June 23, 2006

Adderly, Herrington, & Pope Take Thunder Alley Checkers

Evans Mills NY… Thunder Alley Speed Park was back in action on a beautiful Friday night with the 20-lap sportsman feature. Bobby Herrington and Tyler Rand started on the front row with Herrington taking the lead. Brandon Sweet moved into second from his third place starting position, while Jack Meeks took over the third position. Chris Higgins applied pressure to Jack Meeks back bumper by lap six and tried to slide under him while Mark Webb watched from his fifth place position. A yellow flag on lap 18 bunched the field up and allowed Sweet and Bellinger to sit on Herrington’s back bumper. Higgins slid under Meeks and took over the third position but it was not enough as Herrington picked up his first feature win.

In the 30 lap Modified feature, Mike Adderly and Tim Sears sat on the front row with Adderly taking on the early lead of the field. Tyler Bartlett, Jason Potter and Lance Willix rounded out the top five on the initial start. Tim O’Brien, Frank Caprara and Pat O’Brien staged a healthy battle for the six, seven and eight positions. Caprara moved around both O’Brien brothers and Jason Potter to take over the fifth position. Pat O’Brien then took the opportunity to move high around his brother Tim for the seventh position and began to make an assault on the top six. Frank Caprara moved high around Lance Willis and Tyler Bartlett to take over the third position. Tim O’Brien moved under Jason Potter to take over the fifth position. Pat O’Brien moved around Frankie Caprara to take over the third position on lap 26 and began to look at Adderly for the lead, but was unable to pick up the win as Adderly picked up win number one on the season.

In the 15-lap purestock feature, Dana Aikins and Brian Holder led the field to green with Aikins taking over the lead. Dave Pope would move into second from his fifth place starting position. By lap five Dave Pope moved high around Aikins in turn one to take over the lead while Aikins, Josh Verne and Mike Cousins rounded out the top four. When the checkers flew, Dave Pope picked up his second win in a row.

In the four cylinder foreign feature, JR Durham and Mike Parker led the field to green, with Durham taking over the lead. Robert Martin quickly moved into second from his fourth place starting position with Colby Goodale, Mike Durham and Steve Morris rounding out the top five. Martin moved under Durham along with Goodale to take over the lead on the field. When the checkered flag flew, Robert Martin picked up the win.

In the four cylinder domestic feature, Larry Teft and Robert Smith led the field to green with Scott taking over the early lead. On lap five, Mike Trapp took over the lead of the field and took the win.

In the 6/8 cylinder feature, Bill Youngs and Al Harris led the field to green with Youngs taking the early lead on the field. Jiggs Jones quickly moved into second while Scott Lampman filled out the top three. When the checkered flag flew, Bill Youngs picked up the win in the 8 cylinder feature and Jiggs Jones picked up the 6 cylinder win.

In the truck feature, David Blair Jr and Kris Bice led the field to green with Blair taking the early lead. On lap four, Mike Durham took over the lead on the field but his lead was short lived as Kevin Bice took over the lead on the following lap.

Next week at Thunder Alley we will crown our midseason champion in all divisions with a double point’s night. The Modified, Sportsman, Purestock and thunder car division will all be action. For more information contact the speedway office at (315) 658-4431 or the tracks website at www.thunderalleyspeedpark.com


Quick Results

Modified (30 laps) – MIKE ADDERLY (SB), Pat O’Brien (SB), Tim Sears, Frank Caprara, Tim O’Brien, Lance Willix (SB), Jason Potter, Paul Kinney (SB), Bob Bennett, Tyler Bartlett, Adam Roberts (SB), Ryan Bartlett, Tim Harris

Sportsman (20 laps) – BOBBY HERRINGTON, Brandon Sweet, Chris Higgins, Jack Meeks, Mark Webb, Tyler Rand, Billy Eisele, Chris Raabe, Jordan Bennett, Amanda Whitney, Ryan Poole, Kevin Philips II, Jeff Robinson, Rick McCready

Purestocks (15 laps) – DAVE POPE, Dana Aikins, Josh Verne, Mike Cousins, Eric Stores, Ken Hamm, Brandon Warner, Brian Harbor, Troy Benedict, Al Doxtater (DNS)

4 Cylinder Domestic – MIKE TRAPP, Randy Bowman, Dave Travis, Bob Teft, Dan Way, Steve Malbouf, Robert Scott, Chuck Monica, Jock Symonds, Jim Quinn, Jeff Trapp, Larry Teft, Brian McConnell, Ben Van Tassel, Jake McConnell, Thren Pankey, OJ White (DNS)

4 Cylinder Foreign – ROBERT MARTIN, Mike Durham, JR Durham, Steve Morris, Michael Stewart, Travis Rivers, Colby Goodale, OJ White, James Batzer, Danny Brown, Don Woodworth, Mike Young, Nelson Bice, Mike Parker, John Holder (DNS)

6/8 Cylinder – Bill Youngs, Al Harris – Jiggs Jones, Scott Lampson, Matt Zira, Verne Harris

Truck – MIKE DURHAM, David Blair Jr., Kris Bice, Kevin Bice, John Van Tassel