Press Release: Heffner Scores Career LV 200 Win
Heffner Scores 200-lap Coors National Victory At Lebanon Valley Sat - September 09, 2006 -- Lebanon Valley Speedway West Lebanon, NY Lebanon Valley Speedway hosted the first 200-lap Advance Auto Parts Super DIRT Series event of the season on Saturday, and by the time Sunday morning rolled around it was track regular J.R. Heffner savoring his first career victory in the 38th Coors National 200 for DIRT big-block Modifieds. Heffner led the final half of the feature race that was extended to 204 laps following a late-race caution period and collected the $10,000 top prize for his second DIRT Modified win of the year at the West Lebanon oval. The victory also guaranteed Heffner an automatic starting spot in the Eckerd 200 at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse during Super DIRT Week XXXV, Oct. 4-8. Pole-sitter Jimmy Phelps settled for runner-up honors after leading the initial 100 laps while Matt Sheppard, current Mr. DIRT Championship points leader Alan Johnson and runner-up in the standings Billy Decker completed the front-five. Advance Auto Parts Super DIRT Series Race #20 – Lebanon Valley Speedway, September 9, 2006 38th Coors National 200 Modified Event Summary FIN STR CAR# DRIVER 1 20 74 J.R. Heffner/Stephentown,NY ($10,000) 2 2 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY 3 5 44s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY 4 12 14j Alan Johnson/Phelps,NY 5 27 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY 6 15 1 Bobby Varin/Sharon Springs,NY 7 3 87 Hector Stratton/Bennington,VT 8 11 66 Jeff Heotzler/Wallkill,NY 9 19 55 Mike King/Nassau,NY 10 8 1t Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY 11 23 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY 12 6 47 Jerry Higbie/Slate Hill,NY 13 21 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY 14 18 7 John Ruchel/Niverville,NY 15 14 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY 16 25 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY 17 29 OB’s Ric Hill/Lafayette,NJ 18 4 60 Kenny Stafford/Homer,NY 19 31 19 Tim Fuller/Edwards, NY 20 17 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ 21 1 4 Andy Bachetti/Sheffield,MA 22 22 347 Skippy Fox/Springfield,MA 23 24 115 Kenny Tremont/West Sand Lake,NY 24 13 87x Paul Gilardi/Pittsfield,MA 25 7 45 Wayne Jelley/Pittsfield,MA 26 26 34 Steve Hough/East Greenbush,NY 27 10 88 Ron Dwyer/Bennington,VT 28 28 43 Keith Flach/Ravena,NY 29 32 27 Dave McFeeters/Watervliet,NY 30 16 34r Russ Reckner/Nassau,NY 31 9 44 Frank Cozze/Wind Gap,PA DNS 30 32 Matt Quinn/New Ashford,MA DNS 33 17jr. Jeff Heotzler,Jr./Wallkill,NY DNS 34 24 Chris Shultz/Pawling,NY LAP LEADERS: Phelps (1-100), Heffner (101-204). CAUTIONS: 10 for 42 laps; 2 RED FLAGS (lap 38, lap 100-Mandatory). ECKERD 200 QUALIFIER: J.R. Heffner. QUALIFYING Heat Races (8 laps, top-5 finishers transferred to feature, top-3 went to re-draw) #1: Cozze, Phelps, Sheppard, Gilardi, Hearn, Paine, Planck, Hill, Heotzler Jr. (DNS). #2: Heotzler Sr., Stratton, Stafford, D.Johnson, Ruchel, Fox, Hough, Quinn, Shultz. #3: Bachetti, Dwyer, Higbie, Varin, King, Ward, Decker, Fuller. #4: Tomkins, Jelley, A.Johnson, Reckner, Heffner, Tremont, Flach, McFeeters. Advance Auto Parts DIRT Modified Entries – September 9 (34) CAR# DRIVER / HOMETOWN TEAM (Sponsor / Chassis / Engine) OB’s Ric Hill/Lafayette,NJ Boria High-Tech Auto/TEO/Precision 1 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY Honeoye Auto Parts-Pillsbury/Bicknell/Mastin 1g Bobby Varin/Sharon Springs,NY Gable Auto Stores/TEO/JPM 4 Andy Bachetti/Sheffield,MA Albraeda Waste LLC-Bachetti Auto Sales/PMC/Morrison 7 John Ruchel/Niverville,NY Jackson’s Old Chatham House-Kleeber Agency/PMC/Ken Tremont,Sr. 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY Tallmadge Tire-Terrell’s Potato Chips-Geneva Homes-J&M Roofers/TEO/Finger Lakes 14j Alan Johnson/Phelps,NY NativePoker.Com-Pine Line Auto Sales-Chiefs Tobacco&Gas/Bicknell/Morrison 17jr. Jeff Heotzler,Jr./Wallkill,NY Atlas Paving-Adsit Custom Homes/Bicknell/JPM 19 Tim Fuller/Edwards, NY JL Motorsports(Native Poker)-Chiefs Tobacco&Gas-G&R Auto Parts/TEO/Enders 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ Madsen Mtrsports-Wentworth Custom Homes-BPG Racing-Kruger-WLR/TEO/Enders 24 Chris Shultz/Pawling,NY Liberty Rock Crushing-TEO Fabrication/TEO/JPM 27 Dave McFeeters/Watervliet,NY J&D Automotive-Lazzaro’s Auto Body/Bicknell/DRE 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY Quality Concrete-King Enterprises-Chiefs Tobacco & Gas/Troyer/Kevlar 32 Matt Quinn/New Ashford,MA Testo’s Gourmet Pasta Sauce-Finch’s Paper/Bicknell/Bedell 34 Steve Hough/East Greenbush,NY Steve Hough Motors/TEO/JPM 34r Russ Reckner/Nassau,NY Steve Hough Motors/PMC/JPM 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY Gypsum Express,Ltd.-Stadium International/Bicknell/Enders 43 Keith Flach/Ravena,NY Flach Crane & Rigging-Gould Erectors & Riggers/TEO/JPM 44 Frank Cozze/Wind Gap,PA Waite’s General Contr-Carquest Auto Parts-Bert Transmission/TEO/Feil-M2 Power 44s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY BKS/G-U Hardware-Currier Pastics-Adam Ross Cut Stone/Bicknell/FingerLakes 45 Wayne Jelley/Pittsfield,MA K&F Modular Homes-Freedom Plains-TLC Contracting/PMC/Dan Bedell 47 Jerry Higbie/Slate Hill,NY G&G Diesel Freightliner Trucks-Team Shaver/Bicknell/Precision 55 Mike King/Nassau,NY Thoma Tire-Armory Nissan-Otterbeck Builders/PMC/Waters 60 Kenny Stafford/Homer,NY HS Edinger Trucking-Amsoil-Fast Line Performance/TEO/Chevy 66 Jeff Heotzler/Wallkill,NY Atlas Paving-Behrent’s Performance Warehouse/Bicknell/JPM 74 J.R. Heffner/Stephentown,NY A.Colarusso & Son-Turner Auto-J&D Waste-Bear Mountain Trucking/Bicknell/JPM 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY East End Auto Parts & Construction-Jacob’s Excavation/Bicknell/Enders 87 Hector Stratton/Bennington,VT CLS Transportation-Big Boy’s Toys/PMC/AC Performance 87x Paul Gilardi/Pittsfield,MA New England Design & Building-Advance Auto Parts/Bicknell/Dan Bedell 88 Ron Dwyer/Bennington,VT Bedell Race Engines-PromotionalIncentives.com/TEO/Dan Bedell 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY Gypsum Wholesalers-Stadium Int’l-Quality Hardwoods/Bicknell/Enders 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY Mohawk Northeast-New England Race Fuels/Troyer/Bruneau-JanCen 115 Kenny Tremont/West Sand Lake,NY S&S Asphalt-Darcy Construction-Doherty Bros. Construction/Bicknell/Tremont 347 Skippy Fox/Springfield,MA Bluenote Café/TEO/Skippy Fox Friday September 8, 2006 COOR'S National 200 Weekend Sportsman Results (30 Laps): - 1 Ed Harkin, 2 Alan Houghtaling, 3 Art Collins, 4 Chris Tryon, 5 KC Goewey, 6 Ryan Larkin, 7 Danny Sanchez, 8 Jeff Watson, 9 Earl Thitchener, 10 Brian Sandstedt, 11 Kevin Lynch, 12 Kyle Hoffman, 13 Chad Pierce, 14 Frank Harper, 15 Jeff Kelly, 16 Neil Stratton, 17 Kory Sandstedt, 18 Daryl Hulbert, 19 Jim Cronk, 20 Butch Lyons, 21 Joe Mabb Jr, 22 Kim Lavoy, 23 Carmon Carnibucci, 24 Rob Yetman, 25 Bill Singer, 26 Derek Schibi, 27 Kolby Schroder, 28 Chris Kokosa Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Jay Casey, 2 Paul LaRochelle, 3 Kevin Arnold, 4 Robbie Speed, 5 Rob Yetman, 6 Jason Casey, 7 Chris Crews, 8 Jon Routhier, 9 Mike Middleton, 10 Victor Hopkins, 11 Ed Bachand, 12 Hugh Page, 13 Jay Corbin, 14 Rich Crane, 15 Rick Dempsey, 16 Need Name, 17 Don Collins, 18 Dave Blanchard, 19 Tim Emmonds, 20 Mike Stebbins, 21 Don Carlson, 22 Rick Spencer, 23 Mike Halachik, 24 Eric Marin, 25 Steve Hankle, 26 Need Name, 27 Jeff Kelmel Limited Pro Stock Results (12 Laps) - 1 Brian Keough, 2 Justin Herron, 3 Kevin Winters, 4 George Miles Jr, 5 Zach Peckham, 6 Frankie Twing, 7 Dan Hartgraves, 8 Dirk Lapierre, 9 Dale Kennedy, 10 Gary Ashley, 11 Nick Hilt, 12 John Santolin, 13 Jim Fachini Pure Stock #1 Results (10 Laps) - 1 Jeff Kreutziger, 2 Jay LaMountain, 3 Steve Hatch, 4 Ed Hatch, 5 Mike Fachini, 6 Windy Winters, 7 Joe Walcott, 8 Mike Arnold, 9 Richard Rogers, 10 Tim McCarthy, 11 Eric Sbrega, 12 Wuggie Burdick, 13 Billy Bulson Pure Stock #2 Results (10 Laps) - 1 Richard Puff, 2 Lou Ganczar, 3 Mike Eichstedt, 4 Jeff Douglass, 5 Dave Stickles, 6 Dave Houser, 7 Joe Chenail, 8 Paul Engwer, 9 Mark Stevens, 10 Lynn Wesley, 11 Doug Olds, 12 Sean Tomlin, 13 Gary VanDenberg, 14 Karl Castagna Pure Stock #3 Results (10 Laps) - 1 Pete Weigand, 2 Ray Hall Sr, 3 Tom Harkins, 4 John Chapman, 5 Bob Palmer, 6 Dave Streibel, 7 Shannon McDermott, 8 Matt Humes, 9 Larry Ball, 10 Marcus Tifft, 11 Nick Regis, 12 Steve Kahler Jr, 13 Al Relyea, 14 Jay Pappin Pure Stock #4 Results (10 Laps) - 1 Jay Casey, 2 Tom Murphy, 3 Scott Kilmer, 4 Howard Madsen, 5 Rich Douglass, 6 Chrissy Hilt, 7 E. J. Legeyt, 8 Chip Martin, 9 Dan Olds, 10 Tim Sayers, 11 Dave Fachini Jr, 12 John Quiqley, 13 Chris Keller, 14 Jerry Helms Jr 4 Cylinder Results (20 Laps) - 1 Tom Delaney, 2 Frank Sorrento, 3 Greg Davis, 4 Randy Davis, 5 Ray Hall, 6 Todd Goldstein, 7 Bryan Davis, 8 Todd Bartley, 9 Bubba Barber, 10 Marty Poole, 11 Phil Bink, 12 Jim Williams, 13 Shawn Perez, 14 Pete Willis, 15 Johnny Rivers, 16 Kevin Winters, 17 Brian Walsh, 18 Shane Barto, 19 Mark Intelisano, 20 Don Curley, 21 Brett Davis, 22 Brian Wheeler, 23 Jason Ierrin, 24 Matt Mazeralle, 25 Josh Feldman, 26 Gary Daniels, 27 Cody Speed, 28 Tim Formel, 29 Mike Pierce, 30 Steve Loomis, 31 Gary Daniels Sr, 32 Sara Kingston, 33 Mark Burke, 34 Chris White SKIDMARKS 2006 Tour 12: For the second straight year DIRT MotorSports™ has signed up the best big-block Modified teams in the Northeast to compete in every Advance Auto Parts Super DIRT Series show. The list of a dozen contracted drivers (in alphabetical order) includes popular Pennsylvania pilot Frank Cozze, four-time and defending Eckerd 200 titlist Billy Decker, reigning overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRT champion Tim Fuller, all-time Advance Auto Parts SDS race winner Brett Hearn, DIRT’s winningest big-block Modified driver Alan Johnson, five-time DIRT MotorSports NE Driver of the Year Danny Johnson, Canandaigua (NY) Speedway record-setter Steve Paine, second-year tour mainstay Jimmy Phelps, first-year full-time Series follower Dale Planck, rising star Matt Sheppard, former Mr. DIRT champion Gary Tomkins and 30-year open-wheel veteran Pat Ward. Double Delays: DIRT 358-Modified practice began at 3:05pm and the rains came. The third small-block heat hit the track and the rains came again at 6:30pm. The third try was a charm with the entire show resuming at 9 o’clock and being completed in its entirety by 1:45 am. In between, a light shower quickly turned into a major downpour with hail pelting down on the West Lebanon facility. Absentee Ballot Filled: Car count was down in the big-block ranks on Saturday with at least a dozen Valley regulars failing to make the race day roster that hovered around the 40 mark last September. Track staples like second-generation chauffeurs Donnie Corellis and Eddie Marshall, along with Dave Leckonby, Tim Dwyer and Denny Soltis headed the list. Also missing were John Hewitt, Guy Sheldon, John Alberti, Don Ackner (manning a parts truck), Matt Quinn (fielding only a small-block), Wayne Figler Lorne Browe and Kyle Sheldon. _________________________________________________________________ Check the weather nationwide with MSN Search: Try it now! http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=weather&FORM=WLMTAG