WILLIAMSON, NY…With just two weeks remaining in the 2010 NASCAR Oval Track season at Spencer Speedway, point leader Kevin Timmerman dominated the field, winning by nearly 20 car lengths in the 35-lap NASCAR Sunoco Modified feature run.
“The guys ran me clean tonight,” stated an elated Timmerman in victory lane. “They gave me a lane and I took it.” When asked what his key to success has been recently, he stated, “You just need some patience at this place. It pays off in the end.”
The NASCAR Super Six division was highlighted during the evening, even using the infield pit area. As for the racing it was all Skip Powers, as he won his third Super Six feature in a row and his seventh this season. When he was asked about what he thought made the difference, he responded, “It’s all the guys on this team. They work so hard. We had to deal with a 30 pound penalty after winning last week. They figured it out and here we are again.”
The 15-lap NASCAR Auto Value Scorpion feature looked to be all Dale Lazzaro. A late race caution found Lazzaro denied his win after missing a shift on the restart and fall off the pace. The win went to Otis Bradshaw, his second win of the season.
“The car started having the front end wash out. So we had to work getting the back end around to make it steer right,” stated Otis in victory lane.
The 20-lap NASCAR Street Stock main was won by Kris Hillegeer, his fourth win of the season.
Matt Lees, aboard the Mark Cline 81, took the early lead in the 35-lap NASCAR Sunoco Modified feature. Jake Boerman fell in second with Ryan Beeman was being challenged by Chris Finocchario and Kevin Timmerman. On lap nine, Finocchario move high to pass Beeman, however Boerman drifted high allowing Beeman, Finocchario and Timmerman to get by and start to challenge Lees.
Beeman passed Lees for the lead on lap eleven. One lap later Finocchario and Timmerman had both worked by Lees and were on Beeman’s rear bumper when the yellow flew, lap 15, for an off track excursion by Andy Lewis in the third turn.
The restart saw the yellow fly again when Jeff Rudy spun into the infield grass off the backstretch. On the restart Finocchario poked his nose into the lead by inches to get the 5 lap leader points, but faded back to third, behind Timmerman. Beeman took back the lead.
On lap 20 Timmerman made his move and passed Beeman. He then proceeded to pull out a ten car advantage leaving Beeman and Finocchario in a battle of their own with Finocchario in second. By the checkers it was Timmerman by nearly half a straight away in the lead. Finocchario came home a car length ahead of Beeman. A three car battle for the remaining top five positions found Terry Cheetham finishing ahead of Toad Bradshaw and Eddie Hawkins.
The 20-lap Street Stock feature saw the top three cars under a blanket for most of the race. Kris Hillegeer took command of the lead on lap five. Roger Worden tried repeat attempts to take the point, but each time Hillegeer remained in command. Point leader Mitchell Wright finished in third.
The Auto Value Scorpions saw Dale Lazzaro take the lead at the drop of the green over Russell Peets and Bro Bradshaw. Lazzaro was able to pull away and start to build up a lead in search of his first feature win. On lap 12 the yellow flew when Mike Bradshaw spun out in the second turn in the middle of traffic.
The restart saw Lazzaro miss a shift and fall back dramatically. This allowed fifth place runner Otis Bradshaw to pull around the scrambling cars to take the lead. Otis took the checkers followed by Kevin Bertolone, Russell Peets, Lazzaro and Bro Bradshaw.
The final race of the evening was the Super Six 20-lap main event. Brian Hallett jumped out into the lead from the pole. Patti Davenport, looking for her second feature win of the season, took second followed by Chris Andolino. Hallett grew his lead pulling away from the field. Multi-time feature winner Skip Powers started to make his presence known by lap five, taking third from Andolino.
On lap nine Powers was able to grab second and take off after Hallett. Three laps later in a side-by-side battle Powers was able to take the lead. Powers then pulled away taking his seventh feature win of the season. Hallett came home in second followed by Davenport, Van Grant and Ryan Hillegeer.
SPENCER SPATTER: WCMF, 96.5 FM Radio personalities “Racing Randy” and “Toothless Eddie” were on hand for the night’s action. Randy took his turn at announcing races with the track announcer and giving fans a NASCAR Quiz at intermission time…Three RoC Modifieds were on hand for pre-race practice…Kevin Timmerman now holds a 90 point advantage over Chris Finocchario with just two weeks remaining in the chase. Even with all of the victories, Skip Powers only has a 74 point lead over rookie Brian Hallett in the Super Sixes. Otis and Bro Bradshaw have been keeping it close in the Auto Value Scorpions. Otis is now just 7 points ahead of Bro. Finally in the Street Stocks, Mitchell Wright, using his perfect attendance, has a 27 point lead over Kris Hillegeer…Holland-Spencer Challenge Series points are now posted on the www.SpencerSpeedway.org website.
This Friday, September 3, the full blown RoC Modifieds return to the famed half mile oval with a 100-lap RoC Qualifier. Ransomville’s Chuck Hossfeld won the first RoC outing at Spencer back in June. The NASCAR Sunoco Modified, Street Stock, Super Six and Auto Value Scorpion will complete the race card. Race fans from last week can present their ticket stub at the main gate window for a $2 discount on admission. Race time starts at 7:30 p.m. sharp.
Remember the 2010 season has been extended by one week. The track will be running on September 10. The final Holland-Spencer Challenge Series race will be the first 25-lapper that night when the Sunoco Modified race twin 20’s. It will be the final point night for all four main Spencer classes.
Spencer Speedway is located just fifteen minutes east of Rochester, NY, along Route 104 in the Town of Williamson. Spencer Speedway is the local “NASCAR Place to Race” for upstate New York. Points earned each week at Spencer are counted into the national NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship. There are only two weeks remaining in the 2010 oval track season.
HOOSIER TIRE NIGHT SUMMARY
NASCAR AUTO VALUE SCORPIONS
HEAT 1: R. Brown, A. Knoepfler, R. Peets, M. Bradshaw, D. Bradshaw.
HEAT 2: B. Bradshaw, O. Bradshaw, K. Bertolone, D. Lazzaro, Z. Willis.
FEATURE (15-laps): OTIS BRADSHAW, Kevin Bertolone, Russell Peets, Dale Lazzaro, Bro Bradshaw, Alison Knoepfler, Mike Bradshaw, Ryan Brown, Dave Bradshaw, Joe Clark, Beth Dennie, Andrea LaManna, Zach Willis, Victor Cordova. (Lap Leaders: Dale Lazzaro- 12 laps, Otis Bradshaw- 3 laps)
NASCAR SUPER SIXES
HEAT 1: C. Andolino, P. Davenport, V. Grant, B. Allen, A. VanHall.
HEAT 2: B. Hallett, S. Powers, R. Hillegeer, P. Cowell, T. Faro.
FEATURE (20-laps): SKIP POWERS, Brian Hallett, Patti Davenport, Van Grant, Ryan Hillegeer, Brandon Allen, Chris Andolino, Peter Cowell, Tim Faro, Adam VanHall, William Inch. (Lap leaders: Brian Hallett- 11 laps, Skip Powers- 9 laps)
NASCAR STREET STOCKS
HEAT: M. Wright, R. Worden, K. Hillegeer, T. Shove.
FEATURE (20-laps): KRIS HILLEGEER, Roger Worden,, Mitchell Wright, Tyler Shove. (Lap leaders: Mitchell Wright - 1 lap, Roger Worden -3 laps, Kris Hillegeer – 16 laps)
NASCAR SUNOCO MODIFIEDS
HEAT 1: K. Timmerman, J. Boerman, R. Beeman, D. Lewis Jr., F. Taylor.
HEAT 2: C. Finocchario, M. Lees, T. Cheetham, E. Hawkins, J. Rudy.
FEATURE (35-laps): KEVIN TIMMERMAN, Chris Finocchario, Ryan Beeman, Terry Cheetham, Toad Bradshaw, Eddie Hawkins, Jake Boerman, Bobby Lippa Jr., Matt Lees, Fred Taylor, Andy Lewis, Scott Combs, Dick Kluth, Daryl Lewis Jr. (Lap leaders: Matt Lees-10 laps, Ryan Beeman – 8 laps, Chris Finocchario - 1 lap, Kevin Timmerman- 16 laps)
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