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MIKE COLSTEN
RECORDS SECOND STRAIGHT MODIFIED WIN ON SATURDAY. WIN WORTH $2,000. |
For Immediate Release
Re: June 23rd Quick Results
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Contact: 607-775-5555
Mike
Colsten puts the hammer to competition at Five Mile
Point
By
Ryan Lepre
Mike
Colsten of Binghamton, NY is having a ‘flashback’ the
last few weeks at Five Mile Point Speedway. The sixty three year old
driver slid by Jeff Crambo on lap 13 and went unchallenged the rest of the way
on Saturday night to collect the $2,000 top prize in the Modifieds.
Crambo of Throop, PA finished a career best second but trailed Colsten by over a straightaway at the finish. Jim Gabriel
Jr. finished third but was disqualified for weighing in as a small block while
running a big block engine. This moved Kevin Bates to third while Brian Puckett
and Brian Weaver completed the top five.
Nick Petrilak
snatched the lead with five laps to go and went on the win the 20 lap Sportsman
feature for the second straight week. Joel Batzel
and Scott Bennett traded slide jobs late in the IMCA Modified main with Batzel taking home the win. Ryan Stone held off
repeated challenges from Jon Carpenter in the Street Stock feature. Dave
Simms came out on top in the Lightning Cat Expert division while Tucker Harpell won in the Lightning Cat Novice.
Glenn
Knapp and Jim Gabriel Jr. led the field to the green flag for the 30 lap
Modified feature Saturday night at the quarter mile. Gabriel took the lead
at the start over Knapp, Brian Puckett, Jeff Crambo and Brian Malcolm.
Crambo was into second on lap two meanwhile Mike Colsten
was up to sixth from his tenth starting spot. The caution flew on lap
four when Ken Titus and Chris Ostrowsky got together.
On the restart Gabriel and Crambo battled side by side but Gabriel kept the
lead on the high side of the speedway. Colsten
was marching forward as he moved to fifth on lap five then to fourth on the
next lap. Colsten bypassed Puckett for third on
lap eight before the caution flew for John Juhl who
rolled to a stop in turn one. Gabriel picked the inside for the double
file restart and it cost him as Crambo moved to the lead on the outside.
Colsten bypassed Gabriel on lap 10 for the
runner-up spot and quickly caught Crambo. Crambo and Colsten
raced side by side on laps 11 through 13 before Colsten
took control on lap 13 with a slide job in turns three and four. At the
halfway point Colsten led Crambo, Gabriel, Puckett
and Malcolm meanwhile 11th starter Kevin Bates and 20th
starter Justin Holland were both moving towards the front. Bates broke
into the top five on lap 19 while point leader Holland ran eighth. The
best race on the track was for third place between Gabriel and Puckett their
battle also allowed Bates to close in. Colsten
went on to the easy win over Crambo while apparent third place finisher Gabriel
was later disqualified for a weight infraction. Bates of Lake Ariel, PA
nipped Puckett of Old Forge, PA for third while Brian Weaver of Windsor, NY
placed fifth. Sixth to tenth went to Holland, Pat Ward, Malcolm, 17th
starter Danny Creeden and Mike Nagel Jr. Heat
races were won by Puckett, Weaver and Gabriel.
Ryan
Olsommer shot to the lead in the Sportsman main with
a three wide move on lap three. Olsommer had
Mike Austin, Nick Petrilak and Chris Wood close
behind with a hand full of laps remaining. Petrilak
suddenly found some bite on the outside and moved into the lead at the flag
stand on lap 15. Under a late caution Olsommer
stopped with ignition issues. Petrilak went on
to his second consecutive win beating Austin, Wood, PJ Goodwin and Alex Stanton
at the finish.
In
the IMCA Modfied event Jason Tuttle led early until
Joel Batzel took the lead on lap five. Batzel led but Scott Bennett was closing and had moved to
second on lap eight. Bennett pulled alongside Batzel
on lap 13 but Batzel held the spot then Bennett slid
to the point on lap 15 however Batzel crossed back
over to retake the lead. Bennett tried one last time to slide Batzel on the last lap but it wasn’t enough as Batzel took the win over Bennett, Matt Roberts, Mike Wilmot
and Shawn Bruce.
Ryan
Stone grabbed the lead on lap two of the Street Stock main while point leader
Jon Carpenter started to challenge at the halfway mark. Stone and
Carpenter battled tightly over the last ten laps even banging door handles a
couple times. Stone outlasted Carpenter to take the win, Jason Butler
placed third at the finish.
Dave
Simms and Kenny Underwood battled it out for Lightning Cat Expert feature
victory. Simms came out on top with Underwood second and Jeff Hayes
third. Tucker Harpell outdistanced the field to
win the Lightning Cat Novice event.
MODIFIED FEATURE: 1.MIKE
COLSTEN 2.Jeff Crambo 3.Kevin Bates
4.Brian Puckett 5.Brian Weaver 6.Justin Holland 7.Pat Ward 8.Brian Malcolm
9.Danny Creeden 10.Mike Nagel Jr. 11.Nick Rochinski 12.Barry White 13.Glenn Knapp 14.Shaun Walker
15.Brent Wilcox 16.Brett Tonkin 17.Jamie Batzel
18.John Juhl 19.Brent Boyer 20.Ken Titus 21.Chris Ostrowsky. DQ – Jim Gabriel, Jr.
SPORTSMAN FEATURE: NICK
PETRILAK, Mike Austin, Chris Wood,
P.J. Goodwin, Alex Stanton, Mike Loney, Justin
Andrews, Vinnie DeCicco, Mike Dougherty, Richie Hillis, Shane Wolf Jr., Dusty Barton, Brad Szulewski, Zachary Varricka, Greg
Morgan, Tyler Singleton, Paul Rooney, Larry Hillis,
Greg McCloskey, Ryan Olsommer. DNS Bryan Batzel.
IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE:
JOEL BATZEL, Scott Bennett, Matt
Roberts, Mike Wilmot, Shawn Bruce, Tanner Harpell,
Kevin Cole, Matt Cole, Brian Russell, Rob Slezak,
Charlie Gilbert, Gary Roberts, Jason Tuttle, Justin Slezak.
DNS – Tyler Stoddard.
STREET STOCK FEATURE: RYAN
STONE, Jon Carpenter, Jason Butler,
Kurt Decker, Todd Sutliff, Troy Kress, Chad Sindoni, T.J. Anderson, Mark Andrus, Josh Dumas, Joe Warren,
Ryan Codington, Dan Babcock, Herb Penny.
LIGHTNING CAT EXPERT
FEATURE: DAVE SIMMS, Kenny Underwood,
Jeff Hayes, Adam Gilbert, Dennis Keesler, Andy
Brigham, Jason Colwell, Gary Kinne, Matt Mather, Rick
Lunn, Dennis Bainbridge, Emmett Smith, Damian Bausenwein, Duane Kinne.
LIGHTNING CAT NOVICE
FEATURE: TUCKER HARPELL, Matt Gibson,
Josh Mutz, Dustin Desmond, Nicole Bausenwein,
Mackenzie Gibson.