Story By: CHRIS MOORE / UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY – VERNON, NY – Durhamville, N.Y.’s Matt Janczuk led all 25-laps of the Worthington Industries Crate 602 Sportsman feature to pick up the $1,500 victory.
Janczuk, after starting third, raced underneath the front in races first corner to take the lead. From there the all-time winningest Crate 602 Sportsman driver at the speedway set sail with the win.
Tanner Warner, Blaine Klinger, Dave Richer, who started 20th, and Payton Talbot rounded out the top five.
Rotterdam, N.Y.’s Nick Stone won a thrilling Next Generation Graphix Pro Stocks feature by a slim .057 seconds over Newport, N.Y.’s A.J. Walters.
Stone outgunned Ivan Joslin in the early going and led every lap from there, until Walters put the pressure on Stone in the late stages.
Walters would settle for second, while Ivan Joslin, Bret Belden, and Beau Ballard rounded out the top five.
Racing continues tonight at the ‘Home of Heroes’ with the continuation of Zielinski Asphalt and Parks Companies Night, which was cut short due to rain last Friday.
The 3 Bastards Brewing Modifieds, Worthington Industries Crate 602 Sportsman, and Next Generation Graphix Pro Stocks have all completed their heat races, while the Fastline Performance Limited Sportsman, and Fonda Fair Four Cylinders have full programs to run.
All gates open at 5 p.m., with hot laps slated for 6:45 p.m. and racing to follow at 7:30 p.m.
Grandstand admission is $18 (Adults), $16 (Seniors) and Kids 11 and under FREE in the grandstand.
Pit admission is $40 (ages 13 and up), $35 (NASCAR or Utica-Rome Members), $10 Kids (ages 6-12) and $2 Children ages 5 and under.
Crate 602 Sportsman
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 33X-Matt Janczuk[3]; 2. 78-Tanner Warner[2]; 3. 9K-Blaine Klinger[11]; 4. 92-Dave Ritcher[20]; 5. 14T-Payton Talbot[8]; 6. 63C-Chip Constantino[12]; 7. 410-Mike Fowler[16]; 8. 10-Jim Nagle[1]; 9. 25-Stephen Gray[7]; 10. 26-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[18]; 11. 77L-Ed Lukas[5]; 12. 15-Shawn Frost[4]; 13. 44-Gordon Smith[6]; 14. 44CD-Stephen Denton[23]; 15. 11-Nick Zielinski[9]; 16. 7H-Allan Hodge[27]; 17. 405-Travis Witbeck[26]; 18. 262-Matthew Richardson[30]; 19. 82-David Hackett[19]; 20. 23D-David Dickey[21]; 21. 4-Jim Rothwell[10]; 22. 51-Kreg Crooker[29]; 23. 47H-Alex Hughes[17]; 24. 4M-David Manchester[13]; 25. 18-Bobby Heintz[24]; 26. 1X-Willy Decker Jr[15]; 27. 16-Jeremy Slosek[22]; 28. 42-Daryl Nutting[25]; 29. 44C-Ed Downing[14]; 30. 22X-Mike Richmond[28]
Consolation 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Daryl Nutting[2]; 2. 7H-Allan Hodge[3]; 3. 51-Kreg Crooker[5]; 4. B24-Brendan Gibbons[1]; 5. 1H-Harry Shaffer[8]; 6. 34-Behr Grover[9]; 7. 27-Jason Reome[4]; 8. 63-Teddy Clayton Jr[7]; 9. 12M-Seth Martin[6]; 10. 26B-Maddy Broedel[10]
Consolation 2 (8 Laps): 1. 405-Travis Witbeck[2]; 2. 22X-Mike Richmond[3]; 3. 262-Matthew Richardson[4]; 4. 2K-Josh Amodio[5]; 5. 12B-Tyler Bobar[7]; 6. 08-Dalton Doyle[6]; 7. 74-Matt Perry[10]; 8. 21F-Zach Falciani[8]; 9. (DNS) 28G-Jim Gould; 10. (DNS) 67W-Zack Welch
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9K-Blaine Klinger[5]; 2. 78-Tanner Warner[9]; 3. 14T-Payton Talbot[2]; 4. 4M-David Manchester[3]; 5. 47H-Alex Hughes[1]; 6. 23D-David Dickey[6]; 7. B24-Brendan Gibbons[11]; 8. 7H-Allan Hodge[8]; 9. 51-Kreg Crooker[10]; 10. 63-Teddy Clayton Jr[4]; 11. 34-Behr Grover[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Stephen Gray[2]; 2. 63C-Chip Constantino[4]; 3. 44-Gordon Smith[3]; 4. 44C-Ed Downing[6]; 5. 26-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[10]; 6. 16-Jeremy Slosek[11]; 7. 28G-Jim Gould[1]; 8. 22X-Mike Richmond[7]; 9. 2K-Josh Amodio[9]; 10. 12B-Tyler Bobar[5]; 11. 67W-Zack Welch[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Nick Zielinski[1]; 2. 10-Jim Nagle[2]; 3. 77L-Ed Lukas[7]; 4. 1X-Willy Decker Jr[4]; 5. 82-David Hackett[9]; 6. 44CD-Stephen Denton[3]; 7. 42-Daryl Nutting[10]; 8. 27-Jason Reome[6]; 9. 12M-Seth Martin[8]; 10. 1H-Harry Shaffer[5]; 11. 26B-Maddy Broedel[11]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 33X-Matt Janczuk[1]; 2. 4-Jim Rothwell[4]; 3. 15-Shawn Frost[2]; 4. 410-Mike Fowler[7]; 5. 92-Dave Ritcher[10]; 6. 18-Bobby Heintz[3]; 7. 405-Travis Witbeck[6]; 8. 262-Matthew Richardson[9]; 9. 08-Dalton Doyle[5]; 10. 21F-Zach Falciani[11]; 11. 74-Matt Perry[8]
*B-Main* (15 Laps): 1. 1H-Harry Shaffer[3]; 2. 12B-Tyler Bobar[4]; 3. 74-Matt Perry[8]; 4. 28G-Jim Gould[12]; 5. 21F-Zach Falciani[10]; 6. 08-Dalton Doyle[6]; 7. (DNS) B24-Brendan Gibbons; 8. (DNS) 2K-Josh Amodio; 9. (DNS) 34-Behr Grover; 10. (DNS) 27-Jason Reome; 11. (DNS) 63-Teddy Clayton Jr; 12. (DNS) 12M-Seth Martin; 13. (DNS) 26B-Maddy Broedel; 14. (DNS) 67W-Zack Welch
Hot Laps: 1. 63C-Chip Constantino, 00:19.990[32]; 2. 51-Kreg Crooker, 00:20.104[21]; 3. B24-Brendan Gibbons, 00:20.167[23]; 4. 4-Jim Rothwell, 00:20.256[1]; 5. 9K-Blaine Klinger, 00:20.356[36]; 6. 44C-Ed Downing, 00:20.365[12]; 7. 82-David Hackett, 00:20.370[4]; 8. 15-Shawn Frost, 00:20.380[7]; 9. 44-Gordon Smith, 00:20.416[10]; 10. 410-Mike Fowler, 00:20.471[24]; 11. 1X-Willy Decker Jr, 00:20.476[2]; 12. 08-Dalton Doyle, 00:20.480[34]; 13. 74-Matt Perry, 00:20.496[37]; 14. 2K-Josh Amodio, 00:20.510[9]; 15. 26-Derrick Mcgrew Jr, 00:20.516[26]; 16. 25-Stephen Gray, 00:20.622[31]; 17. 1H-Harry Shaffer, 00:20.739[43]; 18. 23D-David Dickey, 00:20.764[38]; 19. 12B-Tyler Bobar, 00:20.841[25]; 20. 405-Travis Witbeck, 00:20.859[3]; 21. 28G-Jim Gould, 00:20.930[17]; 22. 44CD-Stephen Denton, 00:20.996[35]; 23. 27-Jason Reome, 00:21.005[42]; 24. 42-Daryl Nutting, 00:21.044[16]; 25. 21F-Zach Falciani, 00:21.094[28]; 26. 12M-Seth Martin, 00:21.124[15]; 27. 67W-Zack Welch, 00:21.165[14]; 28. 34-Behr Grover, 00:21.717[22]
Pro Stocks
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 8N-Nick Stone[3]; 2. 22W-AJ Walters[7]; 3. 49-Ivan Joslin[2]; 4. 81-Bret Belden[8]; 5. 15-Beau Ballard[4]; 6. 96-Andy Graves[11]; 7. 74N-Jim Normoyle[1]; 8. 35-Ken Gates[9]; 9. 00X-Josh Coonradt[10]; 10. 110-Devon Camenga[13]; 11. 715-Jason Morrison[5]; 12. 22-Tim Wood[16]; 13. 14KK-Hunter Keith[17]; 14. 25Y-Ken Griffin[12]; 15. 29-Jerry Streeter[19]; 16. 25-Chad Jeseo[20]; 17. 28G-Gus Gould[18]; 18. 101-Ed Kotary[15]; 19. 2H-Luke Horning[6]; 20. 28H-Johnny Holmes[14]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Bret Belden[1]; 2. 8N-Nick Stone[2]; 3. 49-Ivan Joslin[3]; 4. 15-Beau Ballard[4]; 5. 715-Jason Morrison[10]; 6. 96-Andy Graves[7]; 7. 110-Devon Camenga[8]; 8. 101-Ed Kotary[5]; 9. 14KK-Hunter Keith[6]; 10. 29-Jerry Streeter[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 00X-Josh Coonradt[6]; 2. 2H-Luke Horning[9]; 3. 35-Ken Gates[3]; 4. 22W-AJ Walters[7]; 5. 74N-Jim Normoyle[5]; 6. 25Y-Ken Griffin[8]; 7. 28H-Johnny Holmes[2]; 8. 22-Tim Wood[1]; 9. 28G-Gus Gould[4]
Hot Laps: 1. 8N-Nick Stone, 00:21.935[19]; 2. 110-Devon Camenga, 00:22.018[1]; 3. 2H-Luke Horning, 00:22.161[14]; 4. 35-Ken Gates, 00:22.201[17]; 5. 22W-AJ Walters, 00:22.261[13]; 6. 22-Tim Wood, 00:22.474[3]; 7. 101-Ed Kotary, 00:22.686[6]; 8. 28H-Johnny Holmes, 00:22.812[15]