Fw: Lebanon Valley Late Model Show

>    A First For Everything: "Kid Rocket" and "KingFish" Finally See 
> Checkers!
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>                                By: Rodney Rescott August 15th, 2005
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> West Lebanon, NY: Howard Commander's Lebanon Valley Speedway played host 
> to the First Ever Appearance of the Stacker2® DIRT Late Model Series, and 
> it was the first ever appearance for a Rookie, and for a Veteran in 
> victory lane.  A packed house was on hand to witness many firsts, just the 
> gift that kept on giving.
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> First, Josh "Kid Rocket" Richards started the Carquest Auto Parts/Team 
> Goewey Dodge 50 Late Model feature, on the front row of the 24 car field, 
> and at the green, found himself dropped to third in a matter of moments. 
> The legendary Scott Bloomquist, arguably the king of Late Models, powered 
> from his 3rd starting position in the first turn to the head of the pack, 
> and began to check out on the field.  What looked like a runaway, change 
> quickly, as the field rounded the 19th lap on the speedway; Bloomquist 
> suffered a terminal transmission failure, forcing him to the trailer. 
> But, at the same time, 2nd place runner, the #24 of Rick Eckert, blew an 
> oil fitting on his ride, spewing fluid down the front stretch and into 
> turn 1. That caused a multi-car pileup that took out several cars, 
> including Modified regulars Brett Hearn, and Billy Decker.  Eric Jacobsen, 
> Jeremy Miller, and Tony Lombardi were also involved; Lombardi was the only 
> car to return to action.
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> After the melee was cleaned up, it was the "Kid Rocket", Josh Richards out 
> front, with previous Modified hot shoe "T-Mac" Timmy McCreadie in hot 
> pursuit.  But the dyed-blonde bullet had nothin' for Richards, as he 
> motored his Seubert Calf Ranches, Rocket Chassis # 1 to the $10,000.00 pay 
> day, the first of his Late Model career!  The stunned Richards was 
> dumbfounded by his conquest, "I thought I was gonna have a heart attack 
> the last few laps, and when those cautions came out.  I just kept telling 
> myself 'it's just like a heat race' to keep myself calmed down.  To do 
> what we did tonight, it's pretty cool!"
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> "T-Mac" stayed in the gas to finish 2nd, followed by the #33 of Scott 
> Haus. The #44 of Clint Smith and the #1* of Chubb Frank rounded out the 
> top 5.
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> To cap off the night of "firsts", the veteran driver, Mike "Kingfish" King 
> finally found himself in victory lane.  It took 33 seasons of hard work, 
> and hundreds of race to get there, but the dream had finally come true. 
> As the Modifieds took to the Valley of Speed for their 30 lap feature, the 
> front row was housed by two veterans of the Valley;  Donnie Ackner of West 
> Sand Lake, driving the #88 car of Ronnie Dwyer, and King's familiar #55 
> PMC.
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> And at the green, Ackner checked out on King, who settled into 2nd place 
> with no real pressure coming from behind.  In what seemed like a "gimme", 
> was quickly changed as Ackner suffered motor problems by lap 20, and was 
> relegated to a 19th place finish, handing the lead to the Thoma Tire, 
> Sunnyside Auto #55.  And with a borrowed motor, he held off the late race 
> charge from the #74 of J.R. Heffner, and John Hewitt's #24.
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> After making his way from the scales, King parked the #55 on the front 
> stretch, and the party began.  The stunned King, whose been racing since 
> 1973, rose from his car, only to be greeted by a resounding cheer from 
> everyone at the speedway.  He sat on the roof of his car, and wouldn't 
> come down.  "If you want an interview, you gotta come up here, cause I'm 
> not moving" explained King to track announcer John Stanley.  "I just can't 
> believe we're finally here.." he added to the delight of the crowd.  I'm 
> sure he'll still be partying with his family and friends for many weeks to 
> come!
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> The excited King was followed by Heffner's #74 and the #24 of Hewitt. 
> Fourth was held by Dave Leckonby, and Brett Hearn rounded out the top 5.
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> This coming Saturday, Lebanon Valley Speedway's action will be presented 
> by Benjamin Moore Paints.  The program entitled "Triple Nickel" Night will 
> bring plenty of action to the speedway, with a bit of a twist.  Also on 
> tap, will be the Northeast Vintage Modifieds.  Gates open at 5pm, racing 
> starts at 6 pm.
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> For more info visit www.LebanonValley.com, or call the offices at (518) 
> 794-9606, or (518) 794-9965.
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> CARQUEST WORLD OF OUTLAWS STACKER 2 LATE MODEL FINISH (50-LAPS) Josh 
> Richards, Tim McCreadie, Scott Haus, Clint Smith, Chub Frank, Dale 
> McDowell, Shane Clanton, Billy Moyer, Dan Stone, Steve Francis, Tim 
> Fuller, Rusty Schlenk, Matt Hubbard, John Blankenship, Brent Rhebergen, 
> Tony Lombardi, Darrell Lanigan, Rick Eckert, Scott Bloomquist, Jeremy 
> Miller, Eric Jacobson, Billy Decker, Brett Hearn, Johnny Clure
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> CARQUEST AUTO PARTS MODIFIED FEATURE (30-LAPS) MIKE KING, JR Heffner, John 
> Hewitt, Dave Leckonby, Brett Hearn, Wayne Jelley, Paul Gilardi, Kenny 
> Tremont Jr, Donnie Corellis, Rob Pitcher, Andy Bachetti, Guy Sheldon, 
> Hector Stratton, Brian Berger, John Ruchel, Kyle Sheldon, Skip Fox, Russ 
> Reckner, Donnie Ackner, Wayne Figler, Ron Dwyer, Rich Ricci Jr, Eddie 
> Marshall, Steve Hough
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> Heather O'Dell
> Lebanon Valley Speedway
> Phone: 518-794-9606
> Fax:      518-794-7889
> Email: heather@lebanonvalley.com