Press Release: Valley puts a Cap on the 2006 Season.

                                            Valley Puts Cap On ’06 Season
	Yetman Battles to Repeat Title; Keough and Wiegand Crowned Champs.

Saturday September 16, 2006 – By: Rodney Rescott

West Lebanon, NY:  With clear skies and no storms in the forecast, the 
Valley of Speed put the last program on the schedule on the speedway to wrap 
up the final points in the Pro Stocks, Limited Pros Stock, and Pure Stock 
divisions.  Howard Commander’s Lebanon Valley Speedway was in tip-top shape 
for a night of full fender battles, along with a special Funplex Funpark 
Sportsman 30 lap Shootout.

After dominating earlier in the 2006 season, Rob Yetman’s #7 seems to 
struggle to get to the top 5 in the last few events.  This opened the door 
for the rest of the field to reel Yetman back in for the overall points 
title in the Pro Stock division.  After last week’s solid top five, Yetman 
came into the night with just a scant 38 point lead over veteran Paul 
LaRochelle.

As the 30 lap Pro Stock finale got under way, as Ed Bachand took his #165 to 
the point.  Bachand stayed out front after several cautions slowed the 
field.  The first caution came on lap 4, then just 3 laps later on lap 7.  
Both of which caused Yetman to go pitside to change flat tires on the Beer 
Belly Bob’s #7, relegating him to starting ‘clean-up’ on the field.  On the 
ensuing restart, Bachand began getting pressure from Jay Corbin’s #8.  
Corbin finally made the pass by lap 9, and began to pull away from the rest 
of the field.

LaRochelle was wading within the top 10 all race, but just couldn’t get a 
good grip on the high banks to make a charge to the front get the most out 
of Yetman’s misfortunes.  But there was no one going to catch the #8 as 
Corbin charged to a near ¾ straightaway lead to take the 30 lap Pro Stock 
Feature event.  With LaRochelle mustering just a 5th place finish, and 
Yetman crossing the line 10th, it was not enough as the defending champ, Rob 
Yetman takes the 2006 Pro Stock Championship.

The Limited Pro Stocks also crowned their champ at the Valley of Speed.  
This time, after a bizarre lap 3 pileup in the 2nd turn taking out nearly 
half the field; including the #2 in points, George Miles, and damaging most 
everyone else except for the #311 of Brian Keough.  Keough assumed the lead 
by lap 4, but was later pressured by the #17 of Nick Hilt.  Hilt took over 
the top spot by lap 12, and went on the win the 15 lap Limited Pros Stock 
feature, but Keough cruised home in second, securing the 2006 Limited Pro 
Stock Championship by over 26 points.

The Pure Stock Division also took to the high banks to finalize their 
point’s title.  The 53 cars in attendance were divided up into 4 races, with 
the top 14 in points battling it out among themselves in their own race.  
The results are as follows:  PS#1 – Jeff Douglass, PS#2 – Jay Kreutziger 
Jr., PS#3 – Matt Humes, and PS#4 – Jesse Murphy.  The full results for each 
are listed below in the ‘Results’ section.

Not only did these finishes set the stage for the Boomer’s Performance 15 
lap Pure Stock Classic, but it also determined the point champ.  And by 
virtue of nearly a full dozen wins this year, the veteran racer Pete 
Wiegand, pilot of his familiar red and black #78, captured the 2006 Pure 
Stock Point Championship.

With the titles handed out, and the regular racing season coming to an end, 
it was time for a couple of dash for cash races for the Sportsman class and 
Pure Stocks.  The Funplex Funpark 30 lap Sportsman $1000.00 to win 
Shoot-Out.

Alan Houghtaling and Frankie Harper took the field to the green, but it 
wasn’t long before the legendary Art Collins showed he was ready to take 
home the big dough.  The Alligator began his charge from the 5th starting 
spot, but it was his own back-up car, the #25 of Frankie Harper that gave 
him the most trouble.  Harper held the lead till lap #8, but the #25 drifted 
up in turn 1, at the door opened for the #68.  Collins took the point, and 
never looked back, as the Alligator Art Collins wins the Funplex Funpark 
Sportsman Classic.

Also on tap was the season finale for the Pure Stocks as Boomer’s 
Performance put up a $300.00 payday for the full fender class, as Lynne 
Wesley and Joe Walcott took the field to the green for their 15 lap 
shoot-out.  A few caution bunched the field, but that wasn’t going to deny 
the ‘Rocket man’, Al Relyea, as he charged from his 18th starting spot to 
score the Boomer’s Performance Pure Stock dash.

With all the racing coming to a close at the high banks for 2006, Lebanon 
Valley Speedway, along with the management and staff would like to thank all 
the teams, drivers, sponsors, employees, and most importantly, the fans for 
a fantastic 2006 season of racing and the Valley of Speed, Lebanon Valley 
Speedway!

And not to forget about the last event to be held this year, the 24th Annual 
Swap Meet, scheduled for Sunday November 5th, rain or shine!

For more information on the Swap Meet, or more coverage of the years event, 
visit our website at www.LebanonValley.com or call the speedway offices at 
(518) 794-9606, or (518) 794-9965 during normal business hours.

Final Points as of 09/16/2006:

Pure Stock Division:

1 Pete Weigand 466, 2 Matt Humes 410, 3 Al Relyea 409, 4 Bob Palmer 357, 5 
Tom Harkins 344, 6, Ray Hall Sr 341, 7 John Chapman 337, 8 Shannon McDermott 
335, 9 Nick Regis 325, 10 Steve Hatch 324.

Limited Pro Stock Division:

1 Brian Keough 454, 2 George Miles Jr 428, 3 Nick Hilt 415, 4 Justin Herron 
348, 5 John Santolin 342, 6 Frankie Twing 279, 7 Dirk Lapierre 218, 8 Jim 
Keough 183, 9 Gary Ashley 133, 10 Zach Peckham 113

Pro Stock Division:

1 Rob Yetman 854, 2 Paul LaRochelle 826, 3 Jay Corbin 797, 4 Mike Middleton 
779, 5 Jason Casey 750, 6 Chris Crews 743,7 Kevin Arnold 734, 8 Don Carlson 
705, 9 Jon Routhier 668, 10 Victor Hopkins 658

Results:

Saturday September 16, 2006 - FunPlex Fun Park Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 
1 Art Collins, 2 Kyle Hoffman, 3 Chris Kokosa, 4 Frank Harper, 5 Ryan 
Larkin, 6 Jeff Watson, 7 Chris Tryon, 8 Bobby Knipe, 9 Kory Sandstedt, 10 
Neil Stratton, 11 Kolby Schroder, 12 Bill Singer, 13 Butch Lyons, 14 Wayne 
Keyes, 15 Jeff Kelly, 16 Mark Dickey, 17 Earl Thitchener, 18 Alan 
Houghtaling, 19 Ed Harkin, 20 Rob Yetman, 21 Gus Kamburelis, 22 Chad Pierce, 
23 Kale Groff, 24 Kim Lavoy, 25 Ray Tarantino, 25 Jerry Hunt, 26 Don Miller, 
28 Mike Mason

Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Jay Corbin, 2 Jason Casey, 3 Jay Casey, 4 
Robbie Speed, 5 Paul LaRochelle, 6 Kevin Arnold, 7 Ed Bachand, 8 Mike 
Middleton, 9 Jon Routhier, 10 Rob Yetman, 11 Chris Stalker, 12 Victor 
Hopkins, 13 Rich Crane, 14 Rick Dempsey, 15 Jeff Kelmel, 16 Larry Megan, 17 
John Drake, 18 Don Collins, 19 Chris Crews, 20 Steve Hankle, 21 Mike 
Halachik,
22 Don Carlson, 23 Clay Murphy, 24 Hugh Page, 25 Rob Langevin

Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Nick Hilt, 2 Brian Keough, 3 Bill 
Hammell, 4 Gary Ashley, 5 Dirk Lapierre, 6 Dale Kennedy, 7 George Miles Jr, 
8 Jim Fachini, 9 Frankie Twing, 10 Kevin Winters, 11 Justin Herron

Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Jeff Douglass, 2 Steve Hatch, 3 Windy 
Winters, 4 Karl Castagna, 5 Joe Walcott, 6 Don Coon, 7 Gary VanDenberg, 8 
Doug Olds, 9 Tony Arcolleo, 10 Tim Niles, 11 John Quiqley, 12 Mike Fachini

Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Jay Kreutziger Jr, 2 Jeff Kreutziger, 3 
Ed Hatch, 4 Nick Regis, 5 Rich Douglass, 6 Todd Pelkey, 7 Dan Olds, 8 
Richard Rogers, 9 Steve Kahler Jr, 10 Dave Fachini Jr, 11 Adam Tator, 12 
Scott Kilmer, 13 Billy Bulson

Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Matt Humes, 2 Al Relyea, 3 Shannon 
McDermott, 4 Tom Harkins, 5 Pete Weigand, 6 John Chapman, 7 Bob Palmer, 8 
Phil Wood, 9 Lou Ganczar, 10 Ray Hall Sr, 11 Mike Eichstedt, 12 Dave 
Streibel, 13 Dave Stickles,
14 Larry Ball

Pure Stock #4 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Jesse Murphy, 2 Richard Puff, 3 Robert 
Hammell, 4 Dave Houser, 5 Joe Chenail, 6 Chrissy Hilt, 7 Gil Twing Jr, 8 
Lynn Wesley, 9 Howard Madsen, 10 Mike Arnold, 11 Sean Tomlin, 12 Paul 
Engwer, 13 Chris Keller, 14 Harold Tarantino

Boomer's Performance Pure Stock Classic (15 Laps) - 1 Al Relyea, 2 Mike 
Eichstedt, 3 Rich Douglass, 4 John Chapman, 5 Shannon McDermott, 6 Pete 
Weigand, 7 Matt Humes, 8 Bob Palmer, 9 Dave Streibel, 10 Jay Kreutziger Jr, 
11 Dave Stickles, 12 Tom Harkins, 13 Steve Hatch, 14 Dave Houser, 15 Nick 
Regis, 16 Ray Hall Sr, 17 Steve Kahler Jr, 18 Lynn Wesley, 19 Larry Ball, 20 
Joe Walcott

1st 4 Cylinder Feature Results (15 Laps) - 1 Randy Davis, 2 Tom Delaney, 3 
Todd Goldstein, 4 Mark Intelisano, 5 Jim Daniels,
6 Marty Poole, 7 Todd Bartley, 8 Eddie Wurzburg, 9 Kevin Winters, 10 Shane 
Barto, 11 Shawn Perez, 12 Brian Walsh, 13 Paul Hankey, 14 William Boo, 15 
Gary Daniels Sr, 16 Gary Daniels, 17 Phil Defiglio, 18 Richard Puff, 19 
Aaron Roberts, 20 Dave Barto,21 Tim Formel, 22 Jason Ferrin, 23 Josh Stall, 
24 Phil Bink, 25 Josh Feldman, 26 Johnny Rivers, 27 Tim Sayers,

2nd 4 Cylinder Results (15 Laps) - 1 Todd Goldstein, 2 Todd Bartley, 3 Mark 
Intelisano, 4 Bubba Barber, 5 Marty Poole, 6 Paul Hankey, 7 Aaron Roberts, 8 
Shawn Perez, 9 William Boo, 10 Brian Walsh, 11 Josh Feldman, 12 Eddie 
Wurzburg, 13 Kevin Winters, 14 Gary Daniels Sr, 15 Gary Daniels, 16 Shane 
Barto, 17 Tim Formel, 18 Eric Budd, 19 Phil Defiglio, 20 Dave Barto, 21 Tom 
Delaney

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