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August
11, 2006
O’Brien, Eisele and Verne Take Wins at
Thunder Alley
Evans Mills NY - Billy Eisele and Mark Webb led the field to green in
the 20 lap Sportsman Feature. Eisele took over the early lead heading
into turn one while Mark Webb, Chris Raabe, Bobby Herrington and Chris
Higgins rounded out the top five. Higgins moved quickly under
Herrington to take over the fourth position while Jack Meeks followed
in suite to take over position number five. Higgins then powered under
Chris Raabe to enter the top three. Webb and Higgins would try and
track down Eisele but it was not enough as Billy Eisele took his first
win at Thunder Alley in 2006.
Tyler Bartlett and Jason Potter led the field to Matt Burdick’s green
flag in the Modified division. Potter jumped out to take the early
command on the field while Mike Adderly and Tim Sears battled for
second and third. Billy Dunn moved under Tyler Bartlett to take over
the fifth position while Bob Bennett followed Dunn to take over sixth.
Billy Dunn moved high around Tim Sears to gain control of the third
position while Frankie Caprara and Pat O’Brien staged a heavy battled
for seventh and eighth positions. Pat O’Brien moved quickly through
the field and was able to over take the fourth position from Tim Sears
on lap 22 of the 30 lap feature event. O’Brien would moved under Billy
Dunn to take over the third position as he set his sights on Adderly
and Potter in the top two positions. Frankie Caprara moved under Tim
Sears to take over the fifth position as he began his charge to the
front. O’Brien would move high around Adderly to take over the second
position as he began to work the high side of Potter for the lead, and
he would succeed as O’Brien would go on to pick up the win, his fourth
in a row at Thunder Alley.
Dave Pope and Josh Verne led the field to green with Verne taking the
lead on the field. Ken Hamm would move into the second position. Verne
would lead from green to checkers as he picked up the win. Dave Pope
would take the points championship, as the purestock division would
complete their final points night at Thunder Alley Speed Park.
In the four cylinder foreign division, JR Durham picked up the feature
win with Nelson Bice and Robert Martin rounding out the top three.
Jake McConnell grabbed the four cylinder domestic feature win while
Steve Malbouf and Robert Scott rounded out the top three. In the truck
feature, Mike Durham picked up the win over Russell Bice and Dustin
Van Tassel. Bill Youngs picked up the 8 cylinder feature and Jiggs
Jones took the 6 cylinder feature.
Next week the Central New York Mini Sprints will be in action along
with the Modified, Sportsman and thunder car divisions. The One on One
Spectator races will also be held at Thunder Alley for the three
remaining weeks left on the schedule. Gates open at 5pm, with racing
starting at 7:30. 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), Jason Potter, Mike
Adderly (SB), Frankie Caprara, Billy Dunn, Lance Willix (SB), Tim
Sears, Ryan Bartlett, Tim O’Brien, Jeff Sykes (SB), Zach Aubertine,
Larry Welling (SB), Bob Bennett, Paul Kinney (SB), Tyler BArtlett
Sportsman (20 Laps) – BILLY EISELE , Mark Webb, Chris Raabe,
Chris Higgins, Jack Meeks, Bobby Herrington, Brandon Sweet, Marcel
Pecore, Tyler Rand, Jordan Bennett, Dan Ferguson
Purestock (15 laps) – JOSH VERNE, Ken Hamm, Dave Pope, Eric
Stores
4 Cylinder Domestic- JAKE MCCONNELL, Steve Malbouf, Robert
Scott, Mike Trapp, Randy Bowman, Brian McConnell, Dan Way, Jeff Trapp,
Dave Travis, Bob Teft, Chuck Monica, Ben Van Tassel, Thren Pankey, Jim
Quinn, Larry Teft (DNS)
4 Cylinder Foreign- JR DURHAM, Nelson Bice, Robert Martin, Mike
Durham, Travis Rivers, Paul Smith, Steve Morris, Don Woodworth, OJ
White, Michael Stewart
6/8 Cylinder- Bill Youngs, Al Harris – Jiggs Jones, Scott
Lampson, Matt Zira, Verne Harris
Trucks – MIKE DURHAM, Russell Bice, Dustin Van Tassel, David
Blair Jr., Kevin Bice, Kris Bice, John Van Tassel, Mike Thomas
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