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By Don Post, DIRT Sportsman Series Reporter
Syracuse, N.Y. - October 7, 2005 - The drizzle that slowly fell over the “Moody
Mile” and shorted the second of the two scheduled NativePoker.com heat races for the
DIRT 358-Modifieds put an end to all Super DIRT Week activities on Friday at the
famous New York State Fairgrounds facility.
In an attempt to get the Advance Auto Parts big-block Modified Dynomax Triple 20s
and the two 358 heats in the books, DIRT Officials moved the starting time up one
hour to beat the rain and they did just that.
As the yellow and checkered flags flew over the second and final rain-shortened
NativePoker.com event, the drizzle turned into a steady rain to put the Sportsman
Super DIRT Series hot laps and Time Trials on hold. Following over an hour of
waiting out the weather, officials were forced to postpone Sportsman action to
Saturday morning.
Thirty-one teams signed in for practice and Time Trials for Saturday’s 30-mile test
at Syracuse. Nine of the top-12 in overall points were in the pits ready to set up
for their Time Trial session. It was not to be as a solid weather pattern of rain
was visible all across the local radar.
Officials also in contact with nearby Rolling Wheels Raceway waited another hour to
finally decide to axe the 358-Modified/Sportsman SDS doubleheader on the fast
5/8-miler in Elbridge. The show will not be made up leaving only this weekend's
Syracuse event along with the Oct. 15th combined event at Cayuga Co. Fair Speedway
and the Sportsman portion of the Atlantic Coast Championships at South Jersey’s
Bridgeport Speedway in two weeks scheduled.
New Jersey pilots John Stangle, Mario Page, John McClelland and Jeff Geiges made the
long tow north only to have to wait till Saturday to get a crack at the Syracuse
Mile.
Sportsman Super DIRT Series regulars Russ Hefti of Jordan, Ransomville's Kevin
Wills, and Lake Ariel, Pa. star Kevin Bates were ready to trip the clocks as the
rain set in. Brockport’s Brian Sage, rebounding from some tough luck of late on the
Tour, was on hand along with fellow Western N.Y. racer Kyle Inman.
North country regulars Rob Bellinger of Dexter and Theresa’s Lance Willix ll, along
with Greg Doust in his final season, were all disappointed in the delay as well.
Eastern Sportsman drivers Joe Williams and Richard Quick along with Jessica Zemken
and Mike Ballestero, who were not part of the Sportsman Series in 2005, signed in
for the 30-mile run. These teams will be on hand once again Saturday to make a
qualifying attempt on the mile in the morning leading up to the afternoon’s racing
card.
The DIRT MotorSports™ Sunoco/Aplus Sportsman Series is brought to fans across the
Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Sunoco Race
Fuels, Advance Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire and DART Machinery. Promotional
Partners include AMB i.t., RACEceiver, Zippo Lighters and F.X. Caprara Car Companies
and the contingency sponsors are Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, MSD
Ignitions and Wrisco Industries.
OVERALL HOOSIER-SUNOCO MR. DIRT SPORTSMAN POINT STANDINGS
(through Can-Am – October 5, 2005)
No.
Driver
Hometrack
Regional Series Bonus Points
Home Track Bonus
Comb Series
Total
Diff
1
0
Russ Hefti
Cayuga Co.
1000
950
580
2530
0
2
111
Kevin Wills
Ransomville
980
1000
445
2425
-105
3
42b
Kevin Bates
Fulton/CCFS
980
1000
425
2405
-125
4
11
Brian Sage
Genesee
970
1000
421
2391
-139
5
20k
Kyle Inman
Genesee
934
980
438
2352
-178
6
8
Rob Bellinger
Cayuga Co.
960
946
346
2252
-278
7
19J
Rob Ledingham
Humberstone
960
1000
284
2244
-286
8
67
Greg Doust
Fulton/CCFS
1000
980
257
2237
-293
9
16
Lance Willix II
Cayuga Co.
970
970
290
2230
-300
10
m96
Marcel Pecore
Brockville
946
1000
268
2214
-316
11
19h
Chris Higgins ®
Fulton
950
926
296
2172
-358
12
99c
Nick Cupolo ®
Ohsweken
930
950
282
2162
-368
13
p38
Rob Pratt
Genesee
902
970
283
2155
-375
14
8c
Wayne Conn Jr.
Merrittville
950
1000
182
2132
-398
15
T21
Roger Chrysler
Merritt/Can
946
920
249
2115
-415
16
2k
Rob Knapp
Humberstone
938
970
172
2080
-450
17
95
Jim Dallett
Cayuga Co.
920
906
214
2040
-490
18
1J
Joe Williams Jr.
Fulton
942
960
130
2032
-498
19
71m
Mark Potter
Ransomville
920
960
137
2017
-513
20
88
Roy Bresnahan ®
Fulton/CCFS
924
938
148
2010
-520
21
108
Bill Bleich
Merrittville
942
970
82
1994
-536
22
7
Scott Kerwin
Ransomville
918
980
90
1988
-542
23
14
Jeremy Pitcher
Fulton
916
950
102
1968
-562
24
9
Jason Riddell
Brockville
938
980
45
1963
-567
25
28
Jeff Stevenson
Fulton
922
906
126
1954
-576
26
67g
Eric Giguere
Canandaigua
902
950
90
1942
-588
27
20
Jeff McGinnis
Ransomville
918
970
41
1929
-601
28
06J
Jordan Bennett
Fulton
930
900
93
1923
-607
29
54Jr
Scott Just
Ransomville
912
922
88
1922
-608
30
54J
Dave Just
Ransomville
926
934
58
1918
-612
31
27h
Justin Henderson
Canandaigua
914
930
62
1906
-624
32
20
Kevin Ridley ®
Cayuga Co.
912
960
10
1882
-648
33
56
Steve Schumacher
Ransom/Gen
912
928
40
1880
-650
34
16
Mike Bowman
Fulton
934
934
10
1878
-652
35
94
Stan Zanchin
Humberstone
928
946
0
1874
-656
36
5T
Tony Purgarich
Ransomville
924
950
0
1874
-656
37
25
Bobby Herrington ®
Brockville
910
960
0
1870
-660
38
12
Jeremy LaSalle ®
Brockville
918
938
0
1856
-674
39
69
Brad Kirkland
Brockville
904
950
0
1854
-676
40
44
Jason Boyle
Ransomville
906
946
0
1852
-678
41
42c
Mike Conrow
Cayuga Co.
906
942
0
1848
-682
42
23
Kees VanWinden
Brockville
900
946
0
1846
-684
43
47
Sean Carman
Cayuga Co.
928
912
0
1840
-690
44
8
Chris Herbison
Brockville
914
924
0
1838
-692
45
20K
Rick St. Pierre
Humberstone
922
916
0
1838
-692
46
68x
Curtis Friesen ®
Ransom/Gen
908
924
0
1832
-698
47
11
Tim VanBrocklin
Brockville
900
928
0
1828
-702
48
54
Mark Chiddy
Genesee
904
916
0
1820
-710
49
15
Brett Tonkin
Fulton
0
942
292
1234
-1296
50
58
Scott Schrader
Canandaigua
0
1000
234
1234
-1296
2005 SPORTSMAN SUPER DIRT SERIES SCHEDULE
Day-Date Track(Laps)
Location/Winner
Fri-May 6 Thunder Alley Speedpark (30L-E)......................GREG DOUST
Sun-Jun 12 Cayuga County Fair Speedway (30L-E).............JEREMY PITCHER
Fri-Jun 17 Ohsweken Speedway (50L-W)...........................MARTIN POLHILL
Fri-Jun 24 Thunder Alley Speedpark (30L-E).......................LANCE WILLIX
Fri-Jul 1 Ransomville Speedway (50L-W).........................JEFF McGINNIS
Sun-Jul 3 Humberstone Speedway (50L-W).......................BILL BLEICH
Wed-Jul 13 Can-Am Motorsports Park (30L-C)......................BRIAN SAGE
Sat-Jul 23 Merrittville Speedway (50L-C)..............................KYLE INMAN
Thr-Aug 11 Canandaigua Speedway (30L-W)........................RUSS HEFTI
Fri-Sep 2 Thunder Alley Speedpark (30L-E).......................Rain-Cancelled
Fri-Sep 9 Ransomville Speedway (50L-W)..........................BRIAN SAGE
Fri-Sep 9 Brockville Ontario Speedway (30L-E)..................JASON RIDDELL
Sat-Sep 10 Genesee Speedway (40L-W)...............................BRIAN SAGE
Fri-Sep 16 Brewerton Speedway (40L-C)..............................Rain-Cancelled
Sat-Sep 17 Rolling Wheels Raceway (30L-C)........................RUSS HEFTI
Sat-Sep 24 Canandaigua Speedway (50L-C).........................BRIAN SAGE
Fri-Sep 30 Fulton Speedway (30L-C)....................................RUSS HEFTI
Wed-Oct 5 Can-Am Motorsports Park (30L-C)......................RUSS HEFTI
Fri-Oct 7 Rolling Wheels Raceway (30L-C)........................Rain-Cancelled
Sat-Oct 8 New York State Fairgrounds (30L-C)...................Syracuse, NY
Sat-Oct 15 Cayuga County Fair Speedway (50L-C)…….…..Weedsport, NY
Sat-Oct 22 Bridgeport Speedway (50L-C) .............................Bridgeport, NJ
E=East Region(4), W=West Region(6), C=Combined(11).