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Brown, Verwys and Sager Spring to Mountain Madness
Victories
By Gene Ostrowski
Round #2 of the 2008 “Mountain Madness” Enduro Series
kicked off Saturday at Mountain Speedway. Over
seventy-five racers from across the Northeast took
advantage of the Spring-like weather to showcase their
endurance while being behind the wheel of a race car.
By the end of the afternoon, Pat Verwys, Ed Brown, Jr.
and Harry Sager all visited victory lane as division
race winners.
Bob Haeger led the first four circuits of the 100-lap
four-cylinder event before Robin Schewire took control
of the race. The two swapped the top spot on several
occasions with Pat Verwys, Anthony Pizzo, and Duane
Garrison in pursuit of the leaders.
Verwys grabbed the lead on lap sixteen, but Schewire
wouldn’t give up easily, as the duo exchanged the top
position four times over the next twenty circuits.
The second of four red flags flew when Danielle Allen
and Schewire got together on the front stretch.
Schewire was able to continue, but Allen’s car sustained
heavy front-end damage and remained on the speedway.
Green flag racing resumed and Verwys continued in
command at the halfway mark over Pizzo, Sam Ryan,
Schewire and Dave Bentley.
The top ten jostled positions throughout the rest of the
event, but Verwys remained untouched and cruised to his
first win in over two years. Bentley raced up to
second, followed by Ryan, Pizzo and Joe Grocholski.
In victory lane, Verwys thanked his brother, Bill, for
letting him drive to victory in his car.
From the pole, Rich Moyer shot out front in the 100-lap
6/8-cylinder event, but it didn’t take long until Ed
Brown, Jr overtook him. By lap ten, Joe Jentile fought
around TJ Kapish, Brian Brown and Frank Reakes to take
second.
With nineteen laps completed, Jentile soared into the
lead and appeared to have full control of the field, but
that was until he experienced a flat tire on lap
thirty-nine. A pit stop by Jentile moved Brown back to
the front.
Mark Spencer drove to second and by mid race he was
pressured by Shawn Gallucci, TJ Kapish and Jeff Walls.
Meanwhile, Danny Grennan and Phil Lomonaco began to make
their presence known, entering the top ten.
With lapped traffic as a factor, and with two laps
remaining, Spencer reeled in Brown and the two dueled
side-by-side. Brown held off Spencer for his first
Mountain Madness enduro victory by a mere car-length.
Walls, Gallucci and Kapish completed the top five.
Brown thanked his friends and competitors in victory
lane after pocketing over $700 for his fist win.
A handful of “Trophy Trucks” were on hand for a quick
25-lap enduro. Harry Sager grabbed the lead from pole
sitter, Mariah Lawrence at the drop of the green flag.
By mid race and with a half lap lead, it appeared that
Sager would easily win the contest over Woot Lawrence,
Kevin Nowak and Jim White. However, Lawrence began to
reel in the leader. Lawrence closed even more during
the closing laps, but not enough to let Sager know that
he was there.
With his victory, Sager is now batting 100 after winning
the first two enduros of the season and thanked his
wife, Nikki Sager (Wachs). The two were married three
weeks ago.
ABC Car Crushing Mountain Madness Enduro Results
Race #2
Official results
6/8 Cyl. Division (100-laps)
1.
ED BROWN, JR
2. Mark Spencer 3. Jeff Walls 4. Shawn Gallucci 5. TJ
Kapish 6. Danny Grennan 7. Phil Lamonaco 8. Joe Jentile
9. Joe Helberg 10. Tom Szoke 11. John Bittoni Jr 12.
James Presley 13. Aaron Miller 14. Robin Schewire 15.
Frank Reakes 16. Rich Moyer 17. Donny Oliver 18. Richard
Paciotti 19. Edward Primavera 20. Bob Coco 21. Robert
Fink 22. Bob Wink 23. Michael Parisi 24. Steve Tito 25.
Tracy Berger Carmen 26. Rich Graboske 27. Cory Student
28. Jess Martines 29. John W. Bittoni 30. Angelo
Spezialetti 31. Rich DiMarco 32. Bob Kulik 33. Sam Ryan
34. Kevin Nowak 35. Dominic Ranieri 36. Brian Brown 37.
Scott Graham 38. Keith Frankenfield 39. Mike Ryan 40.
Eric Hersey
4 Cyl. Division (100-laps)
1.
PAT VERWYS
2. David Bentley 3. Sam Ryan 4. Anthony Pizzo 5. Joe
Grocholski 6. Bob Haeger 7. Steve Petry 8. Robert Fink
9. Joe Heintzelman 10. Larry Spencer Jr 11. Maurice Ott
12. Jack McElrath 13. Nikki Sager ( Wachs ) 14. Denise
Siegel 15. Allen Myers 16. Mark Foreman 17. Sig Albarran
18. Tom Gorman 19. Art Kulik 20. Robin Schewire 21. Bill
Rice 22. Brandon Brown 23. Mike Ventura 24. Larry
Spencer III 25. Scott Adams 26. Ed Brown Jr 27. Mark
Neberdoski 28. Duane Garrison 29. Charles Barbeisch 30.
Tony Arcaro 31. Danielle Allen 32. Patrick Thomas 33.
Craig Scott 34. Ken Harper 35. Travis Schwenk
Trophy Trucks Division (25-laps)
1.
HARRY SAGER
2. Woot Lawrence 3. Kevin Nowak 4. Jim White 5. Bob
Bader 6. Mariah Lawrence
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Speedway
Info
Mountain Speedway is a 1/3 mile asphalt oval
located in the beautiful mountains of northeast Pennsylvania. The
speedway hosts exciting stock car racing every weekend from April to
October, making it one of NEPA's premier entertainment attractions.
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Mountain Speedway
Mill Mountain Road
St Johns, PA 18701
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directions & map
(570) 788-7544
Mountain Speedway is available to rent
to any team interested in
testing their cars. To schedule a
date and time please call
the track office at (570) 788-7544.
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