Bachetti and Kokosa Get Early Father's Day Presents

West Lebanon, NY - A special Father's Day night at the Valley of Speed thatincluded the popular Kiddie Rides night presented by Key Bank and FunplexFunpark, saw the return of the 2006 points Champ Andy Bachetti return tovictory lane.  And a struggling Chris Kokosa outlasted the field to capturehis 2nd of 2007.

Beautiful summer weather brought out the young and old to enjoy a full night of action packed racing, with the Key Bank Funplex Funpark Big Block Modifieds 30 lap feature taking to the high banks first.

On the pole, Dave McFeeters #27 brought the field to the green along side the #34R of Russ Reckner.  The first caution flew for the #24 of John Hewitt by lap 2, by this time, the Albreada Waste #4 of Bachetti had powered from his 6th starting spot to reach 3rd.  On the next restart, Bachetti got to the top side of the high backs and began to hunt down the top 2.  He started his assault, but the caution flew again for the #1A of Tim Dwyer, making hard contact with the turn 2 wall.

Bachetti didn't make it completely past the leader McFeeters, so he restarted 2nd, but that was merely a sign of the inevitable, as the green flew again, the #4 sprinted to the top spot by turn 2.

On lap 11, the caution flew once again, this time there was heavy contact involving several cars back in the field.  Involved were the #21J of Jeff Trombley, the #473 of John Alberti, the #74 of J.R. Heffner, the #60 of Brian Berger, and the #115 of Kenny Tremont.  They were all able to continue except for the Berger, who had to make some repairs but returned later, Alberti suffered severe damage and stayed pitside, and Tremont limped around the speedway for the rest of the night with a bent driveshaft.

But on the next restart, the Marshall Oil #98 of Eddie Marshall was right on the rear bumper of the #4 of Bachetti, and that was the way they would race. Marshall would the faster car tried to go high, and then low, then highagain, but just couldn't get enough momentum to complete the pass.

Finally, at the checkers, a last ditch effort came up short, with Andy Bachetti getting his first win of 2007, and making him the 9th different winner of the season.  Marshall crossed the line 2nd, followed by Wayne Jelley, Steve Hough, and Guy Sheldon rounding out the top 5.

The Sportsman 20 lap feature was started with the #1 of D.T. Pickard and the #3 of Kim LaVoy on the front row.  At the green, LaVoy didn't take much time getting by the #1 of Pickard, and she set sail out front of the field.  But further back, the man n the move was the #00 of Chris Kokosa.  The Kokosa Fuels #00 was taking to the high side, or the Bachetti lane, to make his move toward the front.  By lap 4, Kokosa powered his way to the runner up spot, and began to hunt down the #3 of LaVoy.

And by the 10th time around, he cleared LaVoy to take the lead, but was slowed by a caution on lap 11 for the spinning #77S of Kevin Petrucci.  The #00 powered away from the field, hampered by a couple more yellows, but it was not going to be enough for anyone to get to the man out front.  At the checkers, it was Chris Kokosa taking his 2nd win of 2007.  Following Kokosa was the hard charging Jeff Watson to finish 2nd, 3rd across the line was LaVoy, followed by Frank Harper, and Kyle Hoffman.

The Pro Stock 20 lapper was next up was pretty much over when it started, as Paul LaRochelle, started from the front row, and just set the cruise control for a nice Saturday night drive to take his first win of 2007.  Charging through the field to finish a strong second was the #38M of Mike Middleton. A solid finish for the #15 of Dave Blanchard as he crossed the line 3rd; he was followed by the #322 of Jay Casey, and the #35 of Rick Dempsey.

The Limited's saw the #17 of Nick Hilt, charge from the rear of the field to win his 4th of 2007.

50 cars packed into the Valley of Speed for the Pure Stock division, for another night of full fender racing action.  The races were divided into 3 separate 8 lap features.  The Key Bank, Funplex Funpark Feature Winners were:  PS# 1 - Shannon McDermott, PS# 2 - Robert Hammell, and PS# 3 - Phil Wood.

Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages, you need to prepare yourself for a night of unbelievable destructive action!  It's the return of the "Eve of Destruction".  Waste Management and Heavy Hauler are presenting the Eve of Destruction this Tuesday, June 19th.  There will be a School Bus Race, a Trailer Race, a Reverse Race, plus an Extreme Stunt Show.  Bring the whole family out for a night of action, destruction, and loads of fun!  Gates will open @ 5pm, action to begin by 6pm.

Also, next Saturday June 23rd, Anderson Equipment and DMC Racing Products present the Bubba Tanner Pro Stock Classic, along with a return of the Benjamin Moore Paints 358 Super Series.  All classes will be in action. For more information, directions, or ticket info, visit our website at www.LebanonValley.com.  Or call the Speedway offices during normal business hours, at (518) 794-9606, (518) 794-9965.

RESULTS:  Saturday June 16, 2007 - Key Bank & Funplex Fun Park

Modified Results (30 Laps) -  1 Andy Bachetti, 2 Eddie Marshall, 3 Wayne Jelley, 4 Steve Hough, 5 Guy Sheldon, 6 Jeff Trombley, 7 Keith Flach, 8 John Hewitt, 9 Mark Flach Jr, 10 Kyle Sheldon, 11 Russ Reckner, 12 Brian Berger,13 Paul Gilardi, 14 Dickie Larkin, 15 Dave McFeeters, 16 Mike King, 17 John Ruchel, 18 Wayne Figler, 19 J. R. Heffner, 20 Hector Stratton, 21 Kenny Tremont, 22 Ryan Larkin, 23 Danny Burl, 24 Matt Quinn, 25 John Alberti, 26 Tim Dwyer

Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 1 Chris Kokosa, 2 Jeff Watson, 3 Kim Lavoy, 4 Frank Harper, 5 Kyle Hoffman, 6 K. C. Goewey, 7 Brian Sandstedt, 8 Art Collins, 9 Ed Harkin, 10 Neil Stratton, 11 Chris Tryon, 12 Carmon Carnibucci, 13 Alan Houghtaling, 14 Danny Sanchez, 15 Don Miller, 16 KevinLynch, 17 Kolby Schroder, 18 Bill Singer, 19 Brian Houghtaling,  20 Joe Carnibucci, 21 Kevin Petrucci, 22 Chad Pierce, 23 Kyle Armstrong, 24 D. T. Pickard

Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Paul LaRochelle, 2 Mike Middleton, 3 DaveBlanchard, 4 Jay Casey, 5 Rick Dempsey, 6 Robbie Speed, 7 Kevin Arnold, 8Jay Corbin, 9 Tom Brandt, 10 Jim Langenback, 11 Ed Bachand, 12 Chris Crews,13 Victor Hopkins, 14 Paul Rogers, 15 Ed Bishop, 16 Brian Keough, 17 JeffKelmel, 18 Don Collins, 19 Kyle Hosier, 20 Don Carlson, 21 Jason Casey, 22Steve Goodermote, 23 Jon Routhier, 24 Bob Duzlak, 25 Johnny Rivers

Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Nick Hilt, 2 Justin Herron, 3 Jery Helms Jr, 4 Rob Maxon, 5 Jay Kretuziger Jr, 6 Joe Mennite, 7 Kevin Winters,8 Dale Kennedy, 9 Chad Jeseo, 10 George Miles Jr

Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Shannon McDermott, 2 Dave Stickles, 3 Jeff Kreutziger, 4 Richard Puff, 5 Jeff Douglass, 6 Joe Chenail, 7 Chris Murphy,8 Jay Martin, 9 Steve Hatch, 10 Dan Olds, 11 Gary Vandenberg, 12 RichDouglass, 13 Gil Twing Sr., 14 John Devine, 15 John Quiqley, 16 John Denue,17 Tom Davies

Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Robert Hammell, 2 Kirk Stanaway, 3 DaveHouser, 4 Tom Murphy, 5 Chris Streeter, 6 Doug Olds, 7 Larry Ball, 8 RobPartridge, 9 Joe Walcott, 10 Adam Tator, 11 Larry Stickles, 12 Rich Roger,13 Karl Castagna, 14 Howard Madsen, 15 Randy Myers, 16 Mike Fachini, DNS Ron Hoyt Jr.

Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Phil Wood, 2 Al Relyea, 3 Jay Casey, 4 Tom Harkins, 5 Mike Eichstedt, 6 John Chapman, 7 Dave Streibel, 8 Matt Humes, 9 Lou Ganzar, 10 Bob Palmer, 11 Ed Hatch, 12 Tim Sayers, 13 PeteWiegand, 14 Lynn Wesley, 15 Ray Hall Sr, 16 Jesse Murphy