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Friday June 23, 2017 – Malta, NY – “Kiddie Rides” Mr. Dirt Track USA Modified Qualifier Results (35 Laps) – Rained Out

Sportsman Mr. Dirt Track USA Qualifier Results (25 Laps) – Rained Out

Limited Sportsman Results (15 Laps) – Rained Out

Pro Stock Results (25 Laps) – Rained Out

Street Stock Results (20 Laps) – 1) Joey Wilson, 2) Al Relyea, 3) Scott Lawrence, 4) John Filarecki, 5) Jim Duncan, 6) Damon Anderson, 7) Mark Burch, 8) Kevin Leto Jr, 9) Joshua Reome, 10) Randy Miller, 11) Rob VanAernam, 12) John Hayes, DNS) Matt Mosher

4 Cylinder Combined Results (15 Laps) – Rained Out

4 Cylinder Single Cam Results – Rained Out

4 Cylinder Dual Cam Results – Rained Out

Malta, NY — Hoosier Daddy Modified Results (35 Laps) – 1) Demetrios Drellos, 2) Brett Hearn, 3) Jeremy Wilder, 4) Brian Gleason, 5) Bodie Bellinger, 6) Peter Britten, 7) Kris Vernold, 8) Keith Flach, 9) Jessey Mueller, 10) Don Ronca, 11) Matt Depew, 12) Neil Stratton, 13) Ken Tremont Jr, 14) Ray Hoard, 15) Bobby Hackel IV, 16) Matt Delorenzo, 17) Justin Barber, 18) Rich Ronca, 19) Jeff Rockefeller, 20) C.G. Morey, 21) Travis Billington, 22) Cass Bennett, 23) Ronnie Johnson, 24) Ricky Davis, 25) Elmo Reckner, 26) Jimmy Cottrell, 27) Don Mattison, 28) Marc Johnson, DNS) Bill Cody

DMA USAC Bear Ridge Midget Results (25 Laps) – 1) Jeff Champane, 2) Seth Carlson, 3) Adam Whitney, 4) Derek O’Hearn, 5) Joe Korisk, 6) Dean Christensen, 7) David Moniz, 8) Manny Dias, 9) Jim Mossman, 10) Anthony Nocella, 11) Robert Dino, 12) Tyler Rivard, 13) Alex Rose, DNS) Brett Hearn

Sportsman Results (25 Laps) – 1) Jack Lehner, 2) Jamike Sowle, 3) Daryl Nutting, 4) Nick Lussier, 5) Jim Osgood, 6) Rocky Warner, 7) Robert Bublak, 8) Elliott Lussier, 9) Connor Cleveland, 10) Fred Proctor, 11) Jon Miller, 12) Jeremy Pitts, 13) Adam McAuliffe, 14) Chris Johnson, 15) Hunter Bates, 16) Josh Neal, 17) Dave Baranowski, 18) Jack Speshock, 19) Tim Hartman Jr, 20) Dave Constantino, 21) Mike Coffey, 22) Ken Conroy, 23) Brian Pessalano, 24) Christopher Ronca, 25) Alissa Cody, 26) David Schilling, 27) Joe Orlando, 28) Jason Reome, 29) Scott Duell, 30) Mike Ostrander, 31) Pat Jones, DNS) Andrew Buff

Limited Sportsman Results (15 Laps) – 1) Derek Bornt, 2) James Meehan, 3) Paolo Pascarella, 4) Rob Lanfear, 5) John Stowell, 6) E.J. McAuliffe, 7) Stephen Kneer, 8) Michael Wagner Fitzgerald, 9) Gary Derocher, 10) Steve Burch, 11) Ryan Heath, 12) Scott Bennett Jr, 13) Bryan Jones, 14) Matt Rich, 15) Mike Parodi, 16) Bobby Gage, 17) William August, 18) Don Greco, 19) Jerard LeClair, 20) Jason Miller, 21) Lenny Billings

Pro Stock Results (25 Laps) – 1) Brandon Emigh, 2) Norm Loubier, 3) Chuck Dumblewski, 4) Jeff Washburn, 5) Walt Brownell, 6) Robbie Speed, 7) Dan Older, 8) Kim Duell, 9) Luke Horning, 10) Kenny Martin, 11) Dave Depaulo, 12) Todd Hoffman, 13) Nick Arnold, 14) Ivan Joslin, 15) Ernie Greenier, 16) Matt Roberts, 17) Josh Rozelle, 18) Ed Thompson

Street Stock Results (20 Laps) – 1) Randy Miller, 2) Al Relyea, 3) Joey Wilson, 4) Chase Aussicker, 5) Scott Lawrence, 6) Damon Anderson, 7) Mark Burch, 8) Jim Duncan, 9) Yule Cook, 10) David Pelis, 11) John Hayes

Malta, NY — The weather in the capital district has finally been hot and so is defending Modified track champion Marc Johnson. Johnson made it two in a row at the “Great Race Place” using his trademark low line. “Unbelievable!” said Johnson. “Stewie is one of the best. The track was awesome.” Johnson also became the first repeat winner in the Modified division taking home the $3,000 pay day sponsored by Bart Contracting Company of Copake, New York.

After a fan chosen inversion gave Johnson the fifth starting spot, “The White Knight” made his way to the second position and began to stalk early race leader Danny Varin, who was subbing for Jeff Rockefeller.

From the 13th starting spot Stewart Friesen, making an appearance at Albany-Saratoga as his NASCAR Camping World Truck series schedule allows, made his way past Johnson and then to the race lead on lap 19. As Friesen worked his Halmar entry through lapped traffic on the high side of the speedway, Johnson was able to duck low underneath and regain the lead for good on lap 28, scoring his 11th career win at the historic Malta oval.

Rocky Warner became the first repeat winner in the Sportsman division on Wednesday night.

Warner took the lead from his sixth starting spot on lap 6 of the 25-lap feature and then held off the challenges of defending track champion Jeremy Pitts to pick up the $1,500 payday courtesy of Sowle Trailer Repair of Fultonville, New York. Connor Cleveland would settle for third with Chris Johnson and Jason Gray rounding out the top five.

In a wild Pro Stock feature Todd Hoffman seemed to have his first feature win in many years in hand until he was spun on the backstretch on lap 20. “Krazy” Kenny Martin appeared to take advantage and motored on to his third win of the season after holding off Kim Duell.

However, at the conclusion of the race it was announced Martin had been penalized two spots for spinning Hoffman, handing the $500 check from Marcy Mangino’s It Works! Network to Duell. Walt Brownell would finish second, Martin third, defending track champion Robbie Speed was fourth and Chucky Dumblewski rounded out the top five.

Gary Derocher picked up his first career win in the Limited Sportsman division. He held off James Meehan who was attempting to pick up his third win of the season, which would have graduated him to the Sportsman division.

Randy Miller became the first repeat winner with a Street Stock victory in a 20-lap feature that was cut thee laps short due to a rash of yellows in the closing laps of the event.

Albany-Saratoga will return to action on Friday night, June 16, with the “Hoosier Daddy” Father’s Day Special featuring the DMA USAC Bear Ridge Midgets, as well as all divisions in action. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. Grandstands open at 5 p.m. Racing begins at 7 p.m.

Just a reminder: All media members, including those with DIRTcar and Albany-Saratoga Speedway credentials, must complete the “Credential Request” form that may be downloaded at www.thebigshow9.com. Deadline for credential requests is June 20.

“Makeup Madness” Modified Results (35 Laps) – 1) Marc Johnson, 2) Stewart Friesen, 3) Jeff Rockefeller, 4) Brett Hearn, 5) Peter Britten, 6) Ronnie Johnson, 7) Keith Flach, 8) Matt Delorenzo, 9) Bobby Varin, 10) Neil Stratton, 11) Mike Maresca, 12) Rich Ronca, 13) Ray Hoard, 14) Jeremy Wilder, 15) Matt Depew, 16) Jimmy Cottrell, 17) Bobby Hackel IV, 18) Jessey Mueller, 19) Bodie Bellinger, 20) L.J. Lombardo, 21) Mike Mahaney, 22) Don Ronca, 23) Demetrios Drellos, 24) Josh Hohenforst, 25) Ken Tremont Jr, 26) Don Mattison, 27) Ricky Davis, 28) Justin Barber, 29) Travis Billington, 30) Brian Gleason, 31) Kris Vernold, DNS) Elmo Reckner

Sportsman Results (25 Laps) – 1) Rocky Warner, 2) Jeremy Pitts, 3) Connor Cleveland, 4) Chris Johnson, 5) Jason Gray, 6) Daryl Nutting, 7) Chad Edwards, 8) Adam McAuliffe, 9) Dave Constantino, 10) Cody Bleau, 11) Tim Hartman Jr, 12) Mike Ostrander, 13) Brian Calabrese,
14) Brian Pessalano, 15) Christopher Ronca, 16) Robert Bublak, 17) David Schilling, 18) Dan Santabarbara, 19) Pat Jones, 20) Mike Coffey, 21) Dave Baranowski, 22) Joe Orlando, 23) Jack Speshock, 24) Fred Proctor, 25) Jesse Edwards, 26) Ken Conroy, 27) Jamike Sowle, 28) Jon Miller, 29) Nick Lussier, 30) Nick Fretto, 31) Scott Duell, DQ) Andrew Buff, DNS) Floyd Billington, DNS) Jim Introne, DNS) Jack Lehner, DNS) Elliott Lussier, DNS) Josh Neal, DNS) Jim Osgood, DNS) Justin Smith

Limited Sportsman Results (15 Laps) – 1) Gary Derocher, 2) James Meehan, 3) Scott Bennett Jr, 4) Paolo Pascarella, 5) John Stowell, 6) E.J. McAuliffe, 7) Bob Schmidt, 8) Jason Miller, 9) Don Greco, 10) Jerard LeClair, 11) Dan Grignon, 12) Jim Mattison, 13) Mike Parodi, 14) Bobby Gage, 15) Jacob Volpi, 16) Justin Buff

Pro Stock Results (25 Laps) – 1) Kim Duell, 2) Walt Brownell, 3) Kenny Martin, 4) Robbie Speed, 5) Chuck Dumblewski, 6) Brandon Emigh, 7) Nick Arnold, 8) Todd Hoffman, 9) Dan Older, 10) Dave Depaulo, 11) Luke Horning, 12) Ivan Joslin, 13) Devon Camenga, 14) Norm Loubier, 15) Dan Madigan 16) Ernie Greenier, 17) Matt Roberts, 18) Yates Lansing, 19) Josh Rozelle, 20) Darryl Older

Street Stock Results (20 Laps) – 1) Randy Miller, 2) Jim Duncan, 3) John Filarecki, 4) Al Relyea, 5) David Cook, 6) John Hayes, 7) Chase Aussicker, 8) Damon Anderson, 9) David Pelis, 10) Scott Lawrence, 11) Joey Wilson

Malta, NY — It’s been an up and down season for defending 2016 Modified Champion Marc Johnson. But on Friday night the “White Knight” put it all together for his first win of the season.

Johnson started fourteenth on the grid as 31 Modifieds took Rich Peterson’s green for the 35-lap “Upstate GMC” Modified feature. Matt Delorenzo was fast on the top side and shot out to lead on lap 3 from his eleventh place starting spot.

Ronnie Johnson, who started fifteenth, was also using the high side of the “Great Race Place” to make his way to the second spot. He used the entire surface trying to find a way around Delorenzo.

Meanwhile, Marc Johnson was picking his way through the field using the bottom side of the speedway and finally ran down and passed Delorenzo for the lead on lap 31. From there Johnson pulled away to capture the victory over Delorenzo.

Keith Flach would get up for third with Ronnie Johnson settling for fourth and Peter Britten rounding out the top five

Connor Cleveland put on a show in the “Mark Hughes Memorial Sportsman Event.” The 4th annual race was organized by Derrick McGrew, a former Sportsman competitor and friend of Hughes. Hughes, a two-time winner at Albany-Saratoga himself, passed away in 2014 in a work related accident.

Starting from the thirteenth spot, Cleveland used the high side of the speedway to make his way to third by the caution free half-way point. From there Cleveland moved into the runner-up spot, just two laps later. On lap 21 he appeared to rocket past pole sitter Andrew Buff, who had held the lead from the initial green.

The caution then came out, putting Cleveland back to second, but he was able to take the lead for good on the lap 22 restart. From there Cleveland pulled away to take the win over Buff.

Twenty Four Pro Stocks took the green for the Ron Mensing sponsored “Featherfoot Warrior Pro Stock Feature.” Brandon Gray held off Kim Duell by 6/1000th of a second to capture his first career win at the Malta oval.

James Meehan made it two in-a-row in the Limited Sportsman feature, leading wire to wire and going virtually unchallenged. With one more victory on the season, based on track policy, Meehan will be moved up to the Sportsman division and is looking forward to doing so.

Chase Aussicker held off Al Relyea and Randy Miller for his first win of the season in the Street Stock division.

The Ryan brothers, Steve and Greg, swept the Greg’s Towing and Repair Single and Dual Cam 4-Cylinder features for the second straight week.

Albany-Saratoga will have a quick return to action on Sunday, June 11, with the previously rained out Electric City Riders Motorcycle Event. Gates open at 11 a.m. with racing beginning at Noon.

Then on Wednesday night, June 14, “The Great Race Place” will be hosting “Make-up Madness” with all divisions in action in an added event to the schedule to make up for several early season rainouts. Grandstand gates will open at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m.

On Friday night June 16th will be the “Hoosier Daddy” Father’s Day program with all divisions in action featuring the DMA USAC Midgets. Grandstand’s open at 5 p.m. And racing starts at 7 p.m.

Modified Results (35 Laps) – 1) Marc Johnson, 2) Matt Delorenzo, 3) Keith Flach, 4) Ronnie Johnson, 5) Peter Britten, 6) Brett Hearn, 7) Don Ronca, 8) Jeremy Wilder, 9) Demetrios Drellos, 10) Jessey Mueller, 11) Bodie Bellinger, 12) C.G. Morey, 13) Bobby Hackel IV, 14) Ricky Davis, 15) Matt Depew, 16) Brian Gleason, 17) Ray Hoard, 18) Kris Vernold, 19) Jimmy Cottrell, 20) Jeff Rockefeller, 21) Travis Billington, 22) Neil Stratton, 23) Pep Corradi, 24) Rich Ronca, 25) Justin Barber, 26) Ken Tremont Jr, 27) Jim Nagle, 28) Elmo Reckner, 29) Brian Whittemore, 30) Don Mattison, DNS) Bill Cody

4th Annual Mark Hughes Memorial Sportsman Results (26 Laps) – 1) Connor Cleveland, 2) Andrew Buff, 3) Tim Hartman Jr, 4) Mike Coffey, 5) Scott Duell, 6) Chris Johnson, 7) Rocky Warner, 8) Dave Constantino, 9) Nick Lussier, 10) Brian Pessalano, 11) Jack Speshock, 12) Mike Ostrander, 13) Daryl Nutting, 14) Jamike Sowle, 15) Dan Santabarbara, 16) Jason Gray, 17) Jack Lehner, 18) Brian Calabrese, 19) Adam McAuliffe, 20) Cody Bleau, 21) Elliott Lussier, 22) Christopher Ronca, 23) Josh Neal, 24) Floyd Billington, 25) David Schilling, 26) Jim Osgood, 27) Ken Conroy, 28) Jeremy Pitts, 29) Dave Baranowski, 30) Hunter Bates, 31) Fred Proctor, 32) Jon Miller, DNS) Robert Bublak, DNS) Nick Fretto, DNS) Pat Jones, DNS) Joe Orlando

Limited Sportsman Results (15 Laps) – 1) James Meehan, 2) Colin Clow, 3) John Stowell, 4) Derek Bornt, 5) Rob Lanfear, 6) Jacob Volpi, 7) William August, 8) Stephen Kneer, 9) Mike Block, 10) E.J. McAuliffe, 11) Mike Parodi, 12) Gary Derocher, 13) Matt Rich, 14) Justin Buff, 15) Bryan Jones, 16) Jason Miller, 17) Bobby Gage, 18) Steve Burch, 19) Lenny Billings, 20) Don Greco, 21) Jerard LeClair, 22) Scott Bennett Jr, 23) Michael Wagner Fitzgerald, 24) Paolo Pascarella, DNS) Ryan Heath, DNS) Jim Mattison, DNS) Wesley Sutliff

FeatherFoot Warrior Series Pro Stock Results (25 Laps) – 1) Brandon Gray, 2) Kim Duell, 3) Kenny Martin, 4) Walt Brownell, 5) Ivan Joslin, 6) Dave Depaulo, 7) Todd Hoffman, 8) Jeff Washburn, 9) Luke Horning, 10) Ernie Greenier, 11) Darryl Older, 12) Josh Rozelle, 13) Josh Coonradt, 14) Chuck Dumblewski, 15) Ed Thompson, 16) Matt Roberts, 17) Chris Wemple, 18) Norm Loubier, 19) Nick Arnold, 20) Nick Stone, 21) Dan Madigan 22) Brandon Emigh, 23) Ron Delease Jr, DNS) Mike Bradley

Street Stock Results (20 Laps) – 1) Chase Aussicker, 2) Al Relyea, 3) Randy Miller, 4) Joey Wilson, 5) Frank Monroe, 6) Mark Burch, 7) John Filarecki, 8) Matt Mosher, 9) Jim Duncan, 10) Pete Vila, 11) Joshua Reome, 12) Damon Anderson, 13) John Hayes, 14) Scott Lawrence, 15) Kevin Leto Jr, DNS) Paul Mulrain, DNS) Rob VanAernam

4 Cylinder Single Cam Results – 1) Will Ryan, 2) Allana Jordan, 3) Robert Garney, 4) Elmer Montville, 5) Colby Shepler, 6) Johnny Bruno, 7) Tyler Burch

4 Cylinder Dual Cam Results – 1) Steve Ryan, 2) Ben Grant, 3) P.J. Bleau, 4) Jared Powell, 5) Jason Lang, 6) Dave Mullineaux, 7) David Frame

Malta, NY — NYSSCA Safety Night Modified Results (35 Laps) – 1) Jeremy Wilder, 2) Marc Johnson, 3) Matt Delorenzo, 4) Brett Hearn, 5) Keith Flach, 6) Ray Hoard, 7) Neil Stratton, 8) Kris Vernold, 9) Ronnie Johnson, 10) Ken … Continue reading →

Malta, NY — It was Law Enforcement Night at Albany-Saratoga Speedway Friday night, but it was Ronnie Johnson who was the sheriff in town, as he motored from his eighth place starting spot to pick up his 22nd career track … Continue reading →

Friday, May 12, 2017 — Malta, NY    With reserved tickets to “The Big Show 9” going on sale on Monday, Brett Hearn put on a show of his own Friday night at Albany-Saratoga Speedway in the 35-lap Modified feature … Continue reading →