Chuck Hebing and Steve Poirier had a classic battle Wednesday night at the Utica-Rome Speedway that saw Hebing take the A-Main win with a late pass with 3 laps to go. Coming into Friday night at the Brewerton Speedway fans would see more of the same from the top-two in victories on the 2011 Lucas Oil Emprie Super Sprint Tour.
Steve Poirier out of Quebec took the lead on lap 7 of the 25 lap A-Main and looked to be cruising to an easy win, till late yellows allowed Chuck Hebing who started 12th a second straight shot at a late race pass for the win. On this night Poirier withstood Hebing’s challenges for less than a second on the clock victory on Schneider Packaging Equipment Co. Night. Jason Barney from Brewerton and employee of the night’s sponsor finished third, followed by Charlie Donk and Lance Yonge to round out the top-five.
“Shawn (Donath) was caught in traffic, my car was super good in the begining, and I could move through traffic,” said Poirier about his lap 7 pass for the lead.” Traffic was really heavy tonight; the cars in the back were really slower. Track was really fast on the inside, everybody was battling for that small portion of track. I was lucky to find a way to the front.”
“On lap 17 I saw he was sixth (Chuck Hebing) I thought I was going to be okay, because the track was hard to pass on. When I saw him on the last restart he was second, I said to myself I was in really big trouble. The track was really hard to pass, and he moved from the back to the front, so he is surely faster than me. By the end, my car was going away, I was not that comfortable. I just stayed on the bottom and kept my line. I was driving hard on the straightaway, the car had a lot of traction, and in the corners it was not that good. I saw him and just concentrated to stay on my line and stayed on the bottom,” finished up Poirier about his win over Hebing.
In the 20 lap Nationwide Insurance IMCA Modified feature, Rob Keller and Kevan Cook had a great battle for the lead, before Cook took over the top spot on lap twelve. Just when it looked like Cook would runaway and hide, he had to hold off a strong challenge over the final laps from Rich Keller to pick up his ninth win of the 2011 season. Rob Keller, Brandon Carvey and Glen Erwin finished third through fifth.
Doug Williams who will be concentrating just on the Brewerton Speedway for the rest of the season, took the lead on lap 3 and never looked back for his fourth win of the year in the Beaver River Distribution ESDCA Mod Lites. Sterling Miller, Joe Isabell, Andrew Schartner and Rick Demo chased Williams across the line.
In the 15 lap Metalico Four Cylinder Super Stocks, Jim Money made it two wins in a row. The win was anything but easy as he had to hold off nine time feature winner Stephen Denton for the narrow win. Keith Shay, Corie Locke and Richard Leahey finished third through fifth.
Coming this Friday August 26th NAPA Auto Parts presents Syracuse Crunch Night plus Dig Safely Promotional Tour Featuring $1,000-to-win NAPA Late Models, The Original Pizza Logs 600 Microsprint Tour, Tracey Road Equipment Big Block Modifieds,Beaver River Distribution ESDCA Mod Lites and Metalico Four Cylinder Super Stocks. Nationwide Insurance IMCA Modifieds will have the night off.
Adult grandstand admission will be $12 with everyone 18 years old and younger admitted free to the grandstand. Gates will open at 5:30 with racing at 7:30.
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(LUCAS OIL EMPIRE SUPER SPRINTS 25 LAPS) – STEVE POIRIER, Chuck Hebing, Jason Barney, Charlie Donk, Lance Yonge, Rick Wilson, Patrick Vigneault, Tommy Wickham, Jeff Cook, Paul Habeck, Mike Stelter, Matt Tanner, Michael Parent, Dave Wickham, Kory Gurney, Shayne Ely, April Wilson, Kevin Ward Jr., Shawn Donath, Doug Emery, Cory Sparks, Brandon Warner.
(NATIONWIDE INSURANCE IMCA MODIFIEDS 20 LAPS) – KEVAN COOK, Rich Keller, Rob Keller, Brandon Carvey, Glen Erwin, John West, Joe Miles, Becca Eastman, Jason Amidon, Jeff Amidon, Mike Jones, Andy Kieffer, Lou Lavea, Chris Fleming, Wayne Wideman, Greg Blair.
(BEAVER RIVER DISTRIBUTION ESDCA MOD LITES 20 LAPS) – DOUG WILLIAMS, Sterling Miller, Joe Isabell, Andrew Schartner, Rick Demo, Joe Garafolo, Mike Mullen, Tim Devendorf, Russ Brown, Terry Lapham, Lowell Zehr, Jeff Blackburn, Nick Graziano, Zach Babcock, Kelly Skinner, Lane Bush, Cody Fleming, Chris Harvey, Rob Grzelka, Gary Jeffries, Dave Trytek, Ricky Yelle, Sam Usborne, Jeff Herbert, Lorrie Herbert, Jeff Isabell Sr., Jessica Redhead, Jim Bogett.
(METALICO FOUR CYLINDER SUPER STOCKS 15 LAPS) – JIM MONEY, Stephen Denton, Keith Shay, Corie Locke, Richard Leahey, Jeff Monroe, Art Dupra, Chuck Powelczyk, Jake Gagnon, Sam Carista, Sam Curcie, Colby Herzog, Lorraine Powelczyk, Aaron Backus.