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Clauson charges through field for Victory
Aug 30th
Clauson charges through field for Victory
Granite City, IL. Bryan Clauson of Noblesville Indiana driving the family owned Parker Stone, NOS Energy Drink, Wholesale Connection number 39 Spike Chassis, Esslinger powered midget capped off an incredible driving performance Friday Night winning the 30-lap POWRi Midget Series feature at Tri-City Speedway. The victory was the fifth in POWRi competition this season for the Indiana driver.
Clauson was involved in a multi-car incident on the opening lap and restarted at the tail of the field. Zach Daum paced the first ten circuits. On a restart Daum was involved in an accident while leading and restarted the race from the tail of the field. Series points leader Brad Loyet inherited the lead after Daum’s problems. Clauson continued his charge through the field, taking of advantage of the several caution flags.
Clauson passed Loyet for the lead, with four laps remaining. Clauson driving the Corey Tucker owned Spike/Ford-Esslinger#39 finished ahead of Loyet, Brett Anderson, Bobby East and Nick Knepper.
Heat 1
Bobby East, Brad Kuhn, Brett Anderson, Caleb Armstrong, Eric Todd, Gavin Galbraith, Danny Frye, Daniel Adler
Heat 2
Austin Brown, Andrew Felker, Taylor Ferns, Daniel Robinson, Steve Stroud, Kyle Neal, Derick Myers, Mike Hess
Heat 3
Zach Daum, Travis Berryhill, Toney Roney, Jay Mounce, Buddy Lowther, Tyler Robbins, Matt Sherrell
Heat 4
Brian Clauson, Levi Roberts, Dereck King, Brad Loyet, Bubba Altig, Nick Knepper, Dalton Armstrong
Semi
Matt Sherrell, Bubba Altig, Nick Knepper, Eric Todd, Derick Myers, Daniel Adler, Dalton Armstrong, Danny Frye, Steve Stroud, Gavin Galbraith, Kyle Neal, Buddy Lowther, Tyler Robbins, Mike Hess
Feature
Brian Clauson, Brad Loyet, Brett Anderson, Bobby East, Nick Knepper, Dereck King, Caleb Armstrong, Zach Daum, Eric Todd, Levi Roberts, Austin Brown, Daniel Adler, Daniel Robinson, Taylor Ferns, Derick Myers, Jay Mounce, Andrew Felker, Matt Sherrell, Brad Kuhn, Toney Roney, Bubba Altig, Travis Berryhill
BELLINGER HOLDS OFF THE DOCTOR IN HIS FIRST CAREER WIN AT CCFS
Aug 30th
BELLINGER HOLDS OFF THE DOCTOR IN HIS FIRST CAREER WIN AT CCFS
WEEDSPORT, NY-Rob Bellinger won a thriller in the 35 lap DIRTcar big block Modified feature as the youngster held off Danny Johnson at the finish. The win was a career first for Bellinger at Cayuga County Fair Speedway, who took the lead on lap 21 from Australian Pete Britten. Britten had led from lap five and had his best run of the 2010 season to this point. The top five began to develop from lap ten until the yellow flew on lap 27. Plenty of exciting side by side action and lapped traffic gave the front runners a real challenge. In some of the best racing to this point in the 2010 season, Bellinger held off a determined Danny Johnson at the finish line. Third was Matt Sheppard followed by Jimmy Phelps and Britten.
Ricky Newton picked up his third win of the 2010 season at the Cayuga County Fair Speedway in the 25 lap DIRTcar Sportsman feature. Newton led the entire 25 lap distance and enduring a lap 24 caution period in which the field was bunch together for the restart. Newton would survive through the remainder of the event. The real race of the feature was for second place as Tim Schneider and Jeremy Pitcher fought tooth and nail right up to the finish line with Schneider holding on to the runner-up position. Fourth was Justin Wright while Tom Juhl finished fifth.
Andy Fisk won his second DIRTcar Stock Car feature of the 2010 season at CCFS, but it wasn’t easy as Chris Fisher was inside of Fisk as the two drivers went down for the checkered flag in what was easily one of the more exciting races of the night. Fisk led from the drop of the green, never giving up his lead. Finishing third was Mike Rasbeck followed by current point leader Mike Welch and Dan Hoffman Jr.
In the Battlekarz feature Bob Edwards had his first victory of the season Sunday night with Chris Bonoffski second. Nick Werner, Rich Sharpsteen II and Chad Ayers round out the top five. A 20 lap battle in the Original Pizza Logs 600 Micro Sprints saw Charlie Donk and Tyler Walker in a real dogfight right up to the checkered flag with Donk claiming the victory. Darryl Ruggles was third while Jim Radney was fourth and Alysha Ruggles fifth.
The final showdown of the regular season will take place next Sunday night for the Super DIRTcar Series drivers in the Labor Day 100 at Cayuga County Fair Speedway including the Sportsman, Stock Cars and Battlekarz as they partake in double point championship night. This will be a huge opportunity to see the series best in Brett Hearn, Billy Decker and Ryan Phelps while you wait to see if Jimmy Phelps can take over Matt Sheppard for the track championship.
The final night of Labor Day weekend action takes place Monday at Rolling Wheels Raceway. Fans will be given the opportunity to save $2 off their general admission ticket when they bring a ticket stub from any local track. Racing action will feature the 60-lap $4,000-to-win Big Block Modifieds plus the DIRTcar Sportsman and Stock Cars in the Robert N. Petrocci Memorial event.
For more information, please call our DIRTcar Northeast office at 315-834-6606 or go online at CanandiaguaSpeedway.com, CayugaCountyFairSpeedway.com or RollingWheelsRaceway.com. Don’t forget to join all the tracks on Facebook and follow DIRTcar Racing on Twitter (@DIRTcarNE).
It’s never too early to get your annual Super DIRT Week tickets. Fans will enjoy Super DIRTcar Series action, driver autographs, fireworks and non-stop entertainment. Super DIRT Week gets underway October 6-10 at the New York State Fair Grounds. For tickets, log into www.dirtcar.com/tickets or call 315-834-6606.
DIRTCAR MODIFIEDS (35 Laps) 1. ROB BELLINGER 2. Danny Johnson 3. Matt Sheppard 4. Jimmy Phelps 5. Pete Britten 6. Dale Planck 7. Billy Dunn 8. Larry Wright 9. Ryan Phelps 10. Tim Currier 11. Mike Mahaney 12. Chad Homan 13. Brett Tonkin 14. Shannon Whaley 15. Dave Rauscher 16. Eric Fisher 17. Randy Chrysler 18. Mike Ward 19. Tony Steiner 20. Lance Willix II 21. Alan Johnson 22. Jim Mahaney
DIRTCAR SPORTSMAN (25 Laps) 1. RICKY NEWTON 2. Tim Schneider 3. Jeremy Pitcher 4. Justin Wright 5. Tom Juhl 6. Greg Mrzywka 7. Steve Gray 8. Earl Rudy 9. A.J. Lewis 10. Robert Humphreys 11. Adam Hilton 12. Dave Marcuccilli 13. Tim Downs 14. Rich Lagace 15. Ben Wheeler 16. Kevin Ridley 17. Jim Spano 18. John Juhl 19. Colton Donath 20. Justin Thompson
DIRTCAR STOCK CARS (20 Laps) 1. ANDY FISK 2. Chris Fisher 3. Mike Rasbeck 4. Mike Welch 5. Dan Hoffman Jr. 6. Joe Staring 7. Dan Searles 8. Steve Woodworth
DIRTCAR BATTLEKARZ (15 Laps) 1. BOB EDWARDS 2. Chris Bonoffski 3. Nick Werner 4. Rich Sharpsteen 5. 6. Terry Royce7. Tim Dunn 8. James Werner 9. Karl Werner 10. Jeremy Werner 11. Terry Martin Jr. 12. Tom Cook
600 MICROSPRINTS (20 Laps) 1. CHARLIE DONK 2. Tyler Walker 3. Darryl Ruggles 4. Jim Radney 5. Alysha Ruggles 6. David Ferguson 7. Eric Wise 8. Nick Cooper 9. Kevin Carlson 10. Steven Fonte 11. Colton Wilson 12. Cory Donk 13. AJ Bogino 14. Grey Kysor 15. Jacob Wendt 16. Matt Farnham 17. Chris Seely 18. Steve Doell 19. Patrick Wilkson 20. Kirsten Dombroski 21. Matt Jones 22. Billy Coffey 23. Mike Livecci