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West Lebanon, NY - The chilling temperatures weren't enough to keep the Valley fans from their 55th Season Opener, or enough to keep Brett 'the Jet' Hearn from taking his first season opener at the Valley of Speed.
There was no doubt that the high banks were going to get the 55th lid lifter underway, and it was just a matter of time that the Jett got to victory lane.
L&M Motors and Wentworth construction presented the nights racing, along with Heavy Hauler. The Big Block Modifieds took to the speedway first for their 30 lap opening point night event.
On the pole was the #88d of Ronnie Dwyer, but it was very short lived, as the car came to stop in turn two during the warm up laps, and he never was able to return.
When the green finally flew, it was obvious who the contenders were going to be, as J.R. Heffner charged from the 5th starting spot to take over the point by lap 3. But deep in the field, the Wentworth Construction #20 of Hearn had moved from the 12 starting spot, up to 5 in just 5 laps. By lap9, Hearn moved past the #43 of Keith Flach, and set his sights on the A. Colarusso and Sons #74 of Heffner.
Deeper in the field, returning legend to the High banks, the #88L of Dickie Larkin was battling wheel to wheel with the #98 of Eddie Marshall, and the #115 of Kenny Tremont. Also among the valley regulars was a new comer to the Valley of Speed. Altamont, NY's Jeff Trombley driving his familiar #21j, decided to make Lebanon Valley his home for 2007.
Back at the front of the field, Heffner was beginning to reach lap traffic by lap 16. Hearn mounted a steady challenge, reeling in the #74 little by little, so that by lap 22, Hearn got by the #74, and took over the top spot, and never looked back.
At the checkers, it was Hearn, followed by Heffner. Third was the #43 of Flach, followed by #20 of Matt Quinn, and the #34 of Steve Hough. Notables were Wayne Jelley 6th, Kenny Tremont 8th, Jeff Trombley 12th, and Andy Bachetti 13th.
Also on the night, there was plenty of action for the Pro Stocks, Limited Pro Stocks, and the Pure Stocks.
The pro Stocks took to the Valley of Speed next with plenty of excitement. At the green flag, it was the #315 of Jon Routhier. That was all that was needed for Routhier, as he took off and checked out on the field. Even with several cautions for spins, and an occasional blown motor, there was no stopping the #315 from taking the checkers.
At the checkers, it was Routhier, followed by the #78 of Paul LaRochelle. Third across the line was the #26 of Don Carlson, followed by #38m of Mike Middleton, and the #24 of Robbie Speed.
The Limited Pro Stocks saw the #17 of Nick Hilt take the win in their 15 lap event.
The Pure Stocks were also on tap as they had nearly 40 cars on tap, divided into 3 events. The winners were; PS#1 - Matt Humes, PS#2 - 2006 Champion Pete Wiegand, PS#3 - John Chapman.
The 4 cylinders were also in attendance, as exciting last lap battle ended with the third place car of Marty Poole taking the victory in their 15 lap shootout in the 'Dual Cam' class, and in the 'Single Cam' class, it was Jim Williams.
Next Saturday, Callanan Industries and Contractor Sales present Opening Night for the Sportsman division, including all classes.
For more information, or to get the full 2007 schedule, visit our website at www.LebanonValley.com, click on "Speedway". Or contact our speedway offices at (518) 794-9606, (518) 794-9965 during normal business hours.
Saturday April 14, 2007 -L & M Motors, Wentworth Construction and Heavy Hauler
Modified Results (30 Laps) - 1 Brett Hearn, 2 J. R. Heffner, 3 Keith Flach, 4 Matt Quinn, 5 Steve Hough, 6 Wayne Jelley, 7 Eddie Marshall, 8 Kenny Tremont, 9 Guy Sheldon, 10 Mike King, 11 Tim Dwyer, 12 Jeff Trombley, 13 Andy Bachetti, 14 Dickie Larkin, 15 Mark Flach Jr, 16 Chris Schultz, 17 John Hewitt, 18 Ryan Larkin, 19 Russ Reckner, 20 Kyle Sheldon, 21 Dave McFeeters, 22 John Ruchel, 23 Paul Gilardi, 24 Brian Berger, 25 Jeff Sukup, 26 Mark Pullen, 27 Ray Hoard, 28 J. C. Flach
Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Jon Routhier, 2 Paul LaRochelle, 3 Don Carlson, 4 Mike Middleton, 5 Robbie Speed, 6 Jay Casey, 7 Jason Casey, 8 Steve Hankle, 9 Kevin Arnold, 10 Victor Hopkins, 11 Chris Crews, 12 Brian Keough, 13 Chris Stalker, 14 Johnny Rivers, 15 Jeff Kelmel, 16 Jay Corbin, 17 Ed Bachand, 18 Paul Rogers, 19 Tom Brandt, 20 Don Collins, 21 Jim Langenback, 22 Bob Duzlak
Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) – 1 Nick Hilt, 2 Justin Herron, 3 George Mile, Jr, 4 Chad Jeseo, 5 Dave Colwell, 6 Dirk LaPierre, 7 Gary Ashley, 8 Mark Stevens, 9 Kevin Winters, 10 Bill Hammell, 11 Joe Mennite
Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Matt Humes, 2 Bob Palmer, 3 Karl Castagna, 4 Al Relyea, 5 Robert Hammell, 6 Jeff Douglass, 7 Dave Houser, 8 Lynn Wesley, 9 Howard Madsen, 10 Dave Stickles, 11 Chris Keller, 12 John Quiqley, 13 Ron Hoyt Jr, 14 Steve Hatch
Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Pete Weigand, 2 Jesse Murphy, 3 Shannon McDermott, 4 Dave Streibel, 5 Ray Hall Sr, 6 Joe Walcott, 7 Chris Streeter, 8 Don Coon, 9 Cord Becker, 10 Dan Olds, 11 Tim Sayers, 12 Tom Murphy, 13 Chuck Lampe
Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 John Chapman, 2 Larry Ball, 3 Jerry Helms Jr, 4 Richard Puff, 5 Mike Eichstedt, 6 Joe Chenail, 7 Ed Hatch, 8 Lloyd Tomlin, 9 Shawn Dixon, 10 Chris Murphy, 11 Mark Intelisano, 12 Jay Casey, 13 Brian Houghtaling
4 Cylinder Dual Cam Top Five (15 Laps) - 1 Marty Poole, 2 Mark Burke, 3 Terry McNamara, 4 Frank Sorrento, 5 Todd Bartley
4 Cylinder Single Cam Top Five (15 Laps) - 1 Jim Williams, 2 Chris White, 3 Shawn Perez, 4 Brandon Mabb, 5 Tony Arcoleo
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