HEARN PUMPS OUT ANOTHER MODIFIED WIN MILLER, LA ROCHELLE ALSO VISIT VICTORY LANE

August 3, 2002
WEST LEBANON, NY - The Brett Hearn steamroller continued at Lebanon Valley 
Saturday night. Hearn put his Teo Pro Car into victory lane for the eighth 
time this season during the 30-lap modified feature. Don Miller captured his 
second 20-lap sportsman feature of the 2002 season. Paul LaRochelle graced 
victory lane for the first time in 2002. His victory came in the 20-lap Pro 
Stock main. Nassau's Bill Hammell was victorious in the 10-lap Rookie Pro 
Stock feature. The Pure Stock features were won by Tom Harkins, Chrissy Hilt, 
Ron Tritschler and Jeremy Pease. The great folks at Emerick Associates 
brought us all the great racing. 
Paul Gilardi used his front row starting spot to grab the lead in the 30-lap 
modified feature. Some great three and four wide racing action behind him had 
the fans on the feet. Dave Leckonby suffered problems early on and retired 
from the event on lap one. Brett Hearn had the Budweiser #1 headed to the 
front in a hurry. He started 16th on the grid and was up to seventh by lap 
three. Near disaster on that same lap as Matt Quinn and Sparky Lowe touched 
wheels going down the backstretch while fighting for fourth. Both drivers 
were able to hang on with Quinn taking over fourth.
The Coors Light #21 of Andy Bachetti moved into third on lap eight. That same 
lap Hearn was able to get passed Quinn for fourth. Meanwhile Kenny Tremont Jr 
was still trying to work his way up through traffic and was up to ninth by 
lap nine. Bachetti and Hearn took over second and third as the race reached 
the one-third mark. Bachetti took the lead from Gilardi on lap eleven. Hearn 
got passed Gilardi and moved into second on the very next lap. Paul Gilardi 
slowed on the frontstretch ending his top five run on lap 14. That moved 
Quinn up to third and the Fall Fittings #55 of Rich Ricci Jr. into fourth.
Hearn started to apply the pressure on Bachetti as the event hit the halfway 
mark. Hearn narrowly avoided disaster on lap 16 as he drifted a little too 
high in turn one and almost tagged the wall. That allowed Bachetti some 
breathing space, but only temporarily. Bachetti had to weave his way through 
some heavy lapped traffic with Hearn right back on his rear bumper. Hearn 
made a power move on the outside of Bachetti and took the lead on lap 23. The 
only caution of the event came on lap 25 as Chris Moore got turned around in 
turn two. Tremont got around Ricci for fourth on the restart, but Ricci 
muscled back passed him on the same lap.
Heartbreak for Bachetti on lap 27 as he suddenly slowed and pulled into the 
pits. In a post race interview Bachetti said that the water pump belt had 
fallen off and he had smoke in the cockpit since lap ten. Tremont and Ricci 
banged bumpers with two laps to go as Tremont moved into third. But Hearn was 
way out in front and already working on his victory lane speech. Quinn had a 
very strong second place run in the Overbaugh #20. Ricci was fourth and Eddie 
Marshall rounded out the top five. Tremont is still the point leader in the 
hunt for the modified championship, but only by one point ahead of Hearn.
The 20-lap Sportsman feature took the track first Saturday night. The results 
were somewhat better than recent weeks as only six caution flags flew and the 
field made it all the way up to lap six before they had to restart single 
file. Bob Matthews led the first three laps of the event before Don Miller 
took the lead on lap four. Problems early on for the current point leader, 
Art Collins. His St. Lawrence Cement #68 caught the inside berm in turn three 
and he slid all the way to the back of the pack. K.C. Goewey moved his Sprint 
PCS #45 into second on a lap five restart and he quickly challenged Miller. 
But the Cat Country #11 of Miller was strong to the challenge. The top five 
at the halfway point was Miller, Goewey, Ryan Larkin, Bobby Knipe and Roy 
Bridge.
Collins bad night continued on lap ten when he and Jeff Carr came together in 
turn four bringing out the next to last caution of the race. Bridge moved 
into fourth on lap 12 and then both he and Knipe made their way passed Larkin 
on lap 13. The final caution of the race came out on lap 18. While the field 
was pacing around the speedway under the caution lights the #18 of Knipe came 
to a stop in turn one and he was done for the night. Goewey gave it 
everything he had in the final two laps, but could not get around Miller and 
Goewey would have to settle for second. Bridge crossed the line third with 
Larkin fourth and Willie Galm fifth.
Paul LaRochelle took command of the 20-lap Pro Stock feature on lap one and 
never looked back leading every lap. Problems for Danny Sanchez and Jim 
Langenback on lap five. They came together in turn one and wound up on the 
inside wall. Both drivers were able to continue. At the halfway point it was 
LaRochelle, Bob Duzlak, Al Blackburn, Rob Yetman and Ed Bachand in the top 
five.
Langenback's night went from bad to worse when he was caught up in an 
incident on lap ten. His car was too damaged to return, which really hurts 
when you are the point leader going into the race. Jason Dibello made heavy 
contact with the turn four wall head-on in that same crash but was okay. 
Yetman moved around Blackburn and into third on lap 11. Frank Twing has 
returned to the Pro Stock division at Lebanon Valley after a brief retirement 
he moved into the top five on lap 16.
In the final stages of the race the fans were treated to a great three-way 
battle for the victory. Duzlak and Yetman tried every which way to get around 
LaRochelle, but could not make a pass as LaRochelle recorded his first win of 
the season, Duzlak was a close second, Yetman third, Al Blackburn fourth and 
Twing fifth. 
It was also New York State Stock Car Association night at Lebanon Valley 
Saturday night. NYSSCA is an organization, which runs a benefit fund so if 
one of their members get injured at the track they could be eligible for some 
money. They also promote safety at the tracks and helping to make racing as 
safe as it can be. Saturday night the first member driver in every division 
to cross the finish line received a cash award. For more information check 
out their web site at www.nyscca.com 
Lebanon Valley Speedway is back in action Thursday night as Budweiser 
presents Mr. Dirt Track USA (A title race) for the DIRT modifieds. This is 
one of the stops on the Advance Auto Parts Super Dirt Series tour for the 
DIRT mods. The winner of the 100-lap modified feature will walk away with 
$17,500! The 358-modifieds will also be on hand. Visit www.lebanonvalley.com 
or call the speedway at (518) 794-9606. Lebanon Valley Speedway is located 20 
minutes east of Albany NY on US RT. 20 in West Lebanon, New York.

8-03 EMERICK ASSOCIATES MODIFIED RESULTS (30 LAPS) - 1) Brett Hearn, 2) Matt 
Quinn, 3) Kenny Tremont Jr, 4) Rich Ricci Jr, 5) Eddie Marshall, 6) Rob 
Pitcher, 7) John Hewitt, 8) Steve Devine, 9) Russ Reckner, 10) Stanley 
Wetmore, 11) Denny Soltis, 12) Guy Sheldon, 13) Ernie Palmer Jr, 14) Hector 
Stratton, 15) J.R. Heffner, 16) Mike King, 17) Mel Schruffer, 18) Lucas 
Baker, 19) Chris Moore, 20) Charlie Humes, 21) Donnie Corellis, 22) Lee 
Gagliardi, 23) Hollis Morrissey, 24) John Lutes Jr, 25) Dave McFeeters, 26) 
Andy Bachetti, 27) Hawley Smith, 28) Sparky Lowe, 29) Paul Gilardi, 30) Ron 
Blake, 31) Maynard Forrette, 32) John Royals, 33) Dave Leckonby 

SPORTSMAN RESULTS (20 LAPS) - 1) Don Miller, 2) K.C. Goewey, 3) Roy Bridge, 
4) Ryan Larkin, 5) Mike Keeler, 6) Will Galm, 7) Ed Harkin, 8) Frank Harper, 
9) Lorne Browe, 10) Jeff Watson, 11) Art Collins, 12) Bob Matthews, 13) Earl 
Thitchener, 14) Stan Lemiesz, 15) Whitey Slavin, 16) Jeff Carr, 17) Mike 
Molloy, 18) Ted Layton, 19) Dave Dillworth, 20) Jay Haviland, 21) Bobby 
Knipe, 22) Dan Humes, 23) Mike Mason, 24) John Hotchkiss, 25) Joe Bennett

PRO STOCK RESULTS (20 LAPS) - 1) Paul LaRochelle, 2) Bob Duzlak Jr, 3) Rob 
Yetman, 4) Al Blackburn, 5) Frank Twing, 6) Chris Crews, 7) Danny Sanchez, 8) 
Victor Hopkins, 9) Tom Brandt, 10) Rick Fosby, 11) Ed Bachand, 12) Bill Key, 
13) Brian Keough, 14) Don Ely, 15) Dan Blackburn, 16) Donnie Denue, 17) Jim 
Langenback, 18) Jason DiBello, 19) Jeff Kelmel, 20) Adam Haas

ROOKIE RESULTS (10 LAPS) - 1) Bill Hammell, 2) Henry Warner, 3) Jay Corbin, 
4) Jim Cronk, 5) Ray Hall Jr, 6) Ralph Hotchkiss, 7) Jim Hankle, 8) Charlie 
Woodard, 9) Mike Fachini, 10) Kim LaVoy, 11) Joe Mabb Jr, 12) Jery Helms, 13) 
Mark Forrest, 14) Chris Claus, 15) Bill Lobdell, 16) John Santolin

PURE STOCK #1 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1) Tom Harkins, 2) Randy Myers, 3) Jim 
Hankey, 4) Earl Soulier Jr, 5) Jason Casey, 6) Chris Stalker, 7) Steve Hatch, 
8) Rich Douglass, 9) John Betz, 10) Dave Houser, 11) William Fuchs, 12) Mike 
Williams, 13) John Fachini, 14) Alan Hill

PURE STOCK #2 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1) Chrissy Hilt, 2) Eric Sbrega, 3) Michael 
Davis, 4) Ryan Coon, 5) Dave Shepard, 6) Shannon McDermott, 7) John Chapman, 
8) Robert Gibson, 9) Jim Fachini, 10) Ronny Jacobsen, 11) Bob Chenette, 12) 
Jim O'Neil, 13) Mike Grehl Jr, 14) Paul Harding

PURE STOCK #3 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1) Ron Tritschler, 2) Peter Wiegand, 3) Nick 
Hilt Jr, 4) D.T. Pickard, 5) Keith Barlow, 6) George Miles Jr, 7) Jay Martin, 
8) Bob Palmer, 9) Brian Sandstedt, 10) Pete DeFiglio, 11) Larry Ball, 12) 
Kevin Dolan, 13) Michael Dianda, 14) Jeff Douglass, 15) Bob Burl

PURE STOCK #4 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1) Jeremy Pease, 2) Marcus Tifft, 3) Kory 
Sandstadt, 4) Don Coon, 5) Chris Streeter, 6) Chris Hutnik, 7) Ronald 
Johnson, 8) Mike Eichstedt, 9) Ron Hapeman, 10) Pete Everett, 11) Dan Crosby, 
12) Bob Copeland, 13) John Rivers Jr