Busti, NY: The 50^th Season celebration continued at Stateline Speedway. Chris Couchenour won his first Spectator feature of the season. Dick Barton started ninth and finished first in the Super Late Model event. Barton passed veteran Wally Fox with one lap remaining to notch his first win of the season and garner the Craiger Race Engines free Dyno test. Pat McGuire won his second Budweiser Super Sportsman feature. Rich Gardner retained the Budweiser Super Late Model King of the Hill title defeating Dave Hess Jr. in the five lap match race. Paul Norman swapped the lead with Troy Dorman then took control on lap nine to win his first Outlaw Cadet feature. Dave Hess Jr. beat Mike Hess to line by a bumper to win his fourth of the season in the E-Mod division. Leslie Armstrong won her fourth Lady Challenger feature with Amber Belson second. Rod Birt and Gary Fisher won the Super Challenger features.

Veterans Rod Maloy and Wally Fox led twenty-four Super Late Models to starter Mark Matthew’s green flag. Maloy led the first lap and the yellow flew for Moose Dunnewold, Mike Knight and Dave Lyon in turn four. Hess went to the pits during the yellow and twenty-two cars remained for the lap two restart. Maloy and Scott Gurdak were the big losers on the restart as several cars sped into turn one on the restart. Maloy and Gurdak ended up against the fence in turn one. Doug Eck was on the pole for the restart with Fox second and Rich Gardner third. Andy Kania was third at the completion of lap two with Gardner fourth and Dick Barton fifth. Fox led lap five then Bump Hedman stopped near the pit entrance for the third yellow. The yellow saved the lead for Fox who had been passed by Eck just before the yellow. Paul Briggs, Matt Lanphere and George LaBarbera tangled on the restart for the fourth yellow. LaBarbera came back around during the yellow then spun Briggs and went to the pits. A poor start brought the field back around for a second try. Fox held onto the lead with Eck second and Kania and Barton fighting for third. Barton and Kania ran several laps side by side before Kania gained a slight advantage on lap eleven. Eck went high coming out of turn two nearly collecting Kania causing a yellow with twelve complete. Barton took advantage of the incident to gain the runner up spot with Kania third and John Lobb fourth. Seventeen cars remained for the restart. Fox was able go hold of Kania and Gardner reappeared in the top five taking fourth from Lobb. Kania passed Barton two laps later for the second spot with Fox in front by two car lengths. Barton regained second on lap seventeen putting Kania in third followed by Gardner. Barton caught Fox with three laps remaining. Fox stayed high losing the lead the Barton as the white flag flew. Barton led the final lap with Fox second.

Joe McMurdy and Rodney Thoms were on the front row for the Spectator feature with John Bergman and Brian Graham in row two. Thoms led the first lap with McMurdy second and Graham third. Jason Genco got sideways in turn four on lap two collecting several cars and bringing out the caution flag. McMurdy led lap three with Chris Couchenour second and Thoms third. Couchenour move to the front then the yellow flew for Ron Bush stalled on the back stretch. Couchenour retained the lead after the restart with McMurdy second, Graham third and Rick Thompson fourth. Thompson was on the move passing Graham for third with Lester Shoff in tow. McMurdy make contact with Shoff as lap nine started allowing Thompson to take the runner up spot. With two laps remaining Shoff took second from Thompson then Shoff a Thompson tangled as the white flew. Thompson was disqualified for spinning Shoff and Couchenour won his first of the season and Graham was awarded the second place.

Don McGuire led into the first corner but lost the handle in corner two collecting several cars and causing a complete restart of the Budweiser Super Sportsman feature. Bobby Rohrer was first to the line on the restart followed Kelly Frederes and Aaron Robinson. Mike Kosinski climbed the back stretch concrete bringing out the second yellow on lap three. Rohrer lost the lead in turn four just before the yellow flew for John Volpe sitting just off the track in turn two. Frederes was the new leader with Pat McGuire second, Chad Carlson third and Robinson fourth. Pat McGuire took the lead on lap six followed by Carlson and Robinson with Frederes falling to fourth. The yellow flew for Al White with eight laps complete. White had spun to a stop in turn two. Don McGuire moved into the top five on the restart. Pat McGuire and Carlson led Bob Hazzard by eight car lengths with five laps remaining. Pat McGuire won his second of the season with Carlson second and Hazzard third.

Paul Norman and Troy Dorman were the leaders after the first lap of the Outlaw Cadet event. Rick Loomis was tapped by Mark Hall in heavy traffic bringing out the first yellow. Norman, Dorman, Steve Moynihan, Jamie Erhard and Dave Tackett were the top five for the lap four restart. Dorman use the outside to gain the lead on the restart as the top three fell into single file with Norman second and Moynihan third. Phil Knight, Mike Moore brought out the second yellow with six laps complete and John Cline retired after making contact with the concrete. Dorman slipped up the speedway on lap nine losing the lead to Norman. Andy Knight quickly moved through the top five grabbing second with two to go but could not catch Norman who won his first Cadet feature with a ten car length lead.

Mike Hess, Troy Carr and Quincy Turner were the top three after one lap of the E-Mod main event. Turner grabbed second and Carr and Dale Applebee battled for the third spot. Dave Hess joined the battle for third and the yellow appeared for Dana Wellington in turn four. Mike Hess, Turner, Applebee and Dave Hess were the first four for the restart. Dave Hess passed Applebee on lap eight for the third spot then caught and passed Turner three laps latter for second. Dave Hess was on Mike Hess’s rear bumper as the white flew but before the last lap was completed the yellow appeared for Dave Surrena. The last lap dash was won by Dave Hess who used the outside lane coming down for the checkers beating Mike to the line by a bumper. Applebee passed Turner on the final lap for the third spot. It was Dave Hess Jr.’s fourth win of the season in five starts.

Rod Birt had a commanding led after the first lap of the first Super Challenger feature. Mike Kowalski was second with Tim Loomis third. The yellow appeared on lap four. Birt ran the remainder of the race unchallenged for his first feature win. Sam Courson was second and Jay Seekings was third.

The start of the second Super Challenger feature was stopped with a roll over in turn three then a multi-car incident in front of the flagman as the red appeared. Half the field saw the red and half did not. Gary Fisher led the first lap with Bill Lindenberger in second. Jeff Strickland took over the second spot on lap two as Fisher led by ten car lengths. Bob Belson ran third for several laps before passing Strickland for second on lap six. Fisher beat Belson to the finish by two car lengths giving him his first feature win.

Heat 1: Chris Couchenour, Josh Lucas, Jason Genco

Heat 2: Jim Britt, Ron Bush, Lonnie Waldron

Feature: Chris Couchenour, Brian Graham, Clarence Dickerson, Joe McMurdy, Nate Lester, Jason Genco, Travis Swabik, Bill Reeves, Josh Lucas, Ken Jackson

Heat 1: Scott Kuschel, Aaron Robinson, Kelly Frederes
Heat 2: Mike Kosinski, Chad Carlson, Don McGuire

Feature: Pat McGuire, Chad Carlson, Bob Hazzard, Kelly Frederes, Don McGuire, Bobby Rohrer, Chris Kuschel, John Volpe, Scott Kuschel, Richard Digirolamo Jr.

Outlaw Cadets:

Heat 1: Ron Seeley, Mark Hall, Jamie Erhard
Heat 2: Brian Crandall, Paul Norman, Steve Moynihan

Feature: Paul Norman Jr., Andy Knight, Steve Moynihan, Nathan Short, Troy Dorman, Dave Tackett, Ron Seeley, Brian Crandall, Mike Moore, Rick Loomis

Heat 1: Mike Hess, Tom Hagberg, Dale Applebee
Heat 2: Troy Carr, Quincy Turner, Shane Applebee

Feature: Dave Hess Jr., Mike Hess, Dale Applebee, Quincy Turner, Tom Hagberg, Justin Carlson, Tommy Fox, Dan Nocero, Troy Carr, Brian Fardink

Heat 1: Rod Maloy, Rich Gardner, Randy Lobb, Scott Johnson, Steve Halpainy
Heat 2: Wally Fox, Doug Eck, John Lobb, Scott Gurdak, Matt Urban

Heat 3: Dave Hess Jr., Andy Kania, Dick Barton, Darrell Bossard, Andy Boozel

Feature: Dick Barton, Wally Fox, Scott Johnson, Andy Kania, Rich Gardner, John Lobb, Scott Gurdak, Andy Boozel, Rod Maloy, Steve Halpainy, Darrell Bossard, Dave Lyon, Bob Craig, Paul Briggs, Bump Hedman, Matt Lanphere, Randy Lobb, Doug Eck, Mike Knight, Miles Stitzinger, George LaBarbera, Dave Hess Jr., Matt Urban, Moose Dunnewold

Heat 1: Amber Belson, Leslie Armstrong, Kayla Reifstahl

Feature: Leslie Armstrong, Amber Belson, Kayla Riefstahl, Marry Hammond, Tara Jordan, Hillary Scott, Jessica Hallowell

Heat 1: Jermin Strickland, Aron Dascomb, Kevin Golden
Heat 2: Tim Dulmus, Dom DePonceau, Paul Nelson II

Heat 3: Bob Swanson, Dan Nocero Sr., Cedric Denson

Feature 1: Rod Birt, Sam Courson, Jay Seekings, Kevin Golden, Dereck Frank, Tim Dulmus, Mike Kolwaski, Brad Strickland, Ronald Barr, Bob Swanson

Feature 2: Gary Fisher, Bob Belson, Jeff Strickland, Dan Nocero Sr., Calvin Thomson, Jesse Dash, Ben Burgess Jr., Butch Camarata, Cedric Denson, Mike Kosinski