TWO IN A ROW FOR RUDALAVAGE AT AFTON

Afton, NY… Jeff Rudalavage, of Olyphant, PA, made it two wins in a row in the DIRT 358 Modified division at Afton Speedway on Friday night.

Windsor native John Siedlecky commanded the early part of the 30 lap Modified event, with North Norwich's Mitch Gibbs giving chase.

Gibbs caught Siedlecky by lap five as the two hooked up into a six lap side-by-side battle that had the crowd standing on their feet. Gibbs finally took over the top spot on lap twelve.

Jeff Rudalavage, who started eighth in the field, was making his way to the front, as he took over third from George Hoffmier, Jr. on lap thirteen, and moving past Siedlecky into second on lap fourteen.

After sitting back watching for a few laps, Rudalavage took his machine to the extreme low side going into turn three to take the lead from Gibbs on the 18th lap.

Rudalavage went on to a five car length victory with his Parts Plus machine. The win was his fifth of the season, and puts him just two points away from Gibbs in the points battle. Gibbs finished second, followed by Hoffmier, Jr., Mike Clapperton and J.R. Hurlburt.

Crowd Favorite and rookie sensation 15 year old Jessica Zemken, of Canajoharie, took off into the lead from her outside pole starting position in the 20 lap DIRT Sportsman feature.

Chad Cook, of Deposit, followed through from his fourth starting spot to challenge Zemken for the lead as Craig Pope brought out the race's first caution on lap two.

Cook took the lead at the start, with Zemken falling back to second, Cook was later placed back one spot during a tenth lap caution for jumping the start on the lap two restart.

This gave the lead back to Zemken, with Walton's Butch Klinger riding in third. Her lead was short lived though, as Cook took over the spot by the time they crossed for lap twelve.

Klinger took over the runner-up spot from Zemken two laps later, while Tim French and Arnie Slade battled for fourth.

Cook went on to capture his fifth feature win of the season, with Klinger, Zemken, French and Slade completing the top five.

Guilford's Todd Hurlburt, in his second season in a Pro Stock, looked like he was on his way to his first feature win of the season, as he lead the early way in the 20 lap Main event.

Roger Lewis, of Satrucca, PA, fell in behind outside pole sitter Hurlburt for second, with Unadilla's Jason Youngs running third.

The race seemed to be all Hurlburts, as James Cornell, of Harpursville, moved up past Lewis into second as the field hit the half- way mark, and the caution flag fell.

Hurlburt suddenly took his ride pit-side with problems during the caution, handing the lead over to Cornell. Another caution on lap ten for Norwich's Harold Humphrey saved Hurlburt from going a lap down as he returned to racing action.

Cornell went on to pick up the win, his second in a row and fifth on the season. Lewis, a rookie in the Pro Stocks this year, finished with an impressive second place run, followed by Youngs, Pat Nolan, and Hurlburt, who made it back up to fifth in just 10 laps.

Rob Loucks, of Bainbridge, started on the outside pole in the 15 lap Pure Stock feature, and took the lead at the start from pole sitter Butch Green.

Buck Mills, of Guilford, and Deposit's Denny Decker quickly made their way up to the second and third spots, putting the pressure on Loucks.

Decker took sole possession of the number two spot as something went away on the Mills car on lap six. Decker tried hard to mount a challenege against Loucks as the two ran hard and clean inside and out.

Loucks was able to hold on and lead wire to wire for the win, his second of the year. Decker came in for second, followed by Shaun Walker, Dennis Valentine and Butch Green.

In Four Cylinder Stock action, youngster Jason Jaindl, of Afton, dominated the early going in the 15 lap feature, despite having a horrible push through the turns.

It looked as if Jaindl was going to be on his way to victory lane as he opened up a sizeable lead, but with just three laps left to go his handling problem got worseand he took a hard shot into the fourth turn wall. He was fine, but the car was done for the night.

Scott Johnson, of Norwich, inherited the lead and went on for the win, his second of the year.

Sherburne's Duane Knapp led from start to finish picking up the win in the 12 lap Dwarf Car feature.

Berkshire's Louie Gordinier made a late race effort for the lead, but came up short and had to settle in for second behind Knapp.

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358 MODIFIED RESULTS: JEFF RUDALAVAGE, Mitch Gibbs, George Hoffmier Jr, Mike Clapperton, J.R. Hurlburt, John Siedlecky, Aaron Excell, Dave Rosa, Skip French, Steev Walsh, Jim Witko Jr, Dick Schoonover, Allen Shiffler, Rich Price, Aaron Cross, Brent Cross.

SPORTSMAN RESULTS: CHAD COOK, Butch Klinger, Jessica Zemken, Tim French, Arnie Slade, Craig Pritchard, Don Hart Jr, Chris Ostrowsky, Ray Zemken, Billy Price, Chad O'Hara, Bob Conklin, Craig Pope, Ladd Yeomans.

PRO STOCK RESULTS: JAMES CORNELL, Roger Lewis, Jason Youngs, Pat Nolan, Todd Hurlburt, John Walker, Jason Schlafer, Terry Mudge, Winnie Winchester, Brian Steigerwald, Jason Bartsch, Harold Humphrey, Nail Palladino, Wade Decker, Russ Card, Bob Zimmerman Jr.

PURE STOCK RESULTS: ROB LOUCKS, Denny Decker, Shaun Walker, Dennis Valentine, Butch Green, Charlie Holcomb, Rob White, Buck Mills.

FOUR CYLINDER STOCK: SCOTT JOHNSON, George Crippen, Ken Hotaling, Skip Pickwick, Ralph Cuozzo Jr, Ralph Jennings Jr, Ed Leslie, Ron Cummings, Jason Jaindl, Danielle Smith, Tim Clapper, Russ Hendrickson, Rob Coulman (DNS).

DWARF CAR RESULTS: DUANE KNAPP, Louie Gordinier, Alan Barker, Steve Tourje, Max Moshier Jr, Ed Knapp, Erik Knudson, Tim O'Neill, Floyd Clark Jr, Chris Thompson, Gordie Isham.