June 10, 2011 MALTA NY – Veteran Ron Proctor reached a huge milestone in his racing career Friday night when he drove to victory in the 35-lap NASCAR Modified feature at Albany-Saratoga Speedway.

The win was his first at Albany-Saratoga since the historic Malta track switched back to an asphalt surface prior to the 2010 season. But more importantly, the win gave Proctor victories  in four different decades at Albany-Saratoga Speedway.

Since visiting victory lane for the first time on May 24, 1985, Proctor has now won races in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Proctor joins an elite group that includes Jack Johnson, whose four decades of victories spanned the 1970s to the 2000s, and Ken Tremont Jr., who completed his  four-decade span last season.

Proctor’s win also snapped the four-race winning streak of Joe Williams at Malta. Williams, who had a six-race overall winning streak at both Albany-Saratoga and Devil’s Bowl, never really got started Friday night. On the first turn of the first lap of the feature, he got bumped by Billy  Mueller, hit the wall and broke something in the rear end of his car.

Fred Proctor set the early pace, but the early reshuffling allowed Ron Proctor, who had started seventh, to make a couple of quick moves and by lap three, he was already in second place.

On lap six, he moved to the top and took the lead, a move that brought a roar out of the Salute to the Red, White and Blue Night crowd. Mike Bruno used a restart on lap eight to move  into the No. 2 spot, and he sat right on Proctor’s rear bumper, waiting for the  leader to make a mistake. But Proctor held his line, and probably his breath on a couple of occasions, and kept setting the pace.

The field bunched up for a final time on lap 21, and Bruno did his best to find a way around Proctor. But the veteran slowly pulled away, and finished with a comfortable 1.729-second margin of victory. The win was the 11th of Proctor’s career at Albany-Saratoga, and his  first since July 11, 2008.

Bruno had to settle for his second consecutive  runner-up finish, while Fred Proctor crossed the finish line third, matching his best run of the season. Alex Bell and Bobby Hackel IV completed the top five.

Bruno came back to post his second win of the season in the 30-lap pro late model feature. Despite starting last in the nine-car field, Bruno was on the charge early and was soon pressuring leader Mike Scorzelli. Bruno took the lead for good on lap 12, and pulled  away to an easy win, beating the Emigh brothers, Brandon and Dave, to the finish line.

Paul Mulrain led flag-to-flag to record his first win of the year in the 20-lap Renegade feature, and Matt Pappa continued to  dominant the INEX Legends Young Lions division, taking the checkered flag for the fifth time this season.

There was also a familiar face in victory lane after the Bomber Warrior feature, as Harold LaVair Jr. notched his fourth win of the year.

Albany-Saratoga Speedway will return to action on  Friday, June 17 with all divisions in action, as well as a 50-lap enduro. That  racing card will also kick off the Big Dog Challenge, a cash-based incentive  program for NASCAR Modified and pro late model owners who campaign at both  Albany-Saratoga and Devil’s Bowl. More information about the Big Dog Challenge and all events on the Champlain Valley Racing Association can be obtained at
www.cvra.com.

NASCAR MODIFIEDS: RON PROCTOR, Mike Bruno, Fred  Proctor, Alex Bell, Bobby
Hackel IV, Luke Klob, Paul Dunham Jr., Hunter Bates, Cody Sargen, Jacob
Zakrzewski, Jessey Mueller, Jason Rheome, Justin Haas, Michael Bush, John
Proctor, Billy Mueller, Kyle Hoffman, Joe Williams.
PRO LATE MODELS: MIKE BRUNO, Brandon Emigh, David  Emigh, Randy Miller,
Mike Scorzelli, Darryl Carl, Carl Guilefuss, Kevin Van  Chance. DQ: Dan
Petronis.
RENEGADES: PAUL MULRAIN, Josh Coonradt, Bill  Dupree, Frank Monroe, Rowdy
Burch, Bill Burlingame.
BOMBER WARRIORS: HAROLD LAVAIR JR., No. 5, Mark  Lindblade, Dan Collins,
John Lindblade, Dan Older Jr., John McCarron, Robert  Sousis III, Colin Clow.