June 10, 2005

Jackson Powers to Career First In Stacker 2® Pro Stock Series East Region Showdown
By Jim Fremouw, DIRT Pro Stock Series Reporter

Brewerton, NY — June 10, 2005 — For the second Friday evening in a row, the Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series made it’s first ever stop at a new speedway. “The D-Shaped Dirt Demon” Brewerton Speedway was stop #4 of DIRT MotorSports™ only full-fender tour and when the checkered flag flew, Akwesasne, N.Y.’s Louie Jackson had out-muscled the star-studded field to capture the 25-lap caution-free East Region victory. For his first career Stacker 2® Pro Stock SDS victory, Jackson pocketed the $600 top-prize and assured himself a guaranteed starting spot in the Pro Stock Championship event during Super DIRT Week XXXIV at the New York State Fairgrounds in October.

“It feels great to get our first series victory," an excited Jackson announced in victory lane. "We’ve been trying so hard for the last three years to pick up a win and it just feels awesome. We finished second last week at Thunder Alley and I knew we had a win coming. Obviously, we loved visiting Brewerton tonight and you can be sure we will be back in the future."

Although the evening’s air temperatures were warm from the drop of the nights first green flag, temperatures were about to become scorching hot on the ultra-fast 1/3 mile clay oval in the heat of battle offered up by the Stacker 2® Pro Stock SDS. By virtue of their heat victories, Akwesasne, Quebec Canada’s P.J. Peters and Phoenix, N.Y.’s John Pietrowicz led the field of 17 drivers to the initial green flag with Peters winning the battle for the lead to complete lap one. Pietrowicz, Jackson, Cornwall Island, Ontario Canada’s Clayton Benedict and Cortland, NY’s Jeremy Clark filled the top five positions in the early stages of the event.

By lap five, the battle for the lead began heating up as Peters, Pietrowicz and Jackson moved out to a ten car length advantage over the rest of the pack and the trio battled three wide at times to the amazement of the crowd. Clark, Jamesville, NY’s Jack Terrell and Benedict also put on a driving clinic battling for positions 4-6 with defending overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRT Pro Stock champion Joey Ladouceur from Alexandria, Ontario Canada and Chili, N.Y.’s Pat Hobbs right in their tire tracks for positions 7-8.

Jackson began to make his charge on lap nine as he out-dueled Pietrowicz for second spot and set his sights on Peters for the point. But Pietrowicz surprised Jackson by countering to the high side and retaking the spot. Pietrowicz was not done there as he moved his car to the high side of the speedway to challenge Peters for the lead but lapped traffic crossed up his charge and forced him to take evasive action to prevent making contact. This sudden turn of events allowed Peters to maintain the lead and even allowed Jackson to drive back by to claim the second position relegating Pietrowicz to settle back in third once again.

Finally on lap 12, Jackson showed Peters a fender down on the low side of the speedway as he powered his car into a side-by-side battle for the lead. As the pair exited turn four to complete lap 13, Jackson had a bumper out in front to become the second and final leader of the event. Jackson then proceeded to pull out to a five-car length advantage over Peters and Pietrowicz in their battle for the second position.

Pietrowicz then charged by Peters for the second position on lap 19 and with the laps winding down he began taking huge chunks out of the large advantage that Jackson had opened up. Without the help of a caution, lapped traffic became a factor in the closing laps slowing Jackson’s progress and benefiting the charge of Pietrowicz. Despite the lapped traffic, Jackson behind the wheel of his Brass Horse Grille-Sago Smoke Shop-LaFrance Performance #18 Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Cannizzaro chassis was able to hold on for the victory over the hard charging Pietrowicz, Peters, Benedict and Terrell.

The Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series continues with the West Region stop #5 scheduled for Sunday, June 12 at Humberstone Speedway in Port Colborne, Ontario Canada.

2005 Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series Point Standings East Region (thru Brewerton-6/10)

RANK NO. DRIVER POINTS
1 18 Louis Jackson Akwesasne,NY 195
2 12 Clayton Benedict Cornwall Island,ONT 185
3 73 P.J. Peters Akwesasne,QUE 175
4 73a Allan Peters Massena,NY 162
5 92.1 Joey Ladouceur Alexandria,ONT 156
6 98 Jack Terrell Jamesville,NY 152
7 69 Jody Swamp Akwesasne,NY 136
8 4r Rock Aubin Alexandria,ONT 127
9 u02 Ricky Thompson Snye,QUE 122
10 77g Robbie Grant Malone,NY 118
11 49 Greg Ezard Cornwall,ONT 106
12 25 Jeremy Clark Cortland,NY 106
13 32 Rick Spencer Petersburg,NY 106
14 1 John Pietrowicz Phoenix,NY 95
15 50 Scott Kocher Waddington,NY 76
16 21 Dave Bruno Rome,NY 65
17 04 Johnny Yandow Jr. Winthrop,NY 58
18 14 Mitchell Jock Akwesasne,NY 56
19 3 Patrick Hobbs Chili,NY 48
20 99 Bill Clark Fulton,NY 10

Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series –Brewerton Speedway, June 10, 2005
FEATURE

FIN STR CAR# DRIVER
1 5 18 Louie Jackson/Akwesasne,NY
2 2 1 John Pietrowicz/Phoenix,NY
3 1 73 P.J. Peters/Akwesasne,QUE
4 3 12 Clayton Benedict/Cornwall Island,ONT
5 7 98t Jack Terrell/Jamesville,NY
6 9 92.1 Joey Ladouceur/Alexandria,ONT
7 15 73a Allen Peters/Massena,NY
8 11 69 Jody Swamp/Akwesasne,NY
9 4 21 Dave Bruno/Rome,NY
10 13 4 Roch Aubin/Alexandria,ONT
11 12 u02 Ricky Thompson/Snye,QUE
12 10 77g Robbie Grant/Malone,NY
13 16 14 Mitchell Jock/Akwesasne,NY
14 17 49 Greg Ezard/Cornwall,ONT
15 14 32 Rick Spencer/Petersburg,NY
16 6 25 Jeremy Clark/Cortland,NY
17 8 3p Patrick Hobbs/Chili,NY
DNS 18 99 Billy Clark Jr./Fulton,NY

LAP LEADERS: PJ Peters (1-12), Jackson (13-25).
Heat Races (8 laps, all finishers transferred to feature)
#1: PJ Peters, Benedict, J. Clark, Hobbs, Swamp, Aubin, DQ’d: Jock, Ezard.
#2: Pietrowicz, Bruno, Jackson, Terrell, Ladouceur, Grant, Thompson, Spencer, A. Peters, DNS: B. Clark Jr.

[*Official box score posted on www.dirtmotorsports.com by selecting DIRT Northeast then clicking 'Stacker 2' logo on homepage]

BREWERTON BULLETS

*Rookie contender Billy Clark Jr. coming off a respectable 11th place finish at Cayuga County Fair Speedway in stop #3 of the Stacker 2® Pro Stock Series had a short night as he lost oil pressure in his Pip's Stump Grinding-Cotton's Home Improvement-Port City Collision #99 Pontiac Grand Prix/Predator chassis. The Clark crew, disappointed in the turn of events, immediately loaded up and called it a night dashing Clark’s hopes of earning his first series victory.

*Just one week prior at stop #2 of the Stacker 2® Pro Stock series at Thunder Alley, Jeremy Clark blew his third engine of the season and thought he was down and out for the count for the 2005 campaign. Instead, his engine builder, the legendary Jim Gabriel Sr., finished the rebuild of the team’s original engine keeping their season hopes alive. The powerplant proved to be potent as Clark turned fast time (17.448 seconds/68.775 mph). behind the wheel of his ING Financial Services-Blake Chassis-Feather's Edge Design #25 Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Blake chassis during the hot lap session. Clark finished third in his heat and ran most of the feature event in the top-5 until contact with another competitor took him out of contention for the victory and resulted in a dismal sixteenth place finish. Although very disappointed by his poor showing in the Pro Stock portion of the evening, his finish behind the wheel of the John Barron #92 Mod Lite thrilled Clark. Clark’s efforts led to a thirteenth place finish in his first start behind the wheel of a Mod Lite. “I want one of those! It took a little while to get used to it, but once I did I had a ball,” Clark explained. “Then I had to get back into this (Pro Stock) and I was missing my marks and couldn’t hit the corners right. We were a little underpowered tonight but still had a really good run going until Clayton and I came together. I was really happy, even walking out of here with a top-five I would have gone out with a smile on my face. I know that’s racing, but the late race contact really was kind of uncalled for. But we’ll go to Fulton tomorrow and hopefully work out the bugs we still have with the car and we’ll be back for the next stop.”

*John Pietrowicz behind the wheel of his Auto Recyclers Of Brewerton-Light's Auto-Bombadil's Tavern #1 Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Art A Fab chassis was a threat all evening to earn his first career Stacker 2® Pro Stock Series victory, picking up the win in his heat and looking very fast through the entire 25-lap feature. “We made contact with another competitor in our heat event so I really wanted to try to keep it clean during the feature,” Pietrowicz explained. “If the lapped car hadn’t been in our path out there I would have definitely gone to the high side and made the pass for the lead, but it threw our game plan off. I think we’re going to take a look at the schedule and follow these races on more of a regular basis because I found out tonight, I can run competitively with these other great teams.” Pietrowicz did hold the distinction as the only Pro Stock driver in competition to be a former feature winner in the Pro Stock ranks when the division made a pair of special appearances at the speedway in 2001.

*P.J. Peters led the first 12 laps of the event and looked to be on his way to his second career Stacker 2® Pro Stock series victory behind the wheel of his Sunrise Bakery-Legends & Spirits Tavern & Pizzeria-First Nation Petroleum #73 Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Cannizzaro chassis but it was not meant to be as he dropped back for a third-place finish at the checkers. “I was really hoping for a caution and I think I just got a little tired and the handling seemed to go away a little bit on the car,” Peters said. “We got a third out of it though so I’ll take it. I would have preferred the victory, but I’m still happy with the finish.”

*The other half of the Peters’ tandem, Allen Peters, driver of the Sunrise Bakery-Legends & Spirits Tavern & Pizzeria-Jacob's Excavation #73a Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Cannizzaro chassis, was also fast all night long but contact with another driver in his heat sent him to the pits and forced him to fall in 15th on the starting grid. He would race in for a seventh at the checkers. Allen Peters continues to be the only driver on the Stacker 2® Pro Stock Series committing to race at every East/West/Combined regional series event, a feat that hasn’t been done since 2003 when John Lazore followed the entire 16 event series.

*Driver of the H&R Block-Labatt Beer-Terrell's Chips-Bachman Snacks #98t Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Slowiak chassis, Jack Terrell continues his impressive showing this season on the Stacker 2® Pro Stock Series finishing fifth. Despite the fact he broke a cam at stop #3 at Cayuga County Fair Speedway, Terrell and his team worked through the week to get the engine problem fixed and prepared the car for Brewerton. “We just finished dropping the engine in the car about an hour before we got to the track and we’ve been looking forward to this race at Brewerton for sometime now because it's close to home,” Terrell said. “This feels great! The fifth place finish to us is like a win and going as well as I did with all of these top runners, this feels really good. We’re working on following as much of this series as we can. It just depends on timing and our schedules.”

*With RACEceiver now recognized as the Official Driver Communicator of DIRT MotorSports™ in 2005, fans, as well as the competing drivers, were able to hear first hand everything that was happening throughout the entire Brewerton Speedway 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.

2005 STACKER 2® PRO STOCK SUPER DIRT SERIES SCHEDULE (19)
Day-Date Track (Laps) Location/Winner

Sun-May 15 Rolling Wheels Raceway (25L-C)...................... Joe Stefanski
Fri-Jun 3 Thunder Alley Speedpark (25L-E)......................Clayton Benedict
Sun-Jun 5 Cayuga County Fair Speedway (25L-W)............Pete Stefanski
Fri-Jun 10 Brewerton Speedway (25L-E)….........................Louie Jackson
Sun-Jun 12 Humberstone Speedway (30L-W)......................Pt. Colborne,ONT
Fri-Jun 24 Ransomville Speedway (30L-W)........................Ransomville,NY
Fri-Jul 1 Ohsweken Speedway (25L-W)………………….Ohsweken,NY
Fri-Aug 19 Autodrome Edelweiss (50L-E)…………………...Hull,QUE
Sat-Aug 20 Frogtown Int’l Speedway (35L-E)………………. Hogansburg,NY
Sun-Aug 21 Cornwall Motor Speedway (50L-C)…………..…Cornwall,ONT
Wed-Aug 24 Canandaigua Speedway (25L-W)………………Canandaigua,NY
Sun-Sep 4 Genesee Speedway (40L-W)…………………….Batavia,NY
Fri-Sep 9 Lebanon Valley Speedway (25L-E)……………..West Lebanon,NY
Sun-Sep 11 Can-Am Motorsports Park (30L-C)………………LaFargeville,NY
Sat-Sep 17 Ransomville Speedway (100L-C)………………..Ransomville,NY
Sun-Sep 18 Rolling Wheels Raceway (30L-C)………………..Elbridge,NY
Sat-Sep 24 Canandaigua Speedway (25L-C)………………..Canandaigua,NY
Fri-Sep 30 Fulton Speedway (30L-C)…………………………Fulton.NY
Sun-Oct 9 New York State Fairgrounds (20L-C)……………Syracuse,NY
E=East Region(5), W=West Region(6), C=Combined(8).

STACKER 2® PRO STOCK SERIES SPONSORS
The DIRT MotorSports™ Stacker 2® Pro Stock Series is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Stacker 2®, Advance Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire, Sunoco Race Fuels and DART Machinery. Promotional Partners include AMB i.t., RACEceiver, Zippo Lighters and F.X. Caprara Car Companies and the contingency sponsors are Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, MSD Ignitions and Wrisco Industries.