Oakland Valley Speedway
Race Report by John Sainz
November 11, 2012: We would like to start out by thanking all of you racers
and families of racers, that came out and supported Oakland Valley Speedway
this season and those who came and raced at NOVEMBERFEST. We had a great and
successful end of the season race this year. Also thanks to John Diotte and his
staff for an awesome racing surface. Lap times were the best all year. Thanks
to Ken Chubb of Greenwood Raceway for coming and flagging the races for us.
Great job by Ken and the show flowed smoothly. Thanks to Al Smith of the
Upstate Racing Show for recording our event. Dvd’s are available for purchase
and will be posted soon.
I wanted to start this report with the Super Heavys class. This class was
won by Anthony Mone, driving a kart that was prepared by friends of the owner,
Derek Botticelli, a lifelong friend of the Diottes, who earlier this year had
passed away. Anthony drove it as a tribute for Derek, as this was Derek’s class
when he raced here. Johnny Diotte,Jr, Roger Belanger and Anthony Mone worked
countless hours to get this kart ready and with Derek riding along with
Anthony, he drove it to all three feature wins. With Derek’s family in
attendance, including his young son, Anthony took the checkered flag on a
parade lap, saluting his friend, who rode with him that day. Congratulations to
Anthony on a job well done. Paul Tani took second place overall and Scott
Thomas,Jr. was third.
In the Lights class, Ryan Edwards, after finishing second in the first
feature, by less than half a second, went on to win the next two to take the
overall title. Dennis Matthews, winner of the first feature, took second place
overall. Scott Bentley took third overall. In the Mediums class, Dan the Man
Hoeffner swept all three features to win the overall title. Alex Arndt took
second place overall, and Brian Smith took third. In the Heavys class, Ryan
Edwards was at it again, winning the first two features. Danny Hoeffner won the
third feature, spoiling another sweep by Ryan. Ryan finished second in the last
feature to take the overall title. Danny Hoeffner took second and John
Diotte,Jr was third. Great weekend for Ryan. Johnny Diotte looked good after
getting back into racing this weekend. In Senior Stock, Scott Thomas swept all
three features to claim the overall title. Mark Stanley took second place
overall with John Wolfe,Sr. finishing third.
The Junior classes started off with Junior 1, with Nathan Armstrong winning
the first two features, the last being won by Giovanni Bromante, who tried
valiantly to get past Nathan all weekend. Finally he was able to make the pass
for the lead, and took the win in feature 3. Nathan won the overall title with
Giovanni second. John David DeBarber was our third place driver. In Junior 2,
Richard Armstrong took the win in the first feature. Features 2 and 3 were won
by Patrick McLaughlin, Jr., the last one by a wide margin. Great job by
Patrick, who won the overall title. Richard Armstrong III took second place
overall, and Damon Paul was third. In Junior Stock, Sean Glennon, won the first
two features by close margins, with Steve LaRochelle close behind. Then on
Sunday, feature three was pretty much dominated by Sean, winning by over six
seconds and setting the fastest lap time by a flat kart all weekend, with a
time of 12.741, a 56.268 average lap speed. He was moving! Great job by Sean
and crew chief Pat! Sean took the overall title, with Steve LaRochelle taking
second place. Colin Belanger took third place overall.
Our Champ classes were next, and in Junior Sportsman Champ 1, Robert the
Rocket Mattera swept all three features, with the first features margin of
victory being .0001! That was a close one! Michael Jacques took second place
overall and Jake Mason was third. In Junior Sportsman Champ 2, track champion
Anthony Wood took the win in the first two features, followed closely by
Jessica Mattera. Jessica took the win in the third feature on Sunday, taking
second place overall. Anthony took the overall title and Douglas Goetz,Jr was
third. In Junior Champ, Anthony Wood swept all three features to win the
overall title, two close races in the first two features preceded a great
performance in the third feature by Anthony. Good job! Track class champion
Samantha Mattera took second place overall with always fast Sam Neary placing
third overall.
In our Slingshot classes, the Junior Slingshots had a great group of young
drivers. Erin Paulison took the wins in features 1 and 3, with Cole Henschel
winning the second feature. Erin was awarded the overall title and Daniel
Morgiewicz took second place. Thomas Zwart was third overall. In Senior
Slingshot, features 1 and 2 were won by Wyatt Clark , with feature 3 being won
by Eddie Reiley. Wyatt was awarded the overall title with Eddie Reiley second and
Charlie Shaver third. In KT100, feature 1 was won by BK Rizzo. Feature 2 was
won by Christian Rumsey and feature 3 was won by James Dyer. BK Rizzo was
awarded the overall title with James Dyer placing second. Alex the Axeman
Wanerus took third place overall.
Looking forward to a new racing season next year! Hope to see all of you at
Oakland Valley Speedway! Enjoy the off season and the holidays with your
families. God bless.
Oakland
Valley Speedway…Great track, great people, the best dirt track to race at in
New York State!! Come check it out!
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