Post by jkelly57 on May 21, 2007 9:34:01 GMT -6
Rilat Reels in O'Reilly ASCoT Bully Hill Nationals Crown
Lonnie Wheatley, DUNDEE, NY (May 19, 2007) – Forney, TX, racer
Travis
Rilat
offered up a rousing conclusion to the Ninth Annual Bully Hill
Vineyards
New
York Sprint Nationals presented by S.P. Wilson and Budweiser at Black
Rock
Speedway by making a late move past Wayne Johnson to post his first
O'Reilly
American Sprint Cars on Tour National feature win of the year in
Saturday
night's 30-lap main event.
Rilat squeezed between Johnson and the frontstretch wall to snare the
lead
upon the completion of the 27th lap and paced the final three circuits
to
secure the victory aboard the Motor Mike-powered F&J Construction No.
29
Triple-X chassis. It marked his 21st career win in ASCS National
action
and the
first time a Triple-X chassis has parked in victory lane.
In addition to the posted $4,000 winner's share, Rilat pocketed an
extra
$1,000 bonus from Texas sponsor Allen Murray Racing to bring his take
for
the
night to $5,000.
"I knew coming off of four was where I was going to have to get a run
on
Wayne to get by," Rilat explained afterward. "I went underneath him
the
lap
before just to get him to move down, he did on the next lap and I got
my
run on
the high side. I couldn't see anything through the dust, I had no
idea how
much room I had between me and the wall and me and Wayne."
The victory came just one night after Rilat struggled mightily in his
first
visit to Black Rock Speedway. "I don't think I've ever felt as bad
in a
Sprint Car since the first time I drove one as I did last night."
But Rilat and Aussie crew chief Tyson Perez went to work, making
wholesale
changes prior to the Saturday finale. "We changed everything on it;
bars,
shocks, everything," Rilat commented.
Those changes showed early dividends when Rilat charged from eighth to
win
the evening's third heat race, thus earning a berth in the Pole Dash.
After finishing third in the Dash, Rilat followed front row starters
Jason
Johnson and Wayne Johnson to the green flag. Wayne Johnson gunned
into the
early lead and opened up a half straightaway advantage aboard Tim
Hammers'
Wesmar-powered H&H Enterprises No. 94 Eagle over the opening handful
of
laps.
But as lapped traffic came into play on the seventh lap, Jason Johnson
and
Rilat closed the gap on the leader. Rilat disposed of Jason Johnson
for
second on the 11th round and was beginning to work on Wayne Johnson
for the
lead
when the race's first caution flew at the midway point for Chris
Schmelzle,
who slid off of turn two.
Weathering two more cautions over the next three laps, Rilat kept the
pressure on and made a strong bid for the lead on the 20th lap. But
when
Rilat
nearly slipped off the top of turn four on the 21st lap, Wayne Johnson
opened up
a three car-length lead.
Rilat closed in on Johnson's rear bumper three laps later when
sixth-runner
Darren Stewart came to a stop in turn four with mechanical woes,
setting up
a
six lap dash to the checkered flag.
With the dust momentarily settled, Rilat wasted little time getting to
work.
After looking to the high side, Rilat peeked underneath Johnson
exiting
turn four on the 26th lap. A lap later, Rilat returned to the cushion
and
made
what proved to be the race-winning pass as he went on to take the
checkered
flag with a four car-length advantage.
After finishing second, Wayne Johnson commented that, "We got way too
loose
right at the end, I'm not sure if the right rear sealed over or what
under
that last caution but I couldn't get going after that."
Jason Johnson chased the pair of past ASCS National champions across
the
line in Lanny Row's Wesmar-powered The Shop Motorsports No. 41 Eagle,
while
Gary
Wright maintained his series point lead and extended his streak of
top-five
finishes to 14 with a fourth-place run in the Wesmar-powered Richwood
Construction No. 9 Maxim.
After starting 18th, Justin Barger sliced through the field to round
out
the top five in the Cortlandt Auto Body Motorsports No. 32.
Doug Emery crossed the stripe sixth in front of Trevor Lewis, Friday
night
preliminary feature winner Chuck Hebing, Kenny Adams and Bobby Breen.
Emery, Foster Landon, Rilat and Blake Breen topped Saturday night's
heat
race action, with Andy Shouse and Barger winning the twin "B" Mains.
Tim Hogue held the lead in the evening's third heat race until he
smacked
the turn two wall and flipped violently down the backstretch. Hogue
walked
away from his mangled machine uninjured.
O’Reilly ASCoT Bully Hill Vineyards New York Sprint Nationals Finale
Results
from Black Rock Speedway:
Locked in from Friday's Preliminary Event:
45-Chuck Hebing, 41-Jason Johnson, 9-Gary Wright, 94-Wayne Johnson.
Heat Races (Top 12 in passing points to “A†Main; Balance to Twin
"B"
Mains)
Brodix Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 33-Doug Emery, 2. 4a-Kenny Adams, 3.
25-Geoff
Quackenbush, 4. 32-Justin Barger, 5. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 6. 8b-Alain
Bergeron, 7. 22-Ray Preston, 8. 00-Randy West. DNS: 3b-Scott Bonnell.
Wesmar-Shaver Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 11F-Foster Landon, 2. 10m-Chris
Muhleisen, 3. 9b-Bobby Breen, 4. 63-Josh Weller, 5. 4b-Bryn Gohn, 6.
87-George
Suprick, 7. 52-Scott Kreutter, 8. 25x-Michael Parent.
Brodix Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. F1-Nick Fratto,
3.
21-Don Adamczyk, 4. 27-Andy Shouse, 5. 80-Dave Wickham, 6. 12-Tim
Kelly, 7.
51-Bryan Howland, 8. 39-Tim Hogue.
Wesmar-Shaver Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 8-Blake Breen, 2. 91-Darren
Stewart,
3. 21x-Trevor Lewis, 4. 35-Jared Zimbardi, 5. 28FM-Steve Poirier, 6.
10-Jeff
Cook, 7. 52L-Daniel Lampron, 8. 17J-Lance Yonge.
Pole Dash (Finishing Order Determines Front Three Rows of “Aâ€
Main):
Pole Dash (5 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 94-Wayne Johnson, 3.
29-Travis
Rilat, 4. 33-Doug Emery, 5. 45-Chuck Hebing, 6. 9-Gary Wright.
"B" Mains – Top 3 from each Advance to “A†Main
First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 27-Andy Shouse, 2. 25-Geoff
Quackenbush,
3. 28FM-Steve Poirier, 4. 4b-Bryn Gohn, 5. 12-Tim Kelly, 6. 80-Dave
Wickham,
7. 51-Bryan Howland, 8. 22-Ray Preston, 9. 00-Randy West. DNS: 39-Tim
Hogue,
3b-Scott Bonnell.
Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 32-Justin Barger, 2. 35-Jared
Zimbardi,
3. 87-George Suprick, 4. 8b-Blake Breen, 5. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 6.
25x-Michael Parent, 7. 17J-Lance Yonge, 8. 52-Scott Kreutter, 9.
10-Jeff
Cook, 10.
52L-Daniel Lampron.
O’Reilly ASCoT Bully Hill New York Sprint Nationals Finale "A" Main
Results:
“A†Feature (30 Laps): 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 94-Wayne Johnson,
3.
41-Jason Johnson, 4. 9-Gary Wright, 5. 32-Justin Barger, 6. 33-Doug
Emery,
7.
21x-Trevor Lewis, 8. 45-Chuck Hebing, 9. 4a-Kenny Adams, 10. 9b-Bobby
Breen, 11.
8-Blake Breen, 12. 35-Jared Zimbardi, 13. 11F-Foster Landon, 14.
28FM-Steve
Poirier, 15. 63-Josh Weller, 16. F1-Nick Fratto, 17. 21-Don Adamczyk,
18.
10m-Chris Muhleisen, 19. 8b-Alain Bergeron, 20. 27-Andy Shouse, 21.
25-Geoff
Quackenbush, 22. 91-Darren Stewart, 23. 87-George Suprick, 24.
57c-Chris
Schmelzle.
Lap Leaders: Wayne Johnson 1-26, Travis Rilat 27-30.
Note: Chris Schmelzle utilized an O'Reilly ASCoT provisional starting
position for the "A" Main and Alain Bergeron utilized an Empire Sprint
Series
provisional for the "A" Main.
O’Reilly ASCoT Points (Top Ten): 1. Gary Wright 1,749, 2. Wayne
Johnson
1,652, 3. Jason Johnson 1,633, 4. Travis Rilat 1,589, 5. Darren
Stewart
1,559,
6. Foster Landon 1,390, 7. Andy Shouse 1,323, 8. Chris Schmelzle
1,125, 9.
Johnny Miller 1,047, 10. Nick Smith 832.
ASCS Mid-Atlantic Region Points (Top Ten): 1. George Suprick 473, 2.
Tim
Hogue 471, 3. Coleman Gulick 447, 4. Justin Barger 357, 5. Geoff
Quackenbush
339, 6. Pat Cannon 290, 7. Dave Ely, Pat Cannon and Davie Franek, Jr.
288,
10.
Jimmy Stitzel 278.
ASCS Patriot Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Chuck Hebing 360, 2. Bryan
Howland 350, 3. Jeff Cook 336, 4. Jared Zimbardi 334, 5. Josh Weller
328,
6. Geoff
Quackenbush 326, 7. Justin Barger 322, 8. Don Adamczyk 320, 9. Blake
Breen
316, 10. Bobby Breen 310.
Lonnie Wheatley, DUNDEE, NY (May 19, 2007) – Forney, TX, racer
Travis
Rilat
offered up a rousing conclusion to the Ninth Annual Bully Hill
Vineyards
New
York Sprint Nationals presented by S.P. Wilson and Budweiser at Black
Rock
Speedway by making a late move past Wayne Johnson to post his first
O'Reilly
American Sprint Cars on Tour National feature win of the year in
Saturday
night's 30-lap main event.
Rilat squeezed between Johnson and the frontstretch wall to snare the
lead
upon the completion of the 27th lap and paced the final three circuits
to
secure the victory aboard the Motor Mike-powered F&J Construction No.
29
Triple-X chassis. It marked his 21st career win in ASCS National
action
and the
first time a Triple-X chassis has parked in victory lane.
In addition to the posted $4,000 winner's share, Rilat pocketed an
extra
$1,000 bonus from Texas sponsor Allen Murray Racing to bring his take
for
the
night to $5,000.
"I knew coming off of four was where I was going to have to get a run
on
Wayne to get by," Rilat explained afterward. "I went underneath him
the
lap
before just to get him to move down, he did on the next lap and I got
my
run on
the high side. I couldn't see anything through the dust, I had no
idea how
much room I had between me and the wall and me and Wayne."
The victory came just one night after Rilat struggled mightily in his
first
visit to Black Rock Speedway. "I don't think I've ever felt as bad
in a
Sprint Car since the first time I drove one as I did last night."
But Rilat and Aussie crew chief Tyson Perez went to work, making
wholesale
changes prior to the Saturday finale. "We changed everything on it;
bars,
shocks, everything," Rilat commented.
Those changes showed early dividends when Rilat charged from eighth to
win
the evening's third heat race, thus earning a berth in the Pole Dash.
After finishing third in the Dash, Rilat followed front row starters
Jason
Johnson and Wayne Johnson to the green flag. Wayne Johnson gunned
into the
early lead and opened up a half straightaway advantage aboard Tim
Hammers'
Wesmar-powered H&H Enterprises No. 94 Eagle over the opening handful
of
laps.
But as lapped traffic came into play on the seventh lap, Jason Johnson
and
Rilat closed the gap on the leader. Rilat disposed of Jason Johnson
for
second on the 11th round and was beginning to work on Wayne Johnson
for the
lead
when the race's first caution flew at the midway point for Chris
Schmelzle,
who slid off of turn two.
Weathering two more cautions over the next three laps, Rilat kept the
pressure on and made a strong bid for the lead on the 20th lap. But
when
Rilat
nearly slipped off the top of turn four on the 21st lap, Wayne Johnson
opened up
a three car-length lead.
Rilat closed in on Johnson's rear bumper three laps later when
sixth-runner
Darren Stewart came to a stop in turn four with mechanical woes,
setting up
a
six lap dash to the checkered flag.
With the dust momentarily settled, Rilat wasted little time getting to
work.
After looking to the high side, Rilat peeked underneath Johnson
exiting
turn four on the 26th lap. A lap later, Rilat returned to the cushion
and
made
what proved to be the race-winning pass as he went on to take the
checkered
flag with a four car-length advantage.
After finishing second, Wayne Johnson commented that, "We got way too
loose
right at the end, I'm not sure if the right rear sealed over or what
under
that last caution but I couldn't get going after that."
Jason Johnson chased the pair of past ASCS National champions across
the
line in Lanny Row's Wesmar-powered The Shop Motorsports No. 41 Eagle,
while
Gary
Wright maintained his series point lead and extended his streak of
top-five
finishes to 14 with a fourth-place run in the Wesmar-powered Richwood
Construction No. 9 Maxim.
After starting 18th, Justin Barger sliced through the field to round
out
the top five in the Cortlandt Auto Body Motorsports No. 32.
Doug Emery crossed the stripe sixth in front of Trevor Lewis, Friday
night
preliminary feature winner Chuck Hebing, Kenny Adams and Bobby Breen.
Emery, Foster Landon, Rilat and Blake Breen topped Saturday night's
heat
race action, with Andy Shouse and Barger winning the twin "B" Mains.
Tim Hogue held the lead in the evening's third heat race until he
smacked
the turn two wall and flipped violently down the backstretch. Hogue
walked
away from his mangled machine uninjured.
O’Reilly ASCoT Bully Hill Vineyards New York Sprint Nationals Finale
Results
from Black Rock Speedway:
Locked in from Friday's Preliminary Event:
45-Chuck Hebing, 41-Jason Johnson, 9-Gary Wright, 94-Wayne Johnson.
Heat Races (Top 12 in passing points to “A†Main; Balance to Twin
"B"
Mains)
Brodix Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 33-Doug Emery, 2. 4a-Kenny Adams, 3.
25-Geoff
Quackenbush, 4. 32-Justin Barger, 5. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 6. 8b-Alain
Bergeron, 7. 22-Ray Preston, 8. 00-Randy West. DNS: 3b-Scott Bonnell.
Wesmar-Shaver Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 11F-Foster Landon, 2. 10m-Chris
Muhleisen, 3. 9b-Bobby Breen, 4. 63-Josh Weller, 5. 4b-Bryn Gohn, 6.
87-George
Suprick, 7. 52-Scott Kreutter, 8. 25x-Michael Parent.
Brodix Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. F1-Nick Fratto,
3.
21-Don Adamczyk, 4. 27-Andy Shouse, 5. 80-Dave Wickham, 6. 12-Tim
Kelly, 7.
51-Bryan Howland, 8. 39-Tim Hogue.
Wesmar-Shaver Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 8-Blake Breen, 2. 91-Darren
Stewart,
3. 21x-Trevor Lewis, 4. 35-Jared Zimbardi, 5. 28FM-Steve Poirier, 6.
10-Jeff
Cook, 7. 52L-Daniel Lampron, 8. 17J-Lance Yonge.
Pole Dash (Finishing Order Determines Front Three Rows of “Aâ€
Main):
Pole Dash (5 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 94-Wayne Johnson, 3.
29-Travis
Rilat, 4. 33-Doug Emery, 5. 45-Chuck Hebing, 6. 9-Gary Wright.
"B" Mains – Top 3 from each Advance to “A†Main
First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 27-Andy Shouse, 2. 25-Geoff
Quackenbush,
3. 28FM-Steve Poirier, 4. 4b-Bryn Gohn, 5. 12-Tim Kelly, 6. 80-Dave
Wickham,
7. 51-Bryan Howland, 8. 22-Ray Preston, 9. 00-Randy West. DNS: 39-Tim
Hogue,
3b-Scott Bonnell.
Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 32-Justin Barger, 2. 35-Jared
Zimbardi,
3. 87-George Suprick, 4. 8b-Blake Breen, 5. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 6.
25x-Michael Parent, 7. 17J-Lance Yonge, 8. 52-Scott Kreutter, 9.
10-Jeff
Cook, 10.
52L-Daniel Lampron.
O’Reilly ASCoT Bully Hill New York Sprint Nationals Finale "A" Main
Results:
“A†Feature (30 Laps): 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 94-Wayne Johnson,
3.
41-Jason Johnson, 4. 9-Gary Wright, 5. 32-Justin Barger, 6. 33-Doug
Emery,
7.
21x-Trevor Lewis, 8. 45-Chuck Hebing, 9. 4a-Kenny Adams, 10. 9b-Bobby
Breen, 11.
8-Blake Breen, 12. 35-Jared Zimbardi, 13. 11F-Foster Landon, 14.
28FM-Steve
Poirier, 15. 63-Josh Weller, 16. F1-Nick Fratto, 17. 21-Don Adamczyk,
18.
10m-Chris Muhleisen, 19. 8b-Alain Bergeron, 20. 27-Andy Shouse, 21.
25-Geoff
Quackenbush, 22. 91-Darren Stewart, 23. 87-George Suprick, 24.
57c-Chris
Schmelzle.
Lap Leaders: Wayne Johnson 1-26, Travis Rilat 27-30.
Note: Chris Schmelzle utilized an O'Reilly ASCoT provisional starting
position for the "A" Main and Alain Bergeron utilized an Empire Sprint
Series
provisional for the "A" Main.
O’Reilly ASCoT Points (Top Ten): 1. Gary Wright 1,749, 2. Wayne
Johnson
1,652, 3. Jason Johnson 1,633, 4. Travis Rilat 1,589, 5. Darren
Stewart
1,559,
6. Foster Landon 1,390, 7. Andy Shouse 1,323, 8. Chris Schmelzle
1,125, 9.
Johnny Miller 1,047, 10. Nick Smith 832.
ASCS Mid-Atlantic Region Points (Top Ten): 1. George Suprick 473, 2.
Tim
Hogue 471, 3. Coleman Gulick 447, 4. Justin Barger 357, 5. Geoff
Quackenbush
339, 6. Pat Cannon 290, 7. Dave Ely, Pat Cannon and Davie Franek, Jr.
288,
10.
Jimmy Stitzel 278.
ASCS Patriot Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Chuck Hebing 360, 2. Bryan
Howland 350, 3. Jeff Cook 336, 4. Jared Zimbardi 334, 5. Josh Weller
328,
6. Geoff
Quackenbush 326, 7. Justin Barger 322, 8. Don Adamczyk 320, 9. Blake
Breen
316, 10. Bobby Breen 310.