BRETT HEARN CAPTURES SUPER DIRTCAR SERIES WIN AT RANSOMVILLE; PANATTONI, CONANT, AND ISRAEL ALSO COLLECT

Ransomville, NY – Friday, July 3^rd, 2009 – The Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series rolled into town last Friday night with a total of forty-two drivers in tow. Despite the Northeast being hampered by wet weather through the wet, the skies were blue as race fans filled the grandstands to capacity.

Brett Hearn of Sussex, NJ topped the field aboard the one hundred lap Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series event. Hearn took the lead away from Stewart Friesen on lap twenty-five and never looked back aboard his Madsen Overhead Doors sponsored #20 machine. Stewart Friesen, Billy Decker, Dale Planck, and Matt Sheppard rounded out the top five.

Friesen led the field through lap twenty-five before giving up the top spot to Hearn. The battle on the race track was for the third position as Larry Wight and Danny Johnson exchanged the position several times while swapping paint in the process. Wight got the short end of that stick after contact sent him into the frontstretch concrete wall. Hearn continued to be the class of the field as Johnson made his way to second. Hearn led the field through the final circuits enroute to the win.

John Panattoni of Niagara Falls, NY captured his first ever win aboard the Original Pizza Logs Sportsman division. Panattoni took the lead at the drop of the green and held off persistent challenges from Don Spatorico through the final ten laps of the twenty lap main. Contact was made on a couple of occasions between the pair but when the checkered flew it was Panattoni taking a very popular checkered flags. Congrats to John from everyone at the big R! Spatorico, Tony Purgarich, Brad Rouse, and John Smith rounded out the top five.

Dave Conant of Lockport, NY took top honors aboard the first fifteen lap Ki-Po Chevrolet Streetstock feature and became the thirteenth different winner for 2009. Conant grabbed the lead at the drop of the green and maintained it through the entire fifteen circuits. Derrick Borkenhagen, Chris Burek, Scott Krull, and Brandon Sherwood rounded out the top five.

Jaren Israel notched his third win of the season aboard the second fifteen lap Ki-Po Chevrolet Streetstock main. By virtue of the heads up format – Israel earned the front row starting position and was never seriously challenged after that point. Israel crossed the line ahead of Pat Dell, Ricky Washburn Jr., Don Rappleyea, and Kenny Washburn.

SUPER DIRTCAR BIG BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH – BRETT HEARN, Stewart Friesen, Billy Decker, Dale Planck, Matt Sheppard, Pete Bicknell, Ryan Phelps, Justin Haers, Jimmy Phelps, Alan Johnson, Robbie Krull, Mike Storms, Travis Braun, Gary Tomkins, Rick Scagliotta, Billy Dunn, Bobby Davidson, Danny Johnson, Randy Chrysler, Rick Richner, Scott Kerwin, Chad Brachmann, Jeff McGinnis, Larry Wight, Phil Vigneri, Erick Rudolph, Tommy Flannigan, Jeff Brownell, Rich Vinson, and Todd Burley. Heat Winners – Jeff Brownell, Billy Decker, Dale Planck, and Stewart Friesen. Consolation Winners – Ricky Richner and Pete Bicknell. Integra Shocks Fast Timer – Billy Decker

ORIGINAL PIZZA LOGS SPORTSMAN FEATURE FINISH – JOHN PANATTONI, Don Spatorico, Tony Purgarich, Brad Rouse, John Smith, Rick Newton, Allan Wills, Scott Just, Steven Schumacher, Mike Williams, Derek Smith, Cody MacPherson, Jesse Cotriss, Brett Martin, Chris Purgarich, Thomas Greene, Gordon Hermanson, Stephen Miller, Sandy Pembleton, and Nathan Reynolds. Heat Winners – Don Spatorico, John Smith, and Nate Reynolds.

KI-PO CHEVROLET STREETSTOCK FEATURE FINISH #1 – DAVE CONANT, Derrick Borkenhagen, Chris Burek, Scott Krull, Brandon Sherwood, Mike Greenawalt, Andrew Steel, John Carlson, Jeremy Stahl, Rand y Zimmerman, Shawn Worczak, Roger Israel, and Scott McCeldowney. Heat Winners – Derrick Borkenhagen, Jaren Israel, and Dave Conant.

KI-PO CHEVROLET STREETSTOCK FEATURE FINISH #2 – JAREN ISRAEL, Pat Dell, Ricky Washburn, Donald Rappleyea, Kenny Washburn, Kirk Sherwood, Webb Nashwinter, Tim Raymond, Charles Harvey, Patrick Burek, and Ken Camidge.