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Monday, September 7Utica-rome Results
VERNON, N.Y. – In 2008, Jason Barney was the man to beat when the winged warriors of the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints visited the half-mile Utica-Rome Speedway. He won two out of the three events at the speedway.
This season Barney and his Jeff Walton owned team struggled to in the first two events.
On Sunday night, Barney got back to his winning ways at the Gene Cole owned facility to score the win in the SUNY Canton Racing 25-lap feature event.
The win was his sixth career with the club and it was worth $2,000. It came as part of the SUNY Canton mini-series.
“I didn’t think we would struggle this much here the first two races,”
stated Barney. “I’m happy we got one (win). It was our goal to win a race here and I’m glad we did it. I’ve driven a lot of great race cars in my life but this one is near the top.”
The winner of the last event at the speedway, Dan Kaszubinski, brought the field under the green flag with George Suprick on his outside after the driver scheduled to start on the pole elected to start scratch.
As the field entered the first corner, Barney jumped from his third starting position and grabbed the race lead heading into turn one.
“It is very important here where you start especially being in fresh air,”
commented Barney. “Guys can come from the back here. Chuck (Hebing) and Jessica (Zemken) is always tough and at the start Dan (Kaszubinski) was my main focus.
“My car took off good and I got good air on the wing when I drove it into one. I didn’t lift and I knew it was either going to go around in a circle or I was going to get the lead.”
Barney never looked back after taking command of the race as he was able to open up over a two second advantage before he entered slower traffic.
By the sixth circuit, Barney was slicing his way through slower traffic while Kaszubinski began closing in along with eighth place starter, Chuck Hebing.
Barney was mired in two and three wide traffic with Kaszubinski and Hebing knocking on the door on lap 16 when the caution was displayed for Jami Russell as he came to a stop off the high side of the speedway in turn four.
“I didn’t really want the caution at the end because we had just gotten to heavy lapped traffic,” said Barney. “I was struggling a little bit but I wanted to put as many guys between myself and the guys behind me as I could.
“I guess the caution was a good thing because my guys told me afterwards that they were closing in on us a little bit.”
This cleared the track in front of Barney giving him clean air to run in while Kaszubinski and Hebing had a couple of lapped cars between themselves and the race leader.
Barney drove away in the final nine laps to secure the victory.
Hebing, of Ontario, N.Y., coming off a Friday night win at Autodrome Granby passed Kaszubinski on the final lap in turns three and four to get the runner-up finish.
“Kaz (Kaszubinski) and I both struggled getting by George (Suprick) on that restart,” stated Hebing. “Jason (Barney) had a great race car but I wish that last caution had never come out cause we were all right there battling.”
Kaszubinski, of Syracuse, N.Y., came home with a solid third place finish at a track where he as amassed four series victories in the past.
“I got a pretty good history here at Utica-Rome,” said Kaszubinski. “We’ve haven’t run the full tour in a while but there was a couple years ago where we went 13 races in a row here where we finished in the top five. I really love this place.”
Jeff Cook, of Antwerp, N.Y., concluded the weekend with his third consecutive top five after he crossed the finish line in fourth. Cory Sparks, of Edinburg, N.Y., made a rare ESS start and finished in fifth.
Rounding out the top ten were Jessica Zemken, Lance Yonge, who earned the WestFront Construction Hard Charger bonus by advancing eight positions, current overall point leader Justin Barger, Michael Parent and Brian McDonald, who was being crewed by Mike LaSalle himself, ESS' Canadian Sprint Series title sponsor.
ESS/Utica-Rome Notes: Making his first ever sprint start was Northcountry sportsman star Matt Billings, he ran as a teammate to Chuck Hebing. Matt and his father Dean could be looking to do some more sprint shows in 2010...Making his ESS return after several years was Floyd Billington, unfortunately a blown engine sidelined him after the heats...Coming off back surgery, Jami Russell made his first start of 2009...Coming up from Virginia was Scott Davis and he too made his first ESS start of the year...Next Saturday, the stars and cars of ESS will give it a third try at the Merrittville Speedway.
SUNY Canton A-Main (25 laps): Jason Barney ($2,000), Chuck Hebing, Dan Kaszubinski, Jeff Cook, Cory Sparks, Jessica Zemken, Lance Yonge, Justin Barger, Michael Parent, Brian McDonald, Tommy Wickham, George Suprick, Doug Emery, Jim Porter, Matt Demitraszek, Scott Davis, Mike Stelter, Kory Gurney, Matt Billings, Jami Russell, Kevin Loveys. DNS Floyd Billington
Car Mate Custom Built Trailer Heat winners: Jessica Zemken, Jeff Cook and Chuck Hebing
Cobra Motorhomes Dash: Jeff Cook
The new motor was very strong and held its own with th 360's... Finally had fun racing this year, Stay Tuned for mor information!!!
Sunday, August 2
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Wednesday, July 29
UPDATE JULY 28th
The car is in Ny and we will no longer be running at virginia motorspeedway. It is no longer in our interest to run at VMS for the remainer of the season.
The car is in NY and will be running with the ESS, PSG and the CRSA.. We have put together a new motor and will race in NY for the reamainder of the year.. Please check us out on http://comeracewithus.com/
NEXT UP. SEPT 6th ESS Utica-Rome Speedway.
Thursday, May 21
SAT 23RD
After overheating and finishing 7th we are looking to get some track time sat to see if we have fixed the problem. The car is strong and no doubt a front running car. With the right set up and a good tight track during time trials the car will be there with the front running cars. As long as the track still stays sloppy during time trails we will tip toe through it and start in the rear of the field. Wrecking the car does not pay the bills..Thanks for checking back..
Bobby and kaz made there debut at blackrock speedway with the ascs. Started strong but after overheating as well kaz pulled off the track,,,
Sunday, April 19
April 25th
The car is fixed after the crash in practice The car wasnt ready to be on the track but we forced the issue and it def. didn't pay off. We are looking forward to getting the car back on the track. Come by and say hi we'll all be there
Sunday, February 22
NY to VA
We made the trip back from NY sat morning. We where planning on bring the car to hagerstown speedway to test it out for the first time but due to weather in the area it was cancelled. We did stop by the track and there was no rain or snow and 45 degrees. We put a few more pieces on the car and we are waiting for a few more things and the car will be 100% ready for the first race.
Friday, January 23
New news!!!
The team has now shifted its ownership after the crash in New York. After destroying the Maxim chassis, Brad purchased a new xxx chassis. We will be using the xxx as the primary with the freshend motor we have been using. With a new configuration being used in the motor we are looking to run in the front. The team will run on a week by week basis hitting and missing the 2009 season.
We would like to welcome back No Bull Bio Diesel and welcome the sticky bandit to the team. We are currently looking for more help to race the whole year. 757-773-5910
Thursday, January 8
TENTATIVE 2OO9 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
TENTATIVE 2OO9 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS APRIL 4 OPEN PRACTICE ALL DIVISIONS 11 OPEN PRACTICE ALL DIVISIONS 18 WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODELS $10K TO WIN, Sportsman, Modified. 25 Late Model, 305 Sprint Car, Limited Stock. MAY 2 RIR WEEKEND CLOSED 9 Late Model, Sportsman, 305 Sprint Car, Limited Stock. 16 OFF 23 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CARS, Modified. 30 Late Model, Sportsman, 305 Sprint Cars, Limited Stock. JUNE 6 OFF 13 Late Model, Sportsman, Modified, 305 Sprint Car, Limited Stock. 20 OFF 27 Late Model, Sportsman, Modified, 305 Sprint Car, Limited Stock. JULY 4 OFF 11 Late Model, Sportsman, Modified, 305 Sprint Car, Limited Stock. 18 OFF 25 Late Model, Sportsman, Modified, 305 Sprint Car, Limited Stock. AUGUST 1 OFF 8 MACS / CAROLINA CLASH 30TH ANNUAL USA 100 $10K TO WIN, Sportsman, Modified. 15 Late Model, 305 Sprint Car, Limited Stock. 22 OFF 29 Late Model, Sportsman, Modified, 305 Sprint Car, Limited Stock. SEPTEMBER 5 Late Model, Sportsman, Modified, 305 Sprint Car, Limited Stock. 12 RIR WEEKEND CLOSED 19 40TH ANNUAL FALL CLASSIC: Late Model, Sportsman, Modified, 305 Sprint, Limited Stock. 26 40TH ANNUAL FALL CLASSIC RAIN DATE O
Tuesday, November 18
Welcome Aboard Sticky Bandit
We would like to welcome Stinky Bandit Graphix to our racing team. They will be lettering the car for the 2009 season.. Please check out there website
http://www.stickybandit.com/main2.html
T-SHIRTS ARE IN
New T-shirts are in.. $15 with shipping included
Print is on front and back
pay with pay pay or send check or money order
Sunday, August 2
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Monday, September 7
Utica-rome Results
VERNON, N.Y. – In 2008, Jason Barney was the man to beat when the winged warriors of the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints visited the half-mile Utica-Rome Speedway. He won two out of the three events at the speedway.
This season Barney and his Jeff Walton owned team struggled to in the first two events.
On Sunday night, Barney got back to his winning ways at the Gene Cole owned facility to score the win in the SUNY Canton Racing 25-lap feature event.
The win was his sixth career with the club and it was worth $2,000. It came as part of the SUNY Canton mini-series.
“I didn’t think we would struggle this much here the first two races,”
stated Barney. “I’m happy we got one (win). It was our goal to win a race here and I’m glad we did it. I’ve driven a lot of great race cars in my life but this one is near the top.”
The winner of the last event at the speedway, Dan Kaszubinski, brought the field under the green flag with George Suprick on his outside after the driver scheduled to start on the pole elected to start scratch.
As the field entered the first corner, Barney jumped from his third starting position and grabbed the race lead heading into turn one.
“It is very important here where you start especially being in fresh air,”
commented Barney. “Guys can come from the back here. Chuck (Hebing) and Jessica (Zemken) is always tough and at the start Dan (Kaszubinski) was my main focus.
“My car took off good and I got good air on the wing when I drove it into one. I didn’t lift and I knew it was either going to go around in a circle or I was going to get the lead.”
Barney never looked back after taking command of the race as he was able to open up over a two second advantage before he entered slower traffic.
By the sixth circuit, Barney was slicing his way through slower traffic while Kaszubinski began closing in along with eighth place starter, Chuck Hebing.
Barney was mired in two and three wide traffic with Kaszubinski and Hebing knocking on the door on lap 16 when the caution was displayed for Jami Russell as he came to a stop off the high side of the speedway in turn four.
“I didn’t really want the caution at the end because we had just gotten to heavy lapped traffic,” said Barney. “I was struggling a little bit but I wanted to put as many guys between myself and the guys behind me as I could.
“I guess the caution was a good thing because my guys told me afterwards that they were closing in on us a little bit.”
This cleared the track in front of Barney giving him clean air to run in while Kaszubinski and Hebing had a couple of lapped cars between themselves and the race leader.
Barney drove away in the final nine laps to secure the victory.
Hebing, of Ontario, N.Y., coming off a Friday night win at Autodrome Granby passed Kaszubinski on the final lap in turns three and four to get the runner-up finish.
“Kaz (Kaszubinski) and I both struggled getting by George (Suprick) on that restart,” stated Hebing. “Jason (Barney) had a great race car but I wish that last caution had never come out cause we were all right there battling.”
Kaszubinski, of Syracuse, N.Y., came home with a solid third place finish at a track where he as amassed four series victories in the past.
“I got a pretty good history here at Utica-Rome,” said Kaszubinski. “We’ve haven’t run the full tour in a while but there was a couple years ago where we went 13 races in a row here where we finished in the top five. I really love this place.”
Jeff Cook, of Antwerp, N.Y., concluded the weekend with his third consecutive top five after he crossed the finish line in fourth. Cory Sparks, of Edinburg, N.Y., made a rare ESS start and finished in fifth.
Rounding out the top ten were Jessica Zemken, Lance Yonge, who earned the WestFront Construction Hard Charger bonus by advancing eight positions, current overall point leader Justin Barger, Michael Parent and Brian McDonald, who was being crewed by Mike LaSalle himself, ESS' Canadian Sprint Series title sponsor.
ESS/Utica-Rome Notes: Making his first ever sprint start was Northcountry sportsman star Matt Billings, he ran as a teammate to Chuck Hebing. Matt and his father Dean could be looking to do some more sprint shows in 2010...Making his ESS return after several years was Floyd Billington, unfortunately a blown engine sidelined him after the heats...Coming off back surgery, Jami Russell made his first start of 2009...Coming up from Virginia was Scott Davis and he too made his first ESS start of the year...Next Saturday, the stars and cars of ESS will give it a third try at the Merrittville Speedway.
SUNY Canton A-Main (25 laps): Jason Barney ($2,000), Chuck Hebing, Dan Kaszubinski, Jeff Cook, Cory Sparks, Jessica Zemken, Lance Yonge, Justin Barger, Michael Parent, Brian McDonald, Tommy Wickham, George Suprick, Doug Emery, Jim Porter, Matt Demitraszek, Scott Davis, Mike Stelter, Kory Gurney, Matt Billings, Jami Russell, Kevin Loveys. DNS Floyd Billington
Car Mate Custom Built Trailer Heat winners: Jessica Zemken, Jeff Cook and Chuck Hebing
Cobra Motorhomes Dash: Jeff Cook
The new motor was very strong and held its own with th 360's... Finally had fun racing this year, Stay Tuned for mor information!!!