Pauch Wins The War And The Battle

New Egypt, NJ (Sept 25) -- In a night filled with surprises in all

classes, Billy Pauch pulled the biggest stunner: the Frenchtown, NJ flyer

made up 65 points on arch rival Kenny Brightbill, the division point

leader since June, to clinch the $10,000 Modified championship Saturday at

New Egypt Speedway. Pauch did the deed by scoring his seventh win in his

last eight Modified starts, while point leader Brightbill was crashed out

of the race on lap 11. It was the only time Brightbill failed to finish an

event all season.

Tom Hager led the 24-car Modified field before Rick Grosso Jr. pulled out

to the point. Pauch had powered from 17th to fourth when Brightbills

Tabloid Graphics #19 was slammed into the fourth-turn barrier tire and was

done for the night. Pauch picked his way into the front easily from that

point on, coming in for his 13th Modified win of 1999 and a stunning

championship upset by a mere five points. Tom Carberry claimed second

after a strong Grosso Jr. coasted across the line in third with an

expired engine. Hager and Tim Tanner Jr. completed the top five. An

emotional Pauch dedicated the night to his former teammate Kevin Gobrecht,

who was killed in an Outlaw Sprint car accident on Friday at Eagle

Raceway, Nebraska.

East Windsor, NJs Larry Archer passed Jack Swain with seven laps

remaining to capture his third victory of the year in the Sportsman class.

Swain, Jimmy Harris, Rocco Infante and Rich Scagliotta followed Archer to

the line. Ironically, the hotly contested $3,000 Sportsman championship

was decided in the pits: contenders Bob Worthington and Keith Brightbill

both retired early from the event, with Worthington holding onto the title

by 16 points.

In a chaotic Street Stock feature, the top two in the $1,500 point chase,

Billy Bauer and Ralph Gargiulo, were blackflagged to the pits; Pat Conaway

capitalized on their misfortune to grab the division championship. Bill

Gerber won the battle this night, his first of the year. Al Cheney III, Carol

Whitehouse, Richie Byrne and George Quinlan followed Gerber to the stripe.

One lucky fan collected $1,370 in the nightly 50/50 drawing. And

Christopher Clayton, 10, of Howell, NJ, is one happy kid -- as winner of

the kids coloring contest, Jack Swains Sportsman car will be painted as

per his design for next season, courtesy of Twinz Lettering of Toms River,

NJ.

This week, the URC Sprint cars will make their final appearance of the

year. Theyll be joined by the Modifieds, Sportsman and Street Stocks,

with an open competition 13x92-inch tire rule in effect. Gates open at 3

pm, warm-ups are at 4 pm and the first heat gets underway at 5 pm. ***

admission is $18, children 7-12 are $6, and 6 and under are free.

9/25/99

MODIFIED RESULTS

1st Heat: 1. VanGorder 2. Pauch 3. Leach 4. Laureno 5. Hager 6. Bitner

2nd Heat: 1. Grosso 2. Carberry 3. Osmun 4. Tanner, Sr. 5. Singley 6.

Manmiller

3rd Heat: 1. Brightbill 2. Hendershot 3. Tanner, Jr. 4. Horton 5. Butler 6.

Huchko

B Main: 1. McVay 2. Velenger 3. Garland 4. Grbac 5. Bohn 6. Ostwald

Feature (30 laps): 1. Billy Pauch 2. Tom Carberry 3. Rick Grosso Jr. 4. Tom

Hager 5. Tim Tanner Jr. 6. Mark Bitner 7. Scott VanGorder 8. Jimmy Horton 9.

Gary Velenger 10. Doug Manmiller 11. Mike Hendershot 12. Gary Butler 13.

Jerry Glenn 14. Kenny Huchko 15. Eddie Bohn 16. Roger Laureno 17. Chris Grbac

18. Keith Brightbill 19. Tim Tanner Sr. 20. Willie Osmun 21. John Leach 22.

Tom Garland 23. Doug Ostwald 24. Larry McVay

DNQ: Jeff Miller, Bob Drayton, Jim Hawkes, Wade Hendrickson

SPORTSMAN RESULTS

1st Heat: 1. Infante 2. Kessler 3. Wasson 4. Grosso 5. Gareis 6. Lamparter

2nd Heat: 1. Roth 2. Swain 3. Eppolite 4. Archer 5. Brightbill 6. Krachun

3rd Heat: 1. Harris 2. Scagliotta 3. Reid 4. Kline 5. Worthington 6. Dallett

B Main: 1. Koczon 2. Mears 3. Papiez 4. Ely 5. Lippincott 6. Stevens 7.

Toth 8. Carman

Cash Dash: 1. Worthington ($250)

Feature (20 Laps): 1. Larry Archer 2. Jack Swain 3. Jimmy Harris 4. Rocco

Infante 5. Rich Scagliotta 6. Ron John Koczon 7. Donnie Kline 8. George

Gareis 9. Larry Lippincott 10. Jim Dallett 11. Mickey Kessler 12. Matt Papiez

13. Chris Wasson 14. Mike Krachun 15. Tom Eppolite Jr. 16. Bryan Lamparter

17. Darryl Carman 18.

Brien Ely 19. Kenny Roth 20. Scott Reid 21. Drew Grosso 22. Keith Brightbill

23. J.C. Mears 24. John Stevens 25. Mike Toth 26. Bob Worthington

DNQ: Bryan Coffey, Mike Mongiello, Rob Pfister, Gene Stravinsky, Pat Priore,

Joe Szwed, Larry Reed

STREET STOCKS RESULTS

1st Heat: 1. Whitehouse 2. Hewitt 3. Mongiello 4. Carpenter 5. Giris 6.

Ormsbee

2nd Heat: 1. Knighten 2. Bifulco 3. Berardi 4. Ensinger 5. Fleming 6. Byrne

3rd Heat: 1. Gerber 2. Hammond 3. Cheney 4. Gargiulo 5. Nixon 6. Bauma

B Main: 1. Conaway 2. Bauer 3. Freiberger 4. Wagner 5. Quinlan 6. Haines

Feature (15 laps): 1. Bill Gerber 2. Al Cheney III 3. Carol Whitehouse 4.

Richie Byrne 5. George Quinlan 6. Pat Conaway 7. Kenny Hammond 8. Evan

Berardi 9. Rob Ormsbee 10. Kevin Bilfulco 11. Dale Haines 12. Kory Fleming

13. Steve Mongiello 14. Bill Bauma 15. Jim Hewitt 16. Mike Nixon 17. Spider

Ensinger 18. Nick Giris 19. Billy Bauer 20. Pat Freiberger 21. Ralph Gargiulo

22. Jeff Carpenter 23. Anthony Knighten DNS: Brian Wagner

DNQ: Chip Grant, Chuck Barker, Al Johnson, Allen Hurley, Phil Miscoski, Ricky

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