Casey Gets Win Plus Bonus, Bachetti Sees Checkers for Just the 2nd Time

West Lebanon, NY:  A hot summer night of racing was the order of the day at the legendary Valley of Speed this past Saturday night.  Sayer's Auto Wrecking and DeVries Builders Supply even ponied-up a little extra cash for the Pro Stocks to make the night even more interesting.

Victor Hopkins and Ed Bishop sat at the front of the field to bring the 20 lap feature to the green.  Bishop's #11 took control of the field early, but the veterans and a couple of young guns were on the move to the front.  On the charge was the #76 of the current point leader Kevin Arnold.  Also the #24 of Robbie Speed and the #324 of Jay Casey were all charging to get a chance at the top spot.

After a few yellows flews, the worst of which being on lap 12 when there was heavy contact between the #165 of Ed Bachand, and the #78 of Paul LaRochelle, and the #35 of Rick Dempsey.  LaRochelle and Dempsey were able to continue, not so lucky for Bachand; he was done for the night.

On the restart, Kevin Arnold had taken over the top spot just a few laps earlier, now was under pressure from both Casey's; Jay and Jason.  Jay Casey got the sling shot off turn two just a lap later and took over the top spot.   From there, it was all Casey to the checkers.  The Jay's Lawn Care #322 took the checkers and the $500.00 bonus from Sayer's Auto Wreckers and DeVries Building Supply.  2nd was Arnold, followed by the #38m of Mike Middleton, the #8 of Jay Corbin rallied back from an earlier incident to finish 4th, and the #324 of Jason Casey rounded out the top 5.

Next on the schedule of events, was the 30 lap Modified feature event.  The high banks were packed with excitement as the starting field was packed with 10 different winners to date, would there be another?

At the point, the blue #88 of Dickie Larking was pacing the field, along with the #43K of Kenny Aaronson.  At the drop of the green, Larkin powered out front, but early in the event, the field was under siege as the big guns began to weave their way through the field.  The #21J of Jeff Trombley made the field move and charged from eighth to 2nd, while behind him; J.R. Heffner and Andy Bachetti were finding their way through.

Once again, a few cautions slowed the field, but everyone was able to continue after a brief lap or two.  With the big guns getting to the front, Larkin's #88 began to loss the handle, but the first to pounce was the Albreada Waste #4 of Bachetti, leapfrogging Trombley and Larkin.  By lap 14, Bachetti was in control, and began to pull away.  But the A. Callarusso and Sons #74 of Heffner put on a late race charge that got him to the #4, but just ran out of time to get by.

Bachetti takes only his 2nd of 2007 followed by the weekly bridesmaid Heffner.  3rd was a solid run by the #88Q of Matt Quinn, followed by the FWC #21J of Jeff Trombley, and the Marshall Oil #98 of Eddie Marshall; who still holds a 3 point advantage in the points chase without winner a race yet in 2007.

On deck to hit the Valley of Speed was the Sportsman class for their 20 lap feature event.  Bill Singer and Jim Cronk were on the front row when the green flag flew, but the race was over for Cronk before the first turn, and the motor in the #8 expired just a few yards past the start/finish line.

At the restart, Singer took control of the field for the first portion of the event.  All was smooth sailing until lap 9 when the #95 of Carmen Carnibucci slowed going down the backstretch, causing the field to scatter to avoid making contact.  But further back, heavy contact was made with the #122 of Wayne Keyes and the #5 of Chris Tryon, sending Tryon sailing across the track, and collecting nearly 5 other cars into turn 3.

After a lengthy clean up, Singer was still out on the point, but sitting quietly in second, was the #25 of Frank Harper.  Harper, who has struggled the first half of the season, put on a mid race charge, and passed Singer just after the green flew again.  Once he got out in clean air, the TLC Construction, Thoma Tire #25 was counting the laps for the win.

At the checkers, Harper takes an emotional first win of 2007, after loosing a close friend and crew member just a few short weeks ago.  2nd across the line was the #2 of K.C. Goewey, followed by the #250 of Alan Houghtaling, Art Collins and Kory Sandstedt rounded out the top five.

In the Limited Pro Stocks, Chad Jeseo ended Nick Hilt's streak of 5 wins in a row, to take his 3rd win of 2007.  Jeseo was followed by Hilt, Gary Ashley, Rob Maxon, and Chip Martin completing the top 5.

The Pure Stocks were also on the card of events, and this weeks winners were:  PS#1 - Lynn Wesley (her first of 07), PS#2 - John Chapman (his 2nd of 07), and PS#3 - Jay Casey (also his 2nd of the season).

Sunday July 22, 2007 is the return of the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series.  Carquest Auto Parts present the winged warriors to the Valley of Speed, along with the Benjamin Moore Paints 358 Super Series.  Pit gates are set to open at 3pm, front gates and warm ups to open at 5pm.  The WoO Sprinters pit it set to open by 1pm.

Then next Saturday July 28th, GE Plastics and Dig Safely NY present "Fan Night".  All classes will be on tap for a night of full racing action, and something special for the fans.

For more information, tickets, or even directions, visit our website at www.LebanonValley.com, or call the Speedway Offices during normal business hours at (518) 794-9606, (518) 794-9965.

Saturday July 21, 2007 - Sayer's Auto Wrecking Presents The Sheffield Building Supply $500.00 to Win Pro Stock Results (20 Laps) - 1 Jay Casey, 2 Kevin Arnold, 3 Mike Middleton, 4 Jay Corbin, 5 Jason Casey, 6 Rick Dempsey, 7 Chris Crews, 8 Paul LaRochelle, 9 Victor Hopkins, 10 Jon Routhier, 11 Ed Bishop, 12 Mike Slauson, 13 Nick Hilt, 14 Robbie Speed, 15 Jeff Kelmel, 16 Brian Keough, 17 Ed Bachand, 18 Johnny Rivers, 19 Paul Rogers

Modified Results (30 Laps) - 1 Andy Bachetti, 2 J. R. Heffner, 3 Matt Quinn, 4 Jeff Trombley, 5 Eddie Marshall, 6 Kenny Tremont, 7 Keith Flach, 8 Guy Sheldon, 9 Russ Reckner, 10 Hector Stratton, 11 John Hewitt, 12 Paul Gilardi, 13 Kyle Sheldon, 14 Mark Flach Jr, 15 Mike King, 16 Dave McFeeters, 17 John Ruchel, 18 Charlie Humes, 19 Dave Leckonby, 20 Brian Berger, 21 Skippy Fox, 22 Ryan Larkin, 23 Wayne Figler, 24 John Alberti, 25 Bobby Hackle, 26 Kenny Aanonsen, 27 Robert Allen, 28 Dickie Larkin, 29 K. C. Goewey, 30 Steve Hough

Sportsman Results (20 Laps) - 1 Frank Harper, 2 K. C. Goewey, 3 Alan Houghtaling, 4 Art Collins, 5 Korey Sandstedt, 6 Bill Singer, 7 Danny Sanchez, 8 Neil Stratton, 9 Kyle Hoffman, 10 Jeff Watson*, 11 Colby Schroder, 12 Brian Sandstedt, 13 Ed Harkin, 14 Wayne Keyes, 15 Don Miller, 16 D. T. Pickard, 17 D. J. Faulkner, 18 Chad Pierce, 19 Kyle Armstrong, 20 Chris Kokosa, 21 Chris Tryon, 22 Carmon Carnibucci, 23 Kevin Petrucci, 24 Kevin Lynch, 25 Jim Cronk* Penalized 2 positions at the finish for Rough Driving.

Limited Pro Stock Results (10 Laps) - 1 Chad Jeseo, 2 Nick Hilt, 3 Gary Ashley, 4 Rob Maxon, 5 Chip Martin, 6 Jery Helms Jr., 7 Dirk Lapierre, 8 Joe Mennite, 9 Dave Colwell, 10 Justin Herron, 11 John Santolin, 12 Mark Stevens, 13 Kevin Winters

Pure Stock #1 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Lynn Wesley, 2 Doug Olds, 3 Ron Hoyt Jr, 4 Ryan Crellin, 5 Jay Martin, 6 Steve Hatch, 7 Brian Vandenburgh, 8 Joe Chenail, 9 Gary VanDenburg, 10 John Quiqley, 11 Rich Douglass, 12 Karl Castagna, 13 Mike Fachini, DQ Paul Engwer, DQ Johnny Lane

Pure Stock #2 Results (8 Laps) - 1 John Chapman, 2 Richard Puff, 3 Kirk Stanaway, 4 Chris Murphy, 5 Rob Partridge, 6 Jim Fachini, 7 Bob Palmer, 8 Cord Becker, 9 Chris Streeter, 10 Tim Sayers, 11 Dave Houser, 12 Joe Walcott, 13 Clint Bonner, 14 Tom Davies

Pure Stock #3 Results (8 Laps) - 1 Jay Casey, 2 Phil Wood, 3 Shannon McDermott, 4 Al Relyea, 5 Lou Ganzar, 6 Matt Humes, 7 Dave Streibel, 8 Jesse Murphy, 9 Robert Hammell, 10 Tom Harkins, 11 Ray Hall Sr., 12 Ed Hatch, 13 Mike Eichstedt, 14 Dave Stickles, DNS Tom Murphy

4-Cylinder Results (20 Laps) - Dual Cam Results - 1 Todd Goldstein, 2 Mark Burke, 3 Phil Defiglio, 4 Steven Loomis, 5 Todd Bartley, 6 Matt Mooradian, 7 Mike Dianda, 8 Terry McNamara, 9 Justin Stone, 10 Aaron Roberts, 11 Randy Davis

4-Cylinder Results (20 Laps) - Single Cam Results - 1 Mark Intelisano, 2 Shawn Perez, 3 Chris White, 4 Adam Petell, 5 Tim Formel, 6 Bryan Shoemaker, 7 Brian Brennan, 8 Brett Van Buren, 9 Gary Daniels, 10 Brett Davis, 11 Jeff Ledoux, 12 Cody Speed, 13 Jim Williams, 14 Andy Wheeler, 15 Don Curley, 16 Justin Kellar, 17 Mark Intelisano, 18 Bubba Barber, 19 Paul Harding