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ERIC PALMER WINS MODIFIED FEATURE EVENT ON SATURDAY NIGHT. |
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May 30th results
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ERIC PALMER BECOMES FOURTH DIFFERENT
MODIFIED WINNER IN FOUR WEEKS AT FIVE MILE POINT SPEEDWAY.
Kirkwood, NY…Eric Palmer recorded the Modified victory on Saturday night at Five
Mile Point Speedway and in the process became the fourth different winner in as
many races in the division. The theme
was the same in the Sportsman class as Brian Puckett became the sixth different
winner in six weeks with his feature victory.
Dan Morden
and Tim Votra led the Modified field down for the start of the 30 lap feature
event. Morden
took advantage and set the pace during the early go. On lap 4 Palmer had advanced from his seventh
starting spot to second. It would only
take Palmer one lap to work his way to the point. The race would remain green until lap 14 as a
tremendous battle shaped up for spots second through sixth between James
Cornell, Tom McGurrin, Jim Gabriel, Jr. and Kevin
Bates.
The lap 14 caution would
reset the field and this found Gabriel now lined up next to Palmer for the
restart. Palmer quickly pulled away on
the restart and opened up a commanding lead as Gabriel, Cornell, Bates and McGurrin put on a great race for those spots. The remainder of the race would go without a
caution as Palmer began to engage in lapped traffic. Both Gabriel and now Bates took advantage as
the large lead began to evaporate. On
the final lap Gabriel closed in on Palmer but was not able to make a serious
challenge. At the finish it would be
Palmer ahead of Gabriel by three car lengths.
Bates came across the line in third with Cornell and McGurrin
completing the top five. Positions six
through ten were filled by Brian Weaver, Brent Wilcox, Mike Ricci, Jackie
Brown, Jr. and Nick Rochinski.
Brian Puckett led wire to
wire in the 20 lap Sportsman feature event.
Although he led the distance the win did not come easy. May 9th feature winner Justin
Holland made a last race charge from the outside of the speedway and came up
just six inches short at the finish. The
final 11 laps of the event were without a caution which made the task for
Darl Ellis, Jr. took the lead on lap 19 of the 20 lap Pure
Stock feature after race leader Jim Sykes slowed with mechanical woes. Charlie Gilbert made a last lap charge on
Ellis but Ellis hung on by less than a car length at the finish. In six races in 2009 only Gilbert has repeat
victories. Harold Humphrey, Shane Wolf, Jr. and Jason Benjamin completed the
top five.
Cliff Pierce took the lead
from defending Track Champion Gary Roberts on lap 5 and led the remainder of
the way in the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature event. It was the first victory of the season for
Pierce. Mike Wilmot, Tyler Stoddard and
Mike Smith made up the top five finishers.
Other feature winners:
Figure 8 Feature Winner: Robert Warner
Kiddie Cat Feature Winner:
Bryan Batzel
Held over Lightning Cat
Winner Expert: Ken Underwood
Held over Lightning Cat
Winner Novice: Tyler Harpell
Lightning Cat Regular
Scheduled Feature Winner Expert: Cody
Decker
Lightning Cat Regular
Scheduled Feature Winner Novice: Dave
Bainbridge
MODIFIED OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH 30 LAPS: ERIC PALMER, Jim Gabriel Jr., Kevin Bates, James Cornell, Tom McGurrin, Brian Weaver, Brent Wilcox, Mike Ricci, Jackie
Brown Jr., Nick Rochinski, Frank Yankowski, Shaun
Walker, Mike McCallum, Vinny Decicco,
J.R. Hurlburt, Chris Ostrowsky, Joe Krisovich, Mike Colsten, Tim Votra, Stewart
Friesen, Dan Morden, Gary Griffin, Randy Brokaw, Joel
Batzel.
DNQ – Brian Puckett,
Tom Oleski, Greg Tatich, Carl Nagel, Eric Stephens
Jr., Ken Titus, Eric Kocher, Matt Latwinski, Barry
White, Brett Barrett, Darin Schuler, George Kostolansky,
Glenn Knapp, Brian Malcolm.
IMCA MODIFIED OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH 20 LAPS: CLIFF
PIERCE, Gary Roberts, Mike Wilmot,
Tyler Stoddard, Mike Smith, Mike Stoddard, Joe Cole, Jeremy Shaw, Mike Pratschler, Matt Cole, Rich NcNeal,
Jason Makosky, Russ Jennings, Gary Dence, Patti
Simpson, Steve Simpson.
PURE STOCK OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH 20 LAPS: DARL ELLIS JR., Charlie Gilbert, Harold Humphrey, Shane Wolf Jr.,
Jason Benjamin, Tyler yeagle, Steve Polhamus, Billy Kinner, Jim
Sykes, Dave Cronk, Todd Sutliff,
Dave Conklin, Eric Beach, Dwayne Jackson, Dave Mutz,
Kurt Decker, Jon Carpenter, Chad Ely, Rob Snow, Doug Stack, Nate Stark, Mike
Codington. DNS –
Herby Penny.
SPORTSMAN OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH 20 LAPS: BRIAN PUCKETT, Justin Holland, Mike Nagel Jr., Dwayne Robbins, Brad
Grim, Brian Decker, Charlie Hendrickson Jr., Joe Colsten, Paul Strohl, Jerry Craig, Mike Austin, A.J. Williams, Josh
Ainey, Billy Spoonhower, Chris Wood, Harry Cook Jr.,
Jamie Batzel, Jerry Tonti, Greg McCloskey, Mike Doughty.
LIGHTNING CAT EXPERT DIVISION OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH
12 LAPS: CODY DECKER, Dave Simms, Gary Kinne,
Kenny Underwood, Dave Smith, Frank Kennedy, Beezer Wilkie, Dan Wood, Travis Hayes, Todd Stanton, Chris Taylor,
Justin Slezek, Andy Colwell.
LIGHTNING CAT NOVICE DIVISION OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH
10 LAPS: DAVE BAINBRIDGE, Tyler Harpell, Barry Wallace, Bill Titus, Scott Heeman, Eric Sigler, Todd Titus, Scott McDonald, Matt
Dunham, Mark Clark, Brian Titus, Sean Colwell, Mark Giradano,
Duane Kinne, Matt Clark, Kyle Ross. DNS – Jason Colwell.
KIDDIE CAT OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH 10 LAPS: BRYAN BATZEL, Doug Stack Jr., Tanner Harpell, Tucker Harpell, Mike Robinson.
HELD OVER LIGHTNING CAT EXPERT DIVISION OFFICIAL
FEATURE FINISH 12 LAPS: KEN UNDERWOOD, Cody Decker, Gary Kinne, Dan
Wood, Travis Hayes, Justin Slezak, Frank Kennedy, Dave Simms.
HELD OVER LIGHTNING CAT NOVICE DIVISION OFFICIAL
FEATURE FINISH 10 LAPS: TYLER HARPELL, Dave Bainbridge, Bill Titus, Kyle Ross, Eric Sigler,
Todd Titus, Mark Giradano, Brian Titus, Matt Clark,
Jason Colwell, Duane Kinne.
FIGURE 8 OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH: ROBERT WARNER, Mark Cardew, Joe Warner, Mark Andrus.