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Billy Matteson¸ Dalton Lampson, Brittany Schroy, Scott Shafer, Chris Zieren, Mark Webb, Zac Strough, Keith Doxtater, and Dan Swem all graced victory lane at Evans Mills Speedway By Terri Bray - May 27, 2012 Evans
Mills, NY…Another warm and sunny summer day greeted fans and drivers
for a night of action filled racing.
Highlighting the evening were thunder cars, juniors, ladies
trucks, sport compact, legends, open, trucks, super stocks and thunder
stocks. During
our intermission, fans drew six drivers from our thunder stock class to
run in a dash for cash. The
dash for cash was sponsored by Scott Wheeler’s Professional
Landscaping and Lawn Care. The lucky drivers that were drawn were Scott McCarthy, Justin
Pope, Dustin Payne, Christopher Weber, Kenneth Kampnich, Ed Morris.
At the end of the six lap event the winner of the dash for cash
was deemed to be Justin Pope. The
first feature of the night was the thunder car division with Dan Way and
Amanda DeFoe bringing the field to the green flag.
Dan Way took the lead for the first half of the eight lap
feature. On lap seven Billy
Matteson was able to take the lead away from Way and held on for the
last two laps to take the checkered flag.
Matteson was followed by Dan Way, John Sargent, Tim Worden, and
Amanda DeFoe. The
junior division was next in the feature line up.
Brooklyn Wilson and Dalton Lampson brought the field to the green
flag. Dalton Lampson was
dominant in the junior division, leading from the drop of the green
until the checkered flag flew. He
was followed by Connor Walsh, Brooklyn Wilson, Gabriel Morris, and
Aliyah Dufrene. Ladies trucks were back for their monthly appearance. Brittany Schroy and Mackenzie Hilts brought the field to the green for their eight lap feature event. After an accident on the first lap involving Mackenzie Hilts, Jean Nichols, and Jenn Burnash, we were able to get the feature under way. Brittany Schroy dominated from start to finish, followed by Mackenzie Hilts, Jean Nichols, and Jenn Burnash. John
Sargent and Kathy DeFoe led the sport compact division to the green
flag. DeFoe came together
with a couple of cars blowing a front tire and bringing out the yellow
before the completion of lap one. Once
the green flag flew again it was Scott Shafer and Homer Dobransky
fighting for the lead in the twelve lap feature.
Shafer was able to obtain the lead and hold that position until
the checkered flag flew. He
was followed by Homer Dobransky, Devin Dobransky, Billy Matteson, and
Zac Petrie. Legends
were next on the docket with Dalton Rombough and Nate Plantz leading the
pac to the green flag for their 15 lap feature.
Rombough was able to lead for the first three laps before Nate
Plantz took the lead. Plantz
was running a strong race until spinning coming out of
turn four bringing out the caution.
Once the green flag was thrown again Chad Windsor was the leader.
Windsor was able to hold the lead until lap ten when Chris Zieren
took over. Caution came out
again on lap 13 with Nate Plantz car sitting on top of the front end of
Verne LaFave car. Once the
green was thrown again, Zieren was able to hold on until the checkered
flag making it two wins in
a row. Zieren was followed
by Chad Windsor, Dave Riopelle, Dalton Rombough, and Taylor Doxtater. Open
class was next in the line-up of events,
Verne Harris and Jeff Rowes brought the three car field to the
green for their 10 lap feature. Mark
Webb was the leader on lap one and held the position until the checkered
flag was thrown. He was followed by Verne Harris. Brian
Hilts and Jenn Burnash led the truck division to the green for their 15
lap feature. Caution was
thrown on lap one for an incident involving Robert Schroy, Jenn Burnash,
and Travis Edwards. Unfortunately
for Edwards this would end his night of racing due to the damage to his
truck. Once the green flag was in the air again, Brian Hilts led the
trucks for the first four laps before Matt Larrivee was able to take the
lead. Larrivee only held
the lead for one lap before Trevor Halladay was able to take over. Caution came out on lap 14 when Jenn Burnash and Gary Wendell
came together between turn three and four.
This brought the field to a green/white,checkered finish.
On the final lap, Trevor Halladay, Jeremy Scott and Matt Larrivee
came together and Jenn Burnash having no where to go was involved in the
accident also. There was
extensive damage to the Burnash truck.
It was a checkered/yellow finish with new comer Zac Strough being
crowned the winner followed by Robert Schroy, Brian Burnash,
Gary Wendell, and Jean Nichols.
The winner of the bonus award courtesy of VanTassel Snow and Ice
was thirteenth place finisher, Travis Edwards. The
Super Stock feature was the next order of business.
Keith Doxtater and Rick Ziegler led the field to the green flag
for the start of their 20 lap feature.
Before the first lap was completed the yellow flag flew for Rick
Marshall who had a front tire go down.
When the green flag flew again it was Doxtater leading followed
by Chris Typhair, Rick Ziegler, and Ray Bancroft.
At the half way mark, Doxtater held a dominant lead over the rest
of the field. With two laps
left to go, Doxtater was still leading over Chris Typhair, Rick Ziegler,
Ray Bancroft, and Josh Verne. Doxtater
was able to hold on for the checkered flag and make it two in a row.
Chris Typhair was second followed by Rick Ziegler, Josh Verne,
and Ray Bancroft. Our
biggest class for the night was next on the docket.
Jeff Jones and Dan Papin led the thunder stocks to the green for
the start of their 15 lap feature.
Jones was able to lead for the first two laps before Scott
McCarthy took the lead. Caution came out on lap six for Kenneth Kampnich and Frank
Nortz. Once we were back to
green McCarthy continued to be the leader.
Scott McCarthy was able to maintain the lead until caution came
out on lap 10. Cars were
stopped on the front stretch to allow for track clean up and McCarthy
was over come with mechanical difficulties and was done for the
remainder of the night. Dan
Swem retained the lead when the green flag flew and was able to maintain
that lead for the checkered flag. He
was followed by Matt Brown, Justine Pope, John Williams, and Jim
Hamilton. Hamilton who
started in twentieth position in the feature had a strong race for being
a new comer to the racing circuit. For more information on Evans Mills Speedway, please contact General Manager Greg Smith at Can Am Enterprises at 315-629-4356 or visit us online at www.evansmillsspeedway.com.
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