Lebanon Valley Speedway 07/16/05

      Quinn, Collins, and Corbin Capture Checkers, 358’s See Red!
	-By: Rodney Rescott			July 16th, 2005

West Lebanon, NY:  A fine Mid-July crowd was on hand to witness the fun and 
surprises that Rifenberg Construction present at the famed ½ mile High 
Banks.  Saturday night’s festivities didn’t end with the parade of trucks, 
big rigs, vintage cars, and the trio of Rifenberg Construction sponsored big 
guns of Donnie Corellis, John Hewitt, and Kenny Tremont, was merely the 
beginning one hot night of racing at Lebanon Valley Speedway!

With red, white and blue balloons strewn throughout the speedway and in the 
air, it was the Sportsman Division taking to the track for their 20 lap 
feature go-round.  The front row of Bob Bouchard’s J-5 and the SportsPage 
#09 of Kevin Lynch brought the field to the green.  The leaders faded 
quickly, and found themselves amongst a pack of wolfs deep into the field.  
A scary moment for the #09 of Lynch when the #12 of Brian Sandstedt made 
contact with Lynch just out of turn 2, sending Lynch sideways in front of 
the rest of field.  No major contact was made except for the #80 of Kory 
Sandstedt.  All three retired for the evening.  The field was slowed by only 
a few more yellows, but it was the “Alligator” Art Collins who led the last 
half of the race, and scored his 3rd of 2005.  Collins was followed by Don 
Miller, Bobby Knipe, K.C. Goewey, and Jeff Watson.

Next up was the Big Block Modifieds.  That action was hot, and heavy from 
the drop of the green flag.  And the usual suspects began making their 
charge to the front.  Jelley, Marshall, Bachetti, Hearn and Tremont all were 
coming to challenge for the lead, but the man to beat was the #21 of Donnie 
Corellis.  His Rifenberg Construction #21 made quick work of the field, and 
began to hunt down the leaders.  Corellis’ only problem was the #20 of the 
“Mighty” Matt Quinn.  He took the lead early in the 30 lapper, and checked 
out.  Corellis passed his way into 2nd by lap 18, and set sail for Quinn.  
It looked as though the #20 was long gone until a caution bunched the field 
for a 1 lap shoot out.  But in the end, the “Mighty” Quinn survived the 
hounding Corellis to capture his first of 2005.  Corellis crossed the line 
for 2nd, followed by a hard charging Wayne Jelley in his familiar K&F 
Modular Homes #45j.  4th went to “Fast” Eddie Marshall’s #98, and 5th was 
the #44 of the legendary Dave Leckonby.

Jay Corbin drove his #8 to the victory lane for the first of his career.  It 
was not a “gimme” as the #78 of Paul LaRochelle, the #38m of Mike Middleton, 
Jim Langenback’s #54L, and Rob Yetman’s #7, were nose to tail waiting for a 
mistake, but not on this night.  Corbin crossed the line first, followed by 
Larochelle, Middleton, Langenback, and Yetman.  Jim Cronk captured yet 
another, Rookie Pro Stock feature.

The 358’s saw the action as the last event of the evening, and those that 
stuck around, were not disappointed.  As the small blocks took to the 
speedway, the action got real hot, real quick, as “Rapid” Roy Bridge showed 
the way early in the 24 lapper.  But within a few laps, it was the “mighty” 
Quinn again, trying for the sweep.  His #32Q made his way past the #145 of 
Bridge, and it was De Ja Vu for the rest of the field as he began to check 
out, again.  And with bizarre similarities to the big block feature, here 
came the #21 of Donnie Corellis, followed by the #4 of Bachetti and the #115 
of Tremont.  This time a late race caution left a 3 lap shootout, and Quinn 
once again crossed the line first.  But the fireworks weren’t over yet.  As 
post race inspection revealed a rules violation on the #32Q team, and at 
press time, the “unofficial” finishing order was the #21 of Donnie Corellis 
as the winner, followed by the #4 of Andy Bachetti.  Roy Bridge hung in for 
3rd, followed by Kenny Tremont’s #115, and Alan Houghtaling’s #250.

Pure Stock #1 was captured by Kevin Winters.  2nd was Dave Streibel, Howard 
Madsen, Steve Hatch, and Dave Houser.  P.S #2 saw Joe Chenail capture his 
first of 2005, followed by Ed Hatch, Jesse Murphy, Kevin Hilt, and Don Coon. 
  Pure Stock #3 was won by Nick Hilt, 2nd was Al Relyea, 3rd Jon Routhier, 
4th Phil Wood, and 5th to Bob Palmer.  And P.S #4 was captured by Richard 
Puff, followed by Jay LaMountain, John Chapman, Ryan Coon, and Steve Kahler 
Jr.

The “Official” Finish for the 358’s will be posted on our website 
www.LebanonValley.com, or for more info or tickets for upcoming events, call 
the offices at (518) 794-9606, or (518) 794-9965.  Stay tuned for more big 
events coming to the High Banks in the upcoming weeks!

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