Ridley, RDIII, Rocky & Delormier Take Heat Wins For Sportsman At Short Track World Championship

Story By: COLBY GORNIEWICZ / DIRTCAR – CONCORD, NC – Forty-five VP Racing Fuels Sportsman Modifieds signed in to compete at the OneDirt World Short Track Championship at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Rocky ‘The Flying Squirrel’ Warner set fast time over the field with a lap of 17.640.

Waterloo, New York’s Kevin Ridley started on the pole of Heat 1 and survived a caution-filled event to pick up the victory. Brandon Ford headed pitside while running in second position, allowing seventh-starting Chris Curtis to finish second with Todd Root finishing third. Kyle Inman and ninth-starting Tyler Thompson also transferred to Saturday’s Championship event.

Defending Race Champion Ronnie Davis III took the victory in Heat 2 but not without pressure from Dave Marcuccilli. Marcuccilli, coming off an impressive NAPA Super DIRT Week run, started third and closed the gap on Davis to within half a second at the finish, but was unable to complete the pass. Mike Stacey, Ricky Newton and Matt Guererri also transferred to Saturday’s Championship event.

Rooseveltown, New York’s Robert Delormier used a lap-three restart to take the lead from polesitter and early leader Eric Giguere. Brad Rouse started fifth and worked his way by Giguere, who settled for third, for the runner-up spot. Carl Soucy and eighth-starting Jessica Power transferred to Saturday’s Championship event.

Johnstown, New York’s Rocky Warner cemented himself as a favorite, dominating Heat 4. Warner took the checkered nearly two seconds in front of second place-finishing Cedric Gauvreau. Stephen Hartman III was strong coming from fifth to third, with Matt Steffenbagen and Anthony Stockman also transferring to Saturday’s Championship event.

VP RACING FUELS SPORTSMAN MODIFIED HEAT RESULTS, OCT 27, 2017

HEAT 1

PLACE	DRIVER	POINTS	START
1.	Kevin Ridley (20X) Waterloo, Ny		1
2.	Chris Curtis (35) East Canaan, Ct		7
3.	Todd Root (15) Phelps, Ny		3
4.	Kyle Inman (20k) Darien Center, Ny		6
5.	Tyler T Thompson (98T) Fulton, Ny		9
6.	Brent Cross (47) Cortland, Ny		11
7.	Jeff Watson (22) Sheffield, Ma		5
8.	Will Schaffer (4) Ellwood City, Pa		12
9.	Bruce Makinson (81) Richmond, On		10
10.	Derrick Borkenhagen (25) Ransomville, Ny		8
11.	Brandon Ford (18) Cato, Ny		2
12.	Brian Bellinger (7B) East Concord, Ny		4

HEAT 2

PLACE	DRIVER	POINTS	START
1.	Ronnie Davis (32R) Memphis, Ny		1
2.	David Marcuccilli (M1) Cayuga, Ny		3
3.	Mike Stacey (23) Kahnawake, On		2
4.	Ricky Newton (11N) Oakfield, Ny		4
5.	Matt Guererri (12G) Waterloo, Ny		6
6.	Jeff Taylor (11T) Chittenango, Ny		7
7.	Jackson Gill (60) Plessis, Ny		5
8.	Eric Williams (21X) Horseheads, Ny		9
9.	Adam Gage (21) W Lebanon, Nh		11
10.	Kinser Hill (60X) Nichols, Ny		8
11.	Stephen Lary (8) Enfield, Nh		10

HEAT 3

PLACE	DRIVER	POINTS	START
1.	Robert Delormier (1D) Roosevel Town, Ny		3
2.	Brad Rouse (18R) St Catherines, On		5
3.	Eric Giguere (67g) Phelps, Ny		1
4.	Carl Soucy (24)		4
5.	Jessica Power (52) Kingston, On		8
6.	Kevin Chaffee (73c) Bradford, Vt		2
7.	Trevor Rocke (63) Canaan, Nh		11
8.	Brandon Ritchey (17) Seneca, Pa		7
9.	Daryl Nutting (42) Ballston Spa, Ny		6
10.	Jeremy Weaver (35W) Stoneboro, Pa		10
11.	Chuck Miller (7X) Cortland, Ny		9

HEAT 4

PLACE	DRIVER	POINTS	START
1.	Rocky Warner (1J) Johnstown, Ny		1
2.	Cedric Gauvreau (22c) Chelsea, On		3
3.	Stephen Hartman Iii (15H) Woodhull, Ny		5
4.	Matt Steffenbagen (86) Delevan, Ny		4
5.	Anthony Stockman (57) Adams, Ny		2
6.	James Henry (21H) Niagara Falls, Ny		8
7.	Robert Bublak (27B) Ballson Spa, Ny		6
8.	Adam Pierson (21P) East Cornth, Vt		10
9.	Todd Buckwold (631) Orange, Nh		9
10.	Jimmy Zacharias (17Z) Cundor, Ny		7
11.	David Kalb Jr (11J) Auroa, Oh		11

 

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