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STEWART FRIESEN WINS FEATURE NUMBER NINE. |
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Saturday, August 28 results
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STEWART FRIESEN WINS NINTH MODIFIED FEATURE VICTORY OF
THE SEASON AT FIVE MILE POINT SPEEDWAY.
The
30 lap Modified feature was one for the ages.
The feature event say five different race leaders and a whopping fifteen
lead changes, several of those coming over just the final two laps. Brent Boyer was the early race leader as he
emerged from his third starting position to take over quickly. Boyer had the top dialed in as he charged out
front. Kenny Titus quickly hustled from
his seventh starting position and ran side by side for several laps with race
leader Boyer. Titus was scored the
leader on lap 3 but Boyer was back out front on lap 5. Titus re-established himself as the race
leader on lap 6 only to see Boyer take the point back on lap 9. The theme continued out front as Titus
re-captured the lead on lap 10 only to see Glenn Knapp power around the outside
for the outside on lap 11.
The
battle for fourth through tenth saw a number of drivers battling two, three and
four wide for position. Nick Rochinski ran steady in the top five as Joey Colsten began
to re-emerge himself as a threat.
Colsten started fourth but jumped the cushion at the start of the race
falling back to the tenth spot. Rochinski, Colsten, Kevin Bates, Frank Yankowski, Stewart
Friesen and Brian Weaver put on a tremendous battle for position during the
first half of the race.
Boyer
saw his great run come to an end with a right rear flat tire. Boyer had been throwing the car in to the
cushion and it ultimately would send him to the pits. At the midway point Knapp continued to lead
with Titus, J. Colsten, Rochinski and Bates in the
top five. Joey Colsten moved in to
second on lap 16 and began to battle with Knapp for the race lead. Knapp was
using the outside of the quarter mile but changed his line allowing Colsten to
dart past on lap 23. Colsten immediately
went to the top as Friesen moved into second on lap 24. The two hooked up in a tremendous battle over
the final five laps exchanging the lead on several
laps. Friesen would move past for the
final time on lap 29 and go on for his ninth win of the season. Colsten finished second with Bates rallying
to finish third. Knapp had a solid
fourth place finish with Titus coming home in fifth.
In
victory lane Friesen commented, “That was a lot of fun, he (Colsten) ran
a great race and I am glad that we were able to come out on top.” Colsten commented, “This was like a win
running with the hottest driver in the northeast and passing him for the
lead. We came up a little short but
learned a lot.” Colsten in only
his second season of Modified racing had dropped out three races in a row prior
while running in the top five. If
Friesen wins the Season Championship this Saturday night and
The
Sportsman division had another strong outing in their 20 lap feature
event. Only one caution would slow the
race and the outcome will make for a remarkably close point race entering the
Season Championship this Saturday. Nick
Petrilak took the lead on lap 11 from Charlie Hendrickson and would hold back a
late race charge from Jeff Crambo for the victory. For Petrilak it was his sixth victory of the
season giving him the most wins in the class for 2010. Crambo would wind up second with Justin
Holland, Mike Loney and P.J. Goodwin completing the top five. Despite having only one feature win in 2010
Justin Holland leads the points by one over Chris Wood. Here are the top five entering the
championship this Saturday (
Mike
Wilmot was behind the wheel of a different IMCA Modified on Saturday night and
the combination worked in the 20 lap feature event. Wilmot took the lead from Patti Simpson on
lap 10 and would go on for his first victory of the season. Scott Bennett rallied from his tenth starting
spot to take second with Simpson having a great run to come home third. Gary Roberts and Shawn Bruce completed the
top five finishers. Entering the
championship this weekend here are the top five in the point race (Mike Smith
669, Scott Bennett 658, Gary Roberts 629, Howard Jones 608, Brad Weaver 597).
The
“Kirkwood Comet” Cody Decker returned to his early season form with
his victory in the 20 lap Street Stock feature event. Decker took the lead from Charlie Gilbert on
lap 2 and would lead the remainder of the way.
For Decker it was his seventh victory of the season. Shane Wolf, Jr., Gilbert, Tyler Yeagle and Nick Nye completed the top five. Gilbert has clinched the 2010 Track
Championship entering this Saturday’s event.
Travis
Hayes collected his first Lightning Cat Expert feature of the season on
Saturday night. Duane Kinne added to his Lightning Cat Novice win total with
victory number seven of the season.
Tucker Harpell won the final Kiddie Cat event
of the 2010 season. Jason Colwell won
the Best of Class division of the Kiddie Cats.
MODIFIED
OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH (30): STEWART
FRIESEN, Joey Colsten, Kevin Bates, Glenn Knapp, Ken Titus,
Nick Rochinski, Bobby Puckett, Brian Weaver, Jim
Gabriel Jr., Frank Yankowski, Mike Colsten, Shaun Walker, Brent Wilcox, Brian
Malcolm, Carl Nagel, J.R. Hurlburt, Joe Krisovich, Tom Oleski, Gary Griffin,
Brent Boyer, George Hildebrandt, Brian Puckett, Eric Palmer, Darrin Schuler,
Barry White.
SPORTSMAN
OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH (20): NICK
PETRILAK, Jeff Crambo, Justin Holland, Mike Loney, P.J. Goodwin,
Chris Wood, Charlie Hendrickson Jr., Jamie Batzel, Jeff Bronson, A.J. Lord,
Mike Nagel Jr., Carl Heater, Bryan Batzel, Paul Strohl,
Jack Admundsen, Brian Decker, Jerry Tonti. DNS – Adam McGeorge.
STREET STOCK
OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH (20): CODY
DECKER, Shane Wolf Jr., Charlie Gilbert, Tyler Yeagle, Nick Nye, Darl Ellis,
Randy Marsh, Todd Sutliff, Rob Snow, Joe Warren, Chad
Sidoni, Josh Stilson, Brian
Titus, Dave Stalker, Shane Wolf Sr., Mike Codington, Dave Mutz. DNS – Harry Marvin Sr.
IMCA
MODIFIED OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH (20): MIKE WILMOT, Scott Bennett,
Patti Simpson, Gary Roberts, Shawn Bruce, Howard Jones, Mike Smith, Charlie
Gilbert, Brad Weaver, Mike Stoddard, Gary Dence, Tyler Stoddard, K.C. Cole,
Jason Tuttle, Mike Owen.
LIGHTNING
CAT EXPERT OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH (15):
TRAVIS HAYES, Dennis Keesler, Jeff Hayes,
Dave Bainbridge, Gary Kinne, Dave Simms.
LIGHTNING
CAT NOVICE OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH (12):
DUANE KINNE, Troy Kress, Tanner Harpell, Jerry Tunney, Dave
Desmond, Jason Colwell, Jason Hewett, Mike McDaniels,
Anthony Seward.
KIDDIE
CAT OFFICIAL FEATURE FINISH: TUCKER
HARPELL, Tim Vandemark,
Tommy Rought, Best
of Class - Jason Colwell.