Lebanon Valley Speedway
The Valley stays dry again, Heffner and Yetman see Checkers. Saturday May 21, 2005: Howard Commander’s Lebanon Valley Speedway pulled the wild card, Saturday Night, and came up the winner, again. As Mother Nature tried to wash out the program, she could only muster a short shower early in the evening, giving way to an exciting night of racing. The stands were packed with the racing devoted to watch the Callanan Industries and Lebanon Springs Self Storage program go off without a hitch. The Big Block Modifieds saw its fourth different winner, in as many weeks of racing, as the #74 of Averill Park’s J.R. Heffner held off the hard charging field. What looked like a carbon copy of last week’s conditions, played right into Heffner’s hand. After the race he stated the “… we didn’t change anything on the car after the heats, we just let the track come to us.�?? And sure enough it did. The A. Callarusso and Sons #74 flew under the radar for the first half of the race, but a late race restart gave Heffner the opportunity he needed to get to the front. The veterans of Brett Hearn, Kenny Tremont Jr., and Eddie Marshall, were hot on his heels all night, but just couldn’t get into to position for a win. Another weekly contender, Andy Bachetti, aboard his stout Albreida Waste PMC #4 was also showing his prowess early on, slicing through the field, but came up short after having being forced into the “spin cycle�?? by the #87X of Paul Gilardi, and making contact with the turn two boiler plate. That was enough to give Heffner his first victory of the 2005 season at Lebanon Valley, and making him the 4th different winner in 4 weeks! Heffner was followed over the line by Hearn, Ronnie Dwyer, Tremont, and Marshall rounded out the top 5. The Pure Stocks put on, yet, another barn burner with a total of 56 cars on hand! The division split into to 4 main events, gave the crowd no excuse to sit down! These guys and girls whipped the crowd into a frenzy with four wheel-to-wheel, door-to-door, action packed races. With some of the best racing on the night, the roaring crowd cheered on all the victors including; P.S. #1 was won by the #78 of Pete Wiegand, P.S. #2 by the #98 of Justin Herron, P.S. #3 saw the #14 of Al Relyea, and P.S. #4 was taken by the #93 of Jay Casey. Not to be outdone was the Pro Stocks. With Rob Yetman’s Beer Belly Bob #7 crossing the line first on a last lap pass of the #78 of Paul Larochelle. Following Larochelle was the #76 of Kevin Arnold, the #15 of Dave Blanchard, and the legendary #54L of Jim Langenback. At press time, a protest of the finish was underway, so we will announce the ‘Official’ results as soon as they become available. The Sportsman division saw the #25 of Frank Harper’s PMC seal the deal, and capture his first win of 2005, Collins, Knipe, Chad Pierce, and Kory Sandstedt followed him acrossed the line. George Miles captured another victory in the Rookie Pro Stocks. The Outlaws are coming, the Outlaws are coming! Mark your calendars because Monday May 30th, Lebanon Valley Speedway will host the awesome power and speed of The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series®, with a full card of Dirt Big Block Modifieds on tap! Make your reservations now, because this will sure be a Standing Room Only show! For more information go to _www.LebanonValley.com_ (http://www.lebanonvalley.com/) , or call the offices at (518) 794-9606 or (518) 794-9556. Lebanon Valley is located on State Route 20, halfway between Albany and Pittsfield! CALLANAN INDUSTRIES - LEBANON SPRINGS SELF STORAGE MODIFED RESULTS (30 LAPS) - 1 J.R. Heffner, 2 Brett Hearn, 3 Ron Dwyer, 4 Kenny Tremont Jr, 5 Eddie Marshall, 6 Dave Leckonby, 7 Hector Stratton, 8 John Hewitt, 9 Wayne Jelley, 10 Guy Sheldon, 11 Mike King, 12 Stanley Wetmore, 13 Steve Hough, 14 John Alberti, 15 Kyle Sheldon, 16 Andy Bachetti, 17 Dave McFeeters, 18 Mel Schruffer, 19 Russ Reckner, 20 Paul Gilardi, 21 Donnie Corellis, 22 John G. Wolfe, 23 Brian Berger, 24 Donnie Ackner, 25 Matt Quinn SPORTSMAN RESULTS (20 LAPS)(UNOFFICIAL) - 1 Frank Harper, 2 Art Collins, 3 Bobby Knipe, 4 Chad Pierce, 5 Kory Sandstedt, 6 Lorne Browe, 7 Jeff Watson, 8 Don Miller, 9 Chris Kokosa, 10 Brian Sandstedt, 11 Carmon Carnibucci, 12 Alan Houghtaling, 13 Ed Harkin, 14 K.C. Goewey, 15 Danny Sanchez, 16 Rob Barile, 17 Wayne Keyes, 18 Joe Mabb Jr, 19 Mike Molloy, 20 Kevin Lynch, 21 Kyle Hoffman, 22 Kim LaVoy, 23 Tony Ferriero, 24 Ryan Larkin PRO STOCK RESULTS (20 LAPS) (UNOFFICIAL) - 1 Rob Yetman, 2 Paul LaRochelle, 3 Kevin Arnold, 4 Dave Blanchard, 5 Jim Langenback, 6 Robbie Speed, 7 Rick Dempsey, 8 Bob Duzlak, 9 Ronnie Jacobsen, 10 Jason Casey, 11 Tom Brandt, 12 Victor Hopkins, 13 Steve Goodemote, 14 Don Collins, 15 Frank Boucher, 16 Jay Casey, 17 Mike Middleton, 18 Jay Corbin ROOKIE PRO STOCK RESULTS (10 LAPS) - 1 George Miles, 2 Jim Cronk, 3 John Santolin, 4 John Rivers Jr, 5 Jerry Wright, 6 Jeff Schillinger, 7 Kyle Hosier PURE STOCK #1 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1 Pete Wiegand, 2 Dave Stickles, 3 Kirk Stanaway, 4 Ed Hatch, 5 Pete DeFiglio, 6 Dave Houser, 7 Paul Engwer, 8 Howard Madsen, 9 Jerry Helms Jr, 10 Kerri Vandenberg, 11 Lynn Wesley, 12 Anthony Maddalla, 13 Richard Rogers, 14 Mark Stevens, 15 Wuggie Burdick PURE STOCK #2 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1 Ryan Coon , 2 Larry Ball, 3 Ray Hall Sr, 4 Robert Hammell, 5 Kevin Hilt, 6 Marcus Tifft, 7 Karl Castagna, 8 Randy Myers, 9 Joe Walcott, 10 Steve Hatch, 11 John Quigley,12 Aaron Fachini, 13 Justin Herron PURE STOCK #3 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1 Al Relyea, 2 Phil Wood, 3 Tom Harkins, 4 Jon Routhier, 5 Chrissy Hilt, 6 Shannon McDermott, 7 Richard Puff, 8 Bob Palmer, 9 Dave Streibel, 10 Rich Douglass, 11 Nick Hilt, 12 John Chapman, 13 Joe Chenail, 14 Nick Regis PURE STOCK #4 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1 Jay Casey, 2 Brian Houghtaling, 3 Jay LaMountain, 4 Mike Grehl Jr, 5 Jay Kreutziger Jr, 6 Joe Landry, 7 Don Coon, 8 Kevin Winters, 9 Steve Kahler Jr, 10 Dave Reichert, 11 Sparky King, 12 Douglas Olds, 13 Ed Hubbard, 14 Matt Humes