Austin Susice & Daryl Ruggles Join Erick Rudolph as Heroes Remembered Champions at Weedsport

Austin Susice & Daryl Ruggles Join Erick Rudolph as Heroes Remembered Champions at Weedsport

Story By: Dan Kapuscinski/Weedsport Speedway

Photos By: Jeff & Matt Clemons & Mark Ranalletta/RacersGuide.com

WEEDSPORT, NY (May 28, 2019) – Beautiful blue skies and a packed grandstand greeted racers in three separate divisions at Weedsport Speedway’s Heroes Remembered 100 on Monday, May 27 with Austin Susice and Daryl Ruggles joining Erick Rudolph on Victory Hill at night’s end.

Susice started just his second DIRTcar Sportsman main event at Weedsport on Monday and made the most of it wheeling his No. 81 machine. Susice led all 25-laps of the first Sportsman event of the year at Weedsport, beating out veterans Jackson Gill and Kevin Root for the $1,000 pay day.

Starting from the outside of row one, Susice slid by polesitter Gill on a complete restart to snag the top spot, a lead he would never relinquish once out front.

Root utilized the outside of the speedway in the early going and looked as though he would be a winning contender in the middle stages of the race. However, once he tucked in behind Susice and Gill at the front of the pack, he had little left in a bid for the victory.

AJ Miller and Alan Fink battled hard inside the top five for the majority of the event with Matt Janczuk charging to a sixth-place finish ahead of Matt Guererri, Brandon Ford, Steve Gray and Andrew Smith in the top ten.

A total of 58 Sportsman opened the season at Weedsport on Monday with Smith, Root, Fink, Eric Giguere, Ben Wheeler and Guererri winning heat races.

Consolation events went to Will Shields and Jessica Power.

The next Sportsman event at Weedsport will be the prestigious and lucrative Sportsman Classic presented by Stirling Lubricants and Champion Racing Oil on Tuesday, July 2. The DIRTcar Sportsman Series event will again pay $2,500 to the winner of the 75-lap special.

Daryl Ruggles was the big winner in the 24-car CRSA Sprint Car main event on Monday.

Ruggles won a thriller of Billy VanInwegen, Alysha Bay, Johnny Scarborough and Jeff Trombley in the top five.

Weedsport Speedway’s next event is the All-Star Showcase featuring Tony Stewart and the All-Star Circuit of Champions 410 Sprint Cars along with the Stirling Lubricants/Champion Racing Oil Big Block Modifieds.

Pit gates will open on June 9 at 4 p.m. with grandstand gates swinging open at 5 p.m. Racing action is slated to take place at 7 p.m.

Reserved seating is set at $32 with FREE Fan Pit Pass Upgrades available through June 5.

General admission seating for adults is $28, with kids 11-17 $12. Kids 10 and under are FREE.

DIRTcar Member pit admission is $32, non-member pit admission is $36.

Reserved camping is available for $30 with general camping marked at $24. Camping in The Great Outdoors RV Campgrounds now includes a host of amenities including all-new shower and restroom facilities.

Tickets for the June 9 All-Star Showcase are available online at www.weedsportspeedway.com.

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About Weedsport Speedway: 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. In 2018, Weedsport introduced the all-new Weedsport Kartway, just outside of the Speedway’s main pit area, to begin to foster the next generation of racers, crew members and race fans. Together, Weedsport Speedway and Kartway are excited to bring fans and followers a schedule of 15 racing events in 2019, hosting everything from Karts and Sprint Cars, to Late Models and Modifieds, Pro Stocks and Micro Sprints, even Flat Track Motorcycles. Couple the racing with state-of-the-art camping and track amenities, unmatched on-site television production capabilities, plus the ability for large scale concert productions and Weedsport is one of the marquee entertainment venues in the country.

Weedsport Speedway
Weedsport, NY
Heroes Remembered 100
Monday, May 27

QUICK RESULTS:

Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds

Heroes Remembered 100: 1. 25R – ERICK RUDOLPH, 2. 91 – Billy Decker, 3. 44 – Stewart Friesen, 4. 6H – Max McLaughlin, 5. 99L – Larry Wight, 6. 98H – Jimmy Phelps, 7. 5H – Chris Hile, 8. 83X – Tim Sears Jr., 9. 15 – Todd Root, 10. 35 – Mike Mahaney, 11. 9S – Matt Sheppard, 12. X – Chad Phelps, 13. 21A – Peter Britten, 14. 19 – Tim Fuller, 15. 3 – Justin Haers, 16. 11R – Rob Bellinger, 17. 23 – Kyle Coffey, 18. 88 – Mat Williamson, 19. 26 – Ryan Godown, 20. 14J – Alan Johnson, 21. M1 – Dave Marcuccilli, 22. 2L – Jack Lehner, 23. 42P – Pat Ward, 24. 3B – Chad Brachmann, 25. 27J – Danny Johnson, 26. 14W – Ryan Watt, 27. 9X – Tyler Trump, 28. 32R – Ronnie Davis III, 29. 111 – Demetrios Drellos, 30. 48T – Dave Rauscher, 31. 11J – James Sweeting

Heat Winners: Sheppard, Friesen, Mahaney, Brachmann, Rudolph
Consi Winners: Williamson, C. Phelps, J. Phelps, Bellinger

DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds

Feature (25-laps): 1. 81 – AUSTIN SUSICE, 2. 60 – Jackson Gill, 3. 34 – Kevin Root, 4. 14 – AJ Miller, 5. 28 – Alan Fink, 6. 33X – Matt Janczuk, 7. 12G – Matt Guererri, 8. 18 – Brandon Ford, 9. 29G – Steve Gray, 10. 1X – Andrew Smith, 11. 67G – Eric Giguere, 12. 21 – Taylor Caprara, 13. 2X – James Henry, 14. 99 – Ben Wheeler, 15. 82 – Will Shields, 16. 72 – Ajay Potrzebowski, 17. 27b – Robert Bublak Jr., 18. 3C – Chase Wolbert, 19. 15 – Adam Leslie, 20. 111B – Brett Senek, 21. 52 – Jessica Power, 22. 67 – Greg Doust, 23. 7Z – Zach Payne, 24. 64 – Tyler Corcoran, 25. 410 – Mike Fowler, 26. 38 – Zach Sobotka, 27. 10J – Josh Livingston, 28. 86 – Matt Steffenhagen

CRSA Sprint Cars

A-Main (20-laps): 1. 48 – DARYL RUGGLES, 2. 4 – Billy VanInwegen, 3. 48A – Alysha Bay, 4. 61 – Johnny Scarborough, 5. 3A – Jeff Trombley, 6. 26J – Johnny Kolosek, 7. 66 – Erik Karlson, 8. 410 – Gerry Sehn, 9. 1M – Justin Mills, 10. 10 – Dan Bennett, 11. 29 – Dalton Herrick, 12. 25W – Dana Wagner, 13. 07 – Brett Jaycox, 14. 121 – Steve Glover, 15. 56D – Peter Dance, 16. 13T – Trevor Years, 17. 9 – Jordan Noody, 18. 53 – Tom Fletcher, 19. 112 – Mike VanPelt, 20. 22M – Mark Briscott, 21. 75 – Brandyn Gardner, 22. 56 – Emily VanInwegen