6.26.15 Albany Saratoga Speedway Results
Malta, NY – On a busy Friday night at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway, Peter Britten once again showed the packed grandstands just why he is the future of DIRTcar Modified racing. The man known as Batman parked his Troyer Chassis machine in victory lane during the nights 35 lap Upstate GMC DIRTcar Modified feature event.
Britten shared the spotlight with fellow Troyer Campaigner Connor Cleveland who picked up the second leg of the Basement Systems King of Dirt Sportsman Series presented by Dodson Construction, Kevin Koval’s Adirondack Basement Systems and driven by Hoosier Racing Tire. Joey Scarborough crossed the finish line first in the Friday Night Lights event however was disqualified after coming up light on the scales.
In other action Byron Wescott won the held over DIRTcar Pro Stock feature event while Brandon Emigh won the regularly scheduled event. Andrew Buff won the Limited Sportsman 15 lap feature while Josh Coonradt claimed the Street Stock event.
Rich Ronca and Justin Barber led the field to the green with third place starter Brian Gleason taking the early lead over Barber, Kris Vernold, Mike Perrotte and Alex Bell. The first caution of the event slowed the field on lap three when Mark Kislowski spun in turn four. Gleason again held the lead on the restart with Perrotte moving to second, Barber falling back to third, 13th place starter Kenny Tremont, Jr. fourth and Keith Flach fifth.
Following four caution flags for minor incidents, racing resumed with the BBL Companies number 14g of Gleason out front. Tremont had moved into second with Perrotte, Flach and 15th place starter Peter Britten rounding out the top five. Tremont moved his familiar number 115 into the lead on lap 11 and started to pull away.
Matt Delorenzo brought out the caution flag on lap 12 when he slowed in turn two. The restart would see Britten move to third and Perrotte drop to fifth. Britten though was charging hard. The Australia native took over the second position on lap 22 and within four laps had caught Tremont. The duo battled side by side for two laps before Britten took over.
The final caution period occurred on lap 31 when Jesse Mueller spun in turn two. During the caution period points leader Brett Hearn took the Madsen Motorsports number 20 to the pit area and did not return. Earlier in the evening, Hearn had rolled in hot laps and had to start the feature from the 25th position. He was running seventh when he broke.
Britten controlled the restart and pulled away from the field. He would lead to the end with Tremont finishing second, Flach third, Ronnie Johnson fourth and Gleason fifth. Heat races for the 29 car field were won by Johnson, Perrotte and Gleason. Hearn came into the evening with a 21 point lead over Tremont; he is now trailing the 12 time track champion by eight points. Britten is third, 22 points back.
Connor Cleveland won the second leg of the six event King of Dirt Sportsman Series. The event was the first event for the series at the Great Race Place, with the inaugural event being held at the Fonda Speedway in April.
Rocky Warner and Jack Swinton led the field to the drop of the green with Warner taking command early over Adam Pierson, Tim Hartman, Jr., Jack Gentile and Cleveland. Following a pair of cautions for minor spins, racing resumed with Warner being followed by Pierson and Hartman. Hartman, who has looked strong in the big events this season, moved into second on lap seven and set his sights on Warner.
Over the next nine laps a pair of restarts jumbled the field with Warner still leading Hartman and New England’s Pierson. Dave Baranowski came to a stop on lap 16 forcing another restart. Warner and Hartman again ran one-two however Cleveland moved into third with Joey Scarborough and Jason Gray rounding out the top five. Five laps later following a caution for Ricky Quick, Hartman would take over the lead and Scarborough would regain the third position.
The complexion of the race changed on a lap 25 restart. Hartman and Warner led the field on the restart with Hartman taking the advantage into turn one. The duo battled side by side through turn four with slight contact being made. Warner led lap 25 and then as the duo entered turn one, Warner was ahead. Contact was made and Warner clipped the inside implement tire and the field, including Hartman stacked up behind him. Both Warner and Hartman were done for the night.
This gave the lead to Scarborough. The second generation driver out of Vermont led the remainder of the distance to cross the finish line first. He came up light on the scales and was disqualified. Cleveland was declared the winner with Jason Gray finishing second, Pierson third, Derrick McGrew fourth and Jeremy Pitts fifth. Heat races for the 49 car field were won by Scott Duell, Jack Swinton, Cleveland, Jack Gentile and Pierson. The twin consolation events were on by Robert Bublak and McGrew.
Byron Wescott won the held over 25 lap DIRTcar Pro Stock feature event from June 12th. Daniel Sanchez held the early race lead and continued to pace the field until giving way to Dan Older, Sr. on a lap nine restart. Older led the event until giving way to Wescott on lap 21. In the end Wescott brought home the win for the Lazzaro’s Auto Body team over Sanchez, Older, Robbie Speed and Norm Loubier.
Brandon Emigh picked up the regularly scheduled 25 lap event. Chuck Dumblewski took the early lead and held the top spot until lap 16, when he gave way to Emigh. Once out front Emigh held off hard challenges from Speed to pick up the win. Speed finished second with Bernie Companion third, Dumblewski fourth and Kim Duell fifth. A total of 22 drivers entered the event.
Andrew Buff won the 15 lap Limited Sportsman feature event. The win was the second in a row for the second generation driver. Buff took the lead on a lap ten restart and led the rest of the way to pick up the win over Mike Coffey, John Stowell, Rob Lanfear and George Dorvee. Heat races for the 18 car field were won by Coffey, Lanfear and Dorvee.
Josh Coonradt won his first Street Stock event of the season. Coonradt picked up the win over Bill Duprey, Jim Monroe, Al Relyea and Mike Arnold.
The Albany-Saratoga Speedway returns to action this Friday night, July 3rd with all divisions in action. The held over Upstate GMC Dealers DIRTcar Modified event will also be on the car as well as the King of Dirt Pro Stock Series and a massive Fireworks display. Racing is set to begin at 7pm with pit gates opening at 4pm and grandstand gates opening at 5pm. For more information about Albany-Saratoga Speedway please log on to www.albany-saratogaspeedway.com.
Modified Results (35 Laps) – 1) Peter Britten, 2) Ken Tremont Jr, 3) Keith Flach, 4) Ronnie Johnson, 5) Brian Gleason, 6) Neil Stratton, 7) Hector Stratton, 8) Elmo Reckner, 9) Mike Perrotte 10) Marc Johnson, 11) Ray Hoard, 12) Matt Depew, 13) Rob Pitcher, 14) Dylan Scribner, 15) Jimmy Cottrell, 16) Brett Hearn, 17) Jessey Mueller, 18) Alex Bell, 19) Rich Scagliotta, 20) Brian Whittemore, 21) Matt Delorenzo, 22) Justin Barber, 23) Mark Kislowski, 24) Don Ronca, 25) Bobby Hackel IV, 26) Rich Ronca, DNS) Jim Nagle, DNS) Kris Vernold, DNS) Brett Wright
King of Dirt Series Sportsman Results (30 Laps) – 1) Connor Cleveland, 2) Jason Gray, 3) Adam Pierson, 4) Derrick McGrew, 5) Jeremy Pitts, 6) Tim LaDuc, 7) Johnny Scarborough, 8) Nick Lussier, 9) Tim Hodge, 10) Chad Edwards, 11) Michael Sabia, 12) Robert Bublak, 13) Josh Sunn, 14) Rocky Warner, 15) Tim Hartman Jr, 16) Chris Johnson, 17) David Schilling, 18) Hunter Bates, 19) Jack Gentile, 20) Jack Speshock, 21) Matt Pappa, 22) Ricky Quick 23) Dave Baranowski Jr, 24) Chris Murray, 25) Pete Jeske, 26) Jack Swinton, 27) Scott Duell, 28) Cody Bleau, 29) Dan Santabarbara, DQ) Joey Scarborough, DNQ) Nick Anatriello, DNQ) Colin Bokus, DNQ) Jack Bublak, DNQ) Mike Burdo, DNQ) Adam Gage, DNQ) Pat Jones, DNQ) Stan Lemiesz, DNQ) Todd Lutinski, DNQ) Adam NcAuliffe, DNQ) Jon Miller, DNQ) Mark Mortensen, DNQ) Cody Ochs, DNQ) Joe Orlando, DNQ) Brandon Pitcher, DNQ) John Proctor, DNQ) Christopher Ronca, DNQ) Whitey Slavin, DNQ) Ryan Stortini, DNQ) Mike Tholin
Limited Sportsman Results (15 Laps) – 1) Andrew Buff, 2) Mike Coffey, 3) John Stowell, 4) Rob Lanfear, 5) George Dorvee, 6) Reggie Bonner, 7) Scott Flanders, 8) Scott Bennett Jr, 9) Nick Fretto, 10) Clint Bonner, 11) Mark Rabideau, 12) Ben Brownell, 13) Anthony Alger, 14) Anthony Savoca, 15) Terry Stacy, 16) Diana Huyck, 17) James Meehan, 18) Johnny Chesnut
Pro Stock Results from 06/12 (25 Laps) – 1) Byron Wescott, 2) Daniel Sanchez, 3) Dan Older, 4) Robbie Speed, 5) Norm Loubier, 6) Dan Madigan, 7) Ken Martin, 8) Jeff Washburn, 9) Scott Lawrence, 10) Kim Duell, 11) Steve Burch, 12) Brandon Emigh, 13) Bill Smith, 14) Bernie Companion, 15) Rob Langevin Sub for Dave Depaulo, 16) Joe Santoro, 17) Cale Kneer, 18) Chuck Dumblewski, 19) Mark Burch, 20) Kevin Loomis, DNS) Ed Thompson, DNS) Pete Porter, DNS) Russell Farr, DNS) Mike Bradley, DNS) Randy Miller
Pro Stock Results (25 Laps) – 1) Brandon Emigh, 2) Robbie Speed, 3) Bernie Companion, 4) Chuck Dumblewski, 5) Kim Duell, 6) Ken Martin, 7) Byron Wescott, 8) Joe Santoro, 9) Cale Kneer, 10) Daniel Sanchez, 11) Norm Loubier, 12) Ed Thompson, 13) Dan Madigan, 14) Pete Porter, 15) Mark Burch, 16) Steve Burch, 17) Scott Lawrence, 18) Bill Smith, 19) Dan Older, 20) Kevin Loomis, 21) Jeff Washburn, DNS) Randy Miller, DNS) Rob Lavengin Sub for Dave DePaulo
Street Stock Results (20 Laps) – 1) Josh Coonradt, 2) Bill Duprey, 3) Jim Monroe, 4) Al Relyea, 5) Mike Arnold, 6) Fred Harris, 7) John Filarecki, 8) Jim Cutler, 9) Damon Anderson, 10) Randy Miller, 11) Jordan Kasper, 12) Frank Monroe, 13) Ron Redman Jr, 14) Matt Mosher, 15) Jason Meltz, 16) Jeremy Hayes, 17) John Hayes, 18) David Cook, 19) John Morris Jr, 20) Jay LaMountain Sub for Hunter Sanchez, 21) Jason Barrett, 22) Greg Aussicker