Chad
Valone Wins Bradford Auto Resale Centers Super Late Model Feature on McDonalds
Night at Stateline Speedway
By Glenn Slocum
Busti, NY: Bradford Auto Resale Center and McDonalds sponsored the events
at Stateline Speedway. The flag was at half-staff and a special lap was driven
by the Rich Gardner Super Late Model to honor Ben Foster a crewmember that had
perished in an auto accident earlier in the week. Maggie Lindstrom and Jessica
Darkar representing McDonalds brought the house cars out for a match race.
Lindstrom won the match race leading every lap. Chad Valone led every lap of the
Super Late Model feature to win his first feature event. Chirs Hackett
challenged Valone through out the event. Kevin Brumett won his first of the
season in the Spectator division. Ron Seeley won his second in the Outlaw Cadet
feature after early leader Andy Knight retired on lap ten. Chad Carlson won the
Budweiser Super Sportsman feature. Mike Munsee lost the lead then regained it
with three laps remaining to win his first feature of the season in the E-Mod
division. Jim Frank won the 50 Lap Mini-Enduro lapping the entire field to win
the $1,000 first place prize.
Chris Hackett and Chad Valone fought the lead on lap one of the Super Late
Model feature with Valone taking the spot on lap two. Rich Gardner was third
with Scott Johnson fourth and Scott Gurdak in Dan Armbruster’s backup car
fifth. Dan Armbruster and Wally Fox brought out the first caution with six laps
complete. The lineup for the restart was Valone, Hackett, Gardner, Johnson,
Gurdak and Dick Barton. Gurdak passed Johnson on the restart for the fourth spot
and Hackett moved under Valone to challenge for the lead. Dave Lyon slowed on
the next lap for the second caution with eight laps complete. Gurdak advanced
once more on the restart pushing Gardner back to the fourth spot. Gurdak went
wide on lap thirteen allowing Gardner to regain the number three spot. Barton
passed Johnson for fifth on lap sixteen as Valone led Hackett by a car length.
Valone was being tested by Hackett a the five to go signal was given. Hackett
would move under Valone coming out of turns two and four only to see Valone pull
away down the straights. Valone was in heavy lap traffic on the final lap
narrowly avoiding a spinning Jason Morell for the final yellow of the event. The
lineup for the last lap dash was Valone then the lap car of Andy Kania, Hackett,
Gardner, Barton and Gurdak. Valone was up to the challenge winning his first of
the season.
Sixty-three
cars were aligned for the 50 Lap Mini-Enduro. Rod Birt was the early leader with
Jim Frank second and Morgan Marks third. The red flag appeared with five laps
complete after the driver of a stalled car exited his car. The red flag appeared
once more with seven laps compete for Jeff Birath stalled in front of the
flagman. Frank took the top spot on lap twelve. Leaking fuel from the car of Ben
Burgess stopped the race with twelve complete. Chris Withers passed Frank in lap
traffic on lap sixteen. One lap later Withers was slowed by lap traffic and
Frank regained the lead. Frank was the leader at the half-way mark with Withers
second and Marks third. Dominic DePancean made hard contact with the backstretch
fence bringing out the red with fifteen laps remaining. Frank was the leader
with Withers second, Ed Proper third and Marks fourth. Frank managed to lap the
entire field with five laps remaining in the event. The last five were
uneventful for Frank while Marks finished second and Withers third.
Mike
Munsee and Tom Hagberg were on the front row of the E-Mod feature, which saw the
yellow appear for Jason Illig in turn three on the first lap. That lap was
counted with Munsee first followed by Hagberg, Chris Sutton and Joe Watson.
Munsee nearly spun on lap two letting Hagberg by for the first spot then one lap
later Tommy Fox spun for the second yellow. Hagberg was the leader for the
restart followed by Sutton, Quincy Turner and Munsee. Turner tagged Sutton on
the restart lap and the yellow reappeared as Sutton spun to stop in turn four.
Turner was sent to the rear of the field joining Sutton for the restart. Munsee
moved into second on the restart as Hagberg led. Bill Thomas challenged Watson
for third taking the spot on lap nine as Illig spun in turn three. Hagberg
remained the leader after the restart then the caution appeared once more with
eleven complete for Matt Swanson who had spun in heavy traffic in turn four.
Three cars tangled on the restart including Wade Mohawk and Jim Irwin. Dale
Applebee was fourth for the restart. Munsee made an inside move on Hagberg
coming out of turn four on lap twelve to regain the lead. Munsee ran the final
three laps unchallenged with Hagberg hanging on for second and Applebee third.
Andy
Knight led the first lap of the Outlaw Cadet feature with Rick Loomis second and
Alex Feisler third. Eugene Bevil brought out the first yellow at the end of lap
two. Feisler tangled with Loomis on lap three but the green remained and Ron
Seeley grabbed the runner up spot with Loomis third. John Cline took third for
Feisler on lap seven as Andy Knight led Seeley by ten car lengths. Cline and
Nathan Short spun with eight laps complete for the second yellow. Feisler had
more troubles on the restart and the yellow stayed out. Seeley tested Knight on
the restart but Knight pulled away on the backstretch. The yellow flew for Bevil
and Scott Lewis with nine complete. Andy Knight took the green then stopped in
the pit gate collecting Loomis and placing Seeley in the top spot. Mike Moore
was second with Nathan Short third for the restart. Short passed Moore for the
second spot with four laps to go and Seeley led. Short made a last lap attempt
to get by Seeley but Seeley held on for his second win of the season. Moore
finished third.
Mike
Murray spun at the end of the backstretch on the first lap of the Budweiser
Super Sportsman feature causing a complete restart. Bob Van Arsdale led after
the restart with Scott Kuschel second and Chad Carlson third. Carlson moved
under Kuschel and took the second spot on lap six. Yellow flew one lap later for
Richard Digirolamo who had spun in turn four. Carlson and Van Arsdale broke away
form the field on the restart. Pat McGuire and Bobby Rohrer caught and passed
Kuschel for third and fourth one lap later. Carlson made his bid for the lead
and passed Van Arsdale on lap ten. Will Wanstreet brought out the caution with
twelve complete setting up a three-lap dash for the win. Carlson and Van Arsdale
were first and second with Pat McGuire third, Bobby Rohrer fourth and Don
McGuire fifth. Pat McGuire beat Van Arsdale to turn one on the restart for
second but Carlson had acquired a five-car length lead, which he never
relinquished over the final laps winning his first of the season.
Twenty-nine
cars were started in the Spectator feature and Rush Firestone led the first lap
then Bill Van Volkenburg and Rodney Thoms tangled bringing out the first yellow.
Kevin Brumett started on the outside of Firestone and led by car length at the
end of lap two, Brian Crandall was third and John Swabik fourth. Firestone had
troubles on lap nine and ended up against the wall on the back straight bringing
out the second caution. Crandall was second on the restart with Matt Lozowski
third and Nate Lester fourth. Rick Thompson took fourth from Lester on the
restart then challenged Lozowski for third. Shiloh Swabik, Justin Tatlow and
Chris Couchenour brought out the next yellow on the white flag lap. The green
and white flew on the restart and a tangle coming down for the checkers
scrambled the leaders with Brumett hanging on for the win with Bill Baker second
and Rush Firestone third.
Spectators:
Heat 1:
Brian
Crandall, Kevin Brumett, Bill Baker Jr.
Heat 2: Bill Reeves, Clarence Dickerson, Rodney Thoms
Feature: Kevin Brumett, Bill Baker, Rush Firestone, Mike Coast, Charlie
Silleman, Rick Thompson, Bob Kinne, Mark Luce, Brian Crandall, Lonnie Waldron
Outlaw Cadets:
Heat 1: Louis DeDionisio, Jamie Erhard, Mike Knight
Heat 2: Alex Feisler, Bill Dunn, Tom Schnars
Feature: Ron Seeley, Nathan Short, Mike Moore, Mike Knight, Phil Knight,
Jamie Erhard, Louis DeDionisio, Tom Schnars, Wayne Mohawk, Bill Dunn
Budweiser Super Sportsman:
Heat 1: John Boardman, Bob Hazzard, Scott Kuschel
Heat 2: Dan Nocero, Bob Van Arsdale, Tim Nocero
Feature: Chad Carlson, Pat McGuire, Bob Van Arsdale, Don McGuire, Bobby
Rohrer, Pete Volpe, Bob Hazzard, Scott Kuschel, Mike Kosinski, Mike Corrigan
E-Mod:
Heat 1: Mike Munsee, Justin Carlson, Chris Sutton
Heat 2: Tom Hagberg, Joe Watson, Quincy Turner
Feature: Mike Munsee, Tom Hagberg, Dale Applebee, Joe Watson, Dan Nocero, Tim
Rater, Al Crocker, Shane Applebee, Quincy Turner, Tommy Fox
Super Late Model:
Heat 1:
Chris
Hackett, Bump Hedman, Wally Fox, Bruce Hordusky, Dave Lyon
Heat 2:
Chad
Valone, Scott Johnson, Dick Barton, Scott Gurdak, Ward Schnell
Heat 3:
Rich
Gardner, Randy Lobb, Wendell Pinckney, Doug Eck, Andy Boozel
Feature: Chad Valone, Chris Hackett, Rich Gardner, Dick Barton, Scott Gurdak,
Randy Lobb, Scott Johnson, Doug Eck, Bruce Hordusky, Dan Armbruster, Bump
Hedman, Wendell Pinckney, Ward Schell, Wally Fox, Paul Briggs, Moose Dunnewold,
Andy Boozel, Mike Coyle, Andy Kania, Jason Morell, Dave Lyon, Kevin Weise
Super Challenger:
Heat 1:
James
Paul, Kenneth Kaltenboch, Eric McCray
Heat 2:
Robert
Nocero, Dana Haner, Aron Dascomb
Feature: Jim Frank, Morgan Marks, Chris Withers, Ed Proper, James Paul,
Robert Nocero, Monty Seekings Jr., Jermin Strickland, Ryan Scott, Dan Nocero Jr.