Column By: MIKE TRAVERSE / RPW – MIDDLETOWN, NY – When the postponed ESW Sportsman race resumed on Saturday afternoon, there were many position changes.
But the one position that didn’t change was that of the leader, Brian Krummel. The driver of the potent #17 picked up where he left off on Friday and dominated the final 32 laps on Saturday to take his 2nd consecutive ESW Sportsman Championship race win.
“It’s hard, it’s really hard, it was a tough race,” said an emotional Krummel in Victory Lane. “I wish you all knew how hard we work. But it’s worth it, it’s the Eastern States.
When the race was restarted, Gary Edwards Jr moved into 2nd. Krummel was able to maintain his lead on several restarts. On a lap 42 restart, Drew Boniface slipped past Edwards Jr to take 2nd.
At the finish, it was Krummel with a 2.4 second margin of victory over Boniface. Edwards Jr. finished 3rd Travis Green 4th and Zach Sobotka 5th.
Completing the top 10 were Michael Sabia 6th, Mike Doty 7th, Tyler Johnston 8th, John Bockhorn 9th and Joey Conklin 10th.
“You never know when you’re going to get another one,” Krummel added. “We just got to keep working.”
“I was dropping back, I got to make something happen here,” said runner up Boniface. “I went wide open into turns 1 & 2 and I came out like 3rd. I thought that I had to try some more of that. Got to 2nd and that’s all she wrote.”
“Yeah, Brian was super fast. I knew the race was for 2nd,” said 3rd place finisher Edwards. “The track really changed from yesterday. Hat’s off to Brian, he was the man.”
Sportsman Eastern States Championship
1 | #17K Brian Krummel OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
50 | 01:32:20.941 | 6 | 00:21.901 | ||||
2 | #11D Drew Boniface OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
50 | 01:32:23.382 | 15 | 00:22.904 | 2.441 | 2.441 | ||
3 | #51 Gary Edwards Jr OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
50 | 01:32:25.371 | 18 | 00:22.798 | 4.430 | 1.989 | ||
4 | #69T Travis Green OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
50 | 01:32:26.152 | 6 | 00:23.228 | 5.211 | 0.781 | ||
5 | #38Z Zach Sobotka OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
50 | 01:32:26.949 | 12 | 00:23.567 | 6.008 | 0.797 | ||
6 | #7S Michael Sabia OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
50 | 01:32:27.385 | 17 | 00:23.251 | 6.444 | 0.436 | ||
7 | #47 Mike Doty OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
50 | 01:32:29.678 | 11 | 00:23.266 | 8.737 | 2.293 | ||
8 | #5J Tyler Johnston OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
50 | 01:32:30.651 | 17 | 00:23.175 | 9.710 | 0.973 | ||
9 | #97B John Bockhorn OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
50 | 01:32:31.594 | 7 | 00:23.439 | 10.653 | 0.943 | ||
10 | #J73 Joey Conklin OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
50 | 01:32:33.413 | 5 | 00:23.973 | 12.472 | 1.819 | ||
11 | #96 Tyler Treacy OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
50 | 01:32:34.992 | 4 | 00:23.407 | 14.051 | 1.579 | ||
12 | #21III Gary Edwards III OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
49 | 01:32:32.251 | 17 | 00:23.572 | 11.310 | |||
13 | #77J Jeff Higham OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
49 | 01:32:33.584 | 8 | 00:24.050 | 12.643 | 1.333 | ||
14 | #1A Tighe Sherlock OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
45 | 01:32:34.033 | 7 | 00:24.069 | 13.092 | 0.449 | ||
15 | #9L Jimmy Leiby OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
42 | 01:21:05.501 | 12 | 00:23.485 | ||||
16 | #38S Kevin Stevens OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
39 | 01:32:32.910 | 16 | 00:23.423 | 11.969 | 11:27.409 | ||
17 | #6D Darryl Ford OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
38 | 01:12:56.182 | 7 | 00:22.985 | ||||
18 | #71M Eric Mack OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
27 | 58:20.824 | 10 | 00:22.458 | ||||
19 | #2L Jesse Leiby OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
27 | 58:21.015 | 16 | 00:22.886 | 0.191 | |||
20 | #38SP Jared Labagh OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
27 | 58:21.340 | 15 | 00:22.938 | 0.325 | |||
21 | #24B Joe Bruning OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
27 | 58:24.650 | 10 | 00:22.494 | 3.310 | |||
22 | #4RJ Tim Hartman OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
18 | 32:28.571 | 12 | 00:23.534 | ||||
23 | #98G Johnny Guarino OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
17 | 32:05.238 | 12 | 00:23.582 | ||||
24 | #42 Daryl Nutting OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
17 | 32:05.359 | 12 | 00:23.364 | 0.121 | |||
25 | #1M Tyler Murray OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
17 | 32:31.792 | 15 | 00:24.019 | 26.433 | |||
26 | #12T Tyler Peet OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
17 | 32:36.421 | 9 | 00:24.031 | 4.629 | |||
27 | #27R John Redner OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
17 | 32:37.355 | 6 | 00:23.963 | 0.934 | |||
28 | #3B Ryan Behrent OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
16 | 32:06.719 | 10 | 00:23.830 | ||||
29 | #399 Nick Giaradini OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
1 | 00:28.883 | 1 | 00:27.008 | ||||
30 | #49 Aidan Elliott OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
1 | 00:31.069 | 1 | 00:27.847 | 2.186 | |||
31 | #4C Brady Cordova OCFS Sportsman | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
1 | 00:31.205 | 1 | 00:28.202 | 0.136 |