Archive for May, 2009

by Chris Meyers

The PPG Vibrance Collection Midwest Supermodified Association is set to invade Sandusky Speedway on Saturday June 6th, 2009 for its third race of the 2009 campaign.  The first two shows took place last weekend in New York. Trent Stephens shocked the supermodified world when he won his first ever supermodified show at the Oswego Speedway on Saturday night. Supermodified competitor Mark Sammut ran down 2008 MSA Champion Timmy Jedrzejek to win Sunday’s show at Dunn-Tire Raceway park.  Trent finished third at Dunn-Tire Raceway park. After the past weekend of racing Trent holds down the points lead with an eight point advantage over Timmy Jedrzejek.  Randy Burch who had a great run at Oswego with a second place finish sits third in points. May Motorsports teammates Tim Ice and Charlie Schultz round out the top five.

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By – Chris Porter (Super Racing News)

London, Ontario’s Mark Sammut raced 440 miles Sunday morning, just to get to Lancaster, NY’s Dunn Tire Raceway Park after competing in ISMA’s opening show in Waterford, CT the night before. After arriving, he promptly topped the speed charts, circling the 5/8 mile track in 15.690 seconds, before later chasing down Ohio’s Tim Jedrzejek on the final lap of the 40-lap MSA feature to claim the win.

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By Oswego Speedway

The opening day “Port City 150” at the Oswego Speedway featured less than half a dozen lap leaders throughout the 150 laps of feature race action but there were still close finishes and popular wins. Dave Gruel, Trent Stephens and Ted Christopher all got wins in cars that they have had very little seat time in.

In the night cap, Ray Graham appeared to be on his way to his first Oswego Speedway win but after leading the first eighteen laps an electrical problem forced him to pit. Trent Stephens, driving the Steve Stout #19, maintained the lead position for the balance of the forty lap feature and picked up his first Oswego Speedway win. Stephens’ teammate, Randy Burch driving the Stout #49, came home in second. Oswego regular Jason Spaulding finished in third. Pat Lavery was fourth and Charlie Schultz rounded out the top five.

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MERIDIAN, IDAHO — Local driver Bryan Warf keeps the Bob and Tom Naylor Memorial Classic perpetual trophy in Idaho with a big Sunday at Meridian Speedway.

The 50-lap main event honored the late local racers with the families of Bob and Tom Naylor present in Winner’s Circle with Warf after the race.

With four local, winged sprint car drivers joining the SMRA program, the 10-car field was minus Boise driver Jeff Russell, who discovered a bad No. 4 valve in his engine after Saturday’s main event.

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by Carol Haynes

Waterford, CT –Dave Shullick Jr. took the Clyde Booth 61 out front at the initial green Saturday at the ISMA season opener at Waterford. When the checkered dropped 50 laps later, Shullick was still in that spot for the win. The Amherst, OH driver had to survive an unusual number of yellows and reds along the way to his first win of the season and his career fourth in ISMA. Standing with him on the podium were his two nearest challengers, defending champion Chris Perley and Lou Cicconi, the August 2008 winner at the “Bowl.”

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It’s a well known fact that there are two season’s in Oswego, hockey and racing.  Hockey got us through winter, and this Saturday afternoon at 4:00, racing season takes center stage, as the gates to Oswego Speedway swing open for the 59th consecutive season of racing at the Big O.   

It’s been a long winter, one in which all the calendars in the area had tonight circled, as the cars hit the track once again.

Anticipation is high for 2009, as we finished 2008 strong.  Car counts were up, fan counts were up, and we had some fantastic on track action.  During the winter doldrums of watching massive snowfalls a few months ago, we all couldn’t wait for tonight to arrive.

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By Rhonda Costa
SMRA

CARSON CITY, NEV. — After a one-year hiatus, the Supermodified Racing Association brings its fierce horsepower and talented drivers back to Meridian Speedway for the Tom and Bob Naylor Memorial Classic, a two-day show Saturday and Sunday, May 23-24.

Local drivers Jeff Russell, Bryan Warf, Kirk Wartman and Pat Whittet are expected to compete on the quarter-mile asphalt track, along with series points leader Troy Regier, as well as Jim Birges, AJ Russell and several others.

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by MSA Admin

Lorain, OH – A much anticipated MSA opener at Lorain County Speedway came to a screeching halt by poor weather conditions. Speedway officials and MSA officials were positive the show could still be on at noon but as the pesky drizzle wouldn’t let up, the show was washed after 3:00pm.

The Midwest Supermodified Association will take the thunder to Oswego Speedway, NY on May 23rd to hopefully open their season.  As posted from Oswego Speedway, Saturday May 23rd will be the return of the Gater Racing News and Parts Plus “Port City 150” with 150 laps of feature racing action that evening. The MSA/Oswego Winged supers will run a 40 lap event, the PathFinder Bank SBS Series will run a 35 lap feature and the Race of Champions Modifieds will run the Parts Plus Richie Evans Memorial 75. Pits open at 12:00, practice starts and the grandstands open at 1:30 and the first green flag is set to fly at 4:00pm.\

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by Carol Haynes

Oswego, NY…  When the huge red hauler pulls into the Waterford pits on May 23 for the season opener, a trio of good ISMA cars and good ISMA drivers plan on giving the Chris Perley-Vic Miller team a run for the money, and the plan on winning a few races too.  After putting three cars in the top ten in ISMA points  (2nd, 5th, and 9th), the Jeff Holbrook team is more than ready to do even better in 2009.

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By Shawn Courchesne

Who hasn’t ever had to host a special guest on a holiday weekend before?

Waterford Speedbowl officials will be doing just that coming up for Memorial Day weekend.

Reigning Camping World Truck Series champion Johnny Benson will be competing at Waterford on May 23 with the ISMA SuperModified divsion. 

“We’re pretty excited about it,” track owner Terry Eames said. “I think it’s a great news for us to have someone like him competing at our track.”

The event at Waterford is the kickoff of the season for the ISMA SuperModified division and the first of two visits to the Speedbowl this season. They return to the track on Aug. 15.

The SuperModifieds are scheduled to run a 50-lap feauture at Waterford next weekend as part of a schedule that also includes a regular Whelen All-American Series weekly racing card.

Benson, who sits fifth in the Truck Series standings this year, is expected to be running the SuperModified he had built new for this season in the first eight events on the ISMA schedule.

That would also include the division’s visit to Stafford Motor Speedway on July 7. Benson competed with the SuperModifieds when they visited Stafford in 2008.