Pauch Pads The Legend In New Egypt Weekend Finale
New Egypt, NJ (October 13 & 14) - When the money's on the line, count on
Billy Pauch to shine. The Frenchtown, NJ star bested a talent-rich field to
pocket the big $5,000 in Sunday's Sprint PCS Modified 50 at New Egypt
Speedway. The race was one of four special events that were a part of the
track's Legends of the Fall two-day season finale, sponsored by Advanced
Wireless and Sprint PCS.
"I kind of had my doubts there for a while, because we detuned the car for
the slick, daytime track," said Pauch, after acing the big one for the third
year in a row. "I had to make my moves up top, and keep my momentum going. I
certainly didn't want to see any cautions." In his victory lane speech,
Pauch also recognized the retired "legend" drivers who were honorary guests
for the weekend. "It's good to see the old-timers here, and get to relive
some of the old stories," he commented. "They carried the flag for many
years - and now it's our turn to carry it."
By luck of the draw, Pauch started eighth in the Sprint PCS, and was solidly
in the top-five by lap 4, running in a tight pack with leader Kenny
Brightbill, invader Jimmy Horton, Darren McCaughey and 2001 division champ
Keith Hoffman. Brightbill and Horton swapped the lead in a rail-to-rail
rivalry to the line for most of the first half, with Pauch trying hard to
make it a trio. On lap 22, Pauch's way-high outside pass finally dropped
Brightbill to third; at the crossed flags, Pauch eliminated Horton and he
was home-free. Although a lap 47 caution bunched the field, allowing Horton
and Brightbill a final shot, it was Pauch at the line for his 12th of the
year, with Brightbill second, Horton third, Fritz Epright fourth and Hoffman
fifth.
Sunday's Modified victory was compensation for Pauch's Saturday heartbreak
in the Samsung 50 for Sportsman. Pauch dominated that event, leading
decisively from lap 14 until a flat right-rear tire did him in on lap 37.
Whitehall, PA's Keith Hoffman, driving Jim Scherer's #4TJ, inherited the
point and led the remaining distance to claim the $3,000 prize. Brothers
Brian and Ryan Godown, Rick Grosso Jr. and Tom Hager completed the top five.
In Saturday's companion Advanced Wireless 25 for URC Sprints, Greg Coverdale
of Milford, DE, led every lap to score his sixth career victory at New Egypt
and take the $2,000 winner's share. Brian Seidel finished a fast-closing
second, with Mike Haggenbottom third, Dave McGough fourth and Sam Ross
fifth.
The $1,000 first-place money in Sunday's Touchpoint 30 for Street Stocks was
taken by Rich Page II. The thrilling finish saw Page win by less than a
wheel over 2001 division champ Al Cheney III, Phil Retter, Carol Whitehouse
and George Quinlan. Page also won a special Street Stock Cash Dash,
sponsored by Bill Miscoski, who put up $250 for the winner with a matching
amount going to injured driver Pat Conaway. A total of $910.50 was raised
for Conaway, who broke his hip in an accident at the track on September
29th.
The Garden State Vintage Stock Car Club also raced in two exhibition events
during the weekend, with "legends" drivers signing autograph cards on both
days.
Weekend sponsor Advanced Wireless and Sprint PCS awarded free cell phones
and many other giveaways to lucky fans. Advantage Financial Mortgage
Bankers, teasing racers with a $5,000 bonus for a sweep in both the
Sportsman and Modified events, gave away a pair of 27-inch TVs in a fan
drawing; and Champion Tire of Ringoes, NJ, awarded a set of passenger car
tires to another lucky race fan.
10/13/01
SPORTSMAN RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.Roberts 2.Geiges 3.Ploski III 4.VanGorder
2nd Heat: 1.R.Godown 2.B.Godown 3.Pauch 4.Sarkisian
3rd Heat: 1.K. Hoffman 2.Grosso 3.Toth 4.Archer
4th Heat: 1.Stinson 2.McCaughey 3.Flesch 4.Tomasko
5th Heat: 1.Liedl 2.Reutter 3.Stravinsky 4.Swain
1st B Main: 1.Brightbill 2.Papiez 3.Cox III 4.Pearson 5.Scagliotta
2nd B Main: 1.Hager 2.Wescott 3.Butler 4.Bohn 5.McClelland
Samsung 50 Feature (50 Laps):
1.Keith Hoffman 2.Brian Godown 3.Ryan Godown 4.Rick Grosso 5.Tom Hager
6.Rich Scagliotta 7.Mike Reutter Jr. 8.Darren McCaughey 9.Brian Pearson
10.Billy Pauch 11.Mike Toth 12.Brett Butler 13.Doug Liedl 14.Sam Wescott
15.John McClelland 16.Eddie Bohn 17.Scott VanGorder 18.Ron Roberts 19.Gene
Stravinsky 20.Rich Stinson 21.Bob Sarkisian 22.Stan Ploski III 23.Clyde Cox
III 24.Tom Tomasko 25.Matt Papiez 26.Kenny Brightbill 27.Chuck Flesch
28.Jeff Geiges 29.Jack Swain 30.Larry Archer
DNQ: Donnie Kline, Jimmy Chester, Jeff Paulson, Rich Kuiken, Tom Cremer,
Mark Forte, Rob Pfister, Rob Schuster, John Snook, Rick Beavers, Joey Tinnes
Jr., Keith Fleming, Kevin Collins, Billy Harris, Curt Stout, Stan
Janiszewski, B.J. DiMascio, Steve Ramsey, J.C. Mears, Rick Raisner, Scott
Reid, Phil McCloughan, Dan Austin, Steve Moss, Bryan Coffey, Paul Collins,
Dave Hoffman, Matt Kaminskas, Jimmy Heolterling, Andy Weeks, Brad Force,
Dave Van Dyke, Rob Gallmeyer
TW Metals/Bars Leaks URC SPRINT RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.Coyle 2.Anderson 3.Welsh 4.Lewis 5.Ely
2nd Heat: 1.Pauch 2.Coverdale 3.Hogue 4.Ross 5.Whary
3rd Heat: 1.Trout 2.Parker 3.Suprick 4.Busby 5.Miller
4th Heat: 1.Haggenbottom 2.Seidel 3.Emery 4.McGough 5.Hogue
C Main: 1.Brian 2.Williamson 3.Gerber 4.Zuczek
B Main: 1.Pursell 2.Williamson 3.Heimbach 4.Green
Advanced Wireless 25 Feature (25 laps):
1.Greg Coverdale 2.Brian Seidel 3.Mike Haggenbottom 4.Dave McGough 5.Sam
Ross 6.Kevin Welsh 7.Billy Pauch 8.Tim Hogue 9.Trevor Lewis 10.Midge Miller
11.Doug Emery 12.Dave Ely 13.George Suprick 14.Blaine Heimbach 15.Chris
Coyle 16.Jeff Busby 17.Becca Anderson 18.Jeff Whary 19.Jeremy Trout
20.Kramer Williamson 21.Scott Pursell 22.Deric Parker 23.Fran Hogue 24.Pete
Green
DNQ: Danny Massey, Randy Schmoyer, Adam Gordon, Junior Martin, Ian Borden,
Ashley Parlett, Bill Brian, Matt Gerber, Brett Romano, J.R. Berry, Mike
Kostic, Joe Zuczek.
10/14/01
MODIFIED RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.McCaughey 2.Velenger 3.Hendrickson 4.Dmuchowski
2nd Heat: 1.Grosso 2.Pauch 3.Epright 4.Pearson
3rd Heat: 1.Godown 2.Bitner 3.Carberry 4.VanGorder
4th Heat: 1.Hoffman 2.Chester 3.Martz 4.Liedl
5th Heat: 1.Kn.Brightbill 2.Horton 3.Strunk 4.Mills
1st B Main: 1.Bohn 2.T.Hager (Fan Prov: Kth.Brightbill)
2nd B Main: 1.Tanner Jr. 2.Scagliotta (Fan Prov: Ploski III)
Sprint PCS 50 Feature (50 Laps):
1.Billy Pauch 2.Kenny Brightbill 3.Jimmy Horton 4.Fritz Epright 5.Keith
Hoffman 6.Jimmy Chester 7.Rick Grosso 8.Ryan Godown 9.Gary Velenger 10.Tim
Tanner Jr. 11.Mark Bitner 12.Scott VanGorder 13.Tom Hager 14.Keith
Brightbill 15.Fred Dmuchowski 16.Doug Liedl 17.Stan Ploski III 18.Eddie Bohn
19.Darren McCaughey 20.Jeff Strunk 21.Tom Carberry 22.Brian Pearson 23.Sam
Martz 24.Rich Scagliotta 25.Jamie Mills 26.Wade Hendrickson
DNQ: Bill Miller, Barry Voss, Jimmy Hoelterling, Mickey Kessler, Korey
Keimig, Matt Papiez, Mike Reutter Jr., Rick Raisner, Bryant Brown, Kevin
Hirthler, Rick Bishop, Tad Cox, Ryan Kerr, Ron John Koczon, John Megill,
Jack Hartnett, Jack Amundsen, Phil Cox, Jeff Parker, Bud Schweibinz, Tom
Wyckoff, Dominick Buffalino, Gary Hager, Larry McVay, Bob Worthington, Scott
Reid.
STREET STOCK RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.Butler 2.Barnstead 3.Whitehouse 4.Hansen 5.Jn.Hewitt 6.Roveda
2nd Heat: 1.R.Page 2.Retter 3.Quinlan 4.Apgar 5.Miller 6.Seredy
3rd Heat: 1.Bifulco 2.Bauer 3.Carpenter 4.M.Page 5.Miscoski 6.Gargiulo
B Main: 1.Cheney 2.Marra Jr. 3.Byrne 4.Jm. Hewitt 5.Nixon 6.Marvin
Touchpoint 30 Feature (30 laps):
1.Rich Page II 2.Al Cheney III 3.Phil Retter 4.Carol Whitehouse 5.George
Quinlan 6.Billy Bauer 7.Ralph Gargiulo 8.Kevin Bifulco 9.Tim Apgar 10.Ron
Barnstead 11.Jim Hewitt 12.Gary Butler 13.Mario Page 14.Rick Marvin
15.Whitey Miller 16.Joe Ferris 17.Wayne Hansen 18.Paul Marra Jr. 19.Jake
Roveda 20.Jeff Carpenter 21.Jason Seredy 22.Bill Miscoski 23.Richie Byrne
24.John Hewitt (DNS) Brian Nixon
DNQ: Joe Ferris, Bryan Reed, Weldon Collier, Al Burdge, Allen Hurley, Pete
Fogarty, Spider Ensinger, Joe Shandor, Ken Moren, Joe Garey, Craig Buchanan,
Mike Dzingleski, Todd Dige, Robert Melton, George Idell Sr., Chris Pidgeon,
Ed Metrick.