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Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Championship Series Point Standings (July 3)
Posted by chet on Saturday, July 05 @ 01:25:30 EDT (4 reads) |
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Rank No. Driver Total Series Bonus Diff Wins Top-5 Top-10 Starts
1 2 Pete Stefanski 180 180 0 0 0 2 2 2
2 26 Don Carlson 171 171 0 -9 0 1 2 2
3 72 Denis Gauvreau167 167 0 -13 0 1 2 2
4 73 PJ Peters 165 165 0 -15 0 2 2 2
5 11 Don Barnes 150 150 0 -30 1 1 1 2
6 4 Roch Aubin 145 145 0 -35 0 1 2 2
7 92 Joey Ladouceur 144 144 0 -36 0 0 2 2
8 18 Louie Jackson 140 140 0 -40 1 1 1 2
9 6 Stephanie LeBrun134 134 0 -46 0 0 2 2
10 05 Jocelyn Roy 118 118 0 -62 0 0 0 2
11 71 Scott Gribben 114 114 0 -66 0 0 0 2
12 48 Dion Oakes 114 114 0 -66 0 0 1 2
13 33 Bruno Cyr 106 106 0 -74 0 0 0 2
14 ba98 Steve Johnston 100 100 0 -80 0 0 0 2
15 49 Bill Woodward, Jr. 91 91 0 -89 0 0 0 2
16 3 Bill Pascual 85 85 0 -95 0 1 1 1
17 88 Allen Peters 78 78 0 -102 0 0 1 1
18 14 Mitchell Jock 65 65 0 -115 0 0 1 1
19 6z Butch Zimmerman 60 60 0 -120 0 0 0 1
20 188 David Papineau 56 56 0 -124 0 0 0 1
21 37 Ricky Thompson 51 51 0 -129 0 0 0 1
22 99s Rob Seavey 50 50 0 -130 0 0 0 1
23 93 Dick Parkhurst 48 48 0 -132 0 0 0 1
24 69 Jody Swamp 46 46 0 -134 0 0 0 1
25 2m Brett Martin 45 45 0 -135 0 0 0 1
26 27 Gilles Godard 45 45 0 -135 0 0 0 1
27 4 Dean Charbonneau 44 44 0 -136 0 0 0 1
28 09 Robert Rowe 44 44 0 -136 0 0 0 1
29 99 Mike Martin 43 43 0 -137 0 0 0 1
30 11 Mike Vaughn 42 42 0 -138 0 0 0 1
31 98T Jack Terrell 40 40 0 -140 0 0 0 1
32 12g Eric Greenlief 40 40 0 -140 0 0 0 1
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Barnes Captures Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Series Holiday Show At Rolling Wheels Race
Posted by chet on Saturday, July 05 @ 01:22:04 EDT (1 reads) |
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Elbridge, NY – July 3, 2008 – By Joe Johnson, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast Series Correspondent
Tour traveler Don Barnes from Gasport , New York captured his first career Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Championship Series win at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park on Thursday evening. The race was the second in the 2008 Series.
Former Pro Stock Series champion Joey Ladouceur and Dick Parkhurst brought the 26-car field down to starter Matt Burdick’s green flag with Parkhurst grabbing the early lead. Afternoon showers left the track heavy and rough which would make passing difficult.
Ladouceur soon found out that the infield was still quite wet when Parkhurst crowded him on the front stretch as the pair battled for the lead. Ladouceur spun and collected a couple of cars and Parkhurst was sent to the rear of the field.
On the ensuing restart, Barnes inherited the lead with Billy Woodward Jr., Roch Aubin, Don Carlson and Bill Pascual rounding out the front-five. Barnes moved out to a good advantage while Carlson charged into second in his number 26. The Lebanon Valley regular soon began to put pressure on Barnes for the top spot but Steve Johnston brought out the second yellow flag of the race with a spin in turn four. Series points leader Louie Jackson ---by virtue of his opening day win at Can-Am--- headed pitside during the caution period and did not return, the victim of mechanical problems.
When racing resumed Barnes led Carlson, Woodward, Aubin and Pascual but quickly charging from the back was the 92.1 of Ladouceur as he moved back into ninth by lap four, then by lap seven was into sixth. Defending Mr. DIRTcar Champion Pete Stefanski was also on the move after problems in his heat forced him to start at the back and a quick trip to the pits put him back there yet again during the race.
The top two began to pull away with Carlson all over the Barnes’ no. 28 machine but was unable to find a way by. Fonda Speedway regular Dean Charbonneau brought out the yellow on lap nine after contact with Woodward in the 49. Charbonneau tried to keep going to negate the yellow but got stuck in the mud, and the no. 49 car was subsequently put to the rear of the field where he was none too happy.
On the restart Pascual made a move for third while Ladouceur sped into fifth with the no. 2 of Stefanski not far behind. Hogansburg’s Ricky Thompson brought out the yellow on lap 11 after spinning and making contact with the inside wall in turn four and his no. 37 mountwas towed to the infield, done for the evening.
Ladouceur continued his charge to the front on the restart moving into fourth, while Stefanski jumped into seventh at the same instance. The top-three ran right together for several laps until Woodward spun the 49 on the outside of turn two on lap 17.
Following the restart, a wild battle ensued between the 92.1 of Ladouceur, Stefanski in the 2 and the 73 of PJ Peters, with the three Pro Stock veterans trading fourth, fifth and sixth several times a lap. Eventually Stefanski prevailed and set sail after Pascual for third. He reached Pascual on lap 23 and hit him hard in turn three to get the spot.
Charbonneau brought out one more yellow on lap 24 setting up a one lap dash to the finish. Barnes held off Carlson for the win with Stefanski, Pascual and Peters rounding out the top-five. Ladouceur settled for sixth but put on a great show.
Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Championship Series Race #2 – Rolling Wheels Raceway Park, July 3, 2008 Summit Buick Pontiac GMC Ford Dodge-Spano Companies-Army National Guard Event Summary
FEATURE (25-laps): 1. 28-DON BARNES ($1,000), 2. 26-Don Carlson, 3. 2-Pete Stefanski, 4. 3-Bill Pascual, 5. 73-PJ Peters, 6. 92-Joey Ladouceur, 7. 72-Denis Gauvreau, 8. 88-Allen Peters, 9. 4R-Roch Aubin, 10. 6-Stephane Lebrun, 11. 05-Jocelyn Roy , 12. 71-Scott Gribben, 13. 188-David Papineau, 14. 33-Bruno Cyr, 15. 48-Dion Oakes, 16. 99S-Rob Seavey, 17. 93-Dick Parkhurst, 18. ba98-Steve Johnston , 19. 2M-Brett Martin, 20. 4c-Dean Charbonneau, 21. 49-Bill Woodward
22. 11-Mike Vaughn, 23. 37W-Ricky Thompson, 24. 98-Jack Terrell, 25. 12G-Eric Greenlief, 26. 18-Louie Jackson .
SYRACUSE QUALIFIER: Don Barnes.
HOLLEY HARD LUCK: Joey Ladouceur.
QUALIFYING:
Heat Races
#1: Pascual, Barnes, Ladouceur, Woodward, Jackson, Seavey, Gribben, Roy, Vaughn.
#2: Gauvreau, Charbonneau, Johnston , Parkhurst, Greenlief, Terrell, Thompson, Papineau, B.Martin.
#3: Carlson, PJ Peters, A.Peters, Aubin, Lebrun, Oakes, Cyr, Stefanski.
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Get well soon.
Posted by chet on Tuesday, June 03 @ 01:54:01 EDT (11 reads) |
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 Horrible accident at Genesee Speedway friday after noon. Don Marciell was badly injured. Go to www.geneseespeedway.com to learn more about it.
Get well soon Don. Your in our thoughts and prayers..
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Can-Am UMP Prostock Opener
Posted by chet on Sunday, April 20 @ 20:32:03 EDT (45 reads) |
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LaFargeville, NY — April 19, 2008 – Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director
The Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Championship Series made its first stop of the 2008 campaign at Can-Am Motorsports Park with Louie Jackson collecting the $1,000 top prize in the 25-lap SUNY Canton tour opener on Saturday, April 19.
Jackson ducked under race long leader Denis Gauvreau on lap 20 and rode on to score his fourth career Pro Stock Series victory. Gauvreau held off two-time defending overall Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Champion Pete Stefanski for the runner-up slot while P.J. Peters and Roch Aubin rounded out the top-five.
A solid field of 23 full-fender runners entered the Can-Am lid-lifter with Ricky Thompson and 2007 season-opening Series winner Allen Peters unable to take the green flag.
FEATURE (25-laps):
1. LOUIE JACKSON
2. Denis Gauvreau
3. Pete Stefanski
4. P.J. Peters
5. Roch Aubin
6. Don Carlson
7. Stephane LeBrun
8. Joey Ladouceur
9. Mitchell Jock
10. Dion Oakes
11. Butch Zimmerman
12. Jocelyn Roy
13. Scott Gribben
14. Steve Johnston
15. Bruno Cyr
16. Don Barnes
17. Bill Woodward Jr.
18. Jody Swamp
19. Gilles Godard
20. Robert Rowe
21. Mike Martin
22. Ricky Thompson (DNS)
23. Allen Peters (DNS)
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Pizza Logger
Posted by chet on Thursday, March 27 @ 23:34:39 EDT (21 reads) |
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| The Pizza Logger will return to the side of the Don Barnes UMP DIRT Prostock machine for the 2008 season. We look forward to seeing them both in victory lane.
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2008 MR. DIRTcar PRO STOCK CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE
Posted by chet on Thursday, March 27 @ 23:27:14 EDT (19 reads) |
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DAY-DATE LAPS TRACK LOCATION
Sat-Apr 19 25 Can-Am Motorsports Park LaFargeville,NY
Thr-Jul 3 25 Rolling Wheels Raceway Park Elbridge,NY
Sat-Aug 2 30 Genesee Speedway Batavia,NY
Fri-Aug 22 30 Thunder Alley Speedpark Evans Mills,NY
Sat-Aug 23 30 Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE
Sun-Aug 31 50 Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall,ONT
Fri-Sep 5 100 Autodrome Edelweiss Hull,QUE
Sat-Sep 6 30 Frogtown Int'l Speedway Hogansburg,NY
Sat-Sep 20 30 Canandaigua Speedway Canandaigua,NY
Sat-Sep 27 30 Rolling Wheels Raceway Park Elbridge,NY
Fri-Oct 3 30 Fulton Speedway Fulton,NY
Sun-Oct 12 25 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse,NY
Sun-Oct 19 25 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY
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Genesee Speedway
Posted by chet on Saturday, December 08 @ 00:48:43 EST (46 reads) |
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The Pro Stocks will also see the return of the ever popular Super DIRTcar Series Trail event. In a yet to be announced date, Genesee Hot Shoes Pete Stefanski and Don Barnes will do battle with North Country Invaders Louie Jackson and Allen Peters. Genesee officials are working on a mid summer date that should be coming out soon.
In a popular move, DIRTcar officials decided to freeze the Pro Stock rules for 2008. The only change will be with the Holley 4777 HP carburetor, to remain consistent with all of the other DIRTcar classes. “With car counts a concern at all tracks, freezing the rules in the Pro Stocks seemed to be the best option available for DIRTcar” commented Genesee Promoter Mike Lauterborn. “Our Pro Stock car counts were going up at the end of 2007, and we now have some momentum for the 2008 season”.
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Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Championship FINAL Series Point Standings
Posted by chet on Monday, October 22 @ 14:18:47 EDT (74 reads) |
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October 21, 2007 *TOP 25 Teams
Rank No. Driver Total Series Bonus Diff Wins Top-5 Top-10 Starts
1 2 Pete Stefanski 1,848 648 1200 0 3 5 6 8
2 88 Allen Peters 1,815 615 1200 -33 2 4 6 8
3 18 Louis Jackson 1,784 584 1200 -64 1 4 5 8
4 47 Dave Bissonnette 1,723 523 1200 -125 0 2 4 8
5 28 Don Barnes 1,687 487 1200 -161 0 1 3 8
6 4R Roch Aubin 1,670 470 1200 -178 0 0 5 8
7 48 Dion Oakes 1,663 463 1200 -185 0 1 3 8
8 73 P.J. Peters 1,649 449 1200 -199 0 1 4 7
9 72 Denis Gauvreau1,634 434 1200 -214 0 1 5 6
10 98 Jack Terrell 1,626 426 1200 -222 0 0 1 8
11 99 Mike Martin 1,610 410 1200 -238 0 0 1 8
12 6 Stephane Lebrun1,606 406 1200 -242 0 3 3 6
13 05 Jocelyn Roy® 1,601 401 1200 -247 0 1 3 7
14 188x David Papineau 1,539 339 1200 -309 0 0 1 7
15 ba98 Steve Johnston 1,480 280 1200 -368 0 0 0 6
16 92 Joey Ladouceur 1,479 279 1200 -369 0 0 2 5
17 37 Ricky Thompson 1,471 271 1200 -377 0 0 1 5
18 49 Bill Woodward Jr.1,401 201 1200 -447 0 0 1 4
19 214 Eric Marin Jr. 1,395 195 1200 -453 1 2 2 2
20 12 Clayton Benedict 1,378 178 1200 -470 0 0 1 3
21 27 Gilles Godard 1,369 169 1200 -479 0 1 1 3
22 14 Mitchell Jock 1,333 133 1200 -515 0 0 0 3
23 8 Sean Corr 1,332 132 1200 -516 0 1 1 2
24 74x Jim Evans Jr. 1,306 106 1200 -542 0 0 0 2
25 10 Brett Martin 1,303 103 1200 -545 0 0 0 2
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Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Series Race #8 – Orange County Fair Speedway
Posted by chet on Monday, October 22 @ 14:03:26 EDT (71 reads) |
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Middletown, NY — October 21, 2007 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director
The Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Series returned to Orange County Fair Speedway and it was Eric Marin taking advantage of home turf to capture his first career tour triumph to close out the full-fender portion of the 46th Annual Eastern States Weekend on Sunday afternoon.
Sixth-place starter Marin survived a half-dozen yellow flags to grab the lead on lap 10 and pulled away from Rob Rowe for six car-length lead to take top honors in the Leader Carpet Pro Stock Championship. Series standout Louie Jackson finished third ahead of early race leaders Robbie Speed and Mike Dutka.
Pete Stefanski was involved in a pair of mishaps during the early stages yet a 26th-place tally on the final scoresheet was good enough to claim a second straight overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock title.
Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Series Race #8 – Orange County Fair Speedway, Oct. 21, 2007 Eastern States Leader Carpet 25 Championship Event Summary
FEATURE (25-laps)
FIN ST CAR# DRIVER / HOMETOWN LAPS
1 6 214 Eric Marin/Carmel,NY 25
2 9 09 Rob Rowe/Walden,NY 25
3 12 18 Louie Jackson/Akwesasne,NY 25
4 1 24 Robbie Speed/Mellenville,NY 25
5 2 29 Mike Dutka/Gardiner,NY 25
6 19 88 Allen Peters/Massena,NY 25
7 14 26 Don Carlson/Richfield,CT 25
8 32 188x David Papineau/Cornwall Island,ONT 25
9 25 4r Roch Aubin/Alexandria,ONT 25
10 24 98t Jack Terrell/Jamesville,NY 25
11 27 28 Don Barnes/Gasport,NY 25
12 13 54 Steve Shortway/Midland Park,NJ 25
13 11 73j Troy Arnold/Middletown,NY 25
14 29 48 Dion Oakes/Akwesasne,NY 25
15 16 81 Sean Corr/Goshen,NY 25
16 26 67a Charlie Swartz/Milton,NY 25
17 3 4c Dean Charbonneau/Clifton Park,NY 25
18 8 93 Kenny Martin Jr./Scotia,NY 21
19 7 1 Mike Vigiletti/Stony Point,NY 18
20 15 73 P.J. Peters/Akwesasne,QUE 18
21 21 91 Bobby Schade/Bloomingburg,NY 18
22 33 442 Scott Kehr/Hillsdale,NJ 18
23 28 47 Dave Bissonnette/Apple Hill,ONT 17
24 17 37w Ricky Thompson/Hogansburg,NY 15
25 23 6 Stephane Lebrun/Gatineau,QUE 14
26 10 2 Pete Stefanski/Wheatfield,NY 12
27 18 3 Tom Kuck/Mahopac,NY 12
28 5 57 Bob Johnson/Carmel,NY 9
29 22 317 Frank Twing/Copake,NY 9
30 31 18w Bob Waters Jr./Stony Point,NY 6
31 20 99 Mike Martin/Lockport,NY 3
32 4 17 Nick Hilt Jr./Averill Park,NY 2
DNS 30 72 Denis Gauvreau/Gatineau,QUE. --
LAP LEADERS: Dutka (1-5), Speed (6-9), Marin (10-50).
CAUTIONS: 14
EMS MOTORSPORTS HARD CHARGER: David Papineau.
HEAT WINNERS: Speed, Dutka, Charbonneau, Hilt.
CONSI WINNERS: Schade, Twing.
CARS ENTERED: 43.
QUALIFYING
Heat Races (8 laps, top 5 transferred to feature)
#1: Speed, Johnson, Rowe, Shortway, Thompson, Schade, Papineau, Bishop, Ro.Nuzzaro, Aubin, Oakes (DNS).
#2: Dutka, Marin, Stefanski, Carlson, Kuck, Swartz, Waters, Velde, Gauvreau, VanNoordt, Allen (DNS).
#3: Charbonneau, Vigiletti, Arnold, PJ Peters, A.Peters, Lebrun, Johnston, Barnes, Benedict, Ru.Nuzzaro, Warner.
#4: Hilt, K.Martin, Jackson, Corr, M.Martin, Twing, Terrell, Bissonnette, Cilurso, Kehr.
Consolation Round (8 laps, top 3 finishers transferred to feature)
#1: Schade, Lebrun, Aubin, Bishop, Barnes, Oakes, Johnston, Ro.Nuzzaro, Warner, Ru.Nuzzaro, Benedict, Papineau.
#2: Twing, Terrell, Swartz, Waters, Bissonnette, Cilurso, Velde, Gauvreau (DNS), VanNoordt (DNS), Kehr (DNS), Allen (DNS).
Guaranteed: Barnes, Bissonnette, Oakes, Gauvreau.
Provisional: Waters, Papineau, Kehr.
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2007 HOOSIER-SUNOCO MR. DIRTcar PRO STOCK CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS
Posted by chet on Friday, October 12 @ 14:08:43 EDT (75 reads) |
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Rank No. Driver Points Series Bonus
1 2 Pete Stefanski 1808 608 1200
2 88 Allen Peters 1739 539 1200
3 18 Louie Jackson 1694 494 1200
4 47 Dave Bissonnette 1682 482 1200
5 28 Don Barnes 1627 427 1200
6 72 Denis Gauvreau 1624 424 1200
7 48 Dion Oakes 1609 409 1200
8 4R Roch Aubin 1605 405 1200
9 73 P.J. Peters 1605 405 1200
10 05 Jocelyn Roy® 1601 401 1200
11 99 Mike Martin 1570 370 1200
12 6 Stephane Lebrun 1566 366 1200
13 98 Jack Terrell 1564 364 1200
14 92 Joey Ladouceur 1479 279 1200
15 188 David Papineau 1471 271 1200
16 BA98 Steve Johnson 1470 270 1200
17 37 Ricky Thompson 1431 231 1200
18 49 Bill Woodward Jr. 1401 201 1200
19 12 Clayton Benedict 1378 178 1200
20 27 Gilles Godard 1369 169 1200
21 14 Mitchell Jock 1333 133 1200
22 74X Jim Evans Jr. 1306 106 1200
23 10 Brett Martin 1303 103 1200
24 99 Ghyslain Valade 1300 100 1200
25 214 Eric Marin 1295 95 1200
26 111 Rusty Marsden 1295 95 1200
*®=Rookie
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New Photos!
Posted by chet on Wednesday, October 10 @ 12:25:00 EDT (80 reads) |
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All new photos are up from the Super Dirt Week show. I tried to get atleast one photo of all the prostocks but it didn't happen. Only time I had was during qualifying and after the my battery died. Some guys. Make sure I get ya next race.
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Super DIRT Week Pro Stock Non-Qualifiers Results
Posted by chet on Tuesday, October 09 @ 10:07:49 EDT (84 reads) |
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Consolation Race #1 (8 laps)
FIN CAR# DRIVER
1 72 Denis Gauvreau / Gatineau,QUE
2 12 Clayton Benedict / Akwesasne,ONT
3 115 Dave Teidman / West Sand Lake,NY
4 98T Jack Terrell / Jamesville,NY
5 18W Bob Waters Jr. / Stony Point,NY
6 37west Ricky Thompson / Hogansburg,NY
7 6X Travis Back / Hogansburg,NY
8 71 Scott Gribben / Royalton,NY
9 73J Troy Arnold / Middletown,NY
10 05 Jocelyn Roy / St-Helene,QUE
11 99 Mike Martin / Lockport,NY
12 69 Jody Swamp / Akwesasne,NY
DNS 315 Jonathan Routhier / Canaan,CT
Consolation Race #2 (8 laps)
FIN CAR# DRIVER
1 322 Jay Casey / Canaan,CT
2 49 Bill Woodward Jr. / Norwood,NY
3 77 Paul Rogers / Averill Park,NY
4 79 Rocky Warner / Gloversville,NY
5 14 Mitchell Jock / Akwesasne,NY
6 11 Ed Bishop / Pine Plains,NY
7 BA98 Steve Johnston / Ingelside,ONT
8 10 Brett Martin / Burt,NY
9 48 Dion Oakes / Akwesasne,NY
10 01 Vincent Santoro / Cohoes,NY
DNS 55 George Renaud / Glenroy,ONT
DNS 98 Justin Herron / Millerton,NY
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Carlson Captures BNC Motorsports SDW Pro Stock Championship
Posted by chet on Tuesday, October 09 @ 10:02:26 EDT (198 reads) |
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Carlson Captures BNC Motorsports SDW Pro Stock Championship
Syracuse, NY - October 7, 2007 – By Dave Medler, DIRTcar NorthEast Series Reporter
Don Carlson battled current Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Series points leader Pete Stefanski then held off a late race challenge from Eric Marin to win the headline BNC Motorsports 25 Championship for Pro Stocks on Sunday at the "Moody Mile" as part of Super DIRT Week XXXVI.
"I wasn’t worried about only the 2 car (Stefanski), I was aware of everyone around me, said Carlson, after scoring his first-ever Pro Stock Series win. “There were some good cars out there today."
At the start of the BNC 25 Super DIRT Week Championship, pole-sitter Stefanski got the jump on the 36-car starting field into turn one and opened up a 15-car length advantage over the rest of the field. As soon as Stefanski opened the big lead the first yellow flew on the initial circuit for the slowing car of Jay Corbin in turns three and four.
On the restart, sixth-place starting Kenny Martin got the jump and moved into the runner-up slot. With Martin in second, Stefanski wasn’t able to build up the lead he had on the original start as Martin stayed right with the series points leader.
Just when the race was starting to set a solid pace the caution came out again on lap four, this time for Kevin Arnold who made hard contact with the wall on the back straightaway and his mount was taken pitside. The yellow came out again on the next lap as Dave Teidman appeared to have something break and launched his no.115 hard into the outside turn four wall. Teidman’s car was heavily damaged and done for the day.
Once the race resumed Stefanski continued to lead, still being chased by Martin and Carlson. Tom Kuck and Eric Marin were now starting to make their presence known, running fourth and fifth in a tight pack up front. Canadian challenger Gilles Godard got turned around in turn two and couldn’t slow down in time before hitting the outside wall on lap seven to force another slowdown.
Martin was staying with Stefanski yet making no progress getting by the leader and swung his car to the high side out of turn four in what turned out to be his final attempt. He was hoping to gain enough speed to out-race the leader into turn one but it didn’t work as Martin got freight-trained on the bottom and shuffled back to eighth allowing Stefanski to once again open up a comfortable margin on the field.
With Stefasnski out front, all eyes turned to the intense battle for second between Lebanon Valley Speedway runner Carlson and Orange County Fair Speedway regular Marin as the pair battled nose-to-tail and side-by-side with neither able to gain an advantage or cut into Stefanski’s seemingly solid lead.
Another caution slowed the race on lap 11 as Rick Dempsey, who was trying to progress forward on the top side, went a little too high in the marbles and got sucked into the turn three wall. When the green lights came back on, Carlson found the speed he needed to outrace Stefanski into turn one to grab the top spot.
Just before the halfway point the top-five of Carlson, Stefanski, Marin, Nick Stone and Tom Kuck ran bumper-to-bumper around the Syracuse Mile. Just when this battle was heating up, Super DIRT Week rookies Bill Woodard and David Papineau got collected up into the turn three wall.
On lap17 Stefanski, who was on Carlson’s bumper, suddenly swung to the high side of Carlson trying to grab the lead back going into turn one. The move was unsuccessful and Stefanski settled back in behind Carlson. The next lap Stefanski tried the same move again going down the front straight, although this time an alert Marin who was sitting in third watching the battle for the lead, went to the inside of Stefanski to take over second.
The yellow flew for the last time for debris on lap 21 to set up a four-lap shootout to the finish. Carlson, Marin Stefanski, Stone and Sean Corr were all within striking distance of the win to keep the crowd on edge over the final laps.
On the final restart Carlson and Marin were able to open a small distance over the rest of the top-five, setting up their own race for the mile win. Marin would start to pull even with Carlson and each time Carlson had just enough speed to hold back every challenge. On the final lap coming out of turn four Marin gave it one last shot to the high side but at the finish but came up a 3/4 car-length shy.
Carlson finally got his Syracuse victory after coming close before. Marin settled for second ahead of Stefanski, Camping World race rookie Nick Stone and Sean Corr to complete the top-five.
FIN STR CAR# DRIVER
1 2 26 Don Carlson / Ridgefield,CT
2 8 214 Eric Marin / Carmel,NY
3 1 2 Pete Stefanski / Wheatfield,NY
4 3 27X Nick Stone / Schenectady,NY®
5 19 81 Sean Corr / Goshen,NY
6 7 3 Tom Kuck / Mahopac,NY
7 13 92 Joey Ladouceur / Alexandria,ONT
8 10 4 Roch Aubin / Alexandria,ONT
9 21 47 Dave Bissonnette / Apple Hill,ONT
10 22 17 Nick Hilt Jr. / Averill Park,NY
11 11 73 P.J. Peters / Akwesasne,QUE
12 5 18 Louie Jackson / Akwesasne,NY
13 15 116S Chip Smith / Durham,NY®
14 26 322 Jay Casey / Canaan,CT
15 25 72 Denis Gauvreau / Gatineau,QUE
16 17 88 Allen Peters / Massena,NY
17 12 324 Jason Casey / Canaan,CT
18 20 8 Jay Corbin / Rensselaer,NY®
19 6 93 Kenny Martin Jr. / Scotia,NY
20 32 99 Mike Martin / Lockport,NY
21 34 18W Bob Waters Jr. / Stony Point,NY®
22 27 12 Clayton Benedict / Akwesasne,ONT
23 33 48 Dion Oakes / Akwesasne,NY
24 16 1 Mike Vigiletti / Stony Point,NY®
25 9 28 Don Barnes / Gasport,NY®
26 30 77 Paul Rogers / Averill Park,NY®
27 31 05 Jocelyn Roy / St-Helene,QUE
28 35 98T Jack Terrell / Jamesville,NY®
29 28 49 Bill Woodward Jr. / Norwood,NY®
30 23 188X David Papineau / Akwesasne,ONT®
31 4 35 Rick Dempsey / Nassau,NY
32 24 27 Gilles Godard / Cornwall,ONT®
33 18 76 Kevin Arnold / Averill Park,NY
34 29 115 Dave Teidman / West Sand Lake,NY
35 14 00 Kim Duell / Porter Corners,NY
36 36 BA98 Steve Johnston / Ingelside,ONT®
EVENT SUMMARY:
LAP LEADERS: Stefanski (1-12), Carlson (13-25).
CAUTIONS: 7 (lap 2, lap 5, lap 6, lap 7, lap 11, lap 14, lap 21, ).
ELAPSED TIME: 40 mins. 26 secs.
MARGIN OF VICTORY: .112 secs.
CAMPING WORLD ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Nick Stone.
THOMPSON MOTORSPORTS HARD CHARGER AWARD: Sean Corr.
DIG SAFELY NEW YORK HALFWAY BONUS: Don Carlson.
GATER RACING NEWS BEST APPEARING CAR: #2 - Pete Stefanski.
NYSSCA 'TOP MEMBER' AWARD: Nick Stone.
TERRELL'S POTATO CHIPS POLE WINNER: Pete Stefanski (36.852 sec/97.688 mph).
TERRELL'S OUTSIDE POLE WINNER: Don Carlson (36.889 sec/97.590 mph).
RACE ROOKIES®: 12.
CARS ENTERED: 53.
*Don had a throw-out bearing let loose on the opening lap of the feature. Which put hydraulic fluid all over the clutch and wasn't able to get the power from the motor to the ground. Ending up with a 25th place finish.
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Stefanski paces field of 52 in Pro Stock Time Trials
Posted by chet on Tuesday, October 09 @ 09:51:08 EDT (73 reads) |
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Syracuse, NY — Stefanski & Carlson Top BNC 25 Pro Stock Championship Qualifiers
Syracuse, NY— October 6, 2007 — By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director
For the second time in the past four years, overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock points leader Pete Stefanski earned the pole position start for the Pro Stock Championship during Super DIRT Week. Only time will tell if it will be enough to score his first victory at the New York State Fairgrounds, where he placed second last autumn in his only previous trip to the podium.
Stefanski collected the $500 Pole Award presented by Terrell’s Potato Chips. Connecticut invader Don Carlson was second quickest to win the $250 prize also posted by Terrell’s in support of DIRTcar racing NorthEast’s top full-fender touring division.
Stefanski bettered 47 cars under the clocks, earning the pole starting position for the 25-Lap BNC Motorsports Pro Stock Championship with a time of 36.852 seconds (97.688 mph) behind the wheel of his San-Ter Sewing-PJ Niagara Falls Travel #2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Carlson’s own Chevy MC is backed by Benzinger Wine and Leary Construction.
Among the first dozen cars to take time in the first of three groupings, Stefanski set fast time early in the afternoon and watched as his nearest challenges fell by the wayside one by one. Carlson came out at the beginning of group two before circling the Syracuse Mile with the second fastest time of the day bettering those of top touring contenders Clayton Benedict, Joey Ladouceur, Allen Peters and defending BNC Champion Louie Jackson.
The top-24 drivers are now locked into the starting grid for Sunday’s BNC Motorspotrs Pro Stock Championship event. Following the fast times posted by Stefanski and Carlson to round out the top six drivers were Capital District chauffeurs Nick Stone and Rick Dempsey, Jackson and inaugural Super DIRT Week (1997) winner Kenny Martin.
Line-ups for a pair of ‘Last Chance Race’ qualifiers have been set with 25 drivers looking to secure a spot on Sunday’s starting grid, with the eventual winner taking home the first-place check of $2,000.
SUPER DIRT WEEK XXXVI PRO STOCK TIME TRIALS: @ NYS Fairgrounds, Oct. 6
FAST TIME / AVG MPH / CAR# / DRIVER / AWARD
1 36.852 97.688 2 Pete Stefanski / Wheatfield,NY $500 - Terrell's Potato Chips Pole
2 36.889 97.590 26 Don Carlson / Ridgefield,CT $250 - Terrell's Potato Chips Outside Pole
3 37.470 96.077 27 Nick Stone / Schenectady,NY
4 37.671 95.564 35 Rick Dempsey / Nassau,NY
5 37.686 95.526 18 Louie Jackson / Akwesasne,NY
6 37.732 95.410 93 Kenny Martin Jr. / Scotia,NY
7 37.762 95.334 3 Tom Kuck / Mahopac,NY
8 38.155 94.352 214 Eric Marin / Carmel,NY
9 38.266 94.078 28 Don Barnes / Gasport,NY
10 38.384 93.789 4 Roch Aubin / Alexandria,ONT
11 38.391 93.772 73 P.J. Peters / Akwesasne,QUE
12 38.450 93.628 324 Jason Casey / Canaan,CT
13 38.456 93.613 92 Joey Ladouceur / Alexandria,ONT
14 38.494 93.521 00 Kim Duell / Porter Corners,NY
15 38.564 93.351 116S Chip Smith / Durham,NY
16 38.591 93.286 1 Mike Vigiletti / Stony Point,NY
17 38.686 93.057 88 Allen Peters / Massena,NY
18 38.688 93.052 76 Kevin Arnold / Averill Park,NY
19 38.703 93.016 81 Sean Corr / Goshen,NY
20 38.730 92.951 8 Jay Corbin / Rensselaer,NY
21 38.750 92.903 47 Dave Bissonnette / Apple Hill,ONT
22 38.917 92.505 17 Nick Hilt Jr. / Averill Park,NY
23 38.990 92.331 188 David Papineau / Akwesasne,ONT
24 39.067 92.149 27 Gilles Godard / Cornwall,ONT
25 39.240 91.743 115 Dave Teidman / West Sand Lake,NY
26 39.334 91.524 79 Rocky Warner / Cloverville,NY
27 39.344 91.501 72 Denis Gauvreau / Gatineau,QUE.
28 39.409 91.350 322 Jay Casey / Canaan,CT
29 39.453 91.248 37west Ricky Thompson / Hogansburg,NY
30 39.468 91.213 49 Bill Woodward Jr. / Norwood,NY
31 39.549 91.026 18W Bob Waters Jr. / Stony Point,NY
32 39.558 91.006 01 Vincent Santoro / Cohoes,NY
33 39.678 90.730 6x Travis Back / Hogansburg,NY
34 39.768 90.525 11 Ed Bishop / Pine Plains,NY
35 39.791 90.473 12 Clayton Benedict / Akwesasne,ONT
36 39.879 90.273 48 Dion Oakes / Akwesasne,NY
37 39.968 90.072 315 Jonathan Routhier / Canaan,CT
38 40.115 89.742 14 Mitchell Jock / Akwesasne,NY
39 40.129 89.711 73J Joey Arnold / Middletown,NY
40 40.166 89.628 55 George Renaud / Glenroy,ONT
41 40.206 89.539 98T Jack Terrell / Jamesville,NY
42 40.262 89.414 98 Justin Herron / Millerton,NY
43 40.329 89.266 69 Jody Swamp / Akwesasne,NY
44 41.032 87.736 10 Brett Martin / Burt,NY
45 41.116 87.557 71 Scott Gribben / Royalton,NY
46 41.180 87.421 77 Paul Rogers / Averill Park,NY
47 41.499 86.749 05 Jocelyn Roy / St-Helene,QUE
48 41.812 86.100 BA98 Steve Johnston / Ingelside,ONT
49 -NT- ----- 0 Mike Vaughn / Jordan,NY
50 -NT- ----- 7 Rob Yetman / Castleton,NY
51 -NT- ----- 20 Joe Allen / Dingman Ferry,PA
52 -NT- ----- 99 Mike Martin / Lockport,NY
*Top-24 advance to BNC Motorsports Championship starting grid.
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Fulton, NY — September 28, 2007 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director
The Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Series event held annually at Fulton Speedway is traditionally referred to as the Victoria Championship. Fulton’s full-fender season-finale has quickly evolved into the Pete Stefanski Benefit as the reigning overall Mr. DIRTcar points champion captured his third straight title race victory at the Route 57 raceway as the 22nd Victoria 200 Weekend kicked off on Friday night.
“Once the Sportsman ran it in, the track was just awesome tonight,” said Stefanski, as he stretched the points lead following his third Series win in six races run in 2007. Maybe more impressive for the Wheatfield, N.Y. driver was his sixth top-five finish in the past seven Victoria Championships, including his fourth trip to victory lane since 2001. “I owe a lot to my sponsors and to Allen and PJ Peters for giving me the motor. Its been a great year and hopefully it will get even better in the coming weeks.”
Chasing flag-to-flag leader Stefanski in the 30-lap title run were Canadian Dave Bissonnette, Fulton regulars Jason Parkhurst and Billy Clark Jr., and Stefanski’s teammate Allen Peters, himself a two-time Series race winner in ’07.
Intermittent rainfall forced track officials to delay Friday’s show for 1-1/2 hours following qualifying heats, with 38 Pro Stocks signing in for round number six in the eight-race tour. Stefanski won the first of four preliminary races to earn the pole-position start which finally took the initial green flag just after midnight. Twenty-five minutes later Stefanski was celebrating the $1,200 triumph which marked his 14th career Mr. DIRTcar Championship race victory, putting him behind only Jipp Ortiz on the all-time tour win list.
“My biggest concern tonight was with the traffic going three and four-wide in front of me,” noted Stefanski, after posting his DIRTcar NorthEast best 17th feature win of the season, his fourth coming at the 3/8-mile high-banked Fulton oval. “Once ahead my only worry was with the cars in front of me. I backed out a little at the end, I just wanted to make sure I finished, that was the only way to win.”
While Stefanski was shadowed early by “Bulldog” Bissonnette, the no. 2 Sunrise Racing-MarJon School of Beauty-San Ter Sewing Chevrolet Monte Carlo had little trouble keeping the 32-car starting field at bay the second half of the race. Four caution periods slowed the feature, with the final 22 laps run straight through under green on the ultra-smooth racing surface.
Patrick Hobbs lost a wheel in turn two to force out the first yellow flag on lap four, with Mike Martin and Adam Hunt getting caught up in the mishap. Picking up the back-up no. 27 ride of Louie Jackson to fall in 31st-place on the starting grid, Ontario, Canada traveler Roch Aubin looped all alone to incur the second caution two laps later. At the end of the ensuing lap six restart, P.J. Peters blew a right rear tire entering turn four to send his mount sideways with the field scrambling to avoid serious contact. ’06 DIRTcar Rookie of the Year Dion Oakes instigated the final slowdown when his full-body ride veered wide between turns one and two, with Dean Charbonneau and Shawn Frost tangling on the back chute in the aftermath.
Back under green Stefanski had little trouble opening up a comfortable advantage while Bissonnette and Parkhurst ran tight the remainder of the way in his rear-view. While Stefanski clung to the inside lane, his closest pursuers diced two-wide in traffic with Parkhurst taking over the runner-up position on lap 24. However, with just two laps to go, Parkhurst got boxed in behind lapped cars and Bissonnette was quick to regain second and hold on for the final circuits.
Denis Gauvreau, Chris Mackey, Scott Gribben, and rallying PJ Peters and Aubin rounded out the top-10 with Jack Terrell finishing 14th as the last to be scored on the lead lap.
Stefanski continues to pace the points standings through the initial six Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Series races. The next stop on the 2007 tour comes during Super DIRT Week as teams contend for top honors in the BNC Motorsports 25 on Sunday, October 7.
Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Series Race #6 – Fulton Speedway, September 28, 2007 Leaf Racewear 30 Event Summary (*Start)
1) 2-Pete Stefanski/Wheatfield,NY(1), 2) 47-Dave Bissonnette/Apple Hill,ONT(6), 3) 38-Jason Parkhurst/Oswego,NY(5), 4) 99-Billy Clark/Fulton,NY(7), 5) 88-Allen Peters/Massena,NY(9), 6) 72-Denis Gauvreau/Gatineau,QUE(4), 7) 3m-Chris Mackey/Rome,NY(2), 8) 71-Scott Gribben/Royalton,NY(23), 9) 73-P.J. Peters/Akwesasne,QUE(8), 10) 27-Roch Aubin/Alexandria,ONT, 11) 93-Dick Parkhurst/Oswego,NY(13), 12) 74x-Jim Evans Jr./Memphis,NY(17), 13) 99m-Mike Martin/Lockport,NY(29), 14) 98t-Jack Terrell/Jamesville,NY(30), 15) 26-Scott Conover/Dryden,NY(21), 16) 111-Russ Marsden/Mexico,NY(11), 17) 15f-Shawn Frost/Oneida,NY(12), 18) 188x-David Papineau/Cornwall Island,ONT, 19) 50-Scott Kocher/Waddington,NY(26), 20) 6-Stephane Lebrun/Gatineau,QUE(25), 210 81-Bret Belden/West Edmeston,NY(10), 22) 3h-Adam Hunt/Freeville,NY(28), 230 49-Bill Woodward Jr./Norfork,NY(27), 24) 66-Dale Gurnsey/Fulton,NY(22), 25) 28-Don Barnes/Gasport,NY(15), 26) 14-Mitchell Jock/Akwesasne,NY(14), 27) 48-Dion Oakes/Akwesasne,NY(18), 28) 4c-Dean Charbonneau/Clifton Park,NY(20), 29) 18-Louie Jackson/Akwesasne,NY(3), 30) ba98-Steve Johnston/Ingelside,ONT(16), 31) 05-Jocelyn Roy/St-Helene,QUE(24), 32) 15-Patrick Hobbs/Rochester,NY(19).
Lap Leader: Stefanski (1-30).
Cautions: 4 (lap 4, lap 6, lap 6, lap 8).
DID NOT QUALIFY(6)
0-Mike Vaughn/Jordan,NY
10a-A.J. Digsby/Edmeston,NY
37w-Ricky Thompson/Hogansburg,NY
72x-Roger Levesque/Kingston,ONT
99s-Rob Seavy/Holland patent,NY
292-Chris Still/Virgil,NY
QUALIFYING
Heat Races (8 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to feature, top 3 went to re-draw)
#1: Stefanski, J.Parkhurst, A.Peters, D.Parkhurst, Evans, Conover, Seavy, Woodward, Vaughn, Terrell.
#2: Mackey, Bissonnette, Belden, Jock, Oakes, Gribben, Lebrun, Digsby, Martin, Levesque (DNS).
#3: Jackson, Clark, Marsden, Thompson(DSQ), Barnes, Hobbs, Hunt, Papineau, Kocher, Stull.
#4: Gauvreau, PJ Peters, Frost, Johnston, Charbonneau, Gurnsey, Aubin, Roy.
Consolation Round (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to feature)
#1: Conover, Gribben, Lebrun, Woodward, Seavy, Terrell, Martin, Vaughn, Digby.
#2: Gurnsey, Papineau(DSQ), Roy, Kocher, Hunt, Stull, Levesque, Aubin, Thompson.
Provisionals Added: Martin, Terrell, Papineau.
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