BREWERTON, NY….The 17 year wait for the return of the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints to the Brewerton Speedway is now in the records books. After 25 hard fought laps on the D-Shaped Dirt Demon, defending series champion Justin Barger led every lap in the A-Main over local favorite Jason Barney on the tacky and quick Brewerton surface. For Barger it was his third ESS win of the year.
Other winners on SUNY Canton night were, AJ Kingsley NAPA Late Models, Rich Keller IMCA Modifieds, Matt Magner Beaver River Distribution ESDCA Mod Lites and Stephen Denton Four-Cylinder Super Stocks.
After winning his heat and the Cobra Trailer and Coaches Dash, Barger out raced fellow front row starter Shawn Donath to the stripe to lead the opening lap of the 25 lap Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints A-Main.
With 10 laps showing on the SUNY Canton scoring tower, Barger opened up a huge lead as he had already started putting lapped cars between himself and Jason Barney using every inch of the speedway darting in and out of traffic. Blake Breen, Donath and Lance Yonge fought for third through fifth.
On lap 14 a quick yellow would fly for Jeff Cook who spun in turns one and two erasing the huge lead Barger built up. Barger would have four lapped cars between himself and Barney for the restart.
With 10 laps to go Barger once again took off from Barney and the rest of the field, Quebec Nationals winner Yonge, Donath and points leader Steve Poirier showed in the top-five.
A final yellow would fly with less than a handful of laps remaining, giving Barney one last shot at Barger for the race win. With Barger running the bottom of the speedway Barney had to go to the top for any shot at win. Over the final laps Barger hit his marks on the bottom as he was the first under the checkers. Jason Barney, Lance Yonge, Steve Poirier and Shawn Donath rounded out the top-five.
“This feels good, last year we ran here and we had engine problems so we didn’t even get to run the feature,” Barger said after putting his Cortlandt Auto Body Motorsports No. 32 in victory lane. “To come back here and run as good as we did in the heat race, run good in the dash, lead every lap of the feature, I couldn’t ask for anything better.”
“We touched one of the tires in one and two and knocked the tow in out a little bit, it was a bit of a handful after that. We did pretty good, it had good forward drive coming off the corners. I didn’t see anyone the whole race.”
AJ Kingsley grabbed the lead on the opening lap of the 20 lap NAPA Late Model feature and held off early challenges from Gordy Button. Over the second half of the race Kingsley had to fight off constant pressure from 8 time feature winner to pick up his first ever Brewerton Speedway Late Model win. Dale Caswell, Gordy Button, Chuck Meyer and Joe August Jr. rounded out the top-five.
Rich Keller led every lap of the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature. The win was anything but easy for Keller as he had to hold off Kevan Cook who hounded him lap after lap right down to the checkers. For Keller it was his first ever Brewerton Speedway victory. In an emotional victory lane with family and friends, Keller said it was his first win in 20 years of trying.
In the 20 lap Beaver River Distribution ESDCA Mod Lite feature Lisa Thomas would lead the opening 3 laps before Matt Magner grabbed the top-spot on lap four. First Magner would hold off challenges from Tim Devendorf and then Lowell Zehr tried every trick in the book to find a way around Magner. Magner held his line lap after lap to be the first under the checkers. Lowell Zehr, Tim Devendorf, Gary Jeffries and Jeff Isabell Sr. rounded out the top-five. It was Magner’s first win since the 2004 season.
Stephen Denton picked up his 7th win of the year in the 15 lap Four-Cylinder Super Stock feature. Chuck Powelczyk, Keith Shay, Jessica Herbert and Jerry Herbert chased Denton across the line.
This coming Tuesday August 24th it will be the return of the World Of Outlaws Late Model Series for the “Dirt Demon 50” presented by NAPA. Last year crowd favorite Tim Fuller won the inaugural event. Local stars Billy Decker, Larry Wight and Vic Coffey will be there to defend their home turf against the touring series stars. Joining the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will be the Mod Lites.
Advance tickets are on sale for Brewerton's mid-week program, which also includes competition for the Mod Lite division. Reserved seats in the top three rows of sections A-P are priced at $35, while adult general admission tickets will sell for $30 each and children ages 14-and-under will be admitted for $10. All pit passes are $40 and will only be sold on race day.
No blankets will be allowed down in the grandstand to save seats until the gates open at 4:30 p.m. Hot laps are scheduled to start at 6:20 p.m., with WoO LMS time trials beginning at 6:40 p.m. and racing set for a 7:30 p.m. green flag.
More information on the 'Dirt Demon 50' is available by logging on to www.brewertonspeedway.com or calling the track office at 315-668-6906 or the speedway hotline at 315-668-RACE.
Brewerton Speedway is located at 60 U.S. Route 11 in Brewerton, N.Y., just off Interstate 81. Free parking and overnight camping will be offered.
Official Results - 8/20/10
(SUNY Canton - Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints 25 Laps) - JUSTIN BARGER, Jason Barney, Lance Yonge, Steve Poirier, Shawn Donath, Chuck Hebing, Mike Stelter, Tyler Rand, Dan Kaszubinski, Tom Wickham, Rick Wilson, Blake Breen, Kevin Ward Jr., Ryan Smith, April Wilson, Zach Weigand, Brian McDoanld, Paul Pekkonen, Cory Sparks, Jared Fink, Jeff Cook, Michael Parent, Davey Sammons.
(NAPA Late Models 20 Laps) - AJ KINGSLEY, Dale Caswell, Gordy Button, Chuck Meyer, Joe August Jr., Dave Talbot, Jim Southard, Jessica McClellan, Stan Clark.
(IMCA Modifieds 20 Laps) - RICH KELLER, Kevan Cook, Mike Smith, Dale Caswell, Josh VanTassell, Jason Amidon, Stephen Coit, Jeff Amidon, Jeff Cardinale, John West, Becca Eastman, Mike Jones, Wayne Wideman.
(Beaver River Distribution ESDCA Mod Lites 20 Laps) - MATT MAGNER, Lowell Zehr, Tim Devendorf, Gary Jeffries, Jeff Isabell, Joe Garafalo, Mike Mullen, Doug Williams, Terry Lapham, Lisa Thomas, Andrew Schartner, Rick Demo, Calvin Painter, Ricky Yelle, Jim Tuttle, Sam Usborne, Mike Chilson, Nick Graziano, Lorrie Herbert, Bruce Ackley, Jeff Blackburn, Clayton Brewer, Frank Sobotka, Jeff Herbert, Jim Bogett, Scott Ford.
(Four-Cylinder Super Stocks 15 Laps) - STEPHEN DENTON, Chuck Powelczyk, Keith Shay, Jessica Herbert, Jerry Herbert, Lorraine Powelczyk, Wendall Washington, Sam Carista, Richard Leahey, Sam Curcie, Matt Fay.