jr rounding out the top five.
Tony Laporta led the first lap of the 20 lap Sportsman feature. Jeff Cassidy took the lead in turn one of the first lap. Chris Kokosa would take fourth on lap four. The yellow came out on lap five for Bobby Hackel. Hackel would be finished for the evening. Kokosa would grab second on the restart. Roy Bridge took third on lap seven. Cassidy would continue to hold the top spot, with a ten car advantage on lap eight. The field would be bunched up again on lap nine for a yellow flag. George Marcus moved up to third by lap ten. Marcus would challenge Bridge for second, but would not be able to take the spot away. On a lap 13 restart Marcus and Bridge made contact, but both continued without losing their positions. Marcus would grab second on lap 16. A yellow on lap 18 would allow Marcus a chance at Cassidy. Cassidy was strong to the challenge and took home his first win of the season.
Aaron Booth was the early race leader of the 20 lap Street Stock feature. The cars were racing two and three wide for fourth on back. Lorne Browe was up to sixth by lap six. Booth would open a 15 car advantage on second. Browe would move up to fourth by lap seven. Haas won the Street Stock feature last week and he would recover to finish fifth in this feature. Browe would grab the top spot on the restart. Robbie Speed was up to third by lap eight. Jim Lagenback was up to fourth by lap eight. Speed and Booth would battle for second on lap nine. Browe continued to walk away up front, as the rest of the feild was bunched up. Lagenback would take third on lap 17. Browe would cruise home almost a half track ahead os second place Lagenback. Booth was third followed by Ed Bishop and Adam Haas recovered nicely for fifth.
In order to promote the class, the IMCA Modified cars raced at Fonda Speedway on Saturday night. Jay Casey led the 20 lap race from the start, but was passed on the second lap by Jeff Carr of Wingdale, NY. Carr was laterchallenged by Anthony Markou of Resselaer, NY. Carr and Markou pulled away from the rest of the pack and battled through out the entire race. A caution on the eighteenth lap after Craig Simmons had contact with the wall, brought the feild of cars back together. When the race resumed, Markou tried running the outside groove of the track to try to build enough momentum to get around the leader, but Carr was unbeatable. Jeff Carr took home his second win of the season followed by Markou, Glenn Dymond, Georger Catanzano, and Jim Rajczi.
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MODIFIED FEATURE: HEARN, Larkin, Moore, Marshall, Ricci Jr, Tremont, Ackner, Forrette, Devine, Decker, Sheldon, Heffner, Reckner, McCoy, King, Benson, Handcamp, Barlow, Matthies, Hagadorn, Pitcher, Kulzer, Boehler, Grossjung, Narzynski, Hewitt, Albert, Tornebene.
SPORTSMAN FEATURE: CASSIDY, Marcus, Bridge, Smith, Riiska, Chalmers, Collins, LaPorta, Kokosa, Young, Blake, Puckett, Powell, Carnibucci, Boomhower, Delvechio, Tompkins, Hulbert, Pullen, Athanis, Baronowski, Gagliardi, Knipe, Hackel, Mason.
STREET STOCK FEATURE: BROWE, Lagenback, Booth, Bishop, Haas, Routhier, Hall, Hopkins, Speed, Blackburn, Perlowsky, Pasquarie, Fosby, Sylvester, Golstien, Parent, Kelmelm, Lussier, Fachini, Bortle, Crane.
PURE STOCK A: HOUGH, Huntoon, Emmons.
PURE STOCK B: CULLENS, Burfeino, Moffit.
PURE STOCK C: AMLAW, MacNeil, Dellea.