Delaware
Speedway
- Sunday, August 9, 2009 |
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John Brush of Corr/Pak
joins the ISMA top three in Victory Lane. From left, Brush,
third place Jeff Holbrook, winner Dave Shullick Jr and second
place finisher Mark Sammut. |
Jim Feeney
Photos |
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Sunday, August
9th
- Delaware ISMA 50 |
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DAVE SHULLICK JR.
WINS HOT ONE
AT DELAWARE SPEEDWAY |
Delaware, Ont. - Sunday, for
the second day in a row, the ISMA supers had to fight with
Mother Nature. She won on Saturday, washing out the entire
scheduled show. Sunday, a hot, humid day produced a slight rain
delay, but in the end the racing and Dave Shullick Jr. won out.
What looked to be a career-first for Vern Romanoski gave way to
Shullick’s second win of the season with just two to go.
Shullick stole the lead from Vern in the second turn when
Romanoski slipped high. Vern’s second then slipped away when he
slid around the next lap to bring out the caution. Shoe II was
able to withstand a quick surge from now second place runner
Mark Sammut to take the checkered.
Said the Ridgeville, OH driver after the race, “It was just a
good race. Sammut and Romanoski ran real good races. They were
up there. I think everybody lost tires about halfway in the
race. I was just hoping that our tires went away less than
everyone else’s. It kind of looked like that because they were
backing up pretty good in the last ten laps. We just capitalized
on it. It was another good win. I’d like to thank Clyde and
Susan Booth. We had some rough luck Friday night and we fought
back. We worked on the car a lot this weekend trying to make it
better and we had a really good car today.”
Sammut, who finished second, commented, “On the first green I
thought we would have had something. I think we were gaining on
Vern and I don’t know if I touched him or not on that restart or
not. But we damaged the nose wing and after that we were really
tight. I couldn’t steer it at all. So we were just more or less
hanging on. Vern was definitely faster. You have to hand it to
him. It’s too bad he couldn’t make it one more lap. He had a
great run going and we definitely didn’t have anything to
challenge him. Then the 61 was definitely a little quicker than
we were once he got by me. The track was really slippery and
with the damaged nose wing, we’re glad to finish second. We’ll
take a second and a fifth for the weekend. We did a whole bunch
of damage at Sandusky. We finished the car at 3 o’clock Friday
afternoon, loaded up to come out here and then had to change a
rear end this morning. So all in all it ended up pretty good
considering how it might have ended up.
Jeff Holbrook joined the hot and tired top duo on the podium. “I
thought it only got hot in New York and it was nice and cool up
here in Canada, said Jeff. “You fans are awesome. Thanks for
chancing the weather and coming out here today to watch us. I
hope we put on a good show for you. I look forward to coming
back here next year. Thanks.”
Bobby Haynes Jr. and Vern Romanoski led the 21-car field to
green with the 5 of Romanoski taking up the front spot and Mark
Sammut quickly up to take second and away they went.
Lap 9 saw a yellow for Dave McCullough’s 3 which bunched the
field behind the green 5. But Vern, who had traveled 15 hours to
compete at Delaware, left the others behind on the restart.
Today looked to be his day.
Danny Lane brought out the yellow again on lap 14 with a simple
spin. Lane pitted but unfortunately got caught behind a car from
another division while he tried to exit the pit. Lane was left
behind at the green much to his dismay.
Romanoski was again in command with Sammut, Shullick Jr.,
Holbrook, McKnight, Haynes and Rob Summers next in line.
Everyone was watching the skies for a possible thunderstorm and
for the halfway mark.
Yellow dropped on lap 23 causing more anxiety when the 51 of
Dave Duggan spun. Russ Wood and Michael Barnes made quick
pitstops as Duggan resumed at the tail of the field.
One more lap and another yellow as Dave McKnight suffered a flat
after a brush with the wall. He was able to make the change and
pull in at the tail, but on the next restart, Dave’s 94 ended up
in a jingle with Duggan and Rich Reid and this time McKnight was
done.
Still trying to complete lap 24 and reach halfway, Vern took off
again with Sammut and Shullick the nearest challengers.
Holbrook, Summers, Perley and Seitz were closing in on the
front-runners.
On lap 36, Shullick was able to get by the Sammut 78 as Mark’s
front nose wing caused his steering problems to grow. Romanoski
and Shullick now pulled away from Sammut. As they began to
encounter some lap cars, Shullick was able to close up the gap
Vern had left. With only five laps to go, Shullick was knocking
on Vern’s back door. On lap 48, Vern moved a little high and
Shullick made his move for the lead.
Vern’s dream of a first win came to end shortly thereafter. He
described it this way later in his hauler. “We had a really good
run going. I came into some lap traffic. The line that I had to
take worked well down low, diamonding the track. When I tried to
set out wide, I drove in deep and the car just shoved up and got
into the marbles. I couldn’t get it turned back down. And, we
made a mistake with two to go. I’d like to thank everybody who
helps me – Brad Lichty, Perley, my crew who stand by me race
after race and who work tirelessly. Maybe next time.”
After Vern brought out the yellow with his spin, Shullick was
unchallenged to the checkered on the restart. Sammut, Holbrook,
Perley and Summers filled in the top five.
Perley, after a rare DNF on Friday, was content to survive for
fourth. “I didn’t have a good car, but I didn’t quit. There
wasn’t any passing out there. The track was very, very
difficult. I kept on trying to wear people down before I wore
down. At the end I think it was about even. I feel bad that Vern
didn’t pull it off. It was just one of those deals.”
Summers, who was drenching himself with cool water back in his
pit area after the hot run, indicated, “The Essex Seafood, Dr.
Mom’s car was good right off the trailer. We made a bunch of
changes yesterday while it was raining and we went in the right
direction. I think in the feature the track was just so hot and
greasy, it made it so hard to pass. I think if we had started on
the pole I think we could have been good. I know the 61 was real
good, but we were probably a second place car, if we could have
just found a way to pass.”
Seitz, Haynes, Mike Lichty, Russ Wood and Rich Reid finished up
the top ten.
With the Corr/Pak $4000 bonus for a repeat winner evaporated
with Jeff Locke’s early demise, the extra cash was split between
the top fives in each event, giving an extra $400 to each of
those finishers.
SUMMARY
ISMA Event # 9
Heat 1: Dave Shullick Jr., Russ
Wood, Brad Lichty, Bobby Haynes, Danny Lane, Michael Barnes,
Larry Lehnert
Heat 2: Ben Seitz, Rob Summers,
Jeff Holbrook, Brandon Bellinger, Ryan Litt, Dave Duggan, Jeff
Locke
Heat 3: Mark Sammut, Chris Perley,
Vern Romanoski, Dave McKnight, Dave Trytek, Rich Reid, Dave
McCullough
ISMA 50:
1. Dave Shullick Jr. (61), 2. Mark Sammut (78), 3. Jeff Holbrook
(35),
4. Chris Perley (11), 5. Rob Summers (97), 6. Ben Seitz (88),
7. Bobby Haynes Jr. (44), 8. Mike Lichty (84), 9. Russ Wood
(29),
10. Rich Reid (55), 11. Dave Trytek (41), 12. Vern Romanoski
(5),
13. Ryan Litt (07), 14. Dave Duggan (51), 15. Michael Barnes
(70),
16. Brandon Bellinger (02), 17. Dave McKnight (94), 18. Danny
Lane (9),
19. Jeff Locke (37), 20. Larry Lehnert (92), 21. Dave McCullough
(3). |
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Friday, August 7th
and Saturday, August 8th |
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"Tammy 10" - the legendary Super driven by Harvey Lennox at
Delaware Speedway |
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TWO-DAYS OF SUPER
MODIFIED ACTION COMING UP AT DELAWARE SPEEDWAY; CORR/PAK ADDS
"TAMMY-10" MONEY BONUS TO SUPER PURSE |
July 27, 2009
By John Houghton, Delaware Speedway PR
The arrival of the ISMA Supermodified at Delaware Speedway is
one of the most highly anticipated events of the year. This year
promises to be twice as exciting as the ISMA cars invade
Delaware Speedway for two days of speed, action, and great
racing memories presented by Sloan
Insulation of Windsor and Patco Transportation and an
added $4,000 on the line for the ISMA drivers put up by Corr / Pak Merchandising. 2009
marks the fourth year in a row the coveted series has graced the
Delaware half-mile after a previous twenty-year absence.
The cars in the American-based ISMA (International Supermodified
Association) are the most powerful cars to visit Delaware
Speedway each year. The majority of the vehicles are home built
by the race teams themselves. The light weight of the cars
combined with the over 850-horse power the cars generate create
a recipe for quick times around the speedways the series visits.
The cars also have large wings mounted on top of the car mounted
on air shocks, which change the aerodynamic characteristics of
the vehicle to create extra down force in the turns and reduce
drag on the straights. The cars are also directly driven off the
engine, which means the cars require a push start and have no
starter and no battery with the aim of further reducing the
weight of the cars.
The ISMA Supermodifieds will be racing on Friday, August 7 running their heat races
and a 30-lap feature sponsored by Sloan
Insulations of Windsor. On Saturday,
August 8 the action heats up with
heat races and a 50-lap feature for the ISMA cars sponsored by
Patco Transportation.
The ISMA Supermodified drivers will have an added incentive to
attend the two-day event. Corr / Pak
Merchandising is putting up a special prize bonus program
the “Tammy 10-Thousand Dollars”,
named after the legendary Supermodified race car piloted by
Harvey Lennox at Delaware Speedway. The company is making an
additional $4,000 available as a bonus to a driver who is able
to win both races. If a driver is able to win both events, the
$4,000 combined with the ISMA purse money they would earn them a
total of $10,000. If different drivers win each race, the $4,000
will be divided up among the top-5 drivers in each race over the
two days.
Along with the ISMA cars, Delaware Speedway’s NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series classes will be taking to the track. Friday
evening features the APC Late Models, Demar Aggregates Trucks
and the popular Throne King’s of the Hill Spectator’s race.
Saturday night highlights the Delaware Speedway Super Stocks and
POWERADE Modifieds. Spectator gates on both days open at 6:00 pm
with racing starting at 8:00 pm. Saturday night also features a
special autograph session for the ISMA Supermodifieds.
The early bird discount for ISMA Super
Modified tickets ends this upcoming Friday, July 31. Fans
who purchase their tickets early through the website will
receive a discounted admission. Tickets will continue to be
available through the website after the early bird pricing ends
and will also be available at the gate.
The weekend also features free un-serviced camping with
admission. The campground is located behind the back straight
and is accessible on a first come-first-served basis.
Go to
www.delawarespeedway.com for ongoing information updates and
ticket info. |
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