Stewart Friesen, Rocky Warner Top Hall of Fame 100 Spectacular at Weedsport Speedway
Story By: Dan Kapuscinski / Weedsport Speedway Media
Photos By: Jay Fish / Racersguide.com
WEEDSPORT, NY -July 12, 2017 – Weedsport Speedway’s Hall of Fame 100 played out on a perfect Tuesday evening with Stewart Friesen claiming the 100-lap, $10,000 to win, Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modified special in a nail biter over Tim McCreadie, as Rocky Warner dominated the 25-lap Beyea Custom Headers Sportsman Shootout Series main.
Friesen topped a field of 34 Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds after taking the lead from McCreadie on lap 51 following a mid-race caution.
McCreadie led the first 50 laps before Friesen took command, but T-Mac battled back in the late stages. After a restart with just three laps to go McCreadie threw one last gasp at Friesen, but fell short, as Larry Wight chased the top two across the stripe with Tim Fuller, Erick Rudolph, Peter Britten, Gary Tomkins, Billy Decker, Rob Bellinger, and Brett Hearn finishing the top ten positions.
The Beyea Custom Headers Sportsman Shootout Series saw Nick Guererri and Kevin Root lead the field to green with Guererri taking the early advantage.
Warner eventually charged from the third position to take the lead on lap 9 and pulled away to a convincing victory in the second green to checkered Sportsman main of the season at Weedsport.
Taylor Caprara, Kevin Ridley, and Root finished the top five with Guererri, Tyler Trump, Willy Decker Jr., Todd Root, and Ronnie Davis III finishing the top ten.
A field of 33 Sportsman were on hand Tuesday evening.
Weedsport Speedway returns to action on Sunday, August 13 with the WACK 1420AM ESS Sprint Car Legends Reunion fueled by Pit Stop Convenience Stores along with the Beyea Custom Headers Sportsman Shootout Series.
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Super DIRTcar Series Hall of Fame 100
Weedsport Speedway – Weedsport, NY
Tuesday, July 11
Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds
Hall of Fame 100 (100-laps): 1. 44 – Stewart Friesen, 2. 39 – Tim McCreadie, 3. 99L – Larry Wight, 4. 25 – Erick Rudolph, 5. 21A – Peter Britten, 6. 19 – Tim Fuller, 7. 84 – Gary Tomkins, 8. 91 – Billy Decker, 9. 3 – Justin Haers, 10. 42P – Pat Ward, 11. 11R – Rob Bellinger, 12. 7X – Steve Paine, 13. 6H – Max McLaughlin, 14. 14J – Alan Johnson, 15. 20 – Brett Hearn, 16. 8 – Rich Scagliotta, 17. 43 – Keith Flach, 18. X – Chad Phelps, 19. 98H – Jimmy Phelps, 20. 33 – Mike Mahaney, 21. 7M – Mike Maresca, 22. 23 – Kyle Coffey, 23. 34 – Andrew Ferguson, 24. 109 – Billy Whittaker, 25. 19W – Justin Wright, 26. 22 – Brandon Walters, 27. 5H – Chris Hile, 28. 21G – Kody Graham, 29. 14 – CG Morey, 30. 93 – Ryan Bartlett, 31. 16 – Mike Bowman
Heat #1 (8-laps, 5-Qualify): 1. 20 – Brett Hearn, 2. 8 – Rich Scagliotta, 3. 39 – Tim McCreadie, 4. 43 – Keith Flach, 5. 19W – Justin Wright, 6. 34 – Andrew Ferguson, 7. 33 – Mike Mahaney, 8. 21G – Kody Graham, 9. 21Y – Yan Bussiere
Heat #2 (8-laps, 5-Qualify): 1. 99L – Larry Wight, 2. 44 – Stewart Friesen, 3. 6H – Max McLaughlin, 4. 84 – Gary Tomkins, 5. 5H – Chris Hile, 6. X – Chad Phelps, 7. 23 – Kyle Coffey, 8. 14 – CG Morey
Heat #3 (8-laps, 5-Qualify): 1. 25 – Erick Rudolph, 2. 3 – Justin Haers, 3. 21A – Peter Britten, 4. 11R – Rob Bellinger, 5. 7X – Steve Paine, 6. 7M – Mike Maresca, 7. 22 – Brandon Walters, 8. 4 – Tim Murphy
Heat #4 (8-laps, 5-Qualify): 1. 91 – Billy Decker, 2. 19 – Tim Fuller, 3. 98H – Jimmy Phelps, 4. 42P – Pat Ward, 5. 14J – Alan Johnson, 6. 109 – Billy Whittaker, 7. 93 – Ryan Bartlett, 8. 16 – Mike Bowman
Consi (10-laps, 6-Qualify): 1. 34 – Andrew Ferguson, 2. 109 – Billy Whittaker, 3. X – Chad Phelps, 4. 7M – Mike Maresca, 5. 22 – Brandon Walters, 6. 33 – Mike Mahaney, 7. 23 – Kyle Coffey, 8. 93 – Ryan Bartlett, 9. 14 – CG Morey, 10. 16 – Mike Bowman, 11. 21G – Kody Graham, 12. 4 – Tim Murphy, 13. 48 – Dave Rauscher DNS, 14. 21 – Yan Bussiere DNS
Beyea Custom Headers Sportsman Shootout Series
Feature (25-laps): 1. 1J – Rocky Warner, 2. M1 – Dave Marcuccilli, 3. 21T – Taylor Caprara, 4. 20X – Kevin Ridley, 5. 34 – Kevin Root, 6. 25G – Nick Guererri, 7. 9X – Tyler Trump, 8. 1X – Willy Decker, 9. 15 – Todd Root, 10. 32R – Ron Davis III, 11. 99 – Ben Wheeler, 12. 18P – Casey Pavlick, 13. 12G – Matt Guererri, 14. 60 – Jackson Gill, 15. 38 – Zach Sobotka, 16. 111 – Brett Senek, 17. 82 – Will Shields, 18. 27Z – Dylan Zacharias, 19. 24K – Nick Krause, 20. 98T – Tyler Thompson, 21. 713 – Tom Collins, 22. 16 – Earl Rudy, 23. 20 – Dave Schilling, 24. 31B – Corey Barker, 25. 52 – Jessica Power, 26. 72 – Mike Prentice
Heat #1 (8-laps, 5-Qualify) 1. 15 – Todd Root, 2. 27Z – Dylan Zacharias, 3. 1X – Willy Decker, 4. 18P – Casey Pavlick, 5. 98T – Tyler Thompson, 6. 20 – Dave Schilling, 7. 52 – Jessica Power, 8. 21X – Eric Williams, 9. 22 – Geoffrey Daugherty
Heat #2 (8-laps, 5-Qualify): 1. 20X – Kevin Ridley, 2. 32R – Ron Davis III, 3. 1J – Rocky Warner, 4. 24K – Nick Krause, 5. 60 – Jackson Gill, 6. 82 – Will Shields, 7. 22J – Jeremy Dygert, 8. 21X – Jeff Devolli, 9. 21XX – Marty Kelly
Heat #3 (8-laps, 5-Qualify): 1. 21T – Taylor Caprara, 2. M1 – Dave Marcuccilli, 3. 9X – Tyler Trump, 4. 72 – Mike Prentice, 5. 111 – Brett Senek, 6. 713 – Tom Collings, 7. 21C – Brian Calabresse, 8. 1T – Charlie Tibbits
Heat #4 (8-laps, 5-Qualify): 1. 99 – Ben Wheeler, 2. 34 – Kevin Root, 3. 25G – Nick Guererri, 4. 12G – Matt Guererri, 5. 31 – Corey Barker, 6. 3 – Jacob Dijen, 7. 16 – Earl Rudy, 8. 38 – Zach Sobotka
Consi (8-laps, 4-Qualify): 1. 713 – Tom Collins, 2. 20 – Dave Schilling, 3. 38 – Zach Sobotka, 4. 82 – Will Shields, 5. 52 – Jessica Power, 6. 16 – Earl Rudy, 7. 21C – Brian Calabresse, 8. 22J – Jeremy Dygert, 9. 3 – Jacob Dijen, 10. 21C – Jeff Devoli, 11. 22 – Geoff Daugherty, 12. 21X – Eric Williams, 13. 1T – Charlie Tibbits, 14. 21XX – Marty Kelly
About Weedsport Speedway: Purchased in 2013 by Al Heinke, Weedsport Speedway has returned to a real racers track, providing a complete venue for racers, their families and friends, and for the fans looking for motorsports entertainment. Officially opened for the first time on July 24, 1955 – the Weedsport Speedway 3/8 mile dirt oval has produced a legendary list of drivers and champions including Will Cagle, Danny Johnson, Bob McCreadie, Alan Johnson, Jack Johnson, and Dave Lape to name a few. Today the facility welcomes the best of the best in dirt short track racing from the Craftsman World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series to the Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds along with the DIRTcar 358-Modifieds, Sportsman, Pro Stocks, and more. While racing entertainment is the focal point, Weedsport Speedway has gone the extra mile in welcoming Weedsport Productions, which brings the facility full circle with a dedicated digital entertainment team for web, television, and on site screen usage.
