What Won the Race: On a restart with 11 laps to go Matt Sheppard swooped down from the outside line a crossover move past Stewart Friesen for the lead in turn one and went on to lead the final laps.

 

The Finish: 

1	9S	Matt Sheppard
2	1F	Stewart Friesen
3	43	Jimmy Horton
4	1RJ	Ronnie Johnson
5	32C	Vic Coffey
6	00	Bobby Varin
7	18B	Bodie Bellinger
8	6	Josh Hohenforst
9	34	Jimmy Davis
10	22	Brandon Walters
11	21P	Pep Corradi
12	3	Jeremy Wilder
13	53	Bob Vadder
14	3X	Korey Wilder
15	49S	Ken Sparks
16	21J	Jeff Trombley
17	20C	Craig Hanson
18	19	Jessey Mueller
19	1	Darwin Greene
20	50J	Justin Boehler
21	49D	Billy Dunn
22	24X	Scott Hubber
23	816	Jeff Rockefeller
24	91	Billy Decker
25	42P	Pat Ward

 

The Skinny: 

Stewart Friesen led in the early laps while Matt Sheppard climbed to second. A caution on Lap 11 brought Sheppard into the lead battle with Sheppard making bid after bid nearly 40 laps, with Friesen maintaining the lead with momentum off the corners. Sheppard finally got the momentum he needed on the last restart.

 

Winning Quote: “I needed to hit it really good one lap and get an extra car length or I needed (Friesen) just a touch so I could get an extra car length.” – Matt Sheppard

 

Winning Crew Chief:  Randy Kisacky

 

Winning Chassis: Bicknell

 

Winning Shocks: Integra

 

Winning Engine: CC Performance

 

On the Move: Jimmy Horton started 12th after failing to make the Super DIRTcar feature at Weedsport the night before. He moved up to third and was about ready to crash the lead battle before the final yellow.

 

Biggest Loser: Josh Rockefeller led off the start, but slowed while leading the race on Lap 4.

 

Notebook: 

-Stewart Friesen, Matt Sheppard, Billy Decker, and Billy Dunn ran at Weedsport Speedway last night.

-Jimmy Horton was also at Weedsport but did not qualify.

–Heavy rain in the morning delayed the start by a half hour.

– Pat Ward pulled to the pits in his heat race. The team believes the problem is somewhere in the engine, but not exactly sure where.

 

Staring Lineup:

1	20C	Craig Hanson
2	816	Jeff Rockefeller
3	1F	Stewart Friesen
4	1RJ	Ronnie Johnson
5	9S	Matt Sheppard
6	6	Josh Hohenforst
7	19	Jessey Mueller
8	00	Bobby Varin
9	49D	Billy Dunn
10	91	Billy Decker
11	32C	Vic Coffey
12	43	Jimmy Horton
13	21P	Pep Corradi
14	21J	Jeff Trombley
15	18B	Bodie Bellinger
16	34	Jimmy Davis
17	50J	Justin Boehler
18	3X	Korey Wilder
19	22	Brandon Walters
20	1	Darwin Greene
21	53	Bob Vadder
22	49S	Ken Sparks
23	42P	Pat Ward
24	24	Jeremy Wilder
25	24X	Scott Hubber

 

 

Time Trial Results: 

Group One

1	91	Billy Decker	18.820
2	9S	Matt Sheppard	18.990
3	49D	Billy Dunn	19.019
4	6	Josh Hohenforst	19.306
5	42P	Pat Ward	19.576
6	21P	Pep Corradi	19.735
7	34	Jimmy Davis	19.741
8	22	Brandon Walters	19.821
9	49S	Ken Sparks	20.686

 

Group Two

1	19	Jessey Mueller	18.829
2	32C	Vic Coffey	19.137
3	43	Jimmy Horton	19.385
4	816	Jeff Rockefeller	19.393
5	21J	Jeff Trombley	19.481
6	50J	Justin Boehler	19.576
7	1	Darwin Greene	19.884
8	24	Jeremy Wilder	No Time

 

Group Three

1	1RJ	Ronnie Johnson	18.669
2	00	Bobby Varin	19.105
3	1F	Stewart Friesen	19.121
4	20C	Craig Hanson	19.219
5	3X	Korey Wilder	19.625
6	18B	Bodie Bellinger	19.701
7	53	Bob Vadder	20.387
8	24X	Scott Hubber	No Time

 

Heat Race Results:

Heat One

1	9S	Matt Sheppard
2	91	Billy Decker
3	6	Josh Hohenforst
4	49D	Billy Dunn
5	21P	Pep Corradi
6	34	Jimmy Davis
7	22	Brandon Walters
8	49S	Ken Sparks
9	42P	Pat Ward

 

Heat Two

1	32C	Vic Coffey
2	19	Jessey Mueller
3	43	Jimmy Horton
4	816	Jeff Rockefeller
5	21J	Jeff Trombley
6	50J	Justin Boehler
7	1	Darwin Greene
8	24	Jeremy Wilder	DNS

 

Heat Three

1	1RJ	Ronnie Johnson
2	00	Bobby Varin
3	1F	Stewart Friesen
4	20C	Craig Hanson
5	18B	Bodie Bellinger
6	3X	Korey Wilder
7	53	Bob Vadder
8	24X	Scott Hubber

 

 

Heat Race Lineups:

Heat One

1	91	Billy Decker
2	9S	Matt Sheppard
3	49D	Billy Dunn
4	6	Josh Hohenforst
5	42P	Pat Ward
6	21P	Pep Corradi
7	34	Jimmy Davis
8	22	Brandon Walters
9	49S	Ken Sparks

 

Heat Two

1	19	Jessey Mueller
2	32C	Vic Coffey
3	43	Jimmy Horton
4	816	Jeff Rockefeller
5	21J	Jeff Trombley
6	50J	Justin Boehler
7	1	Darwin Greene
8	24	Jeremy Wilder

 

Heat Three

1	1RJ	Ronnie Johnson
2	00	Bobby Varin
3	1F	Stewart Friesen
4	20C	Craig Hanson
5	3X	Korey Wilder
6	18B	Bodie Bellinger
7	53	Bob Vadder
8	24X	Scott Hubber

 

Car Count:
25 Modifieds

 

Entry List: 

00	Bobby Varin
1	Darwin Greene
1RJ	Ronnie Johnson
1S	Stewart Friesen
3X	Korey Wilder
6	Josh Hohenforst
9S	Matt Sheppard
18B	Bodie Bellinger
19	Jessey Mueller
20C	Craig Hanson
21J	Jeff Trombley
21P	Pep Corradi
22	Brandon Walters
24	Jeremy Wilder
24X	Scott Habe
32C	Vic Coffey
34	Jimmy Davis
42P	Pat Ward
43	Jimmy Horton
49D	Billy Dunn
49S	Ken Sparks
50J	Justin Boehler
53	Bob Vadder
91	Billy Decker
816	Jeff Rockefeller

 

Qualifying Format: 

Group Time Trials, Heats, Feature

 

Event Schedule: 

7:15 Time Trials

7:30 Heats

9:30 Feature

 

Who to Watch For: Stewart Friesen, Billy Decker, Billy Dunn, Matt Sheppard

 

Title Fight:
First RoC event with good weather.

 

The Track:
Fonda Speedway, Half-Mile Dirt Oval

 

Weather: Sunny in the 80’s, very muggy.

 

Next Series Race: Double-header at Utica-Rome Speedway on Sunday, August 14.

 

 

 

 

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