Aug
29
2009
1. (-) Joey Payne. #99 Pat & Terry Strong-owned West Chassis. Joey finished up the regular season strong, claiming top fives in both Twin 30 features. Finishes of fourth and fifth, respectively, were not enough to gain the points needed to catch and pass Otto Sitterly in the championship hunt. Joey and the Strong team [...]
Aug
26
2009
For Immediate Release Aug. 26, 2009 Contact: John Nicotra / Nicotra Racing John@NicotraRacing.com Oswego, N.Y. (Aug. 26, 2009) – Otto Sitterly’s finishes of second and seventh in Saturday night’s Oswego Quality Carpet / Chris Nelson Insurance-sponsored Twin 30s at Oswego Speedway were good enough to net the driver of the Nicotra Racing No. 7 his [...]
Aug
23
2009
By – Chris Porter Photos – Jim Feeney Joe Gosek and Tim Snyder may have picked up feature wins Saturday night at the Oswego Speedway, but Otto Sitterly’s second and seventh-place finishes made him the big winner. Sitterly was able to successfully defend his track championship, earning the 2009 Novelis supermodified title. It’s Sitterly’s third [...]
Aug
21
2009
ISMA’s Top 10 Race-to-Race Power Rankings 1. (-) Mark Sammut. #78 Mark Sammut-owned Sammut Chassis. Mark continues to build on his already career-best season. Sammut drove a superb race on Friday at Lee, pacing himself early and then charging to the front as the leaders faded. Saturday lacked the result of the win at Lee, [...]
Aug
19
2009
Three-time Oswego Speedway supermodified track champion and current 2009 title contender Doug Didero says he’ll have to wait until Thursday’s flight to Syracuse from his home in North Carolina to see if his wrist will be healthy enough for competition in this weekend’s regular season-finale. “We’ll see how it feels tomorrow,” Didero said. “We’re booked to fly [...]
Aug
16
2009
By – Gerald Laurie Madera Speedway hosted the fifth Super Saturday Event of 2009 on August 15th. The SMRA Supermodifieds and Madera’s 360 Supermodifiedswere the featured divisions. By the time the shouting was done, Troy Regier and Willie Northammer had collected winner’s trophies in the respective classes. During the afternoon practice session, Kenny White suffered [...]
Aug
16
2009
By – Carol Haynes Waterford, CT – When the ISMA Waterford 50 took the track around 11:30 Saturday night, the competitors had to think about beating each other – and the clock. A midnight curfew indicated that any yellow past midnight would checker the race. It did just that. With the battle out front between [...]
Aug
16
2009
By – Chris Porter Photos- Pinner Johnson & Debbie White New Jersey’s Joey Payne picked up his first non-winged supermodified checkered flag Saturday night at the Oswego Speedway. Driving the Strong Racing No. 99, Payne took the lead away from Jerry Curran on the ninth lap en route to winning the 45-lap main event. Once [...]
Aug
15
2009
By – Carol Haynes Photo – Jim Feeney Lee, NH – Canadian Mark Sammut surprised the large Lee USA crowd Friday night when he came by both Chris Perley and Russ Wood in the late stages of the Ollie Silva 75 to take the win. It was Sammut’s career-second win of his 11-year supermodified career, [...]
Aug
13
2009
ISMA’s Race-to-Race Power Rankings 1. (+2) Mark Sammut. #78 Mark Sammut-owned Sammut Chassis. Mark had a pair of solid runs both Friday and Sunday at Delaware. Friday night saw the Sammut 78 come home in fifth after fighting the car on restarts. Sunday was a little better, and Mark scored a fine runner-up finish. After [...]