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09-01-2014, 12:24 PM
With just one lap remaining in the NASCAR Sunoco Modified feature the field entered the fourth turn, a car got loose and only two cars came across to take the checkered flag. The rest were in a pile-up in the fourth turn. Kevin Timmerman and Rusty Smith were the lucky two to make it to the finish line. For Timmerman it was his second feature win of the year at Spencer.
The NYS Super Stocks were on hand with Jim Steffenhagen Jr. taking the 25-lap feature win. Donnie Knapp Jr. won his second 4-Cylinder Scorpion feature in a row. In the Super Sixes, Josh Schoonmaker took the 20-lap win. The 15-lap INEX legends main went to Bryce Norton, his seventh win in a row. Finally Rob Whipple won the crash shortened 12-lap Mid-State Vintage feature.
The 35-lap Sunoco Modified main was being run at a record pace> Billy Semmler had been the early leader until lap six when Mike Leaty passed him and began to pull away from the field. Kevin Timmerman took second from Semmler and took off after Leaty. He seemed to be closing the gap. Then on lap 31, the yellow flag flew when Matt lees spun off the second turn through the infield grass.
On the restart Timmerman passed Leaty and Rusty Smith took third from Andy Lewis. But it wasn’t over just yet. With one lap to go the yellow flew for a spin by Tommy Catalano.
The field formed for a one lap dash to the checkers. Leaty seemed to be able to nose ahead of Timmerman going down the back stretch. In three Timmerman regained his lead by a nose and suddenly the outside line was caught up in a tangle. Smith stayed low and followed Timmerman to the finish line. The track was blocked in turn four and no one else made it to the finish line as the red flag was displayed. The remainder of finishing order was determined by the cars line up order following the final yellow flag of the race.
“The racing was pretty good tonight,” commented Timmerman. “We race hard but it always seems that Mike’s (Leaty) car and mine have magnets in them. We got sideways up there and we made it through.”
The 25-lap NYS Super Stock main saw Willie Strusz grab the lead as 18 cars answered the call to the green. Yellow fever struck early and often in the first half of the event. Five times the yellow flag had to be displayed.
Each time Strusz remained the leader. Then with the crossed flags showing halfway, Jim Steffenhagen Jr. ducked low and out dragged Strusz to take the lead. Steffenhagen stretched his advantage to nearly a full straight away over Strusz. But then with just three laps remaining the yellow flag flew again, bunching the field together for a charge at the checkers.
Steffenhagen held on for the win with Strusz able to hold on for second. Chris Vogler, who had been one of the early cautions in the race, made his way into third on the final lap, passing Tommy Markham. Dave Fetterly rounded out the top five finishers.
“I am going to use my series ‘bye’ for the next race and get the car ready for Oswego,” stated Steffenhagen in victory lane.
The Super Sixes saw their feature race run green-to-checkers. Pole sitter Josh Schoonmaker took the lead and began to pull away from the field. By halfway he held a 15 car lead over Brian Hallett in second. The real battle seemed to be for the runner up spot.
With the checkers flying Schoonmaker took his third Super Six feature win of the year. Tim Faro passed Hallett on lap 18 to take second. Brandon Allen and Barrett Schenk rounded out the top five finishers.
The 4-Cylinder Scorpion 15-lap feature also ran green-to-checkers, with Donnie Knapp grabbing the lead from Carrie Bolton-Brown on lap four. He too pulled away from the rest of the field. That is until Timmy Catalano took second. Catalano seemed to be able to close in on Knapp, but time just ran out for him. Knapp took the win followed by Catalano and points leader Shaun Frarey. Travis Montgomery and Tom Alloco rounded out the top five.
The 15-lap INEX legends main saw just four cars answer the call. Brad Salatino led the first six laps. The yellow flew for a spinout by Vern LaFave. On the restart Bryce Norton took the lead. In Salatino’s efforts to regain the front spot he looped around in the second turn on lap to bring out the yellow one last time.
Norton took the win followed by Brianne Gilligan. Salatino rebounded for a third followed by LaFave.
The Mid-State Vintage cars saw Rob Whipple win his heat race and the feature. Originally scheduled for 15 laps, the race was shortened when race leader Chic Voit hit an errant nerf bar off a car, getting him sideways and slamming his great looking Number 4 yellow coupe into the fourth turn foam barrier. Officials decided to checker the race at that point.
Voit’s car looked undamaged thanks to the foam. Whipple took the win followed by the Geoff Bodine look-a-like Valiant bodied modified driven by Bob Ripley.
SPENCER NOTES: The final “Meet-and-Greet” session was held on the track for nearly a half hour during the intermission. Fans flocked on the asphalt to talk to their favorites….Points battles will come to an end this coming week. The closest point race is in the Super Six division where Brandon Allen holds just a four point margin over teammate Tim Faro.
The final week of NASCAR racing in the 2014 NASCAR season at Spencer is upon us. This coming Friday, September 5th the Sunoco Modifieds will be running a 75-lap feature finale. A season finale for the NYS SuperStocks is also planned, with the cars running a 30-lap main event. Also on tap are the Super Sixes, the Four Cylinder Scorpions and the INEX Legend Cars. Race time starts at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
Spencer Speedway is located just fifteen minutes east of Rochester, NY, along Route 104 in the Town of Williamson. Spencer Speedway is the local “ NASCAR Place to Race” for Central New York in 2014. Points earned each week at Spencer are counted into the national NASCAR Whelen All-American Points.
For more information go to: www.spencerspeedway.org.
INEX LEGENDS
HEAT: B. Salatino, B. Norton, V. LaFave, K. Bertolone, B. Gilligan.
FEATURE (15-laps): BRYCE NORTON, Brianne Gilligan, Brad Salatino, Vern LaFave, DNS-Kevin Bertolone.
MID-STATE VINTAGE
HEAT: R. Whipple, T. Janes, B. Ripley, J. Alford, C. Voit.
FEATURE (12-laps): ROB WHIPPLE, Bob Ripley, Tom Janes, John Alford, Chic Voit, Tom Guiler, DNS-Paul Monroe
NYS SUPERSTOCKS
HEAT 1: Z. Willis, C. Coonrod, N. Peck ham, J. Miller, B. Ramsey.
HEAT 2: J. Steffenhagen Jr., W. Strusz, T. Cheetham, S. Malin, C. Vogler.
HEAT 3: J. Dinzler, D. Fetterly, M. Wright, T. Markham, T.J. Cocrane
FEATURE (25-laps): JIM STEFFENHASGEN JR., Willie Strusz, Chris Vogler, Tommy Markham, Dave Fetterly, Nathan Peckham, T.J. Cocrane, Mitchell Wright, Zach Willis, Charles Coonrod, Steve Malin, Dale Lazzaro, Joe Miller, Shaun Frarey, Brianna Ramsey, Terry Cheetham, Todd Rhoads, Brandon Larner, DNS-Tom Fecteau, Jason Dinzler.
AUTO VALUE 4-CYLINDERS
HEAT 1: C. Bolton-Brown, T. Catalano, A. Montgomery, T. Alloco, A. Knoepfler.
HEAT 2: D. Knapp Jr., S. Frarey, T. Montgomery, J. Clark, J. Dennie.
FEATURE (15-laps): DONNIE KNAPP JR., Timmy Catalano, Shaun Frarey, Travis Montgomery, Tom Alloco, Austin Montgomery, Joe Clark, Carrie Bolton-Brown, Beth Dennie, Alison Knoepfler, Jennifer Dennie, Ashley Schoonmaker, Frank Parsons Jr., Paul Flye, Carrie Schoonmaker.
SUPER SIXES - RICHARD GRANT MEMORIAL
HEAT 1: A. VanHall, B. Allen, B. Hallett, B. Inch, T. Faro.
HEAT 2: J. Schoonmaker, B. Schenk, A. Cocilova, V. Grant, M. Gage.
FEATURE (20-laps): JOSH SCHOONMAKER, Tim Faro, Brian Hallett, Brandon Allen, Barrett Schenk, Van Grant, Andy Cocilova, Adam VanHall, Mike Gage, Bill Inch, Ryan Hillegeer.
SUNOCO MODIFIEDS
HEAT 1: M. Lees, R. Smith, K. Timmerman, M. Leaty, A. Catalano.
HEAT 2: A. Lewis, E. Hawkins, B. Semmler, B. Lippa Jr., T. Catalano.
FEATURE (35-laps): KEVIN TIMMERMAN, Rusty Smith, Mike Leaty, Andy Lewis, Bobby Lippa Jr., Eddie Hawkins, Amy Catalano, Tim Lewis Jr., Billy Semmler, Tommy Catalano, Matt Lees.
Gary Spaid
The NYS Super Stocks were on hand with Jim Steffenhagen Jr. taking the 25-lap feature win. Donnie Knapp Jr. won his second 4-Cylinder Scorpion feature in a row. In the Super Sixes, Josh Schoonmaker took the 20-lap win. The 15-lap INEX legends main went to Bryce Norton, his seventh win in a row. Finally Rob Whipple won the crash shortened 12-lap Mid-State Vintage feature.
The 35-lap Sunoco Modified main was being run at a record pace> Billy Semmler had been the early leader until lap six when Mike Leaty passed him and began to pull away from the field. Kevin Timmerman took second from Semmler and took off after Leaty. He seemed to be closing the gap. Then on lap 31, the yellow flag flew when Matt lees spun off the second turn through the infield grass.
On the restart Timmerman passed Leaty and Rusty Smith took third from Andy Lewis. But it wasn’t over just yet. With one lap to go the yellow flew for a spin by Tommy Catalano.
The field formed for a one lap dash to the checkers. Leaty seemed to be able to nose ahead of Timmerman going down the back stretch. In three Timmerman regained his lead by a nose and suddenly the outside line was caught up in a tangle. Smith stayed low and followed Timmerman to the finish line. The track was blocked in turn four and no one else made it to the finish line as the red flag was displayed. The remainder of finishing order was determined by the cars line up order following the final yellow flag of the race.
“The racing was pretty good tonight,” commented Timmerman. “We race hard but it always seems that Mike’s (Leaty) car and mine have magnets in them. We got sideways up there and we made it through.”
The 25-lap NYS Super Stock main saw Willie Strusz grab the lead as 18 cars answered the call to the green. Yellow fever struck early and often in the first half of the event. Five times the yellow flag had to be displayed.
Each time Strusz remained the leader. Then with the crossed flags showing halfway, Jim Steffenhagen Jr. ducked low and out dragged Strusz to take the lead. Steffenhagen stretched his advantage to nearly a full straight away over Strusz. But then with just three laps remaining the yellow flag flew again, bunching the field together for a charge at the checkers.
Steffenhagen held on for the win with Strusz able to hold on for second. Chris Vogler, who had been one of the early cautions in the race, made his way into third on the final lap, passing Tommy Markham. Dave Fetterly rounded out the top five finishers.
“I am going to use my series ‘bye’ for the next race and get the car ready for Oswego,” stated Steffenhagen in victory lane.
The Super Sixes saw their feature race run green-to-checkers. Pole sitter Josh Schoonmaker took the lead and began to pull away from the field. By halfway he held a 15 car lead over Brian Hallett in second. The real battle seemed to be for the runner up spot.
With the checkers flying Schoonmaker took his third Super Six feature win of the year. Tim Faro passed Hallett on lap 18 to take second. Brandon Allen and Barrett Schenk rounded out the top five finishers.
The 4-Cylinder Scorpion 15-lap feature also ran green-to-checkers, with Donnie Knapp grabbing the lead from Carrie Bolton-Brown on lap four. He too pulled away from the rest of the field. That is until Timmy Catalano took second. Catalano seemed to be able to close in on Knapp, but time just ran out for him. Knapp took the win followed by Catalano and points leader Shaun Frarey. Travis Montgomery and Tom Alloco rounded out the top five.
The 15-lap INEX legends main saw just four cars answer the call. Brad Salatino led the first six laps. The yellow flew for a spinout by Vern LaFave. On the restart Bryce Norton took the lead. In Salatino’s efforts to regain the front spot he looped around in the second turn on lap to bring out the yellow one last time.
Norton took the win followed by Brianne Gilligan. Salatino rebounded for a third followed by LaFave.
The Mid-State Vintage cars saw Rob Whipple win his heat race and the feature. Originally scheduled for 15 laps, the race was shortened when race leader Chic Voit hit an errant nerf bar off a car, getting him sideways and slamming his great looking Number 4 yellow coupe into the fourth turn foam barrier. Officials decided to checker the race at that point.
Voit’s car looked undamaged thanks to the foam. Whipple took the win followed by the Geoff Bodine look-a-like Valiant bodied modified driven by Bob Ripley.
SPENCER NOTES: The final “Meet-and-Greet” session was held on the track for nearly a half hour during the intermission. Fans flocked on the asphalt to talk to their favorites….Points battles will come to an end this coming week. The closest point race is in the Super Six division where Brandon Allen holds just a four point margin over teammate Tim Faro.
The final week of NASCAR racing in the 2014 NASCAR season at Spencer is upon us. This coming Friday, September 5th the Sunoco Modifieds will be running a 75-lap feature finale. A season finale for the NYS SuperStocks is also planned, with the cars running a 30-lap main event. Also on tap are the Super Sixes, the Four Cylinder Scorpions and the INEX Legend Cars. Race time starts at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
Spencer Speedway is located just fifteen minutes east of Rochester, NY, along Route 104 in the Town of Williamson. Spencer Speedway is the local “ NASCAR Place to Race” for Central New York in 2014. Points earned each week at Spencer are counted into the national NASCAR Whelen All-American Points.
For more information go to: www.spencerspeedway.org.
INEX LEGENDS
HEAT: B. Salatino, B. Norton, V. LaFave, K. Bertolone, B. Gilligan.
FEATURE (15-laps): BRYCE NORTON, Brianne Gilligan, Brad Salatino, Vern LaFave, DNS-Kevin Bertolone.
MID-STATE VINTAGE
HEAT: R. Whipple, T. Janes, B. Ripley, J. Alford, C. Voit.
FEATURE (12-laps): ROB WHIPPLE, Bob Ripley, Tom Janes, John Alford, Chic Voit, Tom Guiler, DNS-Paul Monroe
NYS SUPERSTOCKS
HEAT 1: Z. Willis, C. Coonrod, N. Peck ham, J. Miller, B. Ramsey.
HEAT 2: J. Steffenhagen Jr., W. Strusz, T. Cheetham, S. Malin, C. Vogler.
HEAT 3: J. Dinzler, D. Fetterly, M. Wright, T. Markham, T.J. Cocrane
FEATURE (25-laps): JIM STEFFENHASGEN JR., Willie Strusz, Chris Vogler, Tommy Markham, Dave Fetterly, Nathan Peckham, T.J. Cocrane, Mitchell Wright, Zach Willis, Charles Coonrod, Steve Malin, Dale Lazzaro, Joe Miller, Shaun Frarey, Brianna Ramsey, Terry Cheetham, Todd Rhoads, Brandon Larner, DNS-Tom Fecteau, Jason Dinzler.
AUTO VALUE 4-CYLINDERS
HEAT 1: C. Bolton-Brown, T. Catalano, A. Montgomery, T. Alloco, A. Knoepfler.
HEAT 2: D. Knapp Jr., S. Frarey, T. Montgomery, J. Clark, J. Dennie.
FEATURE (15-laps): DONNIE KNAPP JR., Timmy Catalano, Shaun Frarey, Travis Montgomery, Tom Alloco, Austin Montgomery, Joe Clark, Carrie Bolton-Brown, Beth Dennie, Alison Knoepfler, Jennifer Dennie, Ashley Schoonmaker, Frank Parsons Jr., Paul Flye, Carrie Schoonmaker.
SUPER SIXES - RICHARD GRANT MEMORIAL
HEAT 1: A. VanHall, B. Allen, B. Hallett, B. Inch, T. Faro.
HEAT 2: J. Schoonmaker, B. Schenk, A. Cocilova, V. Grant, M. Gage.
FEATURE (20-laps): JOSH SCHOONMAKER, Tim Faro, Brian Hallett, Brandon Allen, Barrett Schenk, Van Grant, Andy Cocilova, Adam VanHall, Mike Gage, Bill Inch, Ryan Hillegeer.
SUNOCO MODIFIEDS
HEAT 1: M. Lees, R. Smith, K. Timmerman, M. Leaty, A. Catalano.
HEAT 2: A. Lewis, E. Hawkins, B. Semmler, B. Lippa Jr., T. Catalano.
FEATURE (35-laps): KEVIN TIMMERMAN, Rusty Smith, Mike Leaty, Andy Lewis, Bobby Lippa Jr., Eddie Hawkins, Amy Catalano, Tim Lewis Jr., Billy Semmler, Tommy Catalano, Matt Lees.
Gary Spaid