OAKES, PARKER, SCOTT, DIXON, RAMSEY, MEASE AND MEALY ALL SCORE VICTORIES AS STATELINE ONCE AGAIN BEATS MOTHER NATURE!

July 10, 2023 | by Marc Hoegerl

Busti, NY (July 8, 2023) by Marc Hoegerl: The New Stateline Speedway would once again escape threatening weather in the region to complete night #9 of the 2023 season.

As the night ended it would be David Parker in the RUSH Crate Lates, David Scott in the UMP Modifieds, Tanner Ramsey in the Pro Stocks, Greg Oakes in the Super Lates, Steve Dixon in the RUSH Pro Mods, John Mease in the Challengers and Terry Mealy in the SHARP Mini Lates.

David Parker would be declared the winner of the caution marred RUSH Crate Late Model feature that was called on lap 11 for exceeding the events time limit. Khole Wanzer had led the initial 10 laps, until Parker would get by Wanzer as the field would cross the line on lap 11. The race would be called after two consecutive cautions later. Running order behind Parker would be, Matt Sipes, Scott Gurdak, Andy Michael and Josh Ferry.

It would take 5th place starter David Scott 9 laps to muscle his way around race leader Butch Southwell. Scott would cushion his lead the remaining 11 laps to capture his 16th career Stateline UMP Modified feature victory, as well as his 3rd UMP Modified win of the season. Southwell would settle for 2nd, Dan Sasso with another fine run, finished 3rd, Dennis Lunger was 4th and Greg Johnson rounded out the top 5.

The Pro Stock main would really never get going, as the event was called on lap 6 for exceeding the time limit. If the event would have stayed green, it had all the makings of a great finish with a three car battle taking place between top runners, Shane Applebee, former champ John Boardman, and Tanner Ramsey. Ramsey would make his winning move when it counted the most. Ramsey would move around leader Shane Applebee on lap 4, just before the final caution of the race would fly from chief flagger Spanky Hall. Following Ramsey across the stripe would be Shane Applebee, John Boardman, William Reeves, and Jason Black.

As we all know, Franklinville, NY’s Greg Oakes has proven he’s one of the biggest threats, of the many Super Late Model talents in the Southern Tier. Oakes would take no time getting his sharp looking, Longhorn, Bilstein, Clements #22 out front in the 25 lapper. Oakes would keep just enough distance between himself, and 2nd place runner Darrell Bossard to go on to pick up his 2nd Stateline Super Late Model win of the season, as well as Stateline Super Late Model career win #9. Bossard would have to settle for the bridesmaid spot. Veteran David Scott with his best finish of the season was 3rd. Jake Finnerty with another solid run was 4th and Bump Headman who seems like he’s finally found the right setup was 5th.

Steve Dixon, who is having a dream season at Stateline, would totally dominate the 20 lap RUSH Pro Mods a-main. Dixon would be lights out at the drop of the green, picking up his 4th Stateline RUSH Pro Mod feature win of the season. Following the Smethport native across the line would be 2nd place finisher Brendan Warner, in one of his best outings of 23.” 12th place starter Dennis Lunger was 3rd, as June 10th winner Zain Harvey and Chad Ramsey completed the top 5.

Arguably, one of the best races of the night would be the 12 lap Challenger main event. Jamestown’s, John Mease would have to work hard for this one, as Mease would be in a dog fight with race leader Dylan Greene, as well as Andy Schumaker throughout the event. Once Mease grabbed the lead he found himself having to fend off the challenges of Franklinville, NY’s Schumaker, in the final laps. Mease would just edge out Schumaker at the checkereds, picking up his 3rd Stateline Challenger win of 2023. Schumaker, Greene, Holden Heineman and Rick Feeley rounded out the top 5.

Bradford’s, Terry Mealy would pick up his first ever Stateline Sharp Mini Late Model feature triumph. Mealy would move around early race leader Dale Haines on lap 4, and lead the remaining 8 circuits to seal the victory. Chris Whyte, Ryan Card, Jess Isadore, and Kyle Coons completed the top 5.

RUSH CRATE LATE MODELS (27 Entries)

Heat Race Winners: Dustin Waters, Matt Sipes, Khole Wanzer, Jason Genco

Consi Winner: Gary Youngs

Feature: 1) David Parker 2) Matt Sipes 3) Scott Gurdak 4) Andy Michael 5) Josh Ferry 6) Charlie Lafleur 7) Dustin Waters 8. Steve Houser 9) Jason Genco 10) Will Pinckney 11) Gary Youngs 12) Rob Caffaro 13) Steve Blodgett 14) Kassy Norman 15) Hunter Proctor 16) Chad Clement 17) Ray Houser 18. Shawn Little 19) Mason Jaquay 20) Khole Wanzer 21) Randy Hall 22) DJ Krug 23) Ronald Watson 24) Darrin Waldron

Lap Leaders: Wanzer (1-10) , Sipes (11)

UMP MODIFIEDS (21 Entries)

Heat Race Winners: Butch Southwell, Tim Rockwell, Greg Johnson

Feature: 1) David Scott 2) Butch Southwell 3) Dan Sasso 4) Dennis Lunger 5) Greg Johnson 6) Tim Peterson 7) Cale Crocker 8. Tim Rockwell 9) Kyle Schreckengost 10) Dave Lanphere 11) Andrew Beatman 12) Chad Schauers 13) Matt Kosinski 14) Chris McDonald 15) Chris Deponceau 16) Zach Johnson 17) Brian Mohawk 18. Tom Kosinski 19) Michael Eschrich 20) Bryon Johnson 21) Matt Haskins

Lap Leaders: Southwell (1-8. , Scott (9-20)

PRO STOCKS (24 Entries)

Heat Race Winners: Jason Black, Wesley McCray, Joe Stajnrajh, William Reeves

Feature: 1) Tanner Ramsey 2) Shane Applebee 3) John Boardman 4) William Reeves 5) Jason Black 6) Michael Oakes 7) Jason Covey 8. Bill Applebee 9) Wesley McCray 10) Donald Blood 11) John Cline 12) Mikael Beaver 13) Joe Stajnrajh 14) Kevin Hill 15) Grant Richard 16) Brent Marotto 17) Kole Stelmack 18. Justin Pratt 19) Shylor Maybee 20) Douglas Eck 21) Dale Sheets 22) Mark Ramsey 23) Gary Fisher Jr. 24) Dean Gibson Jr.

Lap Leaders: S. Applebee (1-4), T. Ramsey (5,6)

SUPER LATE MODELS (19 Entries)

Heat Race Winners: Ryan Scott, David Scott, Greg Oakes

Feature: 1) Greg Oakes 2) Darrell Bossard 3) David Scott 4) Jake Finnerty 5) Bump Headman 6) Kyle Bedell 7) Dutch Davies 8. Ryan Scott 9) Bob Dorman 10) Scott Dellahoy Jr. 11) Jason Genco 12) Nicholas Eck 13) Anthony Marotto 14) Khole Wanzer 15) Justin Carlson 16) Kevin Smith 17) Chevy Scott 18. Michael Smith 19) Paul Schreckengost

Lap Leaders: Oakes (1-25)

RUSH PRO MODS (23 Entries)

Heat Race Winners: Zain Harvey, Damian Bidwell, Tyler Oakes, Steve Dixon

Feature: 1) Steve Dixon 2) Brendan Warner 3) Dennis Lunger 4) Zain Harvey 5) Chad Ramsey 6) Josh Wilcox 7) Nick Arnold 8. Derek Peterson 9) Adam Peterson 10) Will Silvis 11) Damian Bidwell 12) Cody Rickard 13) Tyler Oakes 14) Thomas Root 15) Donald May Jr. 16) Larry Mitchell 17) Derek Austin 18. Ryan Sanders 19) Cameron Sherwood 20) Al Brewer 21) Tyler Sutton 22) Kirk Mohawl 23) Vaughn Nystrom

Lap Leaders: Dixon (1-20)

CHALLENGERS (26 Entries)

Heat Race Winners: Curtis Rung, Dylan Greene, Chris Horton, Rick Feely

Feature: 1) John Mease 2) Andy Schumaker 3) Dylan Greene 4) Holden Heineman 5) Rick Feeley 6) Phil Powell 7) Nicholas Reed 8. Jess Harvey 9) Craig Karns 10) Bill Weatherly 11) Tommy Labarbera 12) Tyler Pearson 13) Vince Norton 14) Dennis Harrison III 15) Ian Paul 16) Hailey Moore 17) Kayla York 18. Adam Brisky 19) Domingo Echevarria 20) Chris Horton 21) Kasey Markham 22) Chelsea Haskins 23) Curtis Rung 24) Todd Hanlon 25) Brandon Marotto 26) Pete Volpe

Lap Leaders: Greene (1-6), Mease (7-12)

SHARP MINI LATE MODELS (10 Entries)

Heat Race Winners: Ryan Card, Treyton White

Feature: 1) Terry Mealy 2) Chris Whyte 3) Ryan Card 4) Jess Isadore 5) Kyle Coons 6) Oakley Terrill 7) Dale Haines 8. Morgan Curry 9) Eric Hastings 10) Treyton Whyte

Lap Leaders: Haines (1-3), Mealy (4-12)