July 9th, 2012
Don King wins 1st Career Chemung Speedrome
Checker
By: Steve Petty
Don King of East Aurora, NY made his
second career visit to the Chemung Speedrome
on Sunday afternoon and picked up his first
career win in the 30 lap event for the
SUNOCO Modifieds. Other winners included
Terry Potrzebowski picked up his third win
of the season in the Super Stocks while Matt
Pappa and David French each won their fifth
victories of the season in the INEX Legends
and Bandoleros respectively. Casey Pavlick
from Addison, NY won his third Crate
Sportsman main of the season and Gene Purvis
won his third four Cylinder Mini Stock
feature.
Mike Odwazny and TJ Zacharias led the field of SUNOCO Modifieds to the
green flag in their 30 lap feature event
with Zacharias out to the early lead.
Brother Jimmy Zacharias made an incredible
three wide move to take over the lead just
two laps into the feature event. Andy
Jankowiak and Don King moved up through the
field and tried to reel in Zacharias and put
on a great battle for second for much of the
distance. Terry Zacharias had his afternoon
end early after looping the Wilson
Motorsports 18w around on the back stretch
while trying not to run into his son TJ. Off
the restart, Jimmy Zacharias would pull away
and King would work around Jankowiak to grab
second from the second generation driver
Jankowiak. Zacharias would cross the line
first in what would appear to be his fourth
win of the season at Chemung however, was
found illegal in post race tech, therefore
giving the win to Don King, who would pick
up his first career victory at the
Twin-Tiers facility. Teammate Andy Jankowiak
would cross the line in second and Jody
Buckley would complete the top three.
Cody Marshall and John Lane led the field of Super Stocks to the green
flag for their feature event and it was
Marshall out to the early lead. Lane would
need four laps in his Waverly Pharmacy
sponsored machine to take over the top spot.
Last weeks feature winner Terry Potrzebowski
moved his way up through the field and would
pass Lane for the lead. Potrzebowski would
pull away and pick up his third win of the
season on the 3/8th’s oval over Lane and
Cricket Clonch.
Brandon Michael and Jimmy Zacharias led the field of INEX Legends to the
green flag for their 20 lap feature event
and it was Zacharias out to the early lead.
Todd McCollum was able to get around
Zacharias for the lead on the second circuit
and started to pull away from the field.
Matt Pappa passed McCollum for the top spot
on lap six and never looked back as Pappa
picked up his fifth win of the season.
Cody Jackson and Nick Morich led the
Bandoleros to the green flag for their
feature event with Morich out to the early
lead. David French would take the lead from
Morich on lap number two. French pulled away
and would pick up his fifth win of the
season over Morich.
Casey Pavlick and Dale Welty put on a battle for the ages in the Crate
Sportsman feature event and Pavlick was able
to sneak around Welty on lap 17 and went on
to win his third straight feature win.
In the 4 Cylinders Gene Purvis and Frank Morich put on a great battle as
the duo raced eachother clean and hard for
the 15 lap distance and Purvis was able to
pick up his third win of the season.
Racing action returns to the Chemung Speedrome on Sunday July 15th for
Double Point Mid-Season Championships for
all divisions. The racing card will feature
a full show featuring the NASCAR Whelen All
American Series plus the visit from the
Midstate Vintage Stock Car Club. The Chemung
Speedrome is the Southern Tier’s NASCAR Race
Place every Sunday afternoon starting at
2:15pm featuring the Sunoco Modifieds, Super
Stocks, Mini Stocks, INEX Legends and INEX
Bandoleros. Pit Gates open at 11:30AM and
the grandstand gates open at 1:00pm. For
more information log on to
www.chemungspeedrome.net or call the
speedway office at (607) 857-4843. All
points calculated goes towards the overall
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
Championship standings.
Chemung Speedrome
– Short Track Racing At It’s Best!
OFFICIAL RESULTS 7-8-12
SUNOCO
MODIFIEDS (30 Laps): DON KING,
Andy Jankowiak, Jody Buckley, TJ Zacharias,
Matt Clemens, Bob Mosher, Terry Zacharias,
Mike Odwazny, Jimmy Zacharias
Heat Winners: Jody Buckley, Terry
Zacharias
CRATE SPORTSMAN (20
Laps): CASEY PAVLICK, Dale Welty,
Chris Brockway
Heat Winner: Dale Welty
SUPER STOCKS (20 Laps): TERRY
POTRZEBOWSKI, John Lane, Cricket Clonch,
Hank Buchanan, Derrick Tarbox, Cody
Marshall, Joe Lane, Chuck Nichols
Heat Winners: Terry Potrzebowski,
Cricket Clonch
INEX LEGENDS (20 Laps): MATT PAPPA,
Todd McCollum, Brandon DeBrakeleer, Van
Michael, Jimmy Zacharias, Brandon Michael,
Michael Maresca, Brad Lomaster, Anthony
RiForgito,
Heat Winner: Matt Pappa
4 CYLINDER STOCKS (12 Laps): GENE
PURVIS, Frank Morich
Heat Winner: Gene Purvis
BANDOLEROS (10 Laps): DAVID
FRENCH, Nick Morich, Cody Jackson and
Alex McCollum
Heat Winner: David French.
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