Thompson
International Speedway - Sunday, October 27, 2008 |
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The Top 3 at the
World Series ISMA 50, from left, Mark Sammut (3rd),
Winner Chris Perley & his teammate Bentley Warren (2nd). |
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Jim Feeney Photos |
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The big
battle of the ISMA World Series event was between Dave Shullick
Jr. (61) and Chris Perley. Shullick led the first 16 and Perley
the remainder but Shullick almost retook the lead in traffic
with less than ten to go only to spin off the track. |
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Broken hubs
have plagued the Lichty team for the past season or more and
Mike Ordway Sr., driving the 74, hit the wall on lap 17 as a
result. |
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3280 – Russ
Wood heads by young Mike Ordway Jr. as the pair battled for top
tens. Wood ended up 6th, Ordway Jr., 7th at Sunday’s World
Series ISMA 50. |
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Lou Cicconi
is about to lose his second place to veteran Bentley Warren on
lap 42 of the ISMA World Series 50. |
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Mark Sammut
fights by Rob Summers on his way to a third place finish.
Summers finished 5th at the World Series ISMA 50. |
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Dave
Shullick Jr., after leading and running second, spun off the
fourth turn at Thompson with less than ten to go. He worked his
way back up to 8th at the finish as he passes by tenth place
finisher Dave McKnight here. |
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Mark Sammut
passes Lou Cicconi late in the ISMA World Series feature to take
over third place. |
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Chris
Perley, 2008 ISMA champion and six-time Thompson World Series
winner. |
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The 2008
ISMA champ, his third straight title, Chris Perley also enjoyed
his fifth World Series ISMA win in the last six years.
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PERLEY CAPS HIS
CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR
with a WORLD SERIES ISMA WIN |
Thompson, CT – Chris Perley
capped off his 2008 ISMA championship with his fifth win at
Thompson Speedway's World Series of Racing on Sunday. It was his
fifth win of the ISMA portion of that racing event and his sixth
win overall in that race's history. Trailing him was his
teammate, driving the Vic Miller 71, and 4-time World Series
victor himself, Bentley Warren. Perley's main competition came
from Dave Shullick Jr. who led, then ran second to the 11 until,
with less than ten laps to go, spun off turn four. Lou Cicconi
was able to stay in second for one circuit until Warren took
over.
Perley described his race. " I was running strong. The car was
awesome and I kind of got a little lax in traffic. I was just
trying to pick my way through and trying not to nick up the car
because obviously you have to 'finish to finish first' or
something like that. Then Dave woke me up there for a minute. I
guess then he spun himself out. It's too bad. It would have been
a good battle between him and I. I know that he was pretty
strong. That's why I wanted to get by him as early as I could. I
just love coming to Thompson. This place is a blast and we've
had a lot of luck here, which of course is half of it. With
great crew, great sponsors, and great engines, the car just
keeps running. I can't thank everybody enough for coming out to
see us today."
Ageless Bentley Warren climbed out of the seat of the Miller 71
all smiles, enjoying the race and the applause he has earned. ":
Thanks to Vic Miller and Eddie Shea and the whole11-71 crew. The
crew gave me a heck of a racecar. I really enjoyed running it.
It's just so much fun to run with these guys. I really
appreciate it."
Mark Sammut, who stole third from Cicconi, in the Wentworth 10,
at race end, laughed and said, "The car's been running great all
weekend. Everybody on the crew worked hard. We won our heat
yesterday and here we are in the top three and not a black car!"
Dave Shullick Jr. led the ISMA field of 28 to the green flag and
immediately set himself up as the man to beat. Robbie Summers,
Mike Lichty and Sammut were quickly joined by Perley in the
early battled\.
But, with no yellows to mar the way, Shullick fled into the tail
of the field, putting a couple cars in between his Booth-owned
61 and the pursuers. And, just as quickly, Chris Perley moved by
Lichty and Summers to be Shoe II's challenger.
The traffic Shullick began to encounter was almost as racy as
the front-runners, slowing him enough for Perley to close up the
distance between them. On lap 16, The Rowley Rocket pulled under
Shullick to take over the lead, but the battle did not end here.
On lap 17 Mike Ordway Sr., driving the PATCO 74, found himself
minus a wheel and a spot on the wall. After the cleanup, Bob
Magner was the next wall victim, in a different spot, as the
race tried to resume. He went into the pits but would resume the
race later on.
Perley took off on the green with Shullick tucked in behind.
Several lap cars separated the duo from Summers, Lichty, Cicconi,
Sammut, Warren and Ordway Jr.
Just before halfway, the 76 of Tim Adams slid off the track in
four, hit the pedal and was able to make the save although the
yellow had flown.
Liquid Lou used the restart of lap 21 to catapult by both Lichty
and Summers to take over third. The race went on autopilot for a
number of laps as Perley tiptoed through traffic and Shullick
tap danced behind. Soon the 61 was closing in on the 11.
With 15 to go, Shullick was within striking distance as a war
waged behind between Cicconi, Summers, Lichty, Warren and Sammut.
On lap 37, Lichty's run once again ended in disappointment as
the 84 headed pit side smoking.
On lap 39, Adams was able to make another spectacular save when
his wing flapped forward hindering his vision. Adams was able to
steer the car through the grass and into the pits.
With ten to go, Shullick was right there as Perley approached
some three-wide racing just ahead of him. The 61 showed a wheel
to Perley and then almost a whole car. The pass did not stick
and on lap 42, Shullick drove harder than he wanted to off turn
four in pursuit of the lead and the 61 came around, sending the
apron dirt and the yellow flag flying. He was able to get
straightened out and back on the track, only now at the tail
end.
On the restart, Perley took off, as did "the old man" with
Bentley Warren making a charge by Cicconi for the runner-up
spot. Cicconi was left to try and hold off Summers, Sammut, Russ
Wood, Ordway Jr. and Dave McKnight.
Within a couple laps, Shullick was already up behind McKnight,
but time was running out. Mark Sammut wasn't done racing yet
either as Perley and Warren ran their Miller owned black cars
and Cicconi ran the Miller designed Wentworth 10 out front of
his red and while 78. On the last circuit as the flag was flying
for Perley out front, Sammut picked off Cicconi to claim a
podium finish, joining Bentley and Perley.
Cicconi and Summers picked up the remainder of the top five
while Russ Wood, Mike Ordway Jr., Shullick, Jeff Holbrook and
Dave McKnight completed the top ten, the final cars on the lead
lap.
For Perley, the World Series victory was his 7th ISMA win of the
season, as he captured his third straight ISMA title, and fifth
overall. He reflected on his 2008 season earlier while awaiting
the feature run.
"We had a great year again. I don't know if you can say it was
as good as last year, but I think it was in some aspects. The
car was so strong. The competition crept up a little in ISMA,
which was great. Winning a race or a championship isn't really
worth it if there isn't anybody there to fight you for it in the
end. I enjoy the competition as much as anything. Obviously
without the crew, without the sponsors and the support of my
family and friends, it's not worth it at all. We just have a
great package and everybody keeps rolling along. If we didn't
win the championship and we had this type of year, we'd still be
happy. It's just a bonus this year. And, next year if we keep
going, who knows if we'll win the championship, but again, if we
don't and we still have a year like this, that's awesome too."
SUMMARY
ISMA Event #12 (including a rained out Toledo)
Heat 1: Dave Shullick Jr., Chris
Perley, Mike Lichty, Otto Sitterly, Bobby Haynes Jr., Bob Magner,
Larry Lehnert, Dave Trytek, Eric Emhoff
Heat 2: Russ Wood, Mike Ordway Sr.,
Scott Martel, Lou Cicconi, Vern Romanoski, Bob Bond, Pat Lavery,
Bobby Santos, Dave Sanborn, Jamie Timmons
Heat 3: Mark Sammut, Rob Summers,
Bentley Warren, Mike Ordway Jr., Dave McKnight, Craig Rayvals,
Tim Adams, Randy Wimert, Brandon Bellinger, Mike Keeler, Jeff
Holbrook
WORLD SERIES ISMA 50
1. Chris Perley (11), 2. Bentley Warren (71), 3. Mark Sammut
(78),
4. Lou Cicconi (10), 5. Rob Summers (97), 6. Russ Wood (29),
7. Mike Ordway Jr. (41), 8. Dave Shullick Jr. (61), 9. Jeff
Holbrook (35),
10. Dave McKnight (94), 11. Dave Sanborn (24), 12. Craig Rayvals
(05),
13. Bob Bond (25), 14. Mike Keeler (56), 15. Pat Lavery (2L),
16. Bob Magner (22), 17. Otto Sitterly (7), 18. Mike Lichty
(84),
19. Tim Adams (76), 20. Vern Romanoski (9), 21. Dave Trytek
(70),
22. Mike Ordway Sr. (74), 23. Bobby Haynes Jr. (44), 24. Brandon
Bellinger (02),
25. Scott Martel (88), 26. Larry Lehnert (92), 27. Eric Emhoff
(2E),
28. Randy Wimert (60). |
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