5.1.15 Albany Saratoga Speedway Results
Malta, NY – After suffering the first rain out courtesy of Mother Nature one week ago, the Albany-Saratoga Speedway roared back to life on Friday evening with a full slate of weekly racing. When the night was through defending track champion Brett Hearn stood in victory lane as the DIRTcar Modified feature winner. The win for Hearn made it two years in a row that he won the second points paying event of the season.
Other winners during the evening were Adam Gage (Sportsman), Rob Yetman (DIRTcar Pro Stock), Mike Coffey (Limited Sportsman) and Bill Duprey (Street Stock).
Alex Bell and Mark Kislowski led the 28 car field to the green with Bell putting the Jeffies Mart number 23 out front first. The Cambridge driver held the top spot for the first two laps before giving way to Ballston Lake’s Kislowski.
Once out front Kislowski looked strong, just as he had in earlier heat race action. Kislowski, whose two previous feature wins at the Great Race Place came nearly a year apart in August of 2013 and 2014, looked to be on his way to his ninth overall track win. On lap 24 his plans to add to his DIRTcar Modified and Sportsman feature win totals went away as he gave way to Hearn.
As is his custom, Hearn looked very strong once out front. Despite second generation driver Neil Stratton shredding a right rear tire on lap 32, Hearn was able to cruise home for his first DIRTcar Modified feature win of the season at the Great Race Place. With the win Hearn increased his track best DIRTcar Modified feature win total to 117 and took a big step in his quest for track championship number eight.
Hearn crossed the finish line first with Kenny Tremont, Jr. second, Ronnie Johnson third, Kislowski fourth and Brett Wright fifth. Don Ronca brought the newly sponsored Tony Mangino Mitsubishi number seven home sixth with Elmo Reckner, Rich Scagliotta, Jesse Mueller and Peter Britten rounding out the top ten.
A total of 29 DIRTcar Modifeds entered the night’s action with heat races being won by Bell, Tremont and Wright.
Adam Gage picked up the 25 lap Sportsman feature event. The win was the first for Gage at the Great Race Place. Defending and two time track champion Jeremy Pitts finished second with Chris Johnson third, Jon Miller fourth and Joey Scarborough fifth. Ricky Davis brought the Luke’s Luggage/White Creek Auto Sales number 43 home in the sixth position with Derrick McGrew, Chris Murray, John Scarborough and Jack Bublak rounding out the top ten. A total of 29 drivers entered the event with heat race victories going to Gage, Connor Cleveland and Davis.
Rob Yetman picked up the win in the 25 lap DIRTcar Pro Stock feature event. The win was the 20th at the track for the 2013 and 2014 track champion. Robbie Speed brought the River Station number 24 home second with Brandon Emigh third, Jeff Washburn fourth and Dan Older, Sr. fifth. Opening day feature winner Byron Wescott finished sixth in the Lazzaro’s Auto Body number 00 with Bernie Companion, Kim Duell, Daniel Sanchez and Dave DePaulo rounding out the top ten. A total of 23 drivers entered the event with heat race wins being claimed by Washburn, Emigh and Yetman.
Sportsman division rookie Mike Coffey picked up the win in the 15 lap Limited Sportsman feature event. The win was Coffey’s first of his career. Coffey was followed across the line by Andrew Buff, Chris Ronca, Pat Jones and Zach Daurio. John Lindblade finished sixth with Ken Conroy, Travis Billington, Ben Brownell and opening day winner Anthony Alger completing the top ten. A total of 26 drivers entered the event with heat races being won by Brownell, Coffey and Jones.
Tilework’s by Damon Anderson presented a 50 lap feature event for the Street Stock division. When the checkered flag waved defending track champion Bill Duprey would sit in victory lane. Duprey, who started the event from the 12th position was followed across the line by Damon Anderson, Josh Coonradt, Hunter Sanchez and Nathan Dahoda. Opening night winner Matt Mosher finished sixth with Jim Monroe, Chase Aussicker, Mike Arnold and Frank Monroe rounding out the top ten. A total of 17 drivers entered the event.
The Albany-Saratoga Speedway returns to action this Friday night, May 8th with all divisions in action. The DIRTcar Modified division will compete in an Outlaw 200 Modified qualifier while the DIRTcar Pro Stocks will take to the track in the first Featherfoot Pro Stock Series event. Racing is set to begin at 7 pm with pit gates opening at 4 pm and grandstand gates opening at 5 pm. For more information about Albany-Saratoga Speedway please log on to www.albany-saratogaspeedway.com.
Modified Results (35 Laps) – 1) Brett Hearn, 2) Ken Tremont Jr, 3) Ronnie Johnson, 4) Mark Kislowski, 5) Brett Wright, 6) Don Ronca, 7) Elmo Reckner, 8) Rich Scagliotta, 9) Jessey Mueller, 10) Peter Britten, 11) John Lutes Jr., 12) Mike Perrotte 13) Jimmy Cottrell, 14) Brian Gleason, 15) Rob Pitcher, 16) Matt Depew, 17) Kris Vernold, 18) Marc Johnson, 19) Neil Stratton, 20) Ray Hoard, 21) Dylan Scribner, 22) Keith Flach, 24) Justin Barber, 25) Alex Bell, 26) Bobby Hackel IV, 27) Brian Whittemore, 28) Rich Ronca, DNS) Matt Delorenzo
Sportsman Results (25 Laps) – 1) Adam Gage, 2) Jeremy Pitts, 3) Chris Johnson, 4) Jon Miller, 5) Joey Scarborough, 6) Ricky Davis, 7) Derrick McGrew, 8) Chris Murray, 9) Johnny Scarborough, 10) Jack Bublak, 11) Hunter Bates, 12) Jack Speshock, 13) Robert Bublak, 14) Rob Maxon, 15) Mike Ostrander, 16) John Proctor, 17) Jack Swinton, 18) Nick Anatriello, 19) Pete Jeske, 20) Alissa Cody, 21) Brandon Pitcher, 22) Connor Cleveland, 23) Colin Bokus, 24) Jack Gentile, 25) Elliott Lussier, 26) Dave Baranowski Jr, 27) Jake Scarborough, 28) Tim Hartman Jr (Sr Sub), DNS) Mike Burdo
Limited Sportsman Results (15 Laps) – 1) Mike Coffey, 2) Andrew Buff, 3) Christopher Ronca, 4) Pat Jones, 5) Zach Daurio, 6) John Linblade, 7) Ken Conroy, 8) Travis Billington, 9) Ben Brownell, 10) Anthony Alger, 11) Emily Quinn, 12) Rob Lanfear, 13) Scott Bennett Jr, 14) John Stowell, 15) Nick Fretto, 16) Gary Derocher, 17) Scott Flanders, 18) Diana Huyck, 19) Reggie Bonner, 20) Chris Curtis, 21) Mark Rabideau, 22) Anthony Savoca, 23) Matt Atwood, DNS) George Dorvee, DNS) Bob Schmidt, DNS) Matt Westcott
Pro Stock Results (25 Laps) $600 To Win – 1) Rob Yetman, 2) Robbie Speed, 3) Brandon Emigh, 4) Jeff Washburn, 5) Dan Older, 6) Byron Wescott, 7) Bernie Companion, 8) Kim Duell, 9) Daniel Sanchez, 10) Dave Depaulo, 11) Mark Burch, 12) Kevin Loomis, 13) Ken Martin, 14) Cale Kneer, 15) Bill Smith, 16) Norm Loubier, 17) Russell Farr, 18) Scott Lawrence, DNS) Walt Brownell, DNS) Chuck Dumblewski, DNS) Luke Horning, DNS) Dan Madigan, DNS) Nick Stone
Street Stock Results (50 Laps) – 1) Bill Duprey, 2) Damon Anderson, 3) Josh Coonradt, 4) Hunter Sanchez, 5) Nathan Dahoda, 6) Matt Mosher, 7) Jim Monroe, 8) Chase Aussicker, 9) Mike Arnold, 10) Frank Monroe, 11) Dave Stickles, 12) Jordan Kasper, 13) John Hayes, 14) Fred Harris, 15) Daniel Lyle, 16) Jason Barrett, 17) Randy Miller, 18) David Cook