Sep 04
Classic Weekend Practice Pics & Bits From Friday
Recap/Photos – Chris Porter
Dozens of crews and drivers participating in Oswego Speedway’s 2010 Classic Weekend took the opportunity to test and tune their machines Friday afternoon during an open practice session. Cars from Oswego’s regular non-winged big and small block supermodified divisions were joined by some of the winged International Super Modified Association (ISMA) and Midwest Supermodified Association (MSA) teams.
For the most part, incidents were few and far between, with no more than a half-dozen spins on the day. However, Shawn Muldoon’s No. 1 supermodified clocked the third-turn wall (aftermath below) with tremendous force near the end of the practice session. Something appeared to have gone amiss mechanically, as the recently finished super had it locked up as it headed straight-on into the wall.
Below, are some random pictures taken throughout the afternoon.
Mark Sammut's No. 78 & Bobby Magner's No. 41
Eddie Bellinger broke in a new motor on the No. 02. Eddie's son, Brandon, isn't expected to be in town until Saturday and will pilot the car.
No. 70 - Canadian, Gary Morton
Bob Magner in the Jeff Holbrook-owned No. 41
Andy Noto looks got in some much needed seat time in hins brand new No. 19
After a few months off, North Carolina's Doug Didero was back sporting his lighting-quick No. 3
Jeff Holbrook will be piloting his No. 35 ISMA racer this weekend
If you look closely, you can see the left-front tire of the Bobby Haynes No. 44 hovering above the pavement as he hits the gas, coming out of turn No. 4
The recently acquired Reed's Salvage No. 2 was wheeled out for practice
... and Dave Shullick, Jr. had it in the low 17-second range fairly quickly
Here, Brian Sobus rounds the first and second turns for the first time ever in a supermodified. He'll be piloting the Ray Graham, Jr.-owned No. 92. Sobus was clocked in the 17.2's before the day ended.
Bobby Santos, III helped debut the newly-built Mike Muldoon No. 05 creation
Dave Gruel's No. 50 duels with Joey Payne out of turn No. 4
Mike Bond & Mike O'Connor work on Dennis Ruper's 91 small block super
Jamie Timmons wrestles his No. 27 ISMA machine between turns one and two
After a nasty hit against the backstretch wall two weeks ago, Todd Stowell has the No. 89 back together again
With a new orange stripe, Kelly Miller looked ready for the weekend in his No. 81
Michael Barnes and crew are hoping to get some serious laps out of the No. 66 on Sunday
Randy Ritskes made use of the day to get more seat time in the Daratt Farms No. 88
Pat Lavery would like nothing more than to have the International Classic be the stage for his first feature win
Randy Burch (52) races outside Andy Noto (19)
Russ Wood gets some laps in Jeff Holbrook's non-winged No. 35
Dan Connors, Jr. dials in the No. 01 for Sunday competition
Shawn Muldoon's No. 1 was the lone casualty on the day
After many months of prepping for a return, Muldoon faces many hours in short time if he's to compete on Sunday