BICKNELL, SUSICE, RAPPLEYEA,
BORKENHAGEN, AND O’DONNELL TAKE WINS
AT RANSOMVILLE SPEEDWAY; TODD BURLEY
CROWNED 2009 MIGHTY TACO MODIFIED
CHAMPION, RYAN SUSICE CROWNED 2009
ORIGINAL PIZZA LOGS SPORTSMAN
CHAMPION
Ransomville, NY – Friday, September 4th, 2009 – The weather couldn’t have been better for Ransomville Speedway last Friday as they kicked off the Holiday weekend with a Full Card of Racing plus Fireworks. A packed house enjoyed the ninety-eight cars doing battle amongst the four weekly divisions.
Pete Bicknell of St. Catharines, Ont captured the win aboard the fifty lap Mighty Taco Modified main. Bicknell took the lead away from Jon Miller on lap fifteen and quickly distanced himself from the remainder of the field. Bicknell took the win by a full straight-away ahead of Chad Brachmann, Stewart Friesen, Miller, and Mat Williamson.
Miller led the field through the early stages followed by Rudolph. The event went clean and green through lap twelve but contact between Brachmann and Robbie Krull resulted in Krull spinning in turn three and collecting several cars including Todd Burley, Scott Kerwin, and Stewart Friesen. Burley simply needed to take the green in order to win the points title for the 2009 season – a feat that he lost by one marker a year ago. Bicknell took the lead on lap fifteen putting Miller back to second. Brachmann and Friesen made late race charges to break into the top five. Bicknell showed the fast way around taking the win aboard his Lucas Oil sponsored #42.
Ryan Susice of Ransomville, NY took top honors aboard the twenty-five lap Original Pizza Logs feature main. Susice and Nate Reynolds put on a great show for the fans but when the checkered flew it was Susice in front. Susice cemented his championship season with his sixth win in the division. Reynolds, Don Spatorico, John Smith, and Stephen Miller rounded out the top five.
Chris Purgarich led the first five circuits prior to Reynolds taking the top spot after contact between the two left Purgarich headed pitside. Susice would challenge Reynolds just past half way resulting in a side by side battle between the two young guns. Susice was able to secure to point position and claim the win.
Don Rappleyea took the win aboard the first fifteen lap Ki-Po Chevrolet Streetstock main. Rappleyea took the lead away from Andy Smith on an early race restart and never looked back aboard his #6r machine. Smith held on for second followed by Scott Krull, Brandon Poole, and Gerald Poole. The main suffered two early caution periods as a lap five maylay left Kirk Sherwood with substantial damage and done for the night. Three laps later Mike Greenawalt and Pat Burek made contact leaving Burek needing a tow pitside with a right rear sneaker missing.
Derrick Borkenhagen won the second fifteen lap Ki-Po Chevrolet Streetstock main. Borkenhagen took the lead away from Charles Harvey on a lap eight restart and was able to maintain the top spot through the final laps. Harvey came home in second followed by Jaren Israel, Webb Nashwinter, and Ricky Washburn Jr.
Jamie O’Donnell took top honors aboard the Bobcat of Buffalo Firehall Enduro twelve lap main. O’Donnell took command at the drop of the green and was never seriously challenged after that point. Jimmy Pringle, Chris Lederhouse, Jonathon Stoelting, and Jim Harbinson rounded out the top five.
MIGHTY TACO MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH – PETE BICKNELL, Chad Brachmann, Stewart Friesen, Jon Miller, Mat Williamson, Erick Rudolph, Tommy Flannigan, Randy Ch rysler, Rich Vinson, James Michael Friesen, Dave Just, Jeff McGinnnis, Scott Kerwin, Joe Kubiniec, Boyd MacTavish, Pete Cosco, Bill Torrissi, Justin Sharp, Rick Hoctor, Roger Chrysler, Todd Burley, Bob Broomfield, Travis Braun, Ricky Richner, and Robbie Krull. Heat Winners – James Friesen, Erick Rudolph, and Joe Kubiniec.
ORIGINAL PIZZA LOGS SPORTSMAN FEATURE FINISH – RYAN SUSICE, Nathan Reynolds, Don Spatorico, John Smith, Stephen Miller, Derek Smith, Jesse Cotriss, Steven Schumacher, Scott Just, Jipp Ortiz, Mike Williams, Rick Newton, Ed Cain, Mark Potter, Mark Chiddy, Tony Purgarich, Justin Wright, Allan Wills, Brett Martin, Steve Lewis, Chris Purgarich, Gordon Hermanson, Sandy Pembleton, and Chris Weigand. Heat Winners – Sandy Pembleton, Chris Purgarich, and Mike Williams.
KI-PO CHEVROLET STREETSTOCK FEATURE FINISH #1 – DON RAPPLEYEA, Andy Smith, Scott Krull, Brandon Poole, Gerald Poole, Randy Zimmerman, Roger Isreal, Ken Camidge, Dave Stolzenburg, Patrick Burek, Mike Greenawalt, Kirk Sherwood, Jeff Wilkinson, Chris Burek, Stuart Kumm, and Brian Lonneville. Heat Winners - Don Rappleyea, Andy Smith, and Charles Harvey.
KI-PO CHEVROLET STREETSTOCK FEATURE FINISH #2 – DERRICK BORKENHAGEN, Charles Harvey, Jaren Israel, Webb Nashwinter, Ricky Washburn, Jon Richael, Tim Kott, Chad Livermore, Pat Dell, Kenny Washburn, Dave Conant, Billy Coleman, Brandon Sherwood, and Chris Dowling.
BOBCAT OF BUFFALO FIREHALL ENDURO FEATURE FINISH – JAMIE O’DONNELL, James Pringle, Chris Lederhouse, Jonathon Stoelting, Jim Harbison, Lori Brown, Hoyt Desso, Gary Darnell, Mark Brown, Erick Gunio, Todd Brunning, Jim Stone, Gordon Dietz, Tyler Strassburg, and Ryan Stephenson. Heat Winners – Erick Gunio and Jonathon Stoelting.
