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Jentile, Gregor and Ryan Continue Mountain Madness
Enduro Series Success
By Gene Ostrowski
May 17, 2009
Several enduro
drivers in the tri-state area took the opportunity to compete in
round #3 of the Mountain Madness Enduro Series Sunday at Sundance
Vacation Speedway. Sam Ryan of White Haven, PA took the convincing
victory in the four-cylinder enduro. Long Island’s Jeff Gregor
scored his fourth straight Trophy Truck win and Jentile also scored
his fourth straight victory in the 6/8-cylinder division.
Mike Ventura led
the four-cylinder field to the green flag in the 100-lap event.
Ventura stayed atop the field for only one lap before John
Saccomandi took command.
Sam Ryan started
tenth and worked his way into the second spot by lap fifteen.
Ventura slipped to third, followed by Mark Foreman and Brandon
Brown.
The red flag was
thrown on lap 35 when Eric Santee and Justin Dunn collected in turn
four. Santee’s car flipped on to its roof and partially laid across
the top of Dunn’s ride. Luckily, Santee was not injured and the
rookie was forced to retire for the day. Dunn was able to continue.
Ryan set a
commanding pace through out the event and went on to take his
second enduro victory of the season over Saccomandi. Round #2 winner
Ken Harper, settled for a third place effort, followed by Foreman
and Ventura.
Looking for his
fourth-straight win in the series, Joe Jentile paced the field for
the 100-lap 6/8-cylinder main event. With a couple of laps
completed, Ed Brown, Jr. moved into second, followed by Aaron
Miller, Robin Schewire and Dominic Ranieri.
With the
exception of first place, drivers battled for position thorough out
the rest of the field and at times nearly every driver had his or
her shot at a top ten run.
Ranieri began to
reel in Jentile past the mid race mark, but was sidelined with car
problems on lap 65. The change of events gave the second spot to
Richard Petey, who started last in the event.
Jentile crossed the stripe first over Petey, Bob Wink, Brown and Tom
Szoke. However, several drivers were disqualified in post race tech
inspection, which gave the second spot to Wink.
Since winning his first career race to close out last season, Jeff
Gregor has been dominant in Trophy Truck action. Gregor started
third in the 25-lap event and took the race lead from Kevin Nowak
with seven laps remaining to notch is fourth-straight win. Nowak
settled for second and Greg Harris, Bryan Kelly and Frank Katona
completed the top five.
The next Mountain Madness Enduro Series event at Sundance Vacations
Speedway will be held rain or shine on Sunday, June 28.
ABC Car Crushing
Mountain Madness Enduro Series
6.8 Cyl. (100-laps)
Pos No. Name
1 41 Joe Jentile
2 417 Bob Wink
3 30 Ed Brown Jr
4 50 Tom Szoke
5 29R Richard Paciotti
6 13X Bill Schwenck
7 44 Mike Parisi
8 302 Joe Helberg
9 10 Keith Frankenfield
10 74 James Presley
11 23G Shawn Gallucci
12 65 Gregory Harris
13 88 Jason Martin
14 1 Jimmy White Jr
15 98 Dominic Ranieri
16 11 Bryan Kelly
17 99 Robin Schewire
18 26 John Bittoni
19 78X Frank Petroski
DQ 43 Richard Petey
DQ 53 Kevin Nowak
DQ 78 Aaron Miller
DQ 14 Phil Lamonaco
DQ 34 Angelo Spezialetti
4 Cyl. (100-laps)
Pos No. Name
1 7 Sam Ryan
2 6 John Saccomandi
3 308 Ken Harper
4 116 Mark Foreman
5 27V Mike Ventura
6 F19 Bill Rice
7 34 Tony Rispin
8 99 Robin Schewire
9 30 Ed Brown Jr
10 91 CJ Medeiros
11 29X Jim White
12 808 Chris Jury
13 31 Dave Bartuski Jr
14 C31 Curtis McCormick
15 71 Edward Michael
16 24 Larry Spencer Jr
17 51 Larry Spencer III
18 69 Justin Dunn
19 48 Billy Price Jr
20 3 Brian Hawkins Sr
21 9 Brandon Brown
22 3JR Brian Hawkins Jr
23 2 Tony Arcaro
24 27C Charles Barbeisch Jr
25 70D Denise Siegel
26 13 Robert Fink
27 81E Eric Santee
Trophy Trucks (25-laps)
Pos No. Name
1 43 Jeff Gregor
2 53 Kevin Nowak
3 65 Greg Harris
4 11 Bryan Kelly
5 27 Frank Katona
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Speedway
Info
Sundance Vacations 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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Sundance Vacations Speedway
Mill Mountain Road
St Johns, PA 18247
full
directions & map
(570) 788-7544
Sundance Vacations
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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