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Tony Volpe Victorious in Mountain’s 50-lap Late Model Main
By: Gene Ostrowski
August 23, 2008
It’s been
an entire season since Tony Volpe visited victory lane in his late
model. That changed Saturday night at Mountain Speedway when Volpe held
off Joe Brown to earn the double points 50-lap event. Anthony Sesely
held off Zane Zeiner to earn his first sport modified win of the season
and Steve Clark earned his first street stock win since 1995. Mike
Moyer, Jr. notched his second thriller victory of the season Don Adams
grabbed the checkers in the TQ midget main event.
With double
points on the line in the 50-lap late model main event, things were
bound to get exciting.
Joe Brown
led the field to the drop of the green flag, but the caution quickly
flew when Mike Radocha, Jr. pounded the front stretch wall after taking
the green flag. Several other drivers were involved, including Frank
Hughes, Joe Hoffman and Kenny Alfano. After quick pit repair, Hoffman
and Alfano returned to the event.
Mike
Sweeney overtook Brown for the race lead on lap thirteen, then Zeiner
moved into the second spot. With fifteen laps complete, Brown retained
third, followed by Jim Lamoreaux and Tony Volpe.
Hoffman
worked his way back into the top five. While challenging for third,
Hoffman made contact with Brown, which brought out a yellow on lap
twenty. Both drivers were forced to the back of the field for the
restart.
Sweeney
remained out front until Zeiner got underneath him on lap forty-one.
The two touched while racing through turns three and four and the
contact caused Sweeney to spin. Zeiner had a loose bumper cover, but
managed to shake it off before being forced to the pits.
Green flag
racing resumed and Volpe was second, followed by Brown, Ricky Ross, Jr.
and Hoffman. Volpe began to apply pressure to Zeiner and challenged for
the race lead on multiple occasions.
His
perseverance paid off and Volpe got under Zeiner in turn two.
Unfortunately, due to not having a bumper cover, the exposed bars caught
Volpe’s machine and the duo became tangled for an instant. Zeiner spun
and many drivers took evasive action as the caution flag waved.
Despite
several attempts by Brown, Volpe went on to take the checkers to score
his first victory of the season. Brown finished second, followed by
Sweeney, Dan Turbush and Lamoreaux.
Sixteen
sport modifieds took the green flag in the 30-lap feature race. After
starting on the pole, Anthony Sesely jumped out into the early lead.
The first
caution flew when Rick Zacharias spun off of turn two. Scott Riggleman,
who was unable to avoid the incident, was collected. Both drivers
retired from the event.
Zane Zeiner
grabbed a few positions after the restart. First he powered by Kevin
Davison for third. Next, he cruised underneath Shaun Carrig for
second. Shortly after, Jason Hearne worked into the third spot.
Zeiner
tried to take the race lead on multiple occasions, but had to settle for
second. Sesely took his first Mountain Speedway victory over, Zeiner,
Hearne, Davison and Carrig.
After
winning his heat race, Steve Clark led the street stock field to the
drop of the green flag from the pole position. Clark held the lead
early, followed by Elliott Wohl, Brian Sones, Brad Barbush and Richie
DiMarco.
Wohl was
within striking distance of Clark, but his day came to an end on lap
seventeen when his engine expired.
Following
the restart, DiMarco moved into second and Brian Wozniak followed suit
in third. Chip Wanamaker joined the top five.
With only
two laps remaining, Wozniak, who evidently had problems with the rear of
his car, lost a wheel and did three 360s before coming to a rest in
turns one and two.
Clark held
off DiMarco on the last restart and went on to score his thirty-second
overall and first win at the speedway since 1995.
After
starting from the pole, Nick Shaw held the early lead in the 20-lap
thriller feature. With two laps in the books, Bob Wink was scored in
second, followed by Mike Moyer, Jr, Nick Ross and Paul Morgan, Jr.
Moyer
worked by Wink for second and set his
sights on Shaw. After reeling in the leader, Moyer grabbed the top spot
on lap thirteen. Ross grabbed the second spot shortly after.
After
finishing second to his father last week, Moyer drove off to earn his
second victory of the season over Ross, Shaw, Wayne Lowe and Scott
Adams.
Twenty cars
were on hand and took the green flag in the 20-lap TQ midget main
event. Matt Janisch grabbed the lead from polesitter, Alison Cumens.
The first
of five caution flags waved two laps in when Scott Campbell, Chris
Deritis and Mike Tidaback collected off of turn four.
Green flag
racing resumed and Janisch held the top spot. Don Adams moved into
second by lap five, with Frank Fischer, Jeff Kot and Paul Lotier, Jr.
close behind.
The yellow
flew again, as Kot clipped the apron in turn four, then shot across the
track, taking out Deritis, Tidman, Alison Cumens and Tim Procter in the
process. Tidman received the worst damage and his torn up machine was
loaded into the back of a pick-up and taken into the pit area. Along
with Kot, Deritis was also done for the evening.
Janisch
appeared to have the victory sealed, but bad luck struck the driver with
six laps remaining. Something broke on the front end of his machine
while he entered turn three. Without much control, Janisch shot into
the retaining fence. This moved Adams into the lead.
Adams
cruised on and took the victory over Fischer, Zach Martini, Austin Fehr
and Lotier.
Results
Late Models (50-laps) 1. TONY VOLPE 2. Joe Brown 3. Mike Sweeney 4. Dan
Turbush 5. Jim Lamoreaux 6. Ricky Ross Jr 7. Joe Hoffman 8. Rob Koller
9. Zane Zeiner 10. Kenny Alfano 11. Paul Monkoski 12. Mike Radocha Jr
13. Frank Hughes
Sport Modifieds
(30-laps) 1. ANTHONY SESELY 2. Zane Zeiner 3. Jason Hearne 4.
Kevin Davison 5. Shaun Carrig 6. Mike Skarbowski 7. Donnie Hartzell 8.
Adam Lacicero 9. Randy MacConnell 10. Mike Speeney 11. Rob Hyer 12.
Jarred Okerson 13. Bobby Richards 14. Bob Ankner 15. Rick Zacharias 16.
Scott Riggleman
Street Stocks
(25-laps) 1.
STEVE CLARK 2. Rich DiMarco 3. Chip Wanamaker 4. Brad Barbush 5. Josh
Oswald 6. CJ Lehmann 7. Mike Schadder 8. Jeff McGrath 9. Keith St Clair
10. Brian Sones 11. Brian Wozniak 12. Steve Shultz 13. Elliot Wohl 14.
Brad Kline 15. Eric Danyluk
Thrillers (20-laps)
1. MIKE MOYER, JR 2. Nick Ross 3. Nick Shaw 4. Wayne Lowe 5. Scott Adams
6. Bob Wink 7. Mike Moyer Sr 8. Kermit Jacoby 9. Jay Gould 10. Joe
Helberg 11. Keith Emmons 12. Paul Morgan Jr 13. Jeff Ziembicki 14
TQ Midgets (20-laps)
1. DON ADAMS 2. Frank Fischer 3. Zack Martini 4. Austin Fehr 5. Paul
Lotier Jr 6. Robin Johnston 7. Ian Cumens 8. Mike Tidaback 9. Alison
Cumens 10. Scott Campbell 11. Rudy Botticher 12. Matthew Roselli 13.
Matt Janisch 14. Art Lowshe 15. Jeff Kot 16. Ryan Tidman 17.Chris
Deritis 18. Tim Procter 19. Tim Behmer 20. Richie Coy DNS: Ken Wismer
Jr, Joey Payne III
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