BURLEY, WILLS, DELL, STONE, AND SENEK CLAIM WINS AT RANSOMVILLE SPEEDWAY; 

KERWIN WINS HELD OVER MIGHTY TACO MODIFIED FEATURE

       

 

Ransomville, NY – Friday, May 17, 2013 – A total of ninety-eight cars filled the pit area last Friday night at Ransomville Speedway set to entertain a grandstand full of race fans.  It was a picture perfect day weather wise as bright blue skies greeted all as they entered the Western New York half mile dirt oval.
                Todd Burley of Spencerport, NY turned his season around last Friday as he captured the win in the Mighty Taco Modified thirty lap feature main.  To say Burley has had a tough start to the season would be an understatement.  A blown rear-end on opening week followed by a blown motor on the second week.  His luck couldn’t get much worse.  Burley certainly showed why he has multiple Modified championships under his belt last Friday as he topped the field in a big way and claimed his first win since2011.  Burley took the lead away from Steve Schumacher on lap ten and never looked back.   Schumacher came home in second followed by Tommy Flannagan, Ryan Susice, and Pete Bicknell.

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The AFL/CIO Niagara/Orleans Central Labor Council,
Ransomville Speedway & the United Way of Greater Niagara
Team Up Once Again!

For the fifth consecutive year, the AFL/CIO Niagara/Orleans Central Labor Council will be working with the Friesen Family and the Ransomville Speedway to present “Labor’s Night at the Races”. The event is one of the major fund raisers hosted by the AFL/CIO Niagara/Orleans Central Council to benefit the United Way of Greater Niagara. The event is scheduled for Friday, June 7th, 2013 with a rain date scheduled for Friday, June 21, 2013.
The AFL/CIO Niagara/Orleans Central Labor Council and their affiliated locals a long with the United Way of Greater Niagara have had a great time at the half-mile oval track for the past four years, offering a great program to their members and families. This event has sparked a lot of interest and will certainly do the same when it comes together in June.
“This is an awesome event” commented PR and Marketing Director Tana Robinson. “We are honored that the AFL/CIO Niagara/Orleans Central Labor Council has chosen Ransomville Speedway to hold this fundraiser for the United Way of Greater Niagara. The Labor Council does a fantastic job organizing the event. It’s great to work with the fine people at the Labor Council and the United Way. Both Bill Jakobi and Jim Briggs have been instrumental in laying the ground work for the event and it’s been a pleasure.” Both Jakobi and Briggs said “we are very pleased with success of this event, in the past four years we have raised $32,000 thanks to the continuous support we get from the Friesen Family, Ransomville Speedway, Blue Cross Blue Shield of WNY, Maxwell & Murphy Attorneys at Law, M&T Bank, Lewis & Lewis, PC the AFL/CIO Niagara/Orleans Central Labor Council and all their Union Affiliates. This support goes a long way to help those in our community that need help through United Way and its funded programs provided by their twenty partner agencies.”
Tickets for the 5th Annual “Labor’s Night at the Races” goes on sale Monday, April 1st, 2013. Tickets can be purchased at the United Way of Greater Niagara’s office, 6420 Inducon Drive W, Suite B2, Sanborn NY 14131, call Bill Jakobi at (716) 216-4582 or order on website www.laborsrace.com. Also tickets can be purchased at the novelty booth at Ransomville Speedway. Tickets are $15.00 per ticket & children under 12 $7.00

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WOOLSTON, SEEFELDT, D. DUHOW, TUTTLE, CHAPMAN, B. DUHOW, AND BOOTES TAKE WINS AT LITTLE R

Ransomville, NY - Thursday, May 16th - A total of 59 Go-Karters signed in pitside last Thursday for the second week of competition on the Little R.   It was a great night for racing as bright blue skies greeted race fans, drivers, family, and crews.   In the Brad Angelo Lanes Novice class - a total of nine competitors were on hand for twin ten lap feature mains.  In the first it was AJ Woolston taking the win! Woolston took control at the drop of the green and held it the entire ten circuits.  Corey Fekete of Ransomville, NY ran a close second followed by opening nights' winner's Braden Allen and Greenley George.    The second ten lap main was won by Aidan Seefeldt.  In just his second week out, Seefeldt proved he has adapted well as he took his first win.  Paul Lassman, Jack Scheerer, and Shane Leone rounded out the field.   Amber Bolam was a scratch. 

    In Slack Kart's Junior I competition - some ten youngster's took the initial green. When the checkered flew it was Dylan Duhow claiming his second in a row.  Duhow led lap's eight through fifteen.  Michael Carmer finished in the runner up position after leading early on.  Adam Coppins missed his qualifying heat's due to a prior obligation but made it for feature time.  After starting scratch on the field, Coppins came home with a third place finish.  John Tober, Alexis Bolam, Bradley Rutherford, Kierstan Farina, Kevin Marsh, Dakotah Mikulski, and Michael Hermanson rounded out the field.

    Another ten competitors were found in the Coppins Service Center Junior II class proving the future of our sport is in GREAT SHAPE!   Cameron Tuttle would win his second in as many week's after taking the lead away from Blake Matjoulis on lap seven.   Tuttle crossed the line ahead of his cousin Zachary George, Jordan Moden, Nicholas Tarnowski, Matjoulis, Vincent Chiodo, Rylee Block, Shelby Smith, Noah Coppins, and Kyle Huttenmaier.   Moden took a wild ride early in the feature main as he flipped over in turn three.  Moden jumped up, brushed himself off and climbed right back in the kart.  True competitor right there!  Moden rebounded to a solid third place finish. 

     Jeffrey Chapman is on a tare early on as he won his third of the season....second in the Jeffery Machine Junior Restricted class.  Chapman led all fifteen laps.  Eric Veihdeffer, Andrew Srock, Kevin Fuller, and Tristan Jeffery rounded out the field.

     Brad Duhow was also a repeat winner as he won his second in a row aboard the Orleans Ford Stock Medium rank's.  Duhow would lead the entire distance and claim the win over Mike Seefeldt, Trent Curtis, David Foti, Steve Lewis, Matthew Veihdeffer, Brett Senek, and Braden Foley.

     Can you say Chapman?  The announcer certainly can after announcing Jeffrey as a winner for the fourth time in just two week.  Backing up his win in the Jeffery Machine Junior Restricted ranks, Chapman did the trick again in the DMB Computer Services Junior Clone division.  Chapman took the lead away from Tristan Jeffery on lap three and held it the remaining distance.  Cole Susice, Jeffery, Gary Gow, Emily Jeffery, Hunter Bolam, Rylee Block, Jared Farr, and Zachary Moden rounded out the field.  This division has grown tremendously and looks to be well on its way to even bigger numbers.

     The Auto Rescue Team Senior Clone win went to Tony Bootes....also his second in as many week's.  Bootes took the lead on lap one with nine competitor's in tow.  Bootes would claim the win over Jody London, Jeff Anstett, Bailey Hudson, Noah Walker, Brad Martin, John Conklin, Katy Knoll, John Bonesky, and Al Rutherford.

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RANSOMVILLE SPEEDWAY DRIVER PROFILE: BOYD MACTAVISH

One of the veteran drivers who has established himself in the Ransomville Speedway pit area is Boyd MacTavish.

Originally from St. Catharines, Ontario, Boyd now resides with his wife Erin in Ransomville. Boyd is also a part of the very competitive Ransomville Speedway Investors Service Company Sportsman Division. Last Friday night, Boyd put together a fifth place finish in his first run in the class in several years.

“It felt pretty good out there,” said Boyd after the night’s activities. “It’s going to take some adjustment but I will be fine.”

The “adjustment” is from the Mighty Taco 358 Modifieds, in which Boyd ran for several years, to the Investors Service Company Sportsman class. One would think that taking a step down might be an easy procedure, but that’s far from the truth.

“The horsepower is all together different. The crate motors are all the same where the 358’s are not. That’s one of my adjustments.”

Boyd has been in the Sportsman class on another occasion in the early 2000’s, but it was before the crate motor expansion. The open motor was the key factor within the class. Boyd enjoyed some success here but the cost of the class was getting out of hand.

“I figured with the cost of running the Sportsman, I might as well go up to the 358 Modifieds.”

Boyd had two 358 Modified wins - one at Ransomville in 2006 and one at Merrittville in 2006. Additionally a battle for the win a couple years ago at the Big R with DIRTcar star Danny Johnson is amongst a highlight of Boyd's career. Boyd had some good runs but the division became expensive and thoughts of going down a division following the 2012 season was considered. The decision wasn’t exactly done until into the spring time of 2013, but he hasn’t looked back.

“The step down to the Sportsman is such a learning curve. Right now, I want to grow with the division and gets some wins.”

Boyd came into the 2013 season with a brand new Jerry Higbie chassis. The next step is getting some fresher power. A new crate motor is the plan for the future.

Boyd also had some success early in his career when he teamed up with fellow St. Kitts driver Todd Gordon in the Pro Stock class.

Boyd’s 2013 schedule is set. He will run a full schedule at Ransomville Speedway. He will look to skip to different Saturday night tracks. He will also start the Super DIRTcar Sportsman Series and has scheduled Rolling Wheels Raceway on his list.

Helping out Boyd this year is former competitor Dickie Blake, Boyd’s brother Kevin, Boyd’s wife Erin and his brother in law Trevor Ganshaw.

Gauboc Concrete of St. Catharines and Jerry Higbie Chassis sponsors the Boyd MacTavish effort in 2013
       

 

 

 

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