HEARN DRIVES THRU FIELD FOR FOURTH WIN OF THE YEAR
WEST LEBANON, NY -6/14/97... Brett Hearn came from the rar of the
field Saturday night for his fourth win of 1997 at the
Valley. Hearn was involved in an early race incident,
that forced him to the tail end of the field. Chris
Kokosa ended George Marcus's win streak in the sportsman
division, by picking up his first win of the year.
Trouble started before the modifieds even
completed a lap in their McDonalds 30-lap feature.
Several cars in the middle of the pack were involved,
including Brett Hearn and Rich Ricci Jr. This would put
Hearn and Ricci at the back of the pack. Steve Devine
would take the lead on the restart, but caution would
slow the field again with just one lap completed. John
Hankamp and Billy Decker got hooked together. While
their race cars were hooked together Decker was hit from
behind while the two cars were still connected.
Devine would remain out front, while Kenny
Tremont had worked his way up to fifth. By lap two,
Bobby Albert was up to fifth and Tremont was up to
fourth. A good race between Guy Sheldon and Garry Waters
for second occurred on lap four. Devine continued to
pull away, opening up twenty car lengths on second place
Sheldon by lap seven.
Towards the middle of the pack, Hearn had worked
his way up to thirteenth by lap eight. A good side by
side battle for fourth between Garry Waters and Bobby
Albert happened on lap nine. Albert would come away with
the position. Eddie Marshall had a good run goind, and
found himself fifth by lap eleven. The yellow would fly
again on lap eleven. Billy Decker was caught up in the
wreck and would retire to the pits for the evening.
The restart saw Albert grab second and Marshall
take third. Marshall would rocket passed the top two
cars to grab first on lap 13. Lap 14 would see Hearn up
to the sixth spot. Tremont would grab third. Just before
halfway Hearn was able to move up to the third spot,
with Marshall first and Tremont second. Hearn grabbed
second away from Tremont on lap 17. Donnie Corellis had
his best run of the season going. He passed Tremont for
third on lap 18.
A restart on lap 19 allowed Hearn to take the
first spot away from Marshall. The fifth spot saw a good
racebetween Albert and Chris Moore on lap 20. The top
four cars would break away from the rest of the field
by lap 21. Hearn would open a half-straightaway lead by
lap 23. Hearn would hit lapped traffic by lap 26. The
only battle for posistion was fifth still, between Moore
and Albert.
Hearn finished well ahead of second place
Marshall. Corellis was third, Tremont fourth, and Bobby
Albert rounded out the top five.
MODIFIED HEAT WINNERS: DEVINE, RICCI, TREMONT
The 20-lap sportsman feature was not able to get
off to a good start. The yellow came out on laps one,
two and three. dave Sanchez took command of the event
early and would hold the top spot for half of the event.
Chris Kokosa and Bob Hackel Jr. raced side by side for
the third spot on lap four. George Marcus had moved up
to fifth by lap five. Kokosa would grab second on the
sixth circuit.
The last yellow of the event came out on lap
seven. Kokosa, Sanchez, McWhirt, Marcus and Hackel. The
remainder of the event went clean and green. Marcus
would grab third from Butch McWhirt on lap 13. Kokosa
opened up an advantage of twenty cars up front. Marcus
would move up to second and set his sights on Kokosa.
While marcus tried to run down Kokosa, McWhirt
was challenging Sanchez for third. Marcus ran out of
laps to try and catch Kokosa. Kokosa won easily by
twenty car lengths over Marcus. Sanchez had a fine
finish in third, McWhirt was fourth and Jeff Cassidy
roubded out the top five spots.
Robbie Speed looked like the man to beat in the
early portions of the 20-lap Street Stock feature. Speed
opened up a half a straightaway over Adam Haas. Dave
Streibel was third. Good battles for the seventh and
eigth spots, while the top three checked out from the
rest of the field. By the tenth lap Haas was able to run
down Speed and would battle him for the top spot on lap
eleven. A yellow on lap 13 with several of the top ten
involved allowd Jim Langenback to move up to third.
Haas would grab the lead from Speed on the
ensuing restart. Langenback would try to pass Speed for
the second spot with four laps remaining. Haas came home
the victor with Speed second, and Langenback third.
Anthony Markou picked up the win in the IMCA Modifieds.
A good crowd on hand as Lebanon Valley Speedway
celebrated it's 45th anniversary. As part of the nights
celebration the original flagger, Ted Ryan was on the
flag stand to flag the modified feature.
Ronald McDonald was also on hand for the kids,
as the night was sponsored by McDonalds.
6/14 Modified Qualifying Results
Heat Races 5 Qualify
Heat #1 Heat #2 Heat #3
42 - 50J Five - 94 55K - 93
2J - 12 24 - 107 S - 14
96 - 78M 33 - Z1 115 - 99M
99 - 57 91 - 55R 10 - 98
97 - 4 3 - 152 24M* Ackner
Heat Race Finish 5 Qualify
Heat #1 Heat #2 Heat #3
1) 42 55R 115
2) 96 91 14
3) 2J 3 93
4) 12 107 98
5) 99 Z1 S
6) 97 33 10
7) 57 94 55K
8) 78M Five 99M
9) 4 24 24M*
10)50J 152
NO CONSI ALL CARS QUALIFY
Modified Feature Lineup
42 - 93
2J - S
12 - 107
14 - 96
115 - Z1
99 - 91
55R - 98
3 - 97
33 - 10
57 - 94
55K - 78M
Five - 99M
4 - 24
50J - 152
Modified Feature Finish Pts
1) #3 Brett Hearn 60
2) #98 Eddie Marshall 56
3) #57 Donnie Corellis 52
4) #115 Kenny Tremont 50
5) #96 Bobby Albert 48
6) #10 Chris Moore 46
7) #97 Don Ackner 44
8) #S Guy Sheldon 42
9) #99 Dickie Larkin 40
10)#14 J.R. Hefner 38
11)#55R Rich Ricci Jr. 36
12)#Z1 Rob Pitcher 34
13)#78M Maynard Forrette 32
14)#93 Garry Waters 30
15)#33 Mike Benson*(R) 28
16)#12 Russ Blair 27
17)#Five Russ Reckner* 26
18)#4 Al McCoy 25
19)#2J Jody Tornabene*(R) 24
20)#152 Al Narzynski 23
21)#99M Jeremy Mattiews+(R) 22
22)#50J Craig Boehler*(R) 21
23)#55K Mike King* 20
24)#42 Steve Devine 20
25)#94 Glenn Grossjung+(R) 20
26)#24 John Hewitt 20
27)#91 Billy Decker 20
28)#107 John Hankamp 20
*Denotes LV Brodix Head Competitor
Eligible for Bonus.
+Denotes 358 Competitor
(R)Denotes Rookie Competitor
Modified Points as of 6/14 Pts
1) #3 Brett Hearn 418
2) #115 Kenny Tremont 370
3) #55R Rich Ricci Jr 368
4) #91 Billy Decker 360
5) #57 Donnie Corellis 338
6) #97 Don Ackner 332
7) #98 Eddie Marshall 330
8) #10 Chris Moore 328
9) #99 Dickie Larkin 307
10)#96 Bobby Albert 303
11)#24 John Hewitt 266
12)#S Guy Sheldon 265
13)#14 J.R. Hefner 247
14)#12 Russ Blair 243
15)#Z1 Rob Pitcher 223
15)#93 Garry Waters 223
6/14 Sportsman Results
Heat Races 5 Qualify
Heat #1 Heat #2 Heat #3
88M - 23 33 - 108 110 - 45
711V - 624 1 - 11 112B - 117
32 - 24 98M - 97 44 - 3
146 - 8 68 - 12 30 - 26
51 - 00 111 - S 72 - 91M
92 18 - 17J 00S* Kokosa Back Up
Heat Race Finish 5 Qualify
Heat #1 Heat #2 Heat #3
1) 23 97 44
2) 00 1 91M
3) 51 12 110
4) 32 68 26
5) 24 S 72
6) 88M 33 117
7) 711V 108 45
8) 8 98M 30
9) 146 11 3
10)92 18 112B
11)624 111* 00S(DNR)
12) 17J(DNR)
*111 finished heat in 4th
put back for jumping the start.
Consi Lineup 9 Qualify Consi Finish
33 - 88M 1) 88M 10)45*
117 - 711V 2) 111 11)30
108 - 45 3) 711V 12)112B*
8 - 98M 4) 3 13)11*
30 - 146 5) 8 14)146
11 - 3 6) 33 15)18
92 - 18 7) 117 16)92(DNR)
112B - 624 8) 98M 17)624(DNR)
111 - 17J 9) 108 18)17J(DNR)
*Porvisional Starters
Feature Lineup Feature Finish Pts
110 - 23 1) #00 Chris Kokosa 60
1 - 32 2) #91M George Marcus 56
44 - 24 3) #23 Dave Sanchez 52
97 - 68 4) #32 Butch McWhirt 50
12 - 26 5) #111 Jeff Cassidy 48
51 - 72 6) #24 Bobby Chalmers 46
00 - S 7) #97 Bob Hackel 44
91M - 88M 8) #S Roy Bridge 42
111 - 711V 9) #44 Ron Blake 40
3 - 8 10)#12 Denny Young 38
33 - 117 11)#72 Ed Riiska 36
98M - 108 12)#3 Tony LaPorta 34
45 - 112B 13)#1 Lee Gagliardi 32
11 14)#26 Mike Mason 30
15)#110 J.R. Delvechio 28
16)#88M Mike Boomhower 27
17)#33 Wes Powell 26
18)#711V Scott Puckett 25
19)#8 Darryl Hulbert 24
20)#108 Chris Sprague 23
21)#98M Dave McFetters 22
22)#11 Scott Snyder 21
23)#117 Jason Tompkins 20
24)#112B Dave Baronowski 20
25)#45 Gary Graham 20
26)#51 Hawley Smith 20
27)#68 Art Collins 20
Sportsman Points as of 6/14
1) #91M George Marcus 348
2) #00 Chris Kokosa 292
3) #111 Jeff Cassidy 280
4) #S Roy Bridge 254
5) #97 Bob Hackel 254
6) #26 Mike Mason 240
7) #72 Ed Riiska 240
8) #44 Ron Blake 229
9) #24 Bobby Chalmers 222
10)#32 Butch McWhirt 217
11)#68 Art Collins 216
12)#12 Denny Young 214
13)#3 Tony LaPorta 198
14)#1 Lee Gagliardi 194
15)#51 Hawley Smith 192
6/14 IMCA Modified Results
Feature Finish
1) #10 Anthony Markou
2) #Z1 George Catanzano
3) #728 Bob Fachini
4) #9 Jim Rajczi
5) #41 Rich Colesanti
6) #20 Craig Simmons
7) #78 Paul LaRochelle
8) #5J Jeff Carr
9) #27 Kevin Priest
10)#322 Jay Casey
11)#81 Dennis Cooper
12)#4 Bill Lander
13)#106 Rich Sanford
14)#45 Don Denue
15)#90 Henry Tanner
16)#757 Chris Crews
17)#23 Jeff Heath
IMCA Modified Points as of 6/14
1) #41 Rich Colesanti 216
2) #78 Paul LaRochelle 215
3) #322 Jay Casey 211
4) #Z1 George Catanzano 209
5) #5J Jeff Carr 207
6) #9 Kim Rajczi 205
7) #45 Don Denue 191
8) #20 Craig Simmons 189
9) #757 Chris Crews 180
10)#4 Bill Lander 163
11)#2 Jim Fugel 154
12)#10 Anthony Markou 147
13)#27 Kevin Priest 146
14)#90 Henry Tanner 116
15)#728 Bob Fachini 112
6/14 Street Stock Results
Feature Finish
1) #55 Adam Haas
2) #24 Robbie Speed
3) #54L Jim Langenback
4) #43 Mike McDowell
5) #19 Aaron Booth
6) #777 Ed Bishop
7) #86 Jery Helms
8) #68X Dennis O'Connor
9) #63 Danny Sanchez
10)#132 Jeff Sylvester
11)#243 Victor Hopkins
12)#315 John Routhier
13)#18T Herb Tompkins Jr
14)#118 Dave Kelmel
15)#103 Tom Brandt
16)#473 John Alberti
17)#4 Steve Pasquarie
18)#273 Dave Streibel
19)#69 Rich Crane
20)#619 Tom Bortle
21)#516 Dan Thierian
22)#64 Ryan Perlowsky
23)#119 Dave Dowd
24)#234 Bobby Blackburn
#41 Todd Goldstien finished 4th but was DQ'ed in
a post race inspection.(Clutch)
#14 Lorne Browe suffered power steering pump failure
in hot laps but was unable to complete repairs before
the feature started.
Street Stock Points as of 6/14
1) #54L Jim Langenback 155
2) #14 Lorne Browe 137
3) #132 Jeff Sylvester 127
4) #69 Rich Crane 113
5) #273 Dave Streibel 112
6) #55 Adam Haas 111
7) #24 Robbie Speed 110
8) #315 John Routhier 100
9) #19 Aaron Booth 88
10)#63 Danny Sanchez 86
11)#243 Victor Hopkins 76
12)#103 Tom Brandt 67
13)#327 Ray Hall 60
14)#777 Ed Bishop 49
15)#68X Dennis O'Connor 44
Rookie Drivers #234 Bobby Blackburn and #669 Tom Puff
have been moved up to the Street Stock Division. Their
Points will be added in next weeks results.
Rookie Street Stock Results
Feature Finish Points as of 6/14
1) #3 Dave Fachini 1) #234 Bobby Blackburn 154
2) #35 Jeff Sukup 2) #35 Jeff Sukup 135
3) #228 Don Belanger 3) #228 Don Belanger 120
4) #26 Bill Deak 4) #17 Don Hottes 116
5) #17 Don Hottes 5) #26 Bill Deak 102
6) #9 Kevin Buff 6) #690 Chris Crane 93
7) #125 Mike Thomas 7) #77 Paul Rodgers 91
8) #77 Paul Rodgers 8) #9 Kevin Buff 90
9) #226 Steve Kastner 9) #669 Tom Puff 88
10)#690 Chris Crane 10)#226 Steve Kastner 84
11)#314 Rob Christman 11)#3 Dave Fachini 78
12)#83 Dwight Davis 12)#22 Ricky Duzlak 64
13)#442 Lynn Durant 62
14)#311 Brian Keough 55
15)#314 Rob Christman 49
6/14 Pure Stock Results
Note: Due to the large field of Pure Stocks we have
gone to running three 8 lap races.
1) #7 Rob Yetman
1) #22 Glen Miller
1) #77 Jim Dellea
2) #23 Tom Sanchez Jr
2) #51 Pete Leffler
2) #9 Kirk Stanaway
3) #80 Tim Emmons
3) #29 Bob Palmer
3) #37 William Hammell
4) #94 Tim Drumm
4) #21 Steve Hatch
4) #14 Gary Virgillio
5) #55 Philip Moffit
5) #26 Clem Toffolo
5) #60 Frank Amlaw
6) #71 Carl Baillargeon
6) #40 Lloyd Fosby
6) #59 Todd Mac Neil
7) #78 Paul Burfeino
7) #97 Richard Sigler
7) #36 George Miles
8) #68 Tim Farrell Jr
8) #46 Jake Coons
8) #67 Chris Martin
9) #10 Peter Huntoon
9) #6 Tony Gale
9) #72 Walt Clark
10)#92 Dave Colwell
10)#66 Joe Distefano
10)#4 Russ Kisselburg
11)#43 Dave Reed
11)#99 Eric Sbregh
11)#19 Chuck Gauthier
12)#2 Matthew Jasmin
12)#13 Harold Weaver
12)#44 Bill Hughes
13)#32 Art Lafferty
13)#11 Josh Webb
13)#47 Scott Kilmer
14)#34 Steve Hough
14)#62 Bruce Moffit
14)#73 John Reed
15)#17 Anthony Lopriest
Pure Stock Points as of 6/14
1) #7 Rob Yetman 196
2) #23 Tom Sanchez Jr 155
3) #21 Steve Hatch 152
4) #9 Kirk Stanaway 145
5) #14 Gary Virgillio 138
6) #37 William Hammell 136
7) #59 Todd Mac Neil 133
8) #44 Boll Hughes 127
9) #22 Glen Miller 125
10)#47 Scott Kilmer 122
11)#68 Tim Farrlell Jr 120
12)#29 Bob Palmer 117
13)#36 George Miles 117
14)#80 Tim Emmons 111
15)#94 Tim Drumm 108