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Chemung
Speedrome 2010 Press Releases
August 6th,
2010
4-Score for JR Kent in Chemung’s NASCAR Mods; Brittany Jack Grabs First Win in Street
Stocks
- by Carol Houssock
(Chemung, NY) Fans and race teams watched a great show click off without incident on a beautiful Friday evening at WilliamsAutoGroup.com presents Chemung Speedrome. JR Kent’s win in the NASCAR Sunoco Modifieds vaulted him atop the point standings in his quest to successfully defend the track title. Brittany Jack dominated the Street Stocks, and her sweep was a popular one with the fans. Mike Alcaro’s win in the INEX Legends brought him to the Horseheads Pick-A-Part victory lane for the 10th time this year. Archie Haner (4 Cylinders) and Clayton Weaver (FWD 4 Cylinders) also picked up wins on Carquest Auto Parts night.
Zack Curren and Rusty Smith brought the NASCAR Sunoco Modified field to the green for the start of their 50-lap, double-points feature. Smith led the way off turn 2 but it was JR Kent, who had started 6th, who was on the move from his 6th starting spot. When caution slowed the action a lap short of the halfway point Kent got the better of Smith on the restart. He led off turn 2 and took over the top spot on lap 25 with Bobby Osgood also on the move. Over the 2nd half of the race John Wilber, Jimmy Zacharias and heat winner Dan Kurzejewski engaged in a barnburner of a battle for positions 3 through 5. Kent held on to the top spot and picked up his 4th win of the season. Osgood crossed the stripe in 2nd, followed by Smith, Wilber and Zacharias. Post-race inspection resulted in a disqualification for Wilber (mirrors), moving Smith up to 3rd, Zacharias to 4th and Kurzejewski to 5th. Zacharias won the other heat race. The point race remains tight among Kent, Zacharias and Osgood with 3 features remaining in the 2010 season.
Fans were happy for Brittany Jack when she won the Dash for Cash a few weeks ago. They were thrilled Friday watching her pull off a sweep. She first won her heat race, then she held off all the guys for a career-first Street Stock feature win. Jack started from the pole and survived an early race restart. As the laps wore on point leader Mike Nichols applied some heavy pressure to the only female competing in the class. In recent weeks Jack had let her nerves get the best of her, but this time she kept her nerves in check and focused on driving. Nichols made a run for the lead but she held her line and kept him behind her. Heat winner Chris Daugherty, meanwhile, was alone in 3rd place. With her fans on their feet, Brittany took the while flag and then the long-awaited checkered flag. Nichols finished 2nd, ahead of Daugherty, Jeff Goodwin and Derrick Tarbox.
With 24 INEX Legends on hand hopes were high they would deliver another exciting feature, and they did. Joe DeGracia and Andrew Stotler, who made up row 1 for the start of the 25-lap feature, each led a lap before giving way to Richie Vanderpool. He had started 6th, with hotshoe Mike Alcaro right behind him. Both had worked toward the front along with Justin Petcosky. The trio pulled away, as they did the week prior, and it was pretty much anyone’s guess right until the end as to which driver would win. Meanwhile, Zach Truesdail was up to 4th after starting dead last. Petcosky had one last shot on the white flag lap. When he bobbled in turn 3 Alcaro took full advantage of it and cruised to his 10th win this year. Jason Urso, Alcaro and Vanderpool won the 3 heat races.
Daren Scherer won the Dash for Cash for the INEX Legends. The winner-take-all event featured the first 2 and last 2 finishers from the 3 heat races.
Archie Haner may have missed 3 races this year but he’s not missing out on 4 Cylinder victory lane celebrations. Ryan Purvis led the first 2 laps until Frank Morich made a pass on the 3rd lap. Haner and Purvis, who had started in the 3rd row, caught Morich on the7th lap and from that point it was a 2-man battle for the win. Purvis had the advantage in the corners but on the straights Haner had the advantage. It was that advantage that resulted in Haner’s division-leading 5th win. G. Purvis, R. Purvis, Phil Haner and Morich made up the top 5. Milton Price won the heat.
Clayton Weaver made a power move around pole-sitter Steven Rogers when the FWD 4 Cylinders hit the track for their 15-lap feature. That was his race-winning move, as he went on to lead every lap. This win, his 2nd, was over Zack Keeney and point leader Kurtis Benjamin.
Race teams and fans are reminded that the start time for the remaining three races will be 7:15 PM. This week it’s a full 4-division program of Modifieds, Street Stocks, INEX Legends and 4 Cylinders. Pits open at 4, with practice and grandstand gates open at 5:30, and the first heat race hitting the track at 7:15. Admission is just $10 for adults, $6 for seniors and kids ages 5-16, and always free for kids under age 5. Fans are reminded to bring their grandstand ticket stubs from August 6th for a discount.
Anyone wanting more information can call track manager, Jody Buckley, at 607-738-1125 or check the track’s website, www.chemungspeedrome.net. WilliamsAutoGroup.com presents Chemung Speedrome, part of the NASCAR Whelen All American Series – Short Track Racing At Its Best!
Results:
NASCAR Sunoco Modifieds (50 Laps) JR KENT, Bobby Osgood, Rusty Smith, Jimmy Zacharias, Dan Kurzejewski, Daren Scherer, Jody Buckley, TJ Zacharias, Ronnie Smith, Corey Mosher, Zack Curren, Curtis Cowles, Matt Clemens, Mike Nichols, Terry Zacharias (DQ: John Wilber)
Street Stocks (25 Laps) BRITTANY JACK, Mike Nichols, Chris Daugherty, Jeff Goodwin, Derrick Tarbox, Terry Potrzebowski, John Lane, Joe Bennett, Terry Ostrander, Jim House, Jim Potrzebowski, Ken Evans
INEX Legends (25 Laps) MIKE ALCARO, Justin Petcosky, Richie Vanderpool, Zach Truesdail, Daren Scherer, Kevin Nowak, Cody Frantz, Jason Urso, Andrew Stotler, Art Priscott, Brandon Michael, Matt Priscott, Corey Mosher, Beth Scherer, AJ Griffin, Van Michael, Matt Evans, Joe DeGracia, Stephen Hershey, John Bacon, Andrew Bickford, Mark Tischler, Brandon Debrakeleer (DNS: Jimmy Zacharias)
Dash for Cash – Daren Scherer
4 Cylinder (20 Laps) ARCHIR HANER, Gene Purvis, Ryan Purvis, Phil Haner, Frank Morich, Milton Price, Kyle Ferris
FWD 4 Cylinders (15 Laps) CLAYTON WEAVER, Zach Kenney, Kurtis Benjamin, Steven Rogers, David Cooke
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