July 14, 2006

O’Brien, Meeks, Edgar and Mannise Grab Thunder Alley Checkers

Evans Mills NY… It was a beautiful summer evening with Modifieds, Sportsman, Pure stocks, Thunder Cars and a special appearance by the IMCA Modified for a Canadian/American Shootout.

In the 30 lap Modified Feature, Bob Bennett and Ryan Bartlett led the field to green with Bennett taking over the lead of the field. Lance Willix moved high around Tim Sears to take over the fifth position and set his sights on fourth place Tim O’Brien. Willix moved himself high around Potter and Tim O’Brien to take over the third position while Pat O’Brien moved under Potter and Sears to take over fifth. Lance Willix moved high around Ryan Bartlett and the next lap took over the top spot from Bob Bennett. Frank Caprara moved around Bartlett to pick up the sixth position and began his assault on the top five. Frank Caprara moved under Pat O’Brien and Ryan Bartlett to take over the fourth position while Pat O’Brien followed Caprara’s move under Bartlett to take over fifth. Pat O’Brien moved high around Caprara, Tim O’Brien and Bob Bennett in one lap to enter the second position. Pat O’Brien moved around Willix on a lap 17 restart to take command on the field. Paul Kinney moved under Frank Caprara and Bob Bennett to take over the fourth position, while Tim O’Brien moved under Lance Willix for second. Paul Kinney then moved under Lance Willix to take position number three and set his sights on the O’Brien brothers filling positions one and two. Paul Kinney and Frank Caprara would try their best but would be unable to take away positions one and two as Pat O’Brien picked up the win.

In the 20 lap Sportsman Feature, Rick McCready and Mark Webb led the field to green with Webb jumping out to the lead on the field. Jack Meeks followed in line behind Webb while Rick McCready, Chris Higgins and Chris Raabe rounded out the top five. Jack Meeks slid under Webb to take over the lead of the field. Chris Higgins followed Meeks and took control over the third position by moving under Rick McCready. Brandon Sweet powered under Bobby Herrington to enter the top five and began to set his sights on Rick McCready. Sweet was able to conquer as he moved under McCready for third. Chris Higgins moved around Mark Webb to take over the second position and set his sights on Jack Meeks. It wasn’t enough; as Meeks would go on to collect his first Thunder Alley win in 2006.
Neal Edgar and John Mason led the field to green in our Canadian/American IMCA Challenge. Edgar jumped out to the early lead with John Mason and Dan Hilts rounding out the top three. Charlie Sandercock moved under Keith Doxtater to take over the fourth position and began to apply pressure to Hilts. Sandercock was able to get under Hilts and Doxtater followed as they took over the third and fourth positions. Brian Hudson moved around Hilts to take over the fifth position while John Mason tried to move under Edgar. On lap fifteen, Mason spun out in turn two and allowed Keith Doxtater to sit on the back bumper of Neal Edgar. Sandercock moved into the second position moving under Doxtater and began to track down the leader. Sandercock would try to put his number 57 ahead of Edgar but was unsuccessful, as Edgar would win the Canadian/American IMCA Championship.
Josh Verne and Dave Mannise led the field to green in the pure stock feature while Josh Verne took over command of the field. Dave Mannise moved under Verne to take over the top spot, while Dave Pope followed Mannise pushing Verne back into the third position. Dana Aikins moved under Ron Hawker to take the fourth position. Dave Pope brought out a yellow on lap 11 as he suffered from a right rear flag. Josh Verne and Dana Aikins took over the second and third position while Ron Hawker moved under Aikins to take around the third position. Dave Mannise would pick up the checkers in the pure stock feature, holding off the hard charging Josh Verne and Ron Hawker.

In the 4 cylinder foreign division, Nelson Bice and OJ White led the field to green with OJ taking the lead of the field. On lap four, Mike Durham would move past OJ to take away the top spot. Wayne Martin would quickly moved into second pushing White back to third with Mike Parker and Nelson Bice rounding out the top five. Durham would pick up the win.

In the 4 cylinder domestic feature, Brian McConnell and Jock Symonds led the field to green. Symonds would take over the lead until lap two when Robert Scott would take command. Scott would battle with Jim Quinn for two laps but when the checkers flew, Scott picked up the win.

Mike Durham picked up the truck feature, Bill Young picked up the 8 cylinder and Durham also picked up the 6 cylinder feature event.

Next week at Thunder Alley Speed Park regular racing action resumes. Modifieds, Pure stocks and the Thunder cars will run a regular show while the Sportsman will host a Twin 15 event. Racing begins at 7:30 with gates opening at 5:30. For more information contact the speedway office at 315-658-4431 or the tracks website at www.thunderalleyspeedpark.com.


Quick Results

Modified (30 Laps) – PAT O’BRIEN (SB), Tim O’Brien, Paul Kinney (SB), Frank Caprara, Bob Bennett, Billy Cook (SB), Billy Dunn, Mike Adderly (SB), Ryan Bartlett, Jason Potter, Larry Welling (SB), Paul Pekkonen (SB), Lance Willix (SB), Tim Sears, Justin Mason (SB), Tyler Bartlett

Sportsman (20 Laps) - JACK MEEKS, Chris Higgins, Mark Webb, Brandon Sweet, Billy Eisele, Bobby Herrington, Chris Raabe, Ryan Poole, Tyler Rand, Jordan Bennett, Rick McCready, Kevin Phillips II, Stewart Garrison, Jeff Robinson

IMCA Challenge (25 Laps) – NEAL EDGAR, Charlie Sandercock, Keith Doxtater, Terry Hunt, Phill Potts, Pat Monsigneur, Jeff Sallans, Brian Hudson, John Mason, Mike McCrory, Doug O’Blenis, Brandon Mowatt, Dan Hilts, Tom Conklin, Elmer Stevenson, Chris Taylor (DNS)

Pure stocks (15 Laps) – DAVE MANNISE, Josh Verne, Ron Hawker, Eric Stores, Dave Pope, Dana Aikins.

4 Cylinder Foreign – MIKE DURHAM, Robert Martin, OJ White, Nelson Bice, Mike Parker, Michael Stewart, Travis Rivers, Don Woodworth, Russell Bice, JR Durham, Morgan Young, Colby Goodale (DNS), Danny Brown (DNS)

4 Cylinder Domestic – ROBERT SCOTT, Jock Symonds, Mike Trapp, Dave Travis, Jake McConnell, Rick Petrie, Randy Bowman, Brian McConnell, Steve Malbouf, Chuck Monica, Bob Teft, Dan Way, Larry Teft, Jeff Trapp, Thren Pankey, Jim Quinn, Ben Van Tassell


6/8 Cylinder – Billy Young – Matt Zira, Verne Harris, Scott Lampson, Jiggs Jones (DNS)

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