Riverhead Enduro
Champions To Be Honored December 5th
The Riverhead Raceway Enduro drivers and
teams will gather for the 2nd annual awards banquet Saturday
December 5th at JC'S Restaurant & Pub in Manorville. The
gathering is once again being arranged by Elaine Vollmoeller,
who once again also raised through 50/50 raffles the 2010 point
fund for the Enduro racers.
Stepping into the spotlight, as 2009 Enduro champions are Ray
Fitzgerald of Manorville who won 6 races in 8 starts to capture
the Grand Enduro title. John Cozza of Medford topped the
4/6-Cylinder Truck Enduro championship on the strength of 5 wins
in 7 starts.
For the second consecutive season Dege Russell of Rocky Point is
the 8-Cylinder Enduro champion, while Gene Burbol of Brookhaven
scored his first track title in the 6-Cylinder Enduro ranks.
Both drivers were the models of consistency as neither driver
won a race in 2009, but put together enough top five and ten
finishes to score the championship.
Polar opposite to Russell and Burbol is the 2009 4-Cylinder
champion Matt Brown of Ronkonkoma who won all seven races
enroute to his first career championship. Fitzgerald and Burbol
are also first time champions in their careers.
In 2008 the top five in each Enduro class took home a CARQUEST
Auto Parts trophy for their accomplishments and with a rainout
of the first scheduled Enduro card in '09 some extra CARQUEST
victory lane trophies were available and that means the top six
in points will take home some hardware December 5th.
Vollmoeller also announced that the 2009-point fund money would
be distributed at the awards dinner to eligible drivers. Tickets
for the December 5th gala are priced at $45 and can be obtained
by mailing a check to ER Racing, 58 Topping Drive in Riverhead,
N.Y. 11901.
The Enduro awards ceremony will run from 6:00 pm until 11:00 pm
and for further details call Elaine Vollmoeller at 631-369-5461
or cell @ 631-664-3710. Elaine asks folks who plan on going
to the dinner that they contact her as soon as possible as JC'S
requires a head count in the days to come.
Source: Bob
Finan/Riverhead Raceway
Posted: November
25, 2009
