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September 1, 2006
Caprara, Meeks, Trapp, Bice, Youngs and Jones
Grab Thunder Alley Wins
Evans Mills, NY - Thunder Alley Speed Park in Evans Mills NY, closed
its 2006 season with double points for all divisions while they
crowned their track champions.
Tyler Bartlett and Bob Bennett led the field to green with Bartlett
taking early command of the 21-car field. Ryan Bartlett and Tim Sears
moved around Bob Bennett to take over the second and third position
while Mike Adderly worked on the back of Tim O’Brien’s bumper in the
fifth place position. Frankie Caprara was making his name known as he
moved under Adderly to take over the sixth position and challenged Tim
O’Brien for fifth. Frankie Caprara moved low under Bennett to take
over position three and then quickly moved under Tyler Bartlett for
second. Billy Dunn moved under Tim Sears to take over fifth position
as Dunn easily worked his way up from his 11th place starting
position. Dunn then moved under Bob Bennett for the third position
while Frankie Caprara took the lead away from Ryan Bartlett. Mike
Adderly began to apply pressure to Caprara while Lance Willix watched
the battle from his fifth place running position. Pat O’Brien moved
under Danny O’Brien to take over the sixth position while Lance Willix
moved under Mike Adderly for fourth. Pat O’Brien wasted no time as he
moved under Willix to take over fourth and Billy Dunn to take over the
third position. O’Brien then set his sights on Ryan Bartlett and
Frankie Caprara who currently held the second and first positions on
the field. When the checkered flag flew, Frankie Caprara picked up win
number five at Thunder Alley. Caprara also took the Big Block
Championship at Thunder Alley while Pat O’Brien took the 358 Modified
Championship for 2006.
In the 20 lap Sportsman Feature, Dan Ferguson and Tyler Rand led the
field to green with Ferguson commanding lap one. Jordan Bennett slid
under Rand and Ferguson to take over the lead while Jack Meeks worked
his magic under Brandon Sweet to take over the second position. On lap
three, current point leader Chris Higgins slowed on the front stretch
and went pit side. Jack Meeks moved high around Jordan Bennett on lap
four to take over the lead of the field, while Chris Raabe moved under
Mark Webb to take over position number four. Brandon Sweet and Chris
Raabe wasted no time as they slid under Jordan Bennett to take over
position two and three while Raabe tried to move under Sweet. Billy
Eisele moved into the top five by moving under Mark Webb for the
position, Eisele then moved under Bennett to take over position four.
Meanwhile the rest of the field tried to catch up to Jack Meeks who
was commanding the field, but had no success as Meeks went on to pick
up the win at the 2006 Sportsman Championship at Thunder Alley.
OJ White and Jessica Powers led the field of 4 Cylinder Foreign cars
to green with OJ taking the early lead on the field. Nelson Bice moved
under OJ White to take over the lead while OJ moved to second, Mike
Durham to third and JR Durham to fourth. Mike Durham moved under OJ to
take over the second position but it was not enough as Nelson Bice
took the checkered flag.
Jim Quinn and Chuck Monica led the field to Matt Burdick’s green flag
with Quinn taking over the early lead on the field. Dave Travis
quickly moved into the second position and held that spot as Brian
McConnell rounded out the top three. Point leader going into the
evening was Mike Trapp and he sat in fourth as Robert Scott rounded
out the top five. Trapp quickly moved into the second position and set
his sights on the leader with one lap remaining. Trapp would take over
the lead and the win.
In the Truck Division, David Blair and Kevin Bice commanded the field
to green with Blair taking the lead and Kris Bice in second. On lap
five, Kris Bice took over the lead on the field while John Van Tassell
filled into second. When the checkered flag flew, Bice picked up the
win. In the 6/8 Cylinder Bill Youngs and Jiggs Jones picked up the
wins.
This past Friday evening, Thunder Alley closed out its 2006 racing
season. Thunder Alley will conclude its 2006 season with the annual
banquet, with the date and location to be announced in the near
future. For information on upcoming events and the 2007 season, please
check the tracks website at
www.thunderalleyspeedpark.com. We hope
to see you in 2007!
Quick Results
Modified (30 Laps) – Frankie Caprara, Ryan Bartlett, Pat
O’Brien (SB), Lance Willix (SB), Billy Dunn, Danny O’Brien (SB), Mike
Adderly (SB), Tim O’Brien, Bob Bennett, Jeff Sykes (SB), Larry Welling
(SB), Jason Potter, Justin Mason (SB), Andy Lloyd (SB), Scott
Parliament (SB), Cricket Mandigo (SB), Tim Sears, Tyler Bartlett, Zach
Aubertine, Tim Harris, Paul Kinney (SB)
Sportsman (20 Laps) – JACK MEEKS, Chris Raabe, Brandon Sweet,
Billy Eisele, Jordan Bennett, Tyler Rand, Brandon Warner, Kevin
Phillips II, Dan Ferguson, Dana Aikins, Mark Webb, Chris Higgins
4 Cylinder Foreign- NELSON BICE, Mike Durham, OJ White, William
Law, Michael Stewart, Travis Rivers, Jeff Cronk, Richard Finley, Don
Woodworth, JR Durham, Jessica Powers, Robert Martin, Steve Morris,
Jack Jones
4 Cylinder Domestic- MIKE TRAPP, Jim Quinn, Brian McConnell,
Robert Scott, Jake McConnell, Bob Teft, Dan Way, Chuck Monica, Jeff
Trapp, Larry Teft, Rick Petrie, Ben Van Tassel, Dave Travis, Thren
Pankey, Steve Malbouf, Randy Bowman, Jock Symonds
6/8 Cylinder – Bill Youngs, Russell Bice, Verne Harris – Jiggs
Jones, Al Harris, Matt Zira, Scott Lampson, Stefan Burnham
Truck – KRIS BICE, Mike Durham, David Blair Jr., John Van
Tassel, Kevin Bice
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