PERFORMANCE NIGHT AT THE VALLEY

TREMONT, HARKIN AND SANCHEZ TAKE CHECKERS ON MADSEN OVERHEAD DOORS / BOOMER’S 
PERFORMANCE NIGHT AT THE VALLEY 
By Ed & Betty Biittig   
WEST LEBANON, NY - Kenny Tremont of West Sand Lake, N. Y. made the move on 
Ron Dwyer of Bennington, Vermont on a lap 13 restart and went on to win his 
104th career checker on the high banks of Lebanon Valley Speedway on Boomer 
Performance/Madsen Overhead Door night.  
In a post race interview, Tremont said, “competition is getting tougher.  I 
can’t believe I’ve won 104 features.”  
Eddie Harkin was the winner in the Sportsman 20-lap main event.  Danny 
Sanchez won the 20-lap Pro Stock main event.  
It was another great night for racing on the high banks of Lebanon Valley 
Speedway and many fans came out to enjoy the warm night and the great racing on a 
smooth and very fast track.  Thanks to both Boomer’s Performance and Madsen 
Overhead Doors who sponsored the night of racing and also added excitement and 
money for the Pure Stock Dash for Cash and the Modified Pit Crew Challenge. 
Andy Bachetti was picked as the wild card for the special Madsen Overhead 
Doors eight lap Pit Crew Challenge.  The event began with four laps of racing on 
the track. The cars then pulled into the pits where the pit crews changed the 
right rear tire.  The next move for the cars was back onto the track in turn 
one and around the oval to the finish line.  
The line up of the cars at the line was then inverted by a draw from a fan.  
Five was the number drawn.  This moved Matt Quinn to the front, followed by 
Whitehead, King, Dwyer, Bachetti and Sheldon.  Another four-lap race netted Matt 
Quinn as the winner and the recipient of $500 followed by Chris Whitehead who 
was awarded $100 followed by Mike King, Ron Dwyer, Guy Sheldon and Andy 
Bachetti that picked up $50 each. 
Modified qualifying events wins went to Steve Hough, David Sanchez, Ron Dwyer 
and Matt Quinn. 
Saturday’s Pure Stock winners were Jim Hankey, Jason Casey, Chrissy Hilt and 
Tom Harkins.  This put them in a special Dash for Cash along with the 2003 
co-champions, Pete DeFiglio and Pete Wiegand.  The special four lap Dash was 
sponsored by Boomer’s Performance in the memory of Robert “Boomer” Bedell and 
awarded the winner of the event, Jim Hankey received $200, with $100 going to 
second place and $50 to third through sixth.  
The Rookie Pro Stock win went to Ron Jacobsen who survived two major mishaps 
during the ten-lap event.  
Qualifying wins in the Pro Stock division went to Chris Crews and Jay Casey.  
Sportsman heat winners were Ed Harkins, Will Galm, and Frankie Harper.  
Poover Daley won the Sportsman consolation event. 
Thirty laps showed on the lap counter as the ground began to rumble with the 
sound of 34 modifieds coming to starter Rich Rosa’s green flag, with David 
Sanchez on the pole. 
As the first lap was completed, Charlie Humes bobbled on the backstretch and 
was clipped by the No. 244 of Chris Whitehead bringing out the yellow flag.  
The second caution came out for Mike King who slowed in turn four.  Ron Dwyer 
grabbed the lead in turn one on the restart as Tremont charged to fourth from 
his eighth place starting position.  Before the field completed another lap, 
the yellow flag flew once again when Stanley Wetmore and Eric Mack collided in 
turn four.  Wetmore continued but Mack was finished for the night.  This time 
on the restart, Sanchez led for one half a lap until Dwyer got by in turn 
four and was in the lead at the line.  As Dwyer pulled away from the field, 
Sanchez still sat second followed by Steve Hough, Tremont and Rich Ricci, Jr.   
Hearn sat in ninth and current point leader Heffner was 13th.   As the field came 
to the green once more and the leader came to the line, Tremont moved to 
third.  
On the next lap, Tremont took over second spot.  As Dwyer and Tremont pulled 
away the race continued for third.  On lap 12, Donnie Corellis and David 
Sanchez made contact and Sanchez ended up against the wall in turns three and four. 
 Corellis pitted for a look from the crew.  The green came out once again and 
Dwyer and Tremont were side by side at the line.  As the two exited turn 
four, Dwyer slide high and hit the outside wall.  This dropped him back to fifth 
and put Tremont in the lead.  The caution flew for debris on the track.  Hearn 
and Heffner were now sitting seventh and eighth with a view of the action in 
front of them.   Ricci was now second with his sights set on Tremont and the 
lead.  Wayne Jelley sat third with Guy Sheldon and distant fourth.  Heffner 
passed Hearn for fifth on lap 20 and Hearn quickly came back to challenge the No. 
74.  
With five laps remaining the top three were several car lengths ahead of the 
fourth, fifth and sixth positioned cars.  Hearn passed Heffner for fifth and 
on the next lap, Sheldon dropped out and Hearn moved to fourth.  On the final 
lap, Ricci moved under Tremont in turn four but was unable to make the move for 
the lead.  Tremont came across the line for the checker followed by Ricci, 
Jelley, Hearn and Heffner. 
The Sportsman 20-lap main came to the green with Kevin Lynch and Ed Harkin on 
the front row.   Twenty-four competitors sat side by side and when the green 
flag flew Harkin took the lead.  Chris Garrity shot into second but lost the 
position in turn four when he slid up into the loose stuff.  Garrity recovered 
to drop in fifth.  Harkins pulled away from the field by lap five and Galm was 
the only one that had a shot at him.  As the top five spread out the first 
caution flew on lap ten and closed up the field for the restart.  Galm closed in 
on the restart and with only one more lap complete the yellow flew for the 
second time in the event.  The top five now showed Harkin in the lead, Galm, 
Watson, Knipe and Garrity.  The yellow flew once again and on the restart, Galm 
moved in close to challenge for the lead in turn three.  Harkin was able to 
pull away on the frontstretch.  Knipe, Watson and Collins were now in a heated 
battle for the third position. Six laps remained with Harkin taking the green 
once again on a restart with Galm still in pursuit. Knipe was pressuring Galm 
for second. Goewey was now fourth and Watson fifth.  With three laps to go, 
Knipe moved into second spot followed by Goewey who moved by Galm for third.  
Under the final yellow, an unidentifiable melee ensued on the backstretch.  This 
really shook up the lineup from the middle on back.  As the race resumed, 
Harkin led and came across the line for the win followed by Knipe, Goewey, Galm and 
Watson.   
The Pro Stock 20-lap event came to the green with Adam Haas and Jay Casey on 
the front row.  Haas pulled into the lead bringing Danny Sanchez with him for 
second.  Sanchez challenged Haas all the way down the backstretch.  As the 
leaders exited turn four several cars piled up behind them in a spinning frenzy 
of racecars.  Bill Lobdell, Jr. was towed to the pits.   
As the green flew once again it was Sanchez in the lead.  Robby Speed and 
Buddy Hencke raced in second and third.  The early leader, Haas dropped back to 
eighth.  Haas slowed and pulled into the pits on lap nine.  Jay Corbin’s No. 8 
brought out the next caution when it stopped on the banking in turn four with 
a flat tire.  Danny Sanchez led on the restart with Robby Speed still 
challenging.  Rob Yetman, winner of the first two weeks of competition, now sat in 
seventh position.  
On the restart, Speed challenged at the green.  Yetman moved to fourth on the 
backstretch at the halfway mark.  As the race moved into the final five laps 
Sanchez was still the leader followed by Speed, Hencke, Yetman, and Casey as t
he top five.  
Yetman put the nose of his No. 7 under Hencke but couldn’t move ahead.  
Hencke challenged Speed and Yetman stayed on the bumper of Hencke in the final 
three laps but no one could get close enough to Sanchez to be in contention for 
the win.     
Action returns to the high banks next Saturday night when National Planning 
Associates and Quandt’s Food Service sponsors a full night of racing with an 
added Four Cylinder Demo Derby paying $400 to win.  Little League players will 
be admitted free if in uniform.

05-01 MADSEN OVERHEAD DOORS / BOOMER'S PERFORMANCE, MODIFIED RESULTS (30 
LAPS) - 1) Kenny Tremont Jr, 2) Rich Ricci Jr, 3) Wayne Jelley, 4) Brett Hearn, 5) 
J.R. Heffner, 6) Eddie Marshall, 7) Steve Hough, 8) Dave Leckonby, 9) Denny 
Soltis, 10) Chris Whitehead, 11) Donnie Corellis, 12) Ron Dwyer, 13) Paul 
Gilardi, 14) Rob Pitcher, 15) Hector Stratton, 16) John Hewitt, 17) John Alberti, 
18) Mike King, 19) Stanley Wetmore, 20) Brian Berger, 21) Wes Powell, 22) Mel 
Schruffer, 23) Russ Reckner, 24) Ernie Palmer Jr, 25) Guy Sheldon, 26) Dan 
Humes, 27) John Ruchel, 28) Matt Quinn, 29) Andy Bachetti, 30) David Sanchez, 31) 
Dave McFeeters, 32) Eric Mack, 33) Kyle Sheldon, 34) Charlie Humes 
MADSEN OVERHEAD DOORS MODIFIED PIT CREW CHALLENGE (8 LAPS) - 1) Matt Quinn, 
2) Chris Whitehead, 3) Mike King, 4) Ron Dwyer, 5) Guy Sheldon, 6) Andy 
Bachetti 
SPORTSMAN RESULTS (20 LAPS) - 1) Ed Harkin, 2) Bobby Knipe, 3) K.C. Goewey, 
4) Will Galm, 5) Jeff Watson, 6) Tony Ferriero, 7) Chad Pierce, 8) Jason 
Tompkins, 9) Walt McKay, 10) Whitey Slavin, 11) Ryan Larkin, 12) Carmon Carnibucci, 
13) Greg DeCamp, 14) Chris Garrity, 15) Lorne Browe, 16) Kyle Hoffman, 17) Joe 
Bennett, 18) Kory Sandstedt, 19) Brian Sandstedt, 20) Poover Daley, 21) Art 
Collins, 22) Bob Bouchard, 23) Frank Harper, 24) Kevin Lynch 
PRO STOCK RESULTS (20 LAPS) - 1) Danny Sanchez, 2) Robbie Speed, 3) Buddy 
Hencke, 4) Rob Yetman, 5) Jim Langenback, 6) Tom Brandt, 7) Chris Crews, 8) Kevin 
Arnold, 9) Bill Lobdell Jr, 10) Rick Fosby, 11) Henry Warner, 12) Jay Casey, 
13) Paul LaRochelle, 14) Jeff Kelmel, 15) Jay Corbin, 16) Bob Duzlak, 17) Adam 
Haas, 18) Paul Rogers, 19) Ed Bachand
ROOKIE RESULTS (10 LAPS) - 1) Ronnie Jacobsen, 2) John Santolin, 3) Larry 
Megan, 4) Jery Helms, 5) John Hynes, 6) Ralph Hotchkiss, 7) Jeff Haas, 8) Jim 
Cronk, 9) Frank Boucher, 10) Brian Keough, 11) Kevin Kennedy, 12) Wayne Hall 
PURE STOCK #1 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1) Chrissy Hilt, 2) Chris Stalker, 3) Jeff 
Wilbur, 4) Jay LaMountain, 5) Ed Hatch, 6) Don Coon, 7) Jay Kreutziger Jr, 8) 
Tony Marino, 9) JoAnn Stevens, 10) Dave Houser, 11) Richard Roger 
PURE STOCK #2 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1) Tom Harkins, 2) Mike Grehl Jr, 3) Nick 
Hilt Jr, 4) John Chapman, 5) Steve Hatch, 6) Matt Humes, 7) Shannon McDermott, 
8) Dave Striebel, 9) Joe Walcott, 10) Wayne Mahar, 11) Gary VanDenburg, 12) 
Phil Wood         
PURE STOCK #3 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1) Jim Hankey, 2) Kevin Hilt, 3) Al Relyea, 
4) Jon Routhier, 5) Pete DeFiglio, 6) Bob Palmer, 7) Mike Eichstedt, 8) Ryan 
Coon, 9) Jim O'Neil, 10) Mark Stevens, 11) Pete Wiegand, 12) Eric Ofiesh, 13) 
Sparky King, 14) Dan Crosby 
PURE STOCK #4 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1) Jason Casey, 2) Rich Douglass, 3) Dave 
Stickles, 4) Randy Myers, 5) Don Collins, 6) Paul Handlowich, 7) Poncho Hankey, 
8) Anthony Maddalla, 9) Chris Wason, 10) Joe Chenail, 11) Bob Gibson, 12) Joe 
Landry, 13) Richard Puff 
BOOMER'S PERFORMANCE PURE STOCK DASH FOR CASH (4 LAPS) - 1) Jim Hankey, 2) 
Pete DeFiglio, 3) Pete Wiegand, 4) Chrissy Hilt, 5) Jason Casey, 6) Tom Harkins