It did begin to rain prior to any on track activities. There were some slight breaks, but it has been raining almost non-stop since mid-afternoon.  Some attempts had been made intermittently to begin drying efforts, but the rain continued.  In fact, it is still raining at the track, and no practice or qualifying events have taken place as of 6:15pm on Friday 8/05/05.  There have been a few requests of drivers to head out onto the track to help initiate the drying process, but that has yet to take place either.

So as of right now, as I type this post, the events scheduled for tonight are "on hold", at least until the rain stops. 

We will keep you updated.

Track drying efforts were more than successful, with one warm up session, and the Dare feature getting completed by 8:30pm.  The Late Model, SK and Limited Late Model events will round out the evening events in that order.

DARE Top Four Finishers Unofficial: 

1. Charlie Newman
   
2. David Gambacorta
   
3. Joey Ferrigno
   
4. Jeff Hubbell

Side note: Original feature event winner, Carla Botticello was disqualified after post race tech inspection.

The Late Model feature is next followed by the SK's.  We will bring you at least the podium finishers in all the remaining events as soon as we get word from the track....Keep watching!

The only exciting news in the SK feature, besides the winner, was that TC evidently spun (or got into) John Sandberg while running 5th, and was put to the rear for rough driving.  he ended up 8th.

SK Full Finish:

1. Eric Berndt


2. Jeff Baral


3. Lloyd Agor


4. Donny Lia


5. Mike Holdridge


6. Woody Pitkat


7. Todd Owen


8. Ted Christopher


9. Keith Rocco


10. Chuck Docherty


11. Willie Hardie Jr.


12. Zach Sylvester


13. John Sandberg


14. Chris Osella


15. Curt Brainard


16. Ronnie SIlk


17. Frank Ruocco


18. Mike Marshall


19. Jeff Malave


20. Kenny Horton


21. Jess Hilger

Limited Late Models are next!

I knew they were going to get this night under the books. But for the most part, I think I should have performed a rain dance before I went out the door.

DARE Stock: Well, it was a surprising 15 laps (if that's even the word). A few restarts here and there, a hard charge in the end, but it wasn't meant to be. Stacey's sister takes another win, and it's a joyous occasion.

Late Model: Just be glad it wasn't Posocco who won the event. I'd be having gray hairs after that feature was over. I was happy that Butler had that big of a lead when the checkered flag went out. Literally, I saw both the white and the checkered out.

SK Modified: You have three drivers within 22 points of each other and they're racing for the championship? What do you get? Something going down on lap-11 when the two drivers (at that time) tied for second get into an accident. That didn't help one's chances (and why did it have to be the good guy in that mess?) and the other just takes full control of second.

Oh...you want my take on the first place finisher? Okay. Well, I have to say that Berndt did a good job in leading every lap and finishing the race in style...a la the Late Model feature.

Limited Late Model: Can you say "12 wins"? Can you also say "soon to be champion"? Well, that's the case, and obviously I had to bring those points out. I'm not going any farther than that. You know who won. I hate him.

I'm not going any farther with my takes. I'm not going to be in the state next week, but I hope to have internet access for my takes via Rochester, New York. Until next time, everyone...