May 13th, 2006 - Rain Wins on
Magnum Graph-X’s and Finns Auto Night at Stateline Speedway
By Glenn Slocum
Busti, NY: Rain
shortened Magnum Graph-X’s and Finns Auto Night at Stateline Speedway.
Last
weeks Super Late Model King of the Hill winner Ashville’s Paul Briggs was
defeated by Warren’s Chad Valone. Wade Slaney battled Mike Zemcik for the
Spectator feature win. Bob Hazzard got his first win of the season in the
Budweiser Super Sportsman feature. Nathan Short led the nineteen laps that were
completed in the Outlaw Cadet Championship race before rain forced postponement
of the event.
Aron Dascomb led the first lap of the Spectator feature
but before the entire field could cross the line the yellow flew for two
spinners in turn two. Dascomb remained in control after the restart then the
yellow flew again on lap three for a stalled car in the pit entrance. Wade
Slaney took control on the next restart then Dave Surrena came to a stop up
against the wall in turn three for the third yellow. Slaney, Mike Zemcik and
Dascomb were the top three for the restart. Zemcik passed Slaney on the restart
to lead lap four then gave the lead back to Slaney on lap six in lap traffic.
Jason Genco moved into the top three on lap eight. After fighting heavy lap
traffic Slaney finally broke into the clear on the white flag lap winning by
five car lengths over Zemcik and Genco.
Doug Birath jumped from second to first on the
start of the Budweiser Super Sportsman feature. Birath led until lap four when
Bob Hazzard dove under him coming out of turn two for the lead. Ben Burgess
tagged the wall on the backstretch on lap seven collecting Rusty Briggs for the
first yellow of the race. Hazzard, Birath and Mike Kosinski were the restart
leaders. Jim Leonard stopped in turn three with ten laps complete for yellow
number two. Hazzard easily out ran the field for his first feature win of the
season.
Nathan Short led the Outlaw Cadets from the pits for
their Championship event and continued to lead after the start. Mike Moore and
Andy Knight were second and third. The race stayed green and at the end of ten
laps Short led Moore by three car lengths with Knight a straightaway behind.
Moore moved upon Shorts bumper on lap eighteen then Paul Norman stopped in turn
two for the first yellow of the race. A light rain increased intensity forcing
officials to keep the cars under yellow. After several pace laps the race was
postponed and will be completed next week.
Spectators:
Heat 1:
Ryan Seeking, Marc Luce, Aron Dascomb
Heat 2:
Wade Slaney, Rick Thompson, Jason Genco
Feature: Wade Slaney, Mike Zemcik, Jason Genco, Mark
Thompson, Aron Dascomb, Wade Watson, Rick Thompson, Bill Reeves, John Britt,
Stan Davis.
Outlaw Cadets:
Heat 1:
Nathan Short, Mike Moore, Andy Knight
Budweiser Super Sportsman:
Heat 1:
Jake Eller, Rusty Briggs, Chris Kuschel
Heat 2:
John Boardman, Bob Hazzard, Mike Kosinski
Feature: Bob Hazzard, Mike Kosinski, John Boardman, Don
McGuire, Chris Kuschel, Bob VanArsdale, Doug Birath, Jim Leonard, Ben Burgess,
Rusty Briggs
E-Mod:
Heat 1:
Scooter Pangrazio, Tom Hagberg, Matt Lux
Heat 2:
Justin Carlson, Scott Johnson, Quincy Turner
Super Late Model:
Heat 1:
Dick Barton, Dave Tackett, Dave Hess Jr., Randy
Lobb, George LaBarbera
Heat 2:
Darrell Bossard, Dave Lyon, Scott Gurdak, Rich
Gardner, Steve Halpainy
Heat 3:
Rod Maloy, Chad Valone, Scott Johnson, Andy
Kania, Bump Hedman
Lady Challenger:
Heat 1:
Michelle Swabik, Amanda Swanson, Jennifer
Weagraff
Super Challenger:
Heat 1:
Stub Johnson, Ryan Scott, Butch Camarata
Heat 2:
Jeff Strickland, Kyle Jackson, Carlos Aponte
Heat 3:
Michael Kosinski, Kevin Golden, Todd Brostrom