West Lebanon, NY: The mighty high banks at
Lebanon Valley Speedway played host to many legendary drivers throughout is
nearly 3 decades of racing history. Maynard Forrette was just one
of the legends that were defined as a pioneer of the sport as we know it, but he
was also well known for being just Maynard.
A
special 30 Lap Modified Feature in his memory brought along a lice payday of a
cool $3,000 to the winner. The field of 24 came to the green with
the Kingfish, Mike King on the point with veteran racer Rob Pitcher right
alongside.
By
turn 2, Pitcher gained the advantage, and began to pull away.
King’s ride began to fade through the field, but it was clear that
Pitcher was gonna have the car to beat. In the middle of the
field, the battle was on as Brett Hearn, Donnie Corellis and J.R. Heffner began
to battle through the field to make a run at the big money.
Corellis’ #57 slowed by lap 6 with a driveline issue, and Kenny Tremont
Jr’s #115 went pitside soon thereafter. Hearn’s #20H and Heffner’s
#74 were deep in a heated battle as the #17 of Pitcher stretched out his
commanding lead.
Hearn hit the afterburners with just over a handful of laps remaining to
get to the runner-up spot, but that was as far as he was gonna get, as Rob
Pitcher led wire to wire for the green to checkers win in the Maynard Forrette
Memorial, and the $3,000 that went with it!
Hearn crossed the line 2nd followed by Paul Gilardi, Steve
Hough and Kyle Armstrong to round out the top 5 finishers.
In
the LV Sportsman 20 lap feature event, Sean Mandel’s Ford powered #66 jumped out
to the early lead from his front row starting position, and battled veteran
racer Frank Harper down the stretch. At the checkers, only 6
inches separated 1st from 2nd, as Mandel held off the hard
charging challenges from Harper to score his first career Sportsman
win.
Harper settled for 2nd followed by Brett Haas, Chad Pierce and
Steve Meilleur to complete the top 5.
In
the full fendered Pro Stock 20 lap feature, several cautions slowed the field
early. Chuck Towslee kept his #23 at the head of the class and out
of trouble early, which set up a second half spectacle that had the fans at the
edge of their seats for most of the 2nd half of the race.
Towslee, Paul LaRochelle, Victor Hopkins, Robbie Speed, Chad Jeseo and
Jay Corbin ran bumper to bumper, door to door for over a dozen green flag laps
for the most exciting battle of the night.
But
at the end of it all, Towslee held on for the win over Jeseo, LaRochelle, Speed
and Hopkins rounding out the top 5 finishers.
In
the Purestocks, Dave Stickles took home the win in PS#1, Scott Morris charged
for the win in PS#2, while Al Relyea scored his 3rd win of the
season. Steven Loomis won in the Dual Cam 4 Cylinders, while Jim
Williams took the win in the Single Cams.
Next
Saturday Night is the KeyBank and Anderson Equipment Steve Hough Motors 358
Modifieds along with the full weekly divisions on tap! Then on
June 9th, it’s the Alarms of Berkshire County and Halpin’s Grub and
Grog presenting Biker Night with the return of the Pro Stock Echo Series and
Budget Sportsman.
For
more information, schedule of events, news and more, visit our website at
www.LebanonValley.com, and click
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Buanno trucking $3,000 to Win Maynard Forrette Modified Memorial
Results (30 Laps): 1)Rob Pitcher, 2)Brett Hearn, 3)Paul Gilardi, 4)Steve
Hough, 5)Kyle Armstrong, 6)Andy Bachetti, 7)J.R. Heffner, 8)Kyle Sheldon,
9)Eddie Marshall, 10)Brian Berger, 11)Keith Flach, 12)Kyle Hoffman, 13)Kolby
Schroder, 14)J. C. Flach, 15)Jimmy Burns, 16)Mike Keeler, 17)Denny Soltis,
18)Wayne Jelley, 19)Matt Pupello, 20)Mike King, 21)Mark Flach Jr, 22)Kenny
Tremont Jr, 23)Brandon Pitcher, 24)Donnie Corellis, DNS)Ted Teal, DNS)Dan
Humes
LV Sportsman Results (20 Laps): 1)Sean Mandel, 2)Frank Harper,
3)Brett Haas, 4)Chad Pierce, 5)Steve Meilleur, 6)Kim Lavoy, 7)Alan Houghtaling,
8)Ryan Darcy, 9)Darek Schibi, 10)Olden Dwyer, 11)Mike Malloy, 12)Brandon
Piastka, 13)Pete Carlotto (B), 14)Brandon Page (B), 15)Dylan Gibson, 16)Brian
Sandstedt, 17)Jim Bemiss (B)
Pro Stock Results (20 Laps): 1)Chuck Towslee, 2)Chad Jeseo, 3)Paul
LaRochelle, 4)Robbie Speed, 5)Victor Hopkins, 6)Jay Corbin, 7)Brian Keough,
8)Rick Duzlak, 9)John Santolin, 10)Jon Routhier, 11)Mark Dupree, 12)Tyler
Cusanelli, 13)Milo Campbell, 14)Tom O'Connor, DNS)Jason Casey, DNS)Jay Casey,
DNS)Nick Hilt
Purestock #1 (8 Laps): 1)Dave Stickles, 2)Dan Cote, 3)Jeremy
Closson, 4)Jim Groncki, 5)Gil Twing, 6)Gary Vandenburg, 7)Ed Hubbard, 8)Michael
Felter, 9)Joe Walcott, 10)Scott Adams, 11)Matt Cross, 12)Joe Chenail
Purestock #2 (8 Laps): 1)Scott Morris, 2)Ed Bachand, 3)Shannon
Popp, 4)Rich Roger, 5)Larry Perez, 6)Steven LaRochelle, 7)Chris Bierce, 8)Harold
Robitalle, 9)DeeDee Cross, 10)Jay Casey, 11)Doug Olds, DQ)Dennis
O'Connor
Purestock #3 (12 Laps): 1)Al Relyea, 2)Jeff Meltz Sr., 3)James
Hatch, 4)Bob Palmer, 5)John Felarecki, 6)Lou Ganczar, 7)Jason Meltz, 8)John
Devine, 9)Phil Sherman, 10)Ray Hall Sr, 11)Lynn Wesley, 12)Chris Streeter,
13)Ron Johnson, 14)Phil Wood, DNS)Bob Brown
4
Cylinder Dual Cam Results (15 Laps): 1)Steven Loomis, 2)Sarah Bohlin,
3)Victoria Boyles, 4)Art Clement, 5)Todd Goldstein, 6)Mike Duncan, 7)Marty
Poole, 8)Manny Perez
4 Cylinder Single Cam Results (15 Laps):
1)Jim Williams, 2)Brandon Ely, 3)Steve Burbank, 4)Josh Dupree, 5)Victor
Duncan, 6)Jason Carron, 7)Keith Tesiero SR, 8)Danny, Webber, 9)Nick Mokhiber,
10)Brian Blanck, 11)Tucker Warman, 12)Chris Danylieko, 13)Keith Tesiero JR,
14)Jeff Meltz, 15)Don Curley, 16)Tyler Doran, 17)Gary Malloy,
18)James Street, 19)Karen Verhagen, 20)Jesse Sheets
Press release provided by Lebanon Valley Speedway
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