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Brian DeFebo Holds off Rusty Smith for third Mountain Speedway Mod
Victory
By: Gene Ostrowski
September 7, 2008
Brian DeFebo of Berwick, PA held off Rusty Smith of Oxford, NY to score
his third modified victory of the season Sunday afternoon at Mountain
Speedway. Jim Lamoreaux of Hunlock Creek notched his first late model
win of the season and New Jersey’s Elliott Wohl scored his first career
street stock verdict at the speedway. Jeff Biegley grabbed his fifth 4
cyl. FWD win of the year and Chris Deritis notched his second career TQ
midget win.
One caution flag and then a red flag waved in the eventful 40-lap
modified main event before a single lap was scored.
The first came out when Barry Callavini and Kyle Ebersole collected on
the front stretch and spun to the infield. Both drivers restarted from
the tail end of the field.
The red flag waved after the restart, when Geary Rinehimer made contact
with the race polesitter, Rich Parker. With nowhere to go, others were
included, including Andy Walko. Parker, who rode hard into the turn one
wall and Styrofoam climbed from his car under his own power and was
later transferred to a local hospital to get checked out.
Green flag racing resumed with Lew Hallock on the point. Hallock’s lead
was short-lived, as Brian DeFebo grabbed the race lead with one lap
complete. Rusty Smith grabbed second from Hallock, as did Todd Baer.
Several quick yellows flew over the first half of the event, one of
which included Baer and Harry Buchman on lap fourteen.
DeFebo continued to lead at halfway, followed by Smith, John Fortin,
Ebersole and Callavini.
Smith mounted a late race charge on DeFebo, and was unsuccessful with
beating the three time modified champion to the stripe. The win marks
DeFebo’s third of the season.
Fortin finished third for the second consecutive week, with Ebersole and
Callavini completing the top five.
Heat race wins went to Kyle Ebersole and Geary Rinehimer.
The 20-lap late model feature began with Joe Brown on the point and the
caution quickly came out when Jim Wismer and Travis Fisher tangled in
turn one.
Green flag racing resumed and Jim Lamoreaux took the lead, dropping
Brown back to second. Ricky Ross, Jr. held third, followed by Joe
Hoffman and Jerry Brightaupt.
Ross worked by Brown for second following a lap five restart. Hoffman
snuck through as well to take third.
It was lap eleven when Ross drove by Lamoreaux and into the lead. Like
the pass earlier, Hoffman followed through as well. Lamoreaux fell to
third, with Larry Fisher and Mike Sweeney rounding out the top five.
Hoffman stayed glued to the back bumper of Ross and attempted to make
the pass for the lead while coming out of turn four with eight laps
remaining. Ross ended up spinning from contact and Hoffman was forced
to the rear of the field. The exchanged handed the lead to Lamoreaux.
Lamoreaux led the final laps en route to his first victory of the
season. Fisher finished a close second, followed by Brown, Sweeney and
Brighthaupt.
Ricky Ross, Jr. and Tony Volpe were heat race winners.
Steve Clark and Elliott Wohl shared the front row for the 25-lap street
stock feature event. Clark lurched into the early lead, followed by
Wohl, Brian Wozniak, Brian Sones and Jason Arthoefer.
With six laps complete, Wohl drove to the inside of Clark in turn three
and took the race lead.
The second of two lap eighteen yellows flew when Wozniak was spun from
the third position while racing out of turn four.
Green flag racing resumed and Steve Shultz, who had entered the top five
a few laps prior, overtook Clark for second.
Rick Kopf brought out a lap nineteen yellow after breaking something on
his machine. Koph rode the front stretch wall on two wheels during the
incident and finally came to a rest in turn one.
Green flag racing resumed and Shultz did everything possible to get by
Wohl, as the two crossed the strip side by side for the finish. Brad
Barbush started ninth and finished third. Chip Wanamaker and Clark
completed the top five.
Elliott Wohl, Brad Barbush and Steve Shultz were heat race winners.
Eric Banashefski led the first eight circuits of the 20-lap
four-cylinder FWD main event before being overtaken by Ken Kleppinger.
Jeff Biegley started the race in fifth and grabbed second by lap nine.
Banashefski dropped to third, followed by Robert Fink and Nikki Wachs.
Biegley slipped by Kleppinger just past the halfway mark and drove off
to his fifth win of the season over Kleppinger, Banashefski, Fink and
Bill Verwys, Sr.
Rudy Botticher started from the pole position in the 25-lap TQ main
event and was quickly overtaken by Robin Johnston.
With one lap complete, Austin Fehr worked into second, followed by Tim
Behmer, Chris Deritis and Alison Cumens.
With a quick machine underneath him, Behmer moved by Johnston for the
race lead on lap four. Deritis followed suit and grabbed the second
spot.
Mike Tidoback moved into third just before halfway and Frank Fischer and
Zack Martini joined the top five.
Deritis caught Behmer in lapped traffic and took the lead on lap
nineteen. Trouble struck Behmer the following lap, as he tangled with a
lapped car.
Green flag racing resumed and the red flag waved quickly a few circuits
later after Fischer got tagged and shot across the front stretch in
front of the field. Fischer slammed the wall, as did Paul Lotier, Jr.
Martini, Fehr, Bob Watkins and Ian Cumens were caught up as well.
Green flag racing resumed and Deritis held off Tidoback to claim his
second career win. Alison Cumens was third, followed by Ryan Tidman.
Fehr rebounded from an earlier spin and finished fifth.
Heat race wins went to Mike Tidoback and Tim Behmer.
Results
Modified (40-laps) 1. BRIAN DEFEBO 2. Rusty Smith 3. John Fortin
4. Kyle Ebersole 5. Barry Callavini 6. Lewis Hallock 7. Geary Rinehimer
8. Harry Buchman 9. Allan Creveling 10. Todd Baer 11. Nick Pecko 12. Tom
Casagrande 13. Andy Walko 14. Amber Levandowski 15. Rich Parker 16.
Jerry Woody
Late Model (30-laps) 1. JIM LAMOREAUX 2. Larry Fisher 3. Joe
Brown 4. Mike Sweeney 5. Gerald Brighthaupt 6. Tony Volpe 7. Geno
Steigerwalt 8. Joe Hoffman 9. Paul Monkoski 10. Dave Luff 11. Ricky Ross
Jr 12. Bob Baker 13. Frank Hughes 14. Todd Geist 15. Travis Fisher 16.
Jim Wismer
Street Stock (25-laps) 1. ELLIOTT WOHL 2. Steve Shultz 3. Brad
Barbush 4. Chip Wanamaker 5. Steve Clark 6. Jason Arthoefer 7. Billy
Cole 8. Steve Hoffman 9. Brian Wozniak 10. Nick Ross 11. Rich DiMarco
12. Brian Hughes 13. Scott Meckes 14. Jeff McGrath 15. CJ Lehmann 16.
Keith St Clair 17.Brian Sones 18. Rick Kopf 19. Eric Gerchak 20. Josh
Oswald
4 Cyl. FWD (20-laps) 1. JEFF BIEGLEY 2. Ken Kleppinger 3. Eric
Banashefski 4. Robert Fink 5. Bill Verwys Sr 6. Nikki Wachs 7. Jess
McGlynn 8. Frank Katona
TQ Midgets (25-laps) 1. CHRIS DERITIS 2. Mike Tidaback 3. Alison
Cummens 4. Ryan Tidman 5. Austin Fehr 6. Robin Johnston 7. Tim Behmer 8.
Scott Campbell 9. Ian Cummens 10. Rudy Botticher 11. Matthew Roselli 12.
Frank Fischer 13. Zack Martini 14. Paul Lotier Jr 15. Bob Watkins 16.
Don Adams 17. Neal Blatt DNS: Jeff Kot, Joey Payne III, Matt Janisch,
Richie Coy
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