Ward Dominates RWR World Series 75 Mr. DIRTcar 358 Championship

Posted Saturday, Sep 22, 2007

Elbridge, NY — September 21, 2007 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director

Pat Ward survived a massive 15-car pile-up, then put a big heap of hurt on the rest of the field as he went on to score his first Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series victory of the season in convincing fashion on Friday to kick off the 21st Annual World Series of DIRT Track Racing Weekend at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park.

Ward led the second half of the race to post his second career Small-Block tour victory at Rolling Wheels, out-distancing runner-up John Lazore, Vic Coffey, Jimmy Phelps and Pete Bicknell in the 99.3 The Wall World Series 75.

“I was told a long time ago that if you can’t draw good, you better be able to drive good,” recalled Ward after collecting $3,000 for his fifth career Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified tour triumph steering the LJL Racing no. 42p Gypsum Express, Ltd./Bicknell entry. “I knew it was going to be tough tonight after a poor draw but fortunately things worked out. It was too bad that accident knocked out a lot of guys, but even before that we were coming on pretty strong.”

Ward chased Matt Sheppard across the stripe to finish second in the second qualifying heat to help sort out the field of 42 drivers that signed in for round number eight of the 13-race Small-Block Series. But when it came time for the customary pre-race draw among the top-12 heat race finishers, the Genoa, N.Y, veteran selected “11” to fill inside row six on the 30-car starting grid.

Outside pole-sitter Coffey out-dragged front row partner Lazore to lead the opening circuit on the fast 5/8-miler, with Sheppard, Billy Decker and Steve Paine setting the early pace at the front of the pack. Lazore found the high side to his liking and the Hogansburg, N.Y. pilot inched by Coffey to assume his first lead on lap seven. Starting 10th in the original line-up, Brett Hearn was up to fifth by lap 15 as the leaders encountered heavy traffic with Ward right behind.

North country runner Bill Gill slowed in turn two to cause the first yellow to fly on lap 20 and just three more times around the caution lights reappeared when Sheppard’s no. 44s Magee Transportation Special suffered a broken drive-shaft to end his night. It was the lap 24 restart that brought the most attention as the turn three mishap included more than a dozen cars with seven unable to continue.

On that second race restart, Hearn attempted to thread the needle between high-running Decker and Coffey on the low side, yet contact with Decker midway down the back chute broke the rear-end assembly on the Vinny Salerno-owned no. 4 Four Star-WLR Construction-Kruger/TEO ride and sent Decker back across the track directly in front of the on-rushing pack. Car after car then came together in turn three and by the time the mangled machinery was untangled more than a dozen cars were accounted for sitting sideways, backwards and up and down with Rookie John Guarino and Capital District chauffeur Ronnie Johnson eventually pointing skyward.

Done for the night were Decker and Hearn, Johnson and Guarino along with Roy Tarbell, Lance Willix II and Mr. DIRTcar 358 points runner-up Carey Terrance. Returning trackside were Danny O’Brien, Alan and Danny Johnson, Mark Smoke, Mike Adderley, Dan Vauter, Pierre Dagenais and current Mr. DIRT Small-Block points leader Mario Cair.

The track safety crew required 45 minutes to clear up the biggest Series wreck of the new millennium, and back under green flag conditions Lazore once again showed the way with Coffey, Ward, Paine and Pat O’Brien in tow. Gill stopped for a second time in turn two and with caution laps now counting, Ward nosed ahead high around Lazore as the leaders completed lap 36 and proceeded to open a comfortable lead the rest of the way.

Clair slid high off the track to necessitate the fourth caution period on lap 37 to erase Ward’s nearly straightaway advantage. Yet Ward never flinched as he regrouped to build up a seemingly insurmountable 5.5-second lead with still 25 laps left with 19 cars still running.

With three Series wins under his belt in ’07, tour points chaser Danny O’Brien looped low between turns three and four ton lap 53 to cause another slowdown before Clair suffered a shredded right-rear tire to force out the sixth and final caution period on the 62nd circuit. Ward was no match for the rest of the field as he opened up a 6.5-second margin of victory over the remaining 10 laps with a dozen cars scored on the lead lap.

“I had a great car tonight that could go anywhere I wanted,” said Ward, who bettered his runner-up tally registered in this same race run in 2004. His lone Mr. DIRTcar Series triumph at Rolling Wheels was logged just weeks later on October 8 of Super DIRT Week XXXIV on the infamous Moody Mile. “I was really good on the bottom and knew I was running down Brett early on. Fortunately, we were able to take advantage of that big accident and fast enough to keep it out front when it counted most.”

Lazore settled for a solid second-place finish after leading his first laps of the season. “I think Tim (Fuller, first string team driver) would’ve probably won with this car tonight,” figured Lazore, after leading 29 laps on his way to finishing second. “We couldn’t get a restart to go for us tonight. I tried low on that restart just searching for a lane and (Ward) got me and I couldn’t take anything back.”

After leading the first half-dozen laps, Coffey held on for the show position to leave room for further improvement in the coming weeks. “We just took too much gear out and that was the biggest difference,” said Coffey, who was buckled into the no. 7c Flexcare-Cerrone Safety First/Bicknell entry normally driven by Western New York pilot Scott Kerwin at Ransomville Speedway. “I feel fortunate to miss that big accident so this is a good way to start out the weekend. Whoever took care of the track and however they did it, I hope they’ll be back tomorrow, it was a great track out there tonight.”

Hearn turned the fast time in trials with a one-lap best clocking of 20.778 seconds (108.288 mph) while the top four drivers of Ward, Lazore, Coffey and Phelps earned guaranteed starting positions in the ITT Corporation-Goulds Pumps 358-Modified Championship scheduled for Oct. 6 of Super DIRT Week XXXVI at the NYS Fairgrounds.

Racing in the Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series takes a brief break before returning for four consecutive nights of extra-distance activity during the annual Super DIRT Week extravaganza in the Salt City. Can-Am Motorsports Park kicks off the rare quadrupleheader on Wednesday, October 3 followed by successive shows at Brewerton Speedway (Oct. 4) and Rolling Wheels (Oct. 5) before closing out with the headline ITT Corporation-Goulds Pumps 150-lap ‘Salute to the Troops’ Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series Championship race on the Syracuse Mile.

SKIDMARKS

All eyes gazed wide-open as the familiar hauler of ‘Barefoot’ Bob McCreadie arrived late at Rolling Wheels. DIRTcar Racing NorthEast’s all-time popular driver wasn’t ready to compete, however, as his legendary no. 9 Kinney Drugs/Bicknell ride was locked inside waiting for Pierre Dagenais to climb aboard the following day in the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Budweiser Triple 50s. A year ago son Tim McCreadie was the last to driver to compete in his father’s car in autumn at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway before suffering a blown transmission in the Enders-powered machine. On Friday night Bob’s crew was also in the pits helping out Dagenais with his latest tour effort…..With round #8 of the 13-race Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series in the record book, Frenchman Mario Clair has opened up a 69-point cushion over Carey Terrance in the current standings. “We’re just taking every race one by one, some of these tracks are brand new to us,” said Clair through a translator as the St-Edmond, Quebec driver prepared his no. 22 JDL-Motel Drummond/Bicknell entry for his first-ever Modified race at Rolling Wheels. Prior to the 2007 season, the younger brother of Gino Clair and son of still active driver Rene Clair raced Sportsman cars before at Rolling Wheels and Autodrome Edelweiss, and just spectated at events held at Lebanon Valley Speedway. “I’ve always dreamed of running a Big-Block but my tracks Granby and Drummond dropped them a few years back. It’s just too expensive to travel to the states every weekend so this might be my only chance to follow the whole tour, maybe a once in a lifetime deal. We did good throughout the year so we’re giving it a try and see how far we can go”…..Danny O’Brien is following a similar strategy in his bid to collect a first-ever overall Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship, although his older brother Pat O’Brien is a four-time title-holder of DIRTcar NorthEast’s highest Small-Block honor. “I’m pretty much on my own so I’m going to follow the Series until I run out of money,” declared O’Brien, who captured recent Series victories at Edelweiss, Can-Am and Brockville to elevate him into third-place in the Mr. DIRTcar point standings aboard the no. 17d Pat’s Radiator-1000 Islands RV Center-Stover Bus Line/Bicknell machine. “I m know most of the tracks so its just a matter of getting a little more good luck. We’ll just see how far this whole deal can take us”…..At the age of 17 years, Clarkstown South High School senior Johnny Guarino from Nanuet, N.Y. ---20 minutes north of New York City--- hasn’t logged nearly as many laps as his closest competitors yet the CNY Mini-Sprint graduate hopes to gain the needed experience in the coming years. “I want to do whatever I can to become a full-time racer,” divulged Guarino, who started racing at age 11 and picked up his first career DIRTcar 358-Modified win this year at Orange County Fair Speedway in his rookie season. At the age of 15 he scored a victory in a CNY Mini-Sprint A-Main at Cayuga County Fair Speedway in 2005. “I’d like to find a way to make a living at it but I’m still looking forward to going to college first. Something in aeronautics, maybe be an air traffic controller, that’s something I could learn to do and keep racing”…..Of the 42 drivers signed in on Friday, 19 were registered for their first Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series event of the season. That list included a dozen that qualified for the 75-lap main with winner Ward, Coffey and Phelps the most noteworthy tour newcomers in ’07.

Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series Race #8 – Rolling Wheels Raceway Park, September 21, 2007 ’99.3 The WALL World Series 75’ Event Summary

FIN STR CAR# DRIVER

1 11 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY($3,000)

2 1 19 John Lazore/Hogansburg,NY

3 2 7c Vic Coffey/Leicester,NY

4 7 99j Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY

5 5 42 Pete Bicknell/St.Catharines,ONT

6 8 6 Pat O'Brien/Kingston,ONT

7 12 1t Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY

8 6 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY

9 28 42b Kevin Bates/Lake Ariel,PA

10 14 26 Rick Richner/Niagara Falls,NY

11 24 99 Mike Adderley/Watertown,NY

12 16 124 Pierre DagenaisGatineau,QUE

13 15 17d Danny O'Brien/Kingston,ONT

14 30 77g Robbie Grant/Malone,NY

15 21 9s Mark Smoke/Akwesasne,NY

16 19 22 Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE

17 20 23 Larry Lampman,Jr./Port Colborne,ONT

18 13 85 Dan Vauter/Forest City,PA

19 25 10 Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY

20 26 17j Tom Juhl/Weedsport,NY

21 22 60 Bill Gill/Plessis,NY

22 4 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY

23 10 4* Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ

24 29 16 Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY

25 9 007 Roy Tarbell/Hogansburg,NY

26 17 2 Ronnie Johnson/Duanesburg,NY

27 3 44s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY

28 23 66x Carey Terrance/Hogansburg,NY

29 27 9 Johnny Guarino/Nanuet,NY

30 18 93 Rich Vinson/Sanborn,NY

GATER NEWS LAP LEADERS: Coffey (1-6), Lazore (7-35), Ward (36-75).

CAUTIONS: 6 for 15 laps; 1 RED FLAG (lap 24).

SYRACUSE ITT CORP./GOULDS PUMPS 150 QUALIFIERS: Ward, Lazore, Coffey, Phelps.

DID NOT QUALIFY(12)

0-Russ Hefti/Elbridge,NY

7j-Jeff Isabell/Pennellville,NY

12-Brian Sage/Brockport,NY

14-Delbert Legrow/Massena,NY

21k-Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY

37p-Francisco Perera/Etobicoke,ONT

48too-Dave Rauscher/Waterloo,NY

54j-Roger Chrysler/Lewiston,NY

58L-Jim LaRock/Seneca Falls,NY

m70-Billy Cook/Hogansburg,NY

80-Chris Steele/Fenwick,ONT

111-Kevin Wills/Ransomville,NY

QUALIFYING

FAST AVE

TIME MPH CAR# DRIVER

1 20.778 108.288 4* Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ

2 20.793 108.209 7c Vic Coffey/Leicester,NY

3 20.857 107.877 19 John Lazore/Hogansburg,NY

4 20.971 107.291 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY

5 20.985 107.219 6 Pat O'Brien/Kingston,ONT

6 21.026 107.010 44s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY

7 21.136 106.453 1t Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY

8 21.144 106.413 007 Roy Tarbell/Hogansburg,NY

9 21.160 106.333 2 Ronnie Johnson/Duanesburg,NY

10 21.216 106.052 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY

11 21.228 105.992 16 Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY

12 21.245 105.907 42 Pete Bicknell/St.Catharines,ONT

13 21.253 105.867 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY

14 21.262 105.823 26 Rick Richner/Niagara Falls,NY

15 21.316 105.555 99j Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY

16 21.332 105.475 124 Pierre DagenaisGatineau,QUE

17 21.341 105.431 9 Johnny Guarino/Nanuet,NY

18 21.365 105.312 93 Rich Vinson/Sanborn,NY

19 21.386 105.209 22 Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE

20 21.406 105.111 23 Larry Lampman,Jr./Port Colborne,ONT

21 21.407 105.106 85 Dan Vauter/Forest City,PA

22 21.413 105.076 66x Carey Terrance/Hogansburg,NY

23 21.431 104.988 17d Danny O'Brien/Kingston,ONT

24 21.483 104.734 60 Bill Gill/Plessis,NY

25 21.538 104.467 12 Brian Sage/Brockport,NY

26 21.543 104.442 48too Dave Rauscher/Waterloo,NY

27 21.564 104.341 21k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY

28 21.590 104.215 42b Kevin Bates/Lake Ariel,PA

29 21.618 104.080 0 Russ Hefti/Elbridge,NY

30 21.637 103.989 10 Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY

31 21.640 103.974 99 Mike Adderley/Watertown,NY

32 21.650 103.926 17j Tom Juhl/Weedsport,NY

33 21.671 103.825 9s Mark Smoke/Akwesasne,NY

34 21.709 103.644 37p Francisco Perera/Etobicoke,ONT

35 21.759 103.405 80 Chris Steele/Fenwick,ONT

36 21.787 103.273 7j Jeff Isabell/Pennellville,NY

37 22.079 101.907 111 Kevin Wills/Ransomville,NY

38 22.133 101.658 54j Roger Chrysler/Lewiston,NY

39 22.169 101.493 58L Jim LaRock/Seneca Falls,NY

40 22.357 100.640 77g Robbie Grant/Malone,NY

41 22.664 99.276 14 Delbert Legrow/Massena,NY

42 22.715 99.053 m70 Billy Cook/Hogansburg,NY

Heat Races (8 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to feature, top 3 went to re-draw)

#1: Hearn, P.O’Brien, Paine, Vauter, R.Johnson, Smoke, Hefti, Guarino, Wills, LeGrow.

#2: Sheppard, Ward, Coffey, Richner, Vinson, Terrance, Rauscher, A.Johnson, Perera, Ro.Chrysler, Cook.

#3: D.Johnson, Lazore, Phelps, D.O’Brien, Clair, Adderley, Steele, LaRock, Willix, Ra.Chrysler.

#4: Decker, Bicknell, Tarbell, Dagenais, Lampman, Gill, Juhl, Bates, Isabell, Grant, Sage.

Consolation Round (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to feature)

#1: Smoke, Terrance, A.Johnson, Guarino, Rauscher, Perera, Wills, Sage, Ro.Chrysler, Cook, LeGrow, Hefti.

#2: Gill, Adderley, Juhl, Bates, Isabell, Steele, Ra.Chrysler, Willix, LaRock, Grant.

Provisionals: Willix, Grant.

Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series Point Standings (September 21)

Rank No. Driver Total Series Bonus Diff Wins Top-5 Top-10 Starts

1 22 Mario Clair 1,827 627 1200 0 0 4 4 8

2 66x Carey Terrance 1,758 558 1200 -69 0 1 4 8

3 17d Danny O'Brien 1,736 536 1200 -91 3 4 4 5

4 99 Mike Adderley 1,735 535 1200 -92 0 1 4 8

5 007 Roy Tarbell 1,666 466 1200 -161 0 0 2 8

6 16 Lance Willix II 1,626 426 1200 -201 0 0 2 8

7 1 David Hebert 1,624 424 1200 -203 1 3 4 4

8 42 Pete Bicknell 1,602 402 1200 -225 0 2 3 5

9 39 Clement Therrien 1,594 394 1200 -233 0 1 4 5

10 27J Danny Johnson 1,567 467 1100 -260 0 3 4 5

11 9 Mark Smoke 1,551 351 1200 -276 0 0 0 6

12 124 Pierre Dagenais 1,544 344 1200 -283 0 0 2 5

13 21 Yan Bussiere 1,538 338 1200 -289 0 1 2 4

14 77g Robbie Grant 1,529 329 1200 -298 0 0 0 6

15 19x John Lazore 1,473 273 1200 -354 0 1 2 4

16 23 Danny Bilodeau 1,434 234 1200 -393 0 0 0 4

17 44 Seb. Gougeon 1,416 216 1200 -411 0 0 0 3

18 95 Mark Hitchcock 1,411 211 1200 -416 0 1 1 2

19 66 Kyle Dingwall 1,403 203 1200 -424 0 0 1 3

20 46 Kayle Robidoux 1,390 190 1200 -437 1 2 2 2

21 81 Eric Landry® 1,379 179 1200 -448 0 0 0 3

22 25 Bob Herrington 1,358 158 1200 -469 0 0 0 2

23 66 Fred Gamache 1,348 148 1200 -479 0 0 0 3

24 73 Alain Boisvert 1,335 135 1200 -492 0 1 1 2

25 87 Martin Gagne 1,322 122 1200 -505 0 0 1 2

26 11 Real Lafrance 1,316 116 1200 -511 0 0 1 2

27 90 Martin Roy 1,314 114 1200 -513 0 0 0 2

28 71 Delbert LeGrow 1,312 112 1200 -515 0 0 0 2

29 151 Brian McDonald 1,308 108 1200 -519 0 0 1 2

30 84 Dave Heaslip 1,304 104 1200 -523 0 0 0 2

31 80 Jeff Marshall 1,302 102 1200 -525 0 0 0 2

32 9 John Guarino 1,300 100 1200 -527 0 0 0 2

33 2 Mi.Dusseault® 1,290 90 1200 -537 0 0 0 2

34 54 Steve Bernard 1,288 88 1200 -539 0 0 0 2

35 1L David Langlois®1,288 88 1200 -539 0 0 0 2

36 19 Michel Pelletier 1,286 86 1200 -541 0 0 0 2

37 7 Patrice Demers®1,284 84 1200 -543 0 0 0 2

38 98 Paul Pekkonen 1,280 80 1200 -547 0 0 0 1

39 86 Chris King 1,280 80 1200 -547 0 0 0 1

40 23 La.Ladouceur 1,278 78 1200 -549 0 0 1 1

41 24 Chris Shultz 1,276 76 1200 -551 0 0 1 1

42 M70 Billy Cook 1,275 75 1200 -552 0 0 0 1

43 26 Rick Richner 1,262 62 1200 -565 0 0 1 1

44 22J Gino Clair 1,262 62 1200 -565 0 0 1 1

45 4k Jasmin Leveille 1,258 58 1200 -569 0 0 0 1

46 8 Alan Jacobs 1,256 56 1200 -571 0 0 0 1

47 27 Roy Delormier® 1,254 54 1200 -573 0 0 0 1

48 99 Ron Valade 1,253 53 1200 -574 0 0 0 1

49 115 Steph.LaFrance 1,252 52 1200 -575 0 0 0 1

50 80 Chris Steele® 1,250 50 1200 -577 0 0 0 1

51 23 Larry Lampman 1,248 48 1200 -579 0 0 0 1

52 22 Eric Gauvreau 1,242 42 1200 -585 0 0 0 1

53 3 Claude Brouillard 1,241 41 1200 -586 0 0 0 1

54 93 Rich Vinson 1,240 40 1200 -587 0 0 0 1

55 2 Todd Stewart 1,240 40 1200 -587 0 0 0 1

56 55 Perry Francis 1,240 40 1200 -587 0 0 0 1

57 8s Christian Salvas 1,240 40 1200 -587 0 0 0 1

58 4* Brett Hearn 1,236 136 1100 -591 1 2 3 4

59 31x Andy Lloyd 1,230 130 1100 -597 0 0 0 2

60 111 Kevin Wills® 1,210 10 1200 -617 0 0 0 0

61 9 Ken Cosgrove 1,210 10 1200 -617 0 0 0 0

62 29 Gilles Bessette 1,210 10 1200 -617 0 0 0 0

63 12 John Mulder 1,210 10 1200 -617 0 0 0 0

64 6 Melvin Rush 1,210 10 1200 -617 0 0 0 0

65 51 Jim VanAnden 1,210 10 1200 -617 0 0 0 0

2007 ITT CORP./GOULDS PUMPS 358-MOD SYRACUSE CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

(+)-denotes Mr. DIRT 358-Modified Series event.

DAY-DATE TRACK LOCATION WINNER/QUALIFIER(S)

Sat-Apr 21 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Brett Hearn

Sat-Apr 28 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Dom Roselli

Fri-May 25 Ransomville Speedway Ransomville,NY Scott Kerwin

Fri-May 25 Autodrome Granby Granby,QUE Sebastien Gougeon

Sat-May 26 Lebanon Valley Speedway W.Lebanon,NY J.R. Heffner

Sat-May 26 Frogtown Int'l Speedway Hogansburg,NY Danny Johnson

Thr-May 31 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Tim Hindley

Sat-Jun 2 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Chuck McKee

Sat-Jun 2 Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE Mario Clair

Sat-Jun 9 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY T.Hindley/Jeremy Markle-2nd

Sat-Jun 23 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Kirk Horton

Sat-Jun 23 Lebanon Valley Speedway W.Lebanon,NY Ray Hoard

Sat-Jun 23 Genesee Speedway Batavia,NY Tim Jones

Wed-Jun 27 Frogtown Int'l Speedway Hogansburg,NY Dale Planck

Wed-Jun 27 New Egypt Speedway New Egypt,NJ Jeff Strunk

Fri-Jun 29 Autodrome Edelweiss Hull,QUE Pierre Dagenais

Sat-Jun 30 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Johnny Guarino

Fri-Jul 6 Ransomville Speedway Ransomville,NY D.Johnson/Pete Bicknell-8th

Tue-Jul 10 Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT Pat O'Brien/Jeff Sykes-13th

Sat-Jul 14 Lebanon Valley Speedway W.Lebanon,NY Andy Bachetti

Sat-Jul 21 Canandaigua Speedway Canandaigua,NY D.Johnson/Bob Henry Jr.-9th

Sat-Jul 21 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Chris Shultz

Sun-Jul 22 Lebanon Valley Speedway W.Lebanon,NY A.Bachetti/Jeff Trombley-3rd

Sun-Jul 22 Humberstone Speedway Port Colborne,ONT P.Bicknell/Chris Steele-2nd

Sun-Jul 22 Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall,ONT B.Decker/Clement Therrien-5th

Mon-Jul 23 Autodrome Drummond Drummond,QUE B.Hearn/Kayle Robidoux-11th

Tue-Jul 24 Airborne Speedway Plattsburgh,NY Mike Bruno

Fri-Jul 27 Autodrome Edelweiss Hull,QUE Laurent Ladouceur

Sat-Jul 28 Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT Pat O'Brien

Sat-Jul 28 Merrittville Speedway Thorold,ONT Chad Brachmann

Sun-Jul 29 Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall,ONT P.O'Brien/Yan Bussiere-2nd

Fri-Aug 3 Ohsweken Speedway Ohsweken,ONT P.Bicknell/Scott Wood-3rd

Sat-Aug 4 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY B.Hearn/Brian Krummel-4th

Sat-Aug 4 Lebanon Valley Speedway W.Lebanon,NY Kenny Tremont

Mon-Aug 6 Merrittville Speedway Thorold,ONT D.Johnson/Larry Lampman-9th

Mon-Aug 6 Autodrome Drummond Drummond,QUE Y.Bussiere/Step.LaFrance-4th

Tue-Aug 7 Autodrome Granby Granby,QUE Martin Roy

Tue-Aug 14 Ransomville Speedway Ransomville,NY Pat Ward/Jeff McGinnis-4th

Sat-Aug 18 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY J.Markle/Craig Mitchell-2nd

Sat-Aug 18 Lebanon Valley Speedway W.Lebanon,NY A.Bachetti/Matt Quinn-3rd

Sun-Aug 19 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY D.Johnson-T.Fuller/Tom Juhl

Mon-Aug 20+ Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE B.Hearn/David Hebert-2nd

Tue-Aug 21+ Autodrome Granby Granby,QUE K.Robidoux/Alain Boisvert-2nd

Wed-Aug 22 Oswego Speedway Oswego,NY Patrick Dupree

Fri-Aug 31 Ransomville Speedway Ransomville,NY P.Bicknell/Todd Burley-2nd

Sat-Sep 1 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY B.Hearn/David VanHorn-3rd

Sat-Sep 1 Frogtown Int'l Speedway Hogansburg,NY D.Heaslip/Carey Terrance-2nd

Sat-Sep 1 Merrittville Speedway Thorold,ONT P.Bicknell/Stewart Friesen-3rd

Sat-Sep 1 Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE D.Hebert/Gino Clair-6th

Sun-Sep 2+ Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall,ONT D.Hebert/Danny O'Brien-4th

Sun-Sep 2 Northern Region Champion DIRT NorthEast Yan Bussiere

Sun-Sep 2 Eastern Region Champion DIRT NorthEast David VanHorn

Sun-Sep 2 Western Region Champion DIRT NorthEast Pete Bicknell

Fri-Sep 7+ Autodrome Edelweiss Hull,QUE D.O'Brien/Mike Adderley-4th

Sat-Sep 8+ Lebanon Valley Speedway(4) W.Lebanon,NY K.Tremont/Alan Johnson-7th,

Roy Bridge-8th, Ryan Larkin-15th, Ric Hill-22nd

Fri-Sep 14+ Can-Am Motorsports Park LaFargeville,NY D.O'Brien/Gary Tomkins-4th

Sat-Sep 15+ Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT D.O'Brien/Mark Hitchcock-4th

Fri-Sep 21+ Rolling Wheels Raceway(4) Elbridge,NY Pat Ward, John Lazore-2nd

Vic Coffey-3rd, Jimmy Phelps-4th

Sat-Sep 29 Fulton Speedway Fulton,NY

Wed-Oct 3+ Can-Am Motorsports Park, LaFargeville,NY

Thr-Oct 4+ Brewerton Speedway Brewerton,NY

Fri-Oct 5+ Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge,NY

Sat-Oct 6+ New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse,NY

Sat-Oct 6+ New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse,NY

UPCOMING EVENTS

Four straight nights of small-block action take over during Super DIRT Week XXXVI at the New York State Fairgrounds in October with Can-Am, Brewerton, Rolling Wheels and Syracuse staging extra-distance events offering valuable points towards the overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series Championship.

2007 Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series Schedule

DAY-DATE LAPS TRACK LOCATION/WINNER

Mon-Aug 20 100 Autodrome Drummond Brett Hearn

Tue-Aug 21 100 Autodrome Granby Kayle Robidoux

Sun-Sep 2 100 Cornwall Motor Speedway David Hebert

Fri-Sep 7 100 Autodrome Edelweiss Danny O’Brien

Sat-Sep 8 50 Lebanon Valley Speedway Kenny Tremont

Fri-Sep 14 52 Can-Am Motorsports Park Danny O’Brien

Sat-Sep 15 100 Brockville Ont Speedway Danny O’Brien

Fri-Sep 21 75 Rolling Wheels Raceway Pat Ward

Wed-Oct 3 75 Can-Am Motorsports Park LaFargeville, NY

Thr-Oct 4 75 Brewerton Speedway Brewerton, NY

Fri-Oct 5 100 Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge, NY

Sat-Oct 6 150 New York State Fairgrnds Syracuse,NY

Sat-Oct 20 100 Orange Co Fair Speedway Middletown,NY

*All events subject to change.

The Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series for Big-Block Modifieds is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Advance Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire and Sunoco Race Fuels. Promotional partners include AMB i.t., F.X. Caprara Car Companies, Rite Aid Corporation and the University of Northwestern Ohio and the contingency sponsors are Bert Transmission, Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Integra Shocks, MSD Ignitions, Miller Electric Manufacturing Company, Motorsports Safety Systems, Penske Shocks and Wrisco Industries.