Tracks: Donnie Corellis takes Modified Main at Lebanon Valley
30 April 2000
WEST LEBANON, NY- Donnie Corellis was victorious in the 30-lap modified main
Saturday night at Lebanon Valley. George Marcus won the 20-lap sportsman
feature. Rob Yetman picked up his first career street stock victory in their
20-lap feature. Steve Hough won the 12-lap IMCA modified feature. Sheldon's
Oil Service and Ronnie's Cycles sponsored Saturday night's great racing
action.
Ronnie Blake took the lead on lap one of the modified feature, he would
hold the top spot until lap 13. A lot of side by side racing through the pack
in the early portions of the race. Rich Ricci, Ronnie Johnson and Kenny
Tremont went three wide for eleventh on lap five with Tremont taking the
advantage. The first caution of the race came on lap six when Hollis Morrisey
and Maynard Forrette came together in turn four. The top five at this point
was Blake, Corellis, Mike King, Jason Goff and J.R. Heffner.
Dickie Larkin was strong early on, he grabbed fifth on lap ten. Ricci sat
sixth by lap eleven. Blake began to feel the pressure from Corellis on lap 12
and Corellis would take the lead on the next lap. Disaster for J.R. Heffner
on lap 14 as the suspension in the right rear collapsed. This allowed Larkin
and Guy Sheldon to crack the top five. Larkin continued his drive to the
front moving all the way up to second by the halfway point of the race.
Tremont was hot on Larkin's trail by lap 16.
John Lutes would spin and bring out the caution on lap 16. Right before
the yellow had flown Dave Leckonby had slowed on the track. He went pitside
under the yellow, but he would return. Larkin and Tremont battled hard for
second on lap 17, but Larkin dropped from the race on that very same lap.
Opening night winner, Matt Quinn started the race deep in the field. He had
worked his way up to challenge Ricci for the fifth position by lap 18. Early
race leader Blake broke going down the backstretch and made heavy contact
with the turn three wall on lap 21.
Corellis was able to pull away from Tremont on the lap 22 restart. Some
great racing for the fourth spot between King, Sheldon and Ronnie Johnson.
The last lap was exciting to say the least. As Corellis took the white flag
he began to encounter lapped traffic, this allowed Tremont to close the gap.
Corellis got trapped behind a lapped car going into turn three. Tremont tried
to make the pass but Corellis was able to hang on for the victory. The lapped
traffic allowed Ricci to pull even with Tremont as they crossed the line in a
photo finish. After a review of the tape, it was determined that Tremont and
Ricci had finished in a dead heat for the second position and both were
awarded the spot. Mike King had an excellent run to finish fourth with
Sheldon fifth.
Lorne Browe took the early lead in the 20-lap sportsman feature. Browe's
car broke loose going into turn one on the second lap causing the yellow flag
to be thrown. Browe was able to correct it and continued on in second place.
Browe was able to take the lead back on the restart. John Alberti and Hawley
Smith battled for second on lap five. Wayne Jelley took second on a lap six
restart with Sparky Lowe right behind him. The top five at the halfway point
was Browe, Jelley, Lowe, George Marcus and K.C. Goewey.
Jelley, Goewey and Lowe all got together going into turn one on lap
eleven. Jelley was the only car not able to continue after the incident.
Marcus began to challenge Browe for the top spot and made the pass on lap 12.
Goewey took over second on lap 13. Once Marcus took the lead he opened a half
straightaway over Goewey and cruised home for the victory. Goewey was second,
Art Collins was third, Lowe fourth and Browe rounded out the top five
Bob Duzlak took command at the drop of the green for the 20-lap street
stock feature. Duzlak and Mike Halachick pulled away from the rest of the
pack in the early going. The first of five cautions came out as Ricky Duzlak
spun in turn two. Rob Speed used the restart to take over second from
Halachick. Bob Duzlak would seek his chance at victory slip away as his right
rear tire came off on lap eight giving the lead to Yetman. Al Blackburn used
the caution to go pitside with a left rear flat tire. He would return but he
would be one lap down. The top five at halfway was Yetman, Danny Sanchez, Dan
Burl, Robbie Speed and Jim Lagenback.
The third caution of the race came on lap eleven when Larry Race tagged
the fourth turn wall. The caution came out a lap later as Nick Rogers slowed
on the track. The restart was a thriller. Sanchez and Burl went three wide
with Yetman for the lead going down the backstretch. Yetman was able to hold
off their charge and continued to lead. Lagenback, Speed and Burl made
contact on lap 16 with Burl sustaining heavy damage to his racecar, Speed
would be finished for the night as well.
No one could challenge Yetman for the front spot and he picked up his
first career victory in the street stock division. He was followed across the
line by Danny Sanchez, Todd Goldstein, Adam Haas and Halachick.
Steve Hough led from start to finish in the 12-lap IMCA modified feature.
Donnie Denue challenged Hough for the lead throughout the event, but he could
never make the pass. Good racing for the third position between Kevin Huff,
Brian Wilbur and Paul LaRochelle with Wilbur holding the spot at the end of
the race. Huff and LaRochelle settled for fourth and fifth respectively.
4-29-00 SHELDON OIL SERVICES / RONNIE'S CYCLES MODIFIED SUMMARY (30 LAPS) -
DONNIE CORELLIS, Rich Ricci Jr, Kenny Tremont Jr, Mike King, Guy Sheldon,
Ronnie Johnson, Matt Quinn, John Hewitt, Chris Moore, Rob Pitcher, Jason
Goff, David Sanchez, Chris Kokosa, Tim Dwyer, Dave Mosher, Lee Niznik, Jeremy
Matthies, Skip Fox, J.R. Heffner, John Lutes Jr, Ron Blake, Stan Jablonka,
Dickie Larkin, Dave Leckonby, Chip Mitchell, Maynard Forrette, Hollis Morrisey
SPORTSMAN SUMMARY (20 LAPS) - GEORGE MARCUS, K.C. Goewey, Art Collins, Sparky
Lowe, Lorne Browe, Hawley Smith, Frank Harper, Stan Jablonka, Bobby Knipe,
Jason Tompkins, Jay Casey, Carmon Carnibucci, John Alberti, Roy Bridge, Mike
Mason, Darral Hulbert, Luke Badaracco, Ed Harkin, Jeff Watson, Gary Graham,
Don Miller, Wayne Jelley, Jeff Cassidy, Charlie Humes
IMCA MODIFIED SUMMARY (12 LAPS) - STEVE HOUGH, Don Denue, Brian Wilbur, Kevin
Buff, Paul LaRochelle, Jeff Heath, Dan Galullo, Pete Tucker
STREET STOCK SUMMARY (20 LAPS) - ROB YETMAN, Todd Goldstein, Adam Haas, Ed
Bachand, Al Blackburn, Mike Halachick, Bobby Blackburn, Butch Irwin, Scott
Govertsen, Jim Langenback, Earl Mellan, Ted Teal, Danny Sanchez, Robbie
Speed, Paul Rogers, Tom Brandt, Steve Brownell, Dan Burl, Nick Rogers, Ricky
Duzlak, Larry Race, Don Ely, Bob Duzlak
ROOKIE STREET STOCK SUMMARY (8 LAPS) - KEVIN ARNOLD, Pete DeFiglio, Rick
Fosby, Rick Spencer, John Danylicko, Dan Humes, Brian Keough
PURE STOCK "A" SUMMARY (8 LAPS) - RICHARD HARKINS, Ryan Crellin, Rich.
Schumann, Mark Houston, Ron Tritschler, Peter Robinson, Bruce Moffitt, Tony
Lopresti, Ken Scofield, Jim Dellea, Jay Martin, Joe DiStefano, Phil Decker
Jr, Randy Meyers, Jim Hankey-DQ, Joe Mottoshiski-DQ
PURE STOCK "B" SUMMARY (8 LAPS) - BILL HUGHES, Fran Marchand, Guy Hughes,
George Miles Jr, Jeff Douglas, Jonathan Coon, Rich Douglass, Donald Coon,
Chris Streeter, Art Lafferty, Lloyd Tomlin, Dave Bayliss Jr, Pete Wiegand,
Joseph Donato, Tim Drumm-DQ
PURE STOCK "C" SUMMARY (8 LAPS) - BRIAN TATOR, Jacob Coons, Bob Palmer,
Anthony Cotugno, Philip Moffit, Steven Roy, Gary Ashley, Mark Forrest, Gerald
Reed, Dean Cushman, Scott Kilmer, Kevin Denue-DQ, Nathan Harvey-DQ, Ray
Pierre Jr-DQ
TOP 10 MODIFIED POINTS AS OF 4-29 1) Matt Quinn 104, 2) Kenny Tremont JR 104,
3) Rich Ricci Jr 100, 4) Ronnie Johnson 96, 5) Chris Moore 92, 6) John Hewitt
88, 7) Donnie Corellis 84, 8) Guy Sheldon 82, 9) Mike King 82, 10) Dickie
Larkin 76