2010-07-25

Delaware Results - July 23 recap and results (photos sent separately)

DEFENDING LATE MODEL CHAMP EARNS TWO TRIPS TO THE PODIUM IN HIS FIRST RETURN AFTER BACK INJURY!

Winners: Steve Robblee, Andrew Gresel, Paul Shipway, Jeff Showler

 

July 23, 2010 (London, Ontario)  Mother Nature threatened but the fans stayed with us through a 40 minute rain delay and were rewarded with an exciting night of racing on Coca-Cola night.

 

It was a triumphant start to Steve Robblee's return.  After he won the pole with a time trial lap of 18.974, the defending Late Model champ told us his back was feeling a lot better and that the 28's seat held him in and offered support during the race. 

During the first NASCAR Late Model feature, Robblee gained a half-straightaway lead on Scott Lindsay (20) who was quickly overtaken by Ron Sheridan (52).  Lindsay turned on the heat to regain his lost second spot but he never did manage to do it.

The first caution came at lap 13 as David Elliot (37) went for a spin.  Elliot brought the car in to pit for a sway bar adjustment.  The 69 of Lloyd Rawlings also came in to pit, but it was unrelated.

On the restart, Doug Stewart (2) got caught up as someone hit the brakes and there was a chain reaction.  Stewart took some front end damage when he ran into Jay Doer driving Jay Christie's #5.  It's just another in a string of mishaps for the teacher's #2 this season. 

At lap 19, David Elliot (37) and Shawn Thompson (72) connected in some tight racing on the back straightaway.  Whitworth Towing took Elliot's car in and Thompson went back out to finish.

A lap later a crash on turns three and four brought Whitworth and the safety crews out again.  Matt Pritiko (21) appeared to have been running a bit low and started to spin. , Gord Shepherd (10X) ran into him and, Jamie Grover (33),  Andrew Gresel (81) and Marc Jacobs also spun.  The right hand side of Shepherd's car was torn off.  Pritiko's back end was crunched.  Some hastily applied duct tape and Pritiko was able to get back out before the green flag.  Stewart also rejoined the race at this time.  (Shepherd was able to make it out to start the second NASCAR Late Model feature but pulled back into the pits early on.)

Another caution at lap 22 as Lloyd Rawlings (69) spun on turn two.    They say cautions breed cautions and at lap 23 another caution was born as Shawn Thompson's 72 spun on turns three and four.

Robblee held on through it all and took the win.  Ron Sheridan was second and Scott Lindsay third.  Mathew Box was fourth; Jamie Ramsay, fifth. 

In the second NASCAR Late Model feature, Andrew Gresel (81)kept onto the lead from the green flag through the first caution at lap five, for a spin by the 33 of Jamie Grover.  

By lap eight, Steve Robblee was making a hard run, seemingly out of nowhere, and landed in second.  Gresel had a healthy lead on the rest of the pack but lap by lap Robblee chipped away at it.

Meantime, it was Sheridan and Lindsay battling again – this time for the right to hold fourth place, which Lindsay had and Sheridan wanted.

At lap 17, on Gresel's bumper, Robblee caused a gasp in the crowd with a wobble at turn one but he held on and kept up his assault on the 81.  But the 28 just didn't have enough for the 81 and Andrew Gresel held Robblee off for his first ever win at Delaware Speedway.  Robblee had to settle for second.  Jamie Ramsay landed in third and Ron Sheridan fourth.  Fifth place went to Matt Box (27).

Powerade Modifieds had three leaders, no cautions and Paul Shipway (88) who was fifth in points heading into the night, rode to victory lane.  Shipway took the lead from Stephen Richmond (24) at lap two who had taken it almost immediately from pole-sitter Tony Viera (6).

Shipway was followed by Jamie Cox (3) and Justin Demelo (82). 

The best line of the night came from 4th place finisher Barry Newman (1), commenting on how spread out the lead cars were.  Newman said he was so far behind he thought he was winning!

The first half of the Demar Aggregates Trucks feature had three different leaders.  The last half had just one, Jeff Showler (56) who took the checkered flag.

Mickey Brydges (17) had the pole for this caution-free 25 truck lap race.  At lap 3 he was overtaken by Mark O'Connor, driving the #7 of Derek Clark.  Chad Rijnen led laps five through thirteen before Showler took it over.  Points leader and defending champion Paul Fothergill made his move into the top five by the race's halfway mark and fifth is where he would stay.

With Showler  (56) expanding his lead over Rijnen (16), the battle was on for third with former points leader Gary Adriaensen (55) occupying the spot and Michelle Koricina (99) wanting it badly. In the next lap Adriaensen solidified his place as Koricina slid back a few positions. She finished 6th.

Showler rode to Victory Lane along with Rijnen in second place and Gary Adriaensen, third.

            Tickets are now on sale online for The Delaware Classic – August 6 & 7 - the only Canadian stop for ISMA this year!  Buy your tickets online before the end of July and get great discounts. Weekend passes are 25% off.

            Next Friday night's action is sponsored by Exeter Toyota.  It includes the NASCAR Late Models, Delaware Super Stocks, Demar Aggregates Trucks and Transmission Direct Enduro.

 

Late Model Time Trials

1.            28                           Steve Robblee                  Dorchester

2.            20                           Scott Lindsay                      St. Marys

3.            52                           Ron Sheridan                     Mt. Brydges

4.            22                           Jamie Ramsay                    London

5.            81                           Andrew Gresel                 Hepworth

6.            21                           Matt Pritiko                        London

7.            37                           David Elliott                        Acton

8.            5                              Jay Doerr                             Lasalle

9.            10x                         Gord Shepherd                 Hawkestone

10.          46                           Kris Martin                          London

11.          14                           Rick Emery                          Ruscom

12.          51                           Matt Robblee                    Dorchester

13.          2                              Doug Stewart                    London

14.          72                           Shawn Thompson                            Ailsa Craig

15.          27                           Mat Box                                               Mississauga

16.          8                              Marc Jacobs                       London

17.          69                           Lloyd Rawlings                   Windsor

18.          33                           Jamie Grover                     Glencoe

 

Truck Heat #1

1.            57                           Gary Triska                          Straffordville

2.            3                              Shae Gemmell                  Dorchester

3.            16                           Chad Rijnen                        London

4.            93                           Matt Korcina                      Ailsa Craig

5.            7                              Scott O'Connor                 Strathroy

6.            17                           Mickey Brydges                                London

7.            9                              Michael Thompson         Dorchester

 

Truck Heat #2

1.            56                           Jeff Showler                       Mt. Elgin

2.            33                           Paul Fothergill                   London

3.            00                           Shawn Johns                      St. Marys

4.            55                           Gary Adriaensen                              London

5.            99                           Michelle Korcina               Ailsa Craig

6.            75                           Jordan Dupuis                   Lasalle

7.            77                           Tom Zagarodny                 London

8.            82                           Steve McCaw                    Komoka

9.            01                           Devon Bloemendal         Delaware

 

Modified Heat #1

1.            82                           Justin Demelo                   London

2.            54                           Darrell Limon                     Watford

3.            24                           Stephen Richmond         Appin

4.            6                              Tony Viera                          London

 

Modified Heat #2

1.            88                           Paul Shipway                     London

2.            1                              Barry Newman                  Springfield

3.            3                              Jamie Cox                            Dorchester

4.            39                           David McCullough            Glencoe

5.            38                           Tyler Hendricks                 Pain Court

 

Late Model Feature #1

1.            28                           Steve Robblee                  Dorchester

2.            52                           Ron Sheridan                     Mt. Brydges

3.            20                           Scott Lindsay                      St. Marys

4.            27                           Mat Box                                               Mississauga

5.            22                           Jamie Ramsay                    London

6.            14                           Rick Emery                          Ruscom

7.            5                              Jay Doerr                             Lasalle

8.            51                           Matt Robblee                    Dorchester

9.            81                           Andrew Gresel                 Hepworth

10.          8                              Marc Jacobs                       London

11.          72                           Shawn Thompson                            Ailsa Craig

12.          69                           Lloyd Rawlings                   Windsor

13.          21                           Matt Pritiko                        London

14.          33                           Jamie Grover                     Glencoe

15.          2                              Doug Stewart                    London

16.          10x                         Gord Shepherd                 Hawkestone

17.          37                           David Elliott                        Acton

18.          46                           Kris Martin                          London

 

Truck Feature

1.            56                           Jeff Showler                       Mt. Elgin

2.            16                           Chad Rijnen                        London

3.            55                           Gary Adriaensen                              London

4.            01                           Devon Bloemendal         Delaware

5.            33                           Paul Fothergill                   London

6.            99                           Michelle Korcina               Ailsa Craig

7.            7                              Scott O'Connor                 Strathroy

8.            75                           Jordan Dupuis                   Lasalle

9.            3                              Shae Gemmell                  Dorchester

10.          82                           Steve McCaw                    Komoka

11.          00                           Shawn Johns                      St. Marys

12.          77                           Tom Zagarodny                 London

13.          57                           Gary Triska                          Straffordville

14.          93                           Matt Korcina                      Ailsa Craig

15.          9                              Randy Thompson                             Dorchester

16.          17                           Mickey Brydges                                London

 

Modified Feature

1.            88                           Paul Shipway                     London

2.            3                              Jamie Cox                            Dorchester

3.            82                           Justin Demelo                   London

4.            1                              Barry Newman                  Springfield

5.            24                           Stephen Richmond         Appin

6.            54                           Darrell Limon                     Watford

7.            39                           David McCullough            Glencoe

8.            38                           Tyler Hendricks                 Pain Court

9.            6                              Tony Viera                          London

 

Late Model Feature #2

1.            81                           Andrew Gresel                 Hepworth

2.            28                           Steve Robblee                  Dorchester

3.            22                           Jamie Ramsay                    London

4.            52                           Ron Sheridan                     Mt. Brydges

5.            27                           Mat Box                                               Mississauga

6.            20                           Scott Lindsay                      St. Marys

7.            21                           Matt Pritiko                        London

8.            5                              Jay Doerr                             Lasalle

9.            51                           Matt Robblee                    Dorchester

10.          14                           Rick Emery                          Ruscom

11.          72                           Shawn Thompson                            Ailsa Craig

12.          46                           Kris Martin                          London

13.          8                              Marc Jacobs                       London

14.          2                              Doug Stewart                    London

15.          69                           Lloyd Rawlings                   Windsor

16.          37                           David Elliott                        Acton

17.          33                           Jamie Grover                     Glencoe

18.          10x                         Gord Shepherd                 Hawkestone

 

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