Chris Turbush and Tommy Walkowiak Claim Double Point
Victories
What did Chris Turbush of Riverhead and
Tommy Walkowiak of Ridge have in common on Buzz Chew
Chevrolet-Cadillac night Saturday at Riverhead Raceway? The
answer is both drivers, who are the defending champions in their
respective divisions started on the pole and went wire to wire
to claim victory with Turbush posting his third Charger win of
the year, while Walkowiak laid claim to his fourth Blunderbust
win.
For Chris Turbush the path to his third
win of 2011 was a direct one as he set fast time in time trials
with a lap of 13.310 and being the first driver among six to
pick in the redraw "The Cranberry Kid" selected the pole. Right
from the throw of the green flag Chris Turbush took full
advantage of his front row starting berth racing his East-West
Building Solutions Pontiac into the race lead. Jeremy McDermott,
who came to the race second in points to Chris McGuire, tucked
in behind Turbush, who was third in the standings when the race
started. McDermott was able to shadow Turbush for the entire
distance and late in the contest noticed the race leader's car
was getting loose in the corners. Jeremy made a late race run at
Chris for the victory but came up just short.
At the checker it was Chris Turbush not
only scoring the race win, but leaping from third to the lead in
the current Charger standings by two, 484 to 482 over Chris
McGuire of Shirley who placed fifth in the 30-lap feature.
Jeremy McDermott of E. Stroudsburg, Pa was runner-up in the JDP
Mechanical Pontiac and he now trails Turbush by 4 and McGuire by
two points in the championship chase with 480 markers.
"Dynamite" Dan Turbush of Riverhead finished third in the Burt's
Reliable Utilities Chevy.
Tom Pickerell of Huntington set the fast
time in Blunderbust time trials with a lap of 15.000, but unlike
Turbush his redraw was 6th while points rival and leader Tommy
Walkowiak drew the pole. As the class has been known to do more
often than not their 30-lap feature would be run off without a
caution flag and that was indeed music to the ears of Tommy
Walkowiak who powered into the race lead at the start. Brandon
Hubbard ran second to Walkowiak for the first five laps before
Scott Maliszewski passed him for position on lap 6 and with this
duo racing for position Walkowiak was able to open up a very
comfortable lead. However as the race hit its final five laps
Walkowiak found himself in heavy lapped traffic that double
filed ahead of him and that allowed Maliszewski to erase the
large cushion Tommy built up. Scott made a late race run to the
inside of Tommy for the race win, but his effort was thwarted.
When the race concluded it was Tommy
Walkowiak in the Blaze Fuel Oil Chevy posting his 47th career
win and in the process opened up a 34-point lead over Tom
Pickerell in the championship chase, 494 to 460. Scott
Maliszewski of Deer Park in his Thomas J. Stock Attorney at Law
Chevy was runner-up while Rob Bader of Holtsville crossed the
line third in his MoMo Sport's Bar & Grill Chevy.
Buzz Chew Chevy Chargers 30-laps: 1.
Chris Turbush 2. Jeremy McDermott 3. Dan Turbush 4. Ray Minieri
5. Chris McGuire 6. Craig Lutz 7. CJ Lehmann 8. Frank Dumicich
Jr. 9. Kyle Ellwood 10. Erin Dumicich 11. Eric Zeh 12. John
Baker 13. Derek Stachecki 14. Kevin Orlando
Buzz Chew Chevy Blunderbusts 30-laps: 1.
Tommy Walkowiak 2. Scott Maliszewski 3. Rob Bader 4. Jack
Handley Jr. 5. Tom Pickerell 6. Brandon Hubbard 7. Bill Wegmann
Sr. 8. Ed Mistretta 9. Paul Parisi 10. Bill Wegmann Jr. 11. Tom
Sullivan 12. Gary Caldwell 13. Joe Seeger 14. Thomas Puccia 15.
Bill Portney Sr. 16. Scott Sepe 17. Bryan Quilliam 18. Jessica
Cohan 19. Tim Mulqueen 20. Fred Nolan
Source:
Bob Finan/Riverhead Raceway PR
Posted: August 1, 2011
