Sprints Return to AIR
Michael, Michael, Broderick, Ullman, and Ellwood Take Feature Wins
by Matt Steffenhagen
Released July 25, 2009

Delevan, NY- Thunderstorms gave way to clearing skies for great racing weather Friday night at Arcade International Raceway as the ASCS Patriot Sprints rolled in for their first visit since 2006.  They were joined on the night by four of AIR’s regular divisions; E-mods, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, and Pure Stocks.  The Emerling Resale Center FASTRAK Late Models had the night off. 
            Street Stock heat winners Andy Michael (17x) and Chris Conkey (23c) would make up the third row of the feature event after an inversion, while the field was lead to the green by Leon Szweda (26) and Jeff Woodward (18).  The first caution of the race flew at lap two when Szweda would have a run-in with the front stretch wall.  The incident caused the front of the field to be shuffled quite a bit, allowing Andy Michael to restart second.  On the double-file restart, Michael would jump to the lead and hold onto it for the remaining distance to record his 5^th feature win of the season.  Tim Bruce (75) pulled off a pass down the backstretch on Steve Mowery (48s) on the final lap to take second.
            Newcomer to Arcade, Mike Munsee (27H) was able to take a heat win in the E-mods along with Darren Tarabori (6).  Richard Michael Jr. (17x) and Kyle Bedell (44) would lead the feature field on the intial start, only to be slowed five laps later when a spin by George Ritter Jr. (72) brought out the first caution.  One lap after the restart, four-time 2009 feature winner Al Brewer (71) was on the move when a hopped wheel sent his car tumbling end-over-end before coming to rest in turn one.  The crash was a horrific sight to onlookers, but just moments later Al was out of the car and walking around.  After the large cleanup effort, racing resumed with Michael in the lead.  Meanwhile, Darren Tarabori (6) was on a charge with his v-6 powered machine, grabbing second away from Bedell.  Bedell would lose the handle on his #44 to bring out a third caution on lap 8.  After his spin, Bedell began his charge back through the now dwindling field of E-mods.  By lap 12, he was passing his brother Craig’s #7J for fourth and he would get by Munsee for third on the following lap.  Tarabori dropped out of the race on lap 16.  Restarting second, Kyle Bedell still didn’t have enough to give Rich Michael a challenge, who went on to his second victory of the season.
            The ASCS Patriot Sprint heats and dash went off without a hitch, with each of them being run flag-to-flag caution-free.  The main however would not be so clean.  In three different tries at getting one lap in the books, Chuck Hebing (45), Gary Troutman (44), and Bobby Breen (9) were among the competitors to be taken out of competition.  Once the race finally got past lap one, the field would again be slowed a number of times.  No caution however, would stop Budda Broderick (5) from driving away from the field to record his first-ever ASCS Patriot Sprint feature win. Second was Tim Kelly (12).  Jared Zimbardi (35) really put on a show for the fans coming from 13^th to 3^rd by race end.
            In the Mini Stocks, yet another newcomer to Arcade, Chis Paar (9x),  would prove to be a strong competitor against the Arcade regulars.  Brad Ullman (46x) would lead the field to the green.   A four-way battle raged in the opening laps between Ullman, Paar, Nick Snayczuk (12), and point-leader Levi Watson (26).  Watson’s 26 would slow on lap three and eventually pull-off on lap seven.  On a lap three restart, Paar was able to steal away the lead from Ullman and retain it until he apparently had a flat on lap 10.  This left Ullman and Snayczuk to battle it out amongst themselves in the final five laps.  Snayczuk would make a charge under Ullman with two laps to go, however he couldn’t quite stick it and would have to settle for second behind Ullman.  The win was Ullman’s fourth of the season.
            John Ellwood (27) and Curt Pastorius (42) would start and finish 1-2 in the ten lap pure stock feature.  Pastorius lead from the initial green flag, but Ellwood got back by on the high side on lap two.  Pastorius made many attempts at getting by Ellwood in the remaining laps, but could never seem to get more than a fender on him.  Youngster Blane Krott (72) would round out the top three.
            Arcade International Raceway returns to racing this Friday, July 31 for another five division show including the return of the FASTRAK Late Models. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30.  The ULMS Super Late Models will return on August 14, after a very successful May 15^th event at AIR where Jason Dupont (7)recorded his first-ever Late Model win. The track phone number is (716) 492-4701. For more information, please visit the track website at www.arcadeinternationalraceway.com.  

RESULTS

E-mods (20 laps):
1. #17x RICHARD MICHAEL JR., 2. #44 Kyle Bedell, 3. #27H Mike Munsee, 4. #7J Craig Bedell, 5. #53 Carl Ballinger, 6. #38 Nathan Hill, 7. #03 TJ Downs, 8. #6 Darren Tarabori, 9. #81 Justin Tatlow, 10. #18 John Woodward Jr., 11 #71 Al Brewer, 12. #72 George Ritter Jr.
Heat Winners: #6 Darren Tarabori, #27H Mike Munsee

Street Stocks (20 laps):
1. #17x ANDY MICHAEL, 2. #75 Tim Bruce, 3. #48s Steve Mowery, 4. #1w Joshua Wilcox, 5. #12 Chad Green, 6. #17 Paul Davies, 7. #121 Joe Layfield, 8. #23c Chris Conkey, 9. #21 Darren Morgan, 10. #21L Glen Layfield, 11. #8 Daniel Giboo, 12. #37J Scott Fuller, 13. #07 Don Chapman, 14. #19 Brett Smith, 15. #18 Jeff Woodward, 16. #40 Brian Peterson Jr., 17. #00 Fred Ely, 18. #26 Leon Szweda.  DNS: #22 Barry Tingue II, #46 Joe Chamberlain.
Heat Winners: #23c Chris Conkey, #17x Andy Michael

4 Cylinders (15 laps):
1. #46x BRAD ULLMAN, 2. #12 Nick Snayczuk, 3. #23 Richard Kline, 4. #30 Greg Haynoski, 5. #47 Dave Burdick, 6. #20 Matt Ball, 7. #9x Chris Paar, 8. #03 Randy Lanager, 9. #67 Bruno Mowery, 10. 26 Levi Watson, 11. #82 Dan Lockwood.
Heat Winners: #9x Chris Paar, #03 Randy Lanager

Pure Stocks (10 laps):
1. #27 JOHN ELLWOOD, 2. #42 Curt Pastorius, 3. #72 Blane Krott, 4. #11x George Conkey, 5. #18F Fred Spruce, 6. #7 Zach Hamer.
Heat Winner: #27 John Ellwood

See "ASCS Patriots at Arcade" for story