Oakland Valley Speedway

                   Race Report by John  Sainz

 

May 7,2011: Another great  night of racing at Oakland Valley Speedway started off with what seems to be the Main Event of the evening every race, the Heavys class. In a thrilling, close race it was a very fast Brianna Hasenflue getting her first win in this class with Randy McCullough right on her bumper most of the race. Great job of driving for Brianna, having come very close to winning on week 1. She will be a force to be reckoned with this year. Good job by her crew chief too. In the Kid Kart class, it was Blake Hulseapple taking the win over a steadily improving Elloree Neary, and in the Rookie Champ class, Devin Greer wins over Jake Mason. The Rookie Slingshot class had Jared Labagh winning over Carly Dippel, with both of these young drivers really picking up their lap times this week.. Looks like they will be in the Junior Slingshot class soon.

     In the Lights class, Glen Varner, after his hard encounter with the wall last week, healed himself and his kart up enough to go out and win the race this week. He said he didn’t even scale it. Good job Glen. In the Junior Slingshot class, it was Tommy Zwart picking up his first win over Tyler Johnston as these two pulled away from the field. Great group of young Slingshot drivers this year. In the Junior Sportsman Champ class, Neary Bros. Racing’s Sam Neary, was hooked up and pulled away to the win, with a great battle for second between Anthony Wood and Sean Glennon, with Anthony prevailing. Good race. Our Junior Clone class saw Trevor Ross taking the win  over Andrew Enderes,Jr., and Junior Rookie Raelleigh Silvernail wins over Brooke Fuertges.

      In Junior Stock, Neary Bros. Racing’s other driver, Scott Neary was just as hooked up as his brother Sam and pulled away for the win by a good margin. Crew chief Art sure knows how to set up some karts. Great job by the Nearys. In Senior Stock, John Wolfe cruised to his second win with Gary Vandermeulen taking second. Junior 3 saw a great race with the top four very close together and it was Patrick Hayes taking the win over Charlie Lowther and Carissa June. Our Mediums class had two time Heavys  champ, Roger Belanger, picking up his first win in Mediums by  almost a half track. Roger had his new  Millenium Impulse dialed in. Just want to wish good luck to our Mediums drivers that will be participating in the New York State Dirt Kart Series (NYDKS) this coming weekend at Paradise Speedway. It will be Roger Belanger, Dan Hoeffner, Dennis Mathews and Randy McCullough. Go get ‘em guys!

      In Junior 2, it was Colin Belanger taking the win over Tyler Belanger and Jake Lowther. The Belanger brothers will be racing in the NYDKS next week also. Good luck to them. The Senior Slingshot class had Fast Eddie Reiley taking the win over Tyler Dippel with Tyler Pirone third. It was Eddie’s first win this year. In the Senior Champ class, John Sainz picked up his second win this year with Aaron Turner right on my bumper. Good, clean racing. Thanks Aaron. Bob Mattera took third.

       We will be closed next week, so we will see you at the track in two weeks. Be sure to stop in to JK Performance Kart shop located at the track. John Diotte,Jr. has everything you need to get started racing including rental karts. He also builds great racing engines. There is a brand new Millenium Impulse kart on display at the kart shop. Stop in and check it out.

     Thanks to all who came out tonight. Please check our website for more information on future events and updates.

                                  oaklandvalleyspeedway.com

 

Race results:

 

Heavys:

1. (612) Brianna Hasenflue (13.746) fastest lap speed 52.379

2. (82 Randy McCullough (13.800)

3.(72) Kevin Morgan (14.046)

4. (26) Ian Petry (13.938)

5. (3) Mark Stanley (14.004)

6. (611) Corey Wood (13.980)

7. (33) T. Rouble (13.946)

8. (60) Bob Clarke (14.182)

9. (9) Michael Lybolt (14.501)

10. (24) Jason Wolfe (14.157)

11. (6) Chris Bogart (14.157)

DQ (28t) Scott Thomas (13.968)

 

Kid Kart:

1. (3) Blake Hulseapple (18.932) fastest lap speed 38.031

2. (9) Elloree Neary (20.313)

 

Rookie Champ:

1. (17) Devin Greer (17.824) fastest lap speed 40.395

2. (B4jr) Jake Mason (23.897)

 

Rookie Slingshot:

1. (17) Jared Labagh (15.616) fastest lap speed 46.107

2. (32) Carly Dippel (15.898)

 

Lights:

1. (53x) Glen Varner (13.938

2. (32) Chris Predmore (13.912)

3. (5x) Steven Gully (13.827) fastest lap speed 52.072

4.  (12) Aaron Doolittle (13.947)

5. (14) Dylan Wood (13.870)

6. (54a) Alex Wanerus (14.024)

7. (23) Jason Wilbur (14.067)

 

Junior Slingshot:

1. (Z28) Tommy Zwart (14.401)

2. (5) Tyler Johnston (14.276) fastest lap speed 50.434

3. (58jr) Kevin Predmore,Jr. (14.406)

4. (555) Leo Fotopoulos (15.095

5. (91) Bobby Flood (15.047)

6. (3) Cole Hentschel (15.133)

7. (37e) Erin Paulison (14.987)

8. (214) Isaiah Masker (15.226

DNS (62) Brandon McGill

 

Junior Sportsman Champ:

1. (9) Sam Neary (14.616) fastest lap speed 49.261

2. (20) Anthony Wood (15.219)

3. (77) Sean Glennon (14.835)

4. (2) Jessica Mattera (15.499)

5. (5) Ryan Quackenbush (15.927)

6. (3) Robert Mattera (15.748)

7. (4) Samantha Mattera(15.227)

DNS (10) Tighe Sherlock

 

Jr1/ Clone:

1. (00) Trevor Ross (14.449) fastest lap speed 49.659

2. (17) Andrew Enderes ,Jr. (15.496)

DNS ( 10) Anthony Roselli

 

Jr Rookie:

1. (36) Raelleigh Silvernail (16.904) fastest lap speed 44.324

2. (10) Brooke Fuertges (16.244)

DNS (23k) John Quinn

 

Junior Stock:

1. (9) Scott Neary (13.618) fastest lap speed 52.871

2. (9m) McKenzie Hasenflue (13.850)

3. (10) Brett Romer (13.777)

4. (16) Dominick Roselli (13.852)

5. (17) Kyle Fuertges (13.845)

6. (24) Logan Cole (14.207)

7. (414) Patrick Dempsey (14.247)

8. (11) Kelby Quackenbush (14.247)

9. (20) Toni Shipman (14.376)

 

Senior Stock:

1. (2w) John Wolfe (14.181) fastest lap speed 51.772

2. (2) Gary Vandermeulen (14.451)

3. (10) Dan Sherlock (14.771)

4. (6t) David Thatcher,Sr. (14.745)

5. (20) Dan Ryder (15.037)

 

Junior 3:

1. (4) Patrick Hayes (15.014)

2. (8L) Charlie Lowther (14.952)

3. (19j) Carissa June (14.879)

4. (2) Connor Fuertges (14.584)

5. (77) Patrick Kelly (14.942)

6. (27) Hali Vandermeulen (14.573) fastest lap speed 49.406

7. (00) Ben Wilbur (14.862)

8. (27j) Jared Silvernail (14.682)

 

Mediums:

1. (27) Roger Belanger (13.934) fastest lap speed 51.672

2. (54a) Alex Wanerus (14.222)

3. (42) Billy LaRue (14.393)

4. (6T) David Thatcher,Jr. (14.599)

5. (17) EJ Harrington (15.050)

DNS (28) Scott Thomas

 

Junior 2:

1. (4) Colin Belanger (14.372)

2. (9) Tyler Belanger (14.411)

3. (144) Jake Lowther (15.760)

 

Senior Slingshot:

1. (10jr) Eddie Reiley (13.998) fastest lap speed 51.436

2. (1) Tyler Dippel (14.149)

3. (18) Tyler Pirone (14.102)

4. (2x) Joey Massimilla (14.193)

5. (17) Matt Reiley (14.145)

6. (316) Zach Masker (14.591)

7. (06) Shaina Barker (14.257)

8. (96) Tyler Treacy (14.473)

 

 

Senior Champ:

1. (20) John Sainz (14.811)

2. (21t) Aaron Turner (14.681) fastest lap speed  49.043

3. (55) Bob Mattera (15.267)

4. (56) Ray Quackenbush (18.316)

 

Fastest Laps of the night:

   Jr Kart:(9) Scott Neary (13.618)

   Sr Kart:(612) Brianna Hasenflue (13.746)

   Jr Slingshot:(5) Tyler Johnston (14.276)

   Sr Slingshot: (10jr) Eddie Reiley (13.998)

 

Number of entries:  90: 71 Karts ,19 Slingshots