March 28 - Waterford Modified Racing Series- Coby wins and I ask once again how can this guy not have a regular ride on the tour?
April 3 - South Boston Whelen Southern Modifieds - Civali wins the battle with LW Miller, Suess charges thru field for top 3
April 11 - Thompson Icebreaker - Santos wins in his debut in the Garbarino 4
April 17 - Mahoning 100 lap * - The LIMM tries out the indoor go kart track a few towns over and then watches Matt Hirschman come form 18th to win, after Beers and Paules get caught up in lap traffic. Great racing, great move by Matt.
April 18 - Albany Saratoga ROC/ Modified Racing Series * postponed to May 21
April 25 - Stafford Spring Sizzler- postponed to May 1- santos gets spun while leading, TC wins
May 1 - Monadnock Modified Racing Series *- jarvis comes from the back to win
May 8 - Wall Twin 50s Modifieds- Brittan and Brittan win
May 15 - Riverhead 100 lapper *- ronnie silk takes home 1500 extra money as he holds off rogers
May 16 - Shangri La ROC- Chuck Hossfeld makes move to win the race
May 21 - Albany Saratoga -Pennink wins the race from the rear
May 22- Riverhead regular show -Rogers and Eddie B are the class of the field
May 23- Mountain 100 lap - 5000 to win- Paules wins what turns out to be the last of the 5000 to win shows i will be seeing there
May 28 - Stafford Whelen Modifieds *-Santos wins again
May 29 - Airborne Modified Racing Series *Hinckley gets Pennnk lose behind a lapped car and wins, then both crash after the race
May 30 - Thunder Road Modified Racing Series *Not one of the best races , unless you are Masse
June 3 - Thompson 35 lap modified- I chicken out and stay home for fear of rain and thunder- postponed til June 24
June 5 - Bowman Gray- Madhouse is true to its colors... Civali and Brown go at it
June 6- Martinsville - Santos wins on a very hot day. many cautions
June 12- Riverhead - iffy weather kept me away from Seekonk (rained out) and Mahoning. Probably should have went to PA or Wall, but stayed home..
June 17 - Thompson Modified Racing Series-Good race. Hinckley wins, Pennink and Stefanik tangle. Good run by Eric Goodale
June 18 - Spencer ROC - Where was the outside groove. Hossfeld wins
June 19 - Dunn Tire ROC or Riverhead- Missed Hossfeld pass Hirschman for the lead, decided to go home to Riverhead because of 50 percent chance of rain. Rogers wins Riverhead again. Fun watching Brunnhoelzl who looked like a top 3 car, but car went away and he hung on for 6th . Tight short track racing at its finest.
June 24 - Thompson 40 lap - Pitkat wrecks and Silk wins
June 26 - Loudon Whelen Modifieds *-Newman in the 7 wins over TC but what a ride for Coby in the 0
June 26 - Waterford regular show * or can we get back to Riverhead in time- Tried to make Riverhead but didn't make it in time . The mod feature was over by 8:00.
July 1 - Thompson 35 lap modified- Brunnhoelzl races, TC has off night and Stefanik wins with only 11 cars racing.
July 2 - Lime Rock during the day- walked around the entire track and enjoyed the day -
July 3 - Lime Rock if early start- Quarterly in the 52 overtakes the 2 /
July 3 - second race of the day -Monadnock Modified Racing Series- KirK Alexander wins, but I get another kick out of watching Dwight jarvis work his magic.
July 9 - Lee MRS 3000 to win= Coby goes from 18 to 1 after just 35 laps. Mckennedy wins.
July 10 - Riverhead 77 Memorial race or Mahoning 100 lap race *- Both rained out...but did it rain?
July 17 - Monadnock Whelen Modifieds- Back at the Dawg, TC gets the jump on Rudolph and takes down the first Whelen tour race at Monadnock since 1990.
July 18 - Chemung ROC- Matt Hirschman wins by making a pit stop and with new tires is able to pass Rudolph for the win in the LIMM sponsored car
July 21 - Seekonk Open *-postponed to July 28 but Vinnie Annarumo wins the big bucks as TC and Hirschman run out of laps
July 24 - Canaan Modified Racing Series *- Eric Goodale holds off Dwight Jarvis to take home his first modified win in the Schaefer Stars/ Riley ave School/ LIMM car.
July 27- Monadnock - Regular show on a Tuesday- No surprise here..- Kirk Alexander takes home win
July 31 - Riverhead Whelen Modifieds - $ 5000 to win goes to Rowan Pennink.. Ryan preece puts on the show coming from early spin to 2nd.
Aug 1 - Shangri La ROC- rained out unitl Aug 22
Aug 5 - Thompson 40 lap - rained out until end of Sept.
Aug 6 - Stafford Whelen Modifieds *- Szegedy finally gets that win!
Aug 7 - Beech Ridge Modified Racing Series - Ken Barry makes it back to victory lane.
Aug 12 - Thompson Whelen Tour= TC knows his way around Thompson
Aug 13- Wyoming ROC - Rudolph wins with Hirschman right on him, and Paules right on Matty's bumper.
Aug 14 - Mahoning 100 lap race - Hirschman starts 15 but wins almost lapping everyone.
Aug18 - Bristol Whelen Modifieds- Wow - Ryan Newman wins, but Stefanik, Civali, Szegedy, Justin, and TC all battle...Wow!
Aug 21- Seekonk Modified Racing Series *- Todd Annarummo wins again. handed out press release for slick track invitational
Aug 22 - Shangri La - ROC - rained out and won't be made up
Aug 26 - Thompson Modified Racing Series- Pennink outruns TC, good run by Goodale, Stefanik, Santos - Jarvis doesn't qualify / motor
Aug 28- Riverhead regular show- passed on lancaster and a Hirschman win to watch Rogers win at the Head and then find two slashed tires on my truck
Sept 2 - Thompson 35 lap modified Ryan Preece takes the win in the family owned number 40
Sept 3 - Spencer ROC * - saw some practice but Hirschman knew better, and didn't even take his car out of the hauler....RAIN
Sept 4 - Waterford Modified Racing Series *- Coby takes hit on lap one, and McEnnedy wins from the front.
Sept 10- Stafford Modified Racing Seres- TC wins in the 00
Sept 11 - Mahoning 100 lap race- Hirschman again shows the fast way around the track.
Sept 18 - Loudon - Newman wins again, preece and Santos wreck.
Sept 18 - Waterford - my first stand alone SK race of the year - Coby in hard wreck. I forgot who won.
Sept 19- Dunn Tire ROC- Best race of the weekend. Hossfeld, Hirschman battle and me very nervous in victory lane.
Sept 25 Oswego ROC- Two years in a row, can't get much worse. Rain comes afgter 63 laps. i don't come back on sunday when tony hirschman wins in his only race of the year.
Sept 26 Thompson 40 lap open- Justin Bonsginore wins, but gets dqed. Stefanik awarded the win. Shelly Perry impresses me
Oct 2 - Mahoning 100 lap race *- matt wins another one. Eddie B gets the 8x up to 4th before fading, impressive run for first time
Oct 3- Stafford Fall Final *- Santos wins, preece pits early and cant hold him off with 100 lap old tires.
Oct 9 - 2nd annual Slick Track Modified Drivers invitational - the Lucky Dog gets me my lap back after Jacob Dore dumps me, and I win the drivers race. Then in fans race, I win but they tell me I am a lap down .
Oct 10- Seekonk Modified Racing Series - McKennedy wins race but doesn't get bonus money because he didn't do the slick teak. Bonus money to Todd Annarummo, Steve Masse and Ken Barry
Oct 17 - Thompson World Series - one of the best races. Coby almost wins in his debut in the 52
Oct 24 - Lee Modified Racing Series - one of the worse races of the year. McKennedy wins I think.
Nov 6 - North South Shootout - Hirschman, Hossfeld, Brunnhoelzl take top 3 spots, all carrying the LongIslandModManiac sponsorship on their cars.
Nov 27 - Wall Turkey Derby -Race number 58 for me! Passed my goal of 50 a long time ago..Hirschman and Blewett battle for the lead. Blewett shoves Matt in the wall, in the infield, and then cries that Matty had it coming because Matty caused him to get a flat. Blewett slammed car after car on his way to the front.
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