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Tom SKibinski posted Sunday July 18, 2010. Cornwall, ONT – July 11, 2010 – One sure way for Brett Hearn to break out of a slump is to send the Super DIRTcar Series record-holder to Canada. In his second appearance of the season at Cornwall Motor Speedway on Sunday, the all-time Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels champion rode away with a commanding victory, this time worth $6,000 as the Sussex, N.J. speedster elevated his career mark to 104 wins on DIRTcar Northeast’s premier Big-Block Modified tour. Hearn has also now captured twice as many Super DIRTcar Series victories north of the border than any other driver, improving his Big-Block total to 18 in Canada with win number four registered at Ron Morin’s fast quarter-miler in Cornwall, Ontario. “We’ve had a tough time on the series so far this year,” remarked Hearn, who posted his first top-five of the year on tour just last Sunday at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park. “So to come here and back up the 2nd-place finish at Rolling Wheels with a win is pretty good.” “You could tell we had a good car tonight. I could do what I wanted to do and make the passes when I needed to make them. To go by Billy Decker who was leading the race for so long was a pretty tough deal,” said Hearn, buckled into last season’s proven Madsen Motorsports no. 20 Wentworth Custom Homes-Benjamin Moore Paints/TEO After leading from the opening green flag, runner-up Decker from Unadilla, N.Y. stretched out his Super DIRTcar Series points lead, while new track record-holder Steve Paine from Waterloo, N.Y. ended up third ahead of Rochester, New Yorker Danny Johnson and hard-charger Jimmy Phelps from Baldwinsville, N.Y. Central New York standout Ryan Phelps, Frenchman Kayle Robidoux, touring stars Dale Planck and Matt Sheppard, and Planck’s teammate Carey Terrance filled out the Top-10 in the headline ‘Go Glass International 100’ that needed just 38 minutes to complete. Paine joined Decker and Johnson among the last arrivals at Cornwall on Sunday, yet his Swarthout Recycling no. 7x Tallmadge Tire-Terrell's Potato Chips/Bicknell entry was dialed in right from the start. Despite no practice, the ‘Hurricane’ circled the track in a time of 12.875 sec. (69.903 mph), establishing a new Big-Block standard after surpassing the old mark of 12.882 sec. set in 2006 by fellow Waterloo driver Sheppard. Paine also copped his qualifying heat and appeared to have the car to beat until selecting 11th in the customary pre-race draw among the Top-12 preliminary race qualifiers. Yet after timing sixth quickest in Bilstein Shocks trials and crossing the line third in his own heat, Decker snatched up the pole to lead the 30-car field to the starting grid and begin the 100-lap finale. As expected, Decker blasted out front early with Robidoux and Planck in tow, opening up a 10-car length advantage before Michael Storms suffered engine trouble in the Four Star/TEO mount to force out the first yellow flag on lap eight. Small-block pavement specialist Martin Roy was the next victim of mechanical failure, forcing the Napierville, Que. pilot to pull to the front stretch infield and incur a second caution period on lap 13. Decker remained unchallenged up front ahead of Small-Blockers Robidoux and Ladouceur while third-place starter Danny Johnson fell into fourth followed by Pierre Dagenais as heavy traffic patterns developed during the initial 30 laps. When Billy Dunn stopped high in turn two to bring out the third yellow eight laps later, seventh-place started Hearn had cracked the front-five for the first time. At the midway point, fourth-place Hearn had tracked down Robidoux and Ladouceur while Decker was a straightaway out front in the LJL Racing no. 91 Gypsum Wholesalers-Stadium Int'l-Quality Hardwoods/Bicknell ride. Paine had crept up to six followed by Johnson, Sheppard, Planck, Pat O’Brien and Tom Sears Jr. Lap after lap Hearn proceeded to get quicker as the field seemed to slow on the slickening surface. He grabbed third from Ladouceur on lap 55 and swept high around Robidoux for second on lap 62, then stalked Decker for a handful of laps before making the winning pass low out of turn four on lap 67. A pair of cautions for Mario Clair (lap 77) and Dunn (lap 81) were all that could hold Hearn back as Decker fought off Paine for the runner-up position. Paine finally wrestled second-place from Decker on lap 70 before hopping the cushion on lap 85 and dropping back to third. With 10 to go 22nd-place starter Jimmy Phelps had reeled in the leaders, taking over sixth with five to go and looking for more. Johnson ducked under Robidoux for fourth on lap 93 and Phelps grabbed fifth two laps later. With just one to go Phelps nosed past Johnson, yet coming around for the final checkered Danny edged Phelps by a few feet, far behind Hearn who built a straightway advantage at the stripe. “When the track changes as much as it did during the course of the feature, you never know what to expect,” admitted Hearn, who followed up his Small-Block win at Cornwall on May 23 with victory in the 100-lap Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series opener at Merrittville (Ont.) Speedway the following day. “It started out pretty tacky and instantly went black with only a couple spots of brown.” “You just didn’t know what’s going to happen so you just keep working at it and working at it. When I needed to get a good pass at the bottom of (turns) three and four late in the race I could do it. And that was something I couldn’t do at the beginning of the race,” Hearn added. Securing an eighth straight top-five tally in as many Series shows this season, opening round Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway winner Decker settled for second-place for the fourth time in 2010. “The car was real close, just hate to waste a front row starting spot like that,” said the disappointed driver after leading the first two-thirds of the race only to fall short in his own bid for a fourth tour triumph at Cornwall. “So far we’ve been fortunate to get some real good starts in the Super DIRTcar Series. “We were really good, probably obviously too good early to be that good later on. The track slowed, it gave up a half-second, we gave up around 7/10-sec. and just got poorer and poorer after that. Brett was driving away looking pretty good. If we had a late-race caution not sure if we had anything for him but I would’ve been up there on the wheel trying to figure something out. Everybody’s working real hard, we’re gonna get ‘em pretty soon,” declared Decker, 45, who stands third all-time with 54 Series wins, including four at the Syracuse Mile on the New York state Fairgrounds. Posting his second tour top-five finish in the past three races, Paine was content with the show position despite climbing as high as second with 20 laps to go. “Its our best finish of the Series so far, we’re just going a little bit at a time,” said Paine, 49, after matching his best tour finish at Cornwall that was logged in 2007. “Had a good qualifying run and a good heat but drew a bad a number to start and still came back to almost finish second. Almost pushed off at the end there and went last.” “I got up next to Brett on that last restart and that’s about as close as I could get. Always thought I could get second tonight, just got really bad in the holes. I tried two or three different lines and everyone got worse. Just happy with third right now. We’ve got until Thursday (All-Star Weeknd) to get things together,” added Paine. Teams return to Central New York for the highly anticipated return of DIRTcar All-Star Weekend, leading off with Brewerton Speedway on July 15 before concluding at Cayuga County Fair Speedway on July 16-17 in the summer’s richest short-track racing event in the country for Big-Block Modifieds. Super DIRTcar Series Race #8 – Cornwall Motor Speedway, July 11, 2010, ‘Go Glass International 100’ Big-Block Modified Event Summary FIN STR CAR# DRIVER 1 7 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ ($6,000) 2 2 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY 3 11 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY 4 3 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY 5 21 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY 6 17 99r Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY 7 4 46 Kayle Robidoux/St-Constant,QUE 8 1 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY 9 9 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY 10 13 66x Carey Terrance/Akwesasne,NY 11 12 6 Pat O'Brien/Kingston,ONT 12 6 23 Laurent Ladouceur/Alexandria,ONT 13 27 115 Stephane LaFrance/St. Albert,ONT 14 22 62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY 15 14 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY 16 24 38 Luke Whitteker/Iroquois,ONT 17 10 124 Pierre DagenaisGatineau,QUE 18 23 21 Yan Bussiere/Drummondville,QUE 19 28 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ 20 25 12 Clayton Benedict/Akwesasne, NY 21 29 16w Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY 22 15 7* Danny O'Brien/Kingston,ONT 23 16 22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE 24 18 96 Kyle Dingwall/Brockville,ONT 25 19 1t Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY 26 8 90 Martin Roy/Napierville,QUE 27 20 88 Tim O'Brien/Kingston,ONT 28 26 1h Dave Heaslip/Smiths Falls,ONT 29 30 40 Joel Doiron/Alexandria,ONT 30 5 4* Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ GATER RACING NEWS LAP LEADERS: Decker (1-66), Hearn (67-100). CAUTIONS: 6 for 23 laps. HEAT WINNERS: L.Ladouceur, Storms, Paine, Johnson. CONSI WINNERS: J.Phelps, Sears. BICKNELL RACING PRODUCTS WINNER AWARD: Brett Hearn. MSD IGNITION WINNER AWARD: Brett Hearn. SYRACUSE 200 QUALIFIER: Steve Paine. ALL-STAR WEEKEND EXEMPTION DASH QUALIFIER: Danny Johnson. HALFWAY LEADER: Billy Decker. BERT/KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER AWARD: Jimmy Phelps. XTREME LUBRICANTS SLICK MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Steve Paine. PENSKE POWER POSITION AWARD (16th): Luke Whitteker. MSD IGNITION FINAL PLACEMENT AWARD: Michael Storms. BILSTEIN SHOCKS FAST TIME AWARD: Steve Paine (12.875sec/69.903mph) *NEW TRACK RECORD. TOTAL PURSE: $27,750. CARS ENTERED: 35. NEXT EVENTS: "All-Star Weekend" Brewerton Speedway - July 11; Cayuga County Fair Speedway - July 16-17, 2010. DID NOT QUALIFY(5) 5-Dan Jalbert/Cornwall,ONT 16-Gage Morin/Cornwall,ONT 23x-Joey Ladouceur/Alexandria,ONT 97-Michel Chicoine/Ste-Cecile de Milton,QUE 99-Ron Valade/Alexandria,ONT QUALIFYING FAST AVE TIME MPH CAR# DRIVER *1 12.875 69.903 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY *NEW TRACK RECORD *$100 Bilstein Shocks Fast Qualifier Award 2 12.969 69.396 4* Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ 3 12.986 69.305 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ 4 13.106 68.671 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY 5 13.138 68.504 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY 6 13.147 68.457 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY 7 13.167 68.353 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY 8 13.203 68.166 21 Yan Bussiere/Drummondville,QUE 9 13.205 68.156 46 Kayle Robidoux/St-Constant,QUE 10 13.239 67.981 38 Luke Whitteker/Iroquois,ONT 11 13.257 67.889 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY 12 13.297 67.684 96 Kyle Dingwall/Brockville,ONT 13 13.308 67.628 99r Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY 14 13.319 67.573 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY 15 13.339 67.471 88 Tim O'Brien/Kingston,ONT 16 13.365 67.340 23 Laurent Ladouceur/Alexandria,ONT 17 13.366 67.335 7* Danny O'Brien/Kingston,ONT 18 13.371 67.310 40 Joel Doiron/Alexandria,ONT 19 13.377 67.280 97 Michel Chicoine/Ste-Cecile de Milton,QUE 20 13.440 66.964 90 Martin Roy/Napierville,QUE 21 13.444 66.944 62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY 22 13.446 66.934 6 Pat O'Brien/Kingston,ONT 23 13.562 66.362 16 Gage Morin/Cornwall,ONT 24 13.680 65.789 23x Joey Ladouceur/Alexandria,ONT 25 13.699 65.698 1t Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY 26 13.702 65.684 115 Stephane LaFrance/St. Albert,ONT 27 13.704 65.674 22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE 28 13.720 65.598 1h Dave Heaslip/Smiths Falls,ONT 29 13.726 65.569 124 Pierre DagenaisGatineau,QUE 30 13.743 65.488 12 Clayton Benedict/Akwesasne, NY 31 13.764 65.388 5 Dan Jalbert/Cornwall,ONT 32 13.780 65.312 16w Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY 33 13.790 65.265 66x Carey Terrance/Akwesasne,NY 34 13.829 65.081 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ 35 14.531 61.937 99 Ron Valade/Alexandria,ONT Heat Races (10 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to feature; top 3 redrew) #1: L.Ladouceur, P.O’Brien, Decker, Terrance, R.Phelps, J.Phelps, Bussiere, Morin, Willix. #2: Storms, Sheppard, Roy, Dunn, Dingwall, Benedict, LaFrance, J.Ladouceur. #3: Paine, Hearn, Planck, D.O’Brien, Tomkins, Heaslip, Whitteker, Jalbert, Doiron. #4: Johnson, Robidoux, Dagenais, Clair, T.O’Brien, Sears, Scagliotta, Valade, Chicoine. Consolation Races: (10 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to feature) #1: J.Phelps, Bussiere, Benedict, LaFrance, J.Ladouceur, Willix, Morin (DNS). #2: Sears, Whitteker, Heaslip, Scagliotta, Doiron, Jalbert, Valade, Chicoine (DNS). Added: Willix, Doiron. Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified Point Standings (Thru July 11, 2010) Rank No. Driver Total Series Diff Wins Top-5 Top-10 Starts 1 91 Billy Decker 762 0 0 1 8 8 8 2 9s Matt Sheppard 721 0 -41 2 5 7 8 3 98H Jimmy Phelps 665 0 -97 2 5 7 8 4 27J Danny Johnson 648 0 -114 0 6 7 8 5 20 Brett Hearn 612 0 -150 1 2 6 8 6 77x Dale Planck 563 0 -199 1 2 5 8 7 49 Billy Dunn 537 0 -225 0 1 5 8 8 99 Ryan Phelps 522 0 -240 0 0 4 8 9 4* Michael Storms 503 0 -259 0 2 4 8 10 7x Steve Paine 454 0 -308 0 2 3 7 11 62s Tom Sears Jr. 426 0 -336 0 0 1 8 12 3T Gary Tomkins 391 0 -371 0 1 2 7 13 8 Rich Scagliotta 371 0 -391 0 0 0 8 14 16 Lance Willix II 351 0 -411 0 0 1 7 15 1F Stewart Friesen 324 0 -438 0 2 3 5 16 99L Larry Wight 277 0 -485 0 0 1 5 17 14J Alan Johnson 268 0 -494 0 1 2 4 18 42P Pat Ward 267 0 -495 0 1 3 4 19 3H Justin Haers 208 0 -554 0 0 2 3 20 7 Rick Laubach 189 0 -573 0 0 0 4 21 66x Carey Terrance 173 0 -589 0 0 1 3 22 10 Tim Currier 155 0 -607 0 0 0 3 23 32c Vic Coffey 142 0 -620 0 0 0 3 24 10v Bobby Varin 130 0 -632 0 0 1 2 25 8R Rob Bellinger 129 0 -633 0 0 0 2 26 12a Ronnie Johnson 124 0 -638 0 0 0 3 27 5H Chris Hile 117 0 -645 0 0 0 2 28 48T Dave Rauscher 112 0 -650 0 0 0 2 29 85v Dan Vauter 104 0 -658 0 0 0 2 30 21a Pete Britten 103 0 -659 0 0 0 2 31 1c Craig VonDohren 100 0 -662 1 1 1 1 32 4H Duane Howard 98 0 -664 0 1 1 1 33 21K Randy Chrysler 95 0 -667 0 0 0 2 34 33 Mike Mahaney 88 0 -674 0 0 0 2 35 12 Clayton Benedict 87 0 -675 0 0 0 2 36 45m Mike Ward 87 0 -675 0 0 0 2 37 22c Mario Clair 81 0 -681 0 0 0 2 38 1H Dave Heaslip 80 0 -682 0 0 0 2 39 14 Jimmy Horton 80 0 -682 0 0 0 2 40 1H Tim Hindley 76 0 -686 0 0 1 1 41 46 Kayle Robidoux 75 0 -687 0 0 1 1 42 26 Ryan Godown 75 0 -687 0 0 1 1 43 10x Willy Decker 72 0 -690 0 0 1 1 44 21m Bob McGannon 68 0 -694 0 0 1 1 45 6 Pat O'Brien 63 0 -699 0 0 0 1 46 23 Laurent Ladouceur 63 0 -699 0 0 0 1 47 02 Roy Bresnahan 61 0 -701 0 0 0 1 48 3d Matt DeLorenzo 60 0 -702 0 0 0 1 49 37x Tom Sheetz Jr. 60 0 -702 0 0 0 1 50 16 Mike Bowman 60 0 -702 0 0 0 1 51 115 Stephane LaFrance 56 0 -706 0 0 0 1 52 99B Chuck Bower 55 0 -707 0 0 0 1 53 37e Eric Fisher 54 0 -708 0 0 0 1 54 79 Jeremy Markle 52 0 -710 0 0 0 1 55 38 Luke Whittaker 50 0 -712 0 0 0 1 56 1x Todd Stone 50 0 -712 0 0 0 1 57 55 Mike King 50 0 -712 0 0 0 1 58 X Chad Phelps 50 0 -712 0 0 0 1 59 124 Pierre Dagenais 49 0 -713 0 0 0 1 60 14 Lee Ladouceur 48 0 -714 0 0 0 1 61 8J Dean Pearson 48 0 -714 0 0 0 1 62 327 Brad Missimer 48 0 -714 0 0 0 1 63 21 Yan Bussiere 46 0 -716 0 0 0 1 64 55 Perry Francis 46 0 -716 0 0 0 1 65 33.3 Tommy Meier 46 0 -716 0 0 0 1 66 m40 Mark Forte Jr 46 0 -716 0 0 0 1 67 57 Donnie Corellis 46 0 -716 0 0 0 1 68 42B Kevin Bates 45 0 -717 0 0 0 1 69 41 Boyd MacTavish 45 0 -717 0 0 0 1 70 976 Don Norris Jr. 45 0 -717 0 0 0 1 71 51m Wade Hendrickson 45 0 -717 0 0 0 1 72 71 David Van Horn Jr. 45 0 -717 0 0 0 1 73 66 Jerry Higbie 44 0 -718 0 0 0 1 74 12 Brian Sage 44 0 -718 0 0 0 1 75 74 Tim Fuller 43 0 -719 0 0 0 1 76 56 Vince Vitale 43 0 -719 0 0 0 1 77 29 Jeff Brownell Jr. 43 0 -719 0 0 0 1 78 7* Danny O'Brien 42 0 -720 0 0 0 1 79 44 Casey Swamp 42 0 -720 0 0 0 1 80 49er Johnny Guarino 42 0 -720 0 0 0 1 81 90 Martin Roy 41 0 -721 0 0 0 1 82 31 Tom Jock Jr. 41 0 -721 0 0 0 1 83 72 Todd Stewart 41 0 -721 0 0 0 1 84 160 Johnny Hill 41 0 -721 0 0 0 1 85 37md Jer. Shingledecker 41 0 -721 0 0 0 1 86 88 Tim O'Brien 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 87 40 Joel Doiron 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 88 96 Kyle Dingwall 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 89 71 Delbert LeGrow 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 90 1 Brian McDonald 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 91 007 Roy Tarbell 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 92 19 John Lazore 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 93 33 John Leito 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 94 49e Jeff Heotzler 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 95 7K Kirk Horton 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 96 24 Chris Shultz 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 97 77F Mark Flach Jr. 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 98 87x Paul Gilardi 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 99 11 Danny Creeden 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 100 41 Rich Rutski 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 101 33 Ray Swinehart 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 102 117 Kevin Hirthler 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 103 39 Ryan Bartlett 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 104 61 Dave Murdick 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 105 91 Chad Homan 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 106 21 Derrick Podsiadlo 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 107 24 Jim Witko Jr. 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 108 65 Rex King 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 109 88c Billy Pauch Jr. 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 110 44 Frank Cozze 40 0 -722 0 0 0 1 2010 Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified Roster (35) Car# Driver/Hometown Team (Sponsor / Chassis / Engine) 1t Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY Thompson Motorsports-Back's High Performance Fuels/Troyer/Steve-O 1h Dave Heaslip/Smiths Falls,ONT National Parts Peddler/Bicknell/Ovide Doiron 4* Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ Keizer Aluminum Wheels-Four Star Transmissions/TEO/Morrison 5 Dan Jalbert/Cornwall,ONT Crysler Automotive Centre-Lapierre Sport/TEO/Crysler 6 Pat O'Brien/Kingston,ONT 730 Truck Stop-Gypsum Logistics-Milestone Concrete/Bicknell/LJL-Kevlar 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY Swarthout Recycling-Tallmadge Tire-Terrell's Potato Chips/Bicknell/Finger Lakes 7* Danny O'Brien/Kingston,ONT Global Warranty-1000 Islands RV-Stover Bus Lines/Bicknell/Morrison 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ Central Jersey Trailer & Hitch Depot-Adamsville Maintenance/Troyer/Feil 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY Xtreme Lubricants/Bicknell/C.C. Performance 12 Clayton Benedict/Akwesasne, NY Thompson Motorsports-Back's High Performance Fuels/Troyer/Steve-O 16 Gage Morin/Cornwall,ONT D&A Tractor Sales-Sweet Dreams/Bicknell/Gilles Performance 16w Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY SUNY Canton-Nor-Shir Construction/Bicknell/Morrison 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ Madsen Mtrsprts-Wentworth Custom Homes-Benjamin Moore Paints/TEO/Enders 21 Yan Bussiere/Drummondville,QUE Bud Light-Bud Lime/TEO/RL Racing Engines 22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE ResistO-Batiments JDL-GMCI Express/Bicknell/Morrison 23 Laurent Ladouceur/Alexandria,ONT Mr. Radiator-Roxborough Bus Lines-Denis Rose Trucking/Bicknell/Ladouceur 23x Joey Ladouceur/Alexandria,ONT Mr. Radiator-Roxborough Bus Lines-Denis Rose Trucking/Bicknell/Ladouceur 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY Honeoye Auto Parts-Currier Plastics-Waste Management/Bicknell/Mastin 38 Luke Whitteker/Iroquois,ONT Rust Check-Toy Storage Boat Transport/Bicknell/ERD 40 Joel Doiron/Alexandria,ONT Mike Sauve Construction(MSC)-Alexandria Home Hardware/Bicknell/Ovide Doiron 46 Kayle Robidoux/St-Constant,QUE Bert Transmission-Genesis Racing Shocks-Rube Restaurant/Bicknell/Clements 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY Number One Speed-Pemco Contracting-SUNY Canton/Bicknell/Finger Lakes 62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY Summit Auto Group-Mullen Industrial-Trackman Equipment/Bicknell/Morrison 66x Carey Terrance/Akwesasne,NY RezX Racing-Twin Leaf (Hogansburg)-Tomohawk Tobacco/Bicknell/Kevlar 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY RezX Racing-Twin Leaf Express(Ft. Covington)/Bicknell/Kevlar 88 Tim O'Brien/Kingston,ONT Jim's Performance Plus-SG Wells Ford/TEO/Jim's Performance Ford 90 Martin Roy/Napierville,QUE J.E. Fortin Racing-Gamache Truck Centre/Bicknell/Clements 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY Gypsum Wholesalers-Stadium Int'l-Quality Hardwoods/Bicknell/Kevlar 96 Kyle Dingwall/Brockville,ONT Eastern Ontario Millwrighting-Harlenvino Transportation/Bicknell/Mike Blok(Eng.Res.) 97 Michel Chicoine/Ste-Cecile de Milton,QUE GMCI Express-E.Beaudry Enterprises/Bicknell/Enders 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY HBR Motorsports-Wave Energy Drink-Mohawk Northeast/Troyer/Bruneau 99 Ron Valade/Alexandria,ONT Glengarry Windows & Doors-Rozon Insurance/Bicknell/Ovide Doiron 99r Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY Big Red Towing-Dave Miller Auto Body/Bicknell/Enders 115 Stephane LaFrance/St. Albert,ONT Trick Race Parts/Trick/RL Performance 124 Pierre DagenaisGatineau,QUE Carriere Sabliere Dagenais/Bicknell/Ovide Doiron SKIDMARKS *All-Star Exemption Dash Field Set: Cornwall was the final event on the qualifying trail leading up to the second annual ‘All-Star Exemption Dash’ on Friday, July 16 at Cayuga County Fair Speedway, with 17 drivers now locked into the starting grid for the prelude to the DIRTcar All-Star 100 finale. As part of the DIRTcar All-Star Weekend, July 16-17, on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds, the $500-to-win 15-lap All-Star Exemption Dash boasts a full purse for the Big-Block Modified qualifiers and more importantly automatically locks into the pre-race draw the top-two finishers for the All-Star 100 on Saturday, July 17, this year spreading out the $20,000 winner’s share between three fast-paced feature races. 2010 All-Star Exemption Dash Qualifiers DAY-DATE TRACK WINNER/QUALIFIER *Sat-Apr 10 Fulton Speedway Dale Planck Fri-Apr 23 Glen Ridge Motorsports Park Bobby Varin Fri-May 21 Lernerville Speedway Dave Murdick Sat-May 29 Canandaigua Speedway Steve Paine Sat-May 29 Pitt-Penn Motor SpeedwayJ Jeremiah Shingledecker *Sun-May 30 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Matt Sheppard Sat-Jun 5 Lebanon Valley Speedway Steve Hough Fri-Jun 11 Brewerton Speedway Willy Decker *Tue-Jun 15 Grandview Speedway Craig VonDohren *Wed-Jun 16 Orange County Fair Speedway Jimmy Phelps *Wed-Jun 23 Mohawk Int’l Raceway Billy Decker Fri-July 2 Can-Am Motorsports Park Vince Vitale *Sun-Jul 4 Rolling Wheels Raceway Park Brett Hearn Sun-Jul 4 Tri-City Speedway Kevin Hoffman *Sun-Jul 11 Cornwall Motor Speedway Danny Johnson @BRP Modified Tour Points Leader Rex King Sr. @Defending All-Star 100 Champion Ryan Phelps *Missing Yet Not Forgotten: The Super DIRTcar Series show at Cornwall carried on as usual Sunday night with one notable exception, the absence of veteran public address announcer Brian Mulligan. Also serving today on the road as the DIRTcar Pro Stock Series Race Director, Mulligan continues to recover from a successful six-hour operation on July 5 to remove a tumor near his brain stem (4th ventricular). Brian remains in Ottawa Civic Hospital still resting in the intensive care unit for observation and according to his primary doctor is on track to making a full recovery in the months ahead. Although currently experiencing temporary trouble swallowing and not yet able to speak, he is in good spirits … inquiring from his son and car owner Patrick Mulligan if he had purchased the shocks for his own Pro Stock yet. An internationally acclaimed motorsports promoter, marketing and public relations specialist, Mulligan was recently honored during the 19th Annual Northeast Modified Hall of Fame award ceremonies on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds over Memorial Day Weekend. On Sunday, May 30 he was named recipient of the 2010 Leonard J. Sammons Jr. Memorial Award which recognizes outstanding contributions to auto racing. Personal cards may be sent to Brian c/o the Mulligan Family, 620 Melba Street - Cornwall, Ontario K6K 1T2. *Super Series Showstoppers: Destination events on the DIRTcar Racing Northeast Big-Block circuit are approaching fast, leading off with the 2nd Annual All-Star 100 Weekend, this year featuring three straight days of racing at both Cayuga County Fair Speedway and Brewerton Speedway, July 15-17. The ‘Great Canadian’ tour in Quebec hits autodromes Drummond and Granby, July 19-20, with Super DIRT Week XXXIX on the Syracuse Mile, Oct. 6-10, and DIRTcar Fall Nationals at Brockville Ontario Speedway, Oct. 16-17, two of the biggest autumn attractions. The Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Championship concludes competition for the first time ever as a major part of the World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte (NC), Nov. 4-6, joining the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and the World of Outlaws Late Models as all three series wrap up their seasons with nationally recognized championship-deciding point events. *Twitter Keeps Series Connection: Fans were kept informed throughout the Super DIRTcar Series show at Cornwall with their ‘Twitter’ connection providing Big-Block updates both on-line and through text messages on cell phones. Along with the brief bulletins offered Twitter ‘followers' of the SDS during each race night, fans can also expect to receive breaking news and interesting notes between tour stops. To sign-up as a SDS Big-Block ‘follower' on Twitter and receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://www.twitter.com/SuperDIRTcar. *Pot Holes: Late arrivals following lengthy waits at Canadian customs included Series points leader Billy Decker, Gypsum teammate Ryan Phelps, Danny Johnson and unlikely Bilstein Shocks Fast Timer Steve Paine. Despite holding a special $900 permit to curtail such lengthy delays, Phelps was still sidelined for 4 hours before pulling pitside moments before the drivers’ pre-race meeting … The father & son tandem of Laurent Ladouceur and Joey Ladouceur were in competition with Joey steering his dad’s back-up no. 23 Mr. Radiator/Bicknell entry for just the second time ever in open-wheel action hoping to “work out a miss in the motor” that Laurent sought to find the cure. Joey did double-duty as he also piloted his familiar Coffrage 20-20 no. 92 Minimax Express, the same car that he claimed the Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Series event at Cornwall in May. Laurent (1989) and Joey (2004) are the only father/son combination to click for Mr. DIRTcar titles in the organization’s 35-year history … Another Series show, another different ride for tour regular Gary Tomkins. A long-time Bicknell chassis supporter, Tomkins jumped into David Thompson’s no. 1 Back's High Performance Fuels/Troyer machine after Troyer Racecars mainstay Billy Colton first talked with Thompson at the Mohawk Int’l Raceway tour stop (June 23), then followed up with a phone call last night to lock up the deal. UPCOMING EVENTS The premier Big-Block Modified tour in the nation returns to Central New York for three marquee events in the middle of the month. The 2nd Annual DIRTcar All-Star Weekend opens July 15 at Brewerton Speedway and concludes at Cayuga County Fair Speedway on July 16-17 in the summer’s richest short-track racing event in the country for Big-Block Modifieds. There’s little time to rest as teams head north to contend in the ‘Great Canadian Tour’ with autodromes Granby and Drummond hosting back-to-back 100-lappers July 19 & 20 in the province of Quebec. 2010 Super DIRTcar Series Schedule NP=Non-Point event; SP=Show-Up point event; DAY-DATE TRACK WINNER/LOCATION *** FLORIDA DIRTcar NATIONALS *** Wed-Feb 10 Volusia Speedway Park-np Stewart Friesen Thr-Feb 11 Volusia Speedway Park-np Matt Sheppard Fri-Feb 12 Volusia Speedway Park-np cancelled Sat-Feb 13 Volusia Speedway Park-np Matt Sheppard Sat-Mar 27 Hagerstown Speedway Billy Decker Sat-Apr 10 Fulton Speedway Dale Planck Sun-May 30 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Matt Sheppard Tue-Jun 15 Grandview Speedway Craig VonDohren Wed-Jun 16 Orange County Fair Speedway Jimmy Phelps Wed-Jun 23 Mohawk Int’l Raceway Jimmy Phelps Sun-Jul 4 Rolling Wheels Raceway Park Matt Sheppard Sun-Jul 11 Cornwall Motor Speedway Brett Hearn *** ALL-STAR WEEKEND *** Thr-Jul 15 Brewerton Speedway Brewerton,NY Fri-Jul 16 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY Sat-Jul 17 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY *** GREAT CANADIAN TOUR *** Mon-Jul 19 Autodrome Granby Granby,QUE Tue-Jul 20 Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE Mon-Aug 2 Merrittville Speedway Thorold,ONT Thr-Aug 26 Lebanon Valley Speedway West Lebanon,NY Sun-Sep 5 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY Sat-Sep 18 Mohawk Int’l Raceway Akwesasne,NY Sat-Oct 2 Fulton Speedway-sp Fulton,NY *** SUPER DIRT WEEK *** Sun-Oct 10 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse,NY *** DIRTcar FALL NATIONALS *** Sun-Oct 17 Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT *** WORLD FINALS *** Thr-Nov 4 The Dirt Track at Charlotte(qual.) Concord,NC Fri-Nov 5 The Dirt Track at Charlotte Concord,NC Sat-Nov 6 The Dirt Track at Charlotte Concord,NC DIRTcar Racing Northeast main office is located in Weedsport, New York on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds, home of DIRTcar All-Star Weekend in July. DIRTcar Northeast’s crown jewel event ---Super DIRT Week at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse runs annually in October featuring Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Championship Series events for Big-Block Modified, 358-Modified, Sportsman and Pro Stock divisions. Ticket and schedule information is available by contacting the Weedsport office (315/834-6606) during the day or logging into www.allstar100weekend.com and www.superdirtweekonline.com anytime. The Big-Block Super DIRTcar Series is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Hoosier Racing Tire www.hoosiertire.com and VP Racing Fuels www.vpracingfuels.com. Promotional partners include the University of Northwestern Ohio www.unoh.com and Chizmark & Larson Insurance www.chizmarklarson.com, and contingency sponsors are Bicknell Racing Products www.bicknellracingproducts.com, Bilstein Shocks www.bilstein.com, KSE Racing Products www.kse-racing.com, Motorsports Safety Systems www.motorsportssafetysystems.com, MSD Ignition www.msdignition.com, Penske Shocks, www.penskeshocks.com, Racing Electronics www.racingelectronics.com, Vicci Racing Apparel www.vicci.com and Wrisco Industries www.wrisco.com.   [ Back To Referring Page | Back To News ]