M40
Speedway - June 16, 2007 |
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M40 Winner -
Mike Ordway Jr.
M-40 Top Three pose with
track owner. L-R, 2nd Robby Summers,
Bill Burns (owner), winner Mike Ordway Jr and 3rd Chris Perley. |
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Jim Feeney
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Mikey Ordway (10)
started outside Jeff Holbrook (35) in the Dion Parrish Memorial
on Saturday night at M-40 Speedway in Michigan. It took just one
circuit for the young high school graduate to take over the
lead, a spot he would not relinquish for his first-ever ISMA
feature win. |
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Two Canadian
combatants Mark Sammut and Dave McKnight were back at it on
Saturday in ISMA-Wirtgen competition at M-4 0 Speedway. Both had
podium finishes on Friday but Sammut settled for an 8th on
Saturday, while McKnight was seventh. |
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Chris Perley (11)
and Bobby Magner(40) had a battle for a top five spot at M-40
for several “fun” laps as they put it. Neither could progress
during the middle laps on the tight 3-8th’s high banked oval.
Perley eventually got to third with Magner finishing fifth.
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Jeff Holbrook, in
a new Brian Allegresso-built car holds off Robbie Summers at
M-40 Speedway in Michigan on Saturday during the ISMA-Wirtgen
Super Series event number 3. Perley went on for third, Summers
second and Holbrook fourth. |
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Bob Magner #40
battles Chris Perley in the #11 |
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Jeff Hobrook #35
versus Perley. |
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Friday night high
school grad Mike Ordway Jr. skipped his graduation party on
Saturday to bring home his first-ever ISMA feature win – in just
two tries! His dad Mike Sr., sister Jessica and mom Kathy flank
the young Fremont driver. Car owner of the 10, Rick Wentworth is
second from right. |
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MIKE ORDWAY JR
TOPS M40 ISMA FIELD FOR HIS FIRST WIN IN SECOND OUTING |
Jones, MI - Mike Ordway Jr.
gave himself a nice high school graduation present on Saturday
night at M-40 Speedway by winning his first-ever ISMA-Wirtgen
feature. And, for the son of the fourth place All-Time ISMA
feature winner, that feature came quickly. It was only his
second full ISMA race. The 18-year old second generation driver,
piloting the Rick Wentworth 10 showed the field around the 3/8's
mile banked Michigan oval as if he'd been there a 100 times
before. But one might not be surprised at his quick rise to the
top given his dad's expertise and the help he's gotten from his
dad, his car owner Wentworth, Vic Miller, Chris Perley and crew.
He couldn't go wrong and his days in the 350 supers at Lee and
Star Speedways in New Hampshire certainly prepped him well. His
proud family were all there to greet him in victory lane, some
coming in on the red eye with him that morning.
The young Fremont man stood with his trophy while his friends
partied back home as he described his race. ”I took the lead
early, but if I could have I would have liked to follow someone
else and then get by him at the end. I hate leading all the laps
like that. The race never seemed like it was going to end. We
kept having yellows and I didn't want to see them but I did want
to see them to get away from the lap cars. They showed me ten to
go and then five to go and it seemed like an hour after that the
checkered fell.
“Lap traffic was pretty good tonight. A couple of times it got a
little scary out there. Most of the time the guys gave me room
and I'd like to thank everyone for that. They ran me clean. All
in all it was a good night. Early in the day I considered this
track pretty much like Lee. It doesn't really have any grip and
it's really hard to pass here. I said this morning that this was
one of my new favorite tracks. We ran good in practice and good
in time trials. I've got to thank Vic and the guys, Vinal
Excavating and Harrington Trucking. And, especially my mom and
dad, my sister and Ricky Wentworth - just everyone!
Ordway Jr. led all but the first lap of the ISMA-Wirtgen main
and for most of that he was chased down by Jeff Holbrook and
then Robbie Summers who swapped spots with twelve to go.
Summers, driving the Lane 97 couldn't catch the Perley-look
alike car, which was patterned after the Vic Miller 11. He was
content with a second. “We had a good car, just not as good as
Perley's two cars. They were good. We were tight. A second place
is good and the car is in one piece after two nights. I'm happy
with that.”
Chris Perley had once again set fast time but he had to struggle
to get a podium finish on the tight M-40 track. Starting 11th,
it took until lap 49 for him to move by Holbrook and into the
top three.” I couldn't get through. It was awfully tight. I
think starting position was key. Mikey had it and had the right
car tonight. It's great to see. This is only his second ISMA
race. It's just unbelievable. He did the right thing. He got out
there and ran away like a jackrabbit and held on at the end. He
didn't get rattled. He did great. We did the best we could. We
just battled around and had a ball with Bobby Magner. We were
both sideways seeing who was going to wreck first. Hey, I'll
take a top three!”
After time trials and heats, an attrition-diminished field lined
up for the Dion Parrish Memorial 50 with Vern Romanoski and Dave
Sanborn in the front row. Romanoski led the initial circuit but
Ordway Jr., from his third starting spot, dove past the 5 to
take a lead he would not relinquish. The compact high banked
track was like home to Ordway and off he went and quickly
cutting through the slower cars at the tail. Jeff Holbrook in
his new Allegresso-built machine stayed right behind while Bob
Magner, Rob Summers, Chris Perley and Mike Lichty trailed in
traffic.
The first yellow flew on lap 21 when Mike Lichty, driving a
backup 84 lost a right front hub ending his day.
The restart left the field bunched behind Ordway, but with some
lap cars as cushion as the halfway mark approached. Holbrook and
Magner's teammate Dave Trytek in the 70 exited the race
overheating on lap 25 to lessen the field while the 35 and 40
ran in the top five.
Ordway Jr. was on a rail - not an easy task on the track most of
these drivers had never seen, especially one in only his second
race. Only one other slowdown came on lap 38 when the Burdette
63 driven by Steve Shellenberger, drove off the track in front.
The seemingly long laps to Ordway ticked off rapidly for the
others like two-time feature winner Perley who was having a
battle with Bob Magner for fifth. Robbie Summers, looking like
the fastest man behind the leader, moved up to second just after
the restart and tried to close in.
Perley finally swapped the fourth spot a couple times with young
Magner and headed for Holbrook who he picked off just before the
checkered fell. But the black car in victory lane was not to be
an 11 but a 10. Summers, Perley, Holbrook and Magner followed
Ordway.
Holbrook, who was just getting used to his new ride, was pleased
with what the car accomplished in the two days he ran it.” It
would have been nice to get a podium finish. I was expecting the
11 to come many laps before he did. The car is only going to get
better. They left it tight for me because they didn't want me to
be loose. For the second day out in this car and my first top
five with the wing on, that's awesome. And, two of us in the top
five!”
Magner, who was having fun dicing with a master commented, “The
track is so difficult to pass on. It's just impossible.
Everybody runs a different line and you have to be on the top or
bottom to pass. I really had fun racing with Chris Perley. I
don't know who was worse but it was dicey in lap traffic and
when you race with somebody of that caliber I think it made me
want it a little bit more.
Vern Romanoski, in a good run, finished sixth with Dave McKnight
in an ailing 94 seventh. Mark Sammut, finishing up a good
weekend, was eighth, Bob Haynes Jr. ninth and Dave Sanborn
tenth. Haynes was presented with the Dion Parrish Memorial
plaque and a cash bonus for his run.
SUMMARY ISMA
Wirtgen Event #3 June 16, 2007
Time Trials: Chris Perley - 10.913
Heat 1: Mark Sammut, Mike Lichty,
Bob Magner, Dave Trytek, Dave Sanborn, Mike Ordway, Larry
Lehnert
Heat 2: Robbie Summers, Chris
Perley, Vern Romanoski, Jeff Holbrook, Bob Haynes, Jr., John
Torrese, Eric Torrese, Dave McKnight.
Dion Parrish
Memorial 50: 1.
Mike Ordway Jr. (10), 2. Rob Summers (97),
3. Chris Perley (11), 4. Jeff Holbrook (35), 5. Bob Magner (40),
6. Vern Romanoski (5), 7. Dave McKnight (94), 8. Mark Sammut
(78),
9. Bobby Haynes Jr. (44), 10. Dave Sanborn (24), 11. Steve
Shellenberger (63),
12. Dave Trytek (70), 13. Mike Lichty (84), 14. Larry Lehnert
(92),
15. Eric Torrese (99), 16. Johnny Torrese (91).
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