Press Release: Fireworks at the Valley - 06/25/2006

      The Valley is Lit Up With Fireworks; Tremont Explodes Into Victory 
Lane

Saturday June 24, 2006 – By: Rodney Rescott

New Lebanon, NY:  A huge crowd packed the stands for the annual Fireworks 
spectacular, and there was some in the sky too!  The nearly standing room 
only crowd didn’t need their seats as all the divisions put on a show from 
beginning to end.  This week, it was all the cagey veterans that conquered 
the High Banks in all 3 main divisions.

Berkshire Bank and Capitol Tractor presented the program of racing action in 
all divisions, as well as a gigantic fireworks display that light up the 
sky!  All eyes moved from the fantastic firework display, to the Carquest 
$3,000 to win Modified 30 lap feature event.  The mighty modifieds took to 
the Valley of Speed with the drop of the green, everyone was looking to see 
who was gonna have the fast car of the night.

The #45 of Wayne jelly made the first move towards the front from his 4th 
row starting position, as he began weaving his way through the field to the 
front.  In tow behind Jelley was the #74 of J.R. Heffner, the #1A of Tim 
Dwyer, the #4 of Andy Bachetti, and the Slingshot, Kenny Tremont aboard his 
legendary #115.  Only a few short cautions slowed the field involving Dave 
Leckonby, and later Matt Quinn.

On a restart around lap 11, Jelley finally took over the top spot from the 
#87 of hector Stratton, and began to pull away.  Deep in the field, Bachetti 
and Tremont were making their presents known, charging inside and outside, 
but it was Tremont with a clear advance over the Wild child early.  By the 
time Tremont got to the front, Jelley had firm control over the lead, and 
had put a few car lengths between himself and the rest of the field, but 
that all evaporated quickly when the final caution came out on lap 28 for 
Quinn, who slowed on the front stretch with motor problems.   That put 
Tremont right on the bumper of the #45 for a two lap shoot-out.  At the drop 
of the green, Jelley stretch a 2 car-length lead, but by turn one, the #115 
dove to the inside to challenge.  The crowd came to their feet, as the two 
charged down the backstretch slicing and dicing try to secure the victory.

The white flag flew as Jelley raced into to turn 1, Tremont tried the 
outside, but Jelley moved to block, Tremont then dove to the bottom coming 
out of 2, blocked again.  This merely invigorated the rather stale Tremont 
as of late, and a flash of the Tremont of old emerged as he charged almost 
full throttle to the top of turn 3, only to be blocked again, but he applied 
a little Valley knowledge in turn 4, and dove to the very bottom of the 
speedway, making a bee-line for the finish line, carrying his momentum down 
the front stretch, the Slingshot lived up to the name once again, as Tremont 
captured the win and the $3,000.00 Carquest payday.

“That was fun.” explained Tremont in victory lane.  “Wayne tried everything 
he could, but I just had a better bite on the bottom.  It just feels good to 
be back here again.”  Tremont, capturing only his 2nd win of 2006, was 1st 
over the line followed by the #45 of Jelley.  Third was Stratton, followed 
by Bachetti, and Ron Dwyer.

The Sportsman division took to the High Banks for their 20 lap feature 
event.  This time the veteran (not old) took advantage of his 4th row 
starting spot to take home the victory.  Chris Kokosa charged through the 
filed from the eighth spot to take the Kokosa Fuels #00 to the front by lap 
7.  And after that, it was all over but the autograph line.  No one was 
coming close to the Berkshire Bullet, not even the O2 of K.C. Goewey as he 
made a late race charge, but to no avail.  Kokosa took his 2nd win of 2006, 
followed by Goewey.  A strong 3rd by Chad Pierce’s #83, 4th was Neil 
Stratton, followed by Brian Sandstedt.

The cagey veterans were on fire all night, even as the Pro Stocks took to 
the Valley of Speed for their 20 lap feature event.  This time, a long delay 
held the field at the start after completing lap 1, a 6 car jingle jumbled 
the cars from 3rd on back, with the #117b of Rob Langevin coming to rest on 
top of the #5 of Chris Crews.   After a short delay in getting the cars 
separated, the green flew again.  At the helm was Lori Cary, but it was to 
be short lived, as she later spun a handful of laps later, relegating her to 
the back of the field.  That handed the front row seat over to Jon Routhier 
aboard his #315.  And he didn’t want to give it up, as several cars made a 
run to the front to try and take the top spot from his, but he was soon to 
be surrounded by some tough company.  Rob Yetman made his way to the front, 
bringing with him the ‘ol Buzzard of Jimmy Langenback and several others.  
But it was the attack of the veterans that brought the crowd to their feet.

Kevin Arnold nearly stole the show, but faded to fourth with Routhier, 
Yetman and Langenback left to battler it out.  And just as the Modifieds 
proved earlier, it was almost like déjà vu as a last lap battle ensued, and 
by the time they got to the end of the backstretch, it was the #7 and the 
#54L door to door for the win.  Yetman blocked low, Langenback went high, 
and then dove down low for the run, slight contact between the two was all 
the ‘ol Buzzard needed, bringing the #54L to victory lane for his first win 
of 2006. 2nd across the line was Routhier, followed by Yetman, Paul 
LaRochelle, and Arnold rounding out the top 5.

The Limited Pro Stocks had there 10 lap shootout, as the #311 stole the win 
in the later laps for his 2nd of the year.  The top 5 were Brian Keough, 
John Santolin, Nick Hilt, George Miles Jr., and Justin Herron.

The PureStocks once again put on a show, as the 4 races of the 50 cars 
presented.  PureStock #1 was captured by the #86 of Jerry Helms Jr; PS#2 was 
won by the #3 of Mark Stevens.  PureStock #3 was taken by the #04 of Tom 
Harkins, and PS#4 was won by Brian Houghtaling’s #28.

With the weather finally acting like summer, the Valley of Speed is all 
geared up for tons of racing action.  Next week is the Freihofer Baking 
Company’s night of Features, along with the Benjamin Moore Paints 358 Super 
Series making another return visit to the high banks.  Then in two weeks, 
the 1st ever regular Saturday night 100 lap $6,000.00 to Win Modified Bud 
Classic, presented by Budweiser.

Don’t forget to get your tickets now while the pickin’ is still good for the 
USHRA Monster Truck Summer Nationals set for July 10th, 11th, and 12th.  
And, tickets are going fast for the return of the famed World of Outlaws 
Sprint Car Series on July 23rd!

For more information, including tickets, please visit our new website at 
www.LebanonValley.com, or call the Speedway Offices at (518) 794-9606, or 
(518) 794-9965 during normal business hours.

Official Results below:

Saturday June 24, 2006 - Berkshire Bank, Capital Tractor

CARQUEST Auto Parts $3,000 To Win Modified Special Results (30 Laps)
1 Kenny Tremont, 2 Wayne Jelley, 3 Hector Stratton, 4 Andy Bachetti, 5 Ron 
Dwyer, 6 Mark Flach Jr, 7 J. R. Heffner, 8 Tim Dwyer, 9 Mike King, 10 Guy 
Sheldon, 11 Eddie Marshall, 12 Donnie Corellis, 13 Russ Reckner, 14 Brian 
Berger, 15 John Alberti, 16 John Hewitt, 17 Keith Flach, 18 Lorne Browe, 19 
Stan Wetmore, 20 Steve Hough, 21 Paul Gilardi, 22 John Ruchel, 23 Wayne 
Figler, 24 Matt Quinn, 25 Dan Humes, 26 Dave Leckonby, 27 Mark Pullen, 28 
Kyle Sheldon, DNS Denny Soltis.

Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 1 Chris Kokosa, 2 KC Goewey, 3 Chad Pierce, 4 
Neil Stratton, 5 Brian Sandstedt, 6 Ed Harkin, 7 Jeff Watson, 8 Danny 
Sanchez, 9 Kyle Hoffman, 10 Frank Harper, 11 Alan Houghtaling, 12 Danny 
Burl, 13 Kevin Lynch, 14 Kory Sandstedt, 15 Don Miller, 16 Wayne Keyes, 17 
Walt McKay, 18 Bob Bouchard, 19 Butch Lyons, 20 Chris Tryon, 21 Kim LaVoy, 
22 Ryan Larkin, 23 Carmon Carnibucci, 24 Mike Senecal.

Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Jim Langenback, 2 Jon Routhier, 3 Rob 
Yetman, 4 Paul LaRochelle, 5 Kevin Arnold, 6 Don Carlson, 7 Jay Corbin, 8 
Mike Middleton, 9 Victor Hopkins, 10 Chris Crews, 11 Robbie Speed, 12 Lori 
Cary, 13 Steve Goodermote, 14 Hugh Page, 15 Bob Duzlak, 16 Kyle Hosier, 17 
Jason Casey, 18 Dwayne Quennville, 19 Rob Langevin, DNS Larry Megan, DNS 
Mike Halachik.

Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1,Brian Keough, 2 John Santolin, 3 
Nick Hilt, 4 George Miles Jr, 5 Justin Herron, 6 Gary Ashley, 7 Bill 
Hammell, 8 Frankie Twing, 9 Zach Peckham, 10 Dirk LaPierre, DNS Rob Maxon.

Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Jerry Helms Jr, 2 John Chapman, 3 Rich 
Douglass, 4 Dave Stickles, 5 Don Coon, 6 Jeff Douglass, 7 Lynn Wesley, 8 Jay 
Kreutziger Jr, 9 Tony Arcolleo, 10 Windy Winters, 11 Kirk Stanaway.

Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Mark Stevens, 2 Robert Hammell, 3 Chip 
Martin, 4 Tim Sayers, 5 Joe Chenail, 6 David Bink, 7 E. J. Legeyt, 8 Ron 
Hoyt Jr, 9 John Quiqley, 10 Dave Houser, 11 Karl Castagna, 12 Ed Hatch, 13 
Nick Regis, 99 Henry Houser.

Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Tom Harkins, 2 Al Relyea, 3 Ray Hall Sr, 
4 Pete Wiegand, 5 Kevin Winters, 6 Shannon McDermott, 7 Phil Wood, 8 Chrissy 
Hilt, 9 Bob Palmer, 10 Dave Streibel, 11 Larry Ball, 12 Steve Kahler Jr, 13 
Matt Humes.

Pure Stock #4 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Brian Houghtaling, 2 Tom Murphy,3 Ryan 
Coon, 4 Steve Hatch, 5 Chris Keller, 6 Paul Engwer, 7 Joe Walcott, 8 Chuck 
Lampe, 9 Richard Rogers, 10 Randy Myers, 11 Jesse Murphy, 12 Lou Ganczar.

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