Airborne Park Speedway Announces Modified Disqualifications
Airborne Park Speedway Announces Modified Disqualifications
Gonyo inherits July 12 victory
For Immediate Release APS-071514-1
SOUTH PLATTSBURGH, NY – Airborne Park Speedwayhas announced the disqualification of two cars from the Ernie's Discount Tools DIRTcar 358-Modified feature race on ESPN Radio 101.3/Whelen Engineering Night on Saturday, July 12. After post-race inspection following Saturday's race, the cars of Jessey Mueller and Aaron Bartemy were each found with engine violations.
After crossing the finish line in first place, the DIRTcar "spec"engine in Mueller's No. 19 car was discovered to haveunapproved porting in the cylinder heads, a violation of the 2014DIRTcar rulebook (section 15.1.2). The violation was discovered in the initial inspection process at Airborne Park Speedway and later verified during a second inspection by officials from DIRTcarNortheast.
Bartemy originally finished the race in third place, but his No. B3 car was found to have its carburetor height measuring higher than the maximum allowable 7" from the engine block (section 15.1.5).
As a result of the infractions, both Mueller and Bartemy have been disqualified from their finishes in the feature race and have been stripped of all championship points and purse money from the race. Leon Gonyo, the original second-place finisher, has been named the official race winner. Mike Wells, Chris Cayea, Andy Heywood, and Vince Quenneville, Jr., will now round out the official top five finishers.
Airborne Park Speedway hosts a two-day weekend of action on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20, with the second annual American-Canadian Tour "International" weekend. The event kicks off on Saturday night with the Black Cat Hell Drivers Thrill Show at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday is action-packed with a three-segment, $25,000-to-win ACT Late Model race, 50-lap events for the J&S Steel Sportsman Modified and Pro-Cam Super Truck divisions, and twin 25-lap races for the Thunder Road Tiger Sportsmen. Racing begins at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Airborne Park Speedway is located on Broderick Road in South Plattsburgh, NY, one mile from Exit 36 on Interstate 87. For more information, call (518) 647-4444 or visitwww.airborneparkspeedway.com.
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