Santa Brings Big 600 To Billy Pauch At New Egypt
New Egypt, NJ (July 12) - It was history in the making at New Egypt Speedway
Saturday night as three-time Modified champion Billy Pauch of Frenchtown,
NJ, finally reached the major career milestone he's kept in sight for the
past year: the short-track star who's won in dirt and asphalt Modifieds, in
Sprint cars with wings and without, in Midgets and just about anything with
four wheels, recorded career win number 600 in front of a cheering hometown
crowd during Advantage Financial's special Christmas in July program.
"I'm ready for 600 more!" shouted Pauch, as he sprayed champagne after
spinning his car through the infield in a wild victory celebration. "I was
hoping it was going to happen here, in front of the hometown fans. I've got
to thank (car owner) Buddy Biever and the entire crew for giving me such a
great car tonight. And all the different car owners I've been with, through
all the years of my career - I've got to thank every one of them for getting
me here."
Actually, the 30-lap Modified main event looked to be an early Christmas
gift for Keith Hoffman, who rocketed into the lead by lap 5 and then opened
up to stretch his advantage. Pauch, meanwhile, was moving up steadily from
his 15th starting position. So when Hoffman's car suddenly broke without
warning on lap 11, Pauch was right there to pick up the pieces. Two laps
later, Pauch took the point and was a man on a mission: with win number 600
so close he could taste the victory champagne, there was no way he was to be
denied. Even after a lengthy delay for Stan Ploski III's vicious barrel-roll
in the late stages (he was uninjured), it was the long-awaited 600 at the
line for Pauch, his third of the year and the 49th of his career at New
Egypt. Division point leader Frank Cozze came on for second, with Darren
McCaughey third, Bucky Kell fourth and Tim Tanner Jr. fifth.
In the Sportsman 20-lapper, Freehold, NJ's Mike Reutter Jr. managed to hold
off a persistent Mike Lyons to shake the monkey off his back and win his
first in almost three years. Lyons, Willie Osmun, Tommy Beamer and Glenn
Hisko completed the top five.
Newlywed Kory Fleming of Alpha, NJ, a married man for only a week, made
himself a winning man on Saturday, taking his career-first victory in the
15-lap Super Stock event. Al Cheney III, Rob Ormsbee, Stan Janiszewski and
Billy Bauer trailed Fleming at the stripe.
Mike David, Mt. Royal, NJ, scored his third of the year in the SS Sprint
race. Rick Cozze, Pat Freiberger, John Snook and Jeremy Strausser finished
second through fifth.
The Metal Fab Lightning Lap Awards for fastest lap in a feature event were
won by Billy Pauch (Mods, 17.669), Mike Reutter Jr. (Sportsman, 19.199) and
Rob Orsmsbee (Super Stock, 19.915).
Primed by the generosity of Advantage Financial President Gene Stravinsky,
fans donated over $5,200 and more than 2,000 toys to the U.S Marine Corps
Toys for Tots drive in a wildly successful Christmas in July fundraiser that
broke all records. In return, Stravinsky gave away more than $15,000 worth
of big-ticket prizes - including TVs, VCRs, DVD and CD players, stereo
systems and bicycles - to fans who supported the toy drive. Santa and his
elves were on site to distribute the Christmas bounty.
And Santa and Stravinsky had a little something for some hard-luck drivers
as well: the first racer who failed to qualify for the feature events in all
three divisions was gifted with $250 cash. Phil Meisner Sr. (Modified),
Anthony Tramontana (Sportsman) and Norm Saxton (Super Stock) were the happy
recipients.
New Egypt Speedway comes back this Wednesday, July 16, with the "Spring
Drizzle, Summer Sizzle" midweek make-up series. Gates open at 5 pm for
Wednesday's two-division card of Modified and Sportsman, with first green at
7 pm. Next Saturday, July 19, it's a double whammy courtesy of Vespia Tire &
Auto Care: twin 20s for the Mods, plus the King of the Crew Chiefs pitstop
competition. Sportsman and Super Stocks complete the big card. For more
information, call the speedway office at (609) 758-1900.
7/12/03
MODIFIED RESULTS
1st Heat: 1. Hoffman 2. Brightbill 3. Radd 4. Tanner Jr. 5. Koczon 6.
Ploski III
2nd Heat: 1. McCaughey 2. Grosso 3. Kell 4. Smith 5. Worthington 6. Cox
3rd Heat: 1. Cozze 2. Dmuchowski 3. Bitner 4. Telesco 5. Pauch 6. Martz
B Main: 1.Romano 2.Hendershot 3.Papiez 4.Miloszar 5.Bohn 6.VanGorder (Pt.
Prov: Godown)
Feature (30 laps):
1.Billy Pauch 2.Frank Cozze 3.Darren McCaughey 4.Bucky Kell 5.Tim Tanner Jr.
6.Sam Martz 7.Rick Grosso 8.John Romano 9.Ryan Godown 10.Donny Radd 11.Eddie
Bohn 12.Scott VanGorder 13.Matt Papiez 14.Fred Dmuchowski 15.Ron John Koczon
16.Tad Cox 17.Mike Hendershot 18.John Miloszar Jr. 19.Bob Worthington
20.Pete Telesco 21.Stan Ploski III 22.Kenny Brightbill 23.Mark Bitner
24.Keith Hoffman 25.G.R. Smith
DNQ: Eddie Cranmer, Phil Meisner Sr., John Keller, Gary Velenger, Korey
Keimig, Mike McAleer, Larry Archer, Mark Tranquilli, John Pakenham, Gene
Stravinsky, Doug Liedl, Mike Lyons.
SPORTSMAN RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.Butler 2.Hisko 3.Buffalino 4.Pyatt 5.Godown
2nd Heat: 1.D. Kline 2.R. Page 3.Robertson 4.Scherer 5.Yard
3rd Heat: 1.Swain 2.Reutter Jr. 3.Papiez 4.Tanner III 5.Apgar
4th Heat: 1.Tanner IV 2.Meisner 3.Osmun 4.Beamer 5.Plumstead
C Main: 1.Lyons
B Main: 1.Flesch 2.Lyons 3.Pearson 4.L.Kline 5.Scagliotta 6.Howardson
7.McClelland 8.A. Liedl (Pt. Prov: DeVos)
Feature (20 Laps):
1.Mike Reutter Jr. 2.Mike Lyons 3.Willie Osmun 4.Tommy Beamer 5.Glenn Hisko
6.Larry Kline 7.Gary Butler 8.Rich Scagliotta 9.John McClelland 10.Dominick
Buffalino 11.Brian Pearson 12.Chuck Flesch 13.Gene DeVos 14.Jim Robertson
15.Bill Tanner III 16.Art Liedl 17.Joe Papiez 18.Mike Howardson 19.Rick Yard
20.Brian Godown 21.Glenn Pyatt 22.Jim Scherer 23.Keith Plumstead 24.Rich
Page 25.Ken Meisner 26.Bill Tanner IV 27.Jack Swain 28.Tim Apgar 29.Donnie
Kline
DNQ: Rich Stout, Steve Ramsey, Jeff Geiges, Rich Rutski, Keith Foster, Bob
Hendershot, Frank Irber, Anthony Tramontana, Mike Gibbons, Todd Kuhl, Jimmy
Spence, Dave Wiszniewski, John Marini Jr., Jimmy Heolterling, Phil
McCloughan, Dave Gorbatuk, Justin Hoffman, Stan Frankenfield Jr., Rob
Schuster, Gene Stravinsky, Fred Dmuchowski Jr., Bobby Dmuchowski, Rich
Beatty, Dave Woolston Jr., Barry Christ, Lou Farina III, Jim Falzini, Bryan
Coffey, Rich Kuiken, Sean Carman, Lee Perley, Anthony Moran.
SUPER STOCK RESULTS
1st Heat: 1.Bauer 2.Gargiulo 3.P. Cox 4.Liedtka 5.Guyer 6.Saredy
2nd Heat: 1.Fleming 2.Quinlan 3.Ormsbee 4.Ensinger 5.Idell Sr. 6.Search
3rd Heat: 1.Cox III 2 Janiszewski 3.Conaway 4.Cheney 5. Hilbert
6.McTighe
B Main: 1.Miscoski 2.Infante 3.Idell Jr. 4.Coverly 5.Marra Jr. 6.Whitehouse
(Pt. Prov: Bifulco)
Feature (15 laps):1.Kory Fleming 2.Al Cheney III 3.Rob Orsmbee 4.Stan
Janiszewski 5.Billy Bauer 6.George Quinlan 7.Ralph Gargiulo 8.Spider
Ensinger 9.Pat Conaway 10.Mick Search 11.Kenny Guyer 12.Bill Miscoski
13.Kevin Bifulco 14.Rocco Infante 15.Bill Liedtka 16.Carol Whitehouse
17.Rich McTighe 18.George Idell Jr. 19.Phil Cox 20.Ron Coverly 21.Clyde Cox
III 22.Eric Hilbert 23.Jason Saredy 24.George Idell Sr. 25.Joe Garey (DNS)
Paul Marra Jr.
DNQ: Norm Saxton, Chip Grant, Hilton Buckalew, Tom Lainhart, Bob Vaccaro,
Ron Barnstead, Wayne Asay, Frank Dorry Jr., Brian Wagner, Al Boytis, Chuck
Barker, George Marrero, Tom Durko, Dave Stoudt, Matt Kall, Greg Schmidt,
Jason Newbon, George McCall, Al Derlinger, Jake Roveda.
SS SPRINT RESULTS
Feature (12 laps): 1.Mike David 2.Rick Cozze 3.Pat Freiberger 4.John Snook
5.Jeremy Strausser 6.Phil Meisner Jr. 7.Ian Borden 8.Craig Martin 9.Brian Nixon