Dain Naida wins first-ever Patriot Sprint feature of his career!

June 26, 2016

Busti, NY (June 25, 2016): The Patriot Sprint Tour made its first visit to Stateline Speedway since 2013 with Michigan’s Dain Naida earning his first-ever PST win after taking over the top spot at lap seventeen in the caution-free event. Darrel Bossard win his first Overhead Door of Jamestown Super Late Model feature leading every lap after starting from the pole position. The closest finish of the night was in the Shults Auto Group RUSH Crate Late Model feature where Damian Bidwell used the high side on the final lap to get next to race-long leader Ryan Scott on the final lap and snatch the win away by approximately eighteen inches at the stripe! Troy Carr notched his first win of the season, leading every lap of the Sugar Grove Beverage Outlaw E-Mod feature and the Rusted Nutz ProMods were led to the checkers by Jason Covey after a see-saw early race battle with Kelly Frederes, swapping the lead several times in the early laps. It was the second win of the season for the 2015 Street Stock champion. Bill Reeves cruised to his second win of the season in the Fox’s Pizza Street Stock night-capper. Former champion Dan Nocero Jr led the Himes Auction Super Sportsmen to the his third win of the season and Andy Proper’s win streak ended at five as Pete Volpe won his first Bailey’s Towing & Recovery Super Challenger feature.

Defending champion and two-time winner this season, Dan Nocero, started from the pole position in the Himes Auction Super Sportsmen finale, then drove off with the lead from the start with two-time winner Jim Kibbe challenging for the lead at nine laps in. With two laps remaining Steve Longo spun on the back straight, slowing the race under yellow for the only time. On the restart Kibbe slid sideways in turn one, dropping several spots. At the checkers it was Nocero, Michael Kosinski, Longo, Kibbe, Matt Kosinski.

The Bailey’s Towing & Recovery Super Challengers feature started with Pat Oyer and Pete Volpe on the front row with Volpe leading the way. At halfway undefeated Andy Proper was up to fourth from his twelfth place start. With six laps complete Mike Riche slapped the back straight wall and came to a halt, slowing the race under yellow. After green Volpe again led with Proper now second and trailing smoke with Skip Jackson third. At the checkers Volpe picked up his first win of 2016, ending Proper’s winning streak at five.

The Rusted Nutz ProMods started their 15-lap feature with previous winner Jason Covey and Kelly Frederes on the pole with Covey a nose ahead at the end of one lap then Frederes leading by a nose at the end of two. The two ran side-by-side throughout the first two and a half laps. Three laps in and Covey had sole possession of the front spot with Scott Gurdak third. At halfway Covey had a two length lead over Gurdak with Justin Carlson up to third. At ten complete Covey was in lapped traffic with Gurdak right on his tail. After the lapped cars were cleared Covey again opened his lead and Frederes came back to third with three laps left. As the white flag waved traffic was again looming and Gurdak caught Covey in that traffic on the back straight but fell back coming to the finish, falling short by 0.360 second. Frederes wound up third with Jeramy Williams fourth, and Carlson fifth.

Ryan Scott and Damian Bidwell brought the Shults Auto Group RUSH Crate Late Model feature to green with Scott leading from the start. At halfway it was still Scott showing the way with Bidwell second, Dave Lyon third, Matt Latta fourth, and Mike Wonderling fifth. At twelve Robert Meacham III spun in turn two, slowing the event the first time. After green again flew Wyatt Scott spun in turn two and was collected by Chad Schauers and Nate Earle, again bringing out caution. Latta, running fourth, slid high in turn four at lap sixteen, falling back two spots and allowing Darrell Bossard to fifth. Bidwell, using the outside line drew even with Scott on the final lap and nipped him at the line by approximately a foot and a half. Dave Lyon wound up third with Mike Wonderling fourth, and Darrell Bossard fifth.

The A-Verdi Storage Containers Patriot Sprint Tour by Bonnell’s Collision Center started eighteen cars with Pauli Colagiovanni and Dain Naida on the front row. Naida led from green with Joe Trenca coming to second. Points leader Jared Zimbardi was fourth at the end of three behind Colagiovanni. At five complete Trenca was challenging for the front spot and leading at the end of six. Zimbardi came to third at lap seven. The leaders caught lapped traffic at nine laps in with Trenca still in front. At halfway the order was Trenca, Naida, Zimbardi, Steve Collins and Colagiovanni. Naida regained lead on lap seventeen in heavy traffic. With five to go, Naida, Trenca, Zimbardi, Collins, and Colagiovanni were the top five. Zimbardi, the defending series champion grabbed second at lap 21. At the finish line it was Naida, Zimbardi, Colagiovanni, Collins, and Justin Barger, who came to fifth on the final lap. It was the Michigan native Dain Naida’s first ever win in the series.

The Sugar Grove Beverage Outlaw E-Mods were brought to green by Greg Johnson and Troy Carr with Carr grabbing the lead at the drop of the green and third starting Ryan Scott coming to second by the end of lap one. At halfway it was Carr leading with Scott, Johnson, Butch Southwell, and three-time winner David Scott filling out the top five. John Schenker got by David Scott for fifth shortly after the halfway point. The top five at the finish were still Carr, for his first win this season, over Ryan Scott, Johnson, Southwell, and Schenker.

Darrel Bossard, driving the car usually piloted by Chuck Parker, and Chad Valone brought the overhead Door of Jamestown Super Late Models to green with Bossard leading by a nose after one lap and a car-length ahead after two. Bossard steadily pulled away with Valone second, Greg Oakes third, David Scott fourth, and Dutch Davies fifth at lap ten when Bossard began lapping the back-markers. Davies, a winner earlier in the season, got by Scott, also an early season winner, at lap twelve. With ten to go Bossard had a near quarter lap lead over Valone. At sixteen complete Davies got by Oakes for third and was making up ground on Valone, who had started cutting into Bossard’s lead. With five to go Bossard was again lengthening his lead with Davies getting by Valone at 22 complete. Bossard went on to the win, the fourth Super Late Model win of his career at Stateline, and his first of this season.

Bill Reeves and Sam Courson brought the Fox’s Pizza Street Stocks to green with June 11th winner Reeves leading laps one and two, then caution was shown when Paul Nelson spun in turn four. At green Guy Adams came to second with Courson back to third. Courson got back to second at five complete with Bill Best coming to third. Three-time winner and points leader Dave Shagla Jr was fifth at the end of seven, but Scott Delahoy got by both Shagla and Adams a lap later. At nine complete Delahoy and Bill Applebee both spun in turn two, bringing caution over the field for the first time. On the restart Mike Moore spun into the retaining wall on the back straight, again slowing the race. Reeves again opened up a big lead right at the restart with Best, Courson, Shagla, and Adams following. With three to go Deven Dudenhoeffer spun in turn three. Mike Moore spun again on the restart in turn two, again delaying the resumption of the race. At the finish it was Reeves with his second victory of the season over Best, Crandall, with a great last lap run, Sam Courson fourth, and Gary Fisher, the opening night winner, fifth.

A-Verdi Storage Containers Patriot Sprint Tour by Bonnell’s Collision Center: Heat 1: Dane Lorenc, Jared Zimbardi, Paulie Colagiovanni, Steve Glover, Tyler Graves, Dan Kuhn Heat 2: Dain Maida, Derek Jonathan, Joe Trenca, Steve. Hutchinson Jr, Alex Hill, Joe McEwan Heat 3: Justin Barger, Kyle Drum, Steve Collins, Paul Habeck, Scott Just, Dave Just Dash: Kyle Drum, Steven Hutchinson Jr, Steve Glover, Scott Just, Tyler Graves, Paul Habeck Feature: Dain Naida, Jared Zimbardi. Joe Trenca, Steve Collins Justin Barger, Paulie Colagiovanni, Kyle Drum, Derek Jonathan, Dane Lorenc, Steven Hutchinson Jr, Steve Glover, Paul Habeck, Dan Kuhn, Tyler Graves, Scott Just, Alex Hill, David Just, Joe McEwen Overhead Door of Jamestown Super Late Models Heat 1 1 28 John Lobb, Frewsburg NY 2 22B Darrell Bossard, Centerville PA 3 3 David Scott, Garland PA 4 19 Bob Dorman, Stockton ny 5 s4 Ward Schell, Warren Pa 6 1 Rich Gardner, Waterford PA 7 9 Kyle Scott, Garland PA Heat 2 1 2v Chad Valone, Jamestown NY 2 22 Greg Oakes, Franklinville NY 3 20 Doug Eck, Corry PA 4 40 Dutch Davies, Warren Pa 5 1J Jake Finnerty, Panama NY 6 33 Chris Hackett, Jamestown NY 7 75J Joe Layfield, Bolivar NY Feature 1 22B Darrell Bossard, Centerville PA 2 40 Dutch Davies, Warren Pa 3 2v Chad Valone, Jamestown NY 4 22 Greg Oakes, Franklinville NY 5 28 John Lobb, Frewsburg NY 6 3 David Scott, Garland PA 7 1J Jake Finnerty, Panama NY 8 33 Chris Hackett, Jamestown NY 9 1 Rich Gardner, Waterford PA 10 s4 Ward Schell, Warren Pa 11 19 Bob Dorman, Stockton ny 12 20 Doug Eck, Corry PA 13 9 Kyle Scott, Garland PA 14 75J Joe Layfield, Bolivar NY Shultz Auto Group RUSH Crate Late Models Heat 1 1 14L Dave Lyon, Spring Creek PA 2 B1D Matt Latta, Conneaut Lake PA 3 5G Scott Gurdak, Bear Lake PA 4 18 Mike Wonderling, Wellsville NY 5 41 Mike Lozowski, North East PA 6 17e Nathan Earle, Garland PA 7 21J Jamie Wrightsman, Cortland OH 8 827 Robert Meacham III, Centerville PA Heat 2 1 17 Damian Bidwell, Eldred PA 2 0 Ryan Scott, Garland PA 3 213 Darrell Bossard, Centerville PA 4 12b Andy Boozel 5 x3 Wyatt Scott, Garland PA 6 28C Chad Schauers, Frewsburg NY 7 98 Kevin Hill, Gowanda NY Feature 1 17 Damian Bidwell, Eldred PA 2 0 Ryan Scott, Garland PA 3 14L Dave Lyon, Spring Creek PA 4 18 Mike Wonderling, Wellsville NY 5 213 Darrell Bossard, Centerville PA 6 B1D Matt Latta, Conneaut Lake PA 7 21J Jamie Wrightsman, Cortland OH 8 41 Mike Lozowski, North East PA 9 x3 Wyatt Scott, Garland PA 10 28C Chad Schauers, Frewsburg NY 11 827 Robert Meacham III, Centerville PA 12 17e Nathan Earle, Garland PA 13 98 Kevin Hill, Gowanda NY 14 5G Scott Gurdak, Bear Lake PA 15 12b Andy Boozel, Clymer, NY Sugar Grove Beverage Outlaw E-Mods Heat 1 1 82S Ron Seeley, Warren Pa 2 27c Troy Carr, Kennedy NY 3 05 Greg Johnson, Busti NY 4 0 Ryan Scott, Garland PA 5 55S Butch Southwell, Warren Pa 6 68 David Scott, Garland PA 7 65 John Schenker Jr, Erie PA 8 39 David Lamphere, Frewsburg NY Feature 1 27c Troy Carr, Kennedy NY 2 0 Ryan Scott, Garland PA 3 05 Greg Johnson, Busti NY 4 55S Butch Southwell, Warren Pa 5 65 John Schenker Jr, Erie PA 6 68 David Scott, Garland PA 7 82S Ron Seeley, Warren Pa 8 39 David Lamphere, Frewsburg NY Rusted Nutz ProMods Heat 1 1 33k Kelly Frederes, Russell PA 2 16 Justin Carlson, Sherman NY 3 07 Jeramy Williams, Garland PA 4 4Q Bill Silvis 5 66 Dennis Hagg Jr, Mayville NY 6 69 Bryon Johnson, Ashville NY Heat 2 1 67 Jason Covey, Clymer NY 2 5G Scott Gurdak, Bear Lake PA 3 20 Brian Mohawk, Gowanda NY 4 0 Dennis Asel, Kane PA 5 05J Zach Johnson, Busti NY 6 54 Chris Briggs, Sherman NY Feature 1 67 Jason Covey, Clymer, NY 2 5G Scott Gurdak, Bear Lake PA 3 33k Kelly Frederes, Russell PA 4 07 Jeramy Williams, Garland PA 5 16 Justin Carlson, Sherman NY 6 0 Dennis Asel, Kane PA 7 4Q Bill Silvis 8 20 Brian Mohawk, Gowanda NY 9 66 Dennis Hagg Jr, Mayville NY 10 69 Bryon Johnson, Ashville NY 11 05J Zach Johnson, Busti NY 12 54 Chris Briggs, Sherman NY Fox’s Pizza Den Street Stocks Heat 1 1 15R Bill Reeves, Ashville NY 2 A10 Guy Adams, Ashville NY 3 99F Gary Fisher, North East PA 4 17 Mike Moore, Russell PA 5 31 Richard Hemphill, Port Allegany 6 24C Brian Crandall, Stockton ny Heat 2 1 6 Dave Shagla Jr, Sugar Grove PA 2 27 Scott Delahoy, Sinclairville NY 3 15M Anthony Marotto, Ashville NY 4 357 Denny Diegelman, Centerville PA 5 5B Jason Black, Spring Creek PA 6 9 Bill Applebee, Sherman NY Heat 3 1 91C Sam Courson, Cassadaga NY 2 14b Bill Best, Jamestown NY 3 64 Wayne Mohawk, Irving NY 4 3D Tyler Dynys, Jamestown NY 5 12R Chad Ramsey, Kiantone NY 6 47 Deven Dudenhoeffer, Frewsburg NY Feature 1 15R Bill Reeves, Ashville NY 2 14b Bill Best, Jamestown NY 3 24C Brian Crandall, Stockton ny 4 91C Sam Courson, Cassadaga NY 5 99F Gary Fisher, North East PA 6 6 Dave Shagla Jr, Sugar Grove PA 7 A10 Guy Adams, Ashville NY 8 31 Richard Hemphill, Port Allegany 9 64 Wayne Mohawk, Irving NY 10 5B Jason Black, Spring Creek PA 11 12R Chad Ramsey, Kiantone NY 12 9 Bill Applebee, Sherman NY 13 27 Scott Delahoy, Sinclairville NY 14 47 Deven Dudenhoeffer, Frewsburg NY 15 17 Mike Moore, Russell PA 16 3D Tyler Dynys, Jamestown NY 17 55 Paul Nelson, Ashville NY 18 15M Anthony Marotto, Ashville NY 19 357 Denny Diegelman, Centerville PA Himes Auction Super Sportsmen Feature 1 6 Dan Nocero Jr., Jamestown NY 2 84 Michael Kosinski, Ashville NY 3 20 Steve Longo, Bradford PA 4 18 Jim Kibbe, Clymer NY 5 16 Matt Kosinski, Lakewood NY 6 11 Kendelle Kosinski, Ashville NY 7 884 Tom Kosinski, Lakewood NY 8 88 Ted Kosinski, Lakewood NY 9 19 Tommy Kosinski, Lakewood NY 10 716 Shane Horner Bailey’s Towing & Recovery Super Challengers Feature 1 v53 Pete Volpe, Lakewood NY 2 17 Andy Proper, Tidioute PA 3 52x Skip Jackson, Lakewood NY 4 23S Ben Sudol, Russell PA 5 222 Lindsey Carlson, E. Smethport PA 6 12 Kevin Covell, Sugar Grove PA 7 7x John Dunn 8 70 Patrick Oyer, Randolph NY 9 67 Nickolas Lamb, Panama NY 10 3 Garrett Yager, Falconer NY 11 68 Mike Riche, Warren Pa 12 5M Jasmine Markham, Ashville NY 13 20L Jacob Lamb, Jamestown NY