By – Carol D Haynes
Photos – Mary and Howie Hodge
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Waterford, CT – Canadian Mike Lichty is no stranger to victory lane by any means, but when it came to winning an ISMA supermodified event, he has been stymied each time he appeared to be headed for victory lane. The chances were many over the seven-year career but always something happened to prevent the 23-year old from notching that . . .

Holland, NY – Buck Catalano of Ontario, NY made a clean sweep of the initial weekend of the Holland-Spencer Sportsman Modified Series, as he drove to the 40 lap NASCAR Raginwolf.com Pro Modified win at the Holland NASCAR Motorsports Complex on Saturday evening. Catalano captured the ten race series opener the night before at Spencer [...]

By – Chris Porter

Otto Sitterly says that looks can be deceiving out on the track. However, if Saturday night’s 75-lap Jim Shampine Memorial win wasn’t as impressive as it appeared, then his fellow supermodified competitors certainly have their work cut out for them. Consistency CAN win you a track championship, winning consistently WILL. It was Sitterly’s fourth straight Oswego supermodified win dating back to 2009′s International Classic 200.

Once taking the lead away from Iowa-invader, Ray Graham, Jr. . . .

*** A post-race inspection on the Abt No. 85 by the Oswego Speedway’s tech crew resulted in its disqualification for the use of an unapproved part. Second-place finisher, Mike Bond, was awarded the win on Tuesday, June 1. ***

Syracuse’s Steve Abt pocketed his second checkered flag of the 2010 season Saturday night at the Oswego Speedway, taking top honors in the 35-lap Tony White Memorial small block supermodified (SBS) feature. After running into trouble on more than one occasion last weekend, Abt was able to make repairs and put his No. 85 back to its week No. 1 form.

Once battling his way up to the second position, Abt raced behind teammate Tim Barbeau before Barbeau’s No. 58 machine went sour on a mid-race restart. Abt inherited the lead and kept SBS veteran . . .

By – Chris Porter
Photos – Bev&Ken Dippel Photos

Ontario’s Buck Catalano led the final 34 trips around Spencer Speedway’s half-mile oval after slipping underneath Fulton’s Ryan Beeman on the 66th lap of the Sunoco Sportsman Modified 100-lap main event. It was announced that the victory was Catalano’s 50th for the veteran modified driver who also stated that he will once again, compete weekly at Spencer.

*Listen to – Buck Catalano

Having started mid-pack in the 19-car field . . .

By - JJ Andrews

This week’s SuperStar award isn’t just for one SuperStar. It’s a group of people, who saved a possible disaster last week in the pits.

A small fire started in small block supermodified driver Dave Danzer’s pit after a fuel can caught on fire, possibly from static electricity. The fuel jug flamed up a little, and was thrown to the center of the pits.  But a small fire immediately turned into a large, frightening . . .

The Oswego County Quarter Midget Club (OCQMC) held a regular points race Sunday afternoon. Feature wins went to Eymarah Bowman, Rich Elston, Addison Bowman, Zach Sobotka, Brett Draper, Allison Boyzuck and Ian Williamson. The OCQMC takes the week off from its Volney track for the Memorial Day Weekend state races in Syracuse. They return to regular action at their home track located at the corner of Howard and Silk Road on Sunday, June 6.

However, the track will be open on Saturday, June 5 for the OCQMC Annual Promotion Day. If you are

Saturday’s 35-lap “Concrete Kicks Asphalt” Modified feature at Shangri-La II Motor Speedway was only close twice- once at the start and once at the finish. In between the green and checkered flags of the caution-free race, Rick Zacharias built a lead of nearly a straightaway, but his no-mistakes strategy made it a nail-biter at the end.

Dean Rypkema was on Zacharias’ bumper at the finish line with the winner’s nephew, Jimmy Zacharias, close behind. Opening day winner Brian Defebo settled for fourth while rookie Scott Conover scored a …

Evans Mills, NY – Caprara’s Thunder Alley Speed Park hosted a night of regular racing on Saturday, May 22, 2010. Beautiful sunny skies showered down on the speedway located north of Watertown, NY. In racing action were the Super Stocks, Men’s and Ladies Trucks, Sports Compaq’s, Thunder Cars, and Thunder Stocks.

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By the end of the night it became clear that “Liquid” Lou Cicconi came to Lorain County (OH) Speedway with one thing in mind, win! Cicconi bested the 18 car Midwest Supermodified Association (MSA) field winning the 30 lap feature in convincing style. Cicconi blasted to the front from his tenth starting position and on lap seven zipped past then leader Mark Sammut never looking back until the checkered flag flew. This was the second …