NE Modified Facts & Stats

Heffner Scores 200-lap

class="btn btn-default">Complete Results ory.php?id=6154" class="btn btn-default">Statistical Story -- Lebanon Valley Speedway DIRT NorthEast PR Director Speedway hosted the first 200-lap Advance Auto Parts Super DIRT Series event of the season on Saturday, and by the time Sunday morning rolled around it was track regular J.R. Heffner savoring his first career victory in the 38th Coors National 200 for DIRT big-block Modifieds. Heffner led the final half of the feature race that was extended to 204 laps following a late-race caution period and collected the $10,000 top prize for his second DIRT Modified win of the year at the West Lebanon oval. The victory also guaranteed Heffner an automatic starting spot in the Eckerd 200 at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse during Super DIRT Week XXXV, Oct. 4-8. Pole-sitter Jimmy Phelps settled for runner-up honors after leading the initial 100 laps while Matt Sheppard, current Mr. DIRT Championship points leader Alan Johnson and runner-up in the standings Billy Decker completed the front-five. Super DIRT Series Race #20 – Lebanon Valley Speedway, September 9, 2006 38th Coors National 200 Modified Event Summary J.R. Heffner/Stephentown,NY ($10,000) Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY Alan Johnson/Phelps,NY Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY Bobby Varin/Sharon Springs,NY Hector Stratton/Bennington,VT Jeff Heotzler/Wallkill,NY Mike King/Nassau,NY Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY Pat Ward/Genoa,NY Jerry Higbie/Slate Hill,NY Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY John Ruchel/Niverville,NY Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY Dale Planck/Cortland,NY Ric Hill/Lafayette,NJ Kenny Stafford/Homer,NY Tim Fuller/Edwards, NY Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ Andy Bachetti/Sheffield,MA Skippy Fox/Springfield,MA Kenny Tremont/West Sand Lake,NY Paul Gilardi/Pittsfield,MA Wayne Jelley/Pittsfield,MA Steve Hough/East Greenbush,NY Ron Dwyer/Bennington,VT Keith Flach/Ravena,NY Dave McFeeters/Watervliet,NY Russ Reckner/Nassau,NY Frank Cozze/Wind Gap,PA Matt Quinn/New Ashford,MA Jeff Heotzler,Jr./Wallkill,NY Chris Shultz/Pawling,NY (1-100), Heffner (101-204). 42 laps; 2 RED FLAGS (lap 38, lap 100-Mandatory). J.R. Heffner. top-5 finishers transferred to feature, top-3 went to re-draw) Sheppard, Gilardi, Hearn, Paine, Planck, Hill, Heotzler Jr. (DNS). Stratton, Stafford, D.Johnson, Ruchel, Fox, Hough, Quinn, Shultz. Higbie, Varin, King, Ward, Decker, Fuller. A.Johnson, Reckner, Heffner, Tremont, Flach, McFeeters. Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRT Championship Point Standings Valley – September 9, 2006) Points Home Track Bonus Wins Top 5 Top 10 Starts Fulton 300 6 15 16 20 Brewerton 284 3 15 17 20 Fulton 300 3 14 16 20 Canandaigua 300 1 10 15 20 Orange County 300 2 9 13 20 Cayuga County 278 0 3 13 20 1,571 Cayuga County 292 0 3 11 20 1,550 Cayuga County 272 1 2 11 20 Fulton 272 1 5 14 20 Canandaigua 296 0 2 9 20 Cayuga County 260 1 2 11 19 Rolling Wheels 103 0 3 7 20 1,013 Fulton 238 0 1 2 16 Can Am 264 0 1 3 12 Canandaigua 284 0 2 5 11 767 Can Am 248 0 0 2 10 Can Am 244 0 0 0 10 Canandaigua 206 0 0 0 12 675 Can Am 230 0 1 1 9 614 Brewerton 214 0 0 0 7 Cayuga County 240 0 0 2 8 602 Fulton 240 0 0 0 7 Canandaigua 276 0 0 2 5 Canandaigua 248 0 0 0 6 Canandaigua 232 0 1 1 7 Brewerton 203 0 3 4 6 Orange County 266 0 1 2 6 Can Am 292 0 2 2 2 Canandaigua 218 0 0 0 6 Brewerton 250 0 0 0 6 444 Canandaigua 266 0 0 1 3 417 Lebanon Valley 288 0 1 1 2 Orange County 260 0 0 1 2 Thunder Alley 300 0 0 0 3 Thunder Alley 276 0 0 0 2 Lebanon Valley 274 1 1 1 1 Orange County 260 0 0 0 2 Cayuga County 55 0 0 0 7 Can Am 159 0 0 0 3 Lernerville 300 0 0 0 1 348 Lernerville 254 0 0 0 2 Orange County 220 0 0 1 2 Brewerton 169 0 0 0 3 Lebanon Valley 288 0 0 0 1 Orange County 62 0 0 0 6 333 Orange County 258 0 0 1 1 Cayuga County 232 0 0 0 2 328 Lernerville 288 0 0 0 1 Orange County 270 0 0 0 1 Canandaigua 208 0 0 0 2 318 Tri-City 278 0 0 0 1 Orange County 20 1 1 1 5 Orange County 234 0 0 1 1 Lernerville 270 0 0 0 1 Lebanon Valley 266 0 0 0 1 Fulton 226 0 0 0 3 Orange County 246 0 0 0 1 Canandaigua 262 0 0 0 1 Thunder Alley 288 0 0 0 0 Fulton 256 0 0 0 1 Tri-City 296 0 0 0 0 295 Canandaigua 210 0 0 0 1 Can Am 252 0 0 0 1 Thunder Alley 272 0 0 0 0 Orange County 248 0 0 0 1 Lernerville 246 0 0 0 1 Orange County 238 0 0 0 1 Canandaigua 204 0 0 0 1 Orange County 238 0 0 0 1 Fulton 224 0 0 0 1 Lernerville 280 0 0 0 0 Orange County 234 0 0 0 1 Orange County 208 0 0 0 1 Orange County 246 0 0 0 0 Canandaigua 38 0 0 2 4 Fulton 140 0 0 0 4 270 Lebanon Valley 230 0 0 0 1 Lernerville 270 0 0 0 0 Can Am 210 0 0 0 1 Lebanon Valley 264 0 0 0 0 Orange County 252 0 0 0 0 262 Lebanon Valley 262 0 0 0 0 Lernerville 208 0 0 0 1 Thunder Alley 220 0 0 0 0 Tri-City 258 0 0 0 0 Tri-City 258 0 0 0 0 Fulton 194 0 0 0 1 Orange County 242 0 0 0 0 248 Canandaigua 195 0 0 0 1 Orange County 208 0 0 0 0 Orange County 194 0 0 0 1 Tri-City 236 0 0 0 0 246 Lebanon Valley 246 0 0 0 0 Lernerville 234 0 0 0 0 Lebanon Valley 202 0 0 0 1 Tri-City 240 0 0 0 0 240 Lebanon Valley 240 0 0 0 0 Orange County 228 0 0 0 0 Canandaigua 186 0 0 0 0 Tri-City 236 0 0 0 0 DIRT Modified Entries – September 9 (34) TEAM (Sponsor / Chassis / Engine) Boria High-Tech Auto/TEO/Precision Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY Honeoye Auto Parts-Pillsbury/Bicknell/Mastin Varin/Sharon Springs,NY Gable Auto Stores/TEO/JPM Albraeda Waste LLC-Bachetti Auto Sales/PMC/Morrison Jackson’s Old Chatham House-Kleeber Agency/PMC/Ken Tremont,Sr. Tallmadge Tire-Terrell’s Potato Chips-Geneva Homes-J&M Roofers/TEO/Finger Lakes NativePoker.Com-Pine Line Auto Sales-Chiefs Tobacco&Gas/Bicknell/Morrison r./Wallkill,NY Atlas Paving-Adsit Custom Homes/Bicknell/JPM JL Motorsports(Native Poker)-Chiefs Tobacco&Gas-G&R Auto Parts/TEO/Enders Madsen Mtrsports-Wentworth Custom Homes-BPG Racing-Kruger-WLR/TEO/Enders Liberty Rock Crushing-TEO Fabrication/TEO/JPM J&D Automotive-Lazzaro’s Auto Body/Bicknell/DRE Quality Concrete-King Enterprises-Chiefs Tobacco & Gas/Troyer/Kevlar Testo’s Gourmet Pasta Sauce-Finch’s Paper/Bicknell/Bedell Greenbush,NY Steve Hough Motors/TEO/JPM Steve Hough Motors/PMC/JPM Gypsum Express,Ltd.-Stadium International/Bicknell/Enders Flach Crane & Rigging-Gould Erectors & Riggers/TEO/JPM Waite’s General Contr-Carquest Auto Parts-Bert Transmission/TEO/Feil-M2 Power BKS/G-U Hardware-Currier Pastics-Adam Ross Cut Stone/Bicknell/FingerLakes K&F Modular Homes-Freedom Plains-TLC Contracting/PMC/Dan Bedell G&G Diesel Freightliner Trucks-Team Shaver/Bicknell/Precision Thoma Tire-Armory Nissan-Otterbeck Builders/PMC/Waters HS Edinger Trucking-Amsoil-Fast Line Performance/TEO/Chevy Atlas Paving-Behrent’s Performance Warehouse/Bicknell/JPM A.Colarusso & Son-Turner Auto-J&D Waste-Bear Mountain Trucking/Bicknell/JPM East End Auto Parts & Construction-Jacob’s Excavation/Bicknell/Enders Stratton/Bennington,VT CLS Transportation-Big Boy’s Toys/PMC/AC Performance New England Design & Building-Advance Auto Parts/Bicknell/Dan Bedell Bedell Race Engines-PromotionalIncentives.com/TEO/Dan Bedell Gypsum Wholesalers-Stadium Int’l-Quality Hardwoods/Bicknell/Enders Mohawk Northeast-New England Race Fuels/Troyer/Bruneau-JanCen Sand Lake,NY S&S Asphalt-Darcy Construction-Doherty Bros. Construction/Bicknell/Tremont Bluenote Café/TEO/Skippy Fox the second straight year DIRT MotorSports™ has signed up the best big-block Modified teams in the Northeast to compete in every Advance Auto Parts Super DIRT Series show. The list of a dozen contracted drivers (in alphabetical order) includes popular Pennsylvania pilot Frank Cozze, four-time and defending Eckerd 200 titlist Billy Decker, reigning overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRT champion Tim Fuller, all-time Advance Auto Parts SDS race winner Brett Hearn, DIRT’s winningest big-block Modified driver Alan Johnson, five-time DIRT MotorSports NE Driver of the Year Danny Johnson, Canandaigua (NY) Speedway record-setter Steve Paine, second-year tour mainstay Jimmy Phelps, first-year full-time Series follower Dale Planck, rising star Matt Sheppard, former Mr. DIRT champion Gary Tomkins and 30-year open-wheel veteran Pat Ward. DIRT 358-Modified practice began at 3:05pm and the rains came. The third small-block heat hit the track and the rains came again at 6:30pm. The third try was a charm with the entire show resuming at 9 o’clock and being completed in its entirety by 1:45 am. In between, a light shower quickly turned into a major downpour with hail pelting down on the West Lebanon facility. Filled: Car count was down in the big-block ranks on Saturday with at least a dozen Valley regulars failing to make the race day roster that hovered around the 40 mark last September. Track staples like second-generation chauffeurs Donnie Corellis and Eddie Marshall, along with Dave Leckonby, Tim Dwyer and Denny Soltis headed the list. Also missing were John Hewitt, Guy Sheldon, John Alberti, Don Ackner (manning a parts truck), Matt Quinn (fielding only a small-block), Wayne Figler Lorne Browe and Kyle Sheldon. The Official DIRT MotorSports NorthEast Web site at http://www.dirtmotorsports.com/DirtNE/SDS includes Advance Auto Parts Series driver biographies with individual statistics and pictures, race-by-race statistics, detailed track information and race coverage, series news and team press releases. There are also specific links to the 2006 DIRT MotorSports Media Guide, the Official Rulebook and the 2006 DIRT MotorSports Membership form. First: With RACEceiver now recognized as the Official Driver Communicator of DIRT MotorSports™ in 2006, fans, as well as the competing drivers, were able to hear first hand everything that was happening throughout the entire Lebanon Valley Wheels show. A compact radio receiver that conveniently fits into a driver’s pocket, a RACEceiver allows each driver to hear directions from series officials, which greatly enhances the safety and timeliness of events. A similar version available to fans allows RACEceiver users to hear what information series officials are relaying to the drivers. For more information about RACEceiver, visit www.raceceiver.com, call 866/301-7223, or look for their sales trailers at various events. Score: In DIRT MotorSports™ ongoing effort to assist every sanctioned track with presenting the best possible race programs, DMS has teamed with AMB i.t. which continues to be recognized as the Official Timing System of DIRT MotorSports. AMB i.t. is the world’s leader in automatic race timing and scoring systems and the DIRT organization is proud to retain the company as a valued partner in the timing and scoring of all DIRT MotorSports events. Eckerd Pharmacies in New York and Pennsylvania will give away close to 1,000 free tickets for Advance Auto Parts Super DIRT Series/Eckerd 200 Qualifier Races held throughout the 2006 season. The popular Eckerd program is part of the promotion for the Oct. 8 Eckerd 200 Championship race at Super DIRT Week in Syracuse, N.Y. Each Eckerd Pharmacy promotion will feature DIRT driver appearances, race cars, the Eckerd “cut-away” Modified, free autograph cards and free tickets to Advance Auto Parts Super DIRT Series/Eckerd 200 Qualifier Races. Fans can find more information on the Eckerd promotion by visiting Eckerd Pharmacy online at www.eckerd.com. For race information, please visit www.dirtmotorsports.com. DRIVER/APPEARANCE ECKERD STORE ADDRESS (315/593-6531) Vic Coffey / 9:00am-11:00am 503 South Second St. - Fulton, NY WINNER / 10:0am-12noon Eckerd, TBA two more Advance Auto Parts SDS point events remain in the month before teams make their final run toward the covered Mr. DIRT Championship in October. The Advance Auto Parts ‘Original Pizza Logs 100’ at Canandaigua Speedway on September 15 comes next with activity culminating in the National 200 headliner during World Series of DIRT Track Racing Weekend at Rolling Wheels Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 23. The Victoria 200 at Fulton Speedway on Sept. 30 is a non-point race that offers a guaranteed starting spot in the Eckerd 200 Championship during Super DIRT Week XXXV at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse. Parts Super DIRT Series Schedule WINNER/ECKERD QUAL. (LOCATION) Volusia Speedway Park JIMMY HORTON Volusia Speedway Park TIM FULLER Volusia Speedway Park BRETT HEARN Volusia Speedway Park BRETT HEARN Hagerstown Speedway BRETT HEARN Rolling Wheels Raceway BILLY DECKER Rolling Wheels Raceway TIM FULLER Cayuga Co Fair Speedway DANNY JOHNSON Lernerville Speedway B.DECKER/PAT WARD Susquehanna Speedway JIMMY HORTON Ransomville Speedway ALAN JOHNSON Fulton Speedway Rain-Cancelled Rolling Wheels Raceway Rain-Cancelled Brockville Ont Speedway A.JOHNSON/PAT O’BRIEN Cornwall Motor Speedway DALE PLANCK Autodrome Drummond B.HEARN/GARY TOMKINS Orange Co Fair Speedway B.DECKER/JEFF HEOTZLER Grandview Speedway A.JOHNSON/JIMMY PHELPS Eldora Speedway T.FULLER/STEVE PAINE Merrittville Speedway A.JOHNSON/PETE BICKNELL Canandaigua Speedway G.TOMKINS/JEFF BROWNELL JR. New Egypt Speedway T.FULLER/FRANK COZZE Brewerton Speedway J.PHELPS/TODD BURLEY Cayuga Co Fair Speedway A.JOHNSON/MATT SHEPPARD Rolling Wheels Raceway A.JOHNSON/JUSTIN HAERS Lebanon Valley Speedway J.R. HEFFNER Canandaigua Speedway Canandaigua,NY Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge,NY Fulton Speedway Fulton,NY New York State Fairgrnds Syracuse,NY Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg,PA Orange Co Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Advance Auto Parts Modified Series 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., DealMaker Auto Group and the University of Northwestern Ohio and the contingency sponsors are Bert Transmission, Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Brodix Cylinder Heads, DART Machinery, Holley HP Carburetors, Integra Shocks, MSD Ignitions, Miller Electric Manufacturing Company, Penske Shocks and Wrisco Industries.