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Story By: RON SZCZERBA / FONDA SPEEDWAY – FONDA, NY – Saturday evening was supposed to be “Opening Day” for the 73rd season of racing at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway. Light rain throughout most of the qualifying heat races was not a factor as the cars stayed on track and raced through it until a steadier rain forced the cancellation of the remainder of the racing program just after the last heat race was completed.
Next Saturday, May 4 the prestigious Lou Lazzaro Memorial will be run for the Amsterdam Truck Center Modifieds along with all other regular divisions with the rained out Fonda Fair Four Cylinder feature from 4/27 to be added.
Other make up dates from 4/27 Glover Insurance Night are Amsterdam Truck Center Modifieds on Dollar Night May 11, Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman on May 25, and the Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman and Leatherstocking Pro Stocks on June 1.
Three of the four feature events were run for the Mohawk Valley Vintage Dirt Modified Series (MVVDMS) on Saturday evening before the rain came in with Curtis Condon (Late Model), Joe Rando (Mystique), and Bryan Scofield (Antique) the winners of those three events with the Modified/Sportsman feature being rescheduled to a later date.
Saturday evening was a special racing program for the MVVDMS honoring Frank Trinkhaus with the entire Vintage program labeled as the Frank Trinkaus Memorial. Thanks to Frank’s daughter Debbie and Ron Moshier, memorabilia on Trinkhaus was displayed at the Fonda Speedway Hall of Fame & Museum on Saturday evening according to the Fonda Speedway Hall of Fame & Museum Facebook page.
Trinkhaus was the co-promoter of the former Sidney (New York) Speedway back in 1953 when Fonda Speedway promoter Ed Fuez approached him in order to buy some bleachers for the “Track of Champions” according to the book Fonda! He would go on to become a Hall of Fame Fonda Speedway car owner with eight different drivers piloting the Trinkhaus yellow and blue #62 to Fonda Speedway victory lane between 1956 through 1970.
Those eight drivers included George Gallup, Steve Danish, Pete Corey, Ken Shoemaker, Jeep Herbert, Irv Taylor, Don Wayman, and Lee Millington. Trinkhaus was inducted into the New York State Stock Car Association (NYSSCA) Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Fonda Speedway Hall of Fame in 2017.
If you are a race fan that gets to the track early, be sure to check out the Fonda Speedway Museum & Hall of Fame which is located on the Fonda Fairgrounds at the rear of the parking area going down towards turn four. The museum is open from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on race days and admission is free!
DATE – 4/27/2024 – GLOVER INSURANCE AGENCY NIGHT – RAINED OUT AFTER HEAT RACES WERE COMPLETED
AMSTERDAM TRUCK CENTER MODIFIED FEATURE – 30-LAPS – RAIN DELAYED – DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
HEAT RACE RESULTS
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Chris Curtis[2]; 2. 1G-Darwin Greene[1]; 3. 97H-Bobby Hackel IV[8]; 4. 27-Jason Reome[4]; 5. 42-Tucker O’Connor[9]; 6. 76-Jamike Sowle[7]; 7. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[3]; 8. 19JR-Roger Henion Jr[6]; 9. 111-Demetrios Drellos[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1Z-Jessica Friesen[2]; 2. 7MM-Michael Maresca[1]; 3. 44-Stewart Friesen[7]; 4. 1-Rocky Warner[3]; 5. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[5]; 6. 2RJ-Ronnie Johnson[8]; 7. 24P-Brian Pessolano[4]; 8. 4-Cody Clark[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Jack Lehner[5]; 2. 21C-Brian Calabrese[8]; 3. 21P-Luciano (Pep) Corradi[7]; 4. 93-Ryan Odasz[2]; 5. 20C-Craig Hanson[4]; 6. 66-Don Bellen[6]; 7. 0-Glenn Styres[1]; 8. 34-Dave Constantino[3]
SWAGGER FACTORY APPAREL CRATE 602 SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 25-LAPS – RAIN DELAYED – DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
HEAT RACE RESULTS
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 314-Clayton DuMond[2]; 2. B24-Brendan Gibbons[6]; 3. 84-Ricky Quick[7]; 4. 9K-Blaine Klinger[4]; 5. 12B-Tyler Bobar[5]; 6. 7J-Dan Santabarbara[9]; 7. 2K-Mike Kalkbrenner[3]; 8. 2-Anthony Falanga[1]; 9. 23N-Nathan Peattie[10]; 10. 21-Gary Edwards III[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 63-Chip Constantino[1]; 2. 12T-Tyler Peet[7]; 3. 89-Dylan Madsen[6]; 4. 8-Josh Kane[5]; 5. 78-Tanner Warner[8]; 6. 14J-Jeremy Tyrrell[9]; 7. 1M-Mark Mortensen[2]; 8. 312-Bill Port[4]; 9. (DNS) 1D-Kyle Dingman
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Jonny Feagles[1]; 2. 10%-Chad Edwards[2]; 3. 25-Stephen Gray[5]; 4. 1B-Brett Mortensen[7]; 5. 14T-Payton Talbot[8]; 6. 38SPEC-Jared LaBagh[3]; 7. 40D-Butchie Irwin[6]; 8. 31J-John DuMond[9]; 9. 16X-Savannah Laflair[4]
LEATHERSTOCKING CREDIT UNION PRO STOCK FEATURE – 20-LAPS – RAIN DELAYED – DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
HEAT RACE RESULTS
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 715-Jason Morrison[4]; 2. 35-Ken Gates[8]; 3. 75-Gary Silkey[1]; 4. 110-Devon Camenga[10]; 5. 7C-Caden Dumblewski[6]; 6. 6-Shane Playford[9]; 7. 2H-Luke Horning[5]; 8. 49-Ivan Joslin[2]; 9. 1D-Nick Santuccione[7]; 10. (DNS) 8N-Nick Stone
MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE FOR AGING INC. LIMITED SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 15-LAPS – RAIN DELAYED – DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
HEAT RACE RESULTS
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 37-Ryan Sweet[1]; 2. 44J-Adam Tranka[2]; 3. 47-Walter Cook[4]; 4. 13J-Jim Mallia[8]; 5. 14W-Timothy Wilmot[7]; 6. 16H-Dylan Huston[3]; 7. 618-Bobby Rhinehardt[5]; 8. 1B-Jeff Bobilin[10]; 9. (DNS) 57-Ben Balzer; 10. (DNS) 2-Brandon Tyler
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 12AJ-AJ Greco[1]; 2. 00X-Josh Coonradt[6]; 3. 797-Corky Warner[3]; 4. 216-Phil Arnold[7]; 5. 32-Steve Wagoner[5]; 6. 07-Josh Persse[9]; 7. 87J-Joel Knudsen Jr[2]; 8. 44-Rocco Constantino[10]; 9. 24-Kirsten Swartz[8]; 10. (DQ) 22L-Lance Hill[4]
FONDA FAIR FOUR CYLINDER FEATURE – 12-LAPS – RAIN DELAYED – DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
MOHAWK VALLEY VINTAGE DIRT MODIFIED SERIES (MVVDMS) LATE MODEL FEATURE FINISH – CURTIS CONDON, Frank Hoard, John Roese, Rob VanAernam, Will Reed, Camron Hotaling
MOHAWK VALLEY VINTAGE DIRT MODIFIED SERIES (MVVDMS) MYSTIQUE FEATURE FINISH – JOE RANDO, Peter Nowicki, George Palmer, Mark Anatriello, Harry Baldwin, Cory Briggs (DNS)
MOHAWK VALLEY VINTAGE DIRT MODIFIED SERIES (MVVDMS) ANYIQUE FEATURE FINISH – BRYAN SCOFIELD, Jimmy Fugel, John Wood, Don Briggs, John Orsini, Mike Wheeler, Jim Glass, Dan Haslun, Mike Gray, Speedy Niedeheimer
MOHAWK VALLEY VINTAGE DIRT MODIFIED SERIES (MVVDMS) MODIFIED/SPORTSMAN FEATURE – RAIN DELAYED – DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
