Tracks: Lebanon Valley; Langenback, Larohelle Winners during mid week event
31 July 1999
WEST LEBANON, NY- A full field of racecars were on hand for a special
Thursday night program at Lebanon Valley. Speed's Garage and Dick's
Automotive brought us the racing action. Jim Lagenback won the 20-lap street
stock feature. Paul LaRochelle won the 15-lap IMCA modified feature. Pure
Stock winners were Brian Tator, Guy Hughes and Tim Drumm, while Don Shepard
won the rookie main. Two 40-lap Cannonball races were run, Rick Dempsey
captured the first one and Mark Webb won the second cannonball feature with a
pass on the final lap. Webb also won the Team Cannonball race. At press time
the Team that won the Team Cannonball race had yet to be determined.
Ray Hall led the first lap of the 20-lap Street Stock feature. He gave
the lead up to Al Blackburn. Lagenback was looking to be a factor early; he
was up to fifth by lap two. The first caution flag of the race flew on lap
three when Robbie Speed blew a left rear tire. Scott Govertsen grabbed second
on the restart. Lagenback continued his march toward the front moving all the
way up to second by lap six. The caution flag flew for the final time on lap
nine setting up a double file restart. Blackburn held the lead on the restart
with Lagenback, Govertsen, Dave Kokindo and Tom Bortle in tow.
Lagenback made the pass for the lead on lap eleven and he and Blackburn
began to pull away from the rest of the field. Blackburn was able to keep up
with Lagenback, but was never able to make a serious challenge to take the
lead back. Middletown regular, Tom Puck was on hand for this race. He was
getting the car setup for the Pro Stock event that will be run with the Mr.
Dirt Track, USA event on Thursday, August 5th. Lagenback was able to capture
his fourth win of the 1999 season. Blackburn had an impressive run in second
followed by Govertsen, Kokindo and Bortle.
Kevin Buff led most of the 15-lap IMCA modified feature. He was within
two laps of his first career victory when his motor went up in smoke. Paul
LaRochelle inherited the lead and went on to victory. Rich Colesanti had a
good run in the runner-up position. Jim Rajczi spun on the first lap on the
feature event. He would recover very nicely with a third place finish. Steve
Hough came home in fourth and Donnie Denue rounded out the top five.
SPEED'S GARAGE / DICK'S AUTOMOTIVE STREET STOCK SUMMARY (20 Laps)-Jim
Langenback, Al Blackburn, Scott Govertsen, Dave Kokindo, Tom Bortle, Butch
Irwin, Tom Kuck, Bob Duzlak, Ray Hall, Bobby Blackburn, Bob Miller, Robbie
Speed, Kirk Stanaway, Mike Halachick, Chris Morris
IMCA MODIFIED SUMMARY (15 Laps)-Paul LaRochelle, Rich Colesanti, Jim Rajczi,
Steve Hough, Don Denue, Craig Simmons, Anthony Markou, Brian Wilbur, Jeff
Carr, Kevin Buff, Lou Gancarz, Tom Faxon
ROOKIE STREET STOCK SUMMARY (10 Laps)-Don Shepard, Earl Mellan, Brian Keough,
Phil Moffitt, Eric Wood, Steve Kastner, John Denue, Henry Warner, Dan Burl,
Rob Reilly, Chris Claus, Don Collins, Wayne Hall, Walt Clark
PURE STOCK "A" SUMMARY (10 Laps)-Brian Tator, Pete Leffler, Wally Engel, Sid
Smith, Spencer Cushing, Rich Douglass, Rich. Schumann, William Fuchs, Toby
Van Alstyne, Lee Gallant, Gary Ashley, John Plaza, Joe DiStefano, Brian
Sandstedt, Paul Farley, Ted Mulberry
PURE STOCK "B" SUMMARY (10 Laps)-Guy Hughes, Phil Wood, Ryan Crellin, Tom
Meltz Jr, Jason Saunders, Joe Hallenbeck, Bruce Moffitt, Anthony Cotugno, Ray
Pierre Jr, Kevin Denue, Tom Currier, Mark Houston, William Hammell
PURE STOCK "C" SUMMARY (10 Laps)-Tim Drumm, George Miles Jr, Peter De Figlio,
Tom Sanchez Jr, Dave Colwell, Bob Palmer, Ron Tritchler, Jacob Coons, Darryl
Baker, Fran Marchand, Jim Hankey, Bill Hughes, Steve Hatch, Tony Lopresti,
Mike Garcia, Wm. Lapointe
CANNONBALL "A"-Rick Dempsey, Kenny Van Alphen, Paul Harding, Chris Hutnik,
Glenn Miller, Don Coon, Rodney Stickley, Earl Soulier, Shawn Finigan, Ed
Tyburski, David Delamater
CANNONBALL "B"-Mark Webb, Grant Wescott, Nathan Sanford, Bob Delarm, Richie
Sanford, Mark Vandercarr, Jo Jo Donato, Randy Tart, Gilles Boisvert, John
Betz, Don Hopkins
TEAM CANNONBALL-Mark Webb, Grant Wescott, Bob Delarm, Murray Saunders, Keith
Neer, Unknown Driver, William Dobbs, Kevin Margraf, Jo Jo Donato, Woogie
Burdick, Mark Vandercarr