08/31/2003

DELABAR AND DEGARAY MINI CUP WINNERS

With double duty for the Long Island Mini Cup Association things at times were exciting, while the racing got interesting on the track. Saturday night at the Poughkeepsie Speedway for the final race of their night series 7 mini cups showed for the exciting racing action in 3 classes.
  LIMCA Director, John Burns decided to make the racing even more interesting for the people in Poughkeepsie. Driver Robyn DeLabar came back to the Poughkeepsie Speedway to show the boys how to get the job done. She would show the way in the heat race dueling back and forth with the Pro Mod Truck of Bryan Johnson to finish 1st in the Pro Mod Class. Tim Trzcinski would be in close distance to finish 2nd in the Seniors while battling with Junior driver Joseph Burns winning for the Juniors. Lenny and Dwayne in the rigid cars would sport their new body styles and paint jobs, finishing in the 3rd and 4th spot for the Senior Mini Cup class. The #6 Mark Martin look alike would finish 5th after battling a bad handling race car.
  After a long night and a long drive back to Long Island the Long Island Mini Cup Association would head to Westhampton for the 4th race of the LI 6 Race Oval Series. 7 cars would be on hand for some wild and fun racing action. During second round practice Joe Sadotto in the DANTONA Industries Chevrolet Monte Carlo would find himself in the air after a wild ride into turn one. Bryan Johnson was on the track when it happened and was first to arrive to the flip scene. Joe was out of the car on arrival and just suffered a little cut on his left arm. Sadotto and Crew would piece the car back together to have Joe start and finish the feature event.
  For the feature event Steve DeGaray driving the Pennzoil #1 would lead from lap 1-4 with Bryan Johnson leading lap 5, DeGaray would regain the lead on lap 6 and then never look back. The Pennzoil Monte Carlo would take down the win, with Bryan Johnson in the John's Auto Repair #88 finishing a close second in the race but 1st in the Pro Mod Class. Johnson's Ford Ranger would break the right front lower control arm within laps of the finish. The flaming number 6 of Shawn would finish 3rd after battling with Johnson for a bunch of laps. Tim Trzcinski would battle back to finish 4th after an early race spin. Joseph Burns would come in 5th, but would finish 1st in the Junior class. Sadotto in the Euro Tech Auto Body #48 would finish 6th after his practice flip earlier that morning. New comer Richard Miller would debut his #3 Dale Earnhardt, Sr. Wrangler Jeans Monte Carlo for the first time this season. He would end up finish 7th. Congratulations to all the class winners.
  LIMCA will soon venture to the Jennerstown Speedway for a Mini Cup race. Soon after they will then again venture to the Mountain Speedway in Pennsylvania for exposition. Next year if all goes well the LIMCA will have a touring series within a bunch of new tracks out of state. Stay tuned for more information on these up coming events!!

Sources:  LIMCA PR
Posted:  September 6, 2003