6-15 Press Release & Results

TREMONT BANKS HISTORIC 100TH CAREER VICTORY AT THE VALLEY

June 15, 2002, West Lebanon, NY- Kenny Tremont Jr made history at Lebanon 
Valley Speedway Saturday night by winning the 30-lap modified feature. That 
victory allowed Tremont to join a very elite list of drivers to reach one 
hundred career victories at a single speedway. K.C. Goewey became the first 
repeat winner in the sportsman division. Bob Duzlak captured the 20-lap Pro 
Stock feature race. Henry Warner won the Rookie Pro Stock feature. KEY BANK 
and HEAVY HAULERS brought us this night of racing at Lebanon Valley.
    Twenty-eight cars started the 30-lap modified feature Saturday night. Two 
drivers that had to start at the rear of the field were Sparky Lowe and Brett 
Hearn. The two drivers were cited for rough riding in their heat race and 
that was their punishment. Ron Blake was the early race leader and would hold 
the top spot until lap eight. There was side by side racing action throughout 
the pack, making it difficult to know where to watch. Tremont was charging to 
the front in a hurry as he was up to fifth by lap three. Chris Moore moved 
his Overbaugh Trucking #10 into third on a lap four restart. John Alberti, 
Moore and Tremont went three-wide for third on lap six with Moore grabbing 
the upper hand and Tremont taking over third. Moore and Tremont ran down 
Blake and the battle for the lead was on. Tremont split Blake and Moore 
coming off of turn two and assumed the lead in lap eight, with Blake in 
second. 
    Disaster struck on just before the halfway point at lap 14. Several cars 
came together on the frontstretch and there was carnage everywhere. Denny 
Soltis and Donnie Corellis seemed to suffer the most damage to their racers, 
but fortunately all the drivers walked away from the scene. Rich Ricci Jr was 
also involved in the melee. Ricci had his throttle stick in the heat race and 
suffered severe front-end damage. The crew worked feverishly to repair the 
car and got it back together with just seconds to spare before the start of 
the feature. Ricci would be able to continue in the event and finished a very 
respectable ninth.
    At the halfway point it was Tremont, J.R. Heffner, Eddie Marshall, Moore 
and Matt Quinn. Hearn cracked the top five for the first time on lap 16 and 
he was not done there. Hearn was easily one of the fastest cars on the track 
in the later stages and was bale to get by Heffner for second with two laps 
to go. But it was too late to try and run down Tremont as he captured his 
fourth victory of the season. Tremont's first career modified victory came at 
Lebanon Valley on May 29th, 1982. After the feature Tremont said he had 
trouble wondering if he would ever win one feature and now there have been 
one hundred. Tremont stated that this was one of the goals that he had set 
for the 2002 season and that one of the only goals that he has left on his 
list is to win the overall Mr. DIRT Modified Championship before his career 
is over. Tremont now has a six-point lead over Hearn in the point standings 
at the Valley. Heffner, Marshal and Moore rounded out the top five on 
Saturday night.
    Willie Galm led the first half of the 20-lap Sportsman feature on 
Saturday night. Ed Harkins took second away from Mike Keeler on lap five. 
K.C. Goewey also made his way around Keeler and moved into third on lap six. 
There were several cautions during the first half of the vent that kept 
grouping the field back together. Keeler was able to get back up to second 
after a lap seven restart, but give it up to Goewey after a lap nine restart. 

    As the field came down to the halfway signal Goewey took the lead from 
Galm. Ryan Larkin had a strong run going until he got mud in his right rear 
tire on lap eleven. Bobby Knipe worked his way up to third by lap 14 and was 
battling Keeler hard for second on lap 17. The two drivers got hooked 
together and almost caused a huge pileup. The drivers behind them did a great 
job of avoiding the joined cars. While under the caution the third place car 
of Galm retired from the event. That now put last week's winner, Lorne Browe, 
into the second position. Browe could not mount a strong enough challenge as 
Goewey hung on for the victory. Frank Harper got passed Jeff Watson at the 
line for third and Art Collins rounded out the top five. This was the second 
year in a row that Goewey has won on Father's Day Weekend.
    Problems for the point leader in the 20-lap Pro Stock feature right at 
the beginning of the race. Jim Lagenback got spun around in turn four and 
restarted in the rear. A flat tire late in the race relegated Lagenback to 
13th in the finishing order. Adam Haas led the first lap of the race. He 
would lose the top spot to Bob Duzlak in a great three-way battle for the 
lead that also included Rich Colesanti. Duzlak was able to open up a 
twenty-car advantage over Haas by lap seven. Al Blackburn made his way passed 
Haas on lap seven for second. Haas continued to slide back as Rob Yetman 
moved into third on lap eight. Blackburn and Yetman raced side by side for 
several laps until they made contact on lap 12 giving Yetman a right front 
flat tire. On the restart Blackburn put heavy pressure on Duzlak for the 
lead, but he tried too hard in turn three and spun out. 
    The driver on the move in the final stages of the race was Yetman. He 
took fourth on lap 17, third on lap 18 and second on lap 19. But he could not 
catch Duzlak in time and had to settle for second. Ironically while it was 
Goewey's second Father' Day Weekend victory in a row it was Duzlak's third 
Father's Day Weekend victory in a row. Maybe their father's both appreciate a 
trip to victory lane as their Father's Day gift. 
    It was truly a historic night at the track. Those fans that braved the 
elements were certainly rewarded for their efforts. Henry Warner won the 
Rookie race while Randy Myers, Robert Gibson, Ron Tritschler and Jason Casey 
were victorious in the Pure Stock class. Laura Saunders won the Ladies 
Cannonball and Rick Dempsey won the 1st ever Midnight Run race. Cannonball 
cars with headlights racing with the speedway lights turned off. Man was that 
fun to watch.  
Lebanon Valley Speedway will be back in action next Saturday night June 22nd 
with a full card of racing plus Kiddie Rides. Please note the early start 
time for Warm-ups at 5pm sharp. Kids must be in line at the starter's stand 
at 5:45pm In order to get a ride.

6-15 KEY BANK / HEAVY HAULERS MODIFIED RESULTS (30 LAPS) 1) Kenny Tremont Jr 
(100th Career L.V. Win), 2) Brett Hearn, 3) J.R. Heffner, 4) Eddie Marshall, 
5) Chris Moore, 6) Andy Bachetti, 7) Rob Pitcher, 8) Matt Quinn, 9) Sparky 
Lowe, 10) Maynard Forrette, 11) Bud Christmann, 12) Mike King, 13) Steve 
Devine, 14) Rich Ricci Jr, 15) Hector Stratton, 16) Guy Sheldon, 17) Stanley 
Wetmore, 18) Russ Reckner, 19) Dave Mosher, 20) Charlie Humes, 21) John 
Ruchel, 22) Ron Blake, 23) Donnie Corellis, 24) Denny Soltis, 25) Ernie 
Palmer Jr, 26) Hawley Smith, 27) Jason Goff, 28) John Alberti, 29) Wes Powell   


SPORTSMAN RESULTS (20 LAPS) - 1) K.C. Goewey, 2) Lorne Browe, 3) Frank 
Harper, 4) Jeff Watson, 5) Art Collins, 6) Bobby Knipe, 7) John Scarborough, 
8) Joe Bennett, 9) Jeff Carr, 10) Mike Visconti, 11) Jay Haviland, 12) Ed 
Harkin, 13) Ryan Larkin, 14) Mike Keeler, 15) Walt McKay, 16) Whitey Slavin, 
17) Kory Gurney, 18) Ted Layton, 19) Rich Salisbury, 20) Will Galm, 21) Don 
Miller, 22) Tony Ferriero, 23) Roy Bridge, 24) Carmon Carnibucci    
        
PRO STOCK RESULTS (20 LAPS) - 1) Bob Duzlak Jr, 2) Rob Yetman, 3) Adam Haas, 
4) Paul LaRochelle, 5) Robbie Speed, 6) Dan Blackburn, 7) Chris Crews, 8) 
Danny Sanchez, 9) Al Blackburn, 10) Rich Colesanti, 11) Jason DiBello, 12) 
Rick Fosby, 13) Jim Langenback, 14) Rudy Lopez, 15) Ed Bachand  
        
ROOKIE PRO STOCK RESULTS (10 LAPS) - 1) Henry Warner, 2) Jim Hankle, 3) Mark 
Forrest, 4) Jay Corbin, 5) Ralph Hotchkiss, 6) Kim LaVoy, 7) Joe Mabb Jr, 8) 
John Santolin, 9) Bill Lobdell  

PURE STOCK #1 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1) Randy Myers, 2) Ronny Jacobsen, 3) Chris 
Stalker, 4) Kevin Dolan, 5) Mike Eichstedt, 6) Jay Martin, 7) Rich Douglass, 
8) John Betz, 9) David Stickles, 10) Jeff Wilbur, 11) Shannon McDermott, 12) 
William Fuchs, 13) Marcus Tifft 
    
PURE STOCK #2 RESULTS (8 LAPS) -1) Robert Gibson, 2) Larry Ball, 3) Jim 
O'Neil, 4) Ryan Coon, 5) John Connor Jr, 6) John Rivers Jr, 7) Poncho Hankey, 
8) John Fachini, 9) Chrissy Hilt, 10) Michael Dianda, 11) Jeff Kuhnow, 12) 
Dwayne Dauski, 13) John Denue, 14) D.T. Pickard 
        
PURE STOCK #3 RESULTS (8 LAPS) -1) Ron Tritschler, 2) Bob Palmer, 3) Pete 
DeFiglio, 4) Keith Barlow, 5) Ronald Johnson, 6) Brian Sandstedt, 7) Joe 
DiStefano, 8) Peter Wiegand, 9) Earl Soulier Jr, 10) Mike Witherell, 11) 
George Miles Jr, 12) Nick Hilt Jr, 13) Paul Harding, 14) Dave Houser, 15) 
Robert Brown, 16) Chris Streeter, 17) Ryan Hover    
        
PURE STOCK #4 RESULTS (8 LAPS) -1) Jason Casey, 2) Dave Shepard, 3) Bob Burl, 
4) Jim Hankey, 5) Bob Chenette, 6) Jeff Douglass, 7) Don Coon, 8) Pete 
Everett, 9) Ed Hubbard, 10) Roz Wood, 11) Jim Fachini