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Weedsport, NY - August 19, 2007 - By Gary M. Spaid, Cayuga County Fair Speedway PR
Former Weedsport track champions Danny Johnson and Tim Fuller bested a stellar field
en route to $3,000 victories on Sunday in the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar
Series as they split DIRT Hall of Fame Classic Big-Block Modified Twin 53s presented
by Owasco Beverage, Budweiser and Labatt at Cayuga County Fair Speedway.
Jeremy Pitcher picked up his fourth DIRTcar Sportsman Modified feature Sunday on
Aramark night, winning the 25-lap race that was sandwiched between Twin 53 Advance
Auto Parts Series events. held over from last Memorial Day Weekend as part of the
annual Hall of Fame Inductions.
In other racing action at Cayuga County Fair Speedway it was Dave Mannise also
picking up feature win number four on the season at Cayuga County. Bill Werner
topped the BattleKarz main event while Jim Morgan won the special New York Modified
Midget 20-lapper.
Johnson took advantage of the first yellow flag on lap 37 to erase a 2.5-second
advantage by leader Jimmy Phelps, then swept around the team Troyer driver three
laps later and held off a late bid by Advance Auto Parts Series points leader Brett
Hearn to score his fourth tour victory of the season. Phelps maintained third
despite a lap 52 caution period bunching the field, with Steve Paine and Fuller
filling out the front-five.
"I didn't think I'd get Jimmy tonight but the caution got me on his bumper and I
just muscled my way through there," said Johnson, following both his fourth win of
the year at Cayuga County and on the Advance Auto Parts Series. "This was a real
good run for our team and I can't thank Dave (Thompson, owner) enough for getting us
here in victory lane."
Johnson drew to invert the top-8 finishers from the first 53-lapper, and when the
green flag flew to begin round two, front row starter Billy Dunne out-gunned
pole-sitter Justin Haers to set the early pace. Fourth-place starter Fuller needed
23 laps to track down Dunn before scoring his second Advance Auto Parts Series win
in two nights to pull ahead of Brett Hearn by 10 markers in the tour point standings
through 20 races. Billy Decker settled for third-place in front of Phelps and Haers.
"We really haven't been that good here since '04 and '05, last year was kind of
mediocre so to come in here against the series competition and pull out a win is
really great," said Fuller, who overtook Brett Hearn for the tour points lead
through 20 Advance Auto Parts Series races. "This series is just so hard to keep
everything going and keep up with the maintenance and all the travel. If it wasn't
for John Lazore and the whole crew I couldn't come out here and have fun."
Dunn's 7th-place finish in the opener earned him preferred starter status in the
prestigious Rite Aid 200 Championship race on Oct. 7 of Super DIRT Week XXXVI at the
New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse while Haers top-five run in the nightcap also
gave him a preferred spot in DIRTcar NorthEast's biggest event.
Pitcher took the lead from John Juhl II after a thrilling move through turns three
and four that saw him first run high and then cut low and back to the center to
slice by a lap car and Juhl II. "I love this place," stated Pitcher in his victory
lane interview. "I usually start pretty far back so I like these 25-lappers because
there's time to sort things out. I tried the bottom but after that I had to go where
the others weren't to get to the front.
Juhl had led from the drop of the green. Four yellows slowed the racing action. On
lap four cars spun together in the first turn to mainly block the turn. A second
multi-car accident took place on lap 13, when Rob Richmond Jr. ended up on the
inside guard rail in the second turn. The other two yellows were for minor spin outs
on lap seven and 18. Up front it was Pitcher leading the way followed by Juhl, Mike
Mahaney, Todd Town and Alan Fink.
The Street Stocks ran a 20-lap feature race only. Mike Dandino was the early leader
but gave up the lead to James Wallace on lap five. Wallace was then passed three
laps later by eventual race winner Dave Mannise, who brought the field to the
checkers followed by Phil Marsden, Nick Rizzo, Steve Woodworth and Nathan Peckham.
The Modified Midgets joined the card with a 20-lap feature event. At the drop of the
green it was Jim Radney taking over the lead and there he remained until Jim Morgan
passed him on lap six. Morgan would go on to win this feature followed by Ryan
Jordan, Erick Rudolph, Nick Cooper and Tutor Kyser.
This Sunday will see the BattleKarz return for one of their final regular shows of
the 2007 season. They will be in a special "Thrill Show" featuring soccer mom van
races and other wild action. Race time is at 7 p.m. sharp
ARAMARK presents THE ADVANCE AUTO PARTS SUPER DIRTcar SERIES NIGHT SUMMARY
UMP FERRIS MOWERS STREET STOCK
DIG SAFELY FEATURE (20-laps): DAVE MANNISE, Phil Marsden, Nick Rizzo, Steve
Woodworth, Nathan Peckham, James Wallace, Mike Dandino, Van Grant, Kevin Collins.
BATTLEKARZ
PICK-N-PULL FEATURE (25-laps): BILL WERNER, Barb Amadon, Karl Werner, Ship Degroff,
James Werner, Adam Keuer, Les Baker, Jeremy Werner, Dave Nageldinger, Keith Keuer,
Ed Gilner, Tom Pechler, Nick Werner, Don Ennis.
MODIFIED MIDGET
HEAT 1: D. Miller, J. Radney, R. Sands Jr., D. Flowers, E. Schwartz.
HEAT 2: B. Kysor, E. Rudolph, M. Foster, J. Dates, Car 55.
HEAT 3: N. Cooper, J. Morgan, R. Gamble, P. Habeck, J. Zanho.
HEAT 4: R. Jordan, J. Smith, T. Kysor, B. Westlake, A. Scott.
B-MAIN: K. Norton, Z. Morgan, R. Brokaw, J. Lafler, Car 17K
ARAMARK FEATURE (20-laps): JIM MORGAN, Ryan Jordan, Erick Rudolph, Nick Cooper,
Tutor Kyser, Jim Radney, Ray Sand Jr., John Smith, Dan Mitter, Ben Kysor, Eric
Schwartz, Joe Zanho, Mike Foster, Darren Flowers, Car 55, Amy Scott, Jake Dates,
Bill Westlake, Kevin Norton, Paul Habeck, Ron Gamble, Car 17K, Jim Lafler (DNS),
Zack Morgan (DNS).
DIRTcar SPORTSMAN MODIFIED
HEAT 1: K. Hotchkiss, S. Donath, J. Juhl, S. Planck, D. Sellen, A. Fink.
HEAT 2: M. Mahaney, J. Behron, T. Currier, K. Ridley, J. Spano, A. Steiner.
HEAT 3: J. Pitcher, T. Town, J. Isabell Jr., M. Storms, J. Juhl II, R. Richmond Jr.
VALLEY TIRE FEATURE (25-laps): JEREMY PITCHER, John Juhl II, Mike Mahaney, Todd
Town, Alan Fink, Jeff Isabell Jr., Justin Wright, Michael Storms, John Juhl, John
Behron, Steve Planck, Danny Varin, Tim Currier, Jim Spano, Bill Coleman, Earl Rudy,
Jason Occhino, Anthony Steiner, Dan Sellen, Keith Hotchkiss, Kevin Ridley, Rob
Richmond Jr., Shawn Donath.
DIRTcar BIG-BLOCK MODIFIED
HEAT 1: Hearn, Gibbs, D.Johnson, R.Phelps, Decker.
HEAT 2: Coffey, Planck, J.Phelps, Haers, Brachmann.
HEAT 3: Cozze, Paine, Dunn, Bellinger, Sheppard.
HEAT 4: Fuller, Podsiadlo, Beyea, Hefti, Tomkins.
CONSI 1: Hulsizer, A.Johnson, Beardsley, Payne, Bowman.
CONSI 2: Bower, Whaley, Bates, Homan, Juhl.
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS FEATURES
#1 (53-laps): DANNY JOHNSON, Brett Hearn, Jimmy Phelps, Steve Paine, Tim Fuller,
Billy Decker, Billy Dunn, Justin Haers, Ryan Phelps, Gary Tomkins, Vic Coffey, Matt
Sheppard, Chad Brachmann, Dale Planck, Alan Johnson, Frank Cozze, Rob Bellinger,
Chuck Bower, Chad Homan, Sean Beardsley, Mike Bowman, Derrick Podsiadlo, Eldon
Payne,Jr, Shannon Whaley, Steve Hulsizer, Russ Hefti, Joe Beyea, Tom Juhl, Mitch
Gibbs, Kevin Bates.
#2 (53-laps): TIM FULLER, Billy Dunn, Billy Decker, Jimmy Phelps, Justin Haers,
Danny Johnson, Gary Tomkins, Alan Johnson, Steve Paine, Dale Planck, Ryan Phelps,
Chuck Bower, Chad Homan, Vic Coffey, Mike Bowman, Frank Cozze, Sean Beardsley, Joe
Beyea, Derrick Podsiadlo, Kevin Bates, Rob Bellinger, Eldon Payne,Jr, Tom Juhl,
Mitch Gibbs, Brett Hearn, Matt Sheppard, Chad Brachmann, Steve Hulsizer, Shannon
Whaley (DNS), Russ Hefti DNS).
The Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series for Big-Block Modifieds is brought to
fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series
sponsors Advance Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire and Sunoco Race Fuels. Promotional
partners include AMB i.t., F.X. Caprara Car Companies, Rite Aid Corporation and the
University of Northwestern Ohio and the contingency sponsors are Bert Transmission,
Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Integra Shocks,
MSD Ignitions, Miller Electric Manufacturing Company and Wrisco Industries.