October 4, 2007

HEARN WINS MR. DIRTcar 358-MODIFIED TOUR SUPER DIRT WEEK EVENT AT BREWERTON

BREWERTON, NY – Super DIRT Week race action continued away from the New York State Fairgrounds on Thursday night and it was Brett Hearn feeling right at home with a command performance in the headline Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series ‘Leaf Racewear/Ferris Industries 75’ at Brewerton Speedway. Hearn’s fifth career Small-Block feature win at Brewerton was his first in 10 years at the D-shaped DIRT Demon and earned DIRTcar NorthEast’s all-time winner a cool $3 grand. Also winning was 2007 ESDCA Mod Lite track champion Doug Williams in the ESDCA Mod Lite Super DIRT Week Championship 25.

“Brewerton is always challenging as its racy with multi-grooves and the guys that run here all the time really know how to get around,” said Hearn, who scored his last 358-Modified victory at Brewerton during Super DIRT Week ’97. The following year he posted his lone Big-Block win in Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series competition. “We’ve been close a couple times here lately but its definitely been awhile since we put it all together over here.”

Chasing Hearn across the stripe was current Advance Auto Parts Series Big-Block points leader Tim Fuller, Todd Burley, Stewart Friesen and Pete Bicknell.

A banner field of 48 DIRTcar 358-Modified entries filed in for the annual Super DIRT Week special at the popular route 11 oval, requiring five heats and three consolation races to determine the 31-car starting line-up. Canadian invader Friesen jumped out early from outside of the front row with veteran Alan Johnson in tow during the early stages of the 75-lap main.

Fourth-place starter Hearn moved into second with a handful of laps complete and took advantage of a lap eight restart to speed by Friesen for first using the top side of the tacky third-miler. Fuller began right behind the ‘Jet’ on the outside of row three yet needed 44 laps to chase down runner-up Friesen and set his sights on the Four Star/TEO machine of Hearn.

“Its always tough in traffic out here, I just would’ve liked to have made a race out of it,” said Fuller, fresh off his Mr. DIRTcar 358 series victory the night before at Can-Am Motorsports Park. “A caution at the end would’ve been nice, I don’t think I could’ve caught Brett but at least have kept him in sight.”

While eight caution periods slowed the event, the biggest crash of the night required a red flag as a half-dozen cars blocked the track in turn one to freeze the field with 13 laps complete. The incident ignited on the front stretch when Fred Carleton got loose and was steam-rolled by the oncoming pack which resulted in one car after another piling in. Roy Tarbell sustained the most cosmetic damage while Steve Planck and Mark Smoke joined Carleton and Tarbell in the pits for the rest of the show.

Doug Williams used the outside pole starting position to his advantage to lead every lap and win the 25-lap ESDCA Mod Lite Super DIRT Week Championship event. Williams, the 2007 track champion, beat out Lowell Zehr, Justin Crisfaulli, Rocco Leone and former event winner Joe Garafolo to the finish line. Completing the top ten it was Frank Sobotka, Terry Lapham, Jeff Herbert, Tim Devendorf, and Dave Trytek.

Racing in the Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series resumes for the third successive night of extra-distance activity during the annual Super DIRT Week extravaganza in the Salt City. The rare quadrupleheader carries on Friday, October 5 at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park before closing out with the headline ITT Corporation-Goulds Pumps 150-lap ‘Salute to the Troops’ Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series Championship race Oct. 6 on the Syracuse Mile.

With the completion of this event, all on-track activity for the 2007 race season at Brewerton Speedway is now complete. The next event is the 2007 Brewerton Speedway / Fulton Speedway Awards Banquet on Friday November 16 at the Doubletree Inn in East Syracuse. Tickets for the banquet are now on sale at the track office. For more information, contact (315) 668-6906 or visit www.brewertonspeedway.com.

PIT NOTES…Track conditions continue to be fantastic on the spacious 1/3-Mile “D-Shaped DIRT Demon”. The track was wide, smooth, and offered multiple 3 and 4-wide lanes to race on with Jeremie Corcoran now doing the track surface.

BREWERTON SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY
LEAF RACEWEAR / FERRIS INDUSTRIES SUPER DIRT WEEK CHAMPIONSHIP
RACE DATE: OCTOBER 4, 2007
 

Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series Race #10 – Brewerton Speedway, October 4, 2007 Leaf Racewear 75 Event Summary

FIN      STR    CAR#            DRIVER

1          4          4*        Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ($3,000)

2          6          19        Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY

3          1          5          Todd Burley/Spencerport,NY

4          2          ofp1    Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT

5          8          42        Pete Bicknell/St.Catharines,ONT

6          11        99j       Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY

7          3          Deuce  Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY

8          7          2          Ronnie Johnson/Duanesburg,NY

9          5          28        Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY

10        13        21k      Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY

11        23        7          Scott Kerwin/Newfane,NY

12        14        7j         Jeff Isabell/Pennellville,NY

13        12        rp23    Larry Lampman Jr./Port Colborne,ONT

14        18        L82     Ted Lamb Jr./Clay,NY

15        19        16        Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY

16        17        17d     Danny O'Brien/Kingston,ONT

17        10        94        Ray Hoard/Granville,NY

18        15        22        Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE

19        22        66x      Carey Terrance/Hogansburg,NY

20        9          99        Mike Adderley/Watertown,NY

21        16        16x      Danny Creeden/Middletown,NY

22        21        17        Ryan Grim/Laurys Station,PA

23        28        124     Pierre DagenaisGatineau,QUE

24        30        77g     Robbie Grant/Malone,NY

25        26        1f         Fred Carleton/St.Catharines,ONT

26        24        77x      Steve Planck/Cortland,NY

27        27        007     Roy Tarbell/Hogansburg,NY

28        29        9          Mark Smoke/Akwesasne,NY

29        20        37        Kyle Jacobs/Hogansburg,NY

30        25        111     Kevin Wills/Ransomville,NY

31        31        m16    Kevin Bates/Lake Ariel,PA

GATER NEWS LAP LEADERS: Friesen (1-7), Hearn (8-75).

CAUTIONS: 8; 1 RED FLAG (lap 14).          

SYRACUSE ITT CORP./GOULDS PUMPS 150 QUALIFIER: Billy Decker.

DID NOT QUALIFY(17)

2t-Todd Stewart/Kingston,ONT

4s-Brad Shova/North Bangor,NY

6j-Jeff Isabell Jr./Pennellville,NY

7k-Kirk Horton/Eldred,NY

7jx-Alan Fink/Central Square,NY

8-John Lutes/Altamont,NY

8r-Rick Rogala/Syracuse,NY

10-Don Mattison/Wells,VT

12-Brian Sage/Brockport,NY

14-Dan Vauter/Forest City,PA

17c-Pete Cosco/St.Catharines,ONT

17dx-Tom Juhl/Weedsport,NY

20c-Craig Hanson/Tribes Hill,NY

37p-Francisco Perera/Etobicoke,ONT

63-Steve Roberts/Watertown,NY

66w-Wallace Stacey/Kahnawake,QUE

112b-Dave Baranowski Jr./Valley Falls,NY

QUALIFYING

            FAST              AVE               

            TIME               MPH           CAR#     DRIVER

1          14.412            83.264            2          Ronnie Johnson/Duanesburg,NY

2          14.673            81.783            4*        Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ

3          14.753            81.339            99        Mike Adderley/Watertown,NY

4          14.790            81.136            94        Ray Hoard/Granville,NY

5          14.807            81.043            28        Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY

6          14.838            80.873            5          Todd Burley/Spencerport,NY

7          14.870            80.699            ofp1    Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT

8          14.871            80.694            19        Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY

9          14.880            80.645            14        Dan Vauter/Forest City,PA

10        14.893            80.575            42        Pete Bicknell/St.Catharines,ONT

11        14.978            80.118            66w     Wallace Stacey/Kahnawake,QUE

12        14.989            80.059            66x      Carey Terrance/Hogansburg,NY

13        14.999            80.005            7          Scott Kerwin/Newfane,NY

14        15.001            79.995            16        Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY

15        15.026            79.862            37        Kyle Jacobs/Hogansburg,NY

16        15.035            79.814            17        Ryan Grim/Laurys Station,PA

17        15.041            79.782            10        Don Mattison/Wells,VT

18        15.056            79.702            L82     Ted Lamb Jr./Clay,NY

19        15.087            79.539            DeuceAlan Johnson/Middlesex,NY

20        15.089            79.528            111     Kevin Wills/Ransomville,NY

21        15.094            79.502            99j       Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY

22        15.110            79.418            17d     Danny O'Brien/Kingston,ONT

23        15.113            79.402            21k      Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY

24        15.172            79.093            77x      Steve Planck/Cortland,NY

25        15.173            79.088            16x      Danny Creeden/Middletown,NY

26        15.173            79.088            22        Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE

27        15.179            79.057            23        Larry Lampman Jr./Port Colborne,ONT

28        15.199            78.953            42b     Kevin Bates/Lake Ariel,PA

29        15.224            78.823            124     Pierre DagenaisGatineau,QUE

30        15.231            78.787            17c      Pete Cosco/St.Catharines,ONT

31        15.234            78.771            007     Roy Tarbell/Hogansburg,NY

32        15.248            78.699            37p     Francisco Perera/Etobicoke,ONT

33        15.290            78.483            17dx   Tom Juhl/Weedsport,NY

34        15.308            78.390            7j         Jeff Isabell/Pennellville,NY

35        15.342            78.217            1f         Fred Carleton/St.Catharines,ONT

36        15.372            78.064            6j         Jeff Isabell Jr./Pennellville,NY

37        15.402            77.912            7k        Kirk Horton/Eldred,NY

38        15.469            77.575            2t         Todd Stewart/Kingston,ONT

39        15.471            77.564            77g     Robbie Grant/Malone,NY

40        15.494            77.449            63        Steve Roberts/Watertown,NY

41        15.495            77.444            8r         Rick Rogala/Syracuse,NY

42        15.546            77.190            20c      Craig Hanson/Tribes Hill,NY

43        15.587            76.987            9          Mark Smoke/Akwesasne,NY

44        15.655            76.653            7jx       Alan Fink/Central Square,NY

45        16.431            73.033            4s        Brad Shova/North Bangor,NY

46         -NT-               -----                8          John Lutes/Altamont,NY

47         -NT-               -----               12        Brian Sage/Brockport,NY

48         -NT-               -----                112b   Dave Baranowski Jr./Valley Falls,NY

Heat Races (10 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to feature, top 2 went to re-draw)

#1: R.Johnson, Burley, Phelps, Creeden, Grim, Tarbell, Isabell Jr., Stacey, Rogala, Lutes(DNS).

#2: Hearn, Friesen, Mattison (DSQ), Lampman, O’Brien, Terrance, Perera, Horton, Hanson, Sage (DNS).

#3: Fuller, Adderley, Chrysler, Lamb, Kerwin, Bates, Juhl, Stewart, Smoke.

#4: Hoard, A.Johnson, Isabell, Willix, Planck, Dagenais, Fink, Grant, Vauter.

#5: Bicknell, Decker, Clair, Jacobs, Wills, Cosco, Carleton, Baranowski, Roberts, Shova.

Consolation Round (10 laps, top 10 finishers transferred to feature)

#1: Grim, Planck, Stacey, Juhl, Perera, Cosco, Baranowski, Roberts, Vauter (DNS), Sage (DNS).

#2: Terrance, Wills, Bates, Hanson, Isabell Jr., Mattison, Rogala, Fink, Shova.

#3: Kerwin, Carleton, Tarbell, Horton, Stewart, Dagenais, Smoke, Grant, Lutes (DNS).

Provisonals: Tarbell, Dagenais, Smoke, Grant, Bates.

MR. DIRT 358-MODIFIED TOUR LEAF RACEWEAR / FERRIS INDUSTRIES 75 – BRETT HEARN, Tim Fuller, Todd Burley, Stewart Friesen, Pete Bicknell, Jimmy Phelps, Alan Johnson, Ronnie Johnson, Billy Decker, Randy Chrysler, Scott Kerwin, Jeff Isabell, Larry Lampman Jr., Ted Lamb Jr., Lance Willix, Danny O’Brien, Ray Hoard, Mario Clair, Carey Terrance, Mike Adderley, Danny Creedon, Ryan Grimm, Pierre Dagenais, Robbie Grant, Fred Carleton, Stephen Planck, Roy Tarbell, Mark Smoke, Kyle Jacobs, Kevin Wills, Kevin Bates.

ESDCA MOD LITE SUPER DIRT WEEK CHAMPIONSHIP 25 – DOUG WILLIAMS, Lowell Zehr, Justin Crisafulli, Rocco Leone, Joe Garafolo, Frank Sobotka, Terry Lapham, Jeff Herbert, Tim Devendorf, Dave Trytek, Mike Mullen, Tommy Felicia, Lisa Thomas, Ken Gamlen, Mike Virginia, Jamie King, Ricky Yelle, Kelly Skinner, Jeff Hays, Brenda Rice, Pete Sorrentino, Lorrie Herbert, Tod Simons, John Byrnes, Matt Magner, Michael Occhipinti, Matt Virginia, Chris Lane, Dan Williams.