McCormick Manhandles Mountain Field
Despite being spun from the lead in the
early stages of the event, Rob McCormick of Long Island, NY
rebounded and lapped the entire field to take his first win of
the season in round #2 of the Mountain Madness Enduro Series
Saturday at Mountain Speedway. Time trials were held for
Sunday’s season opener and Rusty Smith (Sport Modified), Travis
Fisher (Late Model) and Tom Cassagrande (Factory Stock) timed
the quickest and will start from the pole position in each of
their feature events.
Tom Szoke started from the pole and was overtaken by second
place starter, Rob McCormick before a lap was complete in the
100-lap 6/8-cylinder Mountain Madness enduro. Szoke settled into
the second spot, followed by Bill Schwenck, Dege Russell and
Mike Parisi.
Last year’s champion, TJ Kapish, started twelfth and made his
presence known early. He caught and spun Szoke to take the third
spot on the third lap and then tangled with Schwenck to take the
second spot on lap 16.
McCormick continued out from on lap 25 with Kapish, James
Presley, Ed Brown, Jr. and Schwenck in tow. Just when it
appeared that McCormick had the race in the bag, he was spun
from the lead on lap 37.
Kapish took command and appeared to be on his way to his second
career victory, but a tired problem forced him into the pits on
lap 45 and McCormick regained control of the event.
McCormick continued to lap vehicles and led Schwenck, Presley,
Brown and Szoke at halfway.
With 23 laps remaining, the leader lapped Schwenck, who ran in
the second spot. Meanwhile, Ned Coolbaugh began to make his
charge to the front and cracked the top five.
Untouchable in the closing laps, McCormick cruised to the
victory over Presley, Coolbaugh and Brown. While fighting many
issues on his car, Schwenck salvaged a fifth place finish.
Mountain Speedway is just minutes from Hazleton, Pa, located on
St. John’s Road, between Routes 93 and 309. Grandstand admission
for all regular events is just $10 for ages 11 and older.
Children 10 years of age and younger are admitted for free.
Please visit
www.mountainspeedway.com for the entire 2011 schedule, point
standings and up to date news and information.
6/8-Cylinder Enduro Results (100-Laps) 1. ROB MCCORMICK 2. James
Presley 3. Ned Coolbaugh 4. Ed Brown Jr 5. Bill Schwenck 6. Tom
Szoke 7. TJ Kapish 8. Shane Bond 9. Mike Parisi 10. Steve Tito
11. Larry Brown 12. Sam Morgan 13. David Baker Jr 14. Dege
Russell 15. Shawn Gallucci 16. Scott Sipe
Source: Geno Ostrowski/Mountain
Speedway PR
Posted: April 9, 2011
