Nowak, Sager and Dunn
Skate to “Frostbite 4” Victories at Sundance
With inches of snow on the speedway and
temperatures barely in the 20s, race fans and drivers alike came
out to Sundance Vacations Speedway for the annual “Frostbite”
enduro. The history-making Mountain Madness Enduro Series event
marks the first time that enduro racers competed on a snow and
ice covered track at the speedway. Slick and ‘slideways’ best
describes the racing conditions, which made things very
interesting and tricky for even some of the most experienced
enduro veterans. When it was all said and done, Kevin Nowak of
Long Island, NY slid to victory twice and took top honors in
both the 6-cylinder Car/Truck and 6/8-cylinder divisions and
Jason Dunn iced his first career victory in the 4-cylinder
event. Harry Sager was awarded the victory for the new
6-cylinder car division.
Kevin Nowak started on the pole position for the 60-lap
6-cylinder car/truck enduro and held the point until Harry Sager
took command on lap 15. Mark Tischler took the lead a lap later
and quickly relinquished it to Sager.
Sager, who ran a line unlike anyone else, hugged the wall and
raced in what he called “the fluff”. However, Sager’s afternoon
in the fluff was spoiled when he got a flat tire on lap 43. The
change of events moved Nowak back to the front.
Laps down, Sager returned to the speedway. Tischler tried to
reel in Nowak for the race lead and was unsuccessful.
Nowak drove off to the truck victory over Tischler, Sager, Frank
Katona and Rob McCormick. Sager was awarded the win for the
highest finishing 6-cylinder car in the combined division.
Paul Morgan, Jr. led the 4-cylinder field to the drop of the
green flag in the 100-lap enduro. Bill Rice grabbed the lead
after a lap was scored, followed by Tony Rispin and Jason Dunn.
Rispin wasted no time and took the top spot on lap 3, and then
began to lap the drivers that were trying to get used to the
snowy and icy racing conditions.
Rispin appeared to have the field covered, as he lapped the
entire field by lap 38. Still in command at mid-race, Rispin
held a sizable advantage over Dunn, Morgan, Curt McCormick and
Mike Wahl.
Dunn passed Rispin and got back on the lead lap. Meanwhile,
Rispin’s power steering began to fade, as did his lead.
Dunn caught Rispin and with three laps remaining he overtook the
leader and then held on to notch his first career victory.
Rispin settled for second, followed by Morgan.
Mike Wahl and Justin Dunn crossed the strip in forth and fifth
respectively and were disqualified in post race inspection,
which officially gave the positions to McCormick and Matt Wahl.
From the pole, Robin Schewire led the opening laps of the
6/8-cylinder enduro before he was overtaken by Sager. The duo
swapped the lead a few times before Sager put a few car lengths
on the second place car.
Nowak worked his way to second by lap 10, followed by Schewire,
Ed Brown, Jr. and James Presley.
With cars sliding, spinning and trying to grip the track, which
by this point had turned to ice, Sager ran the high groove and
looked like an Alaskan snow plow. The line worked for him and
others began to follow his tracks.
Sager encountered problems and was overtaken by Nowak on lap 13.
Nowak held the lead until he spun on lap 50. Tischler then took
command.
Nowak and Tischler put on a show for the fans, as the pair
exchanged the race lead on five different occasions before
Tischler’s vehicle stopped in turn two. He was able to get it
re-fired, but did lose laps in the process.
Determined to pull off two victories in one afternoon, Nowak
drove off to the win over Sager. Tischler crossed the stripe
third and failed post race inspection, which moved TJ Kapish,
Schewire and Brown to third, forth and fifth respectively.
Retired enduro racer, Cory Student, donated extra prizes for
finishers outside of the top five. Along with bottles of Pepsi,
he also passed out money saving coupons for Domino’s Pizza to
the fans and drivers at the track.
The speedway will donate one dollar from each general admission
to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Breast Cancer Foundation.
Another winter enduro is slated for the drivers at Sundance
Vacations Speedway. Round No. 2 of the series will take place on
Saturday, February 27.
For more info, and all the happenings at Sundance Vacations
Speedway, please log on to
www.sundancevacationsspeedway.com or call the Speedway
office at 570-384-3215 and 570-788-7544 on race days.
Results
4-Cylinder (100-laps) 1. JASON DUNN 2. Tony Rispin 3. Paul
Morgan Jr 4. Curtis McCormick 5. Matt Wahl 6. Edward Michael 7.
Dave Rutski 8. Ken Harper 9. John Campbell 10. Bill Rice 11. Ed
Brown Jr 12. Tim Deutsch 13. Robby Dunn DQ: Mike Wahl, Justin
Dunn
6-Cylinder Cars/Trucks (60-laps) 1. KEVIN NOWAK 2. Mark Tischler
3. Harry Sager (Car) 4. Frank Katona 5. Rob McCormick 6. Gregg
Harris 7. John Vullo
6/8-Cylinders (100-laps) 1. KEVIN NOWAK 2. Harry Sager 3. TJ
Kapish 4. Robin Schewire 5. Ed Brown Jr 6. James Presley 7.
Shaun Burd 8. Shawn Gallucci 9. John Vullo 10. Tom Szoke 11.
Steve Tito 12. Sam Morgan 13. Bob Kulik 14. Mike Parisi 15.
Michael Wahl 16. Frank Petroski 17.Gregory Harris 18. Brian
McCormack 19. Steven Barnes 20. Elliott Wohl 21. Mike Pollack
DQ:Mark Tischler
Source:
Geno Ostrowski/Sundance Vacations Speedway PR
Posted: January
2, 2010
