Snydersville Quick Winners

Russell Benke, Jr. Sportsman
Brian Correll, Sr. Sportsman
Walt Morrison, Modified

WFMT Shellhammers Video

Race Weather

This Friday night Snydersville is running again. The Forecast calls for lows of 65 degrees and only a 20% chance of thunderstorms later in the evening.Saturday OVRP and Poughkeepsie are running with high temperatures expected to be 81 at OVRP and 90 at Poughkeepsie with lows around 65. The chance of rain showers after 8 PM exists for Kipsie while OVRP escapes with only Thunderstorm watches.

Snydersville results from 6 20 08

The features were rained out so all heat winneres were declaired feature winners.

Microstock Modified Carl Scheier
Microstock Controlled Harry Ladlee Sr.
Microstock Sportsman Jim Ackerman

K&K on Display

June 21st the K&K Race Team hauled the #90 and #99 Modified Micro Stocks to New Egypt Speedway as part of the C&M Automotive Warehouse Night At The Races. C&M held a picnic just outside Victory Lane where K&K Team Drivers Tom Ervin and Bill Kriegner Jr. spent most of the evening meeting with interested race fans.

Victory Lane at New Egypt Speedway is at the north end of the grand stands, so the cars were accessable to the race fans in attendance. The C&M Picnic had 100 registered guests, and the crowd around the cars included fans from the stands and drivers from the pits. We even had visits from three former Micro Stock racers.


Since the #99 was all cleaned up and sporting a show body, Tom hauled it the next day to the Mid Jersey Antique Automobile Club car show in Hamilton, NJ in the back of his 1964 Ranchero. Both cars drew a lot of attention at the show, and Tom handed out Micro Stock literature to interested parties. Rain interrupted the show twice, but it helped to wash away the little remaining New Egypt dust that Tom had missed.


The Modified Outlaw Micro Stocks will return to action on Saturday, July 5th on The Dirt Oval at Oakland Valley Raceway in Cuddebackville, N.Y. Come out and see the fireworks!

Press Release courtesy of Tom Ervin
1st Photo courtesy of Robin Ervin
2nd Photo courtest of Joe (3Wides)www.3widespicturevault.com

Poughkeepsie 6 21 08

6 21 08 Poughkeepsie Speedway

The Track went from extremely fast to a bit slick and we had one heck of a time getting a hold of it. However, the 12a and 94 made huge strides in their setups as well as confidence. Both cars and drivers will prove to be tough competitors next time out.

3 practice sessions, multiple minor problems and a slick track kept the drivers wrenching on the cars all afternoon. Everyone was ready for the heat race where all 3 cars crossed the finish line within 10 foot of each other.

The Feature saw the 12a on pole followed by the 24x and the 94. At the drop of the green flag the group again was so close it was anyone's race. Then the 12a lost a chain giving the lead to the 24x who swapped the lead with the 94 putting crossover moves on each other for the next few laps. Then the 24x did a little lawn mowing and the 94 got away by 20 foot. The 24x was able to close the gap some but ran out of time giving the win to the 94.


Photo's by JTAction Krol Photography
"We make you look good"

Quick and dirty results

WFMT-Shellhammers
1. Tommy Kosch
2. Jim Scherer
3. Kenny Lund
4. Don Boonstra
5. Roberto Gonzales
6. George Bark Jr.

Poughkeepsie
1. Carl Weinacker
2. Jeff Weinacker
3. Gary Scheffen

Race reports and pictures to come as well as Snydersville results.

Thanks Kenny for the Shelly's results.

Bakemark ups the ante for WFMT doubleheader

Don Boonstra, owner of the #55 World Formula Modified has announced that BakeMark USA has increased the sponsorship for the World Formula Modified Tour's big doubleheader weekend this coming July. The "BakeMark Classic" will span both nights as the tour makes innuagural stops at Selinsgrove Raceway Park and the Greenwood Valley Action Track on July 25th and July 26th respectively. In an effort to encourage participation at both races, there will be a $300 point fund for a total point accumulation for the weekend's events, paying back to 10th place. Additionally, Bakemark will also be adding $50 to the winners share at each race.

BakeMark USA is a leading distributor and manufacturer of fine bakery & food ingredients with over 90 years of service to the baking industry. BakeMark is recognized as a trusted partner for all types of bakery products with 18 branches located across the United States, and serving Europe, South America and Asia through it's international and European divisons.

The prize money for the "BakeMark Classic" will be allocated as follows:

Sellingsgrove Winner-$50.00
Greenwood Valley Winner-$50.00

Series winner-$75.00
2nd place-$55.00
3rd place-$45.00
4th place-$35.00
5th place-$25.00
6th place-$20.00
7th place-$15.00
8th place-$10.00
9th place-$10.00
10th place-$10.00





Kenny Lund-Promoter
World Formula Modified Tour
www.worldformulamicrostock.com

The Weekend Ahead

Good morning racers and race fans! On tap this weekend is some more great racing from a variety or top quality racing venues. (In my head I can hear the announcers Jackie Stewart and Jack Arute... can you hear them too?)

Friday night the venue is Snydersville Speedway, This great little bull ring's weather forecast is calling for a low tempreture of 54 degrees with a 20% chance of brief showers with the threat of rain ending around 5 PM. Leaving nothing to worry about other than the set up in the car and threats of the "Mine Hill Gang" rolling in to town. I wonder if those threats will ever become reality.

On Saturday we have a total of 3 tracks open for business. OVRP will be open and a few cars may be there testing. Poughkeepsie Speedway will also be open for their Night Series where the gates open at 2 PM and racing begins at 4 PM and there is Shellhammers, A fast dirt track that's due to see the World Formula Microstock Tour hit with a vengeance. With the WFMT expecting to see around 10 cars lets hope the moth-balled cars and those racing only at their local track will venture out and give it a try.

Saturdays weather is looking good with high temperatures in the high 70's to low 80 and the only threat of rain may be a passing thunderstorm late in the day or early evening. Bring the sun screen, pop up tents and a few weights just in case the Thunderstorms whip up some wind to hold the tents down.

Scherer Wins Back To Back

Poughkeepsie, NY: The World Formula Modified Tour, backed by Briggs & Stratton Motor sports, had another large field on hand for the tour’s 2nd race of the season. The event was held at the super fast Poughkeepsie Speedway. The 30 lap feature started hotly contested with the #17 of pole sitter Kenny Lund and 2nd place starter #94 Carl Weinnacker, with Weinnacker getting jump only be re-passed by Lund on the back straight. Lund held the lead for the first two circuits as a unbelievable battle was on hand between the 12A of Gary Scheffen, 8w of Jeff Miller and the racy 24X of Jeff Weinnacker. This is when the 4TJ of Jim Scherer went to work; starting from the 7th spot caught the trio and started picking them off one by one assuming the 2nd spot by the end of lap 4. Following


Scherer though the congestion was the heat winner, asphalt standout Mike Andrews in the #60over who had to start dead last after a complete invert of the heat finishing order.


Scherer now set his sights on leader Lund and pulled aside him on lap 5. The two ran side by side for almost two laps with Andrews now in tow. The faster Scherer stole the lead on lap 7 and Andrews followed in his wake, for a brief moment it looked like a fierce battle was going to evolve but Scherer showed his muscle and started to pull away. The extra race distance showed to be difficult as it took its toll when rookie racer Roberto Sanchez followed by Scheffen as well Miller pulled off due to mechanical difficulties. This now left Scherer a clear track to improve his lead over Andrews where by the completion of the event he was a full straight ahead claiming his 2nd victory.


The final finishing order was: Jim Scherer, Mike Andrews, Kenny Lund, Carl Weinnacker, Jeff Weinnacker, Jeff Miller, Gary Scheffen, and Roberto Sanchez


The next scheduled World Formula Modified Tour race is on June 21st at Shellhammers Speedway.

Thanks To Kenny Lund for the press release.

Micro Stocks at New Egypt Speedway

New Egypt, NJ - Saturday, June 21st the John Kazmierski #90 and Tom Ervin #99 Modified Micro Stocks will be on display at New Egypt Speedway as part of the C&M Automotive Warehouse Night at the Races. The K&K Industries Micro Stock Race Team competes with sponsorship from C&M Automotive Warehouse, and has already represented C&M Automotive Warehouse in victory lane twice so far this season. K&K Race Team drivers Tom Ervin and Bill Kriegner Jr. will be on hand to meet with race fans as the cars are displayed outside of Victory Lane this Saturday night at New Egypt Speedway.
Thanks to Tom Ervin

It makes you wonder (if the track were a bit smoother) what Microstocks could do on the big dirt track of NES.
I sure hope there will be a few pictures of the cars on display available for me to post.

Snydersville 6-6/13-08

I just got the Snydersville results from the last two weekends. The usual cast of characters is still there winning while the "Mine Hill Gang" continues to make threats about challenging while rumors of a few stragglers drifting in sometime soon continue to circulate.

6/13/08 Snydersville results
Russell Benke topped the Microstock Jr. Sportsman, Harry Ladlee Sr. got the win in the Sr. Micostock Controlled and Brian Correll took the Sr. Sportsman win.

6/6/08 Snydersville results
Microstock Division wins went to Aaron Yarosh, Lea Anna Tonkin, Brian Correll and Drew Yarosh and Alexis Bridges.

Weekend Racin'

Once again Snydersville is set to go with perfect weather dropping to a low of 58 tonight and clear skies. If you can't make that one OVRP will be open for their 6th points race of the year. highs around 81 and a 40% chance of thunderstorms means to me that the track may get watered one extra time during the day. Poughkeepsie is not running this weekend and no other big tracks are hosting microstocks that I am aware of. So there it is, 2 places to race both dirt.

MOM Unofficial points standings

M.O.M. Points as of 5/26/08

1 #99 280
2 #6 270
3 #82 220
4 #16 140
4 #12 140
4 #5 140
7 #90 100
8 #93 90
8 #88 90
10 #8 70
10 #3 70
10 #76 70

Waiting on results

while nothing has been posted and no information seems to be out there anyplace I came across something interesting.

An Asphalt track re-opening!
Check it out.

Bethel, New York- After more than a year of lying dormant a Speedway breathes again. The speedway located in Historic Bethel NY that has operated since 1959 has new owners. They are passionate racers and race fans who are dedicated to fostering an environment that will allow long-term success for the Speedway. In fact, their family's race team actually raced the first race at the speedway 49 years ago.

FGR, Inc. has negotiated an agreement with Dave & Joanne Rocket to revive the closed facility. A spokesperson from FGR, Inc. stated that, “Given their past success at race track promoting, the choice for us to have the Rockets control operations here was easy. They are the most proven promoters of this historic track operating it for seven years with a very successful program.”

An anticipated opening date in July is projected. For more information, a meeting is being held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 15 Crossroads Court & Route 17K, (Next to Orange County Choppers World Headquarters) in Newburgh, NY on Sunday, June 15, 2007, at 7:30 pm.

The Weekend Ahead

Friday snuck up on me this time!
Ok.. Where to race this weekend?
Friday Snydersville will once a gain be open with the usual cast of characters buzzing around the well groomed bull pen. As usual racing starts around 6 pm, so run back home and hook up that trailer on lunch time! Weather looks good and the tempreture will be mild with a low of 65 and no rain in sight. Perfect for racing!
Saturday you have two choices OVRP where it may be a bit crowded as they have a national sling shot event going on and Poughkeepsie who is running their first night race of the season.
Poughkeepsie's night series schedule has them opening the gates at 2 PM and the track will open for first practice at 4 PM. I would expect the usual well run program on a fast, fast 1/5th mile paved oval. Both OVRP and Poughkeepsie are predicted to see high temperatures in the low 90's during the day. Bring your tents and lots of fluids, keep hydrated and don't forget the sun screen!

Good luck everyone! Please, if you can, send me your race report and pictures.

Snydersville Results

Snydersville once again saw great racing action in the Microstock divisions. A.J. Tonkin won the Jr. Sportsman event,

Aaron Yarosh won the Modified main,


Jim Ackerman won the Sr. Sportsman event.


Mysti Gargone won the Sr. Microstock Controlled feature.



You have to wonder when the famed "Mine Hill Gang" will roll in to town and try to shake things up. I have heard rumors that just such an event may happen sometime during the month of June. Can the locals fend off the assault or will Mine Hill reign supreme?

Photo's provided by Jim Young Race Photo's
http://www.racesongs.com/