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FRIESEN
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RE: Saturday, June13th
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STEWART FRIESEN BECOMES SIXTH DIFFERENT
MODIFIED WINNER IN SEVEN RACES AT FIVE MILE POINT SPEEDWAY.
KIRKWOOD, NY…The ultra competitive 2009 race season continued it’s trend on
Saturday night as Stewart Friesen from Niagara on the Lake, Ontario became the
sixth different Modified winner in seven races this season. Joey Colsten became the first repeat winner
of the season in Sportsman division.
There have been seven different feature winners in eight races this
season in the Sportsman class.
Brett Barrett darted out to
the initial lead in the 30 lap feature event on Saturday night. Barrett looked strong early as he ran the
outside of the speedway with Glenn Knapp in tow. A caution on lap 4 bunched up the field and
Knapp took advantage of his outside restart position to motor in to the
lead. Tom Votra was quickly advancing
from his fifth starting slot as he moved in to second on lap 8. Votra quickly began to pressure Knapp on the
outside of the speedway and took over the point on the 11th circuit.
Votra looked like the guy to
beat as he was dialed in on the outer edges of the quarter mile. Meanwhile, Stewart Friesen was beginning to
quietly advance from his thirteenth starting spot. Friesen worked in to second on lap 13 and
immediately applied the heat to Votra.
On lap 15 Friesen drifted in front of Votra to take the lead but the
caution came out and Votra regained his lead position. On the restart Friesen made his inside move
stick as he took over the lead on the next circuit.
All eyes were now on the
battle for third between Vinny DeCicco,
Glenn Knapp, Mike Colsten and Brian Weaver.
DeCicco made his way past Votra on lap 26 and
quickly set his sights on Knapp for second.
With only two laps to go DeCicco made his way
past Knapp but did not have enough time to reel in Friesen. Knapp held on for third with Colsten and
Weaver rounding out the top five. The speedway surface was outstanding on
Saturday as DeCicco came from the 10th
starting position, fourth place finisher Colsten came out of the consolation
event and had started twenty-fourth on the field.
Modified race notes…The
30 lap Modified feature event saw four different race leaders through the event
but it was Marathons Tim Votra and Stewart Friesen that put on the best battle
for the lead. Votra took the lead on lap
11 from
Joey Colsten became the first
repeat winner of 2009 in the Sportsman division. Colsten took the lead on lap four and never
looked back in the 20 lap feature event.
His previous victory came on Saturday, May 17th. Mike Nagel, Jr. had another solid runner-up
finish followed by Charlie Hendrickson, Jr., Chris Wood and Jerry Tonti.
Charlie Gilbert took the lead
on lap 16 of the 20 lap Pure Stock feature event and held off a late race
charge by Butch Green to collect his third win of the season. Gilbert started 11th in the
twenty-four car starting field. Harold
Humphrey tallied another podium finish in third with Jonathon Carpenter and Tom
Eiklor completing the top five slots.
Two-time defending IMCA
Modified Track Champion Gary Roberts looked like he might be on to his second
feature victory of the season on Saturday.
Roberts has had terrible luck this season and took command of the 20
lapper early. Scott Bennett had to work
his way through the field from his eighth starting spot and on lap 11 he pulled
in to second place. On lap 13 Bennett
was able to work past Roberts for the lead and he would never look back. Bennett would go on for his first victory of
the season. Roberts wound up second
followed by Cliff Pierce, Tyler Stoddard and Mike Wilmot.
Other feature winners on
Saturday night were Cody Decker in the Lightning Cat Expert class, Shaun Colwell in the Lightning Cat Novice
class and Bryan Batzel in the Kiddie Cat division.
DON’S AUTOMOTIVE MALL MODIFIED OFFICIAL FEATURE
FINISH 30 LAPS: STEWART FRIESEN, Vinny DeCicco, Glenn Knapp, Mike
Colsten, Brian Weaver, Tim Votra, Jim Gabriel Jr., Shaun Walker, Nick Rochinski, Carl Nagel, Frank Yankowski, James Cornell,
Bobby Puckett, Darrin Schuler, Joel Batzel, Chris Ostrowsky, Brett Barrett, Ken
Titus, Ricky Yetter, Gary Griffin, Kevin Bates, Dan Morden, Barry White, Eric Palmer.
IMCA MODIFIED OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH 20 LAPS: SCOTT
BENNETT, Gary Roberts, Cliff Pierce,
Tyler Stoddard, Mike Wilmot, Brad Weaver, George Proctor, Gary Dence, Mike
Stoddard, Russ Jennings, Mike Pratcshler, Patti
Simpson, Joe Cole, Shaun Bruce, Jason Makosky, DNS
– Phil Clapper
PURE STOCK OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH 20 LAPS: CHARLIE GILBERT, Butch Green, Harold Humphrey, Jon Carpenter, Tom Eiklor, Mike Codington, Shane Wolf Jr., Todd Sutliff, Steve Polhamus, Dave
Conklin, Duane Codington, Shannon Butts, Billy Kinner,
Rob Snow, Dave Mutz, Joe Warren, Eric Beach, Glenn
Robinson, Dave VanBuren, Darl
Ellis Jr., Herb Penny, Dwayne Jackson, Ray Lindquist.
SPORTSMAN OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH 20 LAPS: JOEY COLSTEN, Mike Nagel Jr., Charlie Hendrickson Jr., Chris Wood,
jerry Tonti, Dwayne Robbins, Brad Grim, Harry Cook Jr., Brian Decker, Mike
Dougherty, Mike Austin, Justin Holland, Brian Puckett, Jamie Batzel.
LIGHTNING CAT EXPERT DIVISION OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH
12 LAPS:
CODY DECKER, Frank
Kennedy, Dave Simms, Kenny Underwood, Tim Price, Dan Wood, Dennis Keesler, Gary Kinne, Beezer Wilkie, Andy Colwell, Dan
Smith, Jeff Hayes, Travis Hayes, Justin Slezak.
LIGHTNING CAT NOVICE DIVISION OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH
10 LAPS:
SHAUN COLWELL, Bill
Titus, Tyler Harpell, Scott Heeman, Matt Dunham,
Brian Titus, Scott McDonald, Dave Bainbridge, Todd Titus, Kyle Ross, Duane Kinne, Matt Clark.
KIDDIE CAT OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH 10 LAPS: BRYAN BATZEL, Tucker Harpell, Tanner Harpell, Doug
Stack Jr.