Race Recap
On a crisp spring evening, the action was hot and heavy at The Legendary House Of Power. The H.O Penn Small Block Modifieds were the main event of the night, with a 25 lap affair that required four heat events and two last chance qualifiers to set the grid. John Ferrier, Tanner VanDoren, Ray Hall Jr, and Randy Sweetman collected the heat wins while Danny Creeden and Kevin Root collected the last chance qualifier wins.
The official season for the H.O Penn Small Block division kicked off their season at the Legendary House Of Power on Saturday April 10th. 41 entries of stacked competition were in contention for the $2200 pay day. Four heat events and two consolation races set the field with Tyler Dippel, Ben Bushaw, Tommy Meier, and Anthony Perrego winning each heat and Mike Kolka and Corey Cormier collecting last chance qualifier wins.
The 2021 racing season began Saturday night April 3rd at OCFS, the Legendary House Of Power, kicking off with a special Autism Awareness Night. The United Rentals DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds were in action alongside a full field of Arkel Motors Sportsman. A full night of qualifying action set the fields for both divisions as the Big Blocks competed in 40 lap feature event action and Sportsman in a 20 lap affair.
Mat Williamson Sweeps To Eastern States 200 Win At OCFS, Jimmy Phelps Claims Small Block 75, Twelve Year Old Tanner VanDoren Shocks Field With Sportsman ES 50 Win, Jim Hajkowski Wins Street Stock Thriller. Mat Williamson of St. Catherines, Ontario Canada passed leader Stewart Friesen with 56 laps remaining in the 59th running of the Eastern States 200 at Orange County Fair Speedway Saturday night, the repelled challenged from Mike Mahaney and Friesen to preserve the $25,000 win.
The day kicked off with qualifying for the Sportsman division. A unique twist for the sportsman competitors was after being split up into six groups, drivers only had to beat their fellow group competitors, instead of the overall field. Invading star Kyle Inman topped group 1 while former Sportsman regular Joey Bruning bested group 2. Track Champion Tanner VanDoran out ranked group 3 and invaders Zach Sobotka, Tommy Collins, and Alan Fink all rounded out groups 4,5,and 6.
BIG BLOCK
1 9S Matt Sheppard 36:39.263 0.000 40 22.228 38 101.224 mi/h
2 35M Mike Mahaney 36:42.899 3.636 40 23.128 30 97.285 mi/h
3 20M Max McLaughlin 36:43.969 4.706 40 23.293 31 96.596 mi/h
4 3W Mat Williamson 36:44.627 5.364 40 23.370 39 96.277 mi/h
5 49 Billy Dunn 36:46.726 7.463 40 23.259 17 96.737 mi/h
BIG BLOCK
1 9S Matt Sheppard 49:43.823 0.000 30 22.351 20 100.667 mi/h
2 2L Jack Lehner 49:49.132 5.309 30 22.915 11 98.189 mi/h
3 20M Max McLaughlin 49:49.785 5.962 30 23.149 20 97.196 mi/h
4 3D Tyler Dippel 49:56.981 13.158 30 23.238 25 96.824 mi/h
5 33H Matt Hitchcock 50:00.002 16.179 30 23.896 19 94.158 mi/h
BIG BLOCK
1 9S Matt Sheppard 19:50.598 0.000 30 23.009 17 97.788 mi/h
2 44P Anthony Perrego 19:53.107 2.509 30 23.136 18 97.251 mi/h
3 3D Tyler Dippel 19:54.281 3.683 30 23.445 23 95.969 mi/h
4 88T Tyler Jashembowski 20:01.806 11.208 30 23.582 6 95.412 mi/h
5 69 Tyler Boniface 20:02.096 11.498 30 23.804 20 94.522 mi/h
6 33.3 Tommy Meier 20:03.657 13.059 30 23.739 23 94.781 mi/h
7 21M Bob McGannon 20:09.050 18.452 30 23.949 9 93.95 mi/h
8 3M Sam Martz 20:09.786 19.188 30 23.593 6 95.367 mi/h
9 2L Jack Lehner 20:09.944 19.346 30 24.226 23 92.875 mi/h
10 4Sl Bobby Henschel 20:11.091 20.493 30 24.103 2 93.349 mi/h
The 'Big Two' in northeastern Dirt Modified racing, Stewart Friesen and Matt Sheppard, proved their mettle Thursday night at Orange County Fair Speedway by splitting the Holiday Twin 50-lap Big Block Modified features. Though each earned $5,000 for their wins, a $5,000 bonus offered by promoter Chris Larsen for a sweep went unclaimed.
𝟭 𝟲𝗗 𝗗𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘂𝗲𝗿 𝟮 𝟯𝟱𝗠 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝟯 𝟰𝟰𝗣 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝟰 𝟰𝟰𝗙 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝟱 𝟵𝗦 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝟲 𝟰𝟯 𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝟳 𝟭𝗭 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝟴 𝟰𝗫 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝟵 𝟯𝟯.𝟯 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬 𝟯𝟯𝗛 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝟭𝟭 𝟰𝗩 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗜𝗻𝘄𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝟭𝟮 𝟵𝟯𝗫 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝟭𝟯 𝟮𝟱 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗮 𝟭𝟰 𝟮𝟰𝟰 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝟭𝟱 𝟳𝗞 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗸 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟲 𝟳𝟲 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝟭𝟳 𝟳 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟴 𝟮𝟭𝗠 𝗕𝗼𝗯 𝗠𝗰𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟵 𝟯𝗗 𝗧𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝟮𝟬 𝗞𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗸 𝟮𝟭 𝟮𝟴 𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟮 𝟯𝗠 𝗦𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘇 𝟮𝟯 𝟴𝟴𝗧 "𝗧𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶" 𝟮𝟰 𝟮𝟬𝗠 𝗠𝗮𝘅 𝗠𝗰𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟱 𝟵𝟳 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗯𝗶𝗲 𝟮𝟲 𝟱𝗥 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸𝗶