RACE  RESULTS

By:  Lori Overdorf & Mark Southcott

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     THE MODIFIED BUD 50
The premier event of the day – the   Modified Bud 50 – was the final scheduled event of the day and 18 “Mighty Modifieds” were on hand to participate. Starting on the front row was Billy Putney and 2007 DTRP Modified Champion Buck Catalano. Rounding out the rest of the top five starters, who redrew for position after their heats, were Wilbur Hebing, Karl Hehr, and Tom McGrath. Erick Rudolph started sixth. At the drop of the green flag, Putney and Catalano stayed double file, with Putney being credited with leading the first lap. Catalano however powered into the lead just one lap later and he and Putney put on quite a show as they battled for the top spot. 
Hebing stayed in third just waiting for a mistake by either of the leaders. Further back, Rudolph was once again using the outside line to make his way through the field and behind him Sege Fidanza was utilizing the same game plan. Just before the halfway point of the race Catalano still held the lead while Putney continued to try to get around him and Hebing ran in third. Hebing had company though as Tom McGrath was vying for the third position. Hebing and McGrath made contact and the yellow flag was displayed. On the restart, at the halfway point of the race, it was Catalano, Putney, Rudolph, McGrath, Fidanza, Hehr, and Dave Wollaber as the front runners. Wollaber has returned to Modified racing for this season in a family owned racecar. A yellow flag just one lap later appeared for the spinning McGrath. On the restart, Fidanza powered by Hehr on the outside for fourth. Just four laps later, Putney finally took the lead from Catalano, with a power move to the outside. Rudolph followed suit and passed Catalano for second. Fidanza was next in line and soon slotted into the third position as he passed Catalano. Putney took advantage of the slicing and dicing behind him to put a little distance between himself and second and third place Rudolph and Fidanza. A yellow flag with just nine laps remaining evaporated any lead Putney had built as he now had the field right on his bumper. The field saw a restart, another quick yellow, and another restart. Putney got good jumps on both restarts, but Rudolph stayed right with him. Behind the battle of the top three, Hebing was flying through the field. Hebing had been involved in a yellow and gone tail, was penalized two spots for jumping a start, and still was up to fourth position with just five to go. Up front, Rudolph was looking over Putney, inside and outside, looking for a way around him. Fidanza got Rudolph loose with just two laps to go and jumped into the second spot. Putney had managed to gain some breathing room with the jostling behind him and Fidanza ran out of time for an opportunity to challenge for the lead. Putney picked up the Bud 50 trophy and enjoyed his first trip to DTRP Victory Lane in a few seasons.

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RESULTS
Car # Fin Str Name
88 1 1 Billy Putney
77 2 11 Sege Fidanza
45 3 9 Erick Rudolph
66 4 3 Bill Hebing
4 5 2 Buck Catalano
5 6 18 Dave Wollaber
12 7 5 Tom McGrath
81 8 12 Bill Mislin
01 9 10 Mark Tychoniewicz
45C 10 60 Pasty Catalano
59 11 4 Karl Hehr
7 12 15 Sean O'Neill
1 13 8 Chris Ridsdale
35 14 16 Tom Wiest
8F 15 13 Chris Finacchario
8 16 14 Brett Scherrer
84 17 7 Larry Jackson
40 18 17 Don Stevens