Marshall, Harper and Hilt Score 1st Wins of '10 - LVS 7/10/10
Eddie Marshall Returns to Victory Lane at the High Banks Harper and Hilt Go Wire to Wire; Palmer Scores a Cool $1,000! Saturday July 10, 2010 By: Rodney Rescott West Lebanon, NY: The legendary Valley of Speed was in full action this past Saturday Night as Freihofer’s and Doherty Brothers Construction presented the night. Included in the nights program was a special 30 lap feature for the Pure Stocks with a $1,000 payday! For the 3rd week in a row, the Modified Feature event was plagued by several cautions before the first few laps could be completed. This week’s event had the #518 of Kyle Sheldon out in front of the field early with Ryan Larkin’s #39 hot in tow. But the cautions kept coming. The first caution came with 1 lap on the Kokosa Oil Inc lap counter the saw the #2 of Kale Groff get collected up with John Ruchel, Seth Roberts, and Keith Flach. Sheldon tore out again into the lead on the green after the cleanup, but caution flew again for another multi-car melee. After 1 additional caution, and after several laps under caution trying to straighten out the correct starting lineup, the field finally got under way. Sheldon held a comfortable lead all the way till lap 14 when the veteran driver Eddie Marshall powered his familiar #98 along side Sheldon, and shot past in turn 4. The caution flew again on lap 27 for a slowing #20Q of Matt Quinn, but Marshall was already in the express lane, as he scores his first win in 2010. Sheldon had to settle for a solid 2nd, with a charging Andy Bachetti crossing the line 3rd. Brett Hearn and J.R. Heffner rounded out the top 5. The Echo Pro Stock Series 25 lap feature saw the #17 of Nick Hilt hold off all challengers for the entire length of the event to score his first win of 2010. Paul LaRochelle dogged Hilt the entire race, but had to settle for 2nd. Chad Jeseo, Jason Casey, and Jay Casey all battled in the closing laps to round out your top 5 finishers. The Sportsman 20 lap feature came to a screeching halt on lap 1 as contact with Frank Harper and Ryan Darcy in the first turn sent Darcy spinning in front of the field collecting multiple cars. After an 8 minute red flag, the racing was back under way with Harper out front of the field and in full control. There was nobody that was gonna make a run on the #25, as Harper scores the win, his first of 2010. Jeff Watson rolled across the line 2nd with Kolby Schroder, Chad Pierce and Kyle Hoffman to round out the top 5 finishers. The last event on the night was a special A-Z Landscaping $1,000 to win Pure Stock 30 lap feature! Ron Johnson’s #68 powered out early but by the time they made it back to the stripe, Bob Palmer’s #29 shot around the outside to take over the lead. 30 laps later, Palmer wins by over a half track over Ray Hall Jr, who received a special $250 for being the runner up. Dave Stickles, Al Relyea, and Phil Wood completed the top 5 finishers. In the regular Pure Stock Features, Chris Gero, Jason Meltz, and Joe Chenail all saw the checkers and scored the win. Next Saturday Night brings Rifenburg Construction Night with a special $3,000 to win Modified Feature with a couple of surprises thrown in! The Modified King of the Track will make its return as well as the Budget Sportsman. A full card of action and fun are on tap! For more information on the schedule, track information, photos, videos and more, visit our website at www.LebanonValley.com, and click on “Speedway”. Saturday July 10, 2010 - Freihofer's Baking Company & Doherty Brothers Construction Modified Results (30 Laps) - 1) Eddie Marshall, 2) Kyle Sheldon, 3) Andy Bachetti, 4) Brett Hearn, 5) J.R. Heffner, 6) Donnie Corellis, 7) Lorne Browe, 8) Kenny Tremont Jr, 9) Steve Hough, 10) Brian Berger, 11) J. C. Flach, 12) Mark Flach Jr, 13) Ray Hoard, 14) Guy Sheldon, 15) Neil Stratton,16) Paul Gilardi, 17) Kale Groff, 18) Rich Salisbury, 19) John Ruchel, 20) Matt Quinn, 21) Ryan Larkin, 22) Keith Flach, 23) Seth Roberts, 24) Sam Leary, 25) Mike King, 26) Matt Pupello, 27) Jeff Kelley (358), DNS) Hector Stratton Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 1) Frank Harper, 2) Jeff Watson, 3) Kolby Schroder, 4) Chad Pierce, 5) Kyle Hoffman, 6) Kim Herrick, 7) Danny Sanchez, 8) Kyle Armstrong, 9) Cullen Howe, 10) Alex Bell, 11) Brian Sandstedt, 12) Don Kennedy, 13) Paul Knox 14) Roger Hemion, 15) Ryan Darcy, 16) Steve Meilleur, 17) Brett Haas, 18) Olden Dwyer, 19) Alan Houghtaling, 20) Jim Bemis (B-14th) ECHO Pro Stock Series Results (25 Laps) - 1) Nick Hilt, 2) Paul LaRochelle, 3) Chad Jeseo, 4) Jason Casey, 5) Jay Casey, 6) Robbie Speed, 7) Chuck Towslee, 8) Jay Corbin, 9) Jon Routhier, 10) Victor Hopkins, 11) Tom Harkins, 12) Bob Camilli, 13) Don Carlson, 14) Brian Keough, 15) Jeff Kelmel, 16) Jay Casey, 17) Cale Kneer, 18) Tom O'Connor Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1) Chris Gero, 2) Lou Ganczar, 3) Ron Johnson, 4) Brian Houghtaling, 5) Lenny Fields, 6) Doug Olds, 7) Bob Brown, 8) Wuggie Burdick, 9) Tim Niles, 10) Jeff Wilbur, 11) Kurt Berhaupt, 12) Joe Walcott, 13) Chris Streeter, 14) Sean Mandel Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1) Jason Meltz, 2) Karl Castagna, 3) Dave Fachini, 4) Jim Groncki, 5) Shawn Perez, 6) John Felarecki, 7) John Chapman, 8) Brian Walsh, 9) Matt Parker, 10) Harold Tarantino, 11) Doug Olds, 12) Gary Vandenburg, 13) Clem Toffolo, 14) Joey Morey Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1) Joe Chenail, 2) Ray Hall Sr, 3) Phil Wood, 4) Jesse Murphy, 6) James Hatch, 7) Al Relyea, 8) Ray Hall Jr, 9) Dave Stickles, 10) Dan Speedling, 11) John Devine, 12) Lloyd Tomlin, 13) Jeff Kreutiziger, 14) Pete Wiegand, DQ) Jim Fachini (Rough Riding) A-Z Landscaping $1,000 to Win - Thoma Tire $250 for 2nd Pure Stock Feature Results (30 Laps) - 1) Bob Palmer, 2) Ray Hall Jr, 3) Dave Stickles, 4) Al Relyea, 5) Phil Wood, 6) Dan Speedling, 7) Clem Toffolo, 8) Chris Gero, 9) Joe Chenail, 10) Jason Meltz, 11) Ron Johnson, 12) John Devine, 13) Lou Ganczar, 14) Lloyd Tomlin, 15) Karl Castagna For more information, the 2010 schedule, tickets, and links to what's on tap for 2010, visit our website at www.LebanonValley.com, and click on “Speedway”, or call the Speedway Offices during regular business hours at (518) 794-9606 or (518) 794-9965. 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