By: Ron Szczerba

Fonda, NY – This Saturday, July 30 at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway, Parks Companies presents a regular racing program in all regular divisions including the Sunoco Modifieds, the Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman, the Algonkin Motel Pro Stocks, the Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman, and the Fonda Fair Four Cylinders.

Also competing on Saturday at Fonda will be the CRSA Sprint cars for the second time in 2022. The CRSA Sprint Car organization started racing at the Fonda Speedway back in 2009 and through their last event, which was held on 6/4/2022, they have run a total of 25 events at Fonda with 13 different drivers winning those events.

Danny Varin and Mike Kiser lead the way with four CRSA Sprint car wins apiece at Fonda followed by Josh Pieniazek and Cory Sparks who both have three career wins at the “Track of Champions.” Kyle Smith and Jeff Trombley are both two-time CRSA Sprint winners at Fonda with single event wins going to Dylan Swiernik, John Matrafailo, Tyler Rice, Jordan Thomas, Brett Jaycox, Josh Flint, and Jordan Hutton.

A little over a month ago back on 6/4, Jeff Trombley started the 20-lap CRSA Sprint feature in the fifth position and moved into the second position on lap four, chasing the leader Jordan Hutton until moving in on the rear bumper on lap twelve of the twenty lap event.

Trombley made a move on the inside of the backstretch with seven laps remaining to take the lead and he survived one final restart to take the win over Hutton, Thomas Radivoy, Dalton Herrick, and twenty-first place starter Jeremiah Munson who made his way up to the fifth spot at the finish in his self-owned #51 car.

“Experience here at the track definitely helped,” Trombley said in victory lane. “He (Hutton) was fast and got out front but on that one restart I knew he was gonna cover the bottom and I got a run on him for the lead. The car was awesome, the track was good. I had a lot of fun, and it was good to see all the fans here. I love this place and anytime you can get a win here it’s a plus.”

Two drivers mentioned above that know the Fonda Speedway very well with success in the past in other divisions than the sprint cars are Trombley and Munson. Along with his two CRSA Sprint car victories at Fonda (the first one coming on 6/30/2018 and the last on 6/4/2022), Trombley also has one 358-Modified win back on 10/13/2001 along with 35 wins in a Big Block Modified in 20 winning seasons, the first one coming on 4/30/1988 and his last on 9/19/2014. Trombley also has two Track Championships in the Big Block Modified division back-to-back in 2001 and 2002.

Munson has also had his share of success at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds track with seven wins in the Open Sportsman division, the first one coming on 5/17/2003 and the last on 8/20/2005. He also has 12 career wins in the Crate 602 Sportsman division, the first one coming on 9/13/2008 and his last on 7/25/2009 to go along with a Crate 602 Track Championship in 2009.

If you are a race fan that gets to the track early, be sure to check out the Fonda Speedway Museum & Hall of Fame which is located on the Fonda Fairgrounds at the rear of the parking area going down towards turn four. The museum is open from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on race days and admission is free!

Since 1953, the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway has hosted the best in stock car racing. Under the management of BD Motorsports Media LLC, the speedway will operate weekly on Saturday nights from April through August plus several special events. Fonda Speedway is located on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds off New York State Thruway Exit No. 28 at 21 S. Bridge Street Fonda, NY 12068.

Fonda Speedway is on the web at www.thefondaspeedway.com. To learn more, call the office at 518.915.4395, like Fonda Speedway on Facebook www.facebook.com/thefondaspeedwy or follow the speedway on Twitter: @thefondaspdwy.

It’s RACE WEEK at Fonda Speedway. Parks Companies presents the return of the CRSA Sprints THIS SATURDAY, JULY 30.

CRSA Sprint Cars Pit Stop I-90 Challenge Series – $1,000 to win!

Sunoco Modifieds

Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman

Algonkin Motel Pro Stocks

Montgomery County Office for Aging Limited Sportsman

Fonda Fair Four Cylinders

Gates: 4 p.m. – Hot Laps: 6 p.m. – Racing: 7 p.m.

Adult Admission: $13 – Seniors (ages 65 and over): $11 – Kids 11 and under FREE

Drive-In: $75 (up to four passes). Link: https://fonda-speedway.ticketleap.com/parks-companies-night/

Pit Admission: $35 (non-member) – $30 (Fonda/CRSA member) – $10 Kids (ages 6-12) – $2 Children 5 and under

By: Ron Szczerba

Fonda, NY – Saturday evening at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway, the Recovery Sports Grill presented “Fan Favorite Night” featuring Twin 20 lap events for the Sunoco Modifieds.

When the final checkered flag flew to complete the two feature events there were two first time winners celebrating in the F.X. Caprara Car Companies victory lane, Nick Heywood in the Moody Mile Motorsports #24H owned by the legendary Wes Moody and David Schilling in the BDR Speed #20 which had a Wegner spec motor in the car carrying him to victory lane.

“It’s been a rookie year for us that’s for sure,” Heywood told Mimi Lazzaro in victory lane. “But we’ve been persevering and pushing every week busting our butts. Wes (car owner Wes Moody) keeps saying we just gotta keep rubbing it and we’re gonna get it and tonight was our night.”

“This is amazing,” Schilling said after the second twin 20 event. “A lot of people stuck behind me when they probably shouldn’t have and I really appreciate all those people, Brett Deyo, my dad, all of the people on this car. I didn’t know if this day was ever gonna come, I ran so many races here, but we were never good enough to win. I don’t know if I would have won if it was 30-laps, but we’ll certainly take that.”

With the wins, Heywood and Schilling became the 139^th and 140^th different drivers to win a Modified feature event at Fonda in a total of 1413 events!

Other winners on Recovery Sports Grill “Fan Favorite Night” at Fonda were Payton Talbot (Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman), Connor Prokop (Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman), Josh Coonradt (Algonkin Motel Pro Stocks), Ken Hollenback (SOHC) and Kerrie Hollenback (DOHC) in the Fonda Fair Four Cylinders.

Pastor Greg Nitz said the prayer to start opening ceremonies while Abbileigh Coon of Cortland, NY sang the National Anthem. The 50/50 on a very hot night was $2092 and was won by Craig from Hunter, NY.

The starting lineup for the first twin 20 event was determined by normal handicapping procedures with Darwin Greene and Nick Heywood making up the front row, running the entire first lap side by side before Heywood cleared Greene coming out of turn four to complete the lap. Heywood was in lap traffic by lap eight with Greene, Pep Corradi, David Schilling, and Brian Gleason completing the top five at the halfway point in the event.

Greene was held up by the lap cars of Rich Christman and Brian Pessolano just after the halfway point in the event allowing Heywood to pull away while ninth place starter Rocky Warner made his way by Schilling and Corradi for the third position on lap 17. Heywood was out to a half track lead with only two laps to go and went on for the win over Warner who took the second position on the final lap, Greene, Schilling, and Gleason.

“We travel two and a half hours from Plattsburg, NY so it’s a haul,” Heywood added. “We are on the road from Friday night to Sunday mornings and we’ve been pushing for it. Wes has been trying to win here at Fonda for 60 years, so he finally got it. What a great feeling.”

“It’s been a long time,” Wes Moody said to Mimi Lazzaro in victory lane. “I’ve been here over 60 years, and this is my first feature win, I won a lot of heat races myself but to have somebody like Nick behind wheel of my car I am really proud of him and his whole family.”

The starting lineup for twin 20 number two was inverted by six placing Corradi and Gleason on the front row at the start. When Joe Kriss threw the green flag to start the event, Gleason was the race leader with an early caution out on lap two. On the restart, Schilling went by both Warner and Corradi for the second position with Danny Varin now fourth behind Warner.

Corradi brought out the caution on lap three for what was thought to be a flat tire, but the issues must have been even more serious as he fell out of the event after bringing out the caution again three laps later. On the restart, Schilling took the lead from Gleason with Warner also getting by Gleason for the second position.

Another yellow was out on lap eight for Gleason who suffered a flat right rear tire with Schilling choosing the inside for the restart. At the halfway point the top five consisted of Schilling, Warner, Varin, Ryan Odasz, and Ronnie Johnson. One final yellow flag was out on lap ten with Schilling pulling away on the restart to a comfortable lead. Schilling went on to his first career win at Fonda followed in the top five by Warner, Varin, Johnson, and Odasz.

“Casey Wegner put the spec motor in this thing, and it ran great right around the top,” Schilling said. “There was some bite leaving on the bottom right there (pointing towards turn four) so that is why I restarted each time on the inside. If you restarted on the top, you couldn’t grab anything and that’s how I got by Brian (Gleason). I was trying to stay conservative; I wasn’t very consistent, so I guess that was just nerves.”

Harry Shaffer and Griffen Mansmith started the 20-lap Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman feature on the front row and ran lap one side by side until Mansmith cleared Shaffer at the line to complete the lap. Brett Mortensen started the event in the fourth position and took the second spot away from Shaffer on lap three but under a caution one lap later suffered a flat tire and headed to the hot pit. He would restart at the rear of the field.

On the restart, tenth place starter Cody Clark was the new third place car while 12^th place starter Payton Talbot was right behind in fourth. Another yellow flag slowed the field on lap 11 for a four-car wreck in turn four with point leader Chad Edwards going to the hot pit at that point. He would restart at the rear of the field. Clark was the new second place car on the restart with Talbot in the third spot with Clark pressuring Mansmith for the lead on lap 16 just before he suffered a right rear flat tire to bring out yet another caution. Clark also went to the hot pit for a tire change and rejoined the rear of the field.

Talbot got by Mansmith for the lead with a slide job pass in turn two on the restart and led the remining laps through two more caution flags for his third win of the season and the fourth of his career in the division at Fonda. Edwards came all the way through the field to finish second followed by Troy palmer, Tim Dwyer, and Chip Constantino who also suffered a flat tire and had to come through the field.

“This car was awesome,” Talbot said in victory lane. “I didn’t know where Chad (Edwards) was, I knew that he went into the pits but then I heard over the Raceceiver that he was second. I knew he would be on the bottom; I tried the bottom a few times and the car just wasn’t good enough on the bottom, so I had to stick with the top. Turn one and two was pretty good, three and four I was sliding a bit, I could enter real good but then I would slide up. I was trying to keep my momentum up and it paid off.”

The Algonkin Motel Pro Stock feature started with Josh Coonradt leading from the pole position. With no laps completed, the yellow flag was out for Luke Horning who was in the wall in turn two. Horning was not injured but was done for the evening at that point. As Coonradt continued to lead, Caden Dumblewski and his father Chuck were racing for the second position, swapping the spot twice before Caden took control of the position on lap four.

Coonradt held a straightaway lead by lap seven with Chuck Dumblewski getting by his son Caden on lap 11 with 12^th place starter Nick Stone now in the fourth position behind Caden Dumblewski. 11^th place starter Beau Ballard got by both Stone and Caden Dumblewski for the third position with three laps to go but it was Coonradt that won by a straightaway for his first win of the season and the seventh of his career in the division at Fonda over Chuck Dumblewski, Ballard, Stone, and Caden Dumblewski.

“This win is great for our team and my family,” Coonradt said. “We lost our grandfather this week and this one is for him. With the field of cars, you have here you don’t know who is behind you and starting up front you don’t know what lane they are running. There are so many good, fast, competitive cars here that you just don’t know where anybody is.”

Connor Prokop took the lead on a lap 13 restart after the top two of AJ Greco and Josh Kane came together after the green flag flew on the restart. For Prokop it was his third win of the 2022 season in the 15-lap Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman division and he was followed in the top five by Greco, Kane, Brady Cordova, and Ryan Sweet in the top five.

Ken and Kerrie Hollenback put on a great race for the overall win in the 12-lap Fonda Fair Four Cylinder division with Ken nipping Kerrie at the line for the overall win with Dale VanAllen, Justin Ramsey, and Todd Morey completing the top five.

Next Saturday, July 30 Parks Companies will present a regular racing program in all divisions along with the CRSA Sprint Cars. Gates will open at 4:00 p.m. with hot laps at 6:00 p.m. and racing at 7:00 p.m.

If you are a race fan that gets to the track early, be sure to check out the Fonda Speedway Museum & Hall of Fame which is located on the Fonda Fairgrounds at the rear of the parking area going down towards turn four. The museum is open from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on race days and admission is free!

Since 1953, the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway has hosted the best in stock car racing. Under the management of BD Motorsports Media LLC, the speedway will operate weekly on Saturday nights from April through August plus several special events. Fonda Speedway is located on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds off New York State Thruway Exit No. 28 at 21 S. Bridge Street Fonda, NY 12068.

Fonda Speedway is on the web at www.thefondaspeedway.com. To learn more, call the office at 518.915.4395, like Fonda Speedway on Facebook www.facebook.com/thefondaspeedwy or follow the speedway on Twitter: @thefondaspdwy.

SUNOCO MODIFIED FEATURE TWIN 20 #1 – NICK HEYWOOD, Rocky Warner, Darwin Greene, David Schilling, Brian Gleason, Pep Corradi, Chris Curtis, Ronnie Johnson, Danny Varin, Bobby Hackel IV, Ryan Odasz, JaMike Sowle, Craig Hanson, Matt DeLorenzo, Dave Constantino, Bobby Varin, Rich Christman, Demetrious Drellos, Brian Pessolano, Don Bellen, Jim Introne Jr. (DNS), Tucker O’Connor (DNS)

1^st career win in the division at Fonda for Heywood

LAP LEADERS – 1-20 Heywood

SUNOCO MODIFIED FEATURE TWIN 20 #2 – DAVID SCHILLING, Rocky Warner, Danny Varin, Ronnie Johnson, Ryan Odasz, Dave Constantino, Matt DeLorenzo, Craig Hanson, Brian Gleason, Nick Heywood, Darwin Greene, Bobby Varin, Demetrious Drellos, Brian Pessolano, Don Bellen, JaMike Sowle Chris Curtis, Rich Christman, Pep Corradi, Bobby Hackel IV, Jim Introne Jr. (DNS), Tucker O’Connor (DNS)

1^st career win in the division at Fonda for Schilling

LAP LEADERS – 1-6 Gleason, 7-20 Schilling

HEAT RACE WINNERS – Heywood, Danny Varin, Warner

SWAGGER FACTORY APPAREL CRATE 602 SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 25-laps – PAYTON TALBOT, Chad Edwards, Troy Palmer, Tim Dwyer, Chip Constantino, Griffen Mansmith, Brendan Gibbons, Tanner Warner, Brett Mortensen, Carter Gibbons, Cody Clark, Greg Havlichek, Clayton DuMond, Troy Zilles, Jason Reome, Anthony Cardamone, Cory White, Tony Farone, Stephen Gray, Harry Shaffer, Kurtis Hohensheldt, Dylan Eldred, Mark Mortensen, Jason Greco, Matthew Perry (DNS)

3^rd win of 2022 and 4^th of his career in the division for Talbot

LAP LEADERS – 1-16 Mansmith, Talbot

HEAT RACE WINNERS – Shaffer, Mansmith, Zilles

GRECO’S NAPA HARD CHARGER AWARD – Talbot plus 11 from 12^th to 1^st

ALGONKIN MOTEL PRO STOCK FEATURE – 20-laps – JOSH COONRADT, Chucky Dumblewski, Beau Ballard, Nick Stone, Caden Dumblewski, Jason Morrison, Kenny Gates, Jim Normoyle, Andy Graves, Ivan Joslin, John Holmes, Don Collins, AJ Walters, Randy Cosselman, Buck Gasner, Gary Silkey, Luke Horning

1^st win of 2022 and 7^th of his career in the division for Coonradt

LAP LEADERS – 1-20 Coonradt

HEAT RACE WINNERS – $50 bonus from RCK Motorsports – Coonradt, Joslin

MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE FOR AGING INC. LIMITED SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 15-laps – CONNOR PROKOP, AJ Greco, Josh Kane, Brady Cordova, Ryan Sweet, Wesley Sutliff, Ashton DeWitt, Gus Kamburelis, Walter Cook, Michael Kalkbrenner, John Anderson, Mark Lighthall, Phil Arnold, Lance Hill, Bobby Rhinehardt, Bob Rowback, Jonathan Feagles, Zach Dufel, Corky Warner, Harold Robitaille, Kyle Dingman, Timmy Wilmot, Collin Williams

3^rd win of 2022 and the 3^rd of his career in the division for Prokop

LAP LEADERS – 1-5 Kamburelis, 6-12 Greco, 13-15 Prokop

HEAT RACE WINNERS – Hill, Kamburelis, Robitaille

FONDA FAIR FOUR CYLINDER FEATURE – 12-laps –KEN HOLLENBACK (SOHC), KERRIE HOLLENBACK (DOHC), Dale VanAllen, Justin Ramsey, Todd Morey, Wayne Russell Jr., John Napoli, Josh Ramsey, Zach McSpirit, TJ Marlitt, David Peek-Britten, Len St. Andrews

13^th win of 2022 and the 81^st of his career in the division for Ken Hollenback

10^th win of 2022 and the 30^th of his career in the division for Kerrie Hollenback

LAP LEADERS – 1 Napoli, 2-6 Ken Hollenback, 7-9 Kerrie Hollenback, 10-12 Ken Hollenback

By: Ron Szczerba

Fonda, NY – This Saturday, July 23 the Recovery Sports Grill will present Twin 20’s for the Sunoco Modifieds paying $1,500 to win each! Also, in competition on Saturday will be the Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman, the Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman, the Algonkin Motel Pro Stocks, and the Fonda Fair Four Cylinders. Gates will open at 4:00 p.m. with hot laps at 6:00 p.m. and racing at 7:00 p.m.

So far in 2022 there have been 14 events run in the Sunoco Modified division with six different drivers winning those races. Leading the way with five wins so far this season is Matt DeLorenzo followed by Stewart Friesen with four; Craig Hanson with two; Danny Varin, Dave Constantino, and Brian Gleason who all have one win apiece with Gleason’s win the first of his career in the division. DeLorenzo is the current point leader going into this week’s events.

There have also been 14 events held in the Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman with current point leader and defending Track Champion Chad Edwards leading the way with six event wins. Following behind Edwards is Cody Clark with three wins; Payton Talbot with two wins; Brian Calabrese, Mark Mortensen, and Rocky Warner all with one win apiece. So far in 2022 there have been no first career winners in the division.

Current point leader Zach Dufel leads the way in the Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman division with four victories followed by Kyle Dingman with three; Connor Prokop with two; Lance Hill, Josh Kane, Harold Robitaille, and Bob Rowback all with one win apiece. In summary there have been seven different winners in a total of 13 events.

The Algonkin Motel Pro Stock division has run a total of 13 events so far in 2022 with four different drivers winning those events. Leading the way in both feature wins and current points in Nick Stone with nine total wins followed by Beau Ballard with two victories, one being the prestigious Hondo Classic, Luke Horning and Jason Morrison with one win apiece with Morrison’s victory the first of his career in the division.

There have been no big surprises in the Fonda Fair Four Cylinder division as both Ken and Kerrie Hollenback have dominated the division again in 2022. Ken leads the SOHC class with 12 victories with the only other winner in the class being Todd Morey who scored his first career win back on July 2.

The Fonda Fair Four Cylinder DOHC class has seen a little more competition with Kerrie leading the way with nine feature wins while John Napoli has three wins and Dale VanAllen has one win which was the first of his career in the division. Ken is the current point leader in the SOHC class while Kerrie leads the way in the DOHC.

THE FONDA SPEEDWAY KID’S CLUB TO CELEBRATE “CHRISTMAS IN JULY”

The Fonda Speedway Kid’s Club will be celebrating “Christmas in July” this Saturday, July 23 so be sure to see Ashley Abeling and sign up your child for the prizes and giveaways so that they don’t miss out! There will be some special donated “stuffed” stockings thanks to the work of Debora Ward and Jann Ivancic-McGaffin! So be sure to get a jump start on Christmas and celebrate the holiday early as many people do with a special “Christmas in July”!

A SPECIAL MIDWEEK EVENT

Thursday July 28th!!!!! Fonda Speedway/NASCAR Night at Amsterdam Mohawks!!!!! The Mohawks are currently 33-4 and have won 13 straight games!!!! They also claimed their 9th straight PGCBL East Division Title!!!!!

1/2 Price Admission for Any Fan Wearing Their Favorite Racing Hat or Shirt

This will be an exciting night of baseball and a great opportunity to meet and greet some of your favorite Fonda Speedway drivers!!!!

Come see Fonda Speedway drivers Cousin Luke, Tanner Warner, Troy Zilles, The Matt DeLorenzo Fan Page, Harry Shaffer, Zach Dufel, Shaffer Racing Team, Stephen Gray, and Chad Edwards!!!! Troy Zilles, Cousin Luke, and the Shaffer Racing Team will have their race cars on display along with the Fonda Speedway Pace Truck!!!!

Special THANK YOU to the Amsterdam Mohawks for their continued partnership with Fonda Speedway!!!!!! AmsterdamMohawks.com

It’s 𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 at Fonda Speedway. Recovery Sports Grill presents the action at the Track of Champions THIS SATURDAY, JULY 23.

Sunoco Modified Twin 20s – $1,500 to win each!

Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman

Algonkin Motel Pro Stocks

Montgomery County Office for Aging Limited Sportsman

Fonda Fair Four Cylinders

Gates: 4 p.m. – Hot Laps: 6 p.m. – Racing: 7 p.m.

Adult Admission: $11 – Seniors (ages 65 and over): $9 – Kids 11 and under FREE

Drive-In: $60 (up to four passes). Link: http://fonda-speedway.ticketleap.com/recovery-sports…/

Pit Admission: $35 (non-member) – $30 (Fonda member) – $10 Kids (ages 6-12) – $2 Children 5 and under

If you are a race fan that gets to the track early, be sure to check out the Fonda Speedway Museum & Hall of Fame which is located on the Fonda Fairgrounds at the rear of the parking area going down towards turn four. The museum is open from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on race days and admission is free!

Since 1953, the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway has hosted the best in stock car racing. Under the management of BD Motorsports Media LLC, the speedway will operate weekly on Saturday nights from April through August plus several special events. Fonda Speedway is located on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds off New York State Thruway Exit No. 28 at 21 S. Bridge Street Fonda, NY 12068.

Fonda Speedway is on the web at www.thefondaspeedway.com. To learn more, call the office at 518.915.4395, like Fonda Speedway on Facebook www.facebook.com/thefondaspeedwy or follow the speedway on Twitter: @thefondaspdwy.

By: Ron Szczerba

Fonda, NY – On Saturday evening at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway, Stewart Friesen started the 30-lap Sunoco Modified feature in the fourth position by the luck of the draw as the event was part of the F.X. Caprara Thunder on the Thruway Series with a $4,000 pay day on the line. Shortly after lap one was completed, Friesen got up too high in turn one and scraped the wall with the right rear of his car which ended up spinning out in turn two to bring out the caution.

Friesen went to the hot pit for repairs and rejoined the race at the rear of the 27-car field, putting on a clinic to get back to the front. With the aid of a few caution flags and a switch to the bottom lane late in the event, it was no problem for Friesen to get to the front, take the lead from Rocky Warner on lap 25, and go on to his fourth win of the 2022 season and the 83^rd of his career at Fonda.

“It was faster up on top, so I stepped on it there and got behind Jess (wife Jessica Friesen) in the dirty air and it took off,” Friesen told Mimi Lazzaro in victory lane. “I wiped half of the right rear clip off the car at that point and got the rest of it down in three and four coming through traffic. Great race car, great race team, I don’t know what to say. Rocky was up top and then the top was going away, and I was able to get him on the bottom.”

The racing event at Fonda on Saturday was special for another reason as well as it was presented by One Zee Tees and AIM Autism to benefit the Crossroads Center for Children. The “Tailgate for a Cause” took place from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a chicken barbeque, a dunk tank, raffles, and activities for the kids and all total according to Friesen in victory lane raised close to $30,000 for the Crossroads Center, which was attended by Stewart and Jessica’s son Parker in the past.

“I need to thank Halmar, the AIM Autism Group, the Fonda Fairgrounds, the Fonda Speedway crew, and everybody that came out for “Tailgate for a Cause” today,” Friesen said in victory lane. “I think the number that we raised for the Crossroads Center for Children was $30,000 so I am super proud of that. That’s why I love this community, that’s why I love this racetrack, whether they cheer or boo that’s why I love racing here, it’s the best.”

Other winners on One Zee Tees & AIM Autism present Autism Awareness Night at Fonda were Chad Edwards (Thunder on the Thruway Series Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman), Beau Ballard (Thunder on the Thruway Series Algonkin Motel Pro Stock), Zach Dufel (Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman), Ken Hollenback (Fonda Fair Four Cylinder SOHC), and Kerrie Hollenback (Fonda Fair Four Cylinder DOHC).

Also, on hand was Camping World Truck Series and FS1 racing commentator Todd Bodine who is Friesen’s teammate in the Camping World Truck Series. Bodine spent some time up in the announcer’s tower with Fonda Speedway announcer Chris Moore during the Sunoco Modified heat race evets.

“I didn’t grow up on dirt,” Bodine said to the crowd. “I grew up on asphalt but going to a couple of dirt races with Jess and Stewart I didn’t realize how much fun I was missing; it is very different and a lot of fun. I never raced on dirt with anything, but I would love to race a Modified.”

Next week at the Pocono Raceway, Bodine will make his 800^th career start in the Camping World Truck Series as a teammate to Friesen in the Halmar #62 truck so best of luck to both drivers from the Fonda Speedway!

Pastor Greg Nitz said the prayer during opening ceremonies with Amanda Aiello of Schyler, NY doing a great job singing the National Anthem. Leeanne from Gloversville, NY was the winner of the 50/50 worth $2,871! As always great job by the 50/50 ladies and congratulations to Leeanne.

The 30-lap F.X. Caprara Thunder on the Thruway Series Sunoco Modified feature began with Rocky Warner the early race leader from his outside pole starting positions thanks to the luck of the draw. Jessica Friesen followed along in second with the caution out shortly after lap one was completed for Stewart Friesen who came in contact with the wall in between turns one and two and ended up sideways in turn two. Friesen went to the hot pit for repairs and rejoined at the rear of the 27-car field.

Warner led on the restart followed by Jessica Friesen with fifth place starter Ronnie Johnson up to the third position followed by Demetrious Drellos. Johnson and Drellos swapped the third position many times before Drellos took control of the spot by the time another caution flag flew on lap ten.

Warner chose the bottom on the restart and led at the drop of the green flag while Drellos took the second position away from Jessica Friesen with Stewart Friesen now up to the tenth spot. At the halfway point Warner was the race leader followed by Drellos, Jessica Friesen, Johnson, and seventh place starter Alex Yankowski.

After a caution on lap 17, Warner continued to lead running the outside of the speedway while others switched to the bottom including Stewart Friesen who was now in the top five after getting by Yankowski. One by one afterwards, Stewart Friesen made his way by Johnson and Jessica Friesen, making both of those passes on the bottom.

One final yellow flew on lap 19 and on this restart, Stewart Friesen was the new second place car after getting by Drellos. With Warner running up high, Stewart Friesen stayed low and challenged Warner for the lead in every turn but coming out of the turn Warner would use his momentum on the outside to maintain his lead.

Going into turn one with five laps to go, Stewart Friesen got alongside of Warner down low and coming out of turn two took the lead away, leading the remaining laps for the $4,000 win in the Halmar #44 Bicknell car. Warner ended up second followed by Drellos, Jessica Friesen, and Johnson.

“On a couple of those restarts guys were getting bottled up and going where I wanted to go,” Stewart Friesen said in victory lane. “I also got jammed up, so I went to the bottom, and I was able to pick off some cars. We adjusted the car before the feature and tightened it up a little more than I thought that we needed to.”

The F.X. Caprara Car Companies Thunder on the Thruway Series Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman feature began with Brett Mortensen leading at the drop of the green flag after starting third with the first of many caution flags in the event out with no laps completed for pole position starter Troy Palmer who pitted and rejoined the field at the rear.

Mortensen led on the original restart with 25^th place starter Cody Clark in the tenth position when lap five was completed. Tony Farone brought out an unnecessary caution on lap six when he came to a stop in turn three at the pit entrance, then after the caution was thrown, he drove to the hot pit. He would continue on at the rear of the field.

On the restart, Mortensen dropped back to third after Tanner Warner made a slide job pass for the lead coming out of turn two with fourth place starter Chad Edwards also getting by Mortensen for the second position. After Farone brought out another caution flag on lap ten, Edwards was the new race leader on the restart with 11^th place starter Payton Talbot now in the fourth position after getting by Mortensen.

At the halfway point in the event the top five consisted of Edwards, Warner, Talbot, Mortensen, and 17^th place starter Chip Constantino. When the caution came out on lap 18 for Palmer who had his front-end collapse in turn four, it took away the straightaway advantage that Edwards had built up.

On the restart a multi car pileup ensued in turn one after Talbot and Mortensen came together on the front stretch just before the flag stand, with Mortensen ending up sideways collecting four other cars in the process. All drivers were okay, but Mortensen’s night came to an unfortunate end at that point while Talbot was able to continue on in the third position after the “racing” incident.

Edwards led the remaining laps for his sixth victory of the season in the John Kollar owned #10% Bicknell car followed in the top five by Talbot, Warner, Clark, and Constantino.

“Like usual I draw like crap for the heat races but still made our way into the draw for the feature then drew good for that,” Edwards said. “The track was real racy for us going before off the Modifieds, so I was able to get to the front, the last few weeks the track has been great for the most part.”

The F.X. Caprara Thunder on the Thruway Series Algonkin Pro Stock feature was caution free with Chuck Dumblewski leading at the drop of Joe Kriss’ green flag from the pole followed by outside front row starter Beau Ballard. At the finish line to complete lap three, Ballard nosed past Dumblewski for the lead and from that point on the race was for the second position to the checkered flag.

Fifth place starter Ivan Josin went around the outside of both Kenny Gates and Jason Morrison for the third position on lap six with ninth place starter Nick Stone also getting by the pair of drivers for the fourth spot. Ballard raced out to a straightaway lead at the halfway point with the top five at the time consisting of Dumblewski, Joskin, Stone, and eighth place starter Luke Horning.

Kenny Gates fell back out of the top five but after the halfway point he found the inside groove to his liking and got back into the top five at the checkered flag after getting by Joslin late in the event. Ballard went on to his second consecutive win of the season and the third of his career at Fonda followed in the top five by Dumblewski, Stone, Gates, and Joslin. Beau Ballard’s family was very excited in victory lane, greeting Ballard with cheers and hugs in victory lane.

“This poor kid right here (Parker) has been saying that he thinks that he is bad luck, Ballard said in victory lane. “He hasn’t been to victory lane with me since a tour race at Five Mile Point with my IMCA car when he was three years old. So, you don’t know how much this win means to me to have my two kids Parker and Weston with me here in victory lane. I was a little nervous how it was going to go with the rule change, but I’ve got no problem with it, we’re rolling.”

Zach Dufel took the lead on a lap nine restart and went on to win the 15-lap Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman feature for his fourth win of the season and the fourth time in his career in the division over eighth place starter Kyle Dingman, 10^th place starter Connor Prokop, third place starter John Anderson, and seventh place starter Ryan Sweet.

The Hollenback brothers Ken and Kerrie continued their dominance of the Fonda Fair Four Cylinder division winning their 12^th and ninth features respectively with Kenny the overall winner (SOHC) and Kerrie finishing second overall for the win in the DOHC category. John Napoli, Dale VanAllen, and TJ Marlitt completing the top five overall.

Next Saturday, July 23 the Recovery Sports Grill will present “Fan Favorite” Modified Twin 20’s paying $1,500 to win each along with all other regular divisions in action and no increase in the admission price! Gates will open at 4:00 p.m. with hot laps at 6:00 p.m. and racing at 7:00 p.m.

If you are a race fan that gets to the track early, be sure to check out the Fonda Speedway Museum & Hall of Fame which is located on the Fonda Fairgrounds at the rear of the parking area going down towards turn four. The museum is open from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on race days and admission is free!

Since 1953, the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway has hosted the best in stock car racing. Under the management of BD Motorsports Media LLC, the speedway will operate weekly on Saturday nights from April through August plus several special events. Fonda Speedway is located on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds off New York State Thruway Exit No. 28 at 21 S. Bridge Street Fonda, NY 12068.

Fonda Speedway is on the web at www.thefondaspeedway.com. To learn more, call the office at 518.915.4395, like Fonda Speedway on Facebook www.facebook.com/thefondaspeedwy or follow the speedway on Twitter: @thefondaspdwy.

DATE – SATURDAY, JULY 16 – AIM AUTISM & ONE ZEE TEES PRESENTS AUTISM AWARENESS NIGHT

F.X. CAPRARA CAR COMPANIES THUNDER ON THE THRUWAY SERIES SUNOCO MODIFIED FEATURE – 30-laps – $4,000 to win – STEWART FRIESEN, Rocky Warner, Demetrious Drellos, Jessica Friesen, Ronnie Johnson, Alex Yankowski, Matt DeLorenzo, Brian Gleason, Bobby Varin, Chris Curtis, Tucker O’Connor, Nick Heywood, Rich Christman, Ryan Odasz, JaMike Sowle, Ray Zemken, Darwin Greene, Danny Varin, Dave Constantino, George Foley, Pep Corradi, Don Bellen, Jim Introne Jr., Bobby Hackel IV, David Schilling, Aaron Jacobs, Craig Hanson (DNS)

4^th win of 2022 and the 83^rd of his career in the division for Friesen

LAP LEADERS – 1-24 Warner, 25-30 Friesen

HEAT RACE WINNERS – Schilling, Warner, Stewart Friesen

F.X. CAPRARA CAR COMPANIES THUNDER ON THE THRUWAY SERIES SWAGGER FACTORY APPAREL CRATE 602 SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 25-laps – $1,500 to win – CHAD EDWARDS, Payton Talbot, Tanner Warner, Cody Clark, Chip Constantino, Troy Zilles, Brendan Gibbons, Kevin Chaffee, Tommy D’Angelo, Mark Mortensen, Greg Havlichek, Clayton DuMond, Carter Gibbons, Cory White, Jason Greco, Tim Dwyer, Anthony Cardamone, Brett Mortensen, Troy Palmer, Stephen Gray, Jeremy Tyrrell, Kaden Hohensheldt, Matthew Perry, Jason Reome, Tony Farone, Griffen Mansmith, Dan Santabarbara, Dylan Eldred (DNS), Harry Shaffer (DNS)

6^th win of 2022 and the 19^th of his career in the division for Edwards

LAP LEADERS – 1-6 Brett Mortensen, 7-10 Warner, 11-25 Edwards

HEAT RACE WINNERS – Chaffee, Palmer, Brendan Gibbons

GRECO’S NAPA HARD CHARGER AWARD – Clark 21 positions from 25^th to 4^th

F.X. CAPRARA CAR COMPANIES THUNDER ON THE THRUWAY SERIES ALGONKIN MOTEL PRO STOCK FEATURE – 20-Laps – $1,000 to win – BEAU BALLARD, Chucky Dumblewski, Nick Stone, Kenny Gates, Ivan Joslin, Luke Horning, Jason Morrison, Jim Normoyle, Josh Coonradt, Gary Silkey, AJ Walters, Caden Dumblewski, Randy Cosselman, John Holmes, Ken Griffen, Buck Gasner, Don Collins

2^nd win of 2022 and the 3^rd of his career in the division for Ballard

LAP LEADERS – 1-2 Chuck Dumblewski, 3-20 Ballard

HEAT RACE WINNERS – Stone, Morrison

MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE FOR AGING INC. LIMITED SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 15-laps – ZACH DUFEL, Kyle Dingman, Connor Prokop, John Anderson, Ryan Sweet, Lance Hill, Horold Robitaille, Wesley Sutliff, Tim Deffer, AJ Greco, Walter Cook, EJ Gallup, Gus Kamburelis, Bob Rowback, Mark Lighthall, Michael Kalkbrenner, Josh Kane, Timmy Wilmot (DNS)

4^th win of 2022 and the 4^th of his career in the division for Dufel

LAP LEADERS – 1-8 Kamburelis, 9-15 Dufel

HEAT RACE WINNERS – Kamburelis, Cook

FONDA FAIR FOUR CYLINDER FEATURE – 12-laps – KEN HOLLENBECK (SOHC), KERRIE HOLLENBECK (DOHC), John Napoli, Dale VanAllen, TJ Marlitt, Todd Morey, Wayne Russell Jr., Len St. Andrews, Christopher Jennings Sr., David Peek-Britten

12^th win of 2022 and the 80^th of his career in the division for Ken Hollenbeck

9^th win of 2022 and the 29^th of his career in the division for Kerrie Hollenbeck

LAP LEADERS – 1-12 Ken Hollenbeck

By: Ron Szczerba

Fonda, NY – On Saturday, July 16 the Fonda Speedway hosts the F.X. Caprara Car Companies Thunder on the Thruway Series, a six-race mini-series between the Fonda and Utica-Rome (N.Y.) Speedways. The Sunoco Modifieds will race 30-laps and a $4,000 payday on Saturday while the Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman will compete in a 25-lap $1,500 to win feature event, and the Algonkin Pro Stocks will compete in a 20-lap $1,000 to win feature event.

The Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman and Fonda Fair Four Cylinders will also be in action. Gates will open at 4:00 p.m. with hot laps at 6:00 p.m. and racing at 7:00 p.m.

Before the racing action begins there will be a “Tailgate for the Cause” event as AIM Autism and One Zee Tees presents Autism Awareness Night. From 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. there will be events including a $15 chicken dinner, raffles of various items, music, a bounce house for the kids, a dunk tank, and more with all proceeds benefitting the Crossroads Center for Children.

The Crossroads Center for Children holds a special place in Stewart and Jessica Friesen’s hearts as their son Parker attended the center after he was diagnosed with Autism. This will be the third benefit for the organization held at the Fonda Speedway and organized by the Friesen’s, the first two were a huge success as this one promises to be as well.

So far in 2022 there have been four events held in the series, two races at each track, with Stewart Friesen and Matt DeLorenzo winning Modified evets at the Fonda Speedway while Matt Sheppard and Friesen won the two Modified events at Utica Rome. Cody Clark won both Crate 602 Sportsman events held at Fonda while Payton Talbot and Matt Janczuk won the two events at Utica Rome. Nick Stone has won all four of the events in the Pro Stock division, two at each track.

The current point standings in the F.X. Caprara Car Companies Thunder on the Thruway Series show Alex Yankowski leading the Modified division points by 17 points over Ronnie Johnson, Talbot leading the Crate 602 Sportsman division points by 12 points over Clark and Chad Edwards who are currently tied for the second position, and Stone leading the Pro Stock division points by 32 points over Beau Ballard.

If you are a race fan that gets to the track early, be sure to check out the Fonda Speedway Museum & Hall of Fame which is located on the Fonda Fairgrounds at the rear of the parking area going down towards turn four. The museum is open from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on race days and admission is free!

Since 1953, the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway has hosted the best in stock car racing. Under the management of BD Motorsports Media LLC, the speedway will operate weekly on Saturday nights from April through August plus several special events. Fonda Speedway is located on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds off New York State Thruway Exit No. 28 at 21 S. Bridge Street Fonda, NY 12068.

Fonda Speedway is on the web at www.thefondaspeedway.com. To learn more, call the office at 518.915.4395, like Fonda Speedway on Facebook www.facebook.com/thefondaspeedwy or follow the speedway on Twitter: @thefondaspdwy.

It’s RACE WEEK at Fonda Speedway. AIM Autism and One Zee Tees present Autism Awareness Night at the Track of Champions THIS SATURDAY, JULY 16.

Tailgate for a Cause 1-4 p.m. in the Entertainment Building – $15 BBQ Chicken Dinner – Raffles – Music – Bounce House – Dunk Tank & More – All to benefit the Crossroads Center for Children

F.X. Caprara Car Companies Thunder on the Thruway Series

Sunoco Modifieds 30 laps, $4,000 to win!

Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman 25 laps, $1,500 to win!

Algonkin Motel Pro Stocks – 20 laps, $1,000 to win!

Plus:

Montgomery County Office for Aging Limited Sportsman

Fonda Fair Four Cylinders

Gates: 4 p.m. – Hot Laps: 6 p.m. – Racing: 7 p.m.

Adult Admission: $15 – Seniors (ages 65 and over): $13 – Kids 11 and under FREE

Drive-In: $75 (up to four passes). Link: http://fonda-speedway.ticketleap.com/one-zee-tees-and…/

Pit Admission: $35 (non-member) – $30 (Fonda member) – $10 Kids (ages 6-12) – $2 Children 5 and under

By: Ron Szczerba

Fonda, NY – On Saturday evening at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway, the 29-lap Algonkin Motel Pro Stock feature was the 17^th edition of the Hondo Classic in memory of the late Hondo Carpenter featuring a total purse of $3,669.97 in bonuses and lap sponsorships on top of the regular track purse! A complete list of bonuses and lap sponsorships are listed at the end of this release.

At the end of the extra distance 29-lap event, Beau Ballard was the winner of the Hondo Classic in the Kenn VanWert owned, #15 Nick Stone built “Manimal” Chassis. For Ballard it was his first win of the 2022 season, his first in the “Hondo Classic” and the second of his career at Fonda.

“We were real close Covid year and ran second to Nick (Stone) and last year we were alright, but it means a lot winning this race,” Ballard said in victory lane. “Kelley and Kaitlyn (Keefe) put a ton of work into it, there are tons of sponsors, and I grew up watching Hondo race here at Fonda. This one is really special; it means a lot to me.”

The Hondo Classic is named for Hondo Carpenter, a popular competitor in the Pro Stock division at the Fonda Speedway who lost his life in an ATV accident on July 4, 2005. Each year dozens of supporters of this event contribute to the bonus money that is awarded along with the track purse. According to the competitors, the money is always welcome but the big draw to the event is the bragging rights.

The First Annual Hondo Classic was won by Jim Burton in 2006. Nick Stone is a five-time winner of the event in 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, & 2020 while Kenny Gates is a three-time winner of the event in 2009, 2015, & 2018. Pete Broderson has won the event twice in 2012 and 2014 while Chip Smith (2010), Rob Yetman (2011), Kenny Martin, Jr (2013), Josh Coonradt (2019), and Luke Horning (2021) each have one win in the event along with Burton.

The 2022 version of the event started with Luke Horning carrying a flag in his race car around the track which said “#9 HLC In Loving Memory” followed by a four wide salute to the fans while “Thunderstruck” played over the loudspeaker. Fonda Speedway announcer Chris Moore yelled Hondooooooooooooooooooooooooooo as the green flag was thrown with Jason Morison leading the first lap of the event.

The top three of Morrison, Beau Ballard, and Chuck Dumblewski were three wide coming out of turn four to complete lap one with Morrison holding on to the lead at that point until lap two when Ballard took over the lead. Nick Stone started the event in the 11^th position and by lap six he was running in the top five.

The first yellow flag of the event flew on lap eight and on the restart, Stone got by two cars into the second position with Ballard maintaining his lead. Seventh place starter Luke Horning was also making his way to the front after the restart, getting by Morrison for the fourth position just before the red flag came out on lap nine for Randy Cosselman who got into the front stretch wall collecting three other cars in the wreck. Fortunately, nobody was injured in the wreck with Ballard choosing the outside groove for the restart which is where he had been running the entire race up to that point.

Horning was the new third place car on the restart behind the top two of Ballard and Stone. With Ballard running the outside it left no choice for Stone but to run the inside and lap after lap Stone tried to find the grip on the bottom to get by Ballard to no avail. At the halfway point in the event the top five consisted of Ballard, Stone, Horning, Dumblewski, and Ivan Joslin.

On lap 20, Stone brought out the caution when a wheel broke on his car while he was running in the second position. He went to the hot pit for a new tire and restarted at the rear of the field. Ballard again chose the outside for the restart and held on to it at that point before one final yellow slowed the field on lap 22 for Jim Normoyle who suffered a flat tire.

“I knew that it was only a matter of time before Nick (Stone) got to us, I knew that I had to just keep hitting my marks and keep running the car like I was, Ballard said. “I knew that I had a good car, and I hadn’t seen anybody, and Nick is the one to beat here so to line up door to door with him I knew that we had a good car.”

Ballard held on to the lead into turn one but in turn two Horning made a slide job pass for the lead. The lead was short lived however as Ballard crossed over and retook the lead on the inside of the backstretch. Ballard pulled away with three laps to go while Horning lost a bunch of positions after getting out of the groove in turn four and settling back in, in the seventh spot.

“I kind of anticipated the slide job was coming from Luke after the restart before,” Ballard said. I knew that he was gonna drive it in hard, so I just kept my momentum up and I’m gonna lie to you I wasn’t gonna give him any room going into turn three because after leading that many laps I wasn’t about to let it go.”

Ballard crossed under Joe Kriss’ checkered flag first followed in the top five by sixth place starter Josh Coonradt, Stone who came all the way from the rear of the field in nine laps for the third spot, Dumblewski, and Morrison.

“I was getting sick of all the yellows I can tell you that,” Ballard told Mimi Lazzaro in victory lane. “But I knew that we had a good hot rod, and we were able to hold off both Nick early on and Luke as well.”

We’ve struggled all year here at Fonda definitely for the worse, so we’re happy with second,” second place finisher Josh Coonradt said as the top three joined Ballard in victory lane. “Beau is a great guy, and the win couldn’t have gone to a better person tonight.”

“I hit the wall during my heat race and cracked the wheel which came apart during the feature,” Stone said after his third-place finish. “I should have found it, but I overlooked it. Stuff like that happens and after that I just tried to focus more and picking off all of the cars that I could. It’s nice to see the “Manimal” cars here in victory lane in the top three.”

“We always said that we would keep doing this as long as the fans, drivers, and everyone was interested in doing it,” event organizer Kelley Keefe (along with her daughter Kaitlyn said of the Hondo Classic. “We never have a problem getting sponsors and we have more drivers all the time, so we are grateful that they are interested in the event and that they want to keep Hondo’s memory alive with us. It is fun and we are glad to be able to do it, Fonda is great to us and lets us do basically whatever we want.”

In addition to the Hondo Classic the 1^st Annual Bobco Memorial Dash for Cash in memory of the late, long time Fonda Speedway videographer Bob James who passed away on September 20, 2020, was held. Organized by Bob’s longtime friend Mark Krosky, the top two finishers in each of the Algonkin Motel Pro Stock heat races were eligible to participate in the five-lap dash event.

Bob’s mother and sisters were there for the presentations in victory lane for the event which paid $509 for first place followed by $409 for second, $369 for third, $329 for fourth, $289 for fifth, and $269 for sixth based on a six-car field. Bob James was a long-time car owner for Hondo Carpenter so what better night to have a Dash for Cash in his honor than during Hondo Classic Night!

Nick Stone was the winner of the Bobco Memorial Dash for Cash followed by Chuck Dumblewski, Jason Morrison, Bill Knapp, Andy Graves, and Luke Horning. A special trophy was presented to Stone with an old-time video camera on top of it, what a fitting tribute to a man who lived and breathed videoing stock car races at different tracks.

“I met Bob when we first started racing,” Stone said after the event win. “I remember we used to call him to try and get the videos as fast as we could after Saturday nights race, so whenever they were ready, we would go to his house and get them. Things are a lot different now with TV and cell phones and I kind of miss those days.”

“Bob and Hondo were two of the guys I first met when we started racing through Kenny Martin and those are the people that brought me around and into this,” Stone continued to say. “It is great to have this dash in memory of Bobco, we always look forward to the Hondo Classic and this is a great little bonus added on to it to remember Bob and Hondo both on the same night.”

“Starting on the pole is sometimes tough,” second place dash finisher Chuck Dumblewski said afterwards. “I wanted to go to the top but sometimes you don’t know if someone else is up there and by the time I got up there it was too late. Bob was always the first to come up and see me to buy a video, and he told me how I did on the video. That was always fun, and I do miss that. He wasn’t only videoing, he was paying attention to what was going on, it was always nice to talk to him.”

“I’ve only been in these car (pro stocks) for eight years,” Morrison said after his third-place finish. “I have participated in every one of these Hondo Classic events and I’m gonna keep doing it.”

17^TH ANNUAL “HONDO CLASSIC” ALGONKIN MOTEL PRO STOCK FEATURE – 29-laps – BEAU BALLARD, Josh Coonradt, Nick Stone, Chucky Dumblewski, Jason Morrison, Ivan Joslin, Luke Horning, Kenny Gates, AJ Walters, Andy Graves, Gary Silkey, Shane Playford, Jim Normoyle, Bill Knapp, John Holmes, Slater Baker, Buck Gasner, Devon Camenga, Don Collins, Dillon Vanston, Billy Hillman, Chris Daughtry, Randy Cosselman, Dennis Joslin, Caden Dumblewski, Dan Krajewski, Jeff McPhail (DNS)

1^st win of 2022, 1^st Hondo Classic win, and the 2^nd win of his career in the division at Fonda for Ballard

LAP LEADERS – 1 Morrison, 2-29 Ballard

HEAT RACE WINNERS – $50 bonus from Sampson Motorcar – Chuck Dumblewski, Stone, Graves

1^ST ANNUAL BOB JAMES (BOBCO) MEMORIAL DASH FOR CASH – 5-laps – NICK STONE, Chuck Dumblewski, Jason Morrison, Bill Knapp, Andy Graves, Luke Horning

 

		17th ANNUAL HONDO CLASSIC
BONUS	POSITION	SPONSOR	AMOUNT
	Finishing Bonuses
Winner		Snap On Tools – Chris Morris	100.00
Winner		Meerkat Pest Control	150.00
2nd Place	Finish	Bulldog Concrete	99.00
2nd Place	Finish	Patty Gentile in Memory of Bobby James	50.00
3rd Place	Finish	Irwin & Sons Farm	75.00
3rd Place	Finish	Jennifer Prindle	25.00
4th Place	Finish	Melissa Lazzaro	50.00
5th Place	Finish	RaceProWeekly “Thanks for the good times Bobco”	59.00
6th Place	Finish	Joslin Racing	70.00
7th Place	Finish	Irwin & Sons Farm	50.00
8th Place	Finish	Joslin Racing	50.00
9th Place	Finish	Driveshafts by DMC	49.00
9th Place	Finish	Kaitlyn Keefe	50.00
10th Place	Finish	Camenga Construction	50.00
11th Place	Finish	KMS Racing	100.00
11th Place	Finish	Camenga Construction	50.00
12th Place	Finish	In Memory of Kevin “Wolfie” George	50.00
13th Place	Finish	Haslun Racing	50.00
14th Place	Finish	Irwin & Sons Farm	25.00
15th Place	Start	VanWert/Ballard Racing	25.00
15th Place	Finish	VanWert/Ballard Racing	25.00
16th Place	Finish	In Memory of Bob James	9.00
17th Place	Finish	Irwin & Sons Farm	25.00
18th Place	Finish	In Memory of Bob James	9.00
19th Place	Finish	In Memory of Bob James	9.00
20th Place	Finish	In Memory of Bob James	9.00
21st Place	Finish	In Memory of Bob James	9.00
22nd Place	Finish	In Memory of Bob James	9.00
23rd Place	Finish	In Memory of Bob James	9.00
24th Place	Finish	In Memory of Bob James	9.00
25th Place	Finish	In Memory of Bob James	9.00
	Lap Bonuses
Lap 1	Leader	Mortensen 1B & 1M Racing	20.00
Lap 2	Leader	Stone Motorsports	29.99
Lap 3	Leader	Gates Racing	35.00
Lap 4	Leader	Melissa Lazzaro	50.00
Lap 5	Leader	Bulldog Concrete	50.00
Lap 6	Leader	Stone Motorsports	50.00
Lap 6	Leader	Snap On Tools – Chris Morris	20.00
Lap 7	Leader	Stone Motorsports	29.99
Lap 8	Leader	Stone Motorsports	29.99
Lap 8	Leader	Leeann Achzet in Memory of Fonda HOF Lee Achzet	81.00
Lap 8	2nd Place	Leeann Achzet	35.00
Lap 9	Leader	J&J Racing and INOC DataCenters	50.00
Lap 9	Leader	Snap On Tools – Chris Morris	20.00
Lap 10	Leader	Gates Racing	35.00
Lap 11	Leader	Scott Friers in Memory of Steve Bidwell	60.00
Lap 11	11th Place	Scott Friers in Memory of Steve Bidwell	51.00
Lap 12	Leader	Firefly Creations In Memory Of Poppa Ray Galusha	25.00
Lap 13	Leader	Haslun Racing	50.00
Lap 14	Leader	Gates Racing	35.00
Lap 15	Leader	Stone Motorsports	50.00
Lap 15	Leader	VanWert/Ballard Racing	25.00
Lap 15	15th Place	VanWert/Ballard Racing	25.00
Lap 16	Leader	Snap On Tools – Chris Morris	20.00
Lap 16	Leader	Joslin Racing	20.00
Lap 17	Leader	Stone Motorsports	50.00
Lap 17	Leader	Irwin & Sons Farm	25.00
Lap 18	Leader	Joslin Racing	20.00
Lap 18	Leader	Rick LaGrange	10.00
Lap 19	Leader	Tom Czaban	20.00
Lap 19	Leader	Snap On Tools – Chris Morris	20.00
Lap 19	Leader	Rick LaGrange	10.00
Lap 20	Leader	Stone Motorsports	50.00
Lap 20	Leader	Rick LaGrange	10.00
Lap 21	Leader	Joslin Racing	20.00
Lap 21	Leader	Rick LaGrange	10.00
Lap 22	Leader	Bulldog Concrete	50.00
Lap 22	Leader	Rick LaGrange	10.00
Lap 23	Leader	Fox23 Fast Tracks Alumni	23.00
Lap 24	Leader	Snap On Tools – Chris Morris	20.00
Lap 25	Leader	Stone Motorsports	50.00
Lap 26	Leader	From the 2 Amsterdam Napa #7s	77.00
Lap 27	Leader	Stone Motorsports	50.00
Lap 28	Leader	Kelley Keefe in Memory of Larry Carpenter, Sr.	25.00
Lap 29	Leader	Tom Czaban	20.00
	SPECIAL AWARDS
Hondo’s Lunch		Joe Achzet	25.00
Winner’s Check		Joe Achzet
Victory Lane Sign		Joe Achzet
Krash’s Last Pass Bonus – $100 goes to the car that is passed last for the lead,
resulting in the win.  Courtesy of Krash Menders.
Heat Races sponsored by J&J Racing/INOC DataCenters and paid as follows:
1st – $75  2nd – $50   3rd – $25
NYSSCA 9th Member Award – The New York State Stock Car Association will
reward the 9th NYSSCA member to cross the finish line with $100.
H & K Hard Luck Award – Holmes & Kugler Towing will give $100 to the driver
whose car is the first to leave the track on the hook.
Hard Charger Award – The driver advancing the furthest from his starting position
will receive $100 from Ed Lamberton and $20 from Joslin Racing.
Leaf Spring Car Award – Ed Lamberton will reward the first leaf spring car with
$100.00

 

The family of Bob James (BOBCO) would like to thank the racing community for their support of the dash and remembering Bobby with this special memorial dash. Special thanks goes out to: Krash Menders, Holly Krosky, NESCOT, Rich Carpinello, Kelley and Kaitlyn Keefe, Mel Thomas, Bob and Tina Gamache, Don Kruger, Racin’ Tom Czaban, Joe and Ivy Williams, All in Printing and Designs, Bob Hackel Used Cars, Krazy Kenny Martin, Don and Diane Champion in memory of Craig, Kugler’s Red Barn, along with Bob’s Mom and Sisters who also donated to the dash.

 

Lap Leaders			Heat Winners
Lap/Place	Driver			Heat 1:
1 – Leader	715 – Jason Morrison		1st	7D – Chucky Dumblewski
2 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		2nd	715 – Jason Morrrison
3 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		3rd	49 – Ivan Joslin
4 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard
5 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard			Heat 2:
6 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		1st	8N – Nick Stone
7 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		2nd	2H – Luke Horning
8 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		3rd	15 – Beau Ballard
8 – 2nd	7D – Chucky Dumblewski
9 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard			Heat 3:
10 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		1st	96 – Andy Graves
11 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		2nd	21 – Bill Knapp
11 – 11th	9B -Slater Baker		3rd	9B – Slater Baker
12 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard
13 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard
14 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		Hondo’s Lunch Money (Last Place Car)
15 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		80 – Dan Krajewski
15 -15th	9B -Slater Baker
16 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard
17 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		Hard Charger (w/ # of Positions)
18 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		8N – Nick Stone – +8 from 11th to 3rd
19 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard
20 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard
21 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		Hard Luck Award
22 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		54M – Jeff McPhail – Didn’t start the feature, had damage from the heat race.
23 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard
24 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard
25 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		Last Car Passed by the Winner for the Win
26 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		715 – Jason Morrison
27 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard
28 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard
29 – Leader	15 – Beau Ballard		1st on Hook
			07 – Dennis Joslin
9th NYSSCA Member Across the Line
22 – AJ Walters			1st Leaf Spring
			49 – Ivan Joslin
BOBCO Dash
1st	8N – Nick Stone		15th Place Starter
2nd	7D – Chucky Dumblewski		110 – Devon Camenga
3rd	715 – Jason Morrison
4th	21 – Bill Knapp
5th	96 – Andy Graves
6th	2H – Luke Horning

 

 

 

 

By: Ron Szczerba

Fonda, NY – Samson Motorcar sponsored the $5 admission “Fan Appreciation Night” at the Fonda Speedway on Saturday evening and when the checkered flag flew on the Sunoco Modified feature event it was Matt DeLorenzo scoring his fifth win of the 2022 season and the 42^nd time in his career at the “Track of Champions”.

“You’re making me sound old,” DeLorenzo joked with Mimi Lazzaro in victory lane. “Hats off to my brother again and my whole crew, my other brother is here with us tonight and Kevin from KJG Motorsports who has stood behind me for my entire career is also here tonight so that is pretty cool.”

Other winners on Sampson Motorcar Night at Fonda were Payton Talbot (Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman), Zach Dufel (Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman), Ken Hollenback (SOHC Fonda Four Cylinder), Dale VanAllen (DOHC Fonda Fair Four Cylinder), and Jason Reome (Swagger Factory Apparel Black Flag Challenge for the Crate 602 Sportsman).

The 17th Annual Hondo Classic for the Algonkin Motel Pro Stocks was also held on Saturday at Fonda with Beau Ballard getting his first win in the prestigious event along with his first win of the 2022 season at Fonda and the second of his career in the division at the “Track of Champions”. The 1^st Annual Bobco (Bob James) Dash for Cash was also held in conjunction with the Honda Classic with Nick Stone taking the win in that event. A separate press release will follow this one for the prestigious Hondo Classic event.

Congratulations to Jeff from Johnstown who was the winner of the 50/50 worth $3,080! As always great job by Julie, Rose, & Heather.

After a prayer from Pastor Greg Nitz and a fantastic rendition of the National Anthem by Mimi Lazzaro the first green flag of the event was thrown in the 30-lap Sunoco Modified feature event with Nick Heywood leading from his pole position start followed by division rookie Tucker O’Connor.

O’Connor got by Heywood for the lead on the outside at the finish line when lap three was completed while Ryan Odasz and Craig Hanson also got by Heywood for the second and third positions after starting the event fourth and seventh, respectively.

Odasz and Hanson were right on the leaders rear bumper on lap ten with Hanson ducking under both Odasz and O’Connor to lead lap eleven. The top five at the halfway point consisted of Hanson, eighth place starter Demetrious Drellos, O’Connor, ninth place starter Rocky Warner, and 12^th place starter Matt DeLorenzo.

DeLorenzo was the new third place car on lap 18 while Hanson and Drellos were waging a war for the lead in the event. Drellos made a slide job pass of Hanson for the lead in turn two on lap 19 with Hanson returning the favor in turn four to hold on to the lead at the completion of the lap. Then things started to get very interesting.

Drellos had a great run in turns three and four and was alongside of Hanson for the lead in turn four with Hanson then switching lanes to try to block the move putting Drellos into the front stretch wall. Both cars continued on but going into turn one Drellos got too close to the inside burm and made contact with it with his left front, darting his car to the right and coming in contact with Hanson’s left rear spinning out the car #20C and bringing out the yellow.

Hanson restarted at the rear of the while Drellos drove to the pit area, not sure if officials sent him there or he did it on his own, but he was done for the night after a great run. After watching all of the action going on in front of him, DeLorenzo was handed the lead after the spin by Hanson and chose the inside for the restart with Warner the new second place car.

“I was catching the top two a little bit I thought, and then I don’t know what happened in turn one, but I saw Hanson spin and barely missed him,” DeLorenzo said after the race. “But luckily I did miss him and was able to get by him.”

One more red flag slowed the field on the restart after a multi car wreck mid pack but when the green flag flew again for the final ten laps it was a two-car battle between DeLorenzo and Warner for the win. A quick pass to the inside of the lap car of Don Bellen and then to the outside of another lap car Dylan Scribner in turns one and two sealed the win for DeLorenzo who went on to the win in the BBL Companies #3D Bicknell car powered by an Enders Big Block.

Warner finished second followed by 10^th place starter Ronnie Johnson, 13^th place starter Dave Constantino, and fifth place starter Chris Curtis.

“The car was really good before the red flag,” DeLorenzo said in victory lane. “But then the lap cars got me a little bit and fortunately I was able to get through them okay. We’re on a roll, we had to change a radiator in the car this afternoon which had a crack in it from last night, so hats off to everybody on my crew it’s a lot of fun. These coil cars, you can dial yourself out in a hurry, we thought that we made the right adjustment last Sunday and I was horrible but tonight it ran real good.”

The 25-lap Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman feature was run green to checker with outside pole position starter Brendan Gibbons leading at the drop of Joe Kriss’ green flag. Fifth place starter Mark Mortensen was the new fourth place car on lap five and just before the halfway point in the event Mortensen was in the third position after getting by Cory White.

At the halfway point in the event Gibbons had a comfortable lead over Gray, Mortensen, White, and Dwyer but lap traffic started coming into play a couple of laps later. On lap 15, 12^th place starter Payton Talbot was in the top five and one by one passed White, Mortensen, and Gray for the second position.

Gibbons continued to run the bottom as he did all race long but so was the lap car of Taylor LaPlante allowing Talbot to get around the outside of both LaPlante and Gibbons for the race lead on lap 21. Talbot led the remaining laps of the event in the Ted’s Body Shop, Hig Fab #14T powered by a Donath Crate Motor followed in the top five by Gray, 15^th place starter Chad Edwards, Gibbons, and Mortensen.

“Once we found the top it was good,” Talbot said in F.X. Caprara Victory Lane. “I was kind of struggling on the bottom a little while. I got pinned down there for about ten laps I think but when we went to the top it was real good and I started going by people, it was just a great night. With crate racing it is so hard to make up ground so you gotta go anywhere somebody isn’t and when we switched up to the top it was a lot better.”

Ryan Sweet led the first 12 laps of the Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman feature after starting on the pole with eighth place starter Zach Dufel the new second place car on lap five. Sweet led by a straightaway at that point with Dufel closing in on the leader with five laps to go.

Dufel took the lead away from Sweet with a pass on the inside of turns three and four with two laps to go and went on to his third win of the 2022 season and the third of his career in the division over Sweet, 12^th place starter Connor Prokop, 11^th place starter Josh Kane, and third place starter John Anderson.

Ken Hollenback continued his dominance of the Fonda Fair Four Cylinder division with his 11^th win of the 2022 season in a single overhead cam while Dale VanAllen was the winner of the dual overhead cam class after finishing second overall for his first career win in the division at Fonda. John Napoli, Kerrie Hollenback, and Bruce Liddle completed the top ten in the event.

A unique event was also held for the Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman with the running of the first annual “Black Flag Challenge”. The event was held for the 16 cars that had perfect attendance this season along with the winner of last week’s Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman feature for a total of 17 cars getting the green flag for the first four lap segment.

Jeremy Tyrrell was the winner of the first round and chose an eight-car invert for positions for round two which was won by Chad Edwards. Round three was won by Troy Palmer and after a two-car invert Jason Reome who started on the outside of the front row was the winner of round four followed by Edwards, Talbot, and Palmer. A complete finish for all 17 cars can be found at the bottom of this release.

“I kind of figured that I was gonna win it to be honest with you,” a confident Reome said after the event on victory lane. “Being the first time we’ve ever done it, I like it, and will do it again.”

“I can take very little credit for this event,” Swagger Factory Apparel’s Michael Jackson said after the event was completed. “Scott Friers approached me prior to covid and said the Modifieds have the Bill Ag event, the Pro Stocks have the Hondo Classic event, the Sportsman guys need something, and I said I’m in. I would attach my name to anything Scott Friers does, he does so much for local sports and local auto racing. So, we started brainstorming the idea, this was something different and I think that it worked.”

“Hopefully, the drivers and the fans like the event,” Friers said afterwards. “We’ll try to get some feedback on the event and maybe make some changes but hopefully we’ll see it back. I Know Mike doesn’t like to say anything, but he does just as much or more for anyone in local racing, especially at Fonda, and everyone in the pits should be thanking him for what he does.”

Next Saturday, July 16 at the Fonda Speedway, One Zee Tees and AIM Autism presents Autism Awareness Night featuring the “Thunder on the Thruway Series” for the Sunoco Modifieds, the Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman, and the Algonkin Motel Pro Stock divisions. The Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman, and the Fonda Fair Four Cylinders. Gates will open at 4:00 p.m. with hot laps at 6:00 p.m. and racing at 7:00 p.m.

If you are a race fan that gets to the track early, be sure to check out the Fonda Speedway Museum & Hall of Fame which is located on the Fonda Fairgrounds at the rear of the parking area going down towards turn four. The museum is open from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on race days and admission is free!

Since 1953, the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway has hosted the best in stock car racing. Under the management of BD Motorsports Media LLC, the speedway will operate weekly on Saturday nights from April through August plus several special events. Fonda Speedway is located on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds off New York State Thruway Exit No. 28 at 21 S. Bridge Street Fonda, NY 12068.

Fonda Speedway is on the web at www.thefondaspeedway.com. To learn more, call the office at 518.915.4395, like Fonda Speedway on Facebook www.facebook.com/thefondaspeedwy or follow the speedway on Twitter: @thefondaspdwy.

DATE – 7/9/2022 SAMPSON MOTORCAR “FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT”

SUNOCO MODIFIED FEATURE – 30-laps – MATT DELORENZO, Rocky Warner, Ronnie Johnson, Dave Constantino, Chris Curtis, Ryan Odasz, Tucker O’Connor, Brian Gleason, JaMike Sowle, Craig Hanson, David Schilling, Bobby Varin, Darwin Greene, Dylan Scribner, Ray Zemken, Bill August, Don Bellen, Pep Corradi, Demetrious Drellos, Nick Heywood, Steve Akers, Jim Introne Jr., Rich Christman (DNS)

5^th win of 2022 and the 42^nd of his career in the division at Fonda for DeLorenzo

LAP LEADERS – 1-2 Heywood, 3-10 O’Connor, 11-20 Hanson, 21-30 DeLorenzo

HEAT RACE WINNERS – $100 bonus from Sampson Motorcar – Heywood, Warner, Odasz

SWAGGER FACTORY APPAREL CRATE 602 SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 25-laps – PAYTON TALBOT, Stephen Gray, Chad Edwards, Brendan Gibbons, Mark Mortensen, Tim Dwyer, Troy Palmer, Cory White, Chip Constantino, Tanner Warner, Cody Clark, Brett Mortensen, Troy Zilles, Jeremy Slosek, Greg Havlichek, Jeremy Tyrrell, Clayton DuMond, Matthew Perry, Jason Greco, Griffen Mansmith, Taylor LaPlante, Anthony Cardamone, Jason Reome, Carter Gibbons, Brett Martin, Kurtis Hohensheldt, Harry Shaffer

2^nd win of 2022 and the 3^rd of his career in the division at Fonda for Talbot

LAP LEADERS – 1-20 Brendan Gibbons, 21-25 Talbot

HEAT RACE WINNERS – $50 bonus from Sampson Motorcar – Gray, Talbot, Mark Mortensen

GRECO’S NAPA HARD CHARGER AWARD – Edwards 12 positions 15^th to 3^rd

MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE FOR AGING INC. LIMITED SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 15-laps – ZACH DUFEL, Ryan Sweet, Connor Prokop, Josh Kane, John Anderson, Michael Kalkbrenner, Lance Hill, Kyle Dingman, Gus Kamburelis, Mark Lighthall, Bob Rowback, Walter Cook, AJ Greco, Harold Robitaille, Wesley Sutliff (DNS), Joe McSpirit (DNS)

3^rd win of 2022 and 3^rd win of his career in the division for Dufel

LAP LEADERS – 1-12 Sweet, 13-15 Dufel

HEAT RACE WINNERS – Sweet, Kamburelis

FONDA FAIR FOUR CYLINDER FEATURE – 12-laps – KEN HOLLENBACK (SOHC), DALE VANALLEN (DOHC), John Napoli, Kerrie Hollenback, Bruce Liddle, Justin Ramsey, Wayne Russell Jr, Todd Morey, TJ Marlitt, Christopher Jennings Sr., David Peek-Britten, Len St. Andrews, Lee Horning, Josh Ramsey (DNS)

11^th win of 2022 and 79^th of his career in the division at Fonda for Ken Hollenback

1^st win of 2022 and 1^st career win in the division at Fonda for VanAllen

LAP LEADERS – 1-3 Napoli, 4-12 Ken Hollenback

SWAGGER FACTORY APPAREL CRATE 602 SPORTSMAN “BLACK FLAG CHALLENGE” – JASON REOME, Chad Edwards, Payton Talbot, Troy Palmer, Greg Havlichek, Troy Zilles, Brendan Gibbons, Brett Mortensen, Tanner Warner, Cody Clark, Carter Gibbons, Jeremy Tyrrell, Mark Mortensen, Chip Constantino, Connor Prokop, Clayton DuMond, Harry Shaffer (DNS)

👍🏻UPDATED 7/8

🏴🏴Swagger Factory Apparel 602 Black Flag Challenge 🏴🏴

🗓Saturday July 9th

📍Fonda Speedway

*️Only Drivers with Perfect Attendance Are Eligible

☑️17 Cars to Compete

📈16 602 Drivers With Perfect Attendance Chad Edwards 10% Payton Talbot 14t Cody Clark 4 Chip Constantino 63 Mark Mortensen 1m 74 Troy Palmer 17 Tanner Warner 3 97 Troy Zilles 14z 97 Brett Mortensen 1b Clayton DuMond 314 Jason Reome 27 Brendan Gibbons b24 Greg Havlichek 15 Carter Gibbons 427 Jeremy Tyrrell 14J Harry Shaffer 1H

🏆602 Limited Feature Winner from The Previous Week Guaranteed- CONNOR PROKOP

💥4 Rounds

💥Each Round Is 4 Laps

🏴4 Drivers Eliminated Following Each Round

🏴*5 Drivers Eliminated Following the First Round

*First Round Will Be Handicapped by Points *Limited Feature Winner From Previous Week Will Start Last *Bring Out A Yellow Automatically Black Flagged *After Each Round Remaining Cars Will Stop At The Flagger Stand. Leader Will Then Draw Invert Number for The Next Round

🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴

Round 1 Winner $100 sponsored by Racin Rhino Karting And Parts Eliminated Drivers (5) $50 Round 1 Payout- $350

Round 2 Winner $150 sponsored by Chris Abele Eliminated Drivers (4) $75 sponsored by Carole and Alton Palmer worth $300 Round 2 Payout- $450

Round 3 Winner $200 sponsored by BC Repair/Brian Calabrese Eliminated Drivers (4) $100 Round 3 Payout- $600

🏆Final Four🏆

Winner- $500

2nd-$200

3rd-$150 sponsored by Auspelmyer Excavating & Paving LLC

4th-$100

Final Payout- $950

TOTAL PAYOUT- $2,350

Bonus Money

BDRspeed.com Hard Charger $200 to the driver who passes the most cars in the challenge through all 4 Rounds.

BDRspeed.com $100 Gift Certificate to the first or worst damaged car in the challenge event.

Elmo’s Speed & Supply $100 Gift Certificates to the last place driver in each segment.

Elmo’s Speed & Supply $100 Gift Certificate to the overall winner of the challenge event.

Online Performance Parts $200 to the overall winner of the challenge.

BC Repair/Brian Calabrese $100 Highest Finishing Driver Without A Feature Win In 2022

33 Race Products LLC $50 to the 3rd driver eliminated in the first three rounds of the challenge

Thomas Coughlin $100 Fastest Lap In The Challenge

The Black Flag Lady/Bonnie Reuss $25 7th Place Finisher In The Challenge

The Black Flag Lady/Bonnie Reuss $25 8th Place Finisher In The Challenge

Zach Dufel 3rd Place Final Round will receive an exclusive invite to the STSS Fantasy Football League a $150 Value

MPR Racing/Martin Prokop Racing $300 Total 2nd Place Driver in each round will receive $75

H&K Towing $100 1st Car on the hook

4th Place Final Round 4 AIM Autism Chicken BBQ Tickets $60 Value

💥All Drivers with Perfect Attendance Will Be Put In A Drawing For A Swagger Factory Apparel Driver’s Suit (Value $999)!!!!

 

 

	Finishing Order
	Finish	Driver		Overall Winner
Round 4	1st	27 – Jason Reome		27 – Jason Reome
	2nd	10% – Chad Edwards
	3rd	14T – Payton Talbot
	4th	17 – Troy Palmer		7th Place Overall
Round 3	5th	15 – Greg Havlichek		B24 – Brendan Gibbons
	6th	14Z – Troy Zilles
	7th	B24 – Brendan Gibbons
	8th	1B – Brett Mortensen		8th Place Overall
Round 2	9th	3 – Tanner Warner		1B – Brett Mortensen
	10th	4 – Cody Clark
	11th	427 – Carter Gibbons
	12th	14J – Jeremy Tyrrell		3rd Place in Final Round
Round 1	13th	1M – Mark Mortensen		14T – Payton Talbot
	14th	63 – Chip Constantino
	15th	12P – Connor Prokop
	16th	314 – Clayton DuMond		4th Place in Final Round
	17th	21H – Harry Shaffer		17 – Troy Palmer
	2nd Place Finishers in Each Round
	1st Round	427 – Carter Gibbons		Fastest Lap
	2nd Round	1B – Brett Mortensen		Round 2 – 10% – Chad Edwards – 20.802
	3rd Round	27 – Jason Reome
	4th Round	10% – Chad Edwards
				1st/Worst with Damage
	3rd Place Finishers in 1st 3 Rounds			314 – Clayton DuMond
	1st Round	27 – Jason Reome
	2nd Round	27 – Jason Reome
	3rd Round	14T – Payton Talbot		1st on Hook
				314 – Clayton DuMond
	Last Place in Each Round
	1st Round	21H – Harry Shaffer
	2nd Round	14J – Jeremy Tyrrell		Hard Charger
	3rd Round	1B – Brett Mortensen		Chad Edwards – 16 total cars passed between all 4 rounds
	4th Round	17 – Troy Palmer
	Highest Finisher w/o a 2022 Feature Win			Draw for Driver’s Suit
	27 – Jason Reome			B24 – Brendan Gibbons