Oakland Valley Speedway
Race Report by John Sainz
April 21,2012: The second points race at the Oakland Valley Speedway was
run today, and with the threat of rain in the forecast, some people chose not
to attend. For those who braved the impending weather, were able to get on the
track for their heat races before the show was halted due to rain. The track
was in great condition, thanks to John Diotte and staff. The classes that did
not complete both heats will run their second heat next week to complete race
#2. Also next week is the return of the Saturday Night Thunder races with the
featured class being the Heavys class. Always a great show.
The first class out was the Heavys
class, and Jason Wolfe took the win in the first heat in a good race with Alex
the Axeman Wanerus .Michael Lybolt took third. In the second heat, it was Randy
McCullough, fresh off his sweep of races he won at an upstate series event,
took the win over Alex Wanerus again coming in second. Michael Lybolt took
third again. Alex Wanerus wins the overall race with Michael Lybolt second and
Randy McCullough third. Our Kid Kart driver was Haley King. She looked good out
there today! Our Rookie Champ driver was
Michael Jacques,Jr. His kart looked sharp out there too. Some classes were
combined to try and get the races done before the weather got bad. The Junior 1
and 2 classes were the first combo class, and Anthony Roselli took the win for
Junior 2 and TJ MacChurch took the win in Junior 1 over Damon Paul.In Junior
Rookie, Derek Salerno took the win over Spencer Valleau.
In the Junior Sportsman Champ 2
class, Anthony Wood took the win in both heats,(that’s my boy!) over Jessica
Mattera and Samantha Mattera, second and third respectively. In Junior
Sportsman Champ 1 class, Robert the Rocket Mattera took both heat wins over an
improving Devin Greer. Good job by all our Champ kart drivers. In the Mediums
class, Dan the Man Hoeffner picked up where he left off last week by taking the
wins in both heats. Dennis Mathews was second in the first heat and third in
the second heat. Chris Predmore took third in the second heat and second in the
second heat. Confused yet? Dan was the overall winner, with Chris second and
Dennis third. In Junior Stock, Patrick Dempsey took the win in the first heat
and second in the second heat to take the overall win. Connor Fuertges took
second overall with a second and third place finish in the heats. Hali
Vandermeulen took third place overall with a win in heat number two and a
fourth in the first heat. Our Rookie Slingshot class was the last class to
complete both heats and it was Brett Romer taking the overall win over Tighe
Sherlock and Matt DeRitter. Bret and Matt had a heat win each. The rest of the
classes will complete their second heat next week.
Thanks to all who came out and raced with us. Join us again next week for
another great day of racing at the Oakland Valley Speedway. Stop by the JK
Performance kart shop for all your racing needs, including fuel, tires and
rental karts. Located by the backstretch wall. Also don’t forget to see Becky
of BK Photos, bkphotos.net and Ralph Corwin of Ralphcorwin.photograpy.com for
all the pictures of the days events. Check our website for the complete
schedule and more information about the track and upcoming events oaklandvalleyspeedway.com
Heavys:
1.
(54a) Alex Wanerus
2.
(9) Michael Lybolt
3.
(82) Randy McCullough
4.
(24) Jason Wolfe
5.
(611) Corey Wood
6.
(77) Stan Tabaka
7.
(6) Chris Bogart
Mediums:
1.
(10) Danny Hoeffner
2.
(32) Chris Predmore
3.
(6) Dennis Mathews
4.
(51) David Thatcher,Jr.
Junior Stock:
1.
(414) Patrick Dempsey
2.
(2) Connor Fuertges
3.
(7) Hali Vandermeulen
4.
(00) Ben Wilbur
Junior 2:
1.
(80) Anthony Roselli
Junior 1:
1.
(125) TJ MacChurch
2.
(144) Damon Paul
Junior Rookie:
1.
(56) Derek Salerno
2.
(20) Spencer Valleau
Kid Kart:
1.
(2H) Haley King
Rookie Champ:
1.
(95) Michael Jacques,Jr.
Junior Sportsman Champ 1:
1.
(14) Robert Mattera
2.
(17) Devin Greer
Junior Sportsman Champ 2:
1.
(20) Anthony Wood
2.
(2) Jessica Mattera
3.
(4) Samantha
Mattera
Rookie Slingshot:
1.
(37j) Brett Romer
2.
(10) Tighe Sherlock
3.
(03) Matt DeRitter
Oakland Valley Speedway…Great track, great people, the best track to race
at in New York State!!
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