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Kish & Perrin Claim First Ever SAS Victories |
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BY: Matt Steffenhagen |
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August 6, 2010 – Delevan, NY – For being the first Friday of August, it was a bit cool at South Arcade Speedway. The racing however, was as hot as ever with great racing taking place in all divisions. Bob Kish captured his first-ever Jerge’s Auto Parts FASTRAK Late Model feature win and Joe Perrin claimed his first-ever Lauterborn Electric Mini Stock win. Darren Tarabori, Chris Austin, and Blane Krott won in the E-mods, Street Stocks, and Pure Stocks while Dave Lowe took the win in the special 25 lap enduro. In the Lauterborn Electric Street Stock division, Chris Austin (22A) of Knapp Creek, NY made his first South Arcade Speedway appearance since early in the 2009 season. Early race mishaps would cause weekly front-runners Dan Giboo ( 8 ) and Ron Mogavero (75x) to be out of contention for much of the race with the two being involved in both of the first two caution periods of the race. Once racing resumed, it was John Ellwood (27) of Centerville going around Chris Austin on the high side to gain the top spot. Ellwood would lead much of the event. Doug Jones (87) and Josh Wilcox (1w) would come up to challenge Austin while Ellwood got away out front. Jones would eventually fade to fourth while Wilcox would hold on for second. For the win, it was Chris Austin inheriting the lead when John Ellwood went pitside with a flat tire. Tim Bruce would work his way through the field from thirteenth to finish third, while Dan Giboo would recover from earlier incidents to round out the top five. Following a wild drive in his heat race and a win in a match race against Bill Holmes’ (8) 360 Late Model, Justin Tatlow (81) seemed to be the man to beat heading into the Jerge’s Auto Parts FASTRAK Late Model feature event. However, it would take only two laps for Bob Kish (5) to establish himself as the man to beat on this night, with Kish grabbing the lead away at the line on lap two and setting sail on the field. Adam Sixt (6T) would work his way from the sixth starting position to run third by lap three. Tom Kemp (28) would battle past Tim Schram (1s) around lap eight, before Schram would fall into the clutches of Garrett Mott (43x). Mott and Schram would battle side-by-side for four laps with Mott eventually getting past Schram at lap 13. Nearing the end of the race, Adam Sixt was now beginning to catch second place Justin Tatlow while out front, Bob Kish was beginning to catch lap traffic. In the final two laps, Kish’s lead diminished entirely after being held up slightly. Justin Tatlow would try to take advantage with a divebomb move into turn 1, however he was unable to make the move stick. Bob Kish would go on to win his first-ever FASTRAK Late Model feature. In the Insinger Performance E-mods, Darren Tarabori (6) of Galeton, PA would have his Buick V6 powered machine hooked up this night. Tarabori and Tim Walden (27W) would lead the field to the green flag in their main event. Tarabori would go to the lead while behind him Al Brewer (71) and Tim Walden would battle side-by-side for nearly the entire distance of the event. Tarabori would build up a substantial lead while the pair raced, but a late-race caution would line up Al Brewer right on his tail. Brewer would give Tarabori a run, and certainly made him work for it, but Darren Tarabori was able to hold off Al Brewer to take his first feature win of the season. In the Lauterborn Electric Pure Stock division, father and son duo Dale Hamer (7D) and Zach Hamer (7) would pace the field. Zach Hamer would jump to the lead while father would try to hold on to second. Blane Krott would work past Curt Pastorius to run third before going on to batter Hamer for second. Krott was able to get past the elder Hamer on the high side of turns three and four to take over second place early in the going. Krott would then ride behind Zach Hamer to plan his move. Hamer and Krott would run nose-to-tail until Krott decided to take a shot at the low side of Hamer. It would take a few attempts, but Krott would get past Hamer and go on to win, his third of the season. Zach Hamer would hold on for second while Curt Pastorius would finish third. For much of the season, “Slammin Sammy” Fuller (38) of Short Tract, NY has been dominant in the Lauterborn Electric Mini Stock division. On this night, Sam Fuller would still show he was a tough competitor, however he would come up short. Dan Lockwood (08) and Joe Perrin (79) would bring the field to the green flag while Fuller would start fifth. After not making much progress, Fuller would thread the needle down the backstraight between Dan Lockwood and Dave Burdick (47) to move himself from fourth to second in one move. By lap 11, he was challenging Perrin for the lead. Fuller would attempt to pass on the low side of the speedway while Perrin would keep his momentum up running the high line. Fuller would make many attempts to get by until one of them, entering turn one, backfired on him. Fuller’s 38 would slam into the 79 of Perrin going into turn one on the final lap with Fuller’s car breaking and Perrin motoring on to the win. The win was Joe Perrin’s first-ever feature victory. To finish out the night, a 25 lap endure was run. Former SAS mini-stock competitors Dave Lowe and Davey Lowe would start out front followed by mini stock competitor Randy Lanager, Timothy Blarr, Street Stock racer Matt Pfalzer, and Don Toland. Dave Lowe would jump out to the lead, however son Davey’s Pontiac Grand Am would blow smoke and slow down at the start. The car would come back to life a few laps later, allowing the younger of the two Lowes from Eldred, PA to catch up and battle for the lead. There was some fender banging between the two, however it was too much for the Grand Am’s right front tire to take. Davey Lowe would limp his car around for the final few circuits to finish fourth. Don Toland would finish third, but out front and leading flag-to-flag was Dave Lowe. South Arcade Speedway is back in action next Friday night with another six division race card. South Arcade Speedway provides affordable family entertainment with admission just $10 and a great selection of reasonably-priced food at “Frank’s Place” behind the grandstand. Racing begins at 7:30pm. Don’t miss the special event featuring the 600cc Micro Sprints coming up on August 20; this race is sure to be a good one! For more information, catch up with South Arcade Speedway on Facebook, at the website www.southarcadespeedway.com, or by phone at (585)293-2780 on weekdays and (716)492-4097 on race day. |
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RESULTS |
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Jerge’s
Auto Parts FASTRAK Late Models (20 Laps): Insinger
Performance E-mods (15 laps): Lauterborn
Electric Street Stocks (15 laps): Lauterborn
Electric Pure Stocks (15 laps): Lauterborn
Electric Min Stocks (15 laps): Enduro
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