Friday, July 25, 2008 – Ransomville, NY – A total of
eighty-one cars registered for competition last Friday night
at the big R. It was a beautiful night for racing as clear
skies and comfortable temperatures greeted race fans for the
thirteenth consecutive night of racing in 2008.
Pete
Bicknell of St. Catharines, Ontario took top honors last
Friday night for the third time in 2008 at Ransomville
Speedway. Bicknell piloted his Lucas Oil sponsored
machine to the front on lap ten of the thirty lap Mighty
Taco Modified main and maintained the top spot through the
final stages. Bicknell held a ten car length advantage at
the checkered over Scott Kerwin.
Ryan
Susice of Ransomville, NY captured his first career Original
Pizza Logs Sportsman feature win last Friday night. Susice
grabbed the lead at the drop of the green and was never
seriously challenged after that point. The defending
Streetstock champion has been a strong rookie contender in
2008 and had it all come together last week. Susice became
the tenth different winner in the highly competitive
sportsman division. Jesse Cotriss, James Friesen, Jipp
Ortiz, and John Smith rounded out the top five.
Alex Morris of Niagara Falls, NY became the
first driver at Ransomville Speedway to collect four feature
wins in 2008. Morris took the lead away from Pat Dell on a
lap four restart and held off persistent challenges from
Dave Conant in the closing laps. Conant came home in second
followed by Roger Israel, Dell, and Jaren Israel.
Derrick Borkenhagan won the
2nd Street Stock Feature over Chris Burek, and Gerald Poole.
This was Derrick's 2nd win of the year.
Justin Israel
picked up the Street Stock mechanics race.
Pitnotes-Welcome back Mark Golding who made his
first start of the 2008 season in the Mighty Taco Modifieds.
Work and family commitments had side-lined Mark for the
first half of the season. Happy belated birthdays to Russell
Friesen, Stewart Friesen, and Gerald Poole.
MIGHTY TACO MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH – PETE BICKNELL,
Scott Kerwin, Rich Vinson, Kevin Wills, Robbie Krull, Sam
Crogan, Todd Burley, Chad Brachmann, Jeff McGinnis, Tommy
Flanigan, Tim Jones, Joe Kubiniec, Boyd MacTavish, Rick
Hoctor, Ricky Richner, Jon Miller, Bob Broomfield, Roger
Chrysler, Pete Cosco, Mark Golding, Todd Gordon, Bill
Torissi, and Tony Hartman. Heat Winners – Kevin Wills, Tommy
Flanigan, and Bob Broomfield.
ORIGINAL PIZZA LOGS SPORTSMAN FEATURE FINISH – RYAN SUSICE,
Jesse Cotriss, James Friese n, Jipp Ortiz, John Smith,
Justsin Sharp, Ricky Newton, James Henry, Miek Short, Justin
Wright, Curtis Friesen, Jeff Jepson, Sandy Pembleton, Tony
Purgarich, Mat Williamson, Derek Smith, Rick Bellante, John
Panattoni, Allan Wills, Don Spatorico, Dennis Giancola,
Peter Gordon, Steve Miller, and Steve Schumacher. Heat
Winners – Ryan Susice, Jesse Cotriss, and Derek Smith.
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CHEVROLET STREETSTOCK FEATURE FINISH #1 – ALEX MORRIS,
Dave Conant, Roger Israel, Pat Dell, Jaren Israel, Tim
Raymond, Jon Richael, Billy Coleman, Charles Harvey, Brian
Martin, Richard Cavagnaro, Marika Morris, Rich Zellner, and
Scott Krull. Heat Winners – Sean Letts, Brandon Sherwood,
and Derrick Borkenhagen.
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CHEVROLET STREETSTOCK FEATURE FINISH #2 – DERRICK
BORKENHAGEN, Chris Burek, Gerald Poole, Kenny Washburn,
Sean Letts, Tim Hall, Brian Lonneville, Mike Greenewalt,
Randy Zimmerman, Don Rappleyea, Brandon Poole, Mike
Childrose, Stuart Kumm, Ricky Washburn, Brian Harris, Webb
Nashwinter, Wayne Close, and Pat Burek.
