Ward Scores Career 1st In Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH Big-Block Opener At Volusia!
Barberville, FL – February 11, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director
Big-Block veteran Pat Ward has been coming to Volusia Speedway Park every year since 2001. Perseverence paid off for Ward on Wednesday in his 34th try at taming the Barberville half-miler, with the Genoa, New York driver capturing opening night honors in the 38th Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH.
"The track was wet there at the beginning and I used a harder right rear (tire) so I was pretty nervous about that," remarked Ward, 51, following his 68th career DIRTcar Big-Block triumph. His latest 30-lap feature win was the first ever in Florida for the 2004 Alltel DIRTcar Nationals points champion, the same year he scored a pair of second-place finishes in the annual winter bash for Advance Auto Parts Modifieds. "But pretty much everything went well after that."
After a lengthy duel with second-generation standout Matt Sheppard, Ward staved off a late-race rally by runner-up Dale Planck with Massachusetts mainstay Andy Bachetti, early race leader Dan Vauter from Pennsylvania and all-time Alltel DIRTcar Nationals Big-Block race winner Brett Hearn from Sussex, New Jersey rounding out the front-five.
Hard-charging Delaware driver Jamie Mills charged from 20th to garner sixth at the checkers, with Sheppard's teammate Jeff Brownell Jr., fourth year Modified pilot Matt Jester, Eastern New Yorker Keith Flach and DIRTcar Big-Block career feature winner Alan Johnson completing the top-10 in the 14-minute finale.
A late race entry in the 25th trip to Florida for Northeastern Modifieds, Vauter jumped past pole-sitter Sean Beardsley at the outset with Ward following suit from his fourth-place starting position on the 27-car grid. Planck was on the move from his 11th-place start and so was seventh starting Sheppard, who cracked the top-five with three laps down.
Vauter continued to set the early pace yet with five laps scored Sheppard had moved in to challenge runner-up Ward while Planck blasted into fifth behind Bachetti two laps later. Spending only a short time shadowing the leaders, Sheppard suddenly shot down low exiting turn four and overtook both Ward and Vauter on lap nine yet turn one traffic immediately after foiled any chance of 'Super Matt' maintaining the advantage as he dropped back to third just as fast.
Ward waited only two more times around before pouncing on the chance to grab his first lead from Vauter on lap 12. Sheppard was far from surrendering as he surged into second the following circuit in the JB Motorsports no. 9s Xtreme Lubricants/Bicknell car. When the first yellow flag flew for apparent debris on the backstretch at the halfway mark, Ward topped the field with Sheppard, Vauter, Planck and Bachetti in close pursuit. Winner of the '08 Florida Tour finale last February, Jimmy Horton's night came to a smoking conclusion after a mid-race run sent him pitside on lap 20 after climbing as high as fifth.
Sheppard pulled right up to Ward's rear bumper across the line on lap 24 and the following circuit made a second bid for the lead with just a handful of circuits to go. But turn three contact between the front-runners resulted in the difference as Ward kept control on the high side while Sheppard was forced to the infield pits to replace a shredded right-rear tread and join the back of the pack before it was all over.
Planck was in prime position on the ensuing restart to challenge for his second Volusia victory in the last two trips south, yet Ward was just as focused on his first win in Florida and turned back a last turn, last lap move by the 'Natural' to hold on for a two car-length margin and a $2,000 payday in the 34th DIRTcar opener in the Sunshine State.
"Not quite sure what happened between me and Matt on the back chute. I was running the same line the whole race. I kinda thought he slid up into me but it looks like his crew thinks I ran into him. Whatever, things happen. I don't like it to happen this way but we still had a good car. We were fast yesterday in practice and fast again today when it counted so I'm happy to finally pick up a win after coming so close so many times," said Ward, after registering the first win of the season for the LJL Racing Team and the no. 42P Gypsum Express/Bicknell machine.
Returning to Barberville after notching that elusive first win in gator country last winter, Planck was content with second-place knowing he left a little more room to improve.
"Probably should've taken that shot on the bottom a couple laps before as the car was getting real tight on me at the end," figured Planck, 38, who ended up fifth in Alltel DIRTcar Nationals points last year behind co-champions Hearn and Billy Pauch, Alan Johnson and Ward. "The cushion got built up there with the top the best way of getting around and keeping up the momentum."
"Thought I might have a try at (Pat) at the end but Andy was knocking on the door at the top so I didn't dare try a whole lot on the bottom. Just waited to see if he would make a mistake and that mistake never happened," added Planck, who will once again team with owner Carey Terrance in the RezX Racing no. 77x Grow It Hydroseeding-Action Race Parts/TEO ride throughout the entire 2009 race season up north.
Ending dead-locked atop the Florida Tour points chart with Hearn in 2005, Bachetti is already way ahead of last year's schedule when he barely managed just a single top-10 in four features qualified for last winter steering the no. 34 Steve Hough Motors/PMC mount at VSP.
"(3rd) is an awesome feeling making it back up here on stage, especially for the guys that got me here," said Bachetti, 33, a one-time winner at Volusia in 2005. "Hats off to everybody that drives 1800 miles just to get here, and that gives me a chance to relax."
"They work on the car all day, we come here and I beat it up at night like this, then I head back home. Without all these guys helping out I wouldn't even be down here. They support me, I just hope Dale doesn't get that thing hooked up," Bachetti added.
Three qualifying heats were used to break down the 34-car field that included a GM spec motor-powered Modified that owner Gary Risch Jr. from Western Pennsylvania and Eastern New Yorker Jimmy Johnson shared driving duties in attempting to dial it in throughout the night. Rich Scagliotta, Bachetti and Beardsley copped heat race wins and 16 year-old pilot Larry Wight won the last chance consolation round qualifier over Dave rauscher, with the top-two finishers in each heat redrawing to determine their spot in the first three rows for the feature.
Ward leads the ground-pounding Advance Auto Parts Modifieds back to Volusia for two more regular programs on Thursday and Friday before DIRTcar Racing Northeast's Big-Block stars battle in the fourth and final round on Saturday, February 14 as a $5,000-to-win 50-lap championship event determines the 2009 Alltel DIRTcar Nationals points champion.
Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series – Volusia Speedway Park, February 11, 2009
38th Annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH Event #1
BIG-BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE
FIN STR CAR# DRIVER/HOMETOWN
1 4 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY($2,000)
2 11 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY
3 6 34 Andy Bachetti/Sheffield,MA
4 2 85 Dan Vauter/Forest City,PA
5 5 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ
6 20 30 Jamie Mills/Milford,DE
7 17 29 Jeff Brownell Jr./Waterloo,NY
8 19 62 Matt Jester/Lincoln,DE
9 16 43 Keith Flach/Ravena,NY
10 14 14j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY
11 8 26 Dave Camara/Poultney,VT
12 9 07 Tim Kerr/Picton,ONT
13 21 88k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY
14 3 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ
15 18 165 Rex King Jr./Bristolville,OH
16 7 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY
17 13 1 Darwin Greene/Susquehanna,PA
18 26 33t Brad Trice/Parsonsburg,MD
19 22 99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY
20 10 97 Michel Chicoine/Ste-Cecile de Milton,QUE
21 15 9 Jeff Brown/Parsonsburg,MD
22 25 32 Jim Rasey/Southington,OH
23 23 48too Dave Rauscher/Waterloo,NY
24 1 17 Sean Beardsley/Central Square,NY
25 12 5 Jimmy Horton/Neshanic Station,NJ
26 24 22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE
27 27 3g Gary Risch Jr./Sarver,PA
DID NOT QUALIFY(8)
3g-Jimmy Johnson/Bloomingburg,NY
5b-Brian Sadler/Erie,PA
t21-Roger Chrysler/Lewiston,NY
42-Guy Sheldon/Nassau,NY
52-James Friesen/St.Catharines,ONT
79-Jeremy Markle/Port Jervis,NY
91-Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY
923-Colin Jackson/Peckville,PA
Lap Leaders: Vauter (1-8), Sheppard (9), Vauter (10-11), Ward (12-30).
Cautions: 2 (lap 16, lap 25).
QUALIFYING
Heat Races (10 laps, top 7 finishers transferred to feature)
#1: Scagliotta, Ward, Sheppard, Chicoine, Greene, Flach, Jester, Wight, Trice, J.Johnson, Clair, Sheldon.
#2: Bachetti, Hearn, Camara, Planck, A.Johnson, Brownell, Mills, Markle, Ro.Chrysler, Sadler, Jackson.
#3: Beardsley, Vauter, Kerr, Horton, Brown, King, Ra.Chrysler, Rauscher, Friesen, Rasey, Decker (DNS).
Consolation Round (10 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to feature)
#1: Wight, Rauscher, Clair, Rasey, Trice, Markle, Friesen, Ro.Chrysler, Sheldon, Risch, Sadler, Jackson (DNS), Decker (DNS).
Alternate: G.Risch.
2009 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified Roster (35)
Car# Driver/Hometown Team (Sponsor / Chassis / Engine)
07 Tim Kerr/Picton,ONT Bronskill & Coe-Greenbush Electric-Kerr Construction/Bicknell/Enders
1 Darwin Greene/Susquehanna,PA Greene Quality Bluestone-Blue Diamond Tools-TJ's NAPA/Bicknell/Jensen Tech
3g Gary Risch Jr./Sarver,PA Budweiser (LaRusse Distributing)-Valvoline-Lajoie Seats/TEO/GM
3g Jimmy Johnson/Bloomingburg,NY Budweiser (LaRusse Distributing)-Valvoline-Lajoie Seats/TEO/GM
5 Jimmy Horton/Neshanic Station,NJ Lincoln Auto Body-Schmidt Racing/Troyer/JPM
5b Brian Sadler/Erie,PA McLallen Construction-Perkins Law Group/Bicknell/Honest Abe
8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ Central Jersey Trailer & Hitch Depot-Adamsville Maintenance/Troyer/Feil
9 Jeff Brown/Parsonsburg,MD Chesapeake Paving/Bicknell/JB Auto & Machine
9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY Xtreme Lubricants-Seneca Auto Sales/Bicknell/C.C. Performance
14j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY Thompson Road Tavern-Circle S Stables/Troyer/Kevlar
17 Sean Beardsley/Central Square,NY Behron Auto Glass-Town Mechanical-JIR Motorsports/Troyer/Moshier
20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ Madsen Motorsports-Wentworth Custom Homes-Kruger-WLR-BPG/TEO/Enders
t21 Roger Chrysler/Lewiston,NY Iroquois Water-Randy's Smoke Shop-Joey's Sneaks/Bicknell/JanCen
22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE Bully's Truck Stop-Bert Transmission-Batiments JDL/Bicknell/Morrison
26 Dave Camara/Poultney,VT Camara Slate Products/TEO/Finger Lakes
29 Jeff Brownell Jr./Waterloo,NY Xtreme Lubricants-Seneca Auto Sales/Bicknell/C.C. Performance
30 Jamie Mills/Milford,DE I.G.Burton Car Dealership-ReMax Realtor-L&W Ins./Bicknell/DDE
32 Jim Rasey/Southington,OH Twin Oaks Services South-Alcon Mechanical/Dirt Wheels/Minors Performance
33t Brad Trice/Parsonsburg,MD Chesapeake Paving-Delmarva Improvement Services/Troyer/JB Auto & Machine
34 Andy Bachetti/Sheffield,MA Steve Hough Motors/PMC/JPM
42 Guy Sheldon/Nassau,NY Judd Construction-Heinz Inc./PMC/42 Racing
42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY Gypsum Express,Ltd./Bicknell/Chevrolet
43 Keith Flach/Ravena,NY Flach Crane & Rigging-Gould Erectors & Riggers/TEO/Enders
48too Dave Rauscher/Waterloo,NY Magee Transportation Services-Monadnock Disposal Service/Bicknell/Morrison
52 James Friesen/St.Catharines,ONT Blue Moon Potatoes-New Generation Racing Engines/Bicknell/Al Blanchard(NG)
62 Matt Jester/Lincoln,DE Clearview Forms-Smith Concrete/TEO/Dan Denny(DDE)
77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY RezX Racing-Grow It Hydroseeding-Action Race Parts-Teo Fab./TEO/Kevlar
79 Jeremy Markle/Port Jervis,NY Len & Jo's Restaurant-Advance Recovery/Bicknell/Precision
85 Dan Vauter/Forest City,PA Sportsburg.com-Community Bank & Trust/Bicknell/Enders
88k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY Signal Cigarettes-Randy's Smoke Shop-Jacobs Tobacco Co./Bicknell/JanCen
91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY Gypsum Wholesalers-Stadium Int'l-Quality Hardwoods/Bicknell/Chevrolet
97 Michel Chicoine/Ste-Cecile de Milton,QUE GMCI Express-E.Beaudry Enterprises/Bicknell/Enders
99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY Gypsum Express,Ltd./Bicknell/Chevrolet
165 Rex King Jr./Bristolville,OH Jim Brown Seed Sales-Meander Homes-Reese Services/Bicknell/Jim Bailey
923 Colin Jackson/Peckville,PA Ashford Cottages Bed & Breakfast-Jackson Excavating/Bicknell/Griffin
2009 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Schedule
NP=Non-Point event; SP=Show-Up point event;
TBA=To Be Announced; TBD=To Be Determined.
DAY-DATE TRACK LOCATION/WINNER
Wed-Feb 11 Volusia Speedway Park Pat Ward
Thr-Feb 12 Volusia Speedway Park Barberville,FL
Fri-Feb 13 Volusia Speedway Park Barberville,FL
Sat-Feb 14 Volusia Speedway Park Barberville,FL
Sat-Mar 28 Hagerstown Speedway Hagerstown,MD
Sun-May 24 -TBA-
Sat-Jun 6 Lebanon Valley Speedway West Lebanon,NY
Sun-Jun 7 Airborne Speedway Plattsburgh,NY
Sat-Jun 13 Fulton Speedway Fulton,NY
Fri-Jul 3 Ransomville Speedway Ransomville,NY
*** GREAT CANADIAN TOUR ***
Thr-Jul 9 Brockville Ont. Speedway Brockville,ONT
Fri-Jul 10 Autodrome Granby Granby,QUE
Sat-Jul 11 Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE
Sun-Jul 12 Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall,ONT
Mon-Aug 3 Merrittville Speedway Thorold,ONT
Fri-Aug 7 Brewerton Speedway Brewerton,NY
Sat-Aug 8 Canandaigua Speedway Canandaigua,NY
Fri-Aug 21 Can-Am Motorsports Park LaFargeville,NY
Thr-Aug 27 Lebanon Valley Speedway West Lebanon,NY
Sun-Sep 6 Cayuga Co.Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY
Mon-Sep 7 Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge,NY
Fri-Sep 18 Lernerville Speedway Sarver,PA
Sat-Sep 19 -TBA-
Sat-Sep 26 Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge,NY
Sun-Oct 11 New York State Fairgrnds Syracuse,NY
-TBA- Orange Co.Fair Speedway Middletown,NY
-TBD- Big Diamond Raceway Minersville,PA
-TBD- Cayuga Co.Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY
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Big-Block veteran Pat Ward has been coming to Volusia Speedway Park every year since 2001. Perseverence paid off for Ward on Wednesday in his 34th try at taming the Barberville half-miler, with the Genoa, New York driver capturing opening night honors in the 38th Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH.
"The track was wet there at the beginning and I used a harder right rear (tire) so I was pretty nervous about that," remarked Ward, 51, following his 68th career DIRTcar Big-Block triumph. His latest 30-lap feature win was the first ever in Florida for the 2004 Alltel DIRTcar Nationals points champion, the same year he scored a pair of second-place finishes in the annual winter bash for Advance Auto Parts Modifieds. "But pretty much everything went well after that."
After a lengthy duel with second-generation standout Matt Sheppard, Ward staved off a late-race rally by runner-up Dale Planck with Massachusetts mainstay Andy Bachetti, early race leader Dan Vauter from Pennsylvania and all-time Alltel DIRTcar Nationals Big-Block race winner Brett Hearn from Sussex, New Jersey rounding out the front-five.
Hard-charging Delaware driver Jamie Mills charged from 20th to garner sixth at the checkers, with Sheppard's teammate Jeff Brownell Jr., fourth year Modified pilot Matt Jester, Eastern New Yorker Keith Flach and DIRTcar Big-Block career feature winner Alan Johnson completing the top-10 in the 14-minute finale.
A late race entry in the 25th trip to Florida for Northeastern Modifieds, Vauter jumped past pole-sitter Sean Beardsley at the outset with Ward following suit from his fourth-place starting position on the 27-car grid. Planck was on the move from his 11th-place start and so was seventh starting Sheppard, who cracked the top-five with three laps down.
Vauter continued to set the early pace yet with five laps scored Sheppard had moved in to challenge runner-up Ward while Planck blasted into fifth behind Bachetti two laps later. Spending only a short time shadowing the leaders, Sheppard suddenly shot down low exiting turn four and overtook both Ward and Vauter on lap nine yet turn one traffic immediately after foiled any chance of 'Super Matt' maintaining the advantage as he dropped back to third just as fast.
Ward waited only two more times around before pouncing on the chance to grab his first lead from Vauter on lap 12. Sheppard was far from surrendering as he surged into second the following circuit in the JB Motorsports no. 9s Xtreme Lubricants/Bicknell car. When the first yellow flag flew for apparent debris on the backstretch at the halfway mark, Ward topped the field with Sheppard, Vauter, Planck and Bachetti in close pursuit. Winner of the '08 Florida Tour finale last February, Jimmy Horton's night came to a smoking conclusion after a mid-race run sent him pitside on lap 20 after climbing as high as fifth.
Sheppard pulled right up to Ward's rear bumper across the line on lap 24 and the following circuit made a second bid for the lead with just a handful of circuits to go. But turn three contact between the front-runners resulted in the difference as Ward kept control on the high side while Sheppard was forced to the infield pits to replace a shredded right-rear tread and join the back of the pack before it was all over.
Planck was in prime position on the ensuing restart to challenge for his second Volusia victory in the last two trips south, yet Ward was just as focused on his first win in Florida and turned back a last turn, last lap move by the 'Natural' to hold on for a two car-length margin and a $2,000 payday in the 34th DIRTcar opener in the Sunshine State.
"Not quite sure what happened between me and Matt on the back chute. I was running the same line the whole race. I kinda thought he slid up into me but it looks like his crew thinks I ran into him. Whatever, things happen. I don't like it to happen this way but we still had a good car. We were fast yesterday in practice and fast again today when it counted so I'm happy to finally pick up a win after coming so close so many times," said Ward, after registering the first win of the season for the LJL Racing Team and the no. 42P Gypsum Express/Bicknell machine.
Returning to Barberville after notching that elusive first win in gator country last winter, Planck was content with second-place knowing he left a little more room to improve.
"Probably should've taken that shot on the bottom a couple laps before as the car was getting real tight on me at the end," figured Planck, 38, who ended up fifth in Alltel DIRTcar Nationals points last year behind co-champions Hearn and Billy Pauch, Alan Johnson and Ward. "The cushion got built up there with the top the best way of getting around and keeping up the momentum."
"Thought I might have a try at (Pat) at the end but Andy was knocking on the door at the top so I didn't dare try a whole lot on the bottom. Just waited to see if he would make a mistake and that mistake never happened," added Planck, who will once again team with owner Carey Terrance in the RezX Racing no. 77x Grow It Hydroseeding-Action Race Parts/TEO ride throughout the entire 2009 race season up north.
Ending dead-locked atop the Florida Tour points chart with Hearn in 2005, Bachetti is already way ahead of last year's schedule when he barely managed just a single top-10 in four features qualified for last winter steering the no. 34 Steve Hough Motors/PMC mount at VSP.
"(3rd) is an awesome feeling making it back up here on stage, especially for the guys that got me here," said Bachetti, 33, a one-time winner at Volusia in 2005. "Hats off to everybody that drives 1800 miles just to get here, and that gives me a chance to relax."
"They work on the car all day, we come here and I beat it up at night like this, then I head back home. Without all these guys helping out I wouldn't even be down here. They support me, I just hope Dale doesn't get that thing hooked up," Bachetti added.
Three qualifying heats were used to break down the 34-car field that included a GM spec motor-powered Modified that owner Gary Risch Jr. from Western Pennsylvania and Eastern New Yorker Jimmy Johnson shared driving duties in attempting to dial it in throughout the night. Rich Scagliotta, Bachetti and Beardsley copped heat race wins and 16 year-old pilot Larry Wight won the last chance consolation round qualifier over Dave rauscher, with the top-two finishers in each heat redrawing to determine their spot in the first three rows for the feature.
Ward leads the ground-pounding Advance Auto Parts Modifieds back to Volusia for two more regular programs on Thursday and Friday before DIRTcar Racing Northeast's Big-Block stars battle in the fourth and final round on Saturday, February 14 as a $5,000-to-win 50-lap championship event determines the 2009 Alltel DIRTcar Nationals points champion.
Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series – Volusia Speedway Park, February 11, 2009
38th Annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH Event #1
BIG-BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE
FIN STR CAR# DRIVER/HOMETOWN
1 4 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY($2,000)
2 11 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY
3 6 34 Andy Bachetti/Sheffield,MA
4 2 85 Dan Vauter/Forest City,PA
5 5 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ
6 20 30 Jamie Mills/Milford,DE
7 17 29 Jeff Brownell Jr./Waterloo,NY
8 19 62 Matt Jester/Lincoln,DE
9 16 43 Keith Flach/Ravena,NY
10 14 14j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY
11 8 26 Dave Camara/Poultney,VT
12 9 07 Tim Kerr/Picton,ONT
13 21 88k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY
14 3 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ
15 18 165 Rex King Jr./Bristolville,OH
16 7 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY
17 13 1 Darwin Greene/Susquehanna,PA
18 26 33t Brad Trice/Parsonsburg,MD
19 22 99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY
20 10 97 Michel Chicoine/Ste-Cecile de Milton,QUE
21 15 9 Jeff Brown/Parsonsburg,MD
22 25 32 Jim Rasey/Southington,OH
23 23 48too Dave Rauscher/Waterloo,NY
24 1 17 Sean Beardsley/Central Square,NY
25 12 5 Jimmy Horton/Neshanic Station,NJ
26 24 22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE
27 27 3g Gary Risch Jr./Sarver,PA
DID NOT QUALIFY(8)
3g-Jimmy Johnson/Bloomingburg,NY
5b-Brian Sadler/Erie,PA
t21-Roger Chrysler/Lewiston,NY
42-Guy Sheldon/Nassau,NY
52-James Friesen/St.Catharines,ONT
79-Jeremy Markle/Port Jervis,NY
91-Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY
923-Colin Jackson/Peckville,PA
Lap Leaders: Vauter (1-8), Sheppard (9), Vauter (10-11), Ward (12-30).
Cautions: 2 (lap 16, lap 25).
QUALIFYING
Heat Races (10 laps, top 7 finishers transferred to feature)
#1: Scagliotta, Ward, Sheppard, Chicoine, Greene, Flach, Jester, Wight, Trice, J.Johnson, Clair, Sheldon.
#2: Bachetti, Hearn, Camara, Planck, A.Johnson, Brownell, Mills, Markle, Ro.Chrysler, Sadler, Jackson.
#3: Beardsley, Vauter, Kerr, Horton, Brown, King, Ra.Chrysler, Rauscher, Friesen, Rasey, Decker (DNS).
Consolation Round (10 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to feature)
#1: Wight, Rauscher, Clair, Rasey, Trice, Markle, Friesen, Ro.Chrysler, Sheldon, Risch, Sadler, Jackson (DNS), Decker (DNS).
Alternate: G.Risch.
2009 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified Roster (35)
Car# Driver/Hometown Team (Sponsor / Chassis / Engine)
07 Tim Kerr/Picton,ONT Bronskill & Coe-Greenbush Electric-Kerr Construction/Bicknell/Enders
1 Darwin Greene/Susquehanna,PA Greene Quality Bluestone-Blue Diamond Tools-TJ's NAPA/Bicknell/Jensen Tech
3g Gary Risch Jr./Sarver,PA Budweiser (LaRusse Distributing)-Valvoline-Lajoie Seats/TEO/GM
3g Jimmy Johnson/Bloomingburg,NY Budweiser (LaRusse Distributing)-Valvoline-Lajoie Seats/TEO/GM
5 Jimmy Horton/Neshanic Station,NJ Lincoln Auto Body-Schmidt Racing/Troyer/JPM
5b Brian Sadler/Erie,PA McLallen Construction-Perkins Law Group/Bicknell/Honest Abe
8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ Central Jersey Trailer & Hitch Depot-Adamsville Maintenance/Troyer/Feil
9 Jeff Brown/Parsonsburg,MD Chesapeake Paving/Bicknell/JB Auto & Machine
9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY Xtreme Lubricants-Seneca Auto Sales/Bicknell/C.C. Performance
14j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY Thompson Road Tavern-Circle S Stables/Troyer/Kevlar
17 Sean Beardsley/Central Square,NY Behron Auto Glass-Town Mechanical-JIR Motorsports/Troyer/Moshier
20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ Madsen Motorsports-Wentworth Custom Homes-Kruger-WLR-BPG/TEO/Enders
t21 Roger Chrysler/Lewiston,NY Iroquois Water-Randy's Smoke Shop-Joey's Sneaks/Bicknell/JanCen
22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE Bully's Truck Stop-Bert Transmission-Batiments JDL/Bicknell/Morrison
26 Dave Camara/Poultney,VT Camara Slate Products/TEO/Finger Lakes
29 Jeff Brownell Jr./Waterloo,NY Xtreme Lubricants-Seneca Auto Sales/Bicknell/C.C. Performance
30 Jamie Mills/Milford,DE I.G.Burton Car Dealership-ReMax Realtor-L&W Ins./Bicknell/DDE
32 Jim Rasey/Southington,OH Twin Oaks Services South-Alcon Mechanical/Dirt Wheels/Minors Performance
33t Brad Trice/Parsonsburg,MD Chesapeake Paving-Delmarva Improvement Services/Troyer/JB Auto & Machine
34 Andy Bachetti/Sheffield,MA Steve Hough Motors/PMC/JPM
42 Guy Sheldon/Nassau,NY Judd Construction-Heinz Inc./PMC/42 Racing
42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY Gypsum Express,Ltd./Bicknell/Chevrolet
43 Keith Flach/Ravena,NY Flach Crane & Rigging-Gould Erectors & Riggers/TEO/Enders
48too Dave Rauscher/Waterloo,NY Magee Transportation Services-Monadnock Disposal Service/Bicknell/Morrison
52 James Friesen/St.Catharines,ONT Blue Moon Potatoes-New Generation Racing Engines/Bicknell/Al Blanchard(NG)
62 Matt Jester/Lincoln,DE Clearview Forms-Smith Concrete/TEO/Dan Denny(DDE)
77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY RezX Racing-Grow It Hydroseeding-Action Race Parts-Teo Fab./TEO/Kevlar
79 Jeremy Markle/Port Jervis,NY Len & Jo's Restaurant-Advance Recovery/Bicknell/Precision
85 Dan Vauter/Forest City,PA Sportsburg.com-Community Bank & Trust/Bicknell/Enders
88k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY Signal Cigarettes-Randy's Smoke Shop-Jacobs Tobacco Co./Bicknell/JanCen
91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY Gypsum Wholesalers-Stadium Int'l-Quality Hardwoods/Bicknell/Chevrolet
97 Michel Chicoine/Ste-Cecile de Milton,QUE GMCI Express-E.Beaudry Enterprises/Bicknell/Enders
99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY Gypsum Express,Ltd./Bicknell/Chevrolet
165 Rex King Jr./Bristolville,OH Jim Brown Seed Sales-Meander Homes-Reese Services/Bicknell/Jim Bailey
923 Colin Jackson/Peckville,PA Ashford Cottages Bed & Breakfast-Jackson Excavating/Bicknell/Griffin
2009 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Schedule
NP=Non-Point event; SP=Show-Up point event;
TBA=To Be Announced; TBD=To Be Determined.
DAY-DATE TRACK LOCATION/WINNER
Wed-Feb 11 Volusia Speedway Park Pat Ward
Thr-Feb 12 Volusia Speedway Park Barberville,FL
Fri-Feb 13 Volusia Speedway Park Barberville,FL
Sat-Feb 14 Volusia Speedway Park Barberville,FL
Sat-Mar 28 Hagerstown Speedway Hagerstown,MD
Sun-May 24 -TBA-
Sat-Jun 6 Lebanon Valley Speedway West Lebanon,NY
Sun-Jun 7 Airborne Speedway Plattsburgh,NY
Sat-Jun 13 Fulton Speedway Fulton,NY
Fri-Jul 3 Ransomville Speedway Ransomville,NY
*** GREAT CANADIAN TOUR ***
Thr-Jul 9 Brockville Ont. Speedway Brockville,ONT
Fri-Jul 10 Autodrome Granby Granby,QUE
Sat-Jul 11 Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE
Sun-Jul 12 Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall,ONT
Mon-Aug 3 Merrittville Speedway Thorold,ONT
Fri-Aug 7 Brewerton Speedway Brewerton,NY
Sat-Aug 8 Canandaigua Speedway Canandaigua,NY
Fri-Aug 21 Can-Am Motorsports Park LaFargeville,NY
Thr-Aug 27 Lebanon Valley Speedway West Lebanon,NY
Sun-Sep 6 Cayuga Co.Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY
Mon-Sep 7 Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge,NY
Fri-Sep 18 Lernerville Speedway Sarver,PA
Sat-Sep 19 -TBA-
Sat-Sep 26 Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge,NY
Sun-Oct 11 New York State Fairgrnds Syracuse,NY
-TBA- Orange Co.Fair Speedway Middletown,NY
-TBD- Big Diamond Raceway Minersville,PA
-TBD- Cayuga Co.Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY
Headquartered in Roanoke, Va., Advance Auto Parts, a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, accessories, batteries, and maintenance items in the United States, serves both the do-it-yourself and professional installer markets As of April 19, 2008, the Company operated 3,291 stores in 40 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Additional information about the Company, employment opportunities, customer services, and on-line shopping for parts and accessories can be found on the Company's web site at http://www.advanceautoparts.com/.
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 VP Racing Fuels. Promotional partners include Rite Aid Corporation, Dig Safely New York and the University of Northwestern Ohio and the contingency sponsors are Bars Leaks, Bert Transmission, Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Crane Cams, Ferris Industries, Holley HP Carburetors, Integra Shocks, Intercomp, KSE Racing Products, Motorsports Safety Systems, Penske Shocks, Racing Electronics, Rislone Oil Stabilizer and Wrisco Industries..
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