Berger, Salisbury, and Goewey "Roll" to Wins on Freihofer Night

Saturday July 1, 2006 - By Rodney Rescott

West Lebanon, NY:  There is nothing like the seat smell of freshly baked cookies; especially when they are made by the best, or they do it at the race track.  Freihofer Baking Company and Wohrle's Foods presented a Night of Features along with the Benjamin Moore paints 358 Super Series.

With a couple of chocolate chip cookies in one hand, and the green flag in the other, it was time to go racing.  Denny Soltis aboard his familiar #0 brought the field to the green.  The field was slowed only by one caution on lap two involving the unsponsored #9 of Mark Pullen, spinning off turn four.   All cars were able to continue.

At the green, Solis went back to work, but the PLT #60 of Brian Berger was not going to finish second again, and dropped to the bottom groove to take over the top spot with just 5 laps in the books.  The usual suspects deep in the field were struggling to get through the pack to get to the front.  Kenny Tremont, who was piloting a back-up Flach Cranes #43 due to an incident in the heats with the #4 of Bachetti at the start of the qualifier.   The S&S Asphalt 115 was totaled as he made head-on contact with the turn 4 wall at speed, Bachetti was able to continue, but was relegated to his pit after being penalized for rough riding.

The #4 and the #43T of Tremont started from the rear, and was slow going to get to the front, especially with no cautions.  Bachetti could only manage an 8th place finish, while Tremont managed a 14th.  Ronnie Dwyer drove his Bedell Racing Engines #88D to the second position to try and run down the race leader Berger, but in the waning laps, ran out of tires and passed by the hard charging Marshall Oil #98 of Eddie Marshall.

But at the end of 30 laps, it was the #60 of Brian Berger finally capturing his first win of 2006.  Marshall powered his way into 2nd; 3rd was Dwyer.  John Hewitt and Guy Sheldon rounded out the top 5.

The Benjamin Moore 358's took to the Valley of Speed for another 24 lap feature event.  This time the pole sitter; Silly Engine powered, Harrington Farms #24s of Rich Salisbury took control at the green, and set sail to another zip code; as everyone else played catch-up.  There was no one that was gonna come close, as Salisbury had the field covered.  The #24s crossed the line first with Donnie Corellis closing in fast, only to run out of time and came home second.  Third was the #4 of Andy Bachetti, followed by Kenny Tremont, and the #5 of J.R. Heffner.

The Sportsman division had their 20 lap feature event  looked well in hand for the defending champ Art Collins aboard his familiar #68, but a stout O2 Solutions, Bedell Racing Engines #02 driven by K.C. Goewey ran the Alligator down, and passed him for the lead with just 4 laps remaining.  And it was all over by the cryin', as Goewey charged to the win, followed by another impressive charge by Jeff Watson.  Collins crossed the line 3rd, followed by Frank Harper, and Chris Tryon.

Jay Corbin struck while the iron was hot, and snuck in to take the win in the Pro Stock division. Corbin captured his 2nd win of the year, with Don Carlson finishing a strong 2nd, followed by Rob Yetman, Paul LaRochelle, and Rob Langevin capping off the top 5.

Nick Hilt held off a late race charge by Brian Keough in the Limited Pro Stocks, to capture his 2nd win of 2006.

Nearly 50 Pure Stock cars were on tap to take the green for their 4 events of the night.  The winners were; Pure Stock #1 - Mike Eichstedt, his 2nd of 2006.  PS#2 was captured by Chip Martin, his 1st win.  Pure Stock #3 saw the "Wiley One" Pete Wiegand make a last lap pass to capture his 4th win of 2006.  PS#4 saw Jesse Murphy take his 3rd win of the year.  Congratulations to all the winners!

Prepare yourself for the first ever regular Saturday night program that including a 100 lap Modified Spectacular.  The first ever $6,000.00 to Win BUD Classic takes to the Valley of Speed, along with an entire card of regular Saturday night racing.  Budweiser presents the program that is also a Victoria 200 All Star Qualifier.  Then it's the Monster Trucks.  USHRA presents the Monster Truck Summer Nationals July 10th, 11th, and 12th!

Tickets are on sale now, but are going FAST!  Other tickets available for purchase are the World of Outlaws Sprints, as they invade the High Banks July 29th.  The Reserve Only seats are going fast, so get yours soon! For more information, as well as to get tickets, visit our website at www.LebanonValley.com, or call the 'Speedway Offices at (518) 794-9606 or (518) 794-9965 during normal business hours.

Complete results for Saturday July 1, 2006:
Saturday July 01, 2006 - Freihofer Baking Company, Wohrle's Foods

Modified Main Results (30 Laps) -  1 Brian Berger, 2 Eddie Marshall, 3 Ron Dwyer, 4 John Hewitt, 5 Guy Sheldon, 6 Donnie Corellis, 7 Wayne Jelley, 8 Andy Bachetti, 9 Denny Soltis, 10 Mike King, 11 Hector Stratton, 12 Mark Flach Jr, 13 Tim Dwyer, 14 Kenny Tremont, 15 John Alberti, 16 J. R. Heffner, 17 Russ Reckner, 18 Lorne Browe, 19 Keith Flach, 20 Paul Gilardi, 21 Stan
Wetmore, 22 Jeremy Matthies, 23 Wayne Figler, 24 Skippy Fox, 25 Steve Hough, 26 Mark Pullen, 27 John Ruchel, 28 Kyle Sheldon

358 Modified Main Results (24 Laps) - 1 Rich Salisbury, 2 Donnie Corellis, 3 Andy Bachetti, 4 Kenny Tremont Jr, 5 J. R. Heffner, 6 Ted Teal, 7 Ray Hoard, 8 Keith Flach, 9 Alan Houghtaling, 10 Tom Faxon, 11 Roy Bridge, 12 Denny Young Jr, 13 Kory Gurney, 14 Neal Erickson, 15 Kyle Sheldon, 16 Sean Gallivan, 17 Matt Quinn, 18 Wayne Jelley, 19 Mark Pullen

Sportsman B-Main #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Bob Bouchard, 2 Danny Sanchez, 3 Danny Burl, 4 Chad Pierce, 5 Jeff Kelly, 6 Butch Lyons, 7 D. T. Pickard, 8 Lisa Schoonmaker

Sportsman B-Main #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Earl Thitchener, 2 Joe Mabb Jr, 3 Walt McKay, 4 Derek Schibi, 5 Daryl Hulbert, 6 Larry VanAlstyne, 7 Don Kennedy, 8 Mark Dickie, 9 Kim LaVoy

Sportsman Main Results (20 Laps) - 1 KC Goewey, 2 Jeff Watson, 3 Art Collins, 4 Frank Harper, 5 Chris Tryon, 6 Ryan Larkin, 7 Kevin Lynch, 8 Alan Houghtaling, 9 Brian Sandstedt, 10 Ed Harkin, 11 Chris Kokosa, 12 Don Miller, 13 Kyle Hoffman, 14 Kory Sandstedt, 15 Neil Stratton, 16 Danny Burl, 17 Danny Sanchez, 18 Bob Bouchard, 19 Joe Mabb Jr, 20 Derek Schibi, 21 Walt McKay, 22 Chad Pierce, 23 Jeff Kelly, 24 Daryl Hulbert, 25 Earl Thitchener, 26 Carmon Carnibucci

Pro Stock B-Main Results (8 Laps) - 1 Kyle Hosier, 2 Jon Routhier, 3 Rob Langevin, 4 Victor Hopkins, 5 Lori Cary, 6 Joe Platt, 7 Jeff Kelmel, 8 Dwayne Quennville

Pro Stock Main Results (20 Laps) - 1 Jay Corbin, 2 Don Carlson, 3 Rob Yetman, 4 Paul LaRochelle, 5 Rob Langevin, 6 Robbie Speed, 7 Chris Crews, 8 Jim Langenback, 9 Kevin Arnold, 10 Jon Routhier, 11 Joe Platt, 12 Jason Casey, 13 Kyle Hosier, 14 Lori Cary, 15 Mike Middleton, 16 Victor Hopkins, 17 Chris Claus, 18 Jeff Kelmel, 19 Dwayne Quennville

Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Nick Hilt, 2 Brian Keough, 3 John Santolin, 4 Justin Herron, 5 Jim Keough, 6 Gary Ashley, 7 Frankie Twing, 8 Bill Hammell, 9 Mike Fachini, 10 Zach Peckham

Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Mike Eichstedt, 2 Gary VanDenberg, 3 Dave Stickles, 4 David Bink, 5 Robert Hammell, 6 Chris Keller, 7 Nick Regis, 8 Wuggie Burdick, 9 Mark Stevens, 10 John Quiqley, 11 Ron Hoyt Jr, 12 Jay Kreutziger Jr

Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Chip Martin, 2 Steve Hatch, 3 Dan Olds, 4 Lynn Wesley, 5 Jeff Douglass, 6 Jim Fachini, 7 Richard Rogers, 8 Joe Chenail, 9 Joe Walcott, 10 Jeff Kreutziger, 11 E. J. Legeyt, DNS Chris Stalker, DNS Doug Olds

Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Pete Wiegand, 2 Kevin Winters, 3 Al Relyea, 4 Matt Humes, 5 Bob Palmer, 6 Chrissy Hilt, 7 Brian Houghtaling, 8 John Chapman, 9 Phil Wood, 10 Tom Harkins, 11 Ray Hall Sr, 12 Shannon McDermott

Pure Stock #4 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Jesse Murphy, 2 Kirk Stanaway, 3 Larry Ball, 4 Rich Douglass, 5 Jerry Helms Jr, 6 Karl Castagna, 7 Steve Kahler Jr, 8 Dave Houser, 9 Lou Ganczar, 10 Paul Engwer, 11 John Hubbard, 12 Tim Sayers