Tracks: La Rochelle, Mottoshiski, Kilmer and Highes win on rainy night at Lebanon Valley
14 May 2000
WEST LEBANON, N.Y.- It looked like the weather was going to hold off long enough Saturday night to get the whole program run. Unfortunately the rain hit on lap nine of the 20-lap street stock feature and washed out the remainder of the program. Racing will resume next week with the last eleven laps of the street stock feature along with a full 20-lap feature. The modifieds and sportsman division will run double features. Paul LaRochelle was able to take home the IMCA modified feature before the rains came. This was the second week in a row that LaRochelle won the IMCA modifieds. Pure Stock winners were Bill Hughes, Scott Kilmer and Joe Mottoshiski. Pete Defigilio won the Rookie main. Bobby Blackburn took the lead at the start of the 20-lap street stock feature. Todd Goldstein was making a charge early taking over third on lap two. The first yellow came on lap four when Al Blackburn smacked the frontstretch wall. The car sustained heavy damage but the driver was okay. Goldstein took advantage of the restart to take over the second position. Jim Lagenback saw his hood fly off on the lap five, bringing out the second caution of the race. Rob Yetman tagged the frontstretch wall in the same place that Al Blackburn had hit earlier. The race for first was just starting on lap eight as Goldstein began to apply pressure on Bobby Blackburn. There must have been a magnet on the frontstretch wall Saturday night because two more cars hit it on lap nine. Nick Rogers and Tom Bortle both hit the wall in tandem, knocking the jersey barrier onto its side. While under caution to clean up the mayhem the rains began to fall a speedway officials were forced to cancel the remainder of the program. Make plans now to attend this full night of great racing action at Lebanon Valley. Don't forget time is running out to get your tickets for the Pennzoil World of Outlaws. Call the speedway at (518) 794-9606 to order your tickets. Lebanon Valley Speedway is located 20 minutes east of Albany, NY on U.S. Rt. 20 in West Lebanon, NY. RUPP RENTAL / T-NET IMCA MODIFIED SUMMARY (12 LAPS) PAUL LA ROCHELLE, 2. Kevin 3. Buff, 4. Steve Hough, 5. Jeff Heath, 6. Brian Wilbur, 7. Joe Fachini ROOKIE STREET STOCK SUMMARY (8 LAPS) PETER DE FIGLIO, 2. Brian Keough, 3. Lawrence Ball, 4. Dan Humes, 5. Jim Keough, 6. Ken Townes, 7. John Santolin, 8. Wayne Keyes, 9. Kevin Arnold, 10. Geo. Stalker Jr, 11. Jerry Wright Jr. PURE STOCK "A" SUMMARY (8 LAPS) JOE MOTTOSHISKI, 2. Guy Hughes, 3. George Miles Jr, 4. Art Lafferty, 5. Chris Streeter, 6. Bruce Moffitt, 7. Gary Ashley, 8. Tony Lopresti, 9. Ron Tritschler, 10. Adam Unberger, 11. Ted Mulberry, 12. Lloyd Tomlin, 13. Jay Martin, 14. Kevin Denue, 15. Wayne Mahar, 16. Randy Meyers PURE STOCK "B" SUMMARY (8 LAPS) SCOTT KILMER, 2. Tim Drumm, 3. Fran Marchand, 4. Ronnie Jacobsen, 5. Ray Pierre Jr, 6. Jim Dellea, 7. Mark Houston, 8. Brian Sandstadt, 9. Donald Coon, 10. Peter Robinson, 11. P. Fitzpatrick, 12. Kevin Dolan, 13. Ken Scofield, 14. Bud Noble, 15. Tom Sanchez Jr, 16. Keith Barlow, 17. Dean Cushman, 18. Wally Engel PURE STOCK "C" SUMMARY (8 LAPS) BILL HUGHES, 2. Ryan Crellin, 3. Richard Harkins, 4. Jeff Douglas, 5. Pete Wiegand, 6. Brian Tator, 7. Bob Palmer, 8. Jon Routhier, 9. Anthony Cotugno, 10. Rich Douglass, 11. Rich. Schumann, 12. Marcus Tifft, 13. Mark Forrest, 14. Sid Smith, 15. Philip Moffit, 16. Bill Burlingame, 17. Dave Bayliss Jr