Lebanon Valley Speedway: Bachetti Rolls to Big Pay Day at the Valley!
By: Rodney Rescott July 23, 2005 West Lebanon, NY: A packed house, Saturday night, watched Andy Bachetti wheel his stout Albreida Waste PMC to victory, and a check worth $5,000.00. The extra distance race and the big money brought out all the fans to witness some big block racing excitement, as Snap-On Tools and Madsen Overhead Doors laid down the fat check to all those who wanted it, and the #4 of Bachetti was not going to shy away. As the field took to the speedway behind the Team Goewey pace truck, 40 laps flashed on the lap counter as the Thoma Tire #55 PMC of the "Kingfish" Mike King, and the Hough Motors #34R of Russ Reckner brought the field to the green flag. There was no doubt these two front runners were stout, as they teamed up and began to check out from the field. But back about 5 rows, the "Wild Child" Andy Bachetti, was getting his rocket fired-up and was coming to the front. Right on his heals was the #98 of "Fast" Eddie Marshall piloting his Marshall Oil Bicknell. Marshall mirrored every move Bachetti made to get through the field, and shortly, after a few short cautions, and a couple of starting order discussions, the "Kingfish", and Reckner were on the radar of Bachetti and Marshall. Around lap 22, Bachetti got around the "Kingfish", followed by Marshall, and away they went. With nearly a half-a-track lead from the rest of the field, it was gonna come down to who got through the lap traffic the best, and this time it was Bachetti, who never faltered. The "Wild Child" crossed the line first, picking up the win, and the big $5,000.00 payoff, thanks to Snap-On Tools, and Madsen Overhead Doors. Marshall brought his #98 home in second, third was the #74 J.R. Heffner aboard his new Bicknell, the "Kingfish", Mike King brought his #55 across the line fourth, and "Hollywood" Guy Sheldon drove his #42 owned by Steve Devine to an excellent top 5 finish. Hearn, Reckner, Jelley, Stratton, and Tremont finished out the top 10. The Sportsman 20 lap feature was just as exciting as the mods, as the crowd sat at the edge of their seats for the entire event. But the excitement was over once the checkers fell. When the field crossed the line at the checkers, it was the #250 of Alan Houghtaling who crossed the line first, followed by Ed Harkins' #9. Bobby Knipe's #18 was third, Frank Harper's #25 was fourth followed by the #11M of Don Miller. As the #250 of Houghtaling was being weighed, there was contact on the backstretch between Miller's #11M and the #25 of Harper. Track officials invoked the 'No Tolerance' rule, and Miller was relegated to a 16th place finish. While this was being dealt with, the #250 came up short, as the car was light on the scales, giving the victory to Ed Harkins. That moved Knipe, who started at the rear of the field due to a dead battery at the start of the event, in a 2nd place finish, followed by Harper's #25. Ryan Larkin was awarded 4th, while fifth went to the #22 of Jeff Watson. The Pro Stocks put on another 'barn burner' as, yet another, first timer visited victory lane. Kevin Arnold, aboard his #76 has been in the top 2 and top 3 all season, but just couldn't close the deal, until this past Saturday night. With Snap-On Tools and a packed house on hand, he finally got it done, and captured his first Pro Stock victory. Arnold was hounded all race by the #77 of Ronnie Jacobsen, who finish 2nd, 3rd was the #54L of Jimmy Langenback, followed by Rob Yetman and Bob Duzlack. The Rookies' saw Bill Hammell's #3 visit victory lane. The Pure Stocks also put on an excellent show for the fans as the 1st was captured by Larry Ball's #64p. Pure Stock #2 was won by the #93 of Jay Casey. P.S. #3 was captured by the #78 of Pete Wiegand, and the #92 of Mike Eichstedt captured the Pure Stock #4 event. Next week, Lebanon Valley Speedway, and Sheldon Oil Service present the "Kids Pit Party". So bring the kids and your autograph Sharpies, as the pit gates open up for the kids to get to meet their favorite drivers, and see the cars "up close and personal"! Big Boys' Toys and CLS Transportation will be on hand to present a full racing program, as the gates open at 5pm, Pit Party around 6pm, and racing starts at 7pm. The Outlaws are coming, Late Model style! For information, visit www.LebanonValley.com, or call the speedway offices at (518) 794-9606 or (518) 794-9965. SATURDAY JULY 23, 2005 MADSEN OVERHEAD DOORS - SNAP-ON TOOLS $5000 TO WIN MODIFED RESULTS (40 LAPS) - 1 Andy Bachetti, 2 Eddie Marshall, 3 J. R. Heffner, 4 Mike King, 5 Guy Sheldon, 6 Brett Hearn, 7 Russ Reckner, 8 Wayne Jelley, 9 Hector Stratton, 10 Kenny Tremont, 11 Brian Berger, 12 Dave Leckonby, 13 Matt Quinn, 14 John Alberti, 15 Roy Bridge, 16 Jeremy Matthies, 17 Dave McFeeters, 18 John Ruchel, 19 Skippy Fox, 20 Wayne Figler, 21 Ron Dwyer, 22 Steve Hough, 23 Donnie Corellis, 24 Paul Gilardi, 25 Kyle Sheldon, 26 Al McCoy SPORTSMAN RESULTS (20 LAPS) - 1 Ed Harkin, 2 Bobby Knipe, 3 Frank Harper, 4 Don Miller, 5 Ryan Larkin, 6 Jeff Watson, 7 Carmon Carnibucci, 8 Brian Sandstedt, 9 Chad Pierce, 10 Kory Sandstedt, 11 Jason Tompkins, 12 Mike Molloy, 13 Mike Mason, 14 Neil Stratton, 15 Lorne Browe, 16 K. C. Goewey, 17 J.R. Delvechio, 18 Chris Tryon, 19 Art Collins, 20 Joe Mabb Jr, 21 Rob Barile, 22 Danny Sanchez, 23 Kyle Hoffman PRO STOCK RESULTS (20 LAPS) - 1 Kevin Arnold, 2 Ronnie Jacobsen, 3 Jim Langenback, 4 Rob Yetman, 5 Bob Duzlak, 6 Mike Middleton, 7 Victor Hopkins, 8 Robbie Speed, 9 Larry Megan, 10 Jay Corbin, 11 Henry Warner, 12 Mike Halachik, 13 Jeff Kelmel, 14 Hugh Page, 15 Jay Casey, 16 Steve Goodemote, 17 Jason Casey, 18 Dave Blanchard, 19 Chris Claus, 20 Paul LaRochelle, 21 Chris Crews, 22 Rick Fosby, 23 Don Collins ROOKIE PRO STOCK RESULTS (10 LAPS) - 1 Bill Hammell, 2 George Miles III, 3 John Rivers Jr, 4 Jim Cronk, 5 Eric Sbrega, 6 John Santolin, 7 Jerry Helms Sr, 8 Kyle Hosier, 9 Mike Fachini PURE STOCK #1 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1 Larry Ball, 2 Chrissy Hilt, 3 Tom Harkins, 4 Marcus Tifft, 5 Jay LaMountain, 6 Joe Chenail, 7 Anthony Maddalla, 8 Steve Hatch, 9 Duane Quenneville, 10 Tony Martino, 11 John Quigley, 12 Jay Kreutziger Jr, 13 Wuggie Burdick, 14 Kevin Winters, 15 Dave Streibel PURE STOCK #2 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1 Jay Casey, 2 Gerald Simpson, 3 Brian Houghtaling, 4 Kevin Hilt, 5 Dave Houser, 6 Randy Myers, 7 Shannon McDermott, 8 Jethro Rossman, 9 Robert Hammell, 10 Sparky King, 11 Kerri Vandenberg, 12 Richard Rogers, 13 Tom Murphy, 14 Steve Kahler Jr, 15 Kirk Stanaway PURE STOCK #3 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1 Pete Wiegand, 2 Pete Defiglio, 3 Jon Routhier, 4 Al Relyea, 5 Bob Palmer, 6 Phil Wood, 7 Dave Stickles, 8 Ryan Coon, 9 Howard Madsen, 10 John Chapman, 11 Richard Puff, 12 Rich Douglass, 13 Chris Wason, 14 Nick Hilt, 15 Windy Winters PURE STOCK #4 RESULTS (8 LAPS) - 1 Mike Eichstedt, 2 Jesse Murphy, 3 Joe Landry, 4 Ed Hatch, 5 Don Coon, 6 Jerry Helms Jr, 7 Lloyd Fosby, 8 Nick Regis, 9 Lynn Wesley, 10 Paul Engwer, 11 Joe Walcott, 12 Tom Krandall, 13 Tim Kramer, 14 Justin Herron, 15 Gary VanDenberg, 16 Karl Castagna, 17 Aaron Fachini 4-CYLINDER FEATURE (15 LAPS) - 1 Frank Sorrento, 2 Todd Goldstein, 3 Brett Davis, 4 Jim Williams, 5 Tim Sayers, 6 Bubba Barber, 7 Phil DeFiglio, 8 Chris White, 9 Phil Bink, 10 Chris Keller, 11 Al Quackenbush, 12 Mark Intelisano, 13 Windy Winters, 14 Brett Vanburen, 15 Norm Warner, 16 Heidi Hubbard