Frogtown Feature Wins for Mantha, Bisonnette, Swamp, Ladoceur and

Bergeron

HOGANSBURG, NY..7/5/97...Peter Mantha, Jr. found his groove to triumph over a

field of 27 modifieds at Frogtown Speedway for the Cedar View Golf

Club - S & S Smoke Shop sponsored holiday weekend event. Mantha

started 9th and took over the lead early in the race.

Billy King started on the pole and kept the lead through 2 cautions.

The first caution caught Ovide Doiron and Mike Perrotte coming

together on the outside of turn 2 on lap 3. Brian Herne caused the

second caution on lap 4 going end over end on the backstretch. Herne

was shaken but checked out okay. His car was not so lucky.

Mantha made his move on lap 6 going to the inside of King. King held

on to second holding off Jeff Fullerton and then losing to Roy Tarbell

on lap 16. Tarbell picked up about 1 position per lap moving up from

17th starting spot. King had to settle for third. Barry Poitras

followed Tarbell up from the back to finish fourth. Rob Winters held

his own starting and finishing 5th.

Tarbell shortened the gap on points leader Leon Gonyo who finished

9th. Tarbell was only 9 points behind.

Dave Bisonnette won his third feature event of the season over a field

of 24 late models. John Green took over the lead from Joey Ladoceur

on the start and held on until a lap 7 caution and restart.

Bisonnette powered ahead on the restart and never looked back.

Denis Gavreau (#2), a newcomer to Frogtown, caught the treacherous

turn 4 groove and went over landing on his roof causing the fourth

caution of that event. Gavreau emerged with minor injuries. The

"other" Denis Gavreau (#72) moved way up from 18th starting position

to overtake second place Mike Allen on lap 10. He made several

charges on Bisonnette but couldn't get by. Daryl Steele moved up 12

positions to finish third.

Jody Swamp took the checkers for his second feature win in the Novice

division. Swamp went to the outside of the backstretch to pass Scott

Brainard for the lead. Duane Brainard and Louie Jackson traded off

for 2nd and 3rd positions. Jackson finally came out ahead on lap 7

when Brainard got high on the outside of turn 4. Steve Young followed

Brainard to finish 3rd.

Lee Ladoceur won another feature in the Rookie feature. He started

third and took over the lead by lap 3. Robert Dicare had settled in

to second position when he went high on the outside of turn 2 and

Simon Marcoux took over.

Alain Bergeron was victorious over the field of 11 mini sprints.

Bergeron flew by leader Jeff Malboeuf on lap 4. He got caught in

lapped traffic on lap 11 and lost the lead to Bruce Talley. Talley

only enjoyed one lap in the lead before Bergeron again took over.

Talley ended up second and Gaetan Dufresne was third.

The Mohawk Bingo Palace sponsors next week's events which include a

regular show for all classes, a backwards race and a Dream Weekend

Qualifier. The fireworks show has also been rescheduled for that

night. Racing begins at 7:30 pm.

MODIFIED HEAT WINNERS...Kyle Jacobs, Brian Herne, Rob Winters.

LATE MODEL HEAT WINNERS...Dave Bisonnette, Eric Gavreau, John Green.

NOVICE HEAT WINNERS...Jody Swamp, Duane Brainard. ROOKIE HEAT

WINNER...Lee Ladoceur. MINI SPRINT HEAT WINNER...Alain Bergeron.

FINALS: MODIFIED...PETER MANTHA, Roy Tarbell, Billy King, Barry

Poitras, Rob Winters, Mike Perrotte, Kyle Jacobs, Randy Conners, Leon

Gonyo, Alain Boisvert. LATE MODEL...DAVE BISONNETTE, Denis Gavreau,

Daryl Steele, Tom Bragard, Kaelin Baxter, Sid Harmer, Mike Allen, Rick

Oakes, Steve Francis, Joey Ladoceur. NOVICE..JODY SWAMP, Louie

Jackson, Steve Young, Duane Brainard, Scott Brainard, Harold Lavare,

Steve Backus, Joel Herne, Brain Moulton, Charles Thompson. MINI

SPRINTS...ALAIN, BERGERON, Bruce Talley, Gaetan Dufresne.

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