PERRY, NY…. The cars and the stars were on hand for another Friday night filled of racing excitement at Wyoming County International Speedway (WCIS). The weather was perfect for the evening which had music complements of Fugle Motorsports, having Billy Dee (Johnny Cash) and Dayle Ess (Patsy Cline) singing throughout the night to entertain the crowd. The on track racing action was the best so far this season at the 1/3rd mile facility as Candor, NY’s Jimmy Zacharias took top honors in the SST Modified feature. Joe Mancuso won in the Super Stocks and Brian Johnson won in the 4 Cylinders.
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| SST Feature Winner Jimmy Zacharias |
Tom Weist and Ed Schueler led the strong field of SST
Modifieds to Starter James Mitchell’s green flag for their 35 lap feature go
with Weist showing the way early. Schueler would pass Weist on the second go
around to take over the lead and one lap later saw four time feature winner and
defending track champion Andy Jankowiak take over at the point.
The yellow lights would come out for Greg Utberg who spun
in turn four to bunch the field up for the first time. On the restart,
Jankowiak would get loose and lose the handle of his racer in turn two to bring
out the caution once again. Jankowiak appeared to be leaking power steering
fluid on the track but would be able to get back racing again after the problem
was fixed.
The restart saw the Zacharias brothers leading the way
with elder brother Jimmy leading younger brother and current point’s leader TJ with
six laps completed out of the scheduled 35. Jimmy was able to get on by TJ for
the top spot with Matt Kurzejewski running in third position off the
restart.
Ed Schueler would spin in turn two to bring out the
yellow after many laps of green flag racing in which Jimmy Zacharias would
dominate the field with TJ Zacharias and Kurzejewski right there trying to get
through the lap cars. The restart saw Jimmy still be in the lead and once again
pulled away from the field. “JZ” Jimmy Zacharias would pull off his second win
of the season at WCIS with his brother TJ coming home in second and Andy Jankowiak,
coming off his power steering issues, came back and finished in third.
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| Super Stock Winner: Joe Mancuso - Laura Loooooo Photorgraphy |
Heat winner Austyn Fugle and Jay Canonico would lead the
Super Stocks to the green flag with Canonico out front early on. Second heat
winner Joe Mancuso would be up to third and challenging the lead duo of
Canonico and Fugle. Fugle would edge back around Canonico for the top spot with
Mancuso and Phil Alhart Jr right behind him.
Canonico would start getting loose exiting the corners
and allowed Alhart and Majchrzak to get on by. Brad Collings slowed with six laps remaining to bring out
the lone caution in the event.
Mancuso would get around Fugle with three to go and went
on to win his second win of the season. Fugle would finish second and Alhart
would cross the line in third. However, Fugle and Daniel Majchrzak were found
illegal in post-race tech.
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| 4 Cylinder Winner Brian Johnson (85) - MM Sports Photo |
Jason Landcastle and Eric Hastreiter were on the front
row for the 20 lap feature event for the 4 Cylinders with Landcastle out to the
early race lead. Contact between Nate Kosen and Dakota Packman that sent
Packman to the front stretch wall. Both were able to continue on racing for the
lap one restart.
That restart saw Landcastle as the leader with Brian
Johnson on the move. Johnson, who was last week’s feature winner from Castile
took over the top spot on the third lap of the 20 lap feature distance. Johnson
would still be the leader at the halfway mark with Landcastle leading
Hastreiter with Daniel Majchrzak and cousin Dakota Packman back in the fifth
position. One lap later, Hastreiter would get around Landcastle for second
place. Brian Johnson would lead the remaining laps to score his second straight
feature win over Eric Hastreiter and Jason Landcastle.
Racing resumes next Friday night at the Perry Bullring
featuring the SST’s, Super Stocks and 4 Cylinder Stocks. Pit gates open at
5:00pm with the grandstand gates also swinging open at 5pm. The racing action
gets underway at 7:30pm sharp. Just a reminder race fans to mark your calendars
for Labor Day weekend as Sunday September 4th will feature the SST Modified 100
and the Super Stocks in a 50 lap affair plus the 4 Cylinder Stocks at
WCIS. Lap sponsorships are available for
the SST Modified 100 and Super Stock 50 for just $25 per lap. To be a lap
sponsor, call the speedway office at 585-237-2580. For more information, log on
to www.wyomingcountyinternationalspeedway.com
OFFICIAL RESULTS:
SST MODIFIEDS: JIMMY ZACHARIAS, TJ Zacharias, Andy
Jankowiak, Matt Kurzejewski, Jim Love, Dick Kluth, Greg Utberg, Brittany Jack,
Tom Weist, Matt Clemens, Bill Roemasser, Ed Schueler, Steve Fuchs and Chris
Clemens
Heat Winners: Andy Jankowiak, TJ Zacharias
SUPER STOCKS: JOE MANCUSO, Phil Alhart Jr., Mike
Chenaille, Jay Canonico, Brad Collings, John Bookmiller, Daniel Majchrzak (DQ)
and Austyn Fugle (DQ)
Heat Winners: Austyn Fugle and Joe Mancuso
4 CYLINDER STOCKS: BRIAN JOHNSON, Eric Hastreiter, Jason
Landcastle, Daniel Majchrzak, Dakota Packman, Joe Horvatits, Nate Koson, and
Troy Collings
Heat Winner: Brian Johnson
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